Four of the top Man in the family have birthdays just 2 days apart... :P
Last year Dot and Hong started the tradition to celebrate our birthday together and this year, without fail despite just returning from Harbin that day, they organised another celebration at the SiChuan DuoHua restaurant. It was really a fantastic way to end the year with such high note celebration!
It has always been our good fortune to be able to travel for holidays as a family and this year end holiday we have chosen to return to Taiwan for a good 12 days trip.
Personally in 2016, it had been a very busy year for myself at work, with additional responsibilities threw to my shoulders and required me to travel quite a fair bit during the second half of the year. It was also not easy for Qiqi as well as she battled with her 'A' level exams until early December. The rest in the family also strived to work hard to achieve a good conclusion for 2016. As such, many of us looked forward to this holiday to take a good break from our routine lifestyle and bond together.
We were lucky to have 2 friendly and passionate drivers cum tour guide to bring us round Taiwan to experience the local delicacies and places of interest. With the car chartered, it was also great fun for me to take lots of photography without having to carry the heavy gears around. During the trip, some of our stomach did not cooperate well, but we did manage to recover and continue to enjoy the journey.
With the kids growing up and our parents getting older, I am unsure how many more such trips we can have but will definitely like to continue such tradition as much as we could, these holidays are simply priceless!
This was probably the only trip which quite a few of us got sick during the trip, particularly in the stomach. We later thought it might be the oranges which we ate on the first day which probably contained lots of pesticide fresh from the farm. Nevertheless, we were still grateful to be able to have a round tour in Taiwan and a fantastic family bonding time.
It was Qiqi's Prom night and a big celebration night for her and her friends, particularly after a stressful year in preparing and taking the 'A' level exams. The prom night will informally conclude their junior college life with a night of dinner and dance. Qiqi had excitedly booked me in advance to photoshoot her and her friends, with my studio lights at home. We did setup the lights on that day, but as they spent most of their time in making and dressing up, we did not really have a lot of time left for photo-taking. Nevertheless, a few good shots were still taken for good memory sake.
