Mandarin lessons to get £10m boost, says Chancellor – BBC News
Ah yes! Mandarin in English schools will receive a £10m boost, and 5,000 more pupils will learn it, George Osborne has announced on a visit to China. Source: Mandarin lessons to get £10m boost, says Chancellor – BBC News Continue reading Mandarin lessons to get £10m boost, says Chancellor – BBC News
St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei: Ordination Service and Appointment of Prof. Herbert Ma as Canon Chancellor
Yesterday was St. Matthew’s Day, Monday September 21, 2015, and an ordination service was held at St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei for Rev. Tsai Ching-Yi 蔡靜儀 and Rev. Wu Shing-Shiang 吳興祥. Both were ordained priests. Rev. Tsai serves at St. John’s Cathedral, and Rev. Wu serves here at Advent Church. They both studied at the seminary at Fu-Jen R. C. University in Taipei, and it was wonderful to welcome the seminary principal and many staff too ~ here’s all the clergy and friends, including those from Fu-Jen! At the same service, Professor Herbert H. P. Ma 馬漢寶, our diocesan chancellor, was formally … Continue reading St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei: Ordination Service and Appointment of Prof. Herbert Ma as Canon Chancellor
陳明邦感恩畫展 Mr. Chen Ming-Bang Thanksgiving Art Exhibition
The Grand Opening Ceremony of Mr. Chen Ming-Bang (陳明邦)’s Thanksgiving Art Exhibition! Mr. Chen Ming-Bang and his lovely wife are members of Advent Church, they have a home just up the coast from here, and whenever they’re here, they take part in all our services and activities. Mr. Chen has had a very distinguished career in the civil service, including as Founding Director of the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office. In his retirement, Mr. Chen has not sat idly by, but rather has put his artistic talents to great use and has produced over 60 paintings, which yesterday were put on … Continue reading 陳明邦感恩畫展 Mr. Chen Ming-Bang Thanksgiving Art Exhibition
Fugueijiao Lighthouse 富貴角燈塔 now open to the public!
Just 5 minutes on a bus up the road from here in Sanzhi 三芝 and then a 1 km walk, and there is the northern tip of Taiwan, and the famous Fugueijiao Lighthouse. It’s round the promontory from the Fuji Fishing Harbour, and hidden behind the army camp, but the big news is that the lighthouse grounds are now open to the public. All day every day except Mondays, and the whole world has turned up to check it all out! The lighthouse was built in 1896 by the Japanese – the first one built by them after they arrived … Continue reading Fugueijiao Lighthouse 富貴角燈塔 now open to the public!
Taiwan’s Nationalist Party looks to be heading toward a historic defeat – LA Times
‘Imagine you’re a presidential campaign director. With just four months to go before election day, which of the following would you not want your candidate to post on Facebook?’ Source: Taiwan’s Nationalist Party looks to be heading toward a historic defeat – LA Times Continue reading Taiwan’s Nationalist Party looks to be heading toward a historic defeat – LA Times
Teapot Mountain 茶壺山 and Banpingshan 半平山 (半屏山) Ridge
What a place! In its heyday, Jinguashi 金瓜石 was a very major happening kind of place, a gold rush town up in the mountains above Keelung on Taiwan’s NE coast with one of the world’s largest gold and copper mines ~ over 600 km of tunnels in and under those hills. During the Japanese era (1895-1945), it became the largest copper mine in the Japanese empire. But by the 1970’s it was all gone, the gold rush all finished. As with all mining towns, so here – a tragic history of hard labour and terrible working and living conditions. Worse too, as … Continue reading Teapot Mountain 茶壺山 and Banpingshan 半平山 (半屏山) Ridge
Freshers Week @ St. John’s University
And the first busful of this year’s new intake of students arrives at St. John’s University to a very enthusiastic welcome….! A great start to a great week – YES! Continue reading Freshers Week @ St. John’s University
St. John’s University ~ New Academic Year 2015
Yes, starting tomorrow for ‘freshmen’ ~ 2 x 2 days of welcome activities for new students… Fortunately the sun is out, always makes a difference, and the campus is looking great! Praying for all the new students, their families, and all our staff and students as we prepare to start classes next Monday ~ the new academic year is starting up, YES! Continue reading St. John’s University ~ New Academic Year 2015
Beauty of a Beast…
Thought you might to see what I found chilling today at St. John’s University ~ a Batocera rubus albofasciata, otherwise known as a Mango Longhorn Beetle ~ looks kinda handsome but turns out to be a pest, as it bores into trees and munches its way through them…. Turns out to be quite common in Taiwan, but if even one turns up in Europe, it’s a mega-crisis, with special monitoring in place….. Beauty ‘n the Beast? Here they’re combined in one ~ ah, the Beauty of a Beast! Continue reading Beauty of a Beast…
Catherine Lee 