Miscellaneous photos
Miscellaneous photos from Summer and Fall 2013, up to late October.
Kaohsiung October 2013
A weekend in Kaohsiung with classmates.
Nagoya October 2013 (IJCNLP)
Nagoya for IJCNLP 2013.
Are Buddhist karma and rebirth mythological or metaphorical?
Can we consider the Buddhist concepts of karma and rebirth to be mythological or metaphorical rather than literal? This is from a post I made to the forums for SFU HUM331 of Spring 2013, which Paul Crowe generously let me sit in on.
What persists after death in Buddhism?
What is it that persists after death in the Buddhist conception of death and rebirth? This is from a post I made to the forums for SFU HUM331 of Spring 2013, which Paul Crowe generously let me sit in on.
Life
- Paper
- Graduation
- Taiwan again
Japan June 2013 trip
- Kyoto
- Tokyo
Master Sheng Yen on sudden enlightenment and Linji methods
This is a post I made to the forums for SFU HUM331 of Spring 2013, which Paul Crowe generously let me sit in on. I have made minor edits here.
Korea July 2012 trip
- ACL 2012
- Jeju
- Seoul
- DMZ
Fog (and a cat)
- Fog
- Cat
Improvised zoom lens
Strapping opera glasses to a hand held camera sort of works, but not very well.
Assorted Vancouver photos
- Vancouver
- Burnaby Mountain
- Dragon boats
- Animals
Portland and Halifax
- Portland
- Halifax
Thailand
- Bangkok
- Surat Thani
- Ko Samui
- Nakon Si Tammarat
- Wat Suan Mokkh ten-day retreat
- Chaiya
- Ayutthaya
- Chiang Mai
A trip to Malaysia
Malaysia:
- Kuala Lumpur
- Petronas Towers
- Batu Caves
- Ipoh
- Cameron Highlands
- Monkeys
- Buddhist and Hindu Cave Art
More travel in Taiwan
At the end of May me and Beatrice took a couple of weeks off to travel a bit in Taiwan. Featuring:
- High Speed Rail
- Kaohsiung and Pingdong
- Kenting
- Taitung and Jhihben National Forest Recreation Area
- Lyudao
- Lanyu
- Luye and the East Rift Valley
Chinese New Year
- Lead up to new year
- Department store raffles
- Visiting
- Guandu temple
- A hot spring
- Tours and more visiting
- Taoyuan and Taipei Lantern Festivals
- A procession in Taoyuan city
New site
New site at www.mwhitney.ca.
Sluban pseudo-Lego
Sluban pseudo-Lego is surprisingly interesting, and now I have some Three Kingdoms sets, a tank, and extra minifigures.
Back in Taiwan, to teach Engligh
I am back in Taiwan, to try teaching English. More on:
- Teaching
- Location
- Work
Saner web browsers: Uzbl and Surf
Trip ending and notes
- Getting home
- Budget
- Accommodation
- Eating
- Transport
- Other expenses
- Language
- Taiwan youth travel program
- Guide books
- Route in Taiwan
Trip day 35: Macau
- Turbojet ferries
- The Macau peninsula
- Casinos and hotels
- Old buildings
- The ruins of São Paulo
- A-Ma Temple
Trip days 30-37: Hong Kong
- Public transit
- Crossing roads
- Causeway Bay and Happy Valley
- Central District
- The Peak
- Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Ma Tei, and Mong Kok
- The Western New Territories
- Lantau Island
- Temples, monasteries, and a nunnery
Trip days 26-30: Taipei again
- Taipei again
- Apartments and malls
- Leaving Taiwan
Trip days 20-26: eastern Taiwan
- Taitung
- Hualien
- Taroko National Park
- Tzu Chi Campus
Trip days 13-20: southern Taiwan
- Kaohsiung
- Lotus Lake
- Cijin Island
- The British Consulate at Takao
- Foguangshan Monastery
- Tainan
- Forts Provintia and Zeelandia
- The Eternal Golden Castle
Trip days 8-13: central Taiwan
- Taichung
- Donghai University
- Chun Shui Tang teahouse
- Dajia
- Puli
- Sun Moon Lake
- Chung Tai Chan Monastery
- Changhua Giant Buddha
Trip day 8 Morning: leaving Taipei
- A few more notes on Taipei
- Leaving Taipei
Trip days 1-7: Taipei
- Arrival
- Impressions of the city
- Explorations in the city
- The National Palace Museum
- Walking on the mountain trails