Thursday in photos

Today my Mom, Ania and I went for another walk. We walked near Bitan bridge. I had my camera with me and these are the photos I took:

Ania run run!!!

This kind of grass is not very popular in Taiwan, but in Poland it's everywhere.

We saw workers putting a gargoyle on a freeway bridge.

The three gargoyles are in place.

Bitan Bridge, not far from our house.

Black-crowned night heron

Bicycle/wheelchair ramp

Back home I took more photos:

View from our balcony

Birds gathering for a meeting on a tree in front of our house.

 

Grey Treepie lives only in Taiwan.

 

Another grey treepie

 What do you think of my photos?

Jak Ci się podobają moje zdjęcia?

Jas the scientist

Yesterday I went to the Centre for Innovative Bioscience Education in Warsaw. I joined a group of  Polish homeschoolers for a class about DNA.

There were 20 kids from 3rd to 6th grade. We had the lesson in a real lab and had to wear lab coats.
First we learned a bit of theory about DNA and later we were doing an experiment.
You can also try to make it yourself, here is how:

• Put half of a kiwi into a cup.

• Add salty water (the kiwi cells will get weaker).
• Add detergent (it helps to break down the fat in the kiwi cells).
• Stir everything well, but try not to make too many bubbles.

• Put the cup with kiwi, water and detergent into a bowl of boiling water (it will speed up the process).

• After few minutes blend everything up.
• Pour the mixture slowly through a coffee filter and funnel into a larger cup.

• The solution that drips through will have kiwi DNA in it. Pour this solution  into a small tube.

• Carefully add very strong colored alcohol to it. DO NOT MIX IT!

• You will see a white stripe (like a cloud) in the alcohol - this is the kiwi DNA!

It was a really fun class. Much better than the ones in Taiwan.

Sunday with a camera II

Today after church we went for lunch with Ama, Agong, 2 aunts and Ciocia Ela from Poland. It was a Japanese restaurant, so I ate a pork cutlet.
After we got back home (without Zosia, who went out with friends) we took Inu for a walk. Mama reminded me that it's been a long time since I've posted anything here. She told me that I could take some photos with her camera and write about them. So here is my photo-blog from our Sunday walk:

The fruits on top are so called star fruits,
on the bottom is papaya and it's flower.

Last signs of summer.

Wonder what butterfly this caterpillar will turn into.

A bit of art.

Naughty!

Take a look at my post from March to see how fast these houses have been built.

 

Summer is here!!!!!!!

What's the best way to keep cool in hot summer?
SWIMMING! Last Saturday, the outdoor swimming pool close to our house opened, so on Sunday after church we went swimming!
I could try Zosia's snorkeling equipment. (Thank you, Zozo) I hope that we will be going to the swimming pool very often this summer.

Playing after swimming

 

On Monday morning we went to the zoo. It was very hot, so most animals were hiding or sleeping.We did see some monkeys, penguins, bears, red pandas, hippos, rhinos and the two famous pandas.
Here are some photos my sis took:(Tanks,Zozo:))

Penguins

Red pandas (very cute)

Sleeping panda

Children's Day and lots of other things!

I don't know where I should start, there are so many things I want to write about ...

Last week I was busy with school work and also some fun activities.

Here I am writing my English homework.

I am making a motorized bug.

The bug is ready. I added a cover for it.

Here you can see how the bug goes:

Do you know that June 1st in many countries is the Children's Day? In Taiwan Chindren's Day is on April 4th and in Poland on June 1st, so we should have two celebrations, right? Wrong. My Mom always celebrates the Polish Kid's Day, not the Taiwanese. And she is right, because this year for example the Taiwanese Kid's Day and the Tomb Sweeping Day were just one day apart - not fun.
This year we had a really special Children's Day. We had a great picnic with other Polish-Taiwanese families. My best friends were there too. I had lots of fun riding bicycle and playing with water guns (it was 35C!).

 I also got some presents from my Mom! Here they are:

I also got the Crazee Jumpin' Beans. I didn't really know how to play with them, so I had to go on YouTube and watch some videos. After watching the videos I got an idea to make a super-duper-jumpin'-beans-track.

This is my whole set of 36+1 neon jumpin' beans. Cool, right?

If  you want to see how my track works click on the video below:

Fulong Beach Sand Sculptures

Last Tuesday we went to Fulong Beach!

When we were leaving the house we noticed our Inu was very, very sad. So we decided to take her with us. Our dog is afraid of almost everything and doesn't like car rides, so we never take her anywhere. But this time she looked sooooo sad that we decided to take her for a ride.
While we were at Fulong Beach it rained a bit,  just a little drizzle so we didn't mind (and the sculptures didn't mind either :-) ).
Although we went there in the middle od the week, it was difficult to find a parking space and Dad had to go around a few times to find one. I can not imagine how busy it is during the weekend.

View from the bridge,

Psy (Do you know it means 'dogs' in Polish?)

Inu scared of the water and waves.

Guandu Nature Park

Jas, the birdwatcher.

Today is 2nd Tuesday of the month so we had a homeschooling outing. We went to Guandu Nature Park. There were 65 people, but we were divided into 2 groups - one for younger and one for older kids.  I was in the older kids group it was quite boring, because we didn't see many birds and I was hoping to see some as Guandu is a bird park. Maybe the birds didn't like the wet weather?

Isn't it beautiful?

A boat in marshland.

Are they fake or real?

The "eye" of the boat.

Art in the park.

Everybody's bored...

Our guide

 

My sister and friends from Hong Kong!
I want to visit their katamaran again!

(I don't have a camera, so all the photos were taken by Mama and Zozo).