Friday, March 04, 2005

Smiles for the weekend!


Children in Colombo - Sri Lanka - Feb.2005

Vou a Hong Kong.
Deixo-vos uns sorrisos bonitos para alegrar o vosso fim de semana.
Ate' segunda-feira!

United Religions of Ceylon - part III - Islamism


Muslim Students at the Galle Fort


A break before the 6:00 pm prayer


On the way to pray

All the above photos were taken at
Galle Fort - Sri Lanka - Feb.2005

Wednesday, March 02, 2005

United Religions of Ceylon - part II - Buddhism


Monk Child in Kandy City - Sri Lanka - Feb.2005


Monk Child in Kandy City - Sri Lanka - Feb.2005


Two Monk Boys in Kandy City - Sri Lanka - Feb.2005


Monk in Hikkadwa (southwest coast) - Sri Lanka - Feb.2005


We are leaving - Kandy City - Sri Lanka - Feb.2005


Take me with you - Kandy City - Sri Lanka - Feb.2005


The door is closed now - Kandy City - Sri Lanka - Feb.2005


I have to go - Kandy City - Sri Lanka - Feb.2005


Good Bye - Kandy City - Sri Lanka - Feb.2005

Tuesday, March 01, 2005

United Religions of Ceylon - part I


Buddhist monks in Kandy – Sri Lanka – Feb. 2005


Muslim students in Galle Fort – Sri Lanka – Feb. 2005

Curious religious moments in Colombo, Sri Lanka:
- A buddhist mong walking ahead of a muslim couple.
- A muslim women walking by a catholic church.
- Ate a Nossa Senhora de Fatima e os 3 pastorinhos por la' andam!

Formosa Tour de l'Île

Aproveitei o fim de semana grande para dar uma volta pela ilha de Taiwan.


Comecei aqui na terra, cidade de Tainan, onde ocorre o principal evento do festival das lanternas (do 23 Fev. a 6 de Mar.).

Tainan Lantern Festival

Segui para Kaoshiung para apanhar o comboio para Taitung, no sudeste de Taiwan.

Taitung Coast

A costa de leste de Taiwan e' bastante montanhosa e cheia de termas de aguas quentes:

Jhihben Hot Springs


De Taitung segui para norte, para Hualien, parque nacional onde residem tribos de nativos de Taiwan.
De Hualien segui para Taipei, pela rota considerada a mais picturesca da ilha de Taiwan.

Hualien Coast

Acabei o fim de semana a rir em Taipei com uma comedia de Singapura, o filme

Rice Rhapsody:

Rice Rhapsody looks into the delicate art of making Hainan chicken rice and mother-son relationships. The film can be seen as a twist on Ang Lee's Eat Drink Man Woman and The Wedding Banquet.
Jen (Silvia Chang), a mother of three sons, is an expert at making Hainan chicken rice and uses her mother's secret recipe to open a restaurant and raise her children alone after being abandoned by her husband 12 years earlier.
Jen's older sons, Daniel and Harry, are gay, causing Jen to worry whether she will have grandchildren if her third son, Leo, turns out to be gay too.
She and her best friend, Kim Chui (Martin Yan, a famous TV chef) devise a plan to keep Leo straight by bringing a French exchange student to live with them. Leo develops a strange but intriguing relationship with the French girl named Sabine, which greatly pleases Jen.

Taiwan, 228

Ontem, dia 28 de Fevereiro foi feriado aqui em Taiwan.
Neste dia (conhecido por 228) ha' 58 anos, o povo de Taiwan foi massacrado pelas tropas do KMT, provocando um numero incerto de vitimas, entre 10000 a 30000 pessoas. Ver resumo dos acontecimentos aqui.

photo: Sean Chao, Taipei Times
A man yesterday pays his respects to victims of the 228 Incident at an altar set up at the 228 Peace Memorial Park in Taipei. Displayed on the wall are pictures of some of the victims.