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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
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ylee.bsky.social
Typhoon day tomorrow!

#TyphoonFungWong #Taiwan
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
ylee.bsky.social
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
ylee.bsky.social
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
ylee.bsky.social
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
ylee.bsky.social
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.
Two x-rays of the same shoulder. The top one shows a compound fracture where the collarbone is completely broken through into two parts, with the outer piece noticeably lower. The second one shows a metal plate and 9 screws joining the broken collarbone together. Everything is at the same level. For those wondering, she lost her balance while kneeling and moving around on the bed. She spent two nights in the hospital and was discharged on the third day. She has to wear a sling everywhere for two weeks except when lying on the bed. She can't lift her hand above her head tor 8 weeks, and no vigorous activity for 3 months.
October 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
ylee.bsky.social
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
ylee.bsky.social
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
ylee.bsky.social
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
ylee.bsky.social
What are a couple of teachers going to do on a Teacher's Day long weekend?

#Coffee
A slice of burnt-sugar Basque cheesecake and a brown-sugar steamed milk on a wooden tray in a coffee shop. A layered cookie with caramel filling and a iced coffee on a tray in a coffee shop.
September 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
ylee.bsky.social
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
ylee.bsky.social
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
ylee.bsky.social
And what better place for a teacher to visit on Teacher's Day than the Confucius temple.

#Taiwan
A Chinese-style gate leading to the Confucius temple. The Confucius temple in Taichung, Taiwan. A closer picture of the Confucius temple A side arcade of the temple with columns on the outside.
September 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
ylee.bsky.social
Today is Teacher's Day in Taiwan, chosen because it's also Confucius' birthday.

#Taiwan
September 28, 2025 at 5:51 AM
ylee.bsky.social
I just saw a video of my 102-year-old grandmother dancing with my sister.
September 28, 2025 at 4:05 AM
ylee.bsky.social
Here are some videos and pictures of the flooding in Hualien.

focustaiwan.tw/society/2025...

#TyphoonRagasa #Taiwan #Hualien
Death toll in Hualien rises to 14 following barrier lake overflow - Focus Taiwan
At least 14 people have been confirmed dead after floodwaters from the Matai'an Creek Barrier Lake surged into Guangfu Township, Hualien County, officials said early Wednesday.
focustaiwan.tw
September 24, 2025 at 3:37 AM
ylee.bsky.social
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
ylee.bsky.social
If you see this, quote with a flower
A pink Singapore graveyard flower in full blossom. (For those reading this, I park my scooter next to a house that has this out front. It has a delicate, beautiful fragrance. I want to say a little like honeysuckle and jasmine, but those may be the only flower fragrances I know.)
September 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
ylee.bsky.social
Dear designers of men's casual clothes,

Please take note:

- there are more colors than blue
- just because someone is above 180 cm tall doesn't mean they are also overweight
- not all T-shirt wearers want to show their belly buttons when raising their hands above their heads

Thank you.

#Fashion
September 21, 2025 at 2:39 AM
ylee.bsky.social
Robert Redford was such a great actor. Havana is one of my all-time favorite movies. But The Sting, Sneakers, Legal Eagles, Spy Game, and Up Close & Personal were all good, too.

#RobertRedford
September 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
ylee.bsky.social
It's really difficult for North Americans and Europeans to fully comprehend how amazing convenience stores are in Taiwan. Here's a good primer:

taiwannews.com.tw/news/6196604

What I don't understand is why Western countries haven't leveled up.

#Taiwan
How Taiwan turned American convenience stores into hub for daily life | Taiwan News | Sep. 9, 2025 15:56
Country slightly larger than Maryland has more than 14,000 convenience stores | Sep. 9, 2025 15:56
taiwannews.com.tw
September 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
ylee.bsky.social
Post a killer you wouldn't run from.
Kate Beckinsale, in Total Recall, running with a gun.
September 9, 2025 at 1:16 AM
ylee.bsky.social
Favorite TV theme songs:

Miami Vice
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Roswell
Dawson's Creek
Dallas

And, yeah, hard agree on...

Airwolf
The Sopranos
scottlynch78.bsky.social Scott Lynch @scottlynch78.bsky.social · Sep 6
Favorite TV theme songs...

War of the Worlds (2nd season)
Airwolf
Thundercats
Silverhawks
Twin Peaks
The Sopranos
Secret Army
(Gerry Anderson's) UFO
Doctor Who (classic series 12-17, classic 24-26, new series 5)
Taxi
Hill Street Blues

aaaaand

Mystery Science Theater 3000
wiswell.bsky.social John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · Sep 6
Favorite TV theme songs?

Highlander > All
September 6, 2025 at 6:16 AM
ylee.bsky.social
Nice bunnyhug!
halduncan.com Hal Duncan @halduncan.com · Sep 4
aye, naw
September 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
ylee.bsky.social
Coconut water, in the shell.

Pull the tab (and straw) out, press the column in, insert the straw, drink.

It's not bad. Pretty refreshing on a hot day.
A coconut with most of the round, green outer portion removed, leaving the portion containing the water. A column has been placed on top, which contains a pull tab and the straw. Same as the previous picture, but from the back side which shows the instructions on how to use it. The same coconut with the column pressed in and the straw inserted into it.
August 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
ylee.bsky.social
I bought these a while back. I'm not sure if they're still in print. But, damn, are they ever hilarious, you know, should your sense of humor (and lack of human decency) lean that way! 😁

#Books
Two comic books by Andy Riley laid out flat. One is The Book of Bunny Suicides, and the other is The Return of the Bunny Suicides.
August 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM