Thursday, 10 May 2007

Flying pigs...new light on the saying 'pigs may fly'...

So now I know that scientists do have a sense of humour or is it rather that the museum curator at the Taichung science museum has a sense of humour. Amongst the animal exhibits, hidden high above our heads was this bad little pig with wings. I thought it hilarious...you gotta go see it...

Dylan and the Dinosaur...

Below: Dylan and the Dinosaur

We watched 'Meet the Robinsons' a few weeks back and so we thought 'hey it would be great to go see the Dino at the Taichung Science Museum.' Alas Dylan has lost some of his bravado that he had as a younger tod. (Perhaps not a bad thing...a survival instinct is a good thing to have...and huge aggressive looking animals with large teeth should be a little scary...) He didn't cry but stood some feet back laughing nervously at the robotic dino. He did this really cool thing, he would turn sway from the dino and look at it over his back...very cute and funny...was it a coping mechanism? I don't know but Dylan is such different character.. I love him so much. He loved running through a maze on the second floor, Heather prompted him by running ahead and making him chase her...of course we have to stop at every TV or computer screen and tap the mouse or wobble the joystick. Really fun day out with my fantastic family...Heather you know I love you? Yes? ...and I think you're so pretty....*blush*..

Above: Cool day at the Museum

my profile does look longer..

It takes a little longer to scroll down to my favourtie links and post history because I changed my profile...I think this one speaks a little more about me than the previous one.... ;)

Tuesday, 8 May 2007

I'll keep moving forward one step at a time...

Will you remember,
or whilst you remember begin to forget.
Forget the things you hold dear,
and whilst you forget
the clouds roll near.
To cover, to hide.
The clouds are like the thoughts in your head;
that seek to cover and justify,
to placate the feelings of guilt.
Just know that
words may hide
but at times impulse betrays;
and there is no hiding from the bright sun that burns inside,
that strips away flesh from bone ,
and separates sinew from flesh,
that eye we must make peace with
for if we hide it will burn us.
But I will never judge,
nor carry hate.
My sadness is done,
my tears all cried.
For I have let go of wanting
what will not freely come to me.
For if it is not freely given then
it can not be equal to what I am giving.
I have found a love so deep and so wide
growing inside of me,
for everything
and everyone.
I have found peace in acceptance
and letting go.

Dylan the intrepid explorer of playground jungle gyms...

Dylan's laughter is highly contagious, I can't help but join in when he laughs. Another sound he makes that I can't help but love is a funny drawn out slurp sound....love it. Here is my beautiful toddler exploring the world around him.









The view from my balcony...

The view from the balcony. I snapped this because I thought the clouds looked pretty awesome that day and unwittingly caught the flight of a lone bird high above the city sprawl. The city is all grey and dark under the 'cloud line' but above the grey, babe, it is all wide blue sky.

Friday, 4 May 2007

another rejection but who is counting anyway...

Oh, another day...another rejection...yup, number nine...and I'm okay. Yesterday I was so happy...what a shit day today has been...I was happy until about lunch time when I realised I made a big mistake...and it has been a downward spiral since then...Dylan has been hugging me and pulling me around the room...I geuss he knows I need cheering...but I've also learnt some things...I found a site that dispensed some good advice...and you know...I think I'm going to take it...I want to be happy.

Thursday, 3 May 2007

Yoga Thursday

I started yoga today...I was scared stiff going since I didn't know what to expect. It was out of this world. I can't explain how wonderful it was, I feel like a million bucks. There's this amazing endorphin buzz that puts you at peace with yourself and the world. Plus I had a great workout. Stepped into class with a friend who said she would go with me the first time to introduce me to the class. It's in Chinese. Everyone was busy in a pose so I quickly stepped onto a mat and joined in. It was fantastic! I love Yoga! In one particular pose, I was straining to get into it, it was quite funny and I looked up to see a few other people struggling as well. There was an exchange of embarrassed smiles with the teacher and us that was quite humorous...but that was how humble it was there...down to earth and practically spiritual. Wonderful.

remembering primary school...

I guess I have always been the guy that cared too much...primary school, grade 1, at age 6 or 7 Ciro gets put in charge of not one but three new kids...because I was friendly with almost everyone and secondly, I suspect, because the other children were too busy being children...but the child that once was me was always too intense...I stayed up nights worrying about them...will they be okay? I shed genuine tears when they got spurned by others...I stood in their corner and defended them...trying to bring them into the classroom circle. They didn't take it that bad...like water off a duck's back really...off they'd go again to play with someone else...me...I took their spurning as a personal insult...I remember them all. The giant of a boy that came into class blubbering in the first week of school...Who'll look after him, ah yes there is Ciro..put in charge of him. I felt really concerned and responsible for him cause he was so fragile...I couldn't really understand it though since he towered above all of us. Then there was the short kid with the really bad breath...wow...all the other kids are falling over, screeching and calling him stinky breath...me...I'm pretending that its all okay...holding my breath and consoling him whilst telling everyone else that he is okay....because I've been told to look after him...Then there was the American kid...Mr. Encyclopedia...everything is better in America..poor kid...Yaadayaadaa..blahblah...Ciro this is _ _ _ _ _ please look after him and make sure he's okay. So I spend my break times listening to his non stop chatter...I show him around the playground...I liked them all and they became friends but at times I wished I could have been like the other kids...running around the playground without a care in the world...

Tuesday, 1 May 2007

Tuesday morning...real early

Good morning world or good evening if the time zone suites you. So Dylan was up again before the crack of dawn...and though I'm sleepy and tired I can't help but appreciate moments like these...because one of these years he'll be all grown up and I know I'll look back longingly to these early morning wake ups...his little face looking down at me. This is part of the strange joy of parenthood...and I wouldn't give it up for the world. So I made rice porridge...it is a staple here in Taiwan for little children..etc...In my being woken up dream state I thought about grating some carrot into a pot and adding rice to make some 'tzou'. So that is what I did. He didn't eat it...Heather reassures me that he'll have it later...but I'm not so sure. I'll try again though...It's getting to be time for my morning preparations to look a little decent...so here goes...Oh! last night I watched Spirited away for about the hundredth time with Dylan....I love Ghibli studio...their story lines are fantastic...and Spirited away is about true love, the power of sacrificial love that allows a person to give of one self for another. Gehiro is so small and fragile yet has this amazing strength of true, deep and passionate love that overcomes all obstacles...I almost always shed a tear or two....and dylan seems to enjoy it too...