073108
Zeebs to wrap up July
Paulie Snooze Chin from Lavish Livez (Site coming soon.)
Christopher Hernandez from No-hypebeast.
Ayana Campbell whose graduating in 2009.
Want a Zeeb, too? Click here to request!
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Gorillaz for Olympic 08.
The band Gorillaz adapts the Chinese culture and made the "Journey to the West" promotional vid for the Beijing Olympics.
Very interesting seeing the Western style mixes with the Chinese traditional approach of music with a twist of electrical rythms.
But personally thought the lyrics are..nevermind.
-Benson
Zeebs to wrap up July
Paulie Snooze Chin from Lavish Livez (Site coming soon.)
Christopher Hernandez from No-hypebeast.
Ayana Campbell whose graduating in 2009.
Want a Zeeb, too? Click here to request!
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Gorillaz for Olympic 08.
The band Gorillaz adapts the Chinese culture and made the "Journey to the West" promotional vid for the Beijing Olympics.
Very interesting seeing the Western style mixes with the Chinese traditional approach of music with a twist of electrical rythms.
But personally thought the lyrics are..nevermind.
-Benson
073008
Web development, orange juice, and Cable Car Stars
Sat down with Justin and Rasikh from CCS to further discuss about their upcoming web site and T-shirt collaboration.
Rasikh rocking the orange color way CCS x TIZ that was custom made for one of their shows way back.
I'm teaming up Henry, a comp wiz, programmer, easy button, for the coding aspect of the site.
He toys around with codes like Banksy toys around with paint and stencil, simply magnificent.
Raw mac book cover.
Coming soon.
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Welcome our latest addition
Kraken'sDen
Henry's epiphany and bundles of hand written codes.
A Ney Day For Azure (Azure Writes)
Personal blog spot brought you by Justin.
Gotivation
Thoughts from a musician, pianist, business man, comic - Rasikh.
-Benson
Web development, orange juice, and Cable Car Stars
Sat down with Justin and Rasikh from CCS to further discuss about their upcoming web site and T-shirt collaboration.
Rasikh rocking the orange color way CCS x TIZ that was custom made for one of their shows way back.
I'm teaming up Henry, a comp wiz, programmer, easy button, for the coding aspect of the site.
He toys around with codes like Banksy toys around with paint and stencil, simply magnificent.
Raw mac book cover.
Coming soon.
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Welcome our latest addition
Kraken'sDen
Henry's epiphany and bundles of hand written codes.
A Ney Day For Azure (Azure Writes)
Personal blog spot brought you by Justin.
Gotivation
Thoughts from a musician, pianist, business man, comic - Rasikh.
-Benson
072808
Greetings from Cupertino
On the way there, I saw Tony Stark and his Audi R8.
Met up with Ka-tye, and the epic journey began.
First stop, Santana Row.
Then headed toward Apple headquater.
We were kicked out of the visitor parking as visitors. What's wrong with Apple.
..Where everything went down.
So here's the story.
I was minding my own business and chilling with the dancing friends.(TIZ lettering Blk T - Large.)
Ka-tye, out of no where, came and tripped me.
So I round house kicked his face.
*Chuck Norris got nothing on this!*
The End.
Next stop: Cupertino Eaton Elementry.
Reppin' the school, reppin the zeeb.
There he rested..
For this.
Still got it. (TIZ lettering Blk T - Large.)
Cupertino's an interesting place.
-Benson
Greetings from Cupertino
On the way there, I saw Tony Stark and his Audi R8.
Met up with Ka-tye, and the epic journey began.
First stop, Santana Row.
Then headed toward Apple headquater.
We were kicked out of the visitor parking as visitors. What's wrong with Apple.
..Where everything went down.
So here's the story.
I was minding my own business and chilling with the dancing friends.(TIZ lettering Blk T - Large.)
Ka-tye, out of no where, came and tripped me.
So I round house kicked his face.
*Chuck Norris got nothing on this!*
The End.
Next stop: Cupertino Eaton Elementry.
Reppin' the school, reppin the zeeb.
There he rested..
For this.
Still got it. (TIZ lettering Blk T - Large.)
Cupertino's an interesting place.
