Articles tagged with: Canada
Biting the Bullet – Buying Lowe-Pro Lens Cases
Friday January 4, 2013
7:45 a.m. at the 7-11 on Bade Road
You think it can’t get any gloomier and colder in Taipei, but then it does. I don’t wear gloves on my scooter because I find it interferes with operating the gas and the brakes, so my hands are pretty frozen as I sit here in this 7-11 and try to type.
I wrote the other day …
Vaccination Stories
Monday December 31, 2012
7:40 a.m. at the 7-11 on Zhongshan Road in Taipei
Another red-letter day of a sort. A very Doug-style red-letter day: I broke out my Survival Kit from my touring bike. I use the left rear pannier bag as my main bag when I’ve gone on my bike trips. I call it my Survival Kit because it generally contains everything of ultimate value. …
Cleaning Up My Bike and My Trangia Cookstove Set
Thursday December 27, 2012
8:30 a.m. at the 7-11 on Chang-An Road
My plan for last Sunday was to work on my bike, and I did just that. I first had to make room for the beast, and I moved furniture around until I had created a spot in the living room. That involved moving my sofa to the other side of my small living room and …
Triple Hernias, Penzu, and Cleaning Up My Bicycle
Sunday December 23, 2012
7:15 a.m. at 7-11 on Zhongshan Road in Taipei
Now this is more like it – an actual weekend day. No traffic on the streets, no people in my 7-11. Having a work day on a Saturday was very strange. It felt like there was no Saturday, except, of course, that I didn’t go to work.
I’m not sure you could come up with …
Crashing and Burning – Storytelling English Classes
Friday December 21, 2012
7:30 a.m. at a 7-11 on Chang-An Road in Taipei
I am at my second favorite morning coffee spot. This 7-11 is much larger and has tables as well as the window counter. The other 7-11 is much closer to my apartment, but it is also much smaller and I can feel guilty about occupying a seat there for too long. I decided …
Radio Paradise Internet Music Station
One of the things I like is a website called Radio Paradise. It’s an Internet radio station with a difference. It’s low-key and advertisement free. Only occasionally do the people running the radio show come on and say anything. Even then, they just tell you that you’re listening to Radio Paradise and they tell you what songs you just heard and what song is coming …
009 – Bura Soda Springs & Binangawan Falls
Saturday April 9, 2011 7:12 a.m.
Jasmin by the Sea, Camiguin, Philippines
Time for another cup of coffee at the beginning of another day. It rained throughout the early morning hours, but now the sun is shining, so it looks like another perfect day.
I set off on my motorbike once again yesterday. Over breakfast, I had gone over some notes I had made about Camiguin Island, and …
004 – A Walk Down the Shore
Saturday April 2, 2011 8;40 a.m.
Jasmin by the Sea
Camiguin, Philippines
The rain came to an end at some point yesterday and today the sun is out. Luckily, the skies still have some wispy clouds scattered about to keep the full force of the sun at bay. There is a fair bit of wind and the sea is a little rough, so I don’t think I’ll be …