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St. John’s University 畢業典禮 2014 Graduation Day!

Catherine Lee

Saturday was THE big day!  Thousands of students, parents, gowns, mortar boards, VIPs, flowers, balloons, cameras, cars – and even dogs – all here for graduation…. Very hot and very humid, stamina needed!  Photos and photos and more photos.  Cameras and phones everywhere.  Smiles permanently fixed.  Click click click all day long.  More stamina needed than ever! So nice to meet the parents of all these lovely students that we know.   Some students look just exactly like their parents, and some – well you’d never know they were even related! Ha ha, the internet was buzzing all day with … Continue reading St. John’s University 畢業典禮 2014 Graduation Day!

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Advent Church Centre Construction Week 9….

Catherine Lee

Wow big progress in our construction work in the last 2 weeks, despite non-stop rain for days and days ~ yesterday the rain finally stopped and the sun came out, and it’s still out today YES! So ~ time for a tour of the construction site this morning…. They’re hoping to get started on the roof before the end of the month…. YES! Continue reading Advent Church Centre Construction Week 9….

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St. John’s University Student Fellowship 送舊 YA!

Catherine Lee

Saying goodbye is never easy, and every year as graduation nears, so we get ready to say congratulations and goodbye to another group of lovely students ~ this year the Chaplaincy Student Fellowship is saying goodbye to more than 20 of their group who graduate this weekend…. Delighted that many have become Christians during their 4 years here, some were already Christians when they came but quite a few have yet to make any decision – praying for them all! Last night was the farewell 送舊 event, the students in years 1-3 saying goodbye to the graduating students in year 4 … Continue reading St. John’s University Student Fellowship 送舊 YA!

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Taipei Guest House 臺北賓館 and Taipei Botanical Garden台北植物園…..

Catherine Lee

Lots of visitors on the horizon ~ and one place we always go is C.K.S. Memorial and the Presidential Palace in downtown Taipei City…. But in between the two, and behind a big wall is a very ornate Baroque-style mansion, known as the Taipei Guest House 臺北賓館, and today was its monthly opening to the public… Built in 1901 as the residence for the Japanese Governor-General when Taiwan was under the Japanese Colonial Government ~ and then in 1952, the Treaty of Taipei 中日和平條約between Japan and the Republic of China was signed here, marking the formal end of World War II and … Continue reading Taipei Guest House 臺北賓館 and Taipei Botanical Garden台北植物園…..

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端午節 Dragon Boat Festival….

Catherine Lee

Today is the 5th day of the 5th lunar month and a holiday for  端午節 (Duan-Wu Festival) or Dragon Boat Festival ~ every year Taipei City organizes a huge Dragon Boat Race Competition on the river below the Grand Hotel, so this year checking it out… Teams from all over the country and all over the world, including Philippines, Australia, Malaysia, Israel, teams from companies, schools, colleges, towns and even small islands, all competing in a whole weekend of competition… races all day long! In the afternoon, off to Luzhou, part of Taipei’s urban sprawl, and right in the middle of … Continue reading 端午節 Dragon Boat Festival….