-Benson
072708
Welcome our latest addtion
Bam, No-Hypebeast on the right penal.
A site about everything and anything, straight out from Silver Spring, MD.
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Yet another street pranksta
I'm sure no one would be glad being "yet another" of this or that, it carries a degrading sense of being the second.
And I say that simply because I am exposed to this artist a little later as there are overwhelmingly numbered street installation artists out there.
Anyways, this guy might not be the first street prankster, but his revolutionary work just may blow your mind for the first time.
I present to you - Mark Jenkins
He's known for his tape sculptures as he started the storker project.
lollipop, anyone?
And his recent work - the golden ass.
Where he placed a real statue on the streets of many living statues in Barcelona.
-Benson
Welcome our latest addtion
Bam, No-Hypebeast on the right penal.
A site about everything and anything, straight out from Silver Spring, MD.
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Yet another street pranksta
I'm sure no one would be glad being "yet another" of this or that, it carries a degrading sense of being the second.
And I say that simply because I am exposed to this artist a little later as there are overwhelmingly numbered street installation artists out there.
Anyways, this guy might not be the first street prankster, but his revolutionary work just may blow your mind for the first time.
I present to you - Mark Jenkins
He's known for his tape sculptures as he started the storker project.
lollipop, anyone?
And his recent work - the golden ass.
Where he placed a real statue on the streets of many living statues in Barcelona.
-Benson
072508
Honey Bees
Welcome the Bee-boys.
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For you stickers lovers out there:
Now available at the online shop.
-Benson
Honey Bees
Welcome the Bee-boys.
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For you stickers lovers out there:
Now available at the online shop.
-Benson
072308
Wallpapers
A few new wallpaper available.
- Click on the left side for 800x600 version, the right side for 1024x768, and click open your photoshop for any other sizes.
The top one is "line of lettering." Where it seems like dots alined from far but letters from close up.
The bottom one is "Zeeeebs," where it has all the zeebs TIZ's made so far, try finding yourself if you once asked us to make you a zeeb.
-Benson
Wallpapers
A few new wallpaper available.
- Click on the left side for 800x600 version, the right side for 1024x768, and click open your photoshop for any other sizes.
The top one is "line of lettering." Where it seems like dots alined from far but letters from close up.
The bottom one is "Zeeeebs," where it has all the zeebs TIZ's made so far, try finding yourself if you once asked us to make you a zeeb.
-Benson
072308
Welcome our latest addition
To our blog list on the right side of the page:
We have Rockthesole.
A sneaker enthusiast that keep things simple.
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New Facebook?
Click here to check it out.
-Benson
Welcome our latest addition
To our blog list on the right side of the page:
We have Rockthesole.
A sneaker enthusiast that keep things simple.
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New Facebook?
Click here to check it out.
-Benson
072208
De-tint
Got a fixit ticket few weeks back for the tinted driver-passenger windows. Dam it.
So with that in mind, there are a few options:
1.) You can always pay $120 to not get rid of the tint and risking being pulled over again.
2.) Pay $60 to have someone you don't know handle your love cars windows.
3.) Spend barely anything and take care of the tints yourself.
4.) Take a vacation to Hawaii and sip ice creams.
While I like two of those options, I chose option #3. The one option that can save me some mu-lah for today's sky rocketing gas price enviornment.
Here we go, Detint 101.
The things you need to get the job done.
Fabric steamer(main weapon) x1. Water(to reload the weapon) x 3. Extension cord x1. Towel x1. Music of your choice x1. Snack of your choice x20.
Oh, and gloves. The water that drips out of the steamer can burn fleas out of a dog.
1.) Run the extension cord to the steamer. ( You can park your card anywhere.)
2.) Fill the steamer with water. (Takes about 3 mints to get the steam going.)
3.) While waiting, plug in your ipod/Cd, and open up the snack to have a great time.
4.) With the steamer on the right hand, and towel on your left. You get to work.
The function of the towel is to stop the water from drippin on your interiors.
5.) Roll the window down a bit, starting from the edge (about 4" around the corner,) keep the steamer about 1" to 1/2" from the window.
