Fish and Veggies!
In addition to the wonderful selection of meats, we were also given these veggies and fish (on the far plate) to barbecue as well! It seems the...
Snacks Snacks and more Snacks!
The tourist strip was filled with shops that had tables overflowing with bagged snacks of all kinds, mostly dried fish, vegetables, fruits and meats. I didn’t buy...
Snoopy Land!
On the way to the MRT station we passed this Snoopy Land tourist-trap store that sells only…as you might guess…Snoopy Merchandise!
Mission Impossible 3
A giant MI3 poster in the DanShui MRT station as we were leaving.
The Value of Children
This past weekend, while I was enjoying my 35th birthday celebrations with Connie (sorry, no pictures, I forgot my camera) one of the topics we wandered on...
Rob’s Apartment!
Ever wonder what a cool high-tech Taipei single apartment looks like? Well wonder no longer! Here in all it’s expansive glory is Rob’s 2-shoebox apartment! (As opposed...
Cindy and I
On Thursdays I teach two company executives, Kelvin and Cindy, spending an hour and a half with each of them to improve their English. We have a...
Me and Job
About 2 weeks ago I had my last class with Job (pronounced “Jobe”, as in the character from the Bible), the manager of the brand-new NeiHu Branch...
The Vietnam Report
So, yesterday I was talking with one of my students who recently returned from Vietnam who had some really interesting things to tell me. I knew already...