Tuesday, April 22, 2008
gue-ning
we're back from our que-ning; a make-up wedding banquet usually hosted by the bride's side of the family literally translated to "our daughter coming home".
the week in taiwan was really short but most enjoyable. here are the highlights:
the most crazy:
the banquet itself! everything turned out just fine but just an hour before the banquet we experienced the most stressful wedding nightmares ever. first, the banquet room wasn't ready, so we had to cancel the rehearsal. second, the room diagram drawn by the wedding coordinator wasn't to scale, so our stage didn't fit. third, they dropped our cake. after three mishaps in a row, people were very upset... there were lots of yelling and sweating. =p
the most shocking:
the green party decided that Chiang Kai-shek doesn't deserve a memorial because his contribution wasn't consider meaningful. so they changed the name of the memorial to Freedom Plaza and covered up the statue with gaudy kites and masks. imagine if the democrats decided one day that Lincoln wasn't that great of a guy and decorated his memorial with fish and fruits....
the most funny:
after the que-ning banquet, we received this welcome letter from the hotel in our suite...
carefully read the addressee,
nice engrish... heehee
the most yummy:
well this was a hard one. every meal was the most yummy.
most interesting:
since we were in taiwan during the presidential elections, so we witnessed a bunch of campaigning. the blue party had a huge stage in front of the president's office with several supporters doing the irish river dance.... hrrm?
most memorable:
hanging out with my parents. they were so excited to have mike around, my dad took a few days off to show us around town. he took us to the National Palace museum to see the famous jade cabbage!
most cute:
mike trying to speak chinese to my mom.
that wraps up our list of top 7 "the most of". until next time.
the week in taiwan was really short but most enjoyable. here are the highlights:
the most crazy:
the banquet itself! everything turned out just fine but just an hour before the banquet we experienced the most stressful wedding nightmares ever. first, the banquet room wasn't ready, so we had to cancel the rehearsal. second, the room diagram drawn by the wedding coordinator wasn't to scale, so our stage didn't fit. third, they dropped our cake. after three mishaps in a row, people were very upset... there were lots of yelling and sweating. =p
the most shocking:
the green party decided that Chiang Kai-shek doesn't deserve a memorial because his contribution wasn't consider meaningful. so they changed the name of the memorial to Freedom Plaza and covered up the statue with gaudy kites and masks. imagine if the democrats decided one day that Lincoln wasn't that great of a guy and decorated his memorial with fish and fruits....
the most funny:
after the que-ning banquet, we received this welcome letter from the hotel in our suite...
carefully read the addressee,
nice engrish... heehee
the most yummy:
well this was a hard one. every meal was the most yummy.
most interesting:
since we were in taiwan during the presidential elections, so we witnessed a bunch of campaigning. the blue party had a huge stage in front of the president's office with several supporters doing the irish river dance.... hrrm?
most memorable:
hanging out with my parents. they were so excited to have mike around, my dad took a few days off to show us around town. he took us to the National Palace museum to see the famous jade cabbage!
most cute:
mike trying to speak chinese to my mom.
that wraps up our list of top 7 "the most of". until next time.
