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60.Wow!I can’t believe that’s me out there.They say you’re as old as you feel, but there is no escaping reality.When I looked in the bank yesterday there was my first pension payment (from the RAF).There truly is no escaping reality (but thank you Mr Paymaster General at any rate). So what to do for an…

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…

The week after the Chinese New Year holidays was lantern festival. The big display was in the grounds of the Chiang Kai Shek memorial hall. These are some pictures of the Lantern “floats” – there were about 40. This year is the year of the pig – as you can see!

Chinese New Year took up the whole 2nd half of February, and then into March.These pictures were taken at a special pre New Year street market.It was VERY crowded here, but really interesting. People were buying lots of stuff, ready for the celebration.The actual holiday (a week off work) lasted from 17-25 February, but there…

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…