6.) After you steam the hell out of the part of the window. use your finger to pick the tint. (This is when long nails come in handy. Unfortunately, I just trimmed my nails again.)
Pill it slowly, there's no need to rush, especially when you DO NOT want any of the glue to stick on the window.
7.) Gradually and gently pill off the tint.
8.) Continuous the process till the entire tint's off. Be patient to the very end, or else you'd have to clean the glue from the corner.(Worst thing, ever.)
9.) If, tragically, glue stuck on the windows...
I know....it's huge. I was impatient, again. Dam it.
Use this!
10.) Apply nail polish to paper towl and scub off the glue with it. Comes righ off like a midget from a horse back.
11.) Feel accomplished.
Took me about..1.5 hours for both windows and saved about $45 an hour.
BAM.
-Benson
De-tint
Got a fixit ticket few weeks back for the tinted driver-passenger windows. Dam it.
So with that in mind, there are a few options:
1.) You can always pay $120 to not get rid of the tint and risking being pulled over again.
2.) Pay $60 to have someone you don't know handle your love cars windows.
3.) Spend barely anything and take care of the tints yourself.
4.) Take a vacation to Hawaii and sip ice creams.
While I like two of those options, I chose option #3. The one option that can save me some mu-lah for today's sky rocketing gas price enviornment.
Here we go, Detint 101.
The things you need to get the job done.
Fabric steamer(main weapon) x1. Water(to reload the weapon) x 3. Extension cord x1. Towel x1. Music of your choice x1. Snack of your choice x20.
Oh, and gloves. The water that drips out of the steamer can burn fleas out of a dog.
1.) Run the extension cord to the steamer. ( You can park your card anywhere.)
2.) Fill the steamer with water. (Takes about 3 mints to get the steam going.)
3.) While waiting, plug in your ipod/Cd, and open up the snack to have a great time.
4.) With the steamer on the right hand, and towel on your left. You get to work.
The function of the towel is to stop the water from drippin on your interiors.
5.) Roll the window down a bit, starting from the edge (about 4" around the corner,) keep the steamer about 1" to 1/2" from the window.
6.) After you steam the hell out of the part of the window. use your finger to pick the tint. (This is when long nails come in handy. Unfortunately, I just trimmed my nails again.)
Pill it slowly, there's no need to rush, especially when you DO NOT want any of the glue to stick on the window.
7.) Gradually and gently pill off the tint.
8.) Continuous the process till the entire tint's off. Be patient to the very end, or else you'd have to clean the glue from the corner.(Worst thing, ever.)
9.) If, tragically, glue stuck on the windows...
I know....it's huge. I was impatient, again. Dam it.
Use this!
10.) Apply nail polish to paper towl and scub off the glue with it. Comes righ off like a midget from a horse back.
11.) Feel accomplished.
Took me about..1.5 hours for both windows and saved about $45 an hour.
BAM.
-Benson
072108
Zeeb hideout
Just a picture of the day.
"No left, cuz he's right."
-Benson
Zeeb hideout
Just a picture of the day.
"No left, cuz he's right."
-Benson
072008
Imagination can take you everywhere
FLOWmarket. A company that sends messages through every day products that label simple, but witty words that get you thinking.
A poster in my room from sister, by FLOWmarket.
Not just any odinary poster of contexts and sentences, it was made out of quotes.
In which, one states,
"Logic will take you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." -Albert Eistein
Word?
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He called me fat.
Victim : Bro Allen.
Dad couldn't take that.
I wasn't defeated, though injured. So there I rested.
Dad caught me off gaurd.
But i rested again.
Then BAM. totally pointless.
Bro cutting rocks with bare hands.
It was unsanitary, upset dad, so got his ass kicked.
The End.
-Benson
Imagination can take you everywhere
FLOWmarket. A company that sends messages through every day products that label simple, but witty words that get you thinking.
A poster in my room from sister, by FLOWmarket.
Not just any odinary poster of contexts and sentences, it was made out of quotes.
In which, one states,
"Logic will take you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." -Albert Eistein
Word?
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He called me fat.
Victim : Bro Allen.
Dad couldn't take that.
I wasn't defeated, though injured. So there I rested.
Dad caught me off gaurd.
But i rested again.
