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Keeping in touch across the miles

  • Taroko Gorge, Taiwan

    We spent a long w/e in July at the Taroko Gorge. It was fabulous.

  • the new morality

    “…we have a joint obligation to preserve [the commons]. That’s because future generations will need them to live, and live well, just as we do. And our generation has no right to say, “These gifts end here.” This shared responsibility introduces a moral factor that doesn’t apply to other economic assets: it requires us to…

  • world playground project opens up

    For the past month or so, I’ve been working on a website for World Playground Project. I developed the logo for them and then proceeded with the website. The logo is an expression of the playful side of the charity organisation’s goals: to use drama as a method to act out tough situations the target…

  • canada day geekout

    Happy Canada Day! I had loads of fun making the graphic above (click to view the full-size version). I first did a few Google image searches to find photos of land and landmarks from all across Canada. My search took me from Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ottawa, Toronto, and onward to the Prairies, a bit north…

  • *noises of disgust*

    iCan’t iBelieve iThey’re iCalling iIt iGoogle. *rolls eyes*

  • Walking the . . . . what?

    We came across a sight today. An every day thing to see . . someone out walking his animals. But . . . take a look at this. . . yes, walking the pig, and the chicken. Lazy chicken eh?

  • The Beach

    We decided we would like to visit a beach, here in Taiwan, although none came very well recommended. I decided to try and find someplace nice to go for Dave’s big birthday back in May. After visiting a travel agents where everything was on line (I didn’t like it as they had no maps to…

  • Dinner

    I cannot believe it is a month since I last blogged! What have I been doing? First we went out for dinner with the cast of “I Get a Kick out of you” It was a lovely Sun evening, we had a large area of a basement room in a restaurant and we had nearly…

  • Trains ‘n boats n’ . .

    I did get to spend a day riding around on the steam train. It was amazing. We stopped at a few stations and there were hundreds of people at each one. Then all along the track loads of people were out to wave and smile for the train (or was it for me?). The reaction…

  • Glam Rock Ball

    26 May was the British Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan annual ball.The theme was Glam Rock, and we were encouraged to dress up.Well,as you guessed, here we are, wearing stuff largely made by Tricia. There were lot of attendees, around 400 is my guess.Met some interesting people.Didn’t win anything for the costume, but had fun…

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