A New Baby and New Year

Asia
January 1st 2010

Published: January 9th 2010

The New Baby The impetus to go to Taiwan over Christmas was that Grace's niece Lily is having her second baby. This pregnancy was more difficult because now Lily has the responsibility of watching over 3-year-old Han Han, working and taking care of the house. Her husband is working the graveyard shift and attending night school, so he was gone most of the time and catches some sleep during th... Read Full Entry

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Cat

Here's the view from Cat's Got Nothing to Do Cafe. We were about 1000' up and were at eye level with Taipei 101 that is in the background on the right - through the fog.

Ahe with Shrimp Broil

I spent Christmas Day and New Years Eve at Ahe's cafe on the Taiwan Strait. He used to own the Nepal bar where Grace and I met. We made a shrimp and crab boil with Zatarain's seasoning for our Christmas dinner.

Thomas the Artist

Thomas did the interior design of Ahe's cafe and he stopped in on Christmas Day. The cafe has the most leftist propaganda that I've ever seen. Ahe and Holli went to Cuba, but he bought these baseball shirts when a Cuban baseball team visited Taiwan, which is extremey capitalistic.

Thomas and Che

Che Guevara was one of the themes of the interior collage. He also featured the Dalai Lama and other pop art. Thomas was usually laughing and giving me shit about being a gringo.

Holli's Handy Work

My friend Holli painted this image of the island of Taiwan with many motifs from across the island. Holli has taught English at universities since I met her in 1996.

RV Cafe

This RV was converted into a mobile coffee shop. The door on the side lifts up and you have an instant espresso bar with all the italian syrups.

New Years Eve

Partying it up with the locals at Ahe's cafe. The guy on the right is from souther cal and has been living here for a while.

New Year's Toast

Here's Ahe and I about 2am doing the last shot that probably did me in.

Chocolate Tobacco

Ahe had a tin of chocolate tobacco that smelled like chocolate instead of tobacco. Why not give it a try?

Lighting Up

I took one puff of this and realized that it was still tobacco. I coughed and gave up the nasty habit that I never had.

Van Gogh Look

I was imitating Van Gogh's self-portrait that we'd seen in Taipei.

Grace leading Steven

Grace is leading Steven to his bus in Taipei. Steven had just given me a 90 minute massage and he manages several massage parlors with blind masseuses.

9th January 2010

seasi
non-member comment

happy new year
dear grace and scott just lost the note i wrote baaa..happy new year. love the update - congradulations on being an aunt. what an amazing thing to bee with the little babybaby... so good to see the photos and all the adventures you are having. hope to see you in 2010 sometime. Not sure if i will sign or be offered a contract for the next school year. don't really want to return to the mess that the district is....not sure what my options are. take good care and know you are missed. i understand from this last update why grace missed taiwan more than i have ever before. it looks fabulous and full of family and purpose. xxoo seasi

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