DYNAMIC YUNNAN!!...it's really, dynamic!

The peacock princess!
"Ever since Yang Liping won first prize in a national dance competition in 1986, she has been delighting Chinese audiences with her signature dance, Spirit of the Peacock




Country of Daughters...pic FAILED


The stage..



DYNAMIC YUNNAN!!....you guys have to find out a way to get them to tour Canada and then go watch it...get the most expensive tickets too!..Their last world tour was in 2006 but I can't find info on another tour. They came to Taiwan to help kick off the DEAFOLYMPICS...THe Blue Man Group was in Taipei last week...anyway, the show was OMG... I am speechless about the show...SPEECHLESSsss..and filled with permanent goosebumps! You're gonna have to carve these goosebumps off!! And watching 'Country of Daughters' live was soo fun! It was like seeing MCCCA on stage but not really...hahahaha not comparable at all...The costumes, the sound, the color...wowie

I sat at the cheapest seats in the house but it was really good for me cuz I was really close to the stage but on the side! My parents bought tix for 8$ more but they sat further away but center..they enjoyed it alot..MY dad tried to do the peacock dance afterwards...

I did try to take pics and was so tempted to take videos however, they wouldn't allow it during the show...Also. I sneaked into an autograph signing session for the VIP seats so that I can get a peak of Yang Li Ping in person...but because security was so tight and wouldn't let me get close enough, someone took pics of her for me!

Yang Li Ping...wow..her arms are like jello..and her moonlight dance..i just watched the video on youtube but nothing compares to seeing her move in person...she's so skinny too!

Yang Li Ping! She's around 5o years old now but still moves like she's 20...18..16...15!


Some of the male dancers were outside taking a smoke and let me squeeze between them to take a pic..Hanyue, i know you would have loved the way these guys danced..remember those New Zealander dancers..these guys were like that but 10X better..AUTHENTIC YUNNAN MEAT..!! rarr


ummm..I'm a peacock!

Glimpse of some stuff I ate last week: This is why I'm chubby-faced

Monday I had a big hot pot but I didn't take a pic of it. Wednesday I cooked at home. I didn't take pics of every meal but here are the pics of meals I did remember to take...I'm trying to eat lots of good stuff before going to China to eat MORE good stuff!

Tuesday
Hakka lunch 120 nt


Thursday
Korean lunch 200 nt


Friday buffet in Denwell


Saturday dinner
This is the worst thing I had all week...


Sunday lunch/dinner
Home made dishes by my mom's friend. She took orders and single handedly cooked these dishes up in her tiny kitchen for everyone!

Happy Chinese Valentine's Day!

7 of the seventh month on the lunar calendar is Chinese Lover's day!

Pin Lin: A day filled with everything TEA!

Pin Lin is a little town 30 mins south east of Taipei.
We visited a tea museum, garden, tea degustation and tried local delicacies which were all infused with tea for a one of a kind taste experience!
The caffeine made me uber hyper by the end of the day...weeee

Tea pots everywhere...this could be a scary place for teapotphobic people..., tea pots ornamented everything from street lamps to bridge decorations...



I'm a little teapot short and stout..


Pin Lin old street..


You want to try tea drinks, candies and snacks, noodles, rice, pudding...she's got them all!



Tea pork stew..yum



We enjoyed our tea pork stew rice by the river...


Tea sticky rice with taro or carrot...



Fried tea leaves...crunchay



At the tea museum...this is how they cultivate tea...


We tried a couple kinds of tea from Pin Lin and high mountain oolong as well..I think! I just drank whatever that was given to me!


A beautiful tea garden where people enjoy their tea in serenity..

Caca!

HA! You almost thought it was pics of shit huh!
Well, almost...
I wonder what these soaps are really made of...if not Caca Brun, Caca Noir,...

Perfect combo!

I attended a potluck this Saturday organized by people here in our community at Sea Mio ....We brought three dishes ... I was excited! Why wouldn't I be? 40-50 people bring their specialty dishes or bought food (which dumbass bought PIZZA HUT!*eyes the white dude), rooftop on the 26th floor with a beautiful view of the Danshui, a sweet warm sunset, ..good food, alcohol, balloons...what can go wrong?

Me and two chicks helped with these crappy balloon decorations...


My mom stood by her lobster salad and told everyone to try it..She even tried: "oooh, who made this salad? It's sooo good..You must try it!" Sighs

My English class- X2 class at David's English Center

I told them to take one with THE peace sign and one with a funny face hahaha
Tammy, Michelle, Hidomi, Jerry, Charis, Una and Rock
missing three other students today...

Title of pic: Sashimi..Fresh from the sea.

LOL Sorry Q, fallait que je partage..T'es trop cute!
In the Gulf of Mexico where Q went crab fishing..and caught a fish!



Love the look! So Spring/Summer '09!

oh yea...

I forgot to mention...Not only will I NOT have facebook for 2 months but blogspot is blocked as well in China..for now anyways. Don't know when they will allow access to these sites again but it's been a couple of months now...since that Xi Zhang province war..or Tibet thingie...hmmm I am not sure.

Goodies from Indonesia and Thailand..

From Lucy and Raymond for taking care of their kitties!
I'm most excited about that jar of authentic super spicy sauce from Indonesia which is what I asked for...

Dad is training for a space mission?

Biking in Danshui & pool party 15/08/09

After 2.5 hrs of biking, we rested..sipping on some cold milk tea, eating ice cream and shaved ice!
We biked from Danshui mrt station to Hongshulin and then all the way to Fisherman's wharf to see a failed sunset (too cloudy).
Alice, Shaokai and Danny


Two hours later, Jenny and Nancy also came to my part of town for a huge summer pool party being held in the boonies...
Thanks to balla' Nancy :) We got Free entrance, booze, food, Davidoff promo gifts + tobacco, swimsuit eye-candy (for the boys)...Full-on debauchery! Too bad we wuz all too old to stay until 4 am..We left a bit past midnight :P

Luke's LAST day in Taiwan after 3 months stay!

and he wanted to visit the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial for the first time..(Note: It's a popular tourist attraction and usually one of the first things you see when you come to Taipei).

P.S. I heart Nancy's roomate's "attention whore" long-haired wiener dog!

Pictures of pictures..

These were taken from a gallery in the Cheng Kai Shek memorial MRT station.The title of the exhibition was called "Cats in Danshui"...and I did notice lots of wild cats wandering around Danshui city..and these guys took pics of them!! Some made me smile, most were awwws....

See the cat that's missing a piece of his ear..unique!


It's going to pounce any minute now...


Romance!


He's sticking his tongue out at you!


Slowing down to smell the flowers...something we should do more often too!