red lanterns

I saw them last year. Same day last year...

It's been a year.

Seeing the lanterns made me miss the Parol.

They celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival. Red lanterns everywhere. People flocked the parks and stayed until midnight and as the moon shines brightly, family and friends exchanged mooncakes and in between heartfelt laughter sweets and fruits are passed around.

I was not there, i was in Taiwan wet and laughing in the rain.

crocs...you gave me pain!

After spending 2,700 seconds trying to look for the perfect footwear, i settled for crocs. It was the most random decision and i made the biggest mistake!

Not the perfect footwear, there were so many things to see and many alleys and areas you can go to, but my crocs just won't cooperate, i got blisters (big-time). I thought they were comfortable...

Anyway, crocs or no crocs, my trip is indeed one for the books.

Hope you were there with me, i think you'd also enjoy walking in the rain and laughing and thinking what you've gotten yourselves into.

rail station

This is Taipei's Main Station.

This is where i saw the Taiwan Visitor's Center...unfortunately they were closed that day, by now i think you know why.

I had the best time in Taiwan, albeit rain, wet shoes and clothes, closed stores and peopleless street.

This experience made a mark and i'm really going back, but this time i will check the weather.

tower in the rain

Saw taipei 101 today...by the way it's raining here and Everything and i mean EVERYTHING is closed. my friend took me to the biggest bookstore...closed, we were supposed to eat breakfast at Dante's Coffee...closed...Taipei 101...closed....so what did we do?

went to the train station, bought an umbrella and walked around taipei.

had the best time, i had to buy shoes twice, broke my first pair, got the other so drenched that when we walk all you can hear is squish squish.

all in all....it was FUN, catching up over curry, beer, sausages, sushi, popcorn, pilaf...well that summed up Day 1. i think you know what happened. Tomorrow the typhoon will get worse...so tomorrow, we eat more!

fisher girl

She stands there day and night, silent witness to her island's growth. This statue is located along the scenic Xianglu Bay, think Manila Bay without the sunset.

Zhuhai is also famous for its "lover's path", a winding boulevard with the sea to your right and the mountain on your left. It starts from the ferry port all the way to those tall buildings.

This city is the perfect escape when you want to ran away from the crazy crowd in Shenzhen, might do it after the holidays.

zhuhai

The team went on a retreat! We went to Zhuhai! We had fun and now finally we've met the faces behind those voices.

We have weekly conference calls and since we are scattered in 5 different offices, we don't know who's who.

This is the view from the room's balcony, and you can see from the room the hot springs (left)...here we had wine baths, milk baths, mineral ore soak and the different hot baths and with varying temperatures. They close at 2 am, and we stayed until 1:30 am and we were all pruney!

I will upload more Zhuhai pictures in the coming days...I will be in Taiwan this coming Friday...more pictures!