I\u2019m spending quite a bit of time these days planning our travel for the next year. We have a calendar established, but can\u2019t settle on what we really want to do. The two main holidays (October and February) are national Chinese holidays, so it\u2019s best to be out of the country on those weeks to avoid the crowds. We learned that during our Yangtze River Cruise last year. We\u2019re looking at Taiwan, Bali, the Phillipines, Harbin (ice festival), Shanghai, Indonesia, and Vietnam.<\/p>\n
Today, I meet the rep from our local travel agent. We\u2019ve booked our travel back to the US for the Xmas holidays. She comes by the apartment to swap the fapaio (receipt) for the cash. We need the fapaio for Judy\u2019s reimbursement from her school. A portion of the tax deducted from Judy\u2019s monthly paycheck is available to her for travel, if it\u2019s receipted correctly.<\/p>\n
I get all the vegetables prepped I\u2019ve been buying lately for another afternoon with the wok. One of the recipes I looked at used brown sugar. I tried it, and it was pretty good. I might have overdone it today. I managed to burn the brown sugar. It wasn\u2019t so bad I couldn\u2019t eat it, but it would have been better with a either little less brown sugar, or a little less cooking. I\u2019ll continue experimenting as my stomach and patience allows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I\u2019m spending quite a bit of time these days planning our travel for the next year. We have a calendar established, but can\u2019t settle on what we really want to do. The two main holidays (October and February) are national … Continue reading