Yes, five days in Sabah is nowhere near long enough, but hey, it’s way way better than no days at all! And what a great place for five days ~ hot and sunny (and nowhere near as humid as Taiwan … Continue reading Delights of Sabah 沙巴 @ Kota Kinabalu 亞庇!
Yes, the Alangyi Historic Trail 阿朗壹古道 is THE trail to hike! And especially when the sea and the sky are blue, blue, blue ~ like they were on Saturday ~ YES YES YES! The Alangyi Trail runs maybe 8-10 km … Continue reading Alangyi Historic Trail 阿朗壹古道 and Paiwan 排灣族 Harvest Festival 豐年祭 @ Nantian Village, Daren Township, Taitung 台東縣達仁鄉南田村, Taiwan
Ah yes, and as with every Chinese New Year, food featured highly! Food, food and more delicious food. YUMMY! For most people, the New Year celebrations revolve around family reunions, gatherings with old friends, temple visits to pray for blessings for the new year, preparing food offerings and worship at the family ancestor shrine, and of course the enjoyment of meals and delicacies of every kind. Many people also take the chance to travel, but just as many people say they can’t face the traffic jams and prefer to stay home. Meanwhile those in the tourism and transport business work … Continue reading Chinese New Year 2018!
Yes, Chinese New Year’s coming soon! The semester is already over at St. John’s University, it finished at the end of last week. Local schools still have another week or so to go. Offices stay open for a few more weeks after that. Then yes, it’s holiday time! The St. John’s University 2018 Wei-Ya 尾牙 Chinese New Year Banquet was held last night at Regalees Hotel, Tamsui – with lots of VIPs and speeches and entertainment and prizes in the lucky draw. But of course the main attraction was the food. All ten courses. Plus fruit. Here they are! Yes, … Continue reading St. John’s University Chinese New Year Banquet 尾牙 2018!
Rarely, possibly once in a lifetime, does such a wonderful opportunity come along ~ a chance to take 2 of my very good friends from Taiwan along with me to visit my many very good friends in South India ~ YES! The opportunity came at Chinese New Year, and with the blessing of the bishop of Taiwan, Bishop David J. H. Lai and the rector of Advent Church, Rev. Lennon Y. R. Chang and all our friends and church members, off we went! God has blessed me with many good friends in Taiwan, and my 2 traveling companions were … Continue reading Happy Chinese New Year from Beautiful Bangalore, South India!
St. James’ Church, Taichung is one of the most hospitable churches ever, and when their rector, Rev. Lily Chang and their youth group leader, Chia-Lin heard of a group of youth coming to visit from St. Andrew’s Secondary School, Singapore, they rolled out the red carpet to welcome them! The ladies of the church cooked up a huge feast of traditional Taiwan food to welcome them, and we had games and lots of fun together, with sharing about the Taiwan Episcopal Church and presentations. Such a fun evening! Just look at all this delicious food! Thanks be to God and … Continue reading St. James’ Church, Taichung ~ another big welcome!
Yes, today is a big day in the Diocese of Taiwan ~ we have many of our churches saying fond farewells to their clergy as they move on. This was the scene at Good Shepherd Church today as the church said goodbye to Rev. Philip Lin, his wife and family, here they are with the Good Shepherd Senior Warden, Mr. Jake Hung! Over at St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei our beloved Rev. Elizabeth Wei and her amazing husband, Rev. Peter Chen are finally retiring after serving the last 2 years in charge of the cathedral. Many congratulations to them and we … Continue reading Good Shepherd Church, Taipei 牧愛堂 says Goodbye to Rev. Philip L. F. Lin 林立峯牧師 and his family!
A very special day yesterday at the beautiful St. Peter’s Church for the wedding of a very lovely couple, Michael and Hany Lee! The newly-restored church looked stunning, and of course it was a real church family event ~ St. Peter’s excels at being a really close church family! Michael’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee are devoted members of St. Peter’s, his father is on the church committee, and his mother is chair of St. Peter’s ECW (Episcopal Church Women). So together with Rev. Simon Tsou and all their friends in the church, they planned and organized all the wedding themselves, … Continue reading Congratulations to Michael, Hany, the Lee family and all at St. Peter’s Church, Chiayi!
Yes, welcoming President Ma for the official unveiling of the St. John’s University Zhuo-Yun Building 倬雲樓, and this was THE moment! So today was the big day ~ and the sun was shining ~ YES! Just look at that blue sky at 8:00 am this morning ~ those in suits were sweltering! Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-Jeou officially steps down as R.O.C. president on May 20, so this was his final visit to St. John’s University as president ~ and he was here especially for the official unveiling of the Zhuo-Yun Building 倬雲樓, named after Dr. Cecilia Koo 辜嚴倬雲 (倬雲 Zhuo-Yun being the 2 characters of … Continue reading 聖約翰49週年校慶 St. John’s University welcomes President Ma Ying-Jeou 馬英九總統!
Catherine Lee 