Grandma's bday 5

Family sings a song for Grandma. Family shot, majority of the family are present, few are overseas and couldn't make it.

Grandma's Bday 4

Cutting the cake.

Grandma's bday 3

Party starting. Some of the dishes served in the party, one of them is chicken balls, guess which one it is.

Grandma's bday 2

Giant 9 layer cake for Grandma's 85th birthday. Shots by the cake with little cousin Nana and cousin Erin.

Grandma's Bday 1

Betel nut trees cover the mountains, little cousins, party whiskey, Grandma's house.

Day trip to the South for Grandma's Bday

Took the MRT (subway) and transfered to the high speed rail for a day trip to Grandma's house in the South, a 4 hour trip by car only takes 1.5 hours on the new train. The girls on the train wear special designed uniforms and limited edition Coach pouches. The stations looks really cool from the outside, but they're all built in the middle of nowhere.

Arriving in Taiwan

Arrived in Taiwan on 12/19, a shot of the airport arrival lobby, starting to look Christmassy.

Special drink

Had a small get together BBQ before I left on the trip, the newly weds recently returned from their Japan trip gave each of the guys a special "Mokkori Power" drink. Had to ask what mokkori means, according to the dictionary it's "a bulge in the pocket or clothing". The character looks like Anpanman with a boner. Also received a bottle of Belvedere Vodka for Xmas.

Star Wars Vinyl Collectible

Bought the Iron Man Collector's edition DVD a while back, and it came with a $50 gift card for Sideshow Collectibles. Used the gift card on a Star Wars 8" vinyl figure, the TC-14, it's the silver humanoid robot from the Star Wars prequels, looks the same as the golden C3P0 in the later movies. It's my first 8" vinyl collectible, it's bigger than I expected. Now I can move on to the 12" Iron Man figures.

New 8gb iPod Nano (FREE!!)

My new FREE black 8gb iPod Nano courtesy of my kouhais (後輩). Look how thin it is.

BEST 10 year Anniversary Dinner

BEST (Business Executive Society of Tomorrow) celebrated its 10 year anniversary, over 160 current and past members showed up to the event. Dinner at Waikiki Beach Marriott Hotel was followed by casino games. Had a great time meeting new kids and catching up with old friends. Afterwards we had an hotel upstairs, got kicked out by securities, and checked out club Level 4 (not that special, now I know why everyone said it's just "okay").

Oh and I won the grand prize of the night in the name tag drawing, a 8gb iPod Nano!!

Halloween 2008 part 2

Dude with the stick had flames shooting out of the skull, it ran out fast after he lit it up repeatedly for photos.

Halloween 2008

Headed to Downtown this year, our theme was "Mobsters".

Committee Night 9/26/08

Decided I'll be more active with my old college business club BEST, took part in the committee night's scavenger hunt in Waikiki. The alumni team's theme was "tourist".