yep – that’s a mischievous sparkle in his eye!
he’s still on the formula – and BOY does he get excited when he grabs hold!
he still needs some ‘encouragement’ to empty his bladder (wet earbud substitutes mommy squirrel’s licks) – but when he lets go, you can see the relief on his face! haha – i suppose boys will be boys ;0)
my first night in Taiwan saw me attending a celebration of some sorts. methinks it was a birthday, or something. this is a shot of the principal of my (then new) school and her family. thank Heavens Ben was there as well! Nobody else really spoke any English.
i snapped this one for my Dad – who’s a land surveyor back in SA. at home, he needs a big 4×4 to get to all the places he needs to work – here in Taiwan, a 50cc scooter seems more than adequate!
PoPo (pronounced Puwo-Puwo, not pawpaw) sleeping like a baby – literally!
a note from one of my students’ communication books. it always tickles me when i see my name – but nobody tells me what it says… so yeah – any ideas?
for those of you who can read sheet music, this is the tune for “Hansie Slim”, believe it or not! 
i love some of these signs’ use of English!
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.
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)
… and i mean that literally :0)
growing up, i often heard people say: “the road to a mans heart, is through his stomach”. romantically speaking, of course. “directly through the ribcage with a sharp object” only started doing the rounds in my student days. (but that’s not what this post is about.)
what inspired the little filing clerk in my head to unearth that jewel of a saying, was this:
Peter spontaneously decided to make me some tuna & cheese danbin for breakfast tomorrow morning (i get up hours before he does),
and he made two extra portions for us to have right away :0P
he isn’t one for talking a whole lot about the mushy, emotional stuff – but very few things say “i love you” to me, like a meal specially made for you… after midnight.
am i or am i not the luckiest man alive?
you bet your bottom dollar i am!
good morning everyone ;0)
*contented sigh*
it’s sunday morning here in Kaohsiung and i’ve managed to bundle the last laundry into the machine. for a brief moment – i have nothing to do! so here i am, with a big glass of japanese style green tea (sugar free, of course) in hand, getting comfy in the spare bedroom/workstation.
i’ve got iTunes playing a Genius* playlist based on Tori Amos’ “a sorta fairytale” – though not too loud, mind you. Peter’s still snoozing in the bedroom ;0)
so much has happened in the last two weeks:
hmm… time to hang up the washing.
Hey! It’s the fourth day of Chinese New Year and things are going swell. I returned from my blitzkrieg visit to Taipei (the girls’ pics should be up on Facebook soon – I left my camera at home this time) last night and am enjoying a slow day of domesticity.
In between bundles of laundry (I’m doing the bedding and will be trampling pillows in the tub shortly), I saw that I was tagged by Rambler over at “In the now.” I love taggs…
Okay, it works like this:
1. navigate to where you keep your pictures, select the 6th folder, and the 6th picture in that folder.
2. Then post it on your blog with an explanation of the story behind the picture
3. tag 6 other people to do the same, and make sure you let them know about it.
And here’s my contribution:
*lol* It’s a picture of me and my Rabbit class, playing in the public park opposite the kindergarten. Doris (the real grown-up in our group and my partner in caring for these kids) can be seen coming around on the left hand side. It was a lovely, sunny day and the kids had behaved very well in class all day. As a reward, playtime was an adventure of slides and jungle-gyms outside the school property.
(Photo taken by Iris, a third member of staff who volunteered to help us keep an eye on the Rabbits.)
Hehe – what can I say other than: I love these kids!
Right, so on to tagging 6 of you:
i spent the afternoon soaking up some glorious sunshine at the Pen Bay (former military base dating from the Japanese occupation of Taiwan). here are some photos for you:
http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf
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love and kisses
looking out from the laundry balcony a few minutes ago, I decided not to go to Kaohsiung today:
who wants to go to the beach with me?
above, the view of my balcony from the parking lot
mine is the blueish glow, top-right ;0)SA slang info from Wikipedia:
pozzy – house or home; place where one lives or hangs out.