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Y Lee
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A Canadian expat in Taiwan.

Books, movies, coffee/espresso, rum, straight razors, fountain pens, bread, chocolate, Heritage style
My student's hoodie today. I wish it were in my size. It could actually make me want to wear a hoodie.
December 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I was wondering how long it would take, but today it happened. I had my first student say, "Six, seven." She's in grade four.
December 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
One thing I like to do when teaching "scared" to my 1st- and 2nd-graders is to ask them if they're scared of me. Then I pretend to look for something, letting them get a little restless. And then I shout, "BOO!" Usually a couple of students jump, but today was the first time I made someone scream. 😁
December 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
This is very welcome news! But it shouldn't be up to any one gov't alone to fight this battle. Consumers need to shift their purchasing habits, too.

#UPF #UltraProcessedFoods

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
San Francisco sues food giants over ultra-processed products | San Francisco | The Guardian
City argues corporations profit while communities bear the cost of diseases linked to ultra-processed foods
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Do yourself a favor and go see Zootopia 2. Perhaps not quite as good as the first one, but still worth the ticket price. Lots of good humor for adults.

#Zootopia2 #Movies
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship Of The It's My Book They'll Walk If I Tell Them Too (ANIMATED)
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November 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
My wife's 6-week checkup on her collarbone went well yesterday, so she went with me to the market this morning. I have been demoted from chief purchasing agent to mule. 😁
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Typhoon day tomorrow!

#TyphoonFungWong #Taiwan
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The Philippines just can't catch a break. They were just hammered by Typhoon Kalmaegi, and now Fung-wong is barreling down on them.

#TyphoonFungWong #ThePhilippines
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 AM
And here's Queen + Adam Lambert with their rendition of Fat-Bottomed Girls where the girls outnumber the boys:

youtu.be/_Q2x5oqS34c...

#Music #Queen
Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen Dallas 2019
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November 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
An all-female band singing Fat-Bottomed Girls? Yes, please!

youtu.be/m9noepvAOsQ...

#Music #Queen
Fat Bottomed Girls (Music Video)
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November 7, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Two recent pictures of my wife. (Details in the alt text.)

I'll be busy for the next little while, so I'll be less active online. It's not that I'm ignoring anyone.
October 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I shaved off my mustache earlier this morning. It took my wife two hours to notice, even though we had a couple of face-to-face conversations. 😐
October 2, 2025 at 4:16 AM
So that village of Guangfu in Hualien that had the massive flood a few days ago has seen an influx of volunteers to help with the cleanup. That's one very noteworthy aspect of Taiwanese society that always impresses foreigners here.

#Taiwan #Hualien #Guangfu

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Gym bros, monks, retirees: thousands descend on Taiwan town to clean up after devastating flood | Taiwan | The Guardian
Trains packed with volunteers arrive at tourist town of Guangfu, days after typhoon sent millions of tonnes of mud and water crashing through its streets
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I finished #reading Red Gold by Alan Furst, one of his excellent novels about spies in #WW2.

Wonderful atmosphere. Spare, near-poetic prose. And the lingering question of what we would do in a similar situation. A novel that transcends the genre the way le Carré did.

#Books #AlanFurst #JohnLeCarre
September 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
What are a couple of teachers going to do on a Teacher's Day long weekend?

#Coffee
September 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The gov't has introduced three new national holidays this year, and two of them are in Sep/Oct. But we already had two holidays during that time. That means 4 out of 5 weekends in a row this year will be long weekends.

#Taiwan
September 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Interesting read. Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the internet, proposes a new privacy-centric way of storing data, as well as thoughts on AI regulation.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

#Tech #AI #Internet #SocialMedia
Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Technology | The Guardian
My vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
And what better place for a teacher to visit on Teacher's Day than the Confucius temple.

#Taiwan
September 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Today is Teacher's Day in Taiwan, chosen because it's also Confucius' birthday.

#Taiwan
September 28, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I just saw a video of my 102-year-old grandmother dancing with my sister.
September 28, 2025 at 4:05 AM
A barrier lake had formed a couple of months ago in the mountains in Hualien. Typhoon Ragasa caused it to burst, and the damage seems quite extensive.

taiwannews.com.tw/news/6206596

#Taiwan #TyphoonRagasa
Hualien barrier lake overflow leaves 14 dead, 124 missing | Taiwan News | Sep. 24, 2025 10:53
Search ongoing after overflow devastates Guangfu Township | Sep. 24, 2025 10:53
taiwannews.com.tw
September 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
If you see this, quote with a flower
September 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM