Being a 'foreigner' does not exempt me from being the recipient of a moon cake. Not only is this box the LENGTH of my carry-on suitcase, but it is 5 star from Grand Formosa Regent hotel. Its a very nice gift from my customer... but how on earth can I carry this back to Hong Kong on the plane?! No plans yet! I have 1.5 days to figure this out...
Today is only Thursday and I'm desparately lacking sleep. 4-5 hours each night is not sustainable especially after eating bad Western food. Its very humid in Taipei and a typhoon warning is around for this weekend. Hopefully it goes north east to Japan rather than on the west side towards Hong Kong. Everyone follows the weather intently here. If I get stuck in Taipei, its not a big deal to me... but Back in Canada, I never read or listen to the weather... but doing so here, will give me something to discuss in social conversation...
Had a nice Japanese hot pot with my Taipei customer today and also two other meetings, which were at least 1 hour drive apart. I do NOT miss being in a car, and DO miss a compact city like Hong Kong. The exchange rate NT dollars to US dollars is 30:1. Needless to say, a lot of things are 'millions of dollars'.... even my Infiniti G35x back at home!
I'm not a big fan of the moon cakes either. Especially the ones with the yellow eggs in the middle.
ReplyDeleteI'm loooking forward to seeing you next week. We can celebrate autumn festival by tossing mooncakes from the window of our apartment!!
Miss you honey! Did everyone know that Hong Kong is awaiting Stephen's arrival, so much so that they made National Day on October 1st (Stephen's birthday!)
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