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Dear Cyrus' Daddy,

I spent all day dowloading and editing the video clips I filmed in Taiwan and burned them on DVDs. It wasn't perfect but I was happy about it, considering it's my first time. I am feeling sad about leaving my parents again. Who knows when the next time is. I'll miss my friends too. I only got to see them once or twice. Three weeks seem like a long time but it flew by. Sigh.

Love, Esther and Cyrus

Dear Cyrus' Daddy,

After living in US, I've missed many important friends' weddings. What a shame! I finally got a chance to do it this time. The groom is my college friend. Don't know the bride.

The reception was at a restaurant in Taipei. My parents dropped me off and took Cyrus with them to visit my aunt and cousins. Chinese wedding receptions are notorious for not starting on time. Thank goodness this one started half hour later only. I was worried about Cyrus needing to nurse and not taking bottles.

Dear Cyrus' Daddy,

My parents, Cyrus, and I went to Dharma Drum Mountain today. That's a recently-built Buddhist Temple in northern Taiwan. One of my good friends is actually its interior designer. This was my first time being there. The place was decorated with lots of laterns for the upcoming holiday. The temple wasn't as colorful as Daoist temples, actually quite plain. However, it's a place of good taste, very poetic and "zen". I think your Dad would love the place.

It's only early March but the temperature reached 80s. Crazy. I was wearing short sleeves. Cyrus was all sweaty too. We've been bathing him pretty much everyday. It's too humid here. Can't believe I am going back to a snowing place next week.

We went to a seafood restaurant with my parents, their friends, Yungping and his girlfriend for dinner. It's probably my last big feast, except the wedding I'm going tomorrow, before I go back to Buffalo. I'll miss those good food.

Love, Esther and Cyrus

Dear Cyrus' Daddy,

I took Cyrus to Jungjeng Park today. That's the place with big Buddha and Pusa (Bodhisattva). Taiwan really is a wheelchair/stroller unfriendly place. I thought with such a big park there should be wheelchair access that I can push stroller through. I was wrong. I had to take car seat off the stroller, folded the stroller, and then carried both upstairs. >_< Oh well, I managed it anyway. Cyrus of course was too young to appreciate the statues but I took some pictures to show him later.

After dinner, my dad took me to downtown to get some souvenir for everyone. I also got some snap shots of the city. Although it's so chaotic, I'll miss it nevertheless.

Cyrus is getting better and better at rolling around and sitting up. Too bad there was no exersaucer here for him to play in. He played mostly in my bed. I've been reading the new books I bought to him as well.

Love, Esther and Cyrus

Dear Cyrus' Daddy,

Not much going on today. Catching up on some stuff over the Internet through out the day.

When I went to pick my mom up, one of her coworker saw Cyrus. She commented, "Living in America seems to make him look like an American too." She didn't know Cyrus' Dad is an American. I found her comment quite funny.

Dear Cyrus' Daddy,

day 14

After breakfast, I took Cyrus out for a walk. It was sunny so I put a cap on him to protect his eyes. It was so warm that it didn't feel like winter. Flowers already started blooming. We also saw many butterflies and bees. Even my dad knows it's because of global warming.

Before I went to pick my mom up, I went to a beach park called "Chaojing park." It's a little park next to a fishing village. The beach here are all rocky beach. You can see the amazing work of nature and enthusiastic fishing people. It's a windy day. The waves splashed on rocks. It's the beauty I remember. Too bad a camcorder and only capture sounds and images but not smells. I love the smell of ocean.

Dear Cyrus' Daddy,

Day 12
It was rainy out and a little bit chilly so we stayed at home. After dinner, we went to downtown to see if we could find a souvenir for your Dad. The laterns were all on for the coming latern festival. I didn't bring my camera so we'll come back later on.

Day 13
After feeding Cyrus some cereal, I Mobied him to the post office. I didn't know there was no need to wait to be called if I was simply mailing something. Probably because it's the first work day after the holiday, the place was packed. I waited for at least an hour before I realized that I didn't need to. what a waste of time! During the wait, a couple of women looked at my Moby wrap with great curiosity. Most of people carry babies facing in not out. Those women seemed to think it's a good idea to let him see things. They said "he looks so cute being carried like that."

Dear Cyrus' Daddy,

The weather forcast predicted that it was going to rain later so we got up early and took a scenic drive along the northern coast to Danshui.

It was sunny and there were many people at the beach. We also saw some people fishing. I vedio taped the trip. Hopefully it's not too boring. I am pretty new to video taping. We stopped by a wind plower plant on the way in order to show Cyrus BIG windmills. I attached a picture here for you to see. They were like airplane propellers. So amazing.

Dear Cyrus's Daddy,

Cyrus and I went to a Cantonese restaurant to have a lunch with my middle school friends. We had dimsum. The food was average but the scenery was pretty nice. The building is located right next to the harbor. From the 5th floor, where the restuarant is, you can see a major part of the harbor. Cyrus got to see some big ships. My friends treated me the lunch. Very nice of them, don't you think?

After lunch, Cyrus, me, and my parents went to the Green Sand Harbor again. Because of the holiday, the place was packed. It's a windy day and many people were flying kites. Cyrus was too young to fly a kite. My parents bought him a toy windmill. He was very facinated when it turned. I'll bring it home.

Dear Cyrus's Daddy,

We were expecting guests today so didn't leave the house. My dad showed us the new Karaoke machine he bought a few months ago. I haven't done karaoke for a long time so it's fun. Maybe not as fun as going to a KTV but something is better than nothing since I can't take Cyrus to KTV anyway. There weren't many English songs but there was a classic: Dancing Queen. i remember you like that song.

After I put Cyrus to nap, our guests finally came. They were my mom's coworkers that you've met and their children. One of them also has a toddler. The little girl looks a lot like her pretty mother and is very funny. Her mother wanted to hold Cyrus but she didn't like the idea. When she heard we said she would be upset if her mother hold Cyrus, she said "He (Cyrus) would be upset if mom hold him." When her mom actually held Cyrus, she started crying and wanted to attack Cyrus. She was okay her daddy holding Cyrus though.