a visit from a cali family friend : )

this is joseph from fremont, cali (where we used to live for around 6 years) with the family.: )

just the three of us. wish christine and william came also.
the finished image of a drunken cup of coffee.

so it was a good time seeing joseph again after three years. he came for the TTC internship for EECS (electrical engineering computer science) related work. he was here for a little more than a month. he came to taipei at around the time mel got back from italy and is leaving this sunday, one day after us. pretty neat timing.

it was quite a casual meet-up. i IM-ed him two nights ago and we decided that he'd come for dinner tonight. he rode the high-speed train back and got to taipei the same time we got back from chubei. so insanely fast i must say.: )

hopefully, next summer, mel and i can really go on a road trip in california. haven't been back in 3 years! i used to hold the place as my first home( afterall, it was the place i spent my first six years) and would always try to imagine what it'd be like if i went to gomes, hopkins, and missions. i think i would be quite different in personality and interests. no idea why, but i just think that california and taiwan (despite that both places have asians as the majority) are very different environments to grow up in. i'm glad i moved back at an early age because i wouldn't have been able to experience taiwan as i have been able to in these past 12 years. i'm grateful for everything that has happened here for me, but i'm also glad that a new change is coming so soon. i always wondered what it'd be like to live in america, to actually go to school there. now is my chance to see what it's all about and discover more about myself.