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August 6, 2004
such fine tea indeed
ok... so today has been fabulous. it started off with a relaxed class full of cookies and other treats, sort of a day off due to a student leaving today. then i had lunch with my classmates. shown here are three japanese girls, one swiss girl, one canadian, and an american born chinese, and a guy from titibaki... (yikes...) ok. im not sure where he is from, but its near the christmas islands.
then i went home, relaxed at my private little work station, and worked on some pictures and drank tea. see... this is why i rarely leave my house. i have everything i could possibly want. expensive chinese oolang tea, an antique chinese pillow to sit on, and of course the powerbook. mmmmm....
hiho!
ahh... a real cool breaze just came in the door. i feel great! the tanons are at full strength, and i couldn't be happier. today was beautifull! such great light! and sooo hot, yet this cool breeze? i have no idea where it came from. i hear there is a typhoon nearby, maybe its getting ready to storm. shoot, i needed to do laundry too. i can't stand it when i get acid rain all over my clothes... it smells horrible.
oh well...
tis the price you have to pay. so... here are some pictures
the last one is the shida dormitory. the rest are all within a few blocks of my house. i can't muster up the strength to travel too far in this heat, but why would i need too leave the vicinity of my powerbook? all the clouds, buildings, and palm trees i need are right here. so, this is my neighborhood, minus the night market which i have plenty of time to photograph.
of course i can't help taking a hundred pictures of the palm trees. they provide such great relief to the towering apartment buildings.
then there is the neighborhood skinheads...
of course im just being stupid. obviously that first picture was flipped so i could try and be witty. sorry, lame joke.
parking here still really amuses me. this last garage is by far the largest in my neighborhood. ha.
and of course... my hero has made his first apperance in the da'an district.
of course i don't really need to introduce him, but humor me just the same and tell me if you know who it is. i honostly can't tell if other people can recognize him... all the taiwanese ive asked thus far have no clue. so, it would make me feel better if i knew i wasn't the only one who recognizes this stencil.
in other news, i finally have a SIM chip and a phone number. my number is 09-1096-9995. easy enough to remember. don't wait for me to formally give it to you to call me. im lonely and have thus far recieved only one text message from my roomate. oh.... yeah, i forgot. i still can't use it. of course. it has a pin number lock on it, and of course i have already forgotten it. so, i have to wait for nicole to come home and help me figuer it out.
also! tristy is getting married!!!!! CONGRADULATIONS!!! i just recieved the card in the mail! thanks tristy!! jiayou jiayou!
ok. i think i am going to do some homework and work on a new stencil. i've finally fought off a three day headache. of course knowbody told me betelnuts give you headaches until after eating six at a time. i couldn't help it, i bought too much for mahjong night and i didn't want to waste them. oh well, another lesson learned.
hiho!
Posted by james at August 6, 2004 7:26 PM
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why on earth are you eating betel nut?! yuck! one of my roomates can't eat anything sour because betel nut did some sort of damage to his mouth(apparently it's a pretty common result too). also i seem to recall reading that betel nut causes cancer as well.
Posted by: william at August 7, 2004 12:19 AM
ha. no... i don't actually chew betelnuts. we only do it once every week (or more like every other week) during mahjong night. yes, i am aware it causes cancer the same way chewing tobaccoo causes cancer, but that is the hongsi betelnuts, the red ones, and im not worried about that considereing i will probly chew less than 7 boxes in my life rather than 9 boxes a week. but yes, i have heard of people having adverse reaction to it, it is definetly not for the weak-of-.... something. it is poisenous, thus the swelling of the throat and stimulation, but, yeah... its taiwanese. ha. i just enjoy it for the spectacle and the commradery it creates with old local men. that and it drives the girls crazy. if its anything they can't stand, its a guy chewing betelnuts. ha. serves them right.
Posted by: James at August 7, 2004 3:03 AM
hi James I am in Mwxico again standing in the lobby of the hotel checking out hiho. Great page, I wonder, is that Charlie Chaplin, kind of hard to see. Also on Betelnuts. I was introduced to them on the island of Guam. They were quire popular there, a mild stimulant and you could always tell who chewed because they discolored their teeth. I would say they are probably not a great idea because there is also a adiction to them which is common similar to tobacco. I'll give you a call. By the way, Jen had her baby, I am sure mom will email you the details.
Posted by: dad at August 7, 2004 11:23 AM
buster keaton.....
not a doubt in my mind..
very nice,
i liked the strategically placed hand
very telling....
Posted by: ~s at August 9, 2004 5:17 AM
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