Lilypie Kids Birthday tickers

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Fun gathering

It was nice spending some time with Megan and Jewel again.  We were so little when we first met.

食養山房

Friday, December 27, 2013

洋朵義式廚坊

This restaurant was managed by Mom's niece who is only 3 years younger than her. 

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Christmas Eve dinner

Christmas Eve dinner at Taipei World Trade Center Club

Saturday, December 21, 2013

HK trip

We went to HK for 3 days right before returning to Taiwan.

Friday, December 20, 2013

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Artwork-國王

2014年曆-台灣原住民系列

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Gym

Last gymnastic class before the holiday.  I am pretty good now.

Artwork-山林中的狩獵者

2014年曆-台灣原住民系列

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Playing the piano

Playing the piano after dinner has become my routine.  Sometimes I find it hard, but I feel happy and satisfied after eventually learning how to play the piece beautifully. 

  

Sunday, December 08, 2013

Met with Mom's old pal

Auntie Cindy was Mom's Georgia Tech friend.  They hadn't met since Mom graduated from Tech in 2002.

Shanghai is ready for Christmas

At Shangli-La and ifc Shanghai.

Brunch at Maya

We had brunch at a famous Mexican style restaurant, Maya.  Not sure how authentic their food was considered "Mexican" but it was certainly yummy.

Saturday, December 07, 2013

Heartbeat of Home


Shanghai is the first stop of their world tour of this new program "Heartbeat of Home".  We enjoyed the show very much.

Artwork-台灣野百合

2014年曆-台灣原住民系列

Friday, December 06, 2013

Severe air pollution

Shanghai was so polluted that it showed "beyond index".  The sky was yellowish and the city looked beyond concerning.

Saturday, November 30, 2013

Artwork-台灣梅花鹿

2014年曆-台灣原住民系列

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Brunch at Madison with Auntie Amy

Auntie Amy came to Shanghai for a business meeting on Saturday.  We had a delicious brunch on rainy, windy Sunday.  It seems winter has arrived.

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Artwork-台灣原住民守護神

2014年曆-台灣原住民系列
 This will be the cover page of my 2014 Calendar.

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Friday, November 08, 2013

Saturday, November 02, 2013

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Happy Halloween

I was a witch trick-or-treating with Hanson, Stephanie and many other kids.  My pumpkin bucket was full and I had so much fun running around.

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

After school biking

I am getting very comfortable riding a bike after daily practice.  I enjoy the speed and the feel of freedom.

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Candy Factory


I am entering the "Art and Writing" competition among the international students in Shanghai.  The topic is "Candy Factory".

Brunch at Kabb

Good morning!

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Swimming

I am very comfortable putting my head under water now.  I am sure I will master the skills of swimming soon.

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Artwork-繡球花水墨畫

Watch out--I will be having my personal art exhibit in 2 years!

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Swimming

I finally dared to put my head under water while swimming.

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Tuesday, October 08, 2013

My 7 years old birthday!

We had dinner at 小山日本料理 and birthday cake from 21 cake.

Greetings from Auntie Amy.

Tuesday, October 01, 2013

October family trip in the beautiful Kyoto, Japan



10/1 柊家旅館 一保堂
中午12時許,到達大阪機場,搭乘JR到達京都,轉計程車至柊家別館。之後在旅館好好享受或是在附近閒晃。因為附近有一保堂,有空就先去買高級抹茶粉。
晚餐:柊家別館的京料理

柊屋創業於1818年,與俵屋同為木造兩層樓建築的純日式旅館,旅館內充滿了許多桂花的圖案,表現出寧靜雅淡桂花般的氣息。房間內擺飾用品也隨著年代不斷的累積,有如古董般的保存著,大部分有數十年甚至更久的歷史背景。身居京都的老舖柊家,維持一慣的優雅高尚格調,讓宿泊的旅人們都難忘柊家之美。此外,柊家除了榮獲京都最舒適老舖美名外,柊家京懷石料理也榮獲2011年米其林1顆星尊榮評價。柊家別館是京都三大百年歷史老舖之一-柊家的別館,就是同一體系的另一個小一點的新館,歷史沒有這麼悠久,但是價格便宜很多,可以廉價的房價來款待各國遊客。是純日式,檜木建造的木造的二層樓房。由於清靜的樣子,所以能充分享受古都的情趣,以及可品嘗四季應時的京都懷石料理。晚餐最終開始時間為晚上7點,請在7點之前到達本旅館。若將晚點的話。

10/2  寺通町、新京級町、錦市場、三十三間堂、西本願寺、鯖姿壽司
因本日有換旅館行程,所以換完之後,就在京都市中心閒晃。

錦市場附近有大葉高島屋

逛回旅館,再轉至HAYTT REGENCY

10/3 前往三十三間堂、搭206到西本願寺,既然有可能看不到楓,那就賭賭看,能否看到美麗的銀杏吧
三十三間堂(さんじゅうさんげんどう)是位在日本京都府京都市東山區天台宗妙法院境外佛堂。建物之正式名稱是蓮華王院本堂(れんげおういんほんどう)。本尊千手觀音、開基(創立者)為後白河上皇。原為平清盛受後白河上皇之勅命,在上皇的離宮・法住寺殿內創建的佛堂。京都一間為1.8公尺,故江戶年代以前的三十三間堂約59.4公尺長,江戶年代曾於此比試六十公尺遠距離射箭(一般比試為27公尺),現建築長度倍增為120公尺,仍稱之為「三十三間」。
 
