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Lychee As Big As Goose Egg

mizuki hinano — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:44:49 +0000

A worker at Chiayi, Taiwan grew lychee which are as big as small apples. The worker’s name is Zeng Kun-Zhang. Zeng Kun-Zhang was champion of National Lychee Contest last year. According to him, he spent a lot of time and efforts to cultivate the big lychee based on Goose Egg Litchi. The properties of Goose Egg Litchi includes small seeds, red skin and as large as goose egg. However the newly modified lychee is hard to harvest due to cultivation techniques and weather.

Source: NOWnews

Money Rules, Gang also cut its staff.

mizuki hinano — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 09:53:36 +0000

Taiwan’s underworld could not avoid the global economic downturn. Year-end banquet which represented the strength of the gang was reduced from hundred tables to only less than ten. The underground banks which were valued as “Golden Egg” in the past were forced to reduce its interest to attract more customers. Many sidekicks were either sacked or pay cut by their gang master.

Unlike Japanese Yakuza which can operate their business legally, Taiwan factions can only make their living profit illegally. Their major incomes source were underground banks, protection fees from eight major industry, underground gambling, engineering projects, casino, etc. However the economic slowdown wave also hit them badly. Currently many sidekicks had two jobs at the same time, which are bodyguard and taxi driver.

Source: Yahoo! News

World’s Most Expensive Red Packet

mizuki hinano — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:36:49 +0000

This might be the world’s most expensive red envelope a.k.a. Ang Pao. It is expensive as in the red packet itself, not the amount of money inside the packet. Each of this red envelope is worth NT$600. The big red envelope is imported from Japan. It is not made of paper like usual red packets, but meticulous embroidery sew by Taiwanese master tailor.

Source: NOWnews

Wu Su-chen Buys Bra

mizuki hinano — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:26:40 +0000

This is just a joke circulating around the internet to mock Taiwan ex-president Chen Shui-bian’s wife, Wu Su-chen’s corruption scandal.

You might not get the meaning of ‘A’. ‘A’ means taking advantage of something or taking something away forcefully in Hokkien.

[Video] Former Taiwan President Got Kicked In The Ass

mizuki hinano — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:55:28 +0000

A 65-year-old man kicked former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian in the hip unexpectedly when he entered the Taipei District Court as a defendant in a defamation lawsuit related to the purchase of Lafayette frigates in 1990. Chen ended more than fifty years ruling of Kuomintang (KMT) in Taiwan and took office in 2000. In 2004, he was shot in the stomach while campaigning. He won the Republic of China presidential election narrowly at that year. Scandals were mushroomed during his second-term. It was revealed that his wife was involved in corrupting for abusing government funds using forged documents. Chen was blamed for his party’s defeat in Republic of China legislative election in 2008. Frank Hsieh represented DPP in the presidential election but defeated by KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou. When Chen left his office, he was named as a suspect in a $450,000 fraud case. The case involved the handling of a special presidential fund used to pursue Taiwan’s foreign diplomacy.

Curdlan Gum To Replace Fish Paste

mizuki hinano — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:23:12 +0000

It was found that Curdlan Gum had been used to replace fish paste for many Kanto cooking ingredients in Taiwan. Curdlan Gum is mainly used for vegetarian products, but recently it was discovered that the Gum was added to many hot pot materials to reduce the costs. Many shops reduce the amount of cornstarch and fish paste, and use Curdlan Gum to increase the bounciness and crunchiness of the food. It is also used to make fake sea cucumber and abalone.

Source: Yahoo! News

Somebody Kicked Chen Shui-bian Ass

mizuki hinano — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:37:38 +0000

Taiwan former president Chen Shui-bian appeared in court today and he ass was kicked by someone when entering the court. Su An-Sheng who kicked Chen was a member of ‘Concentric Patriotism Association of R.O.C‘. Taipei City Police pointed out that the incident happened due to Chen didn’t use the original planned route and caused a disturbance in the public by using another entrance.

Chen got down from the car.

Chen’s ass was kicked and he turned around looking for the guy who did it.

The old man who kicked Chen’s ass was brought away by the police.

Source: Sohu, Sina, China Review News

Nosebleed During Sleep Suffocated To Death

mizuki hinano — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:04:52 +0000

15-year-old female student, Deng, was going to graduate this year. Her family discovered her lying in bed without breathing at 6 am two days ago. The hospital diagnosis was “asleep epistaxis airway obstructuction died of soffocation.” However besides the history of customary epistaxis and heart disease, prosecutor discovered Deng’s abdominal was slightly swelling. It was suspected that the cause of death was not simple and autopsy will be carried out to clarify the cause of the death.

Police said that Deng’s father was going to her daughter’s room to wake her up at 6 am, but he found her nose bleeding and motionless. He moved his hand to her daughter’s nose and found that she was not breathing. He immediately sent her daughter to Hukow Love and Mercy Hospital and then transferred to a hospital in Taipei County for emergency rescue but before that there was no sign of life.

The hospital diagnosis of the cause of death was “respiratory obstructive sleep epistaxis died of suffocation.”

The family told the police that the daughter had a routine nosebleed since young and had been examine at hospital routinely. The most recent examine was the beginning of this year but could not find the cause of epistaxis. Recently Deng was trying to prepare for a test and tried to wake up at 6am to study. The family was shocked and self-reproach for her sudden death.

They also said that Deng had congenital heart disease history but it never went bad before. They had no comment or guess for the cause of the accident death.

Hsinchu prosecutors asked Taoyuan prosecution department to investigate together. There was no obvious wound found on the corpse except cadaveric ecchymoses and nosebleed. Prosecutors noticed that Deng’s abdomen was slightly swelling and doubt that the cause of death. They suspected the she was under a long term medication or the external force caused the swelling. Autopsy will be carried out.

However the family members strongly opposed the idea of autopsy and requested to let Deng to be buried peacefully as soon as possible. Prosecutors believed the cause of death was not clear and autopsy must be carried out to learn the real cause of the death.

The school said that Deng was outstanding in her schoolwork and passed her first test with flying colours. She could entered her desired school easily and the school did not understand why she prepared for second test so relentlessly.

Her teacher also said that Deng was a little Chinese teacher in her class. She was cheerful and lively. There was no sign of her in relationship in school. The principal stressed that it was impossible for Deng to be pregnant. Her teacher said that Deng’s routine nosebleed did not bring any problem to her study and she did not take leave frequently.

Source: Yahoo! Kimo