Vaccinations and the Human Race as Bread Mold

Things that come up in this post:

travel vaccinations for Japanese encephalitis, rabies, and polio at the NTU travel clinic
cycling around the world
the life cycle of the human race is like the growth of bread mold
woodblock prints exhibit at the National Museum of History in Taipei
Changsha porcelain exhibit at the National Museum of History in Taipei
the eight deities in ivory, oracle bones, and silver ingots that …

Snacking and New Year’s Resolutions

Sunday January 6, 2013
8:00 a.m. over a morning coffee at 7-11
This is too early to be up this morning. I can feel that my body and mind didn’t get enough sleep. However, as usual, I had no choice. I was lying in bed and quite aware that I wasn’t going to be able to go back to sleep. I could either lie there or get …

Midnight at the Theater

There are lots of ways to ring in the New Year. Most people go to see the New Year’s Eve fireworks in whatever city they happen to be in. It makes sense. I had plans to do that myself. I was going to hop on my bicycle and ride to the area around the Taipei 101 building. The fireworks were not actually the draw for …