The door was locked. The cats, beyond the door sounded like they had just knocked something over. “Silly cats.” Taking out the key and turning it in the lock, I didn’t get the usual three-stage series of weighted clicks; instead just a solitary single rotation, signifying a flatmate was home. “Hello!” No answer, I walk…
DaTou … “get me a beer” DaTou , our wife-beating house cat, sits and watches TV Update: Datou is renamed ‘Fatou’ and now sports extra artwork by Abe! Brrrrp! The story of a British Industrial Designer in Taiwan…
Sorry, some entirely gratuitous photos of our two house cats, DaTou and Tripod. I think this is the beginning of the end. Tripod, who is simply a ball of delightful cuteness … and then there is DaTou, dark lord of the cat underworld. He displays rodent-like tendencies, including biting his way into boxes, creating almost…
Hopefully, in the coming days, life can return to something resembling normal. As soon as I landed, the race was on to pack my stuff up and move the mile or so down to Abe’s place near the Zhongxiao / Dunhua intersection. As ever, moving was a stress and had mutiple unforeseen hassles, so I…
George and I are finally coming to the end of our two year affair, and the time has come to move out and go our separate ways. It’s sad (in a way) but I am also looking forward to moving into my new place which is SUPER downtown – right at the intersection of Dunhua…
I awoke to the sounds of diggers in the street this morning. This is not an especially strange occurence here in Taipei, but I was still rather surprised to see that they had dug up the entire street, with zero warning and no pedestrian access to the street! My door is third on the left.…