#aliveandkicking

My niece is a government social worker in Taiwan. Her main responsibility is to prepare activities and educational for low income or families that are having trouble. So she asked my wife to teach a Chinese

Had a productive morning. My sister-in-law was catering for an event and had to prepare 150 bentos (便當）. So we got up early and got to work. First, we prepared 10 vegetarian bentos. Usually in Taiwan

Another Saturday, another 3 hour art class for my son. So my wife and i are stuck in Hsin Chu. A perfect chance for having a nice meal together. So we found a pretty good restaurant. One catch, I’m on

Today, as most Saturdays recently, my son has art class in Hsinchu 新竹 for three hours. So it’s a perfect time for my wife and i to have some quality time. So we go out for a late lunch. We went to a food

Today we went to Taichung to see my nephew and his girl friend. My son ordered pancakes. In Taiwan, it’s hard to find real pancakes. He was so happy. My nephew ordered the same. It came with a Sunnyside

Today was my birthday and i had the pleasure of going out to lunch with my wife. We went to a French restaurant called Paul. She ordered the mushroom risotto with pumpkin soup and hot tea. I ordered the

Lunch with my wife. Today, we went shopping for toys for the students. We need lots of rewards to keep them motivated. Afterwards, we stopped at the local Far Easter Department store in Chubei. This Japanese

Image from YouVersion Its Good Friday. I was just doing a reading plan for Holy Week. Today it was on the name Jesus. This reading plan is interesting because it talks about how the Bible was translated

Happy New Year! It’s New Year’s Eve in Taiwan and we are preparing a feast at my sister-in-law’s house. We invited some friends to join us. This is a very delicious dish. It’s so popular, we prepare two.

This week in English class we made igloos. Most kids in Taiwan have never even seen snow, but igloo is a common word when learning the alphabet sounds. So we prepared simple materials. A plastic half sphere

Another dinner at my sister-in-law’s house. My sister-in-law was busy running around so the meal was mostly prepared by my wife and i. Both my mother-in-law and brother-in-law have heart trouble, so we

Finally, i reached level 100! The picture was right before i leveled up. It really took a long time. I actually can’t remember how long it took just so i could do the next mission, but it took half a year

Finally, our last silver anniversary. My wife and i had three weddings. One for government in Taiwan, one for Taiwanese family in Taiwan, and one in the US. So our anniversary is like a season. From October

Anniversary number two. We were married three times. Once for government, once for our Taiwan family, and one for our American family. So this is the second one. We went to a department store which had

We finally had our cram school Halloween party. We had to celebrate it in November first- All Saints’ Day. That was a first. This was because of elementary school exams on October 31-11/1. Before the trick

We had our Halloween party at the local elementary school in Huko. We teach a second grade English class for underprivileged kids. So we try our best to celebrate the holidays. Halloween isn’t celebrated

Today, my wife and i are celebrating our 2nd 25th anniversary. Sounds strange? We have the weddings, government (for visa simplicity), Taiwan (today), and US (11/7). Were silicon celebrate the government

Happy surprise birthday to my mother-in-law, but it’s a real surprise to everyone because he birthday is in june. Feeling confused. So was i. The back story had to do with my nephew’s friend that is a

Today we had a special dinner at my sister-in-law’s house. My two oldest children will leave for the US on Monday, so we had hotpot- home style. There are many restaurants that specialize in this dish,

We went to Buddha Hand Cave with my family. The cave is supposed to have an image of a very large hand pushed in the wall, but we didn’t find it. The picture below is of a plaque with an image of the hand.