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skylee

Immortality

By skylee,

I walked past the City Hall in Central (Hong Kong) today and saw this inscription again. The picture was taken years ago. See if you can figure out what it means.

I wrote about this (twice!) in my own blog (in Chinese). If you are interested, take a look at this and this.

PS - Pictures of the English version and the bronze gates added on 9 April 2011.

skylee

Charles

By skylee,

I saw this poster yesterday when I was on an escalator. I was quite surprised, mainly by Charles' generosity (well he probably did not know what he was doing and it might be his wife's idea). The combined forces of illness and aging are intimidating.
I meant to take a picture of this today but had missed it (as I was on an escalator). So I had to go downstairs again to take this picture.
Now (Q1) see if you know what this poster is about. Do note the new Chinese name of the illness, which is now in use in Hong Kong, and (Q2) guess what the old Chinese name was. The name has been changed to project a more positive light to the patients. We did the same to another illness a few years back. That illness is now called 思覺失調 over here. (Q3) Guess what it means and what it was called before (you might have to google a bit).
roddy

Trip

By roddy,

Here's one with actual questions!
What event has promoted this trip?
What means of transport is to be used?
What two destinations are named?
Who is eligible to attend?
Are you too late?
xiaocai

Signs taken at hometown

By xiaocai,

Now enjoying my 1 month break back to where I grew up, there are some pictures that I would like to share. Many things have changed, but sadly, some of those which need changes desperately may have not. I was surprised to see signs like what I took in the first picture (file 001.jpg) through out my trip. Hopefully I will see much less of this kind in the future. Well, question time:
1: What kind of message the first sign is trying to convey?
2: Can you think of one 成语 or 四字俗语 which is related to this sign?
To relax a bit after the somewhat heavy topic, please take a look at the second sign (file 002.jpg), and try to answer these simple questions:
1: I can think of at least two ways to interpret the sign, how about you?
2: There is a joke related to this sign, can you find it?
jbradfor

Big Red Sign

By jbradfor,

My turn to take the signese car for a spin. [Thanks Roddy!]
Two (easy?) questions:

Where was this taken? What is it for?
skylee

Some random pictures again

By skylee,

I am back from a short trip to Shanghai and these are two of the pictures I took during a visit to the China Pavilion of the Expo 2010 site.
Observation 1 - I wonder if everyone (e.g. Chinese learners and users of simplified script) sees what Chinese character the logo next to the words "中國館" represents ...
Observation 2 - the name of the kid who did that painting is quite unusual in my opinion. I had never seen such a surname before, and the given name is just too good. Your view?
skylee

Tram

By skylee,

You know where this place is, don't you?
When I first saw this tram I was quite surprised as the Chinese name was right on the first car. It took me a few attempts to take this picture, as I guess there is only one like this and I am not the kind who has a camera in hand ready to take pictures all the time. As far as I know there are different Chinese versions of the city's name. But if this name is good enough for the city it is good enough for me. (But I can't explain why I feel differently about Seoul's Chinese name.)
An irrelevant question - why do Asian (Japanese, Hong Kong, Taiwan) young people (or younger people) like to take pictures of the food they order with sophisticated big cameras in restaurants? Is it just to show off their cameras?
roddy

Wall of ads

By roddy,

Which of these services might you expect to get a Mickey Mouse service from? And where (you might need to strain the eyes a bit) might you expect them to get a lot of their customers from?
skylee

Some random pictures

By skylee,

I took these last weekend. That triangle sign, I just don't understand why we need it, and would appreciate it if someone could explain it to me. And the red sign reminded me of a poem of 李白. Which one do you think it was? The last one is the name of a ruin up on a hill.
Enjoy.
roddy

Fishy business

By roddy,

There were two words here I hadn't seen before. What were they.
And in case I forget to come back and tell you, they were . . .
Apologies, as usual, for the quality.
skylee

Tree

By skylee,

This is a notice on a tree. What has happened to it? What will happen to it? And what after that?
roddy

Undulating Pavement

By roddy,

Laughing at inaccurate use of English isn't big or clever. So you're only allowed to smile.
(I wanted to make a post, but this was the only photo I had handy)
xiaocai

Signs taken at hometown part 2

By xiaocai,

Maybe someone has posted similar photos before but I'd add a few questions with this one:
1.How many different services can you identify?
2.Where do you think it is most likely to be taken?
Sorry for the large size of the picture (1200X1600) but some interesting (at least I thought they are ) details would have been missing if it had been resized any smaller.
skylee

Caution

By skylee,

It seems that I keep posting pictures about trees.
Here is another one that I took today. What has happened to this tree?
On the other side of the tree there was the same notice but in English. And I learnt from the English notice that what had affected the tree was not what I had thought as I had misunderstood the relevant Chinese word. Guess what it is?
skylee

Money exchange

By skylee,

This is easy. Just point out what is wrong in this picture.
If you can't figure it out, take a look at this older thread.

The two pictures were taken in different places. The one here was in Granada, Spain. The one in the older thread was in Rome, Italy. Perhaps they hire the same publicity agency in Southern Europe?
skylee

The point is?

By skylee,

I am staying in a cheap hotel in Hongkou, Shanghai as a friend is staying here. The hotel works hard to be a good hotel and it is quite nice really. I took this picture at the breakfast yesterday morning. I think this is a bit sad, but of course it is funny too.
roddy

Ireland's Potatos

By roddy,

A fine bit of marketing blarney.
1) What two things would an Irishman not joke about?
2) What two things does the company want to bring to the young of Taiwan?
and, er,
3) Which former US Vice-President am I emulating?
skylee

Campuses

By skylee,

I went by train to recce a place where I will have to go to later, and on my way back I stopped at my university to take a look. These are the pictures I took during the journey. Nothing particularly interesting. I like that window slogan (that is the spirit of an ideal man haha) and the plants behind the banner. And don't you find all those rules at the pond amusing?
This is not relevant to the pictures. I could not find my university when I arrived at the University train station. I saw a bus terminus, a Hyatt hotel next to a brand new building but I could not see Chung Chi College or the New Asia and United water towers. Of course soon I found out that I had exited on the other side of the station. I had not been there for over a decade and I no longer know the place. Sigh.
skylee

From Bangkok

By skylee,

I spent last weekend in Bangkok and took these pictures. The one with the bottles is a gem, though the other two are not very interesting, but at least they are new. Enjoy.
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