All the countries and places I have been
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Posted:Apr 30, 2021 3:16 am
Last Updated:Mar 27, 2024 12:47 pm 545689 Views
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The countries I have been to:
Taiwan - I was born and raised in Taiwan. Taipei 1 0 1 (floor), National Palace Museum國立故宮博物院, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall國立中正紀念堂, 228 Memorial Park, Kaohsiung (dragon & Tiger Pagodas), Tainan, Taichung, Taroko Gorge (太魯閣國家公園), Sun Moon Lake (日月潭), Queen's Head Rock YehLiu Geopark野柳女王頭
USA - California, Nevada, Washington State, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Hawaii, Alaska, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Washington DC, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan
Mexico - Tihana, Ensenada
England - London - Great Britain Museum, Buckingham Palace, Tower of London, Tower Bridge, Saint Paul's Cathedral, Big Ben, Britsh Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Hyde Park, Windsor Castle, Harrods luxury dept store
France - Paris - Louvre museum盧浮宮博物館, Arc de Triomphe 凱旋門, Notre-Dame Cathedral巴黎聖母院, Chateau de Versailles凡爾賽宮, Eiffel Tower埃菲爾鐵塔, Ave. des Champs-Élysées 香榭麗舍大道, Place de la Concorde, Moulin Rouge, Lafayette
Netherlands - Amsterdam (windmills, tulips, wooden shoes), Girls in Window in Amsterdam Red Light District
Belgium - Brussels (Grand Place), Manneken Pis (little b*y statue)
Canada - West coast - Louise Lake, Columbia Icefield, Banff National Park, Alberta, Calgary, West Edmonton Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia
East coast - Niagara Falls, Toronto, (Canada side), McGill University, Quebec
China - Beijing (Forbidden City 紫禁城, Tienanmen Square天安門廣場, Emperor Summer Palace), Great Wall (萬里長城), Han-Zhou (Tai Lake), Su-Zhou, Shanghai上海,
Japan - Osaka, Kyoto (Kinkaku-ji: The Golden Pavilion, Fushimi-Inari Shrine, bamboo forest), deer feeding in Nara Park奈良公園
Switzerland - Zurich 蘇黎世
Australia - Sidney Opera House, Sydney Harbor Bridge, Cairns (Rainforestation, Pamagirri Aboriginal Dancer/boomerang throwing), Koala & Wildlife Park, Michaelmas Cay, Queen Victoria shopping plaza, Opal Museum,
New Zealand - Auckland, Rotorua Waitomo Caves, Roseland Farm, Agrodome Sheep Show, Rainbow Springs Nature Park, Kiwi Encounter, Te Puia, Pohutu Geyser, Gibbston Valley Winery for lunch and wine tasting, watch people Bungee-jumping from Kawarau Bridge, Arrowtown, Queenstown (Milford Sound)
Italy - Tuscany (Florence, Lucca, Chianti, Siena), Umbria (Assisi). Rome (Colosseum古羅馬圓形大競技場, Roman Forum, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon), The Pyramid of Cestius, Hercules Victor Temple, Mouth of Truth, Forum of Julius Caesar)
Italy is a very religious Catholic country, 95% of population are Catholic. There are many thousands of Basilica, Duomo, Abbey, Cathedral, Chapel, Church, Palazzo in Italy.
