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Last Tuesday was a very nice day, sunny, bright and with an almost warm wind.  So I decided to take the trike out for a spin and to a park for some new photos.

I’m going to give you a really good look at it, and explain the details.  The model is called the Artifice and is made in Taiwan by TW-Bents.

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Photos by MJ Klein and Hui-chen – Attention: FOOD PHOTOS

Continuing with our series on the premier of the new movie Detours to Paradise, we will bring you….

Taipei Premier

On Sunday we headed up to Taipei Main Station to perform the second premier show.

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Photos by MJ Klein and Hui-chen  This article contains FOOD PHOTOS

A new movie premiered in northern Taiwan this weekend.  Also, a new band premiered as well.  This is part one of the story and there is a lot to tell – so let’s get started!

Shot entirely in Taiwan, Detours to Paradise is a brand new movie with premiers in Taoyuan, Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung.

Taoyuan Premier

This is Oath (left, of Fong Band fame) and Ah-A (from the Blue Sky band) waiting outside the club downstairs.

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Photos by Hui-chen and MJ Klein

The other day I was sitting at Shao-hui’s place when Shao-hui herself came over to me and mentioned that it had been some time since we had a grill party in front of her place, and that she would like to have another one that week.  Well, I don’t need a personal invitation like that, but it sure was nice hearing Shao-hui say it.

The day to have it turned out to be Thursday, and faster than you can say “mu tan” we had the charcoal lit!

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This is the time of the year when different cities around Taiwan celebrate the Lantern Festival.  We happened to be in Kaohsiung during the start of this year’s celebration.

Throngs of people were down at the Love River for the opening of the Lantern Festival.

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One of the great things about Dutch oven cooking is the fact that anywhere you can build a fire is anywhere you can cook a delicious meal.  I carried my 12″ Dutch oven down to Kaoshiung over the holiday because I knew there would be an afternoon where I would want to relax and cook.  This is the story about what I cooked.

I started out by cutting up onions.  I also had baby carrots and small white potatoes so I didn’t need to cut those items up.  The only other things that I had which needed to be cut up were some mild bell peppers (shown later).  This type of cut shown here is one that I learned from a Chinese master chef back when I was being trained for restaurant work.

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Hui-chen and I had a few opportunities to check out the new KRT while we were in Kaohsiung.  We also took a look at the “Dome Of Light” in Formosa Boulevard station.

Approaching the station, we saw these bikes in the rack:

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Hui-chen, her 2 sisters and I decided to finally walk over to the new Dream Mall in Kaohsiung and ride the ferris wheel on top of the building.  This article contains quite a few photos but there are even more on my Flickr photostream.  Clicking on any photo will take you to the Flickr photo page.

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• Chinese New Year in Kaohsiung
  Posted on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 in Blog – Comments: (10)
  Photo by MJ KleinWe’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).
• How To Improve Your Photography In 5 Minutes
  Posted on Thursday, January 8th, 2009 in Photography – Comments: (19)
  Photos by MJ KleinOriginally 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.
• Hukou Old Street, Revisited
  Posted on Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 in leisure – Comments: (16)
  Photos by MJ KleinBlogger 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.This is the main drag, and believe it or not, this crowd is light compared to most weekends.We’re walking past a temple at the far end of the Old Street.
• Interview with MJ Klein
  Posted on Monday, January 5th, 2009 in Blog – Comments: (3)
  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!
• Stories From My Past: The Studio Session
  Posted on Monday, January 19th, 2009 in Humor – Comments: (2)
  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….At Crosstown Recording Studio in Boston, a prominent recording artist wanted to do some personal recording for the purpose of presenting songs to the publisher for a new album.
• This Week In Food, Part Four
  Posted on Monday, January 5th, 2009 in family – Comments: (3)
  Food and other photos by MJ KleinAfter 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!The sisters check out the menuThis is a shot of the grilling device, my plate and 3 very interesting sauces.  I’ve never experienced those particular sauces before and I found one of them to be very good on the grilled food.
• This Week in Food, Part Three
  Posted on Sunday, January 4th, 2009 in Food – Comments: (6)
  Food and other photos by MJ KleinThe 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.
• This Week in Food, Part Two
  Posted on Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 in family – Comments: (3)
  Food and other photos by MJ KleinWe’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. First course out of the kitchen was these bao-zhe.  A bit different and very tasty.
• Voucher Fever
  Posted on Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 in Humor – Comments: (10)
  Photo by MJ KleinRecently, 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: Women fainted after receiving their vouchers.
• Weather Has Finally Broken A Bit….
  Posted on Saturday, January 17th, 2009 in Uncategorized – Comments: (2)
  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!