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Monday, April 13, 2015. She had an excellent stay and was able to catch up on all and sundry. She quite enjoys being "little Cassy" for a while and doesn't mind being doted upon for a stint: she certainly doesn't get that sort of treatment here! Apparently, it was quite the sight! She enjoyed catching up with her sister, and they had a pleasant picnic after all the country style shenanigans. Cass tends to avoid eating a lot of meat and although not strictly a vegetarian, she's pretty close to it. She...
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Taipei Life: 04/01/2015 - 05/01/2015
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Sunday, April 26, 2015. We were pretty glad we were here in "safe Taipei" this week and not inundated with floodwater and battening down every hatch in sight like they were back home in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley this week. Despite the fact that we get quite unnerved on a regular basis with jolts and shakes, I think I'd prefer that than the out-of-control weather which produced water ingress, homes to be damaged and power unavailable for extended periods. School is revving up for a huge finish to th...
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Taipei Life
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Monday, April 20, 2015. Will the earthquake alarm sound the "all-clear" soon? Is the rest of the city still standing? In the end, it's just another six point something earthquake deep in the ocean off the east coast, just a bigger version of the ten we've had in the past week alone! About this, too.I was really quite taken aback! As we were out and about, quite decadently(! Photos: Wal up at Yangminshan garden plot, Wal and a fairly heavily pregnant Annie, "Paul" at SOGO.what? Cassy is modelling her bran...
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Taipei Life: 12/01/2014 - 01/01/2015
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Monday, December 15, 2014. Cassy hosted her Book Club crew at our place on Friday night and I'm glad it's over! Yes, although I took no part in it whatsoever, it has been quite the extravaganza in planning, shopping, debating, agonizing, cleaning, decorating and eventually, hosting. In the interests of happy living, I've offered to help as much as possible and Cassy has actually allowed me to contribute, which I was pleasantly surprised about! YOLO) We've got a great range of stuff lined up with no set p...
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Taipei Life: 08/01/2014 - 09/01/2014
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Monday, August 25, 2014. Lucy" wasn't bad but was really just an escapist hour or two, hardly worth a thought afterwards. We're finding that this is the mark of a good movie for us: one that resonates after the viewing for a while, making us ponder some question or other, if not just how they produced some incredible special effect or two! With lettuce on a regular bun.she reported it to be pretty good! Monday, August 18, 2014. After two months back in Australia, we got back to our Taipei life for a week...
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Taipei Life
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Monday, May 04, 2015. For some strange reason, I have a dearth of photos this week, which will no doubt be a relief to some, as endless photos of our dining out experiences must get a bit tedious. This probably also partly explains the lack of traffic on this site, along with mindlessly boring and verbose diatribe about the minutia of our lives (see? Even though they're still hissing at one another (which continues for about a week in our experience) they are remarkably lucid and non glassy-eyed for the ...
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Taipei Life
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Sunday, April 26, 2015. We were pretty glad we were here in "safe Taipei" this week and not inundated with floodwater and battening down every hatch in sight like they were back home in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley this week. Despite the fact that we get quite unnerved on a regular basis with jolts and shakes, I think I'd prefer that than the out-of-control weather which produced water ingress, homes to be damaged and power unavailable for extended periods. School is revving up for a huge finish to th...
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Taipei Life: 11/01/2014 - 12/01/2014
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Monday, November 24, 2014. The biggest draw-card for us, however, was the string of cafes with a whole host of different vibes and flavours. We ate at an Argentinian one after passing an English pub, an Italian gelateria and pizza parlour, a Thai restaurant, a Taiwanese beer-house and a "butcher's kitchen" no less! All in all, another fantastic weekend! We've got a Thanksgiving long weekend coming up (God Bless America is all we can say! Photos: a shot we just received of Cass and Annie at the wedding, C...
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Taipei Life: 05/01/2015 - 06/01/2015
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Monday, May 25, 2015. It's oppressive in Taipei at the moment, the weather somehow matching our mood as time very slowly drips away. The skies gushed most of the weekend, yet we somehow, just by chance, managed to secret ourselves inside during showers and travel when there was a little respite. The temperatures are warm to hot, the humidity high and the comfort factor very low as the year slowly leaks away to our summer holiday. The "warehouse" is really a very. Photos: Some Penny Farthing style bike ra...
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Taipei Life: 06/01/2014 - 07/01/2014
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Monday, June 02, 2014. Well, it's that time of year again, and we can scarcely believe it has been a year since we were sucked into this vortex of last week plans, appointments, calls, visits and everything else that comes with winding up an academic year, closing down a household for a couple of months and leaving things and people in place to look after the cats. The massive end-of-year BBQ immediately follows the Friday recognition ceremony, and yet another farewell party is rumoured to be on Saturday...
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