Sicily (Palermo, Ancient Theatre of Taormina, Salt pans – Masala, The Valley of the Temples - Akragas, Mount Etna volcano)
Vatican - Vatican Museum (Sistine Chapel, Saint Peter's Basilica),
Knights of Malta - (Sovereign Military Order of Malta), The Aventine Hill Keyhole, a keyhole view Saint Peter's Square
The 17 States in USA I have been to
California - Yosemite, Sequoia, Kings Canyon National Parks, Lake Tahoe, Mammoth Lake, Disneyland, Universal Studio, 6 Flag Magic Mountain, Knott's Berry Farm, Griffith Observatory, San Diego Zoo, Sea World, Sacramento, San Francisco Fisherman pier, Huntington Library, Getty Museum, Norton Simon Museum, La Brea tar pits museum, Los Angeles County Museum, Hearst Castle, Long Beach Aquarium, Avalon Catalina Island, Channel Islands. Big Sur, Solvang, Carmel, Ojai, Santa Barbara,
Nevada - Las Vegas casinos, Hoover Dam, Reno city
Washington - Seattle, Washington State University, CN tower,
Arizona - Grand Canyon National Park,
Utah - Salt Lake City, Mormon Temple Square, University of Utah (UU), Arches National Park, Vernal Dinosaur fossils,
Wyoming - Yellowstone National Park (Old Faithful Geyser),
Montana - Yellowstone National Park
Idaho - Idaho Falls
Hawaii - Honolulu, Polynesian Cultural Center, Ala Moana Shopping Center, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Alaska - a cruise, watching whale breaching
New York - UN, Statue of Liberty, Rockefeller Plaza, World Trade Center twin towers (WTC), Fifth Avenue, Wall Street, Time Square, Madison Square Garden, Buffalo city, Niagara Falls (U.S. side), John F. Kennedy Center, John F. Kennedy International Airport
New Jersey - a hotel for a night
Massachusetts - Boston's Quincy Market, MIT, Harvard Universities, No N*me seafood restaurant in Boston
Washington D.C. - White House, the Capitol, the Supreme Court, National Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, National Air and Space Museum
Virginia - The Pentagon, Iwo jima Memorial (US Marine Corps War Memorial), Arlington National Cemetery
Pennsylvania - Philadelphia (Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Philadelphia Mint)
Michigan - Detroit, Wynne State University (medical campus)
The National Parks I have been
Yosemite - CA (3 times)
Sequoia - CA (2 times)
Kings Canyon - CA (2 times)
Grand Canyon - AZ (3 times)
Grand Teton - Wyoming (2 times)
Zion - UT (2 times)
Bryce Canyon - UT (2 times)
Yellowstone - Montana, Wyoming (2 times)
Arches - UT (3 times)
Death Valley - NV (once)
Channel Islands - CA (once)
Hawaii Volcanoes - HA (once)
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Taiwan train crashed - 50 dead and more than 200 injured
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Posted:Apr 7, 2021 10:59 pm
Last Updated:Apr 25, 2021 1:11 pm 548385 Views
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A Taiwan train (台鐵) 太魯閣號出軌 crashed on Good Friday, April 2nd, 2021 that accident caused 50 people died and more than 200 injured. April 2nd was the first day of Taiwan national "Tomb Sweeping day" plus weekend. The train was fully loaded almost 500 passengers from the capital Taipei to Taitung.
A construction site manager, Lee Yi-hsiang (李義祥), 49, whose lorry slid on to a railway track and led to Taiwan's worst train disaster in 5 decades has expressed "deep regret". Mr. Lee's flatbed lorry was parked on an embankment but slipped down it, causing the train to derail on Friday near the city of Hualien.
Investigators say CCTV footage from the front carriage showed the train driver had only 6.9 seconds to respond and the train was only 250m (820ft) away from the lorry, not enough time or distance for the train driver to stop and avoid the collision. The probe is now looking into whether Mr Lee failed to set the emergency brake or whether there was a mechanical failure in his vehicle.
Rescue crews are still removing the train wreck from the tunnel, and fear they may still find more bodies
At least 50 people were killed and more than 200 injured in the crash.
Mr. Lee was questioned over the weekend by prosecutors and released on bail, but on Sunday he was taken back into custody because he was deemed a flight risk and had a previous conviction.
Reading a statement to news crews outside his house, Mr Lee said he would co-operate with crash investigators, and "take the responsibility I should take". He was then taken away by police.
He was part of a team who regularly inspected Taiwan's mountainous eastern train line for landslides and other risks. He was also thought to be the flatbed's operator.
Some survivors lost their whole families, and Taiwan declared three days of national mourning.
Priest Sung Chih-chiang said he spoke to one female survivor who lost her husband and two in the crash. "She could not find her . When she yelled, she found her was under the steel panels. She put some effort into moving those pieces one by one, but her 's voice became quieter and quieter, and then there was no response," the priest told Reuters.
Investigators have been going through the train's recording devices and CCTV footage from the front carriage, the chairman of the Taiwan Transportation Safety Board told AFP.
"According to the testimonies by some passengers, they heard the horn being sounded and it's believed the train driver had spotted an object on the track," Hong Young said. He added that the train driver, who was among those killed, would have struggled to avoid the crash.
