Monthly Archives: June 2011
The “I Jong Dui” – Taiwan Aboriginal Soldiers
I am reposting this from my old blog . I wrote it more than a year ago but a documentary about the Japanese and WWII in Asia got me thinking about how little we know about those times – and … Continue reading
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Work…
So, I’m back at work inTainan. After a relaxing drive back over the mountain from the East coast. The heat is here too. It hit 37.5C in Taitung on Saturday and it’s not much cooler here today. On the plus … Continue reading
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At the Beach
Taitung beach circa 1970 taken this morning courtesy of Hipstamatic on the iPhone …
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Back in Taitung
I’m back. Got up at 0600 to get my coffee and took these two photos. Why is it that in the week I’m too exhausted to get up at 7 – but tell me it’s the weekend and I’m up … Continue reading
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FIFA
What a mess at FIFA and Sepp Blatter – doesn’t he look a little like Silvio Berlusconi – is trying to hold it all together. Way too much money involved there and these arguments and accusations seem less like finger-pointing … Continue reading
Of Arms and a Man 