Ivo a little pa!

In addition to faking injury and insult, Ivo has added exaggeration to his repertoire.

There were some bottle rockets, fire crackers and sparklers on display last night. Ivo was initially startled and turned the sensation into an hour-long crisis. We almost had to go home! And we're talking hand-held fire crackery stuff. This is Taiwan - fire crackers explode at least weekly in and around Ivo...

Dwayne had set off the first bottle rockets - without a heads-up - Ivo wasn't the only one caught off guard, but I think he was the only one who ended up crying. Ryan took him for a walk down to the pet store to look at the miniature dogs. Dwayne, motivated by remorse and other things I'm not gonna try to name, chased them down the street waving a lit sparkler. Strangely, this did not calm Ivo down. Until then, he had believed he could get away from the 'hot, roar, moon, pa'... he didn't know they could run toward him! He thinks firecrackers go to the moon, like astronauts and rockets. 'Pa' means scared. The pics are from outside a convenience store on Da Ye in front of a bunch of dreamcatchers. I took some video (will post later) of Ivo telling the story of his recent travails... Above is a group of stills.