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I offer my sincere condolence to all the victims in this train crash. Please be strong for all the survivors. Please take good care of yourselves.
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Texas residents are ending up with $5,000 electric bills after the winter storms
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Posted:Feb 21, 2021 9:39 pm
Last Updated:Mar 22, 2021 7:05 am 539482 Views
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February was Chinese lunar New Year's day, I received a t*xt from my da*ghter said "Happy Chinese New Year!!" and next t*xt she said "It's icy here". My da*ghter has been working at a hospital as an OB/GYN MD in Texas since late June of 2020. She has worked in Detroit since her MD graduation in June 20' (I've attended every her graduation) for her residency MD program for a year. Then she moved Northern California for a year, then moved 2 New York for another year. T* be a MD is a long journey.
In my impression of Texas is a warm, h*t, dry state, full of oil wells and cows. This year the winter storm in Texas has changed my image of Texas. I watched the TV, internet news, Texas is in crisis. Here is some summary of Texas winter storms that never happened in the past century.
Some Texans were billed $1,000 a day for electricity during last week's frigid weather.
The wholesale pr*ce of electricity surged ,000 % as demand increased and supply fell offline.
Texas residents endured days without power during last week's winter storms are facing a new obstacle: Electricity bills over $5,000 for less than a week of energy.
Some customers of the state-owned electric grid are seeing the eye-popping, five-figure power bills because their plans are tied to the wholesale market . In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, residents have been with $1,000 day charges for electricity, The Dallas Morning News reported. Residents have taken social media or other outlets show $5,000 bills - or more- over a period of about 5 days.
Power outrage (no heater), water shortage (water pipes exploded), snow, icy cold weather has k*lled at least 21 people already. Some people burned their furniture get warm, some even got their house burned down, the fire fighters can't put out of fire because no water. They watched the house burn down itself. Some people cooked snow flush their toilets.
President Joe Biden faces his first weather challenge since his inauguration. President Biden declares major disaster in Texas.
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Bully internet troll, Trumplican, own gun, emailed me twice
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Posted:Jan 10, 2021 6:03 am
Last Updated:Feb 18, 2021 12:31 pm 553417 Views
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His username is "andromeda88", 69 y/o, living in Chewelah, Washington state. Gold member on AFF
His 1st email:
Trump did wrong, but the left did wrong all summer. There were all kinds of voter irregularities. Soon we will have a one party system like other dictatorships. People like me are tired of being demonized. The far left is horrible for freedom. the way, I wrote the White House and told Trump his rhetoric screwed conservatives probably for a generation. He did wrong, but just wait to see what the left does. They will now get my guns until they me. They are communists pigs on the far right. So are BLM and Antifa.
1/9/2021 2:24 pm
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His 2nd email:
Well, I can say a lot about your sides arrogance, lies and corruption but you aren't worth my time. Just keeping watching one news outlet so you can stay intellectually dishonest.
1/ 10 /2021 :49 am
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He also write one comment in my blog. After read his sarcastic comment about Honesty is the Best Policy and emails and I blocked him. I don't lie, I am not a left winger either. I am anti-communist as I repeatedly mentioned, I don't own gun but my house and car security system is very good. This guy is new and bully as Trump. He is a Trumplican. I don't have F B, Tw**ter , so nobody can find me.
This guy has no quality, a typical Trump follower. Shame on him!!! .
I copied and pasted his 2 emails and his photo on Asia Friendfinder to prove that I didn't lie.
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US lifts self-imposed restrictions with Taiwan
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Posted:Jan 9, 2021 9:03 pm
Last Updated:Mar 27, 2024 1:50 pm 549241 Views
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The United States is lifting decades-old restrictions between American and Taiwanese officials, in a move that will fundamentally change Washington's relationship with the self-governed island -- and is expected to anger Beijing.
Washington has for years "created complex internal restrictions to regulate" US officials' dealings with Taiwan "in an attempt to appease the Communist regime in Beijing," US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Saturday. "No more," Pompeo wrote.
China considers Taiwan a part of its territory, and US dealings with the democratically ruled island have long been a source of tension.
In a statement, Pompeo, a staunch critic of China, wrote that US diplomats should now consider all previous State Department contact guidelines regarding relations with Taiwan to be "null and void."
