absolutwillie

Tag: photos

  • the magic parcel adventure

    after school on friday, i hopped on the bus (not pictured) to Kaohsiung…

    where i took the subway to zouying station,

    where i took the High Speed Rail (up to 300km/h) to taichung,

    where i got on the slow train to Dajia,

    where i picked up the deliciousness from SA! Mom sent me some droë wors, coffee cookies, rusks, scarves, Black Cat peanut snacks, Cadbury’s, my SpringLeap T-shirts – and even a copy of DeKat!! color me crawling on the floor with laughter when i noticed the fruit-cake and the designer tissues *lol* awesome!!!

  • Saturday with the kids

    here are some pics from my 11-hour day with the kids (teachers and parents) from kindergarten last saturday. we went to a “farm” in tainan county, called “cow’s house”:
    doing the loco-motion – everybody’s on the train and ready to roll!
    daywalker – our guide avoided the sun at all costs.
    moving on up – snapped in transit.
    calves – the hungry kind
    we’z gots ta get some!
    note to self: cut out figure on the right…
    standoff: Jocelyn wanted to feed the pony – but she wouldn’t stand any closer.
    Meg loves candy – mom loves coloring.
    my sentiments exactly!
    Dylan made it to my desktop with this one :0)

  • new adventures in teaching II

    look at the jello men
    going wobble, wobble, wobble
    they’re in the kitchen now
    going gobble, gobble, gobble…


    i recently refilled my red marker – and overfilled it *grr*
    now, when my kids have to draw in their books – i encourage them by splattering red ink all over the white-board, and then (through adding and erasing) finding an image inside the chaos.

    probably not my best work ever – but these guys loved the new approach to the song ;0)

  • trick or treat!

  • the feeling of family

    in tonight’s “ABC Class” – the really young kids – we talked about family.
    okay, so ‘talked’ might be too strong a word – more parrotting , but you get the idea.

    one of the exercises was to draw a picture of your family. one dear little heart made use of the opportunity to make my heart pump custard by drawing the following picture:notice the “extras” outside the picture frame? that would be me and my Taiwanese co-teacher, Christene.

    see how everybody is smiling? i’m positively glowing man *lol*

  • google meme

    i took the cue from warrior scout over at kickin tina:

    this is a meme that’s been around, but i thought some pictures might be good today. everyone is tagged if they choose to be..

    how old on your next birthday?
    31

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    Where would you like to travel?
    i’d like to go back to Spain – this time doing it like Polly Evans in “It’s not about the tapas”

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    What is your favorite place?
    Transkaroo restaurant in Great Brak River: great food, good friends and memories

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    What is your favorite food?
    chicken

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    What is your favorite pet?
    Poepies, my jack russel

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    What is your favorite color combination?
    red and black, at the moment

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    What is your favorite piece of clothing?
    denims

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    What is your favorite song?
    Gabriella’s Song (Sa som I Himmelen O.S.T.)

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    What is your favorite tv show?
    Queer as Folk

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    What is the name of your significant other?
    Peter

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    Name the town in which you live.
    Donggang

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    What is your screen name?
    absolutwillie

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    What is the first job you had?
    land surveyor’s assistant

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    What is your dream job?
    creative director

    What is your greatest fear?
    being alone

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    Name one thing you want to do before you die.
    see the feature film based on my life

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    What is the first thing you would do if you win $1,000,000.00?
    settle some debts

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  • photoblog: Taiwan Pride Parade 2008

    guess what i did today…























  • blast from the past


    my Mom sent me this photo by e-mail. it’s of me and my childhood friend Corné, with our first catch! we were hoping for loads of calamari rings *lol* who knew you needed more than just that one to feed a family? (or that preparing calamari from scratch was an art and not a mere matter of frying the hell out of it *lol*)

    also in this photo is my aunt Ella – may her soul rest in perfection.

    i should write more – but school’s a callin’

    remember when sun, water and friendship was enough?

  • Bear Square @ Ximen, Taipei


    as close to “safe for work” as we got *lol*

  • Road Trip: Kenting


    breaking the fast at starbucks
    hiked to kissing rock
    posed near the light house ( 21°53’57.53″N , 120°51’16.23″E)
    drank some coconuts
    and swam in perfect the blue waters of Kenting

    wish you were here ;0)