Entries from January 2008

A difficult day

Date January 30, 2008

I received a letter yesterday from CTOT, the Canadian embassy equivalent in Taipei. I was pretty happy, because the last time I got a letter from the Government, it was the one that said i was approved to sponsor my wife.
this was not the same kind of letter.
This one said that according to the information [...]

Hernia operation successful at Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital

Date January 26, 2008

I just got out of the hospital yesterday from a hernia operation. It was a small umbilical hernia, just above my navel. I decided to have the procedure done at The Tzu Chi General Hospital, near Tan Tzu. I chose the hospital because it is near my home and very new, thus clean. I am [...]

A new direction

Date January 17, 2008

I’ve been tempted to close down this blog since I have not written anything in such a long time. Some major changes are coming in my life, namely our (my family) migration from this Formidable island to Calgary, Canada. The decision to move was instigated by our serious consideration of what we wanted for our [...]