Highland Warriors

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Popping back to say Hi!!

OK Family - sorry I haven't blogged for a while - I've been caught up on facebook!!

Anyway I promise to post regularly with photos!!!

Here's a few:

We went camping late Sept to a beautiful spot called Jimna - somewhere northish of Brisbane - great spot with great friends.

Have a great week and remember Confucius says:
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.

Monday, August 24, 2009

Saturday night with the Family Aug 09

Me and my brother - I love this photo!

My brother and his wife enjoying the music and the drinks!!

Jeff and Duncan comparing heads!!

Beautiful Princess K on the trampoline

Yvonne - yes she is enjoying that tom collins!!

Sunday, August 09, 2009

My brother, his wife and 2 girls are up here for a couple of weeks holidaying. Here are some pics:

Princess K feeding the ducks and swans

Me and Jeff (my brother)

Jeff and Ballerina

Family of ducks

Saturday, August 08, 2009

Keelung - Taiwan

Keelung City (also: Jilong or Chilung) is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan. It borders Taipei County and forms the Taipei-Keelung metropolitan area, along with the City and County of Taipei. Nicknamed the Rainy Port for its frequent rain and maritime role, the city is Taiwan's second largest seaport (after Kaohsiung). Keelung is currently administered as a provincial city of Taiwan Province, Republic of China.

The city of Keelung was known as Kelung or Keelung to the Western world during the 19th century. However, the Taiwanese people have long called the city Kelang (Taiwanese language POJ: Ke-lâng, Chinese characters: 雞籠, meaning rooster cage).

It has been proposed that the name Keelung was derived from the local mountain that took the shape of a rooster cage. However, it is more probable that the name was derived from the first inhabitants of the region, as are the names of many other Taiwanese cities. In this case, the Ketagalan people were the first inhabitants, and early Han settlers probably approximated "Ketagalan" with "Ke-lâng" (phonetics of the Southern Min Language).

In 1875, during Qing Dynasty rule, the Chinese characters of the name were changed to the more auspicious 基隆 (pinyin: Jīlóng; POJ: Ki-liông, meaning prosperous base). In Mandarin, probably the working language of Chinese government at the time, both the old and new names were likely pronounced Kīlóng (hence "Keelung"). Under Japanese rule (1895-1945), the city was known to the west by Japanese readings of the new name: Kirun, Kiirun or Kīrun. In Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of the Republic of China, the new name is read Jīlóng, although the locals have continued to call the city Ke-lâng throughout changes in government.