Mid-Autumn Festival and Other Oriental Anomalies

I blogged previously about the cheese of the decorations so please see the accompanying pictures. Also see the other new pictures we have posted.
Road writing: One picture is of words written on the road to tell you which way to look. This is strictly for foreigners who errantly think that cars would maybe stop for them if they were at a cross walk. Also for those of us who drive on the right i.e. correct side of the street. You are instructed to look left or right according to the flow of the one way street. You do so in order to see the colour of the car that will be hitting you immediately. Honestly they drive so fast around corners that I have been close to dead a couple times when I did not see the BMW rounding the bend. Seems like a "no brainer" but for us Canadians who think we have the right of way these signs have proven to be invaluable.
Moon Cakes: Pictured in the cheesy decoration pictures are moon cakes. These are sweet and rich treats sold only at this time of year. They have a salty egg yolk in the middle. The expensive ones contain 2. It is important to try these once… a second time is optional.
Trees: They have interesting roots and trees here. I think the reason why the roots grow this way is to fortify the tree against the typhoons and monsoons. There is a typhoon warning today. We have typhoon days here where we stay away from school just like snow days in Canada. The trees pictured here were at a beach we visited.  They also are for strengthening each other.
Bank Elevator: Our bank is the HSBC. The first day we went there we went up stairs to get in and had to use the elevator to exit. To my amazement when the doors opened we were on the street outside, half the block away from where we went in. Unexpected and weird!
Dogs: We blogged about Lady being shaven but another doggie fact is that they are all over the place here, off leash just walking around bothering no one. I have never seen more placid dogs. One dog was being shaven in the middle of the sidewalk. He just laid there like a lamb to the slaughter… So strange the things you see here on the street.
Cardboard Ladies:  There are old ladies who we thought were official paid "cleaners of the street". They well could be but they walk around with flatbed carts and collect cardboard and sweep the side walk. We are not sure if they are paid by the city or they collect the cardboard like street people in Canada collect bottles. Sometimes they take an old umbrella, put it over their chinese hat and have an instant shade tree to keep out the sun. These are just a few of the more interesting things we have seen so far. Rochelle