Decorating the School, originally uploaded by obblogatory. Yes, we spent two long and hard days redecorating the school. We had to paint four rooms, and one long hallway. So take a look at others in this set. It was quite a transformation!
P1040542, originally uploaded by obblogatory. This picture was taken overlooking the Tamsui Estuary on a rather pleasant day in February! Enjoy!
Image-nokia384, originally uploaded by obblogatory. These ‘stones’ are always cast to ask the gods of the temple a question. When they are lying, one up one down, then the wish or question is answered in the affirmative. So, the stone is cast downwards on the left and upwards on the right (see the previous picture)…
Image-nokia382, originally uploaded by obblogatory. Yes, it’s that time of the year again, and Chinese New Year is coming soon… Very soon! We went to a local temple near Dasi, in Taoyuen County. A lot of people were busy praying. However, I noted this unusual statuary. Anyone know what this is called in English?
Where do you get your coffee beans from? I’ve been buying them from Costco of all places. I was surprised by the range of beans available (though not all are good beans) and the prices. Typically, we can buy a decent sized bag of beans there for about the same price as Starbucks. While I’m…
Near the North East Coast of Taiwan: Chien-Hsui Wan, originally uploaded by obblogatory. Lovely pictures from the north east coast last weekend. It looks like the weather will be mild this weekend, so head on up there for a cool and quieter weekend!
20091026345, originally uploaded by obblogatory. We witnessed this repair job where the helicopter was flying only a few feet from the electricity pylon. It was quite a skillful piece of flying, given that a sudden gust could have had the chopper in the wires in just a second or two.
20091116351, originally uploaded by obblogatory. I grabbed my camera to take this picture just a few days ago overlooking the Mackay Hospital in Tamsui. A pretty rainbow. It’s the first time I’ve ever seen a rainbow like this, it was so bright, and lasted a surprisingly long time!
After about a month of having a sticky server, where just every other time, I’d see a blank page here, I finally found out what was the matter: A PLUGIN! Somehow one of the Flickr plugins that provides images for the sidebar was interfering with the normal behavior of the server. It hasn’t cured all…