My trip to boot camp!

Fortunately, I was just a guest! My colleague's younger brother was just called to 當兵, or become a soldier. Every male in Taiwan MUST serve in the military for a period of time (one or two years, can't remember at the moment). His family made a trip down to visit him a couple weekends ago, and I went with them for fun! The other soldiers and families thought it was pretty strange that a foreigner (me) was joining in the festivities, but all in all a beautiful day and memorable experience. My colleagues' baby is a cutie too!

More pictures!

Happy New Years!

Cold and rainy at the moment, I took advantage of my free afternoon today and went hit a few balls at the batting cages... haha! So much fun to bundle up and go scooter-ing around. Thought I would post a few photos of the recent weeks, since I am a slacker and haven't been keeping up with the blogging...Getting ready for the hike... already beautiful scenery! This is near 新竹.
Rare Taiwan "old-growth". Pretty big, but nothing if you've been to our N. Cali redwood groves!
The route wee took. Signs here are semi-bilingual a lot of the time, but the English is usually pretty weird...Treated to a delicious vegetarian dinner as a reward for a long days' hike! We are all so full in this picture. Is my jacket sticking out, or is my stomach really that big? You decide... ;)

Pictures of Basketball Victory

I didn't have pictures at the time, but a friend sent me these today of our basketball victory, the second one has a picture of the "coach" on the left.

I know I haven't posted very much lately, but I'm going hiking tomorrow so hopefully will have more pictures and news.

Much love to everyone for the holiday season!