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Category: Migrations

  • Röyksopp – Happy Up Here

  • emerging with bullets

    • laughed on the underground yesterday. homos are life savers that way ;0)
    • contract ammendments allow for a trip to SA in Aug!
    • in SA, BMW drivers are notoriously rude (stereotype warning). here in TW it seems Mercedes Benz attracts the same drivers.
    • PoPo (his squirreliciousness) opened his eyes last week, caught a cold, started pooping by himself and got a bigger box.
    • sociology wasn’t a waste of time.
    • Chinese and Afrikaans share more phonetic components than either does with English.
    • “Hansie Slim” is based on a traditional Chinese melody (!!)

    Posted by ShoZu

  • blockage

    it’s terribly quiet on here, I know – and I promise to do something about it as soon as I’ve worked through whatever the emotional blockage is that seems to’ve wired my trap shut.

    file this under “being bipolar” for now. or “lonelyness unexplained”.

    Posted by ShoZu

  • new adventures in the cyberverse?

    www.me2everyone.com/306408

    that’s the link you should click if you want to own shares in what’s hyped to be the “next big thing”. apparently.

    it’s going to be bigger than facebook *gasp*
    or myspace (never quite got that one)
    AND second life *gasp*
    COMBINED!!
    *i faint*
    (no, not really)

    so here’s the idea, as far as i get it:
    sign up and get shares in said company – for free (ahem)
    get extra shares for everyone who signs up on your recommendation (pyramids require sign up fees by definition – so there)
    when this brave new world goes online – you (supposedly) start earning on your shares. (by then there will be advertising, trading etc)

    the catch?
    who knows – probably your soul and 25 thousand raisins.

    am i in?
    of course – my Mom’s there!

    (and i’m www.me2everyone.com/306408 – if you didn’t get that earlier. click and get us both some shares why don’tcha?)

  • tie by takeo kikuchi

    yesterday, Peter asked me to buy him a tie to go with the shirt he’s wearing to a wedding today. sounds simple, right? ha! shows what you know *lol*
    i, being the perfectionist-in-denial that i am, turned this request into an expedition.
    first, to prepare, i scoured the internet for advice and inspiration; starting at my favorite style-blogs: the sartorialist and man of the cloth. (for mobile inspiration i always have the Style.com app on my iPod touch.)
    with my mind flooded with über-stylish images, i packed the shirt and hit the shops. as luck would have it – Kaohsiung Arena (my favorite mall) was celebrating the opening of a new fashion store! not only did this bring all the fashionista/os out into broad daylight – but it also coaxed other stores into offering discounts :0)
    after hours of staring, comparing and assimilating of visual information – i had, however, still not found the perfect tie and was bemoaning the fact that i’ll have to choose between a bunch of “almost there” contenders.

    then it happened – a store that i somehow had missed before revealed itself to me. it was beautiful. dark wooden interior, vintage leather wingback chairs and understated displays that, none the less, pulled me in. and there they were: rows upon rows of one-of-a-kind, hand made ties. i was in Takeo Kikuchi – and it was heaven.

    i carefully liberated the shirt from my satchel for the first time and laid it on a counter. the sparkle of approval in the saleslady’s eyes sealed the deal – i would buy here, no matter what! with a little broken chinese/english and a lot of gesturing, we managed to find a black jacket similar to the one Peter would be wearing and started “trying on” some beauties. it didn’t take long for the winner to pop up: a rich brown, 100% silk tie with deep chocolate and bright azure detail. hand made. one of a kind. perfection.

    it came in at about 4 times the budget (what was Peter thinking *lol*), but i happily sacrificed my shoe-budget (i was going to get a pair of converse sneakers, but that could wait) in favor of this masterpiece.
    i was so excited to see Peter’s reaction when he got home from work, that i nearly piddled when i finally heard his key in the door… “Wow, I love it!!”
    he said “love”… *le sigh*
    i can die a happy man :0)

    on his way to the wedding

  • meet the baby

    meet the younger male who’s nonchalantly claimed all attention and affection for himself:



    Peter “rescued” this (super adorable) baby red-bellied tree squirrel from a pet store earlier tonight. the fuss. the oohs and the aahs. the strange parenting instincts.

    we are enamored :0)

  • speak softly of love

    different people express their affections differently. (in fact, there are lectures doing the rounds on “love languages”, i am told.)

    some verbalize, some communicate through touch and some express their feelings through gifts. even others, as i’ve come to realize, cook ;0)

    there are dozens of variants, i’m sure.

    i, myself, am a gift giver and touch-lover (who’s learning to verbalize better). i thank my parents for raising us (me and my beloved sister) in a house filled with “i love yous”, hugs, kisses and tickles!

    >>home is definitely where i learned what love is!!

    i find that knowing my love language, helps me to perceive and appreciate those of others. especially here, where i’m immersed in a whole new culture. knowing that there are differences in how we love – and that this is okay – is a key to happiness, i think.

    realizing that the apple of my eye also expresses his affection through food, for example, has saved me from countless unnecessary tears of frustration.

    we all need to hear: “i love you” every once in a while.
    but are we listening in all the right places?

    Posted by ShoZu

  • tickle me this

    when do we outgrow tickles?
    i don’t think i know of one adult who will admit to loving being tickled – while i know many who tickle. thank Heaven for children who love being tickled – or we’d be surrounded by sad people clasping their hands under their armpits!

    what brings this on? well, my kids at kindergarten – of course! they love being tickled. in fact, in learning games – they actively seek out the booby traps that involve getting tickled! even being picked up (a stern favorite) takes a second place to being tickled. and boy is it fun!

    you see, i’m a tickler. even as a university student – i loved tickling my sister until she threatened to wet herself. (having a beard helped a lot to continue the madness after she’d managed to grab my hands.)

    and yes, i will admit that i love being tickled! (my Mom used to give the best tickles – though we would guard and protest oh so wholeheartedly ;0) )

    now that i think about it, i suspect our enjoyment of being tickled is dependent on our trust in the tickler. it is, after all, a fairly intimate exercise – both physically and emotionally. obviously you have to allow someone to get real close to you for them to tickle you *duh*
    but it’s the emotional intimacy that intrigues me. based on recent observations of my students (and fond memories of home); to truly enjoy a good tickle, you have to surrender to it completely. you have to give in and relinquish control for a few seconds. be in the moment – and enjoy with reckless abandon!

    maybe that is part of the reason why i love tickling – to experience such complete openness and unconditional trust is a rare thing in modern societies. a very, very beautiful thing to be sure. it’s a touch of heaven for the soul.

    maybe our response to tickling can be seen as a measure of o our openness to being loved unreservedly?

    Posted by ShoZu

  • dilemma

    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv8Kz1ipRnM&hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=350]

  • recipe: Danbin

    Frank J asked, and i thought i’d share what i observed from Peter’s culinary crafts.

    danbin are basically savory omelet-pancakes.

    you will need:
    ready-made crepes (i’m sure Woollies has these)
    one egg per intended danbin
    shredded tuna
    grated white cheese
    method:
    in a hot pan, crack one egg and place a crepe on top almost right away. (looks like a short-cut to an omelet),
    flip when the egg has settled (is that how you’d say it?),
    spoon some tuna in a line down the middle of the crepe,
    add grated cheese,
    fold the crepe into itself (one end over the other),
    cut into bite-size rolls and
    add pepper to taste.
    serve hot ;0)
    the important thing is that the crepe has to stay soft.
    it should NOT turn into a semi-burnt burrito mimic… as mine still do.