Thursday, July 07, 2005

7/6/2005: After a going with my dad on his business trip to Taichung yesterday, we found a perfect parking spot where we saved $60 NT and had the rest of the afternoon to ourselves to enjoy the view at Bali Left Shore near Dan-Shui River. We enjoyed some traditional snack called "Twin Sister" (Similar to doughnut), and we both had 3 bottles of freshly squeezed white sugar cane juice. Afterward, we had light dinner at Bali Left Shore Cafe where I had rice over beef and my dad had salmon stir fried with rice. 7/7/2005: I had a chance to spend the afternoon with Cindy at the Miramat Department Store in Nay-Hu. Although we only had lunch at a McDonald's in Shi-Lin, but we took a look around inside the Miramat. That is a pretty cool place to be, very similar to Breeze Department Store in Taipei and as of now, it's not as crowded as many other department stores I've been to. The most special thing at Miramat is the giant wheel, very similar to the one you see in some popular Japanese dramas, for those of you who are huge Japanese drama fan. I must say that while I enjoy the convinience of the public transit systems in Taipei, (buses, MRT, and taxis) I am not enjoying the traffic at all. Although I have visited Taiwan several times already, I am still afraid of crossing the street because I know that something is going to drive by out of nowhere at anytime. So I usually try to wait until there's more people and I'll walk side-by-side with them, or I'll use the overhead ped crossing.

Sunday, July 03, 2005

	Yesterday's memorial service was very touching and emotional. I cried. However, I know that grandpa is living well in his "new place" now and when I think that way, it gives me a sense of relief and comfort. I feel really fortunate to have such wonderful group of friends and relatives for support.

Sunday, June 26, 2005

As many of you already know, I am in Taiwan right now. I arrived in Taiwan on the evening of 6/15, Taipei Time. The flight was bumpy, but since my seat on the SFO-Taipei flight was upgraded, I had a spacious asile seat with nobody next to me on Economy Deluxe Class. There has been several mini memorial services for grandpa and I had a chance to meet several relatives as well as distance relatives whom I have not seen since I moved to U.S. Although I have not have a lot of time to visit many places yet, but I did experienced once again the spa at Tian-Lai. As usual, the food over here are wonderful, but this time, I am being more cautious as there has been many reports of "Black Heart" food being sold to the consumer. I also visited Central Library of Taiwan, the place looks like an university library, but since I do not have an ID Card of Taiwan, the staff issued a one day, visitor's pass which allowed me to browse the collection. I also went on shopping spree and bought a few shirts as well as 3 sets of Japanese Dramas. on Friday, my father and I supposed to take the MRT to Nan-Gang to run some errands. We got off at the Taipei Main Station to transfer the train. As the train approaches the platform, it "stuck" for 20 minutes, we later found out from the newscasts that someone has jumped off the track. I will have another update hopefully next week.