Then BAM. totally pointless.
Bro cutting rocks with bare hands.
It was unsanitary, upset dad, so got his ass kicked.
The End.
-Benson
071908
Few things that you might not have ever tried.
1. Taking a self-portrait on a freeway.
2. Taking a photo with Michelle...in semi-formal attire...infront of a Honda Civic.
Ok, I havn't done much of things you've never tried, but I'm sure this guy did.
-A.J. Jacobs, a journalist from the Esquire Magazine and author of many books. One of which called The Know It All, where he read through the entire encyclopedia from A to Z. There are much more, just play the video.
-Benson
Few things that you might not have ever tried.
1. Taking a self-portrait on a freeway.
2. Taking a photo with Michelle...in semi-formal attire...infront of a Honda Civic.
Ok, I havn't done much of things you've never tried, but I'm sure this guy did.
-A.J. Jacobs, a journalist from the Esquire Magazine and author of many books. One of which called The Know It All, where he read through the entire encyclopedia from A to Z. There are much more, just play the video.
-Benson
071708
Batman.
It's out.
Batman might not be the most powerful heroes out there, but he's difinitely the richest. (Maybe on par with Tony Stark, the Iron man.)
Regardless, Batman's a legend.
And for that, I present,
Yellow x Black, the classic colorway OG zeeb.
It'll be out soon. Why? Because I know you guy would rather spend the $ first on the movie.
-Benson
Batman.
It's out.
Batman might not be the most powerful heroes out there, but he's difinitely the richest. (Maybe on par with Tony Stark, the Iron man.)
Regardless, Batman's a legend.
And for that, I present,
Yellow x Black, the classic colorway OG zeeb.
It'll be out soon. Why? Because I know you guy would rather spend the $ first on the movie.
-Benson
071608
A perfect artist needs perfect tools
Helping parents moving to their new home.
While renovating the place, found this brutally beaten wood piece.
And while surfing the net, found the perfect tool for renovation.
M16 power drill designed and made by David Wiggins.
-Benson
A perfect artist needs perfect tools
Helping parents moving to their new home.
While renovating the place, found this brutally beaten wood piece.
And while surfing the net, found the perfect tool for renovation.
M16 power drill designed and made by David Wiggins.
-Benson
071508
A card that tells a story
While many others collect toys, cars, sneakers, stamps, buttons, I collect cards. Business cards.
Of course, some of you also collect them for...business purposes, but there's more to it than a company logo, a number, and a name that you can never link to a face.
With its standard size of 9 x 6 cm ( or 3.5 x 2 inches, you Americans ,) it incorporates basic info and ,most importantly, a first impression.
Here are some of the cards that I have so far.
Freshjive Taiwan, Super 7, Undefeated, SLB, Hall of Fame, Enterbay, Diamond Co., Canvas...etc.
Page II
King's hair studio, Supreme, Phantaci, Fatlace, Mishka, Baxbear..etc
Page III
42 threads, Tkamall, Beebub, Bows & Arrows, Porter (Hand bag looking card, creative,) Sitka...etc.
Page IV
Dad and Sis' biz cards. Her cards are extra small, and each with a different cover.
Everyone knows how first impression works for a business, hense , the significant effort invested into a company's one-of-a-kind business card.
The placement of the context, typography used for the lettering, color way, photos and logos implimented, and the type of card stock are all considered when making this less than a palm size card. The degree of seriousness is no less than making sneakers or insane fighter jets (just less technical.)
I know because I make cards, too.
The Urban Art club cards, and the 1st version TIZ biz card.
A series of these for the club officers.
V2 & 3 of TIZ biz cards.
At the bottom's for "01 Co.'s"
V4 & 5
and here we have the most current TIZ business card.
That's right. I have long nails (just trimmed it,) and it' transparent.
Want one? sure, find me.
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The extremes:
There's even an Internation business card collector club.
Batman's with me on this one.
-Benson
A card that tells a story
While many others collect toys, cars, sneakers, stamps, buttons, I collect cards. Business cards.
Of course, some of you also collect them for...business purposes, but there's more to it than a company logo, a number, and a name that you can never link to a face.
