A construction site near where we live.
Business cards are kind of a thing here, as I was warned.
Red Bull crosses all language barriers!
So do bakeries.
Imagine a buttery smell that matches that color. Waft. Waft.
Funny thing about this: That English is a very good translation of the Chinese. We're gonna go ahead and assume that "bird" is a euphemism.
Dedicated to Mary Roads.
My lesson planning book, a few reward cards, and my nifty pencil box.
My lesson plan.
Looking south and east from the bridge.
East from the bridge. You can see Taipei 101 in the background on the left.
South-east towards the mountains and southern Taipei.
South-west from the bridge.
East from the bridge are all these mosaics of various things like carriages and...boxes?
Looking north-west from the bridge.
Construction on the Danshui River.
Looking east (and a little north) from the bridge over the Danshui.
More mosaics.
I think they're of Taijiquan or some other martial art?
A delicious Rose Tea Latte I got at Ikari Coffee on the way home.
I think this sign is funny. The Wife thinks it's normal.
Our favorite restaurant lady gave us a pomelo. We eated it.
This advertisement shows a puppy doing bad, bad things to a terrace chair.
A highly efficient (if not terribly aesthetic) accessory to road-work.
My student Ken.
My student Susan.
They thought these pictures were hilarious.
Susan took a picture of me.
Ken took a picture of us both.
This is a bank.
No, no, really. It is. Pukii is its mascot.
Which is what happens when you get an island inhabited by mostly Chinese people and then remember that it's next to Japan...
Some of the Chinese Teachers at School 8. From bottom left, clockwise: Debby, Naomi, Kathy, Georgia, and Jamie.
