http://tainanchineseclass.blogspot.com/2009/10/youzi-mauzi.html
Youzi is like a big grapefruit, I think in the US it is called a pomelo. I know they are sold at Costco in the US. I don't think they are so healthy as that Alzheimer victim, Ronald Reagen was big on grapefruit. Nothing wards off the Alzheimer's.
The weather in Tainan is HOT now, it gets up in the 80's/90's now and my room on the North side of the dorm doesn't cool off at night, still in the 80's at night. I'm trying to see if I can hold off on the AC until it's "unbearable". One lesson I've learned: "Cold beer helps".
With the hot weather, lots of Tainan residents are taking advantage of "solar energy" to dry out vegetables. Youzi peels are used as a mosquito repellent, it makes sense, citronella also is a repellent.
But if they dry crab apples on the sidewalks, where do the motorcycles go?
ReplyDeleteSo the deeper question is: "Who owns the sidewalk?" and beyond that "Who will enforce the ownership rights of whom? In Tainan, it's a murky question, but mostly the property owners can do what they want with the sidewalk infront of their building. In Taipei, in certain areas, it looks like pedestrians own the sidewalk.
ReplyDeleteI don't even know what the law is in the US. But space is not at such a premium, and it is probably just convention that the sidewalk and boulevard belows to the "commons".
Another interesting question is: Who owns the parking spot infront of a building. I think, whoever claims it, owns it. Because others are conflict adverse.