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Monday, April 13, 2015. She had an excellent stay and was able to catch up on all and sundry. She quite enjoys being "little Cassy" for a while and doesn't mind being doted upon for a stint: she certainly doesn't get that sort of treatment here! Apparently, it was quite the sight! She enjoyed catching up with her sister, and they had a pleasant picnic after all the country style shenanigans. Cass tends to avoid eating a lot of meat and although not strictly a vegetarian, she's pretty close to it. She...
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Taipei Life: 04/01/2015 - 05/01/2015
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Sunday, April 26, 2015. We were pretty glad we were here in "safe Taipei" this week and not inundated with floodwater and battening down every hatch in sight like they were back home in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley this week. Despite the fact that we get quite unnerved on a regular basis with jolts and shakes, I think I'd prefer that than the out-of-control weather which produced water ingress, homes to be damaged and power unavailable for extended periods. School is revving up for a huge finish to th...
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Monday, April 20, 2015. Will the earthquake alarm sound the "all-clear" soon? Is the rest of the city still standing? In the end, it's just another six point something earthquake deep in the ocean off the east coast, just a bigger version of the ten we've had in the past week alone! About this, too.I was really quite taken aback! As we were out and about, quite decadently(! Photos: Wal up at Yangminshan garden plot, Wal and a fairly heavily pregnant Annie, "Paul" at SOGO.what? Cassy is modelling her bran...
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Monday, May 04, 2015. For some strange reason, I have a dearth of photos this week, which will no doubt be a relief to some, as endless photos of our dining out experiences must get a bit tedious. This probably also partly explains the lack of traffic on this site, along with mindlessly boring and verbose diatribe about the minutia of our lives (see? Even though they're still hissing at one another (which continues for about a week in our experience) they are remarkably lucid and non glassy-eyed for the ...
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Sunday, April 26, 2015. We were pretty glad we were here in "safe Taipei" this week and not inundated with floodwater and battening down every hatch in sight like they were back home in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley this week. Despite the fact that we get quite unnerved on a regular basis with jolts and shakes, I think I'd prefer that than the out-of-control weather which produced water ingress, homes to be damaged and power unavailable for extended periods. School is revving up for a huge finish to th...
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Taipei Life: 11/01/2014 - 12/01/2014
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Monday, November 24, 2014. The biggest draw-card for us, however, was the string of cafes with a whole host of different vibes and flavours. We ate at an Argentinian one after passing an English pub, an Italian gelateria and pizza parlour, a Thai restaurant, a Taiwanese beer-house and a "butcher's kitchen" no less! All in all, another fantastic weekend! We've got a Thanksgiving long weekend coming up (God Bless America is all we can say! Photos: a shot we just received of Cass and Annie at the wedding, C...
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Taipei Life: 06/01/2014 - 07/01/2014
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Monday, June 02, 2014. Well, it's that time of year again, and we can scarcely believe it has been a year since we were sucked into this vortex of last week plans, appointments, calls, visits and everything else that comes with winding up an academic year, closing down a household for a couple of months and leaving things and people in place to look after the cats. The massive end-of-year BBQ immediately follows the Friday recognition ceremony, and yet another farewell party is rumoured to be on Saturday...
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Taipei Life: 10/01/2014 - 11/01/2014
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Monday, October 27, 2014. I can't report what they have been up to as I've hardly heard a word! Electronic communication has been at a minimum, owing to the hotel where they are staying not offering free wi-fi and Cassy's reluctance to buy it! I just got a text from Chris saying they'd sent her on the way to the airport via taxi, thanking me for "the lend"(! So I'll find out soon. Cass plans to visit them in Australia for Spring Break around her birthday time in April as well. Some domestic bliss (!
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Taipei Life: 05/01/2014 - 06/01/2014
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Monday, May 26, 2014. We were embroiled in the latest incarnation of the tongue-lashing rituals of our local temple whether we liked it or not last Friday afternoon and evening! The most incongruous participants, however, were the go-go dancing girls. They put on a particularly energetic performance. For their short burst of infamy. I've never really understood exactly what is going on here, but it was explained to me once that the gods need to be appeased in various ways: I can't deny that this is a...
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Monday, May 11, 2015. A movie that certainly will appeal to the Taiwanese demographic and one that I've eagerly awaited for years, is the much hyped and long anticipated 4th installment in the Mad Max franchise. The last being 30 years ago, by necessity, the actors have all changed, but I'm looking forward to the mercurial George Miller directing his own special way in another adventure of Max and friends. Interestingly, I note that The Toecutter. Later in the day, we decided to check out a brand new bur...