Comments on: The Southern Reaches of Heaven http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/24/the-southern-reaches-of-heaven/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:31:31 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Clifford http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/24/the-southern-reaches-of-heaven/comment-page-1/#comment-10863 Clifford Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:08:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/24/the-southern-reaches-of-heaven/#comment-10863 Edouard:- Thanks. I'm glad you found it useful. I've one more meal I might report on from there sometime soon. This might interest you too. Cheers, -cvj Edouard:- Thanks. I’m glad you found it useful. I’ve one more meal I might report on from there sometime soon. This might interest you too.

Cheers,

-cvj

]]> By: Edouard http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/24/the-southern-reaches-of-heaven/comment-page-1/#comment-10862 Edouard Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:56:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/24/the-southern-reaches-of-heaven/#comment-10862 You are an interesting men, Clifford. You are bringing me an optimally positive view on a place that i've found to be daunting to adapt to. It is actually quite a paradox as i've been around the world for a little while these past years and have always thrived in adapting everywhere, but here is my first semi-success semi-failure. I came to hate then love bombay, as the breast that was feeding me neverending happyness in my life down at the Gates of India. But Tainan... and mostly its satellite township, Gueiren, I cannot really squeeze anything significant out of it after a few months here. So your writing is "adaptation gold" to me. You are an interesting men, Clifford. You are bringing me an optimally positive view on a place that i’ve found to be daunting to adapt to.
It is actually quite a paradox as i’ve been around the world for a little while these past years and have always thrived in adapting everywhere, but here is my first semi-success semi-failure.
I came to hate then love bombay, as the breast that was feeding me neverending happyness in my life down at the Gates of India.
But Tainan… and mostly its satellite township, Gueiren, I cannot really squeeze anything significant out of it after a few months here.
So your writing is “adaptation gold” to me.

]]> By: Cookin’ | Cosmic Variance http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/24/the-southern-reaches-of-heaven/comment-page-1/#comment-10858 Cookin’ | Cosmic Variance Thu, 02 Mar 2006 23:19:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/24/the-southern-reaches-of-heaven/#comment-10858 [...] So here is the ultimate “what I had for dinner last night” post. (Except it was not last night, but some nights ago.) People asked for this, and so here it is….. It is the promised report on my noodle dish experiments, inspired by my wonderful Walkabout culinary experiences in Taiwan, described in several posts earlier (see e.g. here, here, here……) [...] [...] So here is the ultimate “what I had for dinner last night” post. (Except it was not last night, but some nights ago.) People asked for this, and so here it is….. It is the promised report on my noodle dish experiments, inspired by my wonderful Walkabout culinary experiences in Taiwan, described in several posts earlier (see e.g. here, here, here……) [...]

]]> By: A Good Sign | Cosmic Variance http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/24/the-southern-reaches-of-heaven/comment-page-1/#comment-10861 A Good Sign | Cosmic Variance Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:27:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/24/the-southern-reaches-of-heaven/#comment-10861 [...] I went there (on Wednesday 4th January, during my Walkabout) to give a lecture (”Non-critical Strings and Matrix Models”) with more background material on the matters in the seminar I presented a week and a half before in Taipei (the one before I dashed for the bus to Tainan…). It was at the invitation of Chiang-Mei Chen. There I also met Otto Kong Cho-Wing. They are both high energy physicists, and I enjoyed my short visit. They were excellent hosts, and particularly gracious (and visibly happy to relocate) when, after we sat down to lunch at a Western-style restaurant they clearly thought I would prefer, I quietly suggested that I’d be very happy (hint! hint!) the Chinese-style one that they had briefly mentioned earlier. It was probably rude to have said anything, I know, but everyone got a much better meal out of it. [...] [...] I went there (on Wednesday 4th January, during my Walkabout) to give a lecture (”Non-critical Strings and Matrix Models”) with more background material on the matters in the seminar I presented a week and a half before in Taipei (the one before I dashed for the bus to Tainan…). It was at the invitation of Chiang-Mei Chen. There I also met Otto Kong Cho-Wing. They are both high energy physicists, and I enjoyed my short visit. They were excellent hosts, and particularly gracious (and visibly happy to relocate) when, after we sat down to lunch at a Western-style restaurant they clearly thought I would prefer, I quietly suggested that I’d be very happy (hint! hint!) the Chinese-style one that they had briefly mentioned earlier. It was probably rude to have said anything, I know, but everyone got a much better meal out of it. [...]

