Fili’s world

Went for a very quick visit in Kaohsiung the other day and stopped for lunch at the lovely Cheng Ching lake, stretching out at the north-east side of Kaohsiung with lovely pagodas and parks.
        
I really missed the endless variety of food in Taiwan…
 

“Made in Tainan” took place last Saturday at the Anping harbor area in western Tainan. Tainan Bulletin had the following :

14:00~14:50 Sun Of Morning
15:00~15:50 Bugs Of Phonon
16:00~16:50 The Sawbucks
17:00~17:50 Divebomb
18:00~18:50 Mr.Dirty
19:00~19:50 130 Dollars
20:00~20:50 Full House
21:00~21:50 Uli And The Rulers

Tickets:14:00~16:00 ONLY NT100   After 14:00 NT200, includes 1 [...]

Back in Tainan City. Last year, same month, it was awful weather - ~35c and repeating monsoon rains, but now it’s a comfortable relatively dry 30-32c with strong winds that make it much easier to bare.
Need to sort out a few things to take care of my stay here for the next academic year. Can’t [...]

From the gorgeous dry weather in Jerusalem to the crazy summer of Taipei.
It can be extremely sunny and clear…

 
… and then, in an hour, pouring rain, rage rain, impossible to go out…

Yep, with 29c. Photos taken from the 25-something floor of the building next to the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi [...]

This is a bit far-fetched, even for me, but fascinating nonetheless. Here’s some of the story from Oniazuma :
Israeli officials publicly acknowledge the mysterious similarities between Judaism and Japan. Recently, in March of 2007, Rabbi Avichail of the Israeli Investigative Body Amishav, which searches for descendants of the Lost Tribes, arrived in Japan. Although they [...]

Lots of Israeli/Jewish blogophere coverage of  the Beijing Olympics. JTA has a whole page dedicated to the subject with various interesting posts like “A ’shalom’ from Chinese schoolchildren” and “A bar mitzvah amid the medals” and terrific photos :

But the highlight of it all is definitely their video of asking Chinese folks about [...]