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Pung!

I received a lot of red envelopes this Chinese New Year, so I treated us to a mahjong table and chairs for our newly inducted weekly mahjong/poker night. It’s going to happen or else Jen and I will turn into hermits for the next six months. I spent 14 hours playing mahjong with Jim’s (my [ READ MORE ]

新年快樂!

We went to Nine Percent last night. It was a pretty classy place, but there was no one there on a Saturday night. That’s because the entire city of Taipei has migrated home to celebrate Chinese New Year with their families. It seems like that a majority of people come to the big city to [ READ MORE ]

Yilan

On Friday, Jud and I woke up at 7:00am to take a bus to Ilan, my mom’s home in the country. My mom has nine brothers and sisters, and six of them live in Ilan. We went and visited as many of them as we could in one day. In the morning, we went and [ READ MORE ]

Thanksgiving/Birthday

I went out last night because I didn’t want to be home when midnight struck on my birthday. I went to Babe 18, also to scope it out for a legit Saturday night place celebration. I stayed out way too late, so it’s definitely a good thing I didn’t have to be at work until [ READ MORE ]

Friends, Anyone?

Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and Jen&I have plans for ourselves with a big feast. There are also a few Thanksgiving gatherings of co-workers that I have been invited to, which should keep us busy. I also have a birthday coming up, and as much as I would like to celebrate it in at [ READ MORE ]