]]> By: Culinary Dreaming | Cosmic Variance http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/24/the-southern-reaches-of-heaven/comment-page-1/#comment-10860 Culinary Dreaming | Cosmic Variance Wed, 15 Feb 2006 05:50:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/24/the-southern-reaches-of-heaven/#comment-10860 [...] Well, all you other single types out there on Valentine’s Day night, why not dream with me a bit about food? It’s rather pleasant to share my memories of more excellent food from the south of Taiwan, the city of Tainan. I’ve already told you a bit about it in previous posts, (see here, here and here) so this continues the story. Recall that - after dashing off after my seminar in Tapei, a four hour bus journey - I’d just arrived in the city late at night, and was promptly taken off to an excellent restaurant, where we spent some considerable time eating into the wee hours (and a rather drunk restaurant hostess was trying to seduce me with the aid of Taiwan beer)…. [...] [...] Well, all you other single types out there on Valentine’s Day night, why not dream with me a bit about food? It’s rather pleasant to share my memories of more excellent food from the south of Taiwan, the city of Tainan. I’ve already told you a bit about it in previous posts, (see here, here and here) so this continues the story. Recall that – after dashing off after my seminar in Tapei, a four hour bus journey – I’d just arrived in the city late at night, and was promptly taken off to an excellent restaurant, where we spent some considerable time eating into the wee hours (and a rather drunk restaurant hostess was trying to seduce me with the aid of Taiwan beer)…. [...]

]]> By: More Tasty Morsels, or, Sorry PZ Myers! | Cosmic Variance http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/24/the-southern-reaches-of-heaven/comment-page-1/#comment-10859 More Tasty Morsels, or, Sorry PZ Myers! | Cosmic Variance Fri, 03 Feb 2006 21:05:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/24/the-southern-reaches-of-heaven/#comment-10859 [...] Just so you don’t get into too much of a comfort zone with the wonderful tasty food I’ve been describing to you recently (see here and here and more to come) from my Walkabout, here’s a scene perhaps a bit less familiar (at least to the Western eye) from a street market in Tainan: [...] [...] Just so you don’t get into too much of a comfort zone with the wonderful tasty food I’ve been describing to you recently (see here and here and more to come) from my Walkabout, here’s a scene perhaps a bit less familiar (at least to the Western eye) from a street market in Tainan: [...]

]]> By: Clifford http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/24/the-southern-reaches-of-heaven/comment-page-1/#comment-10857 Clifford Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:38:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/24/the-southern-reaches-of-heaven/#comment-10857 How do you know that I'm trim? I wear a lot of dark colours...... ;-) Seriously... I simply don't eat a lot, really. I just like eating good stuff, but not huge amounts of it. When I get hungry between meals I tend to snack on almonds and/or other nuts rather than maybe a more standard snack choice.... I think walking a lot every time I get the chance and cycling part of my journey to work every day helps a bit too. I don't like just sitting driving.... Probably the fact that I'm always dashing around campus late from one meeting to a next keeps a certain level of fat-burning anxiety going too... Ok, I'll admit. I don't know. I've recently toyed with the idea of getting back into some sort of exercise routine, for fun.....but I've no idea when I'd find the time....So the occasional hike has been enough for me.... -cvj How do you know that I’m trim? I wear a lot of dark colours…… ;-)

Seriously… I simply don’t eat a lot, really. I just like eating good stuff, but not huge amounts of it. When I get hungry between meals I tend to snack on almonds and/or other nuts rather than maybe a more standard snack choice…. I think walking a lot every time I get the chance and cycling part of my journey to work every day helps a bit too. I don’t like just sitting driving…. Probably the fact that I’m always dashing around campus late from one meeting to a next keeps a certain level of fat-burning anxiety going too…

Ok, I’ll admit. I don’t know.

I’ve recently toyed with the idea of getting back into some sort of exercise routine, for fun…..but I’ve no idea when I’d find the time….So the occasional hike has been enough for me….

-cvj

]]> By: citrine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/24/the-southern-reaches-of-heaven/comment-page-1/#comment-10856 citrine Wed, 25 Jan 2006 02:54:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/24/the-southern-reaches-of-heaven/#comment-10856 Clifford, (and JoAnne and other connoisseurs of fine food), how on Earth do you manage to stay so trim? None of you have mentioned practising for triathlons as a part of your daily routine. :) Clifford, (and JoAnne and other connoisseurs of fine food), how on Earth do you manage to stay so trim? None of you have mentioned practising for triathlons as a part of your daily routine. :)

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