With its standard size of 9 x 6 cm ( or 3.5 x 2 inches, you Americans ,) it incorporates basic info and ,most importantly, a first impression.
Here are some of the cards that I have so far.
Freshjive Taiwan, Super 7, Undefeated, SLB, Hall of Fame, Enterbay, Diamond Co., Canvas...etc.
Page II
King's hair studio, Supreme, Phantaci, Fatlace, Mishka, Baxbear..etc
Page III
42 threads, Tkamall, Beebub, Bows & Arrows, Porter (Hand bag looking card, creative,) Sitka...etc.
Page IV
Dad and Sis' biz cards. Her cards are extra small, and each with a different cover.
Everyone knows how first impression works for a business, hense , the significant effort invested into a company's one-of-a-kind business card.
The placement of the context, typography used for the lettering, color way, photos and logos implimented, and the type of card stock are all considered when making this less than a palm size card. The degree of seriousness is no less than making sneakers or insane fighter jets (just less technical.)
I know because I make cards, too.
The Urban Art club cards, and the 1st version TIZ biz card.
A series of these for the club officers.
V2 & 3 of TIZ biz cards.
At the bottom's for "01 Co.'s"
V4 & 5
and here we have the most current TIZ business card.
That's right. I have long nails (just trimmed it,) and it' transparent.
Want one? sure, find me.
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The extremes:
There's even an Internation business card collector club.
Batman's with me on this one.
-Benson
071408
Allen's new shoes
My bro-ho, Allen, has been asking for a pair of new kicks for a good while now (about 3 months.) I was finally persuaded by his asking-every-other-minute determination and everlasting effort.
There we went, to the land of prestige public university, hippies, and urban culture - Berkeley.
Find this sticker, take a picture with it, send it to "theimaginaryzebra@gmail.com", get free stickers.
Mulah's not easy to earn, so it's understandable when Allen walked up and down telegraph more than couple dozens of times just to compare prices and look for that perfect kick of his. There we found, after hours, the dream sneaker.
Nike Free. No idea what model it is, the series its from, the this or that. But I know dam sure my bro loves it.
Beautiful, yes?
-Benson
Allen's new shoes
My bro-ho, Allen, has been asking for a pair of new kicks for a good while now (about 3 months.) I was finally persuaded by his asking-every-other-minute determination and everlasting effort.
There we went, to the land of prestige public university, hippies, and urban culture - Berkeley.
Find this sticker, take a picture with it, send it to "theimaginaryzebra@gmail.com", get free stickers.
Mulah's not easy to earn, so it's understandable when Allen walked up and down telegraph more than couple dozens of times just to compare prices and look for that perfect kick of his. There we found, after hours, the dream sneaker.
Nike Free. No idea what model it is, the series its from, the this or that. But I know dam sure my bro loves it.
Beautiful, yes?
-Benson
071308
Farewell, Taiwan.
The plane was moving pretty fast.
bits and bytes of Taipei city lights.
Good bye, family.
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Just something I saw and thought was interesting.
I call this picture "Dead end."
I realized that only Hello Kitties on Eva airline shopping catalog have knees.
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Toyota x Batman
It was a partner ship between Panasonic Toyota Racing and Warner Bros.
It was at Silverstone. A demostration of the Bat mobile along side with the Toyota F1 TF108.
Never thought it'd look that awkward riding the Batpod.
-Benson
Farewell, Taiwan.
The plane was moving pretty fast.
bits and bytes of Taipei city lights.
Good bye, family.
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Just something I saw and thought was interesting.
I call this picture "Dead end."
I realized that only Hello Kitties on Eva airline shopping catalog have knees.
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Toyota x Batman
It was a partner ship between Panasonic Toyota Racing and Warner Bros.
It was at Silverstone. A demostration of the Bat mobile along side with the Toyota F1 TF108.
Never thought it'd look that awkward riding the Batpod.
-Benson
070808
Keep walking
All the way from Yungkun, Shimen, to Zhonxiao DuanHua.
I wouldn't have any clue where the places are just by what i wrote, neither.
To make easier : 永康, 西門, 忠孝敦化. look em' up.
First stop: 永康. One of the streets that has Taiwan's best street cuisines. Beef noodle soup, dumplings, chopped ice...you name it.
