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Theoretically, I'm using this blog to become more computer literate. But I can't seem to get rid of any of the duplicate pictures from the Ivo at the park posting.

I'm working on posting videos.

Ryan's parents are coming on Thursday!
It's my first day of school vacation and my first day of the SUNY online semester.

I got the car inspected this morning. It resulted in my having to take the car to have the headlights replaced. But it went super smoothly - all things considered. The inspection site is out in Da Du in Taichung County, right on the coast. 15 minutes or so from the main drag, Chung Gang Road... It reminded me how hideously ugly industrial small town Taiwan is... locals call it "the countryside" - This can only be country as opposed to major metropolis. A linguistic quirk. Da Du makes Chung Hua look beautiful... Main Street is packed with giant buses, too many cars, scooters, motorcycles- all spewing black stink - which makes me wonder what the parameters of this vehicle inspection are... oversized tricycles, bicycles, people, people, people - tiny breakfast shops and assorted other vendors of cheap things. So compressed - no sidewalks, no parking areas - lots of unattractive people walking around wearing pajamas. So different from the city slickers I live among - who make me look the slob!

I'm wondering how the preference for re nao (hot noisy - crowded) coexists so happily with buddhism...

Ivo and I went to Starbucks afterwards - a haven that, unless I lived in Asia, I would totally boycott. That's how flexible my values are.

Yay!

Ivo at the park

Ivo loves to ride other kids' bikes. We thought about getting him one for his bday/xmas but decided to wait til he could really ride it.

We usually go to the park in the morning when a whole bunch of under 2's go. It's so cool watching him learn to play with other kids.

The park's also fun at night. It's clean (for Taiwan), well-lit and almost empty.

Saturday - da shiao qu

I’m getting ready for school which starts Monday. I’m expecting DHL to come thru sometime this am. After the trauma of the first aborted delivery, my package is now under Taipei-based Agent Meico’s personal care.

Ryan has winter school thru Thursday. Ivo and I are spending this Saturday morning vacuuming and trying to get the house in a little bit better shape… Our landladies 4 are coming to visit. They are gonna do a bit of an inspection of the work that was done at the beginning of the month. The work was SHODDY. The kind of job that looks good when the workmen leave but begins to flake away the following day. I emailed them pictures but never got a response.

Several walls in our house have “wall cancer”. It’s very hard to get rid of but easy to fix! It’s a fungus or mold which thrives in the moistness of the cement walls. Are there leaking pipes there? Is it the position of the house vis typhoon winds? Is it that the walls were painted before the cement was completely dry? Does anything completely dry in this urban subtropical humidity?

I’ve been told that the only way to really get rid of it is to knock down the walls and pour new cement. I’ve also been told that it can be contained by coating the walls with elmer’s/pvc glue.

So we’ll see.

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