14.1.14

Joining Toastmasters - The Journey Begins

Queenie and I have both recently joined the TGIF Christian Toasmasters Club here in Taiwan. We are really excited about this opportunity and certainly hope to learn a lot from the experience.




So far we have only done some Table Topics talks and we seem to do OK with those. We are both looking forward to doing our first speeches. Queenie has also had the honor of being the timer and the AH counter and two separate meetings. She has done a great job on both occasions.

Joining has so far proved to be one of the most positive experiences in our lives for a long time. It is a very warm and welcoming club and everyone is welcome. I always love what our President Lester Lin says every time: We treat every guest as if God himself sent that person through our doors.

Anyway, look forward to a long and fruitful affiliation with this group.

13.1.14

Pudding & Shadow - Flower Market Cats

As I have mentioned before, last year we adopted to precious cats: Pudding and Shadow. Instead of inundating this blog with their pictures and posts about their antics, I went ahead and created a Facebook page called: Pudding & Shadow - Flower Market Cats. People who like cats can follow them. there The page shows pictures of them with inspirational quotes to help encourage people in their lives. An example of one of the pictures is below.




Would be great if you could become their FB fans by clicking on this link: Pudding & Shadow - Flower Market Cats.

Thanks so much for your support. It is much appreciated.

12.1.14

Views of Taipei

I know I haven't updated my blog in a long time. Should get back to it this year I think. Not sure how often I will post but will try to do more. Anyway, just wanted to share a couple of views of Taipei taken over the past six months. I have just been experimenting with panorama shots and I got some lovely ones from the top of Elephant Mountain.



View from Elephant Mountain


Further Along the Trail



View from Yangmingshan



View from my Rooftop



Dusk from Culture University



Night View from Maokong


Taipei is an awesome city - I really do love living here.
Happy 2014 all


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