The order comes less than two weeks before the administration of President-elect Joe Biden takes over, and is likely to be a hurdle for the incoming team to deal with.
The US has maintained close ties with Taiwan since it split from mainland China in 1949 after the end of a bloody civil war. But until recently Washington has avoided major displays of friendship so as to not antagonize Beijing, which continues to view the self-governing democracy of around 24 million people as an inseparable part of its territory, under its One China policy.
China's leader, Chairman Xi Jinping, has been clear in his ambitions to "reunify" the island with the mainland, and has refused to rule out the use of force, even though the ruling Chinese Communist Party has never exerted direct control over Taiwan.
Under the One China policy, the US has unofficial relations with Taiwan and posts unofficial representatives to Taipei. Washington has also long provided arms to the island under the terms of the 40-year-old Taiwan Relations Act.
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Nobody understood how much "suffering from China's threat" for 40 yrs since former U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced "abandon Taiwan and establish diplomatic relationship with China". My ancestors have been in Taiwan for over 400 yrs, CCP only has 71 yrs history.
Look how many atrocities in China that CCP has done to their own people. From Cultural Revolution, Great Famine, that k*lled 80 million people, to Tienanmen Square massacre, to One Baby policy, Falun Gong organ harvesting, HongKongers suppression, Mongolians, Xinjiang, Uyghurs genocide, .... How can USA not see those crimes? How can the world not see those atrocities? Why CCP had to k*ll so many people and not allow to talk about its crimes?? Chinese are "silent lambs", but doesn't mean the world don't know about those facts. If CCP is a regime show us they love their Chinese people, Taiwanese will be unified with them. But, no, no, no, CCP threatened Taiwan, sending fighting jets to Taiwan strait to weaken Taiwan defense.
Taiwan has 23.8 million in population. We didn't do anything against CCP, but why CCP wants to bomb Taiwan to flat, not keep a person but keep the island. Is because Taiwan government love people? Is because Taiwanese are rich and have freedom? So, CCP is jealous about Taiwan.
I have said I like U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo before, now I said the same again. Mr. Pompeo knows what is justice and "Justice will prevail". The world will see the truth. Taiwan only has 7 people died on Coronavirus that is a good example of the world.
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Insurrection on U.S. Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021
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Posted:Jan 8, 2021 10:45 am
Last Updated:Jan 28, 2021 10:31 am 545760 Views
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I was watching CNBC while trading stock market simultaneously on January 6, 2021 morning. Then the CNBC switched to the U.S. Capitol Hill and broadcasted the news of riot on Capitol. The unbelievable violent scene unfolded on TV screen. Please refer to the photos inserted.
Trump is a demagogue. He lost the presidential election since November 2020, and January 6, 2021 was the day "Electoral College" scheduled to cast vote count in Congress. Trump took the failure of his reelection into his own hands and encouraged his supporters to go on U.S. Capitol and caused chaotic riot.
The invasion of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 was stoked in plain sight. For weeks, the far-right supporters of President Donald Trump railed on social media that the election had been stolen. They openly discussed the idea of violent protest on the day Congress met to certify the result.
“We came up with the idea to occupy just outside the CAPITOL on Jan 6th,” leaders of the Stop the Steal movement wrote on Dec. 23. They called their Wednesday demonstration the Wild Protest, a name taken from a tweet by Trump that encouraged his supporters to take their grievances to the streets of Washington. “Will be wild,” the president tweeted.
The next day, and blocked Trump's to prevent his foolish tweeting. The House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will proceed 2nd impeachment on Trump even the Joe Biden's inauguration day (January 20, 2021) is approaching.
Photo 1: Insurrectionists in the rotunda of the Capitol on Wednesday after breaching security.
Photo 2: A Trump supporter who breached the Capitol sits inside the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as insurrectionists halted congressional debate of the electoral vote certification.
Photo 3: Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., comforts Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., while taking cover as protesters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote on Wednesday.
Photo 4: Trump supporters storming the doors of the Capitol on Wednesday.
Photo 5: Police intervene as supporters of President Donald Trump breach security and enter the Capitol on Wednesday.
Photo 6: An insurrectionist entered U.S. Capitol carried a flag.
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