Dear Mom, So after your recommendation about the Black House novel by Peter May, I ordered it for Terry. It finally showed up quite recently, so I was able to get it to her thanks to the Book Depository. Despite coming from the UK, it only took about ten days to arrive. I’ve no idea…
Silly buggers with the traffic lights? Is it me or have you experienced the countdown timers suddenly going from seemingly plenty of time to finish crossing to practically nothing…? I was crossing route 2 on the busy intersection when a bunch of us got nearly stranded in the middle of the road by a sudden…
I only intended to go for a short ride on the bike. I set off from Zhuwei in the morning, after having ice cream & espresso at OOO Cafe. On the bike, I quickly got to Guandu where I saw a familiar figure: John Groot of “Taiwanese Feet” fame. Book review: Too happy feet –…
It’s not impractical to bike your way home after work daily. It’s not both ways… but you could uber to work and bike home. Problems over finding quieter roads and avoiding peak traffic could be mitigated by doing this. Also, you can strip off and shower at your own convenience. I’ve done short urban trips…
Modern Taipei Architecture isn’t the most exciting, but some buildings are definitely not as attractive as others, like a certain building in Tienmu. It looks like bits of design cobbled together. The exterior forgot to focus on simplicity. From the outside, it appears to lack unity, the consistent use of concrete and other building conventions…
I bought a pair of light parachute pants, except I don’t think they are. They’re cargo pants made with parachute fabric. Comfortable when the heat arrives, light and airy. I was surprised how big they were, despite being marked as an L (or M since I was buying across the aisle).
Fabric should be light and airy for a hot summer!
But I’m trying to wear more spring attire: this morning’s essemble for Qigong Class is The fabrics were all light and stretchy sportswear, as the temperature was mild. So quite a contrast to the image of NET above! Did I get with the program? Well…
First time I ever rode it under 1 hour, and it’s way under. I did employ a slightly new route, didn’t stop very long for water, and rode faster than typical. So result: about 20 minutes faster than before. By comparison, the train is 19m plus 7m headway and 5~9m walk/transit/red light time. Google has…