Taiwan

It’s 3:00AM in the morning, and it’s no surprise I didn’t get much sleep. I slept a lot in the evening, as did both the kids (I’m surprised they’re not up now). About midnight, it began to get really windy and it has been on and off with the rain and wind. I have no … Read more

Take one part oppressive heat and humidity one part sleeping with the windows open to the damp, polluted night air one part stressful day with the kids (and mommy away at a wedding banquet) mix with not eating much food and you’ve got a recipe for an illness I did squat today except get sick. … Read more

Events of September 30, 2005

Breakfast, the usual: Cong You Bing, no surprises. After breakfast, I had a snack I couldn’t resist, Fried Chicken Flavor Cheetos. This actually consists of completely cheeseless-flavored cheetos, (in fact, almost completely flavorless cheetos) which you sprinkle a packet of flavoring over. That packet is, I’m convinced, the exact same stuff you mix in chicken-flavored … Read more

wp1905 Originally uploaded by Gridman. Looks who’s coming for breakfast on Sunday. Super Typhoon Longwang (I’m not making that up) currently a strong category 4 storm packing 150 MPH winds (gusting to 185 MPH) is heading straight on for Taiwan. While I’m not too worried here on the east side of the island, we’re supposed … Read more

Events of 9/29/2005

Time differences were really pronounced today, after a long flight, we arrived just before 6:00AM, ready to start a whole new day of eating. The food on the flight was as good as could be expected, but not an overwhelming amount for a 14 hours jaunt, so I was hungry. Our first excursion for food … Read more

Disturbing Teapot Head Man Poses with Michelle Originally uploaded by Gridman. We’ve arrived. There’s really nothing that can make that flight enjoyable, but there are lots of things that can go wrong. Many of those things you can see coming a mile away… like for example, the kids being utterly bored and bothersome (or worse) … Read more