Hmm yeah, good choice on the name moon cake, beautiful. The direct translation of nian gao (year cake, right?) would seem to be an odd name for a cat.Originally Posted by Miao
Thank you so much.
Nian Gao is Chinese traditional food. I'm not sure whether you've seen it before. Instead, moon cake maybe better known in foreign country. So I use moon cake just to show that my kitty is very sweet.
How I wish to go to so many places like you!Originally Posted by Goblin
Welcome Miao,
So you are from Shanghai. That is one of the places on my list to visit when I take my around the world trip with my brother. Shanghai, there is so much history there. The place is so old and ancient, unlike Kingman.
I do know there is a "big" difference between the Chinese and the Japanese but as a child, (6 to 7) I live in Okinawa. My father was a Patholigist working with the U.S. military, (we were civilians) teaching medicine. We went to Hong Kong on Christmas. We stayed at the Mandrine Hotel. At 6 and 7 you really don't grasp the political situation but I love the Asian people. I couldn't tell the difference between the Japanese and the Chinese.
We went to Sun Moon lake in Taiwan. We went an aboriginal park there. We had a blast. The dressed us up in traditional customs and let us go play. The thing that I remember best is that they had life size models (statues) of horses and you could get on them. I loved it. I so much wanted a real horse.
When my family moved back to the States we settled in Kingman, AZ. And I got my horse. Her name was Starlight. She is now waiting for me at the rainbow bridge. If you want to see what she looked like, check out the thread, "Ok, she is not a cat but I still loved her." in the Rainbow bridge.
Goblin
Goblin