Entries Categorized as 'family'

Jumbo Limbo–waiting for a Canadian immigration officer in Taipei to show some mercy

Date February 17, 2008

The following is an email I sent to my wife’s case worker concerning some information I was given by my mother. In the past, he’s answered my queries within 12 hours, at the most. He’s even replied to me on a weekend. It’s now been 9 days since I sent this one. My mom, forever [...]

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 [...]

Picking plums

Date July 10, 2007

My buddy O-len invited us to his parents’ house in Dahu 2 weekends ago.4weeks ago. He’s invited us a few times in the past. We’ve been putting off going because, well, how much fun could that be, right? In fact we had a brilliant time. The good times did not start for a while, though. [...]

Plucking plums in Dahu and a wet ride to He Huan Shan

Date June 21, 2007

This is me at the top of He Huan Shan last Tuesday. I was wet and cold. The plan was to meet up with some Taipei friends and camp at one of the parking lots up at the top. I arrived much earlier than the others’ ETA and took a fraction of a second to [...]