Entries from May 2006

The Lavender Cottage: Little King Kong-free heaven!

Date May 27, 2006

I’ve been working for 2 weeks on the video portion of this post, trying out a new app (Powerdirector). The background music is quite ‘fromage’, and my commentary is…superfluous.Anyway, you’ve been warned.
If you live around Daken like we do, or even in many parts of Taichung now, you know about the little black [...]

Alpha and Omega shots of my day

Date May 13, 2006

Here is how my day began on friday: the early morning son reaches out to touch me, gently and unexpected. The sun quickly follows suit, bringing forth a rare and precious week-day morning breakfast smile. Notice the errant oat, hanging unoticed…
The ride to work was greatly enhanced by my stereo bluetooth headphones which [...]

Watoto Children’s Choir: a politically incorrect review

Date May 4, 2006

First off, let me say that how I felt after watching the Watoto Children’s choir from Uganda was greatly tainted by my ignorance (and subsequent erroneous assumptions) of what I was getting myself into. I was under the vague impression that I was taking my kids to see “a troupe of dancing/singing kids from Africa”. [...]