Thursday, April 14, 2011

There and back again

The Hobbit starts production in New Zealand!!
Now that's worthy of a post. And my last post was January 1?? Wow~

I can't believe it has been around 10 years since Peter Jackson filmed The Lord of the Rings. Well here's the first of his vlog that he posted on his facebook fan page haha...


And they're shooting the movie at 48 frames per second (current standard is 24 frames per second). The movements should look very smooth, especially important seeing that this movie will be in 3D...

(Image from PJ's facebook page)

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Friday, December 24, 2010

Holiday 2010

The Rapunzel Sparkle Princess Fashion Doll is impossible to find...
Target, Toys R'Us, Walmart, online... all sold out!

Anyways, happy holidays 2010!

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Isabelle

Cute compiled Isabelle (wedding cake/pastries company) commercials~

Monday, November 1, 2010

SF

San Francisco Giants!
World Series Champion 2010!

Well deserved...especially after that last disappointment in 2002...(I actually watched every game in the 2002 World Series btw)

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Trips

So in the last couple of weeks in Taiwan during August, we planned several trips mostly to the central mountains. We went on a one day trip to Alishan with my dad's friend, and the next day we went to Sun Moon Lake (been there every summer since 2008) to stay at a fairly luxurious hotel for a night.

Alishan's trip was supposed to contain 特富野古道, which is a trail used during the Japanese occupation periods to transport Hinoki logs (檜木). Unfortunately it was under renovation until November... so photos of the entrance counts right?... yea I'll definitely go back there next time!

Sun Moon Lake trip was very fun. We reserved a room in the hotel that faces the lake. Go out on the porch and you see the water beneath you! And the best part is that we saw fish, hundreds, in the clear water in the morning. Anyways The hotel package included a boat tour of the lake ticket to the new Sun Moon Lake Ropeway (gondola) traveling to Formosa Aboriginal Culture Resort (九族文化村), and tickets to that resort. And this year also marked my third time in a row taking a boat tour of the lake...did that previous two summers too.


What a wonderful feeling it was sitting on the porch watching the calm lake in the morning...
Well all thanks to dad for planning and driving, and mom for...allowing it to happen haha. I mean, I was leaving Taiwan again, so we got to do something! And since the beaches was too hot...

Majestic