We dropped by the ice shop "冰館", an outdoor ice shop. You know it's good when there's constantly a line under the blazing sun.
Their mega mango!
They are known for their mega load of fresh fruit. That was more mango than i've eaten all year.
Tkamall (台肯會社), the clothing shop.
It's a fairly simple shop that carries their own brand of clothing only. The company maintains its style of simplicity by producing mainly lettering Tees with clever little remarks that promote Taiwanese' culture. All shirts are pretty cheap, too.
Next stop: 西門
Not much picture taken here, but the flame of war sparked, again.
TWICE.
Poor Jim.
I personally couldn't just sit and watch.
Jim fought back, too.
Gracefully.
All was well when we headed to 度小月 for dinner.
They have great 擔仔麵, but not only that...Be hold...all the fantabulous dishes.
Satisfied after dinner.
Bam, 2 more days before I head back to the states.
-Benson
Keep walking
All the way from Yungkun, Shimen, to Zhonxiao DuanHua.
I wouldn't have any clue where the places are just by what i wrote, neither.
To make easier : 永康, 西門, 忠孝敦化. look em' up.
First stop: 永康. One of the streets that has Taiwan's best street cuisines. Beef noodle soup, dumplings, chopped ice...you name it.
We dropped by the ice shop "冰館", an outdoor ice shop. You know it's good when there's constantly a line under the blazing sun.
Their mega mango!
They are known for their mega load of fresh fruit. That was more mango than i've eaten all year.
Tkamall (台肯會社), the clothing shop.
It's a fairly simple shop that carries their own brand of clothing only. The company maintains its style of simplicity by producing mainly lettering Tees with clever little remarks that promote Taiwanese' culture. All shirts are pretty cheap, too.
Next stop: 西門
Not much picture taken here, but the flame of war sparked, again.
TWICE.
Poor Jim.
I personally couldn't just sit and watch.
Jim fought back, too.
Gracefully.
All was well when we headed to 度小月 for dinner.
They have great 擔仔麵, but not only that...Be hold...all the fantabulous dishes.
Satisfied after dinner.
Bam, 2 more days before I head back to the states.
-Benson
070708
台中 Taichung Pt.2
8.) 台中植物園. The Taichung Arboretum.
There it was, where the epic battle happened.
It wasn't silent, but sure was deadly and massive.
I deserved this.
Anthony didn't, though.
Karma.
My granda was just enjoying 隔山打牛 on the side.
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After walking all day, the little guy's on fire!
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9.) K2 Italian Ice Cream.
Their ice cream has rich flavor yet not too overwhelming.
Caramel and Italian pudding flavor.
10.) 日出.大地的乳酪蛋糕. Sunrise. Grand land's Cheese Cake.
They were known to have the best, not only the cheese cakes, pineapple cakes as well.
And that wrapped up the 2 day trip to Taichung.
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Welcome: Piglet's Workshop
Under the latest addition to the right, let's welcome "Piglet's Workshop."
The blog just came out of the oven. It's a detail tutorial of different categories of cuisines through out the seasons.
Check it out @ Piglet's Workshop.
-Benson
台中 Taichung Pt.2
8.) 台中植物園. The Taichung Arboretum.
There it was, where the epic battle happened.
It wasn't silent, but sure was deadly and massive.
I deserved this.
Anthony didn't, though.
Karma.
My granda was just enjoying 隔山打牛 on the side.
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After walking all day, the little guy's on fire!
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9.) K2 Italian Ice Cream.
Their ice cream has rich flavor yet not too overwhelming.
Caramel and Italian pudding flavor.
10.) 日出.大地的乳酪蛋糕. Sunrise. Grand land's Cheese Cake.
They were known to have the best, not only the cheese cakes, pineapple cakes as well.
And that wrapped up the 2 day trip to Taichung.
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Welcome: Piglet's Workshop
Under the latest addition to the right, let's welcome "Piglet's Workshop."
The blog just came out of the oven. It's a detail tutorial of different categories of cuisines through out the seasons.
Check it out @ Piglet's Workshop.
-Benson
070608
Time to travel
Sorry for the late updates, I took a few days off to do some traveling.
