Dragon Boat Festival, Taipei 2011

By On June 7, 2011 · 1 Comment

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This past weekend was the Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu) in Sino-World (the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of China/Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, and Chinese communities worldwide.). What’s a “Dragon [...]

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Taiwan Storyland, Taipei

By On June 10, 2010 · 6 Comments

It almost sounds like the name of a fantasy-themed amusement park, doesn’t it? Even the entrance, pictured above, invokes mental images of fairies flitting about in an enchanted forest. I fully expected to encounter scenes based on the Monkey King and other figures from Chinese children’s mythos.
But i didn’t. In fact, it became clear at [...]

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Shark Fin Soup and Dead Sharks

By On November 15, 2009 · 7 Comments

First of all, I have to say that today was a pretty good day. Craig Ferguson organized another photowalk, which I will cover once I’ve processed the rolls of Tri-X. As usual, I met a couple new people and caught up with a few familiar faces, had some good conversations, and got (I’m hoping) some [...]

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Visit to a Taiwanese Pet Cemetery

By On July 10, 2009 · 8 Comments

“Hey, Brian! Today is Mei-Mei’s birthday! Do you want to go with my family to visit her?”
“Your sister? She already had her birthday!”
“No. Mei-Mei.”
Besides being Mandarin for “younger sister”, Mei-Mei was also the name of my mother-in-laws favorite dog. And she was as much family to my wife as her sister is, as many [...]

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Dragon Boat Race, Dazhi Park, Taipei, Taiwan

By On May 29, 2009 · 1 Comment

Such a frustrating day… .
The weather wasn’t the problem. It was nice and sunny with a good wind to keep things cool. It wasn’t the people, either. Everyone was caught up in the races and surrounding festival. There wasn’t a frown to be seen.
My camera died. Right after the second shot. All I was left [...]

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