everytime we have a family outing...it just oh so happens to rain...

we trekked out to danshui....and did nothing but eat.....oh yea..and freeze.

ocotopus balls

squid

sashimi

my grandmother drank water

scenery looks kind of nice from afar

but oh imagine laying out on this beach...

hopped on the ferry to get to fishermans wharf....and lovers bridge

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powerbars taste like absolute shit....especially the peanut butter flavor...my goodness....just as i thought i was getting used to them....UGH...absolute crap...

 

 

 

5:23 PM

"drink it in...cuz it always goes down smooth...."

kitty seems to always have a better time than us...and she's the manager!! hahah....

for the record...kevin is not gay....RIGHT GUYS? HAHA 

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karaoke and isaac's only night out in tpe...

8:21 PM

if i don't drink...i can't sleep

i drank

so i'm going to sleep

if i don't

shoot me.

no typos!

yay!

FDA!

10:21 AM

i'm so sick of you and your stupid muscles....

i'm never gonna dance again.

10:10 AM

NURSE SHARK Ginglymostoma cirratum

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The nurse shark is a large, sluggish, bottom-dwelling shark that is generally harmless unless provoked. It has very strong jaws, a stout body, and a wide head with obvious barbels (thin, fleshy, whisker-like organs on the lower jaw in front of the nostrils that sense touch and taste). The fourth and fifth gill slits are very close together. The dorsal fins (on the shark's back) are almost the same size and are rounded. Behind each eye there is a spiracle, an organ that takes in water used for breathing when the shark rests at the bottom.

9:56 PM

marrying musicians put on recitals for engagement parties

 

 

happy birthday uncle sam

 

my favorite pics

 

6:59 PM

from clara....

"what stops me from taking myself seriously, even though i'm essentially a serious person, is that i find myself extremely ridiculous-- not in the sense of the small-scale ridiculousness of slapstick comedy, but rather in the sense of a ridiculousness that seems intrinsic to human life and that manifests itself in the simplest actions and most ordinary gestures. for example, I can never shave without starting to laugh; it seems so idiotic." - alain de botton, the art of travel

5:53 AM

picture a bird perched on a thin branch," she says.  " the branch sways in the wind and each time this happens the bird's field of vision shifts.  you know what i mean?

i nod

when that happens how do you think the bird adjusts

i shake my head i dont know

it bobs its head up and down, making up for the sway of the branch.  Take a good look at birds the next time it's windy.  I spend a lot of time looking out that window.  don't you think that kind of life would be tiring?  always shifting your head everytime the branch you're on sways??

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i don't suppose i'll be frequenting picasso's don kee-ho-tea statue under the bridge for the next 2 weeks but it's not to say that i won't visit the newly errected bambi at the fubon square....and just as my moments of clarity are starting to become frequent alongside a complete overhaul of exterior beautification...i'm coming back to join loptop and the gang on june 4th....but will be off to singapore july 13...

7:04 AM

 i'm back...(broken monitor)...but only back in time to say that it's the end of an era.  "the crane" left today and even with me heading back in 2 weeks, being crane-less might at first whim alleviate some of the daily intensity...although come to think of it....it's become an ingrained lifestyle...we'll see how well i cope...especially with detox....

does fashionably late mom make sense on mothers day?

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"you can't use that strength as a protective wall around you.  There's always going to be something stronger that can overcome your fortress...at least in principle"

"strength itself becomes your morality"

"the strength i'm looking for isn't the kind where you win or lose.  I'm not after a wall that'll repel power coming from outside.  What i want is the kind of strength to be able to absorb that outside power, to stand up to it.  the strength to quietly endure things - unfairness, misfortune, sadness, mistakes, misundersatndings"

9:44 PM