Before i get into the places I went for last few days, I'd like to introduce a new guy:
Zeeb muppet. (After investing countless hours of stitching, redoing over the crooked lining, and putting a tiny thread into a even tinier needle hole, I realized that sewing is possibly one of the manliest thing a guy can ever do. It tests endurance, patience, and determination like no other.) It travels and leaves marks for the Zeeb Movement.
As simple as that, we took off.
Good bye, Taipei.
With the crew.
Why hello..
台中 Taichung.
Taichung, other than it's the mid part of Taiwan, it's also Joey's home town. It's famous for alot of things, such as:
No one can travel with an empty stomach. So there we sat and ate "台中蚌麵"
(Ok, through out the entry, i'll try my best to translate some of these Taiwanese vocabs into English.)
The first stop:
1.)Taichung oyster noodle shop.
I irrelevantly took a photo of the sweet and sour fish instead of the noodle itself. my bad.
2.)紙箱王 King of cardboard boxes.
It was a place that made mostly out of paper cardboards. Those structures were just a tip of an iceberg.
Even the chairs, the shelves, and the entire resturant were made out of cardboard.
The ceiling.
3.) Earth Quake Park. 地震公園
The park was a reconstruction of an abandoned school that was torn by the 921 quakes(集集大地震).
Or was it by my amazing ha-me-ha-me-ha. or however its spelled.
Close up of my destruction.
"房子再垮,禮義廉恥都不能垮."
Grandma had her try, too.
Close up.
3.)Stock 20. It was a reconstruction of an old train stock room.
It was changed into an art gallery, so no pictures.
4.) Time flies, it was time for dinner. Pork.
It was a shop ran by post taiwanese celebrity - 林強.
Grandma was happy.
If Michelle were there with me, she would be, too.
5.) Dedication to...
Joey -金錢豹 - one of the most infamous club.
I passed by it, never went in it. Heard it's atleast $3000 a night.
Yen- 50嵐- one of the greatest tapioca place.
6.) 逢甲夜市 Fung Chia night market.
It was crowded, it was sweaty, it was one great night market.
7.)春水堂. The founding father of all tapioca tea.
Check out the size of the milk tea.
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Quite interesting. It was an ad for the upcoming rock concert.
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More coming up.
-Benson
Time to travel
Sorry for the late updates, I took a few days off to do some traveling.
Before i get into the places I went for last few days, I'd like to introduce a new guy:
Zeeb muppet. (After investing countless hours of stitching, redoing over the crooked lining, and putting a tiny thread into a even tinier needle hole, I realized that sewing is possibly one of the manliest thing a guy can ever do. It tests endurance, patience, and determination like no other.) It travels and leaves marks for the Zeeb Movement.
As simple as that, we took off.
Good bye, Taipei.
With the crew.
Why hello..
台中 Taichung.
Taichung, other than it's the mid part of Taiwan, it's also Joey's home town. It's famous for alot of things, such as:
No one can travel with an empty stomach. So there we sat and ate "台中蚌麵"
(Ok, through out the entry, i'll try my best to translate some of these Taiwanese vocabs into English.)
The first stop:
1.)Taichung oyster noodle shop.
I irrelevantly took a photo of the sweet and sour fish instead of the noodle itself. my bad.
2.)紙箱王 King of cardboard boxes.
It was a place that made mostly out of paper cardboards. Those structures were just a tip of an iceberg.
Even the chairs, the shelves, and the entire resturant were made out of cardboard.
The ceiling.
3.) Earth Quake Park. 地震公園
The park was a reconstruction of an abandoned school that was torn by the 921 quakes(集集大地震).
Or was it by my amazing ha-me-ha-me-ha. or however its spelled.
Close up of my destruction.
"房子再垮,禮義廉恥都不能垮."
Grandma had her try, too.
Close up.
3.)Stock 20. It was a reconstruction of an old train stock room.
It was changed into an art gallery, so no pictures.
4.) Time flies, it was time for dinner. Pork.
It was a shop ran by post taiwanese celebrity - 林強.
Grandma was happy.
If Michelle were there with me, she would be, too.
5.) Dedication to...
