October 2007
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By Carrie on October 30, 2007
Queenie and Jerry Our very good friends, Jerry Liu and Queenie Chen, were married on Saturday, October 27th, 2007. We are honored to have been included in their special day. Queenie with her father. Jerry proposed to Queenie shortly before we left at the end of March 2007. Since then, they’ve been swamped with wedding [...]
Posted in Taiwan |
By Carrie on October 29, 2007
Things to do and sights to see in Tokyo Bay.
Posted in Japan, Travel | Tagged Photo Essay, Photography, Travel, Travel Photography |
By Carrie on October 26, 2007
Aren’t these the sweetest dolls you’ve ever seen? I fell in love with these Kokeshi dolls while traveling through Japan. If I could have, I would have bought them all. In fact, I’m starting to think these adorable little dolls will become a collectible item for me. They’re utterly charming and unique. These dolls were [...]
Posted in Culture, Japan | Tagged Toy Collecting |
By Carrie on October 24, 2007
A series of cultural icons from Yang Liu. These icons were designed to reflect the differences throughout Western and Eastern cultures. Yang Liu was born in Beijing, China and later moved to Germany to further her education. Her work was recently showcased at the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Posted in Culture | Tagged Asia, China, Cultural Observations, Culture, People, Reflections, Taiwan |
By Carrie on October 23, 2007
I only took a few photos the other night when we were in Hukou at MJ and Hui-Chen’s blogger grill party. I was too busy gabbing, drinking and eating. Here are a few of my favorites from the evening. David Edwards getting some wise grilling advice from host extraordinaire, MJ Klein. David Reid and Jerry [...]
Posted in Taiwan | Tagged Bloggers, Hukou |
By Carrie on October 23, 2007
I spent the better part of yesterday going through photos from the thousands I took during our trip to Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos. I’ve barely even started on our photos from Japan! I had just finished uploading our pictures from Hanoi when Shzam! Something failed to connect and I wasn’t able to upload any more [...]
Posted in Blog | Tagged Link Love |
By Carrie on October 21, 2007
John and I have barely been back for a week since our trip to Japan. Despite spending a rather hectic week re-adjusting to work again, we couldn’t wait to be out the door on Saturday night, this time on our way to Hukou in Hsinchu County for a meet-up with some fellow bloggers. John and [...]
Posted in Taiwan | Tagged Bloggers, Hukou, Link Love |
By Carrie on October 19, 2007
I meet one every couple of months or so. You know who I’m talking about. I’m talking about those guys who get some sort of perverse pleasure out of trying to humiliate the ‘stupid foreigner.’ I used to meet these types of people every couple of weeks when I lived in China and I have [...]
Posted in Taiwan | Tagged Rant |
By Carrie on October 18, 2007
Tsujiki Fish Market in Tokyo opens early. This is the place to come if you want to see all kinds of sea dwelling creatures before they end up on your plate as sashimi at the end of the day. 5:30 am comes awfully early when you’re trying to get in the mood to spend time [...]
Posted in Japan | Tagged Photo Essay |
By Carrie on October 16, 2007
We’re back from one wicked, wild road trip through the island of Honshu in Japan. Our travels took us from pulsing Tokyo to shy Mt Fuji and the healing hot springs of Hakone. We traveled to Osaka and spent time wandering lost in a land of porn and Pachinko. Kyoto delivered a splendid castle, a [...]
Posted in Japan | Tagged Reflections, Travel |
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