"Did He Eat It?" Part Deux

We had been walking for some time around the confusing streets of Taipei. We said, no worries, there are plenty of food vendors all over, we'll find something. The area we happened to be in had few if not just this one "establishment". The menu was on the wall and most consisted of three Chinese characters. The problem was that I only either understood the first two and not the last OR the first and last but not the middle. The middle character turns out to be the key! Ah Chinese, you entice me with your witty banter.

This turns out to be Pork Liver

(I thought it was just pork)

"Did He Eat It?"

To all of you who thought I might have a little class.......you were wrong! He Ate It! Very chewy.

A New Edition!!!! (to the blog)

Here's our new edition, its a little diddy I will call "Did He Eat It?"

Here's how it works: I will post a picture of an 'interesting' item that we run across in our adventures and will ask you the reader to post a response as to whether you think that I ate it or did not. Here's our first edition:

This little piece of wholesome goodness we happened upon when we decided to follow our guidebook for once. The book said that this is a great spot for a "bread and rib" style stew. Of course most of our food choices come down to looking and pointing. We thought this might be good but I didn't really translate it accordingly. This is 'lamb knuckle'

"Did He Eat It?"

(Jessie, of course, refuses to participate)

A Little Tourism

Jess and I went to the eastern part of the city to visit two of Taipei's most famous sites. The memorial to Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, the founder of modern China and Taipei 101. Here are a few shots:

The memorial and Taipei 101 together

One of Dr. Sun's speeches on China

The man himself Dr. Sun Yat-Sen (not the guy in the hat)

Taipei 101, the world's second tallest building

One shot during the day

And one at night

Job Update II

It is official, Jessie is employed! Actually she had her second day of work today, so this update is a tad late, but whatever. She works with kids that are pre-k so their level of English is slightly lower than mine but they're catching up. She likes it although adapting to a new teaching environment can have it's ups and downs. It's also a little bit of a trek to the school which is located in the suburbs but regardless, she enjoys it and she makes money. Two wonderful things. We also have two tutor students, we've met with them once, last Saturday. They are brothers who are in college here in Taipei. One, Stanley (not his Chinese name) is a journalism major and the other, Stephen (also, not his Chinese name) is a medical student. They're both seem like pretty neat guys.