National Palace Museum, Taipei 101, Bite the Bag |
Despite calling him to clear things up the night before, I put another call in to Roque Miguel in Rio to get some more information from him. He asked, again, sensibly, "Are things okay there in the o...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:24:00 GMT |
Hung over again in Shijr, Skyping Roque do Rio, Happy Water Park, Shooby Taylor |
I awoke a wreck. I was hoping that two beers wouldn't do this. I felt dehydrated and hung over, exhausted, unable to move, headachy. It took about six hours, many painkillers, and much water and caffe...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 22:48:00 GMT |
Shijr: Wild Ginger Flower mission, hundred-pace snakes, Snack Mission |
Despite a late night trying to help Amadou and Seitou figure out what to do, made later by them wanting to call home on my Skype, I was ready to go, in the bakery, and caffeinated by 9am. Shao Yen wa...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 22:34:00 GMT |
Taipei Missions: Performance school, Tea, Lunch, Tea, Instruments, Tea!! |
Xiàng Jun picked me up in the morning to go to a morning showing of the local Chinese Acrobatics and Chinese Opera academy. Apparently kids enter after auditioning in at age ten, and they spend the ne...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:51:00 GMT |
(ex) Dream Community Taipei- SamBa 38 |
I spent most of the day catching up on emails, many of them booking-related, and preparing for my first class with a group independent, at least somewhat, of the Dream Community. Jimmy had started wor...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:22:00 GMT |
Dream Community - typical schedule mishaps, a great day nonetheless |
Today, in many ways, was a typical Taiwanese schedule day. Winnie had explained that my schedule had changed, told me about them, and marked them on a sheet of paper. This was remarkable for several...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:24:00 GMT |
Dream Commnity - the days begin to blur together |
I'm afraid I don't remember much from this day. It was a day like many other days here at the Dream Community. I got up early in the morning to be ready to teach. Volunteers not Dream Community sta...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:41:00 GMT |
Dream Community -The Grind, Cloud, Camphor Tree |
Getting up in the morning to teach two three-hour music classes a day is an awful lot like working. I realized that I could probably do the same thing in the US for much better pay. I remembered that ...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:30:00 GMT |
Dream Community - Cloud Elementary, Irene, Afoxé |
I was glad to make a few CD's of Brazilian music for Yah Sin for several reasons. One is that I like making CD's for just about anybody. However, there's something especially gratifying about being ke...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 22:46:00 GMT |
Dream Community - Paper Museum, Taipei main station, KTV |
This was the third day off I'd had since I'd been here, at least one where I wasn't expected to make a ten hour drive during my free time. We decided on a combined mission to the paper museum, the ha...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:23:00 GMT |
