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trips to taiwan
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bunch of background:
both my parents are from taiwan. they came over to go to grad school together at umich. my dad's from tainan (southern taiwan) i don't know my dad's side very well, other than the fact that he has 5 older sisters and 5 older brothers, making him the youngest of 11. i also know one of his brothers is in berkley, cali. and i remember visiting one of them in taiwan where they manufactured red bean paste. good stuff =P

mommy grew up in taipei, or just outside it. i know basically everyone on my mom's side, and they're usually the ones we visit when we go to taiwan. she has 7 sisters and she's #3. we go by numbers. haha #1 lives in taiwan and has 2 kids. these kids are at cali in college now. #2 lives in los alamos, nevada and her son goes to uc... um berkley? #3... we live in cinci and... okay. #4 lives in taiwan and has a son, older than me. #5 lives in grand rapids, michigan... they moved there cuz we lived there. theresa's 13 and walter's 10? #6 lives in victoria, canada. her son's going to some design college. #7 lives in taiwan and she has a little daughter, probably around 7 now? #8 is still in school at michigan state univ... she's been there forever.

winter 1992-93-- i'm almost 8.

	international arrival at the taipei airport
	at my aunt's (dad's side) somewhere in southern taiwan it's something to do with burning money for ancestors, but we probably just thought it was fun to burn paper.
	albert and me at grandparents' (mom's parents) in tian mu, taipei. albert's holding an orange from the orange tree.
	at my mom's oldest sister's daughter's house... so yes, my cousin's.
	and this is her koto... japanese instrument. she saved up money to buy it herself since her mom wouldn't pay for it.
	at a museum in taiwan. no idea what that sign says. i'm chinese illiterate. i think we just liked the taiwan flag there.
	with my grandma at a buddhist temple. bai bai. nooo. praying, not byebye.
	auntie #6 in the plaid, albert's stripey, my cousin teh's lovely behind... and me, in front of a lake lookin thing.
	albert and i holding these lovely fruit things, chillin on the couch at my grandparents. i think theyre called dragons eyes or something. tastes like lee chees yum =)
	teh, al, me. amongst the bamboo!
me in front of a beautiful lake i like this picture. nice photography with the blurry panda in the background =)
taiwan- summer '95 (10 yrs old) my dad didn't go with us. and a month later was my first time at taf too.
	me painting ceramics at my grandma's kitchen table. aiya the brush is twice as big as my head!