Last Night at Taipei

We spent our last Taiwan dollars at the Formosa Regent Hotel (not where we stayed) - apart from our transport fare to the airport the next day.

Stewed American beef and rice for me.

American rib fillet and noodles for Kay.

View of our restaurant (Azie) one of several nice looking restaurants in the hotel. Our table - the second vacant table from the right at the top of the photo.

Taipei Soaks !

Four out of the five full days we had at Taipei were soakingly wet.

Taipei city centre, view from a large shopping centre complex.

Umbrellas galore at Danshui, just north of Taipei city. We spent most of the time at Starbucks.

Danshui MRT station (view from Starbucks)

Taipei Photos

Some photos of Taipei --

Taipei 101 - sounds like an entry university course - the tallest building in the world. Miserable weather.

Outside the Palace Museum - this large building has space to display only a fraction of the historic treasures. The rest buried are in storage within the mountain behind.

The up market food courts of Taipei - below Kay's noodles and my oyster omelette and fried rice.

Chiang Kai Shek's memorial. Unlike Mao in Beijing, his body is not on display.

Changing of the guards at the Dr Sun Yat Sen's memorial.

Changchun Rd at Zhongshan where our hotel was.

Lunch at the Fish Market

Kay and Kin Mun had lunch with Dave, Sue, Isaac and Linda at the Fish Market. It's only November, but it's Christmas nonetheless.

Kay, Sue and Dave

Dave

Isaac and Linda

Isaac enjoying his fish.

Kay and Sue
and Kin Mun was behind the phone camera.

Susan, Linus and Brittany

A quick trip to Lisarow today and scored another photo coup -

New Epping "Underground" Station

The structure of the new underground station at Epping taking shape; isn't it supposed to be an underground station ? Why is it rising so tall above the existing plateform?

Isaac's 60th Birthday !!

Isaac is 60 !!!!!!
Daughters Kirsty and Elissa giving some insights into life with their Dad!


Old friends - Kin Mun, Dave, Isaac and Peter.

Isaac and his best friend.

With Dave and Sue

Isaac and Linda relaxing at the end of the party.

Happy Birthday Isaac!

Brian and Anne's Visit

A visit from our Canberran friends Brian and Anne.

Sitting down to Thai food -



Brian ready to tuck in his dessert at Nero's Cafe, Epping.

Yvonne in Sydney

Last day before returning to Singapore....

Powerhouse Museum -



Dinner at home -

Sue and Steve's Wedding

Yvonne flew back to Sydney on 21 Oct for a quick home visit and to attend Sue and Steve's wedding.

Getting ready to leave for the wedding ceremony

Here comes the bride,

Proud parents and grandparents of Sue Lim

Parents and sister of Steve Dal Molin

Photos after the ceremony

Siev-X

My apologies as regards to the post below, it was actually 353 people on the boat.
Yvonne

As I see it ....

Hello Yvonne here!

19th October will mark the 5th anniversary of the sinking of 535 asylum seekers on their way to Christmas Island on a boat dubbed
Siev-x. Here is an article about an attempt to establish a memorial in Canberra. Hopefully one day there will be a permanent national memorial we can visit.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/row-over-siev-x-memorial/2006/10/13/1160246313953.html

Love Yvonne

Mid-Autumn Festival in Singapore

Hello and greetings from Singapore, where the other Kans ie auntie Beo-Lan, ah-kong, ah-ma, and domestic helper rance are! On Friday we celebrated the mid-Autumn Festival where you're supposed to light lanterns (not as easy as it looks!), eat mooncakes and pomelo (a fruit) and gawk at the (supposed to be) full moon!

love to all, Yvonne

With Longreach McLellans at Camden

Pete, Mary, Scot and Leah were at Camden for a national polo crosse event.