Sun Moon Lake

Our school took everyone who wanted to Sun Moon Lake, a popular scenic area. Really a fun time, beautiful place and nice to see work people somewhere else.

This is my morning walk after only 4 hours of sleep. It was really nice to get near nature again. Besides family and friends I miss nature here so much. Its not that nature isn't here, but it's difficult to live near. I guess I'm spoiled by Hawaii, California and New Mexico.

As I type this I see on CNN that Benazire Bhutto was assassinated. What a crazy fucking world.

Jenny's Wedding

Here is Li-Wen, her friend Irene, who manages the housekeeping department of a 5 Star hotel in Taipei, her friend and boss Kincer and Irene's brother.

The boats have sashimi.


Yesterday we went to one of Li-Wen's grade school friend's wedding reception. She got married a couple of weeks ago. It's the way it works in Taiwan. The wedding can be months earlier than the reception. Nice lunch at a Japanese restaurant.



The purple sign is the seating list for this table. Our name is three characters starting with the 7th char actor from the left on the bottom.

More Science Club

More fun things in the once-a-week after school science club. The magical imploding balloon is a big hit in the 2nd grade. It's all about heat and cold, expand and contract. This is a really fun club. It also presents some challenges since the English level of the students vary from almost fluent to very limited. Still, a good time though.