Joey -金錢豹 - one of the most infamous club.
I passed by it, never went in it. Heard it's atleast $3000 a night.
Yen- 50嵐- one of the greatest tapioca place.
6.) 逢甲夜市 Fung Chia night market.
It was crowded, it was sweaty, it was one great night market.
7.)春水堂. The founding father of all tapioca tea.
Check out the size of the milk tea.
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Quite interesting. It was an ad for the upcoming rock concert.
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More coming up.
-Benson
070208
National Taiwan University, aka 台大
Davis, the city of bicycles, once attempted to break the record of the largest bicycle parade in March of 2008. It fell abit short with 1838 bikes total. I was upset, and found it hard to believe that the record wasn't broken even with that massive amount of bikes. 1838 bikes, that's enough pedalling power to activate eight boeing 747 planes. Ok, so what if i made that last statement up, 1838 is still a large number, I don't recall ever counting it up to that number. Regardless, Davis didn't break the record. The record still stands by the city that had the world's largest bicycle parade - Taipei, Taiwan.
I didn't want to believe that until I saw this..
That got double decker parkings for bikes. Holy crap.
Visited National Taiwan University today. One of the greatest univeristy of all time:
Not only does it provide one of the best education, society's elites, but most of all..best peanut ice stickle.
And ice cream sandwich.
Their central library.
Jim struggling trying to take out a piece of sticker.
And please read it from right to left. It's chinese.
Saw these when i headed back
Reminded me of Banksy
Banksy's work
-Benson
National Taiwan University, aka 台大
Davis, the city of bicycles, once attempted to break the record of the largest bicycle parade in March of 2008. It fell abit short with 1838 bikes total. I was upset, and found it hard to believe that the record wasn't broken even with that massive amount of bikes. 1838 bikes, that's enough pedalling power to activate eight boeing 747 planes. Ok, so what if i made that last statement up, 1838 is still a large number, I don't recall ever counting it up to that number. Regardless, Davis didn't break the record. The record still stands by the city that had the world's largest bicycle parade - Taipei, Taiwan.
I didn't want to believe that until I saw this..
That got double decker parkings for bikes. Holy crap.
Visited National Taiwan University today. One of the greatest univeristy of all time:
Not only does it provide one of the best education, society's elites, but most of all..best peanut ice stickle.
And ice cream sandwich.
Their central library.
Jim struggling trying to take out a piece of sticker.
And please read it from right to left. It's chinese.
Saw these when i headed back
Reminded me of Banksy
Banksy's work
-Benson
070108
The Designs of Olympic 2008
As the Olympic arrives in as little as a month, one should definitely appreciate and recognize, not only the athletes, the design aspects of it all. The Olympic of 2008 will take place in Beijing, China, the capital of People's Republic of China.
Many accecories are designed to fit the scene of this upcoming glorious moment.
Jordan VII by Joan Miro
And the official Jordan VI Olympic Edition
Flamboyant kicks, indeed, but it's more than the vibrant colors and legendary Jordan's that I wanted to talk about. It's the Culture behind the Olympic of 2008.
With the Chef of Design - Ming Wang taking the lead, the Olympic is deeply marinated in the Chinese culture.
I'm sure most of you have seen the Olympic Emblem. Yup, it does look like a running man, but more sginificantly, it also represents the word "Jing" of Beijing, which in chinese is written as "京". Marvelous, isn't it.
The Fuwas.
Pictograms.
These blew me away. "Named "the beauty of seal characters" and with strokes of seal characters as their basic form, the Pictograms of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games integrate pictographic charm of inscriptions on bones and bronze objects in ancient China with simplified embodiment of modern graphics, making them recognizable, rememberable and easy to use. Skillfully using the effect of sharp contrast between the black and white colors which the typical Chinese traditional artistic form of rubbings have, the Pictograms of the Beijing Olympic Games display distinct motion character, graceful aesthetic perception of movement and rich cultural connotations, thus arriving at the harmony and unity of form with conception."
Torch. (That I never got to see...due to the protestors that can't stop won't stop trying to get rid of the flame during the relay.)
If you're truly interested, check here. But to sum it down : it's one hell of a torch.
-Benson