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Taipei’s Amazing Upside-Down House @ Huashan 1914 Creative Park!

Catherine Lee

Yes, everything is upside-down and it’s really amazing. I totally love it! But so does everyone else, ha ha!  So the first time I went, at Lantern Festival a few weeks ago, there was a 2-hour queue to get in….. and then the second time I went, a few days ago, there was hardly anyone, and the queue was 10 minutes!  It’s wonderful! The Upside-Down House is at Huashan 1914 Creative Park (華山1914文化創意產業園區), Taipei’s old winery dating from the Japanese era ~ first producing sake and ginseng wines, and breeding moth orchids, then it moved into production of rice wines, liquors and … Continue reading Taipei’s Amazing Upside-Down House @ Huashan 1914 Creative Park!

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Master Chang Ching’s ‘Exquisite Arts’ Exhibition 新開創 – 張敬の精湛藝術邀請展 ~ a big must-see!

Catherine Lee

From now until January 24, the National Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall in Taipei City is THE place to go!  Not for the changing of the guard, although that’s quite fun if you arrive on the hour like hundreds of tourists do, and like we did yesterday.  But even more fascinating is the Wood Sculpture Exhibition by Master Chang Ching 張敬, it’s STUNNING! Master Chang’s story was published over 10 years ago in English by the Buddhist Tzu-Chi Organization (click here for the article), and it’s fascinating to read ~ he has a great Christian testimony! He’s now nearly 80 and still … Continue reading Master Chang Ching’s ‘Exquisite Arts’ Exhibition 新開創 – 張敬の精湛藝術邀請展 ~ a big must-see!

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Thornham Parva Retable ~ Stunning!

Catherine Lee

St. Mary’s Church, Thornham Parva in deepest Suffolk is just about everybody’s favorite UK church!  Very small, very quaint, very thatched and very very old.  It also happens to be one of my supporting churches and the people are wonderful ~ I visited them earlier this year (see my blog post here) ~ the salt of the earth! The church is also very famous for the retable that hangs above the altar, apparently the largest surviving altar-piece from the English Middle Ages.  St. Catherine is second left, holding her wheel ~ so I bought lots of postcards of the retable to give to … Continue reading Thornham Parva Retable ~ Stunning!

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馬祖 Matsu Islands: Boats, Beauty and, yes, Blue Tears!

Catherine Lee

Yes, we even saw the famous Blue Tears (藍眼淚) of Matsu, honest!  And they were AMAZING! And the only reason we saw them was because of that terrible Typhoon Dujuan that hit us on the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival weekend at the end of September.  Sometimes, y’know, even typhoons have a silver lining! Every year, the Diocese of Taiwan organizes a trip for a few days to visit somewhere interesting ~ mostly for the older people, but anyone is welcome, and several invite their friends and family, who may or may not be church members, so we have a lovely variety! And … Continue reading 馬祖 Matsu Islands: Boats, Beauty and, yes, Blue Tears!

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North Coast Kite Festival 2015 @ Baishawan 白沙灣 !

Catherine Lee

It’s Mid-Autumn Moon Festival today, one of the most important festivals of the year, celebrated with barbecues and moon-gazing, visits home and moon cakes.  We even have a day off on Monday to make the most of it all.   Yippee! It’s also the weekend of Taiwan’s annual North Coast Kite Festival at Baishawan Beach 白沙灣 just a mile or so up the road from here.  Must-go! Ah yes, and to top it all, we have a typhoon on the way! Hopefully the last of the season. Typhoons mean rain and wind, and certainly no moon-gazing, but the wind is of course … Continue reading North Coast Kite Festival 2015 @ Baishawan 白沙灣 !

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陳明邦感恩畫展 Mr. Chen Ming-Bang Thanksgiving Art Exhibition

Catherine Lee

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

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Very early morning in Taipei….

Catherine Lee

Very early morning means sunrise, 6:00am-ish and this week I’ve been out and about…. to see Taipei 101 before anyone else was out, the roads strangely deserted, and not a tourist in sight.  Plus of course, sunrise from the hills at the back of the Grand Hotel…. Ah yes, and mustn’t forget a sculpture I happened upon near Taipei 101. So this is art?! All I can tell you is that my toes don’t do that ha ha! Continue reading Very early morning in Taipei….

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台灣,我回來了 Yes, Taiwan, I’m back ~ yippee!

Catherine Lee

And back via Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport where the London Taxi sculpture kept me entertained while waiting – it’s quite something! So, EVA Airlines from London Heathrow to Taipei via Bangkok…. about 14 hours in total… and arrived at 9:20pm last night.  Thanks be to God for safe and smooth travels. So here I am in Taipei in lovely warm temperatures of 25°C ~ and guess what? It’s 6,076 miles (9,779km) from London to Taipei, which means that while I was in the UK for the last 7 months, I kind of drove the equivalent distance of Taipei to … Continue reading 台灣,我回來了 Yes, Taiwan, I’m back ~ yippee!

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Liverpool and the Wirral

Catherine Lee

Staying with my lovely CMS friends, Linda and Nigel, who’ve just retired back home to the Wirral ~ my first ever visit.  You might even see them in a photo below, spot them smiling away! They’re very involved in Christians Against Poverty (CAP) and in connection with that, off we went yesterday to Christ the King Church, Birkenhead, part of the Priory Parish, where there’s a soup lunch on Tuesdays for local people, no charge, plus food distribution at low cost.  Great ministry to families and those in need…. Then to the Mersey Ferry, which is newly painted as Everybody Razzle … Continue reading Liverpool and the Wirral