Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category

Operation Siu Pao Part One

I’ve placed a deposit on a female cream colored chow chow puppy from Rossy Chow Kennel from Hungary and even decided on her name, Siu Mai Pao (a Chinese dumpling!). She’s about a month old now and will be shipped to Vietnam next year in January. 3 more months to go and Bear Bear will [...]

Early wedding celebration in Taipei

The big day will be held on 1st September in Vietnam but we had an early wedding celebration in Taipei during our previous trip with my Taiwanese colleagues :)
We played several of their so called “traditional Taiwanese wedding” games, which they stubbornly insisted, however when I inquired if any of them went through it during [...]

Gold for me please

Standard of living in Vietnam is getting worst and worst, no thanks to the high inflation rate recorded to be at 27.04% last month. The price of consumer goods are way up and taxi service cost twice as much. Banks in the US are dropping like flies, oil and gold prices goes up and down [...]

Sony shopping spree

Came back from Malaysia last night, been buying quite a bit of gadgets during my 6 days stay in Miri. Now I’m flat broke, not sure how am I going to survive next week in Taipei.
Seems like I’m having a bad run of luck lately. My wife bought a couple of perfumes at KLIA Airport [...]

Operation codename “Tansek”

I placed a deposit on a soon-to-be-born cream male chow chow puppy from Forestway Chows Kennel, USA. They are well known for their lovely chows and one of their most famous males is Tansek’s Gizmo, who sadly passed away last year. If you’re a Chow lover then there’s a good chance you might come across [...]