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I have one of those popular HD video recording cameras in my car.  Whenever I’m driving I run the camera so it records the actions going on in front of my car.  Here are a couple of still shots from a few days ago:

This one I like to call “the truck salmon” as he is on the wrong side of the road, driving against the flow of traffic.  He’s trying to get back to the correct side of the road as quickly as possible.  I came very close to him, as well as several other cars.  Apparently it’s too much trouble to go with the proper flow of traffic up to the next intersection to turn around.

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We are happy to announce that Google Inc. has signed a deal to purchase our blog for an undisclosed amount.  Google has hired Hui-chen and I as a writing team for the blog, so the content will be the same as always!  Google, who owns Blogger, has embarked on a new project, aimed at preserving the last remaining personal blogs in existence, and since Hui-chen and I blog on our own life travels and experiences, we are on their list of blogs to preserve.

“These days, the blogosphere is clogged with a myraid of copied and re-post content blogs.  Bushman’s blog is unique because it’s a window into the lives of 2 real people who are running their own business and traveling to exotic destinations and writing about it, but they don’t try to come off as experts on anything, and they’re not promoting an agenda” said Sonya Belanger, spokesperson for Google, and the person in charge of the personal blog preservation project.  ”Their blog has an intimate and personal feel to it.  That’s refreshing.”

We look forward to a long and fruitful relationship with Google!

Photo by MJ Klein

Today’s photo comes from the Blog Cafe & Bar, in beautiful Tainan:

You know what to do!

Photo by MJ Klein

Hui-chen and I attended a party at the legendary Shao-hui’s. We haven’t had one of these for awhile, so you know what to do!  Feel free to leave any kind of comment, not just a funny caption.

Photo by MJ Klein

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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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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Photo by my sister Nancy

You know what to do!

Shot in a Tainan parking garage.  You know what to do!

Video by MJ Klein

Hui-chen and I decided to travel to Bade, Taoyuan and see our old friends Mr. Sun and Mr. Lee (aka Paul and Lee).  Now for some reason, it seems that whenever we go back to that neighborhood, something weird happens and it’s not the fault of our friends.  A fight will break out among some gamblers or a drunk person will start bothering us.  Well, something did happen and it was in the latter category this time.

We all went to a quiet little karaoke place to relax with some good food, drink and songs.  I had my video camera with me and I was videotaping Paul and Lee singing some songs when all of a sudden, some drunk woman came in, went over to Paul and smacked him while he was singing.  Then it got worse from there!  So, naturally I made it into a feature video, and now you may enjoy it for yourself!  Here it is:

Krazy Karaoke from MJ Klein on Vimeo.

Enjoy!

Video by MJ Klein

My brother was goofing around in my sister’s swimming pool, and I just happened to have my video camera with me. The following is what I shot. Please note that this is the first publicly released movie that I shot using the new Glidecam Pro 2000. Clearly I need a great deal more practice using it! Enjoy the movie!

Mr. Ed from MJ Klein on Vimeo.