Author: Mike

We decided we would like to visit a beach, here in Taiwan, although none came very well recommended. I decided to try and find someplace nice to go for Dave’s big birthday back in May. After visiting a travel agents where everything was on line (I didn’t like it as they had no maps to…

I cannot believe it is a month since I last blogged! What have I been doing? First we went out for dinner with the cast of “I Get a Kick out of you” It was a lovely Sun evening, we had a large area of a basement room in a restaurant and we had nearly…

It has been total chaos here; I suspect a lot of the chaos is caused by me but it doesn’t make it any less chaotic!! First we went to Bangkok, more about that trip later, then we had our dance performances, then Christina came for a flying visit, now I am trying to get back…

Dave and I have been commandeered into taking part in an experimental dance about football fever called “I get a Kick our of You”.Back in January, when I first arrived here, we were walking down the street in Tian Mu, the area of Taipei in which we live, when we were stopped by two Taiwan…

The last Sunday I was in England, Palm Sunday, I took Mum on a trip up to the Trough of Bowland, where she spent time working on a farm when she was in the Women’s Land Army during and after the second world war.I had been to this lovely spot before but never really spent…

Right I got that off my chest as they say, my previous blog I mean. I returned to Taiwan yesterday, Wed. 4th April, and am now starting to get back into my Taipei “skin”. My sojourn in England was eventful. I went to help my Mum during and after her mastectomy. Mum has made a…

I am upset! For 2 hours last night I tried unsuccessfully to get onto my blog website. I have been using this site for 5 years and never had trouble before. Now Google has taken it over and it is extremely difficult for a regular person like me to get onto the site. Not only…

Mum went into hospital on 9th March for her Mastectomy. We had to be at the hospital for 7:30am, mum could have her last meal before 6am. My sister and I escorted her to the hospital where she was spoken to by the anesthetist around 9am and then began the long wait. Mum was scheduled…

I have been in UK for 10 days now. My mum’s operation went well and she is recovering nicely. I will write more about this later. My flight over to UK was extremely eventful.I travelled with Cathy Pacific which flew me first into Hong Kong where I had a pleasant but boring wait in the…

My mother has just been diagnosed with breast cancer, she is 84.You are never too old to get breast cancer. She has Paget’s disease of the breast, see below for more informationhttp://www.cancerbackup.org.uk/Cancertype/Breast/Typesofbreastcancer/PagetsdiseaseI am going back to UK on 27th February with Dave who is going for a meeting. I will go to my Mum’s and…