Halloween Day In School

Lunch out with Ms. Karen and Mr. Roy



Someone embracing their inner second childhood, with a Grudge wanna be at the back.
Beware the Hooded Slasher! Including victim/sidekick.The real horror: Assembly Langauge exam!

Unnecessary Escalation

This movie illustrates perfectly how an offense subjectively magnified in the eyes of the victim and seeking what is believed to be compensatory redress can lead to a chain of destructive "one-up-man-ship".

Paraphrasing William Hurt's character in the movie: "everything decent is held together by an unwritten covenant."

Unless we're willing to see the other person's side and work towards an agreeable conclusion, it will end up like those old time Ubusan ng Lahi (clan extermination) stories the previous generation of local moviegoers were barraged with.

Marketing Strategy

Got tired of waiting for my travel companions to upload their pictures of the salesladies in Taiwan selling betel nuts.

Not surprisingly, there are others available on the web, just using the keywords "betel nut girl".

I don't think the Church would allow the same kind of tactic to be used here, again, yet another major difference between us and our neighbor across the South China Sea.

Two Yellow Guardians In My Clothes Rack

What's curious is that they're both gifts.

Superstition Is Off The Ground

There is no seat block 13 on the plane...

TV in Taiwan

One of the perks of being in another country was that I didn't have to wait as long as home to be able to watch my favorite shows.

There was Heroes, Simpsons, Smallville, The Office, Entourage, 30 Rock, Private Practice, Amazing Race Asia and, shown above, Grey's Anatomy.

I particularly marvelled at the very good writing of the season premiere of the hospital drama, showing that the Writers Guild of America really is indispensable and that their demands after their dissatisfaction were justified.

I also like the acting of the guest stars, in particular Bernadette Peters and this guy who lived with a constant headache for seven years, and after the source of the pain was finally found, he breaks down and is able to mourn for his wife who died the year before.

Another Outdoor Science Plaything

Besides the frisbees, boomerangs, kites and rubber band airplanes that I've been buying since April of this year, this is the latest toy we can use to take advantage of the campus' wide open areas to teach aerodynamics and propulsion.

Another Part of My Medium Range Plans...

... and, of course, bringing the knowledge, technology and connections back to the homeland.

At the National Space Organization

One step closer to one of my dream careers...

Our Invaluable Tour Guide

Thank you very very very much to Wendy for touring us around Taipei last Sunday!

Roy & Leland & Hainz & I will return there - promise!

I Didn't Think the Organizers Noticed...

So it was a real surprise to receive this!

How did they know what I like?




Those are stickers on the card, by the way. Such effort!






And one of my classmates even draws accurate portraits!

At the Food Expo

Beside the seafood and vegetable buffet in Hotel Kuva Chateau. It's like Oasis House of Prayer times 7!!!

My Classmates, Teachers & I

Group picture taken at the start of the two weeks.

Our Latest Products

Going back to last Friday's events for now: the OJT presentations, until I could upload everything to Flicker.

Congratulations Franz, Yvan, Tina, Fred, JC, Vinci, Jessie, Robin and Chito!

Teaser For Now

We're going to have a red brick building like this soon...

Where I Was For 30 Hours the Past 2 Days

csi.journalspace.com has the first part of the details up today, dotmeans.multiply.com will have the pictures.

Where I Was For 30 Hours the Past 2 Days

csi.journalspace.com has the details, dotmeans.multiply.com will have the photos as soon as I upload them.