Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Happy birthday and Merry X'mas!

Friends and family took me to a new hotpot restaurant for my BD, very nice indeed....

This huge restaurant is a buffett style eatery with hot and cold food, sushi bar, hot pot, desserts, everything...

and for X'mas dinner, we had the pleasure dinning with our new friends: Liyue and family from Taipei, Ed & Kukui from Nevada USA, Keith Barnes & family from Capetown South Africa. Awesome buffett dinner with western, Chinese, and Japanese food.

It was wonderful that Christmas falls on a weekend because X'mas is not a holiday here in Taiwan.

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Christmas party





Hualien Toastmasters had a X'mas party this past week, and it was fantastic.







No lack of singing talent for sure!







We also had a X'mas party with our tennis team...







Our captain's girl friend is a great singer....







so is our coach, Mr Chen.....

Happy December!






Still discovering more restaurants, and this one is a gem. Very nostalgic with decor from years gone by. Menu is full of old day dishes, popular during our childhood. Guess you can say "comfort food", Taiwanese style.







Attended a big banquet after a tennis tournament at which I was one of the umpires. I got paid $3600 and a dinner to boot, not bad at all.





There was performance by the aboriginal people....





and music by some local musicians...