Friends & Fireflies

Labor day weekend was spent on animal crossing, some KAI certification readings and a trip to Taipei county for a fireflies trip. It was my 1st experience being a tourguide for a group of 9. New friends, jokes & laughter made out train rides shorter than it seemed. 1st stop was to a historical site when the Prince from Japan would be hosted when he visits the coal mines in the Jingtong area. We sat cross legged on the Japanese tatami, drank tea & had some snacks till it gets dark. Walking & Jumping on the train tracks~

Really Tini

YES, It's a baby girl! I pictured pink & silver ballons.. for celebration. Apparently, it's not a Taiwanese thing. Anyway, that is UNCLE Cliff holding a newborn for the 1st time. Tini baby doesn't have a name yet, hopefully her mom & daddy will decide soon!

DVD shooting

One of our projects is to promote creativity facilitation via teaching courses. The planning and production of this educational dvd took a year before the shooting began.
As actors/ actressess, we were all HOT, exhausted, after 2 long days of shooting.

Lady Bug, Frog & P-square

Posting up the Creativity Facilitation training graduation class of 2009 (March)

Below are the 2 little seats I carried back all the way from Japan ~ P-square loves laying on it
P2oodle & the frog

1st time at the Beach

There's finally a day of nice weather, warm, sunny with blue skies! It was time for a road trip to the North East Coastline of Taiwan. Poodle loves riding in the car, especially new cars ~:P and sitting on human cushioned seat, getting the best view as though she's the driver. Stop checking out my butt as I head to the beach!I never expected poodle to lay completely out on the wet beach, it was one cooling spot~

Ahhh, isn't it a great day to be sun-bathing on the cooling ground with a slight breeze of wind~

plus some bikini watching ^_^~

Human vs dog

Sand on PawsTrain Tunnel turned into a bicycle track!

Our feet were sore, all 3 of us, after walking for the entire day

3D Monsters VS Aliens

After an afternoon of panda-mania, it was time for a foot break- Monsters vs Aliens in IMAX 3D! Since it was Vie Show premier, we got to take a picture with the 1-eyed blue mascot..whom I didn't know who it was! .. & a set of Monster Vs Alien stickers, bookmarks. We put on our humongous glasses, all ready for the 3D spectacular. My favorite character turned out to be BOB, the gluey 1 eyed monster! aha! Can't reveal too much about the movie, you have to experience it~~It was a night out with mascots~ other than Bob the monster, it was the the Vie-show buddy~

Panda-mania

Eversince the Taiwanese president Ma was elected, 2 special guests from China, now resides in Taipei, drawing more than 7000 visitors per day. To avoid crowds, we waited patiently for months and took an opportunity to visit the Taipei Zoo! Yes, our special " black & white" guests "團團"Tuan tuan & "圓圓" Yuan yuan have immigrated to Taipei since Feb'09. A numbered ticket with a time to visit the pandas was given upon initial entry. We had to drop by visits to the Emu, giraffes, wallabys, elephants, monkeys....etc for almost 2 hours before our turn to stand in line for some panda sighting! It was panda booths everywhere: snacks, popcorn, drinks, and we had a Panda shaped choco-vanilla ice-cream during our wait. 3:10pm! was finally time for us to see the pandas! We hastily followed the line, got our cameras ready, and guess what? we only saw two sleeping pandas through the glass windows, while being shoved to continue walking and keep the line moving! Rule of thumb, Pandas sleep most of the time in order to digest the fibrous sugar canes, so, visit them in the morning~!Nissan sponsored photo shooting with the land of cute animals~The Sleeping pandas...zzzzzzzJust outside the bathrooms~ there was the land of Poop Wall Art~