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Archive for January, 2009

Chinese New Year in Kaohsiung

January 28, 2009 By: thenhbushman Category: Blog 14 Comments →

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Photo by MJ Klein

We’re in Kaohsiung, and without an internet connection (believe it or not!).  We’ve been taking plenty of photos for you so just as soon as we can upload them, you’ll be seeing them.  In the meantime, enjoy your time off (if you have it).

Downtown Kaohsiung

Voucher Fever

January 22, 2009 By: thenhbushman Category: Humor, Lifestyle, News, shopping, Taiwan 12 Comments →

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Voucher Fever

Recently, the Taiwanese government gave NT$3,600 worth of shopping vouchers to citizens and qualified residents. While my own personal experience with receiving the vouchers was rather unremarkable (with only 2 people saying anything to me while I was in line, and both times in “English”), there have been several noteworthy events in the news concerning the vouchers. Here is a list of them:

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Stories From My Past: The Studio Session

January 19, 2009 By: thenhbushman Category: Humor, Personal 8 Comments →

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Many of my friends know that I’ve spent years in the recording studio as an engineer, producer, recording artist and backup musician.  I was often called in to do some support work, such as background vocals, handclaps and so forth, on visiting artist’s recordings.  This story is about one of those times….

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Weather Has Finally Broken A Bit….

January 17, 2009 By: thenhbushman Category: Uncategorized 2 Comments →

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Hui-chen and I have been under the weather lately but now that it’s considerably warmer, we’re going to try to get out and do some interesting things for you to read about!

Hukou Old Street, Revisited

January 14, 2009 By: thenhbushman Category: leisure, Lifestyle, Taiwan 16 Comments →

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Blogger Andres and his lovely wife Karen visited us recently, bringing along superbaby Olivia of course.  Since they had never been to the Hukou Old Street area before, we decided to show them around.

Hukou Old Street

This is the main drag, and believe it or not, this crowd is light compared to most weekends.

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How To Improve Your Photography In 5 Minutes

January 08, 2009 By: thenhbushman Category: Photography 19 Comments →

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Originally published on My Several Worlds as a guest article.

Readers of our blog sometimes complain to us privately that when they travel, they are disappointed with their photographs. Then, they usually ask me for some advice on which camera they should buy so they can take better photographs. I tell them that they can take better photographs right now, with what they are currently using.

People mistakenly blame the camera for bad photographs. That’s like going to a piano bar, and blaming the piano for a poor rendition of your favorite song. It’s all about how you use it. I’m going to give you my tips and tricks in 3 areas that will help you take better photographs, now without buying anything else! Let’s get into it right now!

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This Week In Food, Part Four

January 05, 2009 By: thenhbushman Category: family, Food, Korean, leisure, Lifestyle, Taiwan 3 Comments →

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Food and other photos by MJ Klein

After the wedding, we went down to Kaohsiung to visit the family.  Ping-chen suggested that we check out a Korean style restaurant for lunch.  It was a great suggestion!

Korean Lunch

The sisters check out the menu

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Interview with MJ Klein

January 05, 2009 By: thenhbushman Category: Blog 4 Comments →

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David Reid interviewed me as the Year 2008 Taiwan Blog Awards Winner.  It’s being offered as a podcast on Taiwanwanderful.

Here is the link to the interview.

If you’ve always wondered what I sound like, here’s your chance!

This Week in Food, Part Three

January 04, 2009 By: thenhbushman Category: Food, Lifestyle, local cuisine, party, Taiwan 7 Comments →

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Food and other photos by MJ Klein

The Daily Bubble Tea – For Two!

We had the pleasure of attending the wedding of Cathy and Todd, of The Daily Bubble Tea fame, on Saturday, in quaint Nantou.  It was like a blogger meetup!  I didn’t take so many photos of the events as I chose to sit back and enjoy them.  But, I did take photos of the dishes so you could enjoy them!

The Daily Bubble Tea, Now For 2

We were among the first to arrive, and the setting was just lovely.

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This Week in Food, Part Two

January 03, 2009 By: thenhbushman Category: family, Food, leisure, Lifestyle, local cuisine, Taiwan 3 Comments →

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Food and other photos by MJ Klein

We’ve been experiencing connectivity problems with our blog server, so please forgive the posting infrequency of late.

We decided to head over to Hsinchu City to a place we’d heard about in the Sogo Department Store. It turned out to be a good decision.

Dinner Tonight

First course out of the kitchen was these bao-zhe.  A bit different and very tasty.

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