baa baa black sheep

dash sings, "baa(aah) baa(aah) black sheep, have you any wool?"

ilya makes a mock reply on behalf of the sheep, "no, i'm covered with nylon, you moron. what do you think this is?"

: ) kekek

waggie : )

this is an old picture of dash's family's very first pet dog : )

his name is waggie for he loves to wag his tail - so vigorously does he wag his tail that his hind legs seemed to lift off the ground during the tail wagging!

in this picture, waggie wore a baby tee shirt and was crouched under the sofa : )

O.O

eeks. dash really needs to get adequate winks. been struck with unexpected bolts of insomnia.

(picture of an old-styled public telephone in yokohama, japan)

quick sketch of the loeb classical library logo

annika gave dash a collected works of lucian for christmas. reading the dialogues provides a timely reminder of mortality and humility (:

"(the dead) philosopher: what about you then, mennippus? off with your independence, plain speaking, cheerfulness, noble bearing, and laughter. you're the only one that laughs.

(the dead) hermes: do nothing of the sort, but keep them, mennipus; they're light and easy to carry, and useful for the voyage. but you, rhetorician, throw away your endless loquacity, your antitheses, balanced clauses, foreign phrases, and everything that makes your speeches so heavy."

咸魚-五月天

我是一隻咸魚
不想承認 也不能否認
不要同情我笨 又誇我天真
還夢想著翻身
咸魚就算翻身 還是隻咸魚
輸得也誠懇
至少到最後 我還有咸魚
不腐爛的自尊

我沒有任何天分 我卻有夢的天真
我是傻 不是蠢
我將會證明 用我的一生

我 如果有夢 有沒有錯
錯過才會更加明白 明白堅持是什麼
我 如果有夢 夢要夠瘋
夠瘋才能變成英雄 總會有一篇 我的傳說

我不好也不壞 不特別出眾
我只是敢不同
我的人生就是 一錯再錯
錯完了再重頭
也許放棄掉一些 活得更輕鬆
我卻不再是我
我不願一生 曬太陽吹風
咸魚也要有夢

coastal cycling

mel and nisar organised a 4.5 hr coastal cycling last sat (: needless to say, our butts were bummed after all the pedalling! kekek :D

but now what remains is a recovering sunburn on dash's arms. yep, dash forgot (again) to apply sunblock. eeks.

grrrr! must. not. make it an annual ritual to get burnt! >:3

life in boxes

dash and ilya found these cubes of plants hanging from the roof in a garden in tokyo. what an innovative way to keep and grow plants! :D

wavy beaks and straight tweets!

schizo-bear makes a bungee jump!

quick sketch of schizo-bear

while he was sitting on my keyboard :D

have ticket, will travel! ^_^

here's the suica penguin basking in absolute happiness at having a ticket!

and so the suica penguin sets off on its journey!

Happy Niu Year!

on the 2nd day of this lunar new year, dash presents readers to this blog ...

an unfazed ox! :D happy niu (new) year!!

a nugget of insight from snoopy ( :

(from the 1st page of the calendar, from maddie to us :)

RRWAAAAHHHHHH!! ^_^

Happy Lunar New Year!

a ice-cold glass of margarita and scoops of dublin mudslide!

ermm... the evil teddy bear on the mantlepiece ...

... offers his friends. ermmm.

(snapped at an antiques shop at julien town, san diego)

tom grumbles ...

... "hmm, why is it always me who has to get the papers?! gggrr. humrpf!"

obama special!

luna gives an enthusiastic clap of approval for obama! ^_^

ninja-wannabe cat spotted!

over the kitchen cabinet : )

Schizo-Bear Squeezed in a Tic Tac Box -

... and well-squared on the walls of the box!

coffee sabbatical, anyone? :D

(sign sighted at bruegger's bagel store in san diego >_<)

cat squint

*arggh! the bright light. again.*

(cat in a gallery dash and ilya met at kamakura, japan)

what are you going to do when the snails come for you?!

scattered and seen!

alphabet cards

a light tap to the right ...

... and then a click of the claws :D

have a woog!

a woog: a woof hug. often furry and sometimes ticklish.

(furry companion in picture is bronze, diana's dog :)

woohoo! grading kompleto!

^_^ and dash feels like the grin on the bread in the pic

(at tokyo when we bought a bread with carrots and long bean topping, the saleslady made us a smiley face ontop of the bread! sweet!)

magnetified moomins

here on the farber's fridge, dash finds moominpapa, moominmamma and snufkin deep in discussion - perhaps wondering where moomintroll and company are?

the day after insomnia makes one ...

O_O

of course.

wah, even this can be cute-fied?!

trust the japanese to cutify their manhole covers! ^_^

a spot of red in the sea of green!

dash caught sight of a lone single autumn leaf, gently plonked upside down on the grass in front of the jewish temple in old town san diego ^_^

dash likes the vibrant red against the brilliant green colours

happy birthday, the galavanting geographer! :D

happy birthday!

here's to many more most delightful moments in the journey ahead! :D thanks for being (t)here! :D

and yes, thanks for the heartfelt speech at my wedding! (^_^)

when buddha makes a phone call

sighted at maddie and jerry's window pane - buddha making a cheery call (^_^)

spam

dash chanced upon this sketch of spam just outside a japanese restaurant in shinjuku, tokyo.

one wonders about the source of the pig's indignant surprise - is it from his anger at what it finds at the bottom of the can or the realization of where it had been duped to explore.

O_O ?!