晚餐:
祇園鯖姿壽司老店いづう(祉園,開了兩百多年的老店阿)
日本京都市東山區八坂新地清本町367
+81-75-561-0751

10/3 嵐山一日遊
1. 出發地點:京都車站
2.
目的地:嵐山
3.
搭乘交通工具:「JR嵯峨野線」、「保津川遊船」、「嵐山小火車(嵯峨野トロッコ列車)&雙腳
4.
路線:
京都車站出發搭乘JR嵯峨野線抵達JR龜岡站
JR龜岡車站步行10分鐘抵達保津川乘船場(保津川下り)
購票搭乘保津川遊船順流而下→ 2小時(應該130分比較合理)後抵達嵐山渡月橋(中午在嵐山用餐)
用餐結束後,嵐山景點巡禮:天龍寺、竹林、野宮神社步行20~25分鐘抵達嵐山小火車嵐山站
購票搭乘小火車→ 20分鐘後抵達火車終點站龜岡站
出嵐山小火車龜岡站步行10分鐘抵達JR馬堀站,並搭乘JR嵯峨野線返回京都車站

午餐嵐山蕎麥麵店(就在嵐山渡月橋附近)

10/4 伏見稻荷大社 哲學之道 祉園 京都現代美術館 清水寺 菊乃井懷石料理
在飯店附近有一站叫鹽小路搭南5至稻荷大社
伏見稻荷大社是一位於日本京都市伏見區內的神社,是遍及日本全國各地約四萬多所的稻荷神社之總本山,以境內所擁有的「千本鳥居」聞名。
由於每年都有大量的香客前來神社祭拜求取農作豐收、生意興隆、交通安全,使得該神社成為京都地區香火最盛的神社之一。另外,起源於江戶時代的習俗,前來此地許願的人們往往會捐款在神社境內豎立一座鳥居來表達對神明的敬意,使得伏見稻荷大社的範圍內豎有數量驚人的大小鳥居,而以「千本鳥居」之名聞名日本全國乃至於海外。捐款豎立鳥居的單位包含個人、公司行號乃至於各地的商會組織,目前現存的鳥居,最早可以追溯到明治年間。

清水寺是一座位於日本京都府京都市東山區清水的寺院,於778年前後由延鎮上人起造。清水寺的山號為音羽山,主要供奉千手觀音,原本屬於法相宗這一宗派但目前已獨立,成為北法相宗的大本山。清水寺與鹿苑寺、嵐山等同為京都境內最著名的名勝古蹟,一年四季前來朝拜的香客或來訪的觀光客是絡驛不絕。

哲學之道(哲學の道)是日本城市京都左京區一條2公里長的溪邊小道,沿途種植櫻花樹。這條路的名稱來源於京都大學哲學教授西田幾多郎每日在此冥想。1972年正式命名。哲學之道經過好幾座寺廟和神社,例如慈照寺、法然院、永観堂禪林寺、南禪寺、熊野若王子神社。

銀閣寺屬於臨濟宗相國寺派,是東山文化的代表性寺院,山號東山,由室町幕府第8代将軍足利義政建於1482年,正式名稱為慈照寺。世界遺產,國寶。
因為足利義政在寺院內建了一座觀音殿,這座觀音殿又稱作銀閣,所以包含觀音殿在內的全體寺院俗稱「銀閣寺」。雖被稱為銀閣寺,但不像有數層金箔裝飾的金閣寺,銀閣寺並沒有使用銀箔。據說當初銀閣寺計畫使用銀箔裝飾觀音殿但是創建人足利義政在建築途中去世,雖有眾多說法但沒有人知道真情。
美麗的銀閣寺,其庭園可分為山上和山下兩個區域。山上是以白石舖成的枯山水庭園,山下則是以錦鏡池為中心的池泉迴遊式庭園景觀。順著庭園間的小徑,一路散步到後山,不只欣賞到園匠用心栽培的花木,還有閃爍在陽光下的苔園,還可以一覽整個銀閣寺的全景。銀閣寺的庭園被指定為特別史跡以及特別名勝。

晚餐:菊乃井本店

Friday, September 20, 2013

中秋 寧波行

We visited 藕纜橋的朱氏宗祠,  天一閣, 寧波博物館.

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Saturday, September 07, 2013

Thursday, September 05, 2013

Saturday, August 31, 2013

@ Shanghai Royal Meridian

Its Italian restaurant is where we would go whenever we want to have a quiet and spacious place to dine.

Artwork-Owl Chinese Watercolor

I am becoming an owl expert!

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Artwork-Owl sketch

I sketched this drawing at home.