What a busy weekend!

Friday night, I got off work early (7pm) because we had to vacate the building for the annual disinfecting and carpet cleaning. Later, I gave my sister some scooter lessons in an abandoned street and a parking lot near my company where I knew there'd be no cars.

Saturday started with a lunch-time company year-end party (yeah, so my day starts at lunch... what about it??). Unfortunately, it was slow, long, and I didn't win any gift certificates. For what's considered a major event, I think it was pretty poorly organized. Or maybe just because I was bored sitting at my table, while others had their names or numbers drawn to participate in activities.

That evening, I headed to Taipei for a "Crazy Pink Party" I was invited to, whose theme was to wear pink. The invitee (not the organizee), is a friend of my brother's and some other mutual friends back in Vancouver. It was great though, and I got to meet a LOT of people who had spent a lot of their time in Vancouver, Toronto, or LA but were back in Taiwan working. A great opportunity to network in mainly English, which is what I've been talking about for the longest time. Since I didn't have any pink clothes, and I didn't want to not get with the theme, I bought some pink girls socks (which had some small light-blue flowers that matched the short-sleeved shirt I was wearing. I cut the ends off, and I pulled them up around the elbows, giving sort of an Allen Iverson armband effect. I thought it looked alright. Anyway, the reception was mixed. I think most people didn't really notice it. Some people thought it was original, others just thought I had something wrong with my arms like arthritis. So I took it off and tucked it aside. Maybe I should have just tied bands around my arms a la Ultimate Warrior. Anyway, I had a great time, and finally succeeded in meeting some people much more like myself.

Sunday, after my brain-splitting headache had just about gone away, I had lunch with my cousin, her hubby, and my aunts. Just some lunchboxes I bought, nothing really special. And then I was on the bus back to Hsinchu. That night, my sister and I had dinner with our dad's friend who works in the same Science and Technology park as us. And that capped off the weekend.

Exhausted by 8:30pm, I slept at 11:20pm -- probably the earliest I've slept in about 5 months. Back to the wonderful world of work! But still thinking about a good weekend...