Sean’s Neighborhood

Please go vote for Amanda!!!

Right now, I am not number 1.  :(

I am down by over 25 votes.  Please help me to win!!!!

You can vote everyday for the rest of this week.

My cousins.  My cousins are HERE . . . in TAIWAN . . . with me right now!!

Well, ok, they are sleeping in my guest room "Operation Stay Awake" worked well!!

Wel, ok, there was one small glitch, they both crashed on our last train of the day.  But that's ok it was only a 10 minute ride.

They got here at 6:30 this morning, and then we (plus Ellen) were off for a breakfast of fried dumplings and new zany drinks (i.e starfruit juice with sour plum, banana milk, and passion fruit green tea). 

Then, we did a VERY Taiwanese thing--we got our hair washed.  When you get your hair washed in Taiwan, they bring the water to your head in a little bottle and shampoo is in their hands.  Tiffany and Rebecca (my cousins) didn't see the shampoo in the hand and thought that their water bottles were filled with "magic shampoo" that didn't need water to work. :)

Oh, yeah, and I walked out that salon with straight hair.  I don't have a pic of it on my camera though--so you'll have to wait.  Let me just tell you straight hair is LOT more WORK than curly hair.

We then went for tour of Ellen's school and then had a great family-style Chinese lunch.  YUMMY!!

Then after a not-so-quick trip to the bank, we rode the high speed rail back to Kaohsiung.

Then in the evening we went to an Bible Study in English--tonight was all about learning who Jesus is based on reading Scriptures about what he did while on Earth.  Let me just tell you there is nothing sweeter than watching people fall in love Jesus, proclaiming he is good, realizing he has power over the spirits.  Sweet.  Just sweet I tell ya.

It's been a LONG day . . . and tomorrow begins early too.  We are going to the east coast to help out with the end of a week long summer camp.  So . . . off to bed I go.

Did I mention that I am just SO EXCITED that my cousins are here?!?!?!

There is a really cool thing called an XShot. And, there is a contest to win one.

The winners will be decided by vote . . so if you wanna help me win, go here and vote for Amanda. :)

You can vote once a day for the next two weeks . . . so you can help me a lot if you want. :)

Let me introduce you to Troy, the little guy whose been visiting me and Gilby.

In Chinese, they call geckos 壁虎 (bi hu, ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄨˇ), which literally means "wall tiger."

Troy is not my first "wall tiger" guest.  When I lived in Meinong, a gecko with no tail stayed with me for a very long time.  I called "her" Margo. :)

You might know this already, but most geckos have no eyelids and instead lick a transparent membrane which covers each eye.

And, I didn't ask Margo and haven't asked Troy to leave.  Why?  They eat insects.  And, well, they don't speak English or Chinese, and they move fast!!

I think Margo stayed inside most of the time, but Troy likes to come and go.  He disappears over the front door whenever I get close.

So, have you ever had your very own house gecko?

Here are some new pictures of Gilby, my sweet, sweet little dog!!

i love his new haircut!!

Here is a picture my family took recently when they all got together.

Left to Right: PawPaw (my dad's dad), Sarah (my sister), Chad (my brother-in-law), Mom, Sam (my kid brother), Dad, and NeeNee (my dad's mom).

Only one missing?  me. :(

Gilby likes to climb into things--suitcases, bags, boxes--whenever they are on the floor.

I had just finished putting away groceries and came over to put the bag away, and guess what I found?

Gilby in a sack

Did you see the BIG beautiful rainbow outside of school today?

It was gorgeous!!!

Rainbow!!

This is only part of it . . . the whole thing could be seen arching across the entire sky!!

Also, this morning, before the rain, the sky was SO BLUE!!!  I couldn't believe my eyes!!! 

Blue Skies in Kaohsiung??  WOW!!

Blue Sky!