OK, Chinese New Year was a month ago but my website was not up then so I am catching up on all that's happened this year. This is the year of the golden pig and is very auspicious. We spent Chinese New Year in Taiwan which was very fun. In fact, we had been in Taiwan since January 6th and stayed until almost the end of February.
While in Taiwan, we attended my uncle's wedding, which was very posh. My dad played the flute with the quartet at the wedding then performed a duet with my uncle as a present to the new bride. The second picture is my dad with his flute while my uncle conducted. He and his wife are musicians. The next picture is the bride and groom. I was dressed in a Chinese dress with matching shoes and was one of the highlights of the wedding.
Chinese people LOVE babies!!! I got attention everywhere we went – restaurants, subway, trains, markets, etc. I also got to see a lot of great uncles and aunts and cousins, people I hadn't seen since my last trip to Taiwan, and got to show off how much I had grown. All the relatives LOVED me and gave me lots of red envelopes filled with cash as good luck. I am lucky to be part Chinese!! I then got to eat a lot of my favorite foods – noodles of all kinds (number one favorite!), rice dishes of all kinds, and tropical fruits like papaya, guava, rose apples, sugar canes, etc.
We then attended my aunt's wedding a few weeks later, which was also very posh. I was the flower girl/baby. Me and the bride had matching outfits – white dress with faux fur coat! I "walked" down the aisle with my mom and got a lot of smiles from the crowd.
Other highlights from Taiwan include taking the fastest elevator in the world to the top of the world's tallest building, Taipei 101. We also took the high speed rail to the south of Taiwan to visit my new friend Aliya, who is a few months younger than me. The last picture shows me and baby Aliya. In all, we had a great time and hope to do it again soon!
