新年快乐 - KUNG SHEE FAT CHOY !

Tuan Tuan und Yuan Yuan, die beiden Pandas, die Taiwan aus China erhielt, feierten das gestrige Chinesische Neumondfest mit Bambusblättern in ihrem neuen Gehege im Taipei City Zoo.Es war der erste Tag, an dem Besucher die beiden zu Gesicht bekamen nach einem Monat Quarantäne. Beide Namen verbunden bedeuten im übrigen Vereinigung im Chinesischen.

Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, the two giant pandas from China, eat bamboo leaves inside their new enclosure at the Taipei City Zoo in Muzha January 26, 2009. Thousands of children and parents met the two pandas on Monday the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, after a month-long quarantine. The names of the pandas when linked mean "reunion" in Chinese.

新年快乐 - KUNG SHEE FAT CHOY !

I have picked that post from my friend in Chigago...Thanks!!
Photo credits:Reuters/Nicky Loh (Taiwan)

Galveston & Taiwan...We blow kisses ....

This was Ike taken by NASA on September 10 heading towards Texas....

Tish wrote in Knut's headquarter...

"On another note, hurricane Ike has visited his devastation on our southern-most neighbors, one of whom resides in the thick of things, Eva Gregory, whom I sincerely hope is all right along with other people from the region. For those who have not been linked to the matter, here are some pictures/article from the NY Times. ...

People make their way through flooded streets in Galveston. Longtime residents of Galveston, a city of 57,000, said the destruction was the worst they had ever seen, and the city manager estimated that there was perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.

To all our friends in Taiwan, Reiri, Chiunger & Pierre, and others, I understand you also have been dodging some serious rain drops. Hope all is well in your region!!"-

Wir schließen uns im Aussenposten Tishs Wünschen an und hoffen, dass es Eva, Herrn Wolfgang vn Rottweiler und Mama Jabber gut geht, aber auch all den Freunden in Taiwan, die mit Typhoon Sinlaku zu kämpfen hatten...-

We too wish Eva and her dogs all the best and lots of power to sort things out after the evacuation, the same goes for everyone else of our friends struck by typhoon Sinlaku during the last days!

Photo/Galveston: Larry W. Smith/European Pressphoto Agency

Photo/Taiwan: Xinhua News Agency