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Poagao's Journal

Poagao's Journal

http://poagao.org/pjournal

Journal on an ex-American Taiwanese, stories of filmmaking, Tai-chi, band shows and just walking around.

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  • A Saturday jaunt

    Posted on Saturday December 12th, 2009 at 09:38 in travel, Photography, walking around

    As it was raining in Taipei this morning, Ray, Chenbl and I headed south in search of blue skies. We found them in Miaoli, where the weather was brilliant. Our first stop was an old unused train station that has become a tourist attraction. We ignore...

  • More photography whining

    Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 21:28 in Photography, musing

    Over the past few months, I’ve become dissatisfied with the place photography occupies in my life. For some people, uploading their pictures to Flickr and getting a few “Nice capture!”-like comments has become a kind of daily fix. B...

  • Return

    Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 20:11 in travel, weather

    It was raining hard outside my hotel room window when I got up yesterday, my view of Shinjuku’s roofline murky and gray. I didn’t want to spend hours on a plane with soggy feet, so I stuffed some extra socks and jeans in my backpack and f...

  • Ueno and Roppongi

    Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 11:47 in travel, Photography, weather, walking around

    I took the JR to Nippori this morning, walking up the hill to the west side of the station to find the “Suzuki” guesthouse. Overlooking the rail station is convenient and all, but the constant trains and announcements must get really irri...

  • Yokohama

    Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 08:18 in travel, walking around

    I walked through the brilliant streets this morning to the big Shinjuku JR Station, which, with the smells of restaurants starting up and the rush of passengers on their way to work, reminded me somehow of the first day of elementary school. I was pl...

  • Shibuya and people who hate it.

    Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 09:25 in travel, Film, walking around

    I slept in this morning, puttering around my room and posting the previous day’s journal before finally heading out at noon. This time I walked around the other side of the park, through the alleys that skirt the edges, past old wooden houses a...

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