Blog Post #66: Pictures!

So, I've had some awesome times this last week, and I took pictures of it on my iPod Touch! I was super stoked to share these pictures and experiences with everybody on the 20 minute walk from the apartment to the Tai Po Market Library, so here they are, from most recent to least...

I met Dr. Ron Staheli! He's the chior director at BYU, and taught one of my favorite Chior Directors, Luke Lords! He gave a series of devotionals in half a dozen places in Mainland (he had to choose his words "very carefully"). I told him I'll probably see him next Summer, but the next Spring is more likely.

Mango season is upon us! This is not trick photography, that mango really is cut into cubes! And the size of my face! For the price of a quart of cheap orange juice or a dozen eggs, both my companion and I bought the ($15) Philipines mangoes, and they are good! Mostly surupy sweet, with a little tang, they are what mangoes ought to be!

I cooked a $160 dinner for 7 people the other night, and the video I took of the kitchen is too big, so here's the plum, squid, pork, corn, pork liver soup I made! It was really good, but needed more salt. I also did a whole steamed fish and two heads of cauliflower, 4 carrots, and a head of brocolli, all steamed with a little butter.

Oh? What's that that I'm reaching for? Is it a bug? Let's take a closer look!

Yup! That's a small Banana Spider! He's not a baby, not even for a boy spider, but he's not an adult yet. This was only 10 minutes from the inner city housing estate where we like to do street contacting. I love how Hong Kong draws sharp, clear borders between city and rainforest, it's easy to go from one to the other!

This is just a Westie I pretended to kiss because I miss my dog. Joey is a lot cuter, and older, than... I forgot his name.

{insert "caterpillar"}
[Sorry, the caterpillar photo did NOT arrive with the email. Maybe next week!]
I took this the first day after I got my iPod! We found him on the sidewalk, and then we found a couple more that had been run over by bikes, so we went back, picked him up with a stick (because he may or may not have been venomous with colors like that) and put him in the bushes.

That's about all for this week! I am so happy to be able to do pictures! I hope all of you are having a great time, because I know I am, and I know Number 4 is loving Ramadan!

Love,
Elder J.E. O'Gara