| Was fun cooking for my dad and uncle today.
Tossed Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette
Baked Bread on the Side
Bruschetta w/ Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto and Prosciutto
Salmon Stuffed Mushrooms
Corn Chowder
Pasta w/ Ground Beef, Sausage, Red Sauce
Lemon Herb Baked Salmon
Chicken Saltimbocca
(Haha. I can't cook Chinese)
Dad brought a bottle of Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin vintage reserve 1998 and Haagen Dazs ice cream.
Dad unexpectedly opened the bottle of champagne in the dining room and--being champagne--some gushed out on to the food. 
Too bad my other uncle, and my grandfather could not make it.
Everyone enjoyed. Makes me happy!
Cleanup wasn't so fun. Taiwanese people and their dishdryers. No dishwashers! 
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| Three weeks in Taipei.
Corruption scandal upon corruption scandal proves to be fuel for my paper, but with a torrent of information everyday, it's a pain to sift through all the documents, and political bs that you read in some of the sources that are either pro-blue, or pro-green.
For those of you unfamiliar with Taiwanese politics, there are two major political coalitions: pan-blue, and pan-green. The blue camp consists of the KMT (Kuomintang or Nationalist Party) and its offshoots, the PFP (People's First Party), and New Party. The green camp consists of the current ruling DPP (Democratic Progressive Party), the TSU (Taiwan Solidarity Union), and TAIP (Taiwan Independence Party).
For some reason, I love how Beijing keeps mum about the corruption scandal and seeks to censor all news items regarding the judicial proceedings taking place here in Taipei.
And so, with four weeks left.
I have to package my paper and send it back to the profs. back in Irvine....
Meanwhile, gotta soak up as much fun, sun, and food while I can.
As a sidenote.
I went to the gym yesterday to workout for the first time in like a month. Run for half an hour and lifted weights for an hour and a half. I don't know about the locker rooms State side, but there is something human yet curiously funny about men sitting around butt-naked in the lounge area in the locker room on plush chaise sofas, comfortably might I add, while watching tv or reading the paper. The Japanese may have onsen, but the Taiwanese have their gym.... Call me ignorant, but the absolute silence inside the locker room, was what amused me the most. That and perhaps a few guys checking out the results of their workout session as they were blow-drying their hair.
So I guess a question I have is: ladies, do you keep to yourselves in the locker room, or do you try to be friendly, perhaps make a friend?
Thats it for now.
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| Simply amazing. (In a good way)
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