June in a nutshell

It would seem that I rarely give updates on what is going on in my life. Therefore, this is my effort to summarize June in a nutshell.

13/14th June
On Friday after work, i joined George and Cia Cia at Starbucks at New York, New York. She is back in Taiwan to receive treatment for her severe burns accident. Luckily it would appear she is recovering well and most can be covered up by clothing. By the sounds of it, it could have been a whole lot worse! We went to Outback for dinner. Then it was home to rest, we were both exhausted and slept for over 12 hours. In the afternoon we went for lunch and to see 'Duplicity'. A great movie which demands attention but a very rewarding movie! After that, we went shopping to buy Matt a birthday present which ended up being a T-shirt and book. Then it was off to a Tapas bar, Barcelona, an hour and a half later than scheduled. The food was a middling to fair an all-you-can eat effort. Then it was off to Bliss, which was dull, then Watersheds, much better. Sunday consisted of more catching up on sleep followed by a visit to Paul's bakery. It boasts some of the best cakes and desserts in town but you certainly pay the price for the quality! We ended up at Toasteria for dinner.

20/21th June
This weekend was rather uneventful and relaxing. Most of it was spent lazing around watching TV and drinking with friends.


27/28th June.
Last weekend was a movie weekend. I managed to get away from work early (6:40) and so we went to Vieshow to grab a bite to eat and see 'The hangover'. A great movie, and certainly one of the best this year! Then it was home to relax. Saturday saw us get up reasonably early and then head to Ximen to grab a quick lunch and then star the first of our Taipei Film Festival movies, Ashes of Time, Redux. It was another Wong Kar Wai movie to add to my growing list, now totalling in at 5. It was great although my tiny brain couldn't quite weave together the relationships between characters at times. I would like to watch it again before truly commenting fully on this movie. The next was Goodbye, Lenin. A fantastic movie! We also got to see and question the director afterwards. Then it was off to Watamai for dinner with Georges' dad. It was then home to relax before we went to Hell's Kitchen to join David for his birthday celebration. After a few drinks and a few hours later we returned home. Sunday was generally relaxing. We ended up watching 3 movies in a row. A documentary on Harvey Milk, Sunshine Cleaning, and Almost Famous. Al were pretty good. No doubt more movies will follow as the Film Festival is ongoing until Mid July.