Monday, January 29, 2007

We're sisters!

I couldn't believe that! Guess what?! I contracted with a wedding photo studio in Ban-Ciao yesterday. I talked with my sis online this morning, and she said she did it in Kaohsiung the day before yesterday! What a coincidence! Besides, both of us want our photos shot in April and get married this year! A double blessing will descend upon our family. From now on, I need to keep eating, eating, eating...to gain some weight. I plan to pick dresses in early March.

Thursday, January 25, 2007

New furniture arrived!


The 32" BenQ LCD TV, cost only $22888 with a free portable CD/cassette player arrived yesterday! I can't wait to enjoy watching movies during the coming winter break! By the way, I had the picture taken in my new Ring clothing today.
The dining chairs ($14000) and wardrobe ($10000) arrived on Nov.27, 2007.

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Happy New Year!

We wanted to spend this New Year holiday away from crowded Taipei. I checked Yahoo Weather forecast for eastern Taiwan. Rainy in Hualien. Cloudy in Taitung. We finally decided to celebrate the New Year in beautiful Taitung, in southeastern Taiwan.
We arrived at Taitung Station on Dec. 30 evening. The guesthouse boss picked us up. We stayed at Little Swallow Guesthouse ($1200 per night, 2 min from the station by car) and rented a 100 c.c. scooter ($300 per day). After breakfast the next morning, we rode north along Route 9 (台九線).
Chulu Pasture→脫線雞場 (The owner was a comedian. We saw him in person!)→Peace Tribe→lunch at 永安農特產品展售中心→鹿野 High Terrace→鹿鳴 Bridge→紅葉 Hot Spring
From the hill top we could see 龍田 Village below. It's a Japanese emigrant village during the period of Japan rule.
On New Year's Day, we woke up at 4:00 to see the first gleams of day in 太麻里. Riding in the quiet countryside in the dark early morning was ghostly but cheerful!