Friday, July 25, 2008

Leofoo Village

We arrived at Leofoo Village Theme Park in the morning to joined Eva and Roger who are interns in the zoo park and promised to take us on a tour of the animal hospital, but before that, we visited the theme park first and exhausted ourselves on all kinds of roller coasters and facilities.
The first roller coaster I rode on, which made a 360-degree turn when it swung to the peak. It was not as scary as it seemed, but nobody else except Eva and I were brave enough to give it a try.
We were wet from our head to toes on the Big Canyon Ride, and we took it twice! It took almost half day till our clothes were completely dry.
The only white tiger in Taiwan.
We came to the zoo in the afternoon and Eva showed us to the nursing room for little tigers and lionets, and we were permitted to walk into the cages and played with them! Even though they were only about three months old, they were about the size of a middle size dog, and a lot stronger. Their teeth and claws were quite sharp and could hurt you even if they were just playing, so we all treated them carefully and watched out for their claws when they slapped their paws on our hands playfully.
A lionet's paw.

It happened to be feeding time, so we were also given the chance to feed the little one-month-old lionets. The milk was the blend of dog's and cat's milk, and the lionets gathered around us as we showed up with nursing bottles.
Most lionets finished their milk quickly and were asking for more, but mine was a slow drinker and I had to keep other stronger lionets away from pushing mine away from his bottle.
It was a fun experience and I would definately consider becoming an intern here next summer.

Bitan and Shilin Night Market



Wednesday, July 16, 2008

A One-Day Trip to Taipei

On the high speed rail.
We bought non-reserved seat tickets and were confident that there must be a lot of empty seats since it wasn't holiday, but we were wrong, and after walking pass all the carriages of occupied seats, we settled down at the doorway between two carriages. The trip was smooth and fast. We didn't need to grasp the handrail to keep ourselves from falling like we must if walking on a running train, and it took only about an hour and a half to reach Taipei.
In front of the National Palace Museum

The Millet's art work exhibition.


We met my sister Michelle at her apartment and then went to a small nice French restaurant for dinner. Michelle is now working in Taipei as a doctor research assistant while preparing for her license for 醫檢師 ( I don't know the English for this term).


Monday, July 14, 2008




Saturday, July 05, 2008