Lazy Month

December turns out to be a lazy month. Not many posts on the blog, but still have some pictures to share. Just being lazy. Tomorrow I am going to Thailand for 2 weeks. With friends joining in the trip, it will be more fun to visit some places like bars. Wanna wish everyone a nice holiday. If you do Christmas, merry Christmas. If you do countdown, happy new year. If you do neither and have to work hard, wait for my pictures from Thailand. :-)

Competition

Since the High Speed Rail (TSR) started its operation, air passengers have decreased dramatically. I did not realize that until when I booked the flight back to Tainan. It was 998NTD, including tax. I used to have to pay 18xx or 19xx depending on the time. When I got to the airport at noon, it was mostly empty. That is competition.

Ubuntu

I've heard many good stories about Ubuntu, and also heard that the founder is so rich that he is willing to pay the postage to distribute Ubuntu if you request a CD on their website. Free, that's the keyword to catch my attention and keep my eyes wide open. So I did, and the CD came in today. It comes with a very nice cover design and 4 stickers for you to place on your PC. Since I don't have a PC, I may just try to play with the Live CD function with my laptop. Wondering if they have a MacBuntu.

Accident

Mother fell and broke her right knee on Sunday. Surgery was done on the same day. I took the early flight home and stayed with her for 2 days. Had a short break on Monday when dad came to take it over. I went home to take a shower and saw that the flowers in our little yard are blooming. Beautiful at this time of the year. The weather was very warm and nice, but I was so down.

Sis and I had a discussion. We decided to hire someone to take care of mother for 12 hours during the day, then dad takes care of the night shift. Mother has to stay in the hospital for few more days. We plan to take her home on weekends so we can be there. It will be a month before she can have the pastor removed, and a year before doctor removes the pins off her knee. Nothing major now, but it just takes time to fully recover.

Wiring Issue Closed

Canadian immigration office called me this morning and told me that HSBC had called them earlier and confirmed the wiring is successful. They understand that my bank cannot change the account number on the form, but they can proceed now if I send the original form back to them. I feel good now.

Sunday Trail

Have been thinking about this moving-out thing for quite some time. There is definitely some anger, I'd admit, but there is something else that I was not able explain. Today, I was dong laundry. The weather was so lovely, so warm. I had the urge to go out.

Went to the lake down the street. Always like this one. It is within walking distance, and definitely is quite something to see from the street side. I took some pictures and walked around the lake. Also took the trail. Never realized that I have lived in Neihu for 3 years, and have never come this far. It turns out to be a pretty short trip. I could still hear the cars roaming from the distance, but birds singing and cool shadow is still such a great enjoyment.

Gotta admit when I said I'm ok, maybe I am really not ok, especially when it has bothered me so many years. This is hard. I think I am ready to move on, and have to move on.