Aunts, uncles, cousins, papercraft, New Years and new friends...

This is only a fraction of relatives that have I met on Saturday.  There were a couple more but they had to leave.  This was taken at my uncle's shop and he does some AMAZING papercraft.  I will just cut to the chase and put up some pictures of some stuff that he has worked on.  Keep in mind that most of what you see is done from one sheet of paper.  It is amazing.

C'thulhu commands you to release me!

It is fricken' amazing what he does.  He had a bunch of pictures that he has put together that show how he does it, from beginning to completion.  The yellow fish that is pictured above is from a single sheet of paper.  Except for the dorsal and ventral fins, it is one piece of paper.  And oh, did I forget to mention that the body can be moved.  This is only a small sample of what is available.  I have to get my uncle some more exposure.  Then we went out to eat and we found a little lamb restaurant nearby my uncle's and it was good.

New Year's Eve came and went.  At least I didnt injure myself by falling down the stairs.  Stino, Sebastan a guy form China (ack, forgot his name) and I stayed indoors and watched the FailArmy on YouTube.  Laura had a date and she was looking mighty fine.  Then went outside to sit with the gang at the art studio.  AnnStudio is a local artist.  Ann, or Anthony is a Hakka, Taiwanese gentleman who has opened up his shop.

Laura, my adopted daughter.  hehe

Now as it turns out, I met purely by accident I met another foreigner by the name of Mike.  Seems that he and his wife are doing what I am doing, travelling as much as I can.  It seems that we have become friends.  He had invited me to dinner at his place that he just have rented for the month.  It is a nice place with a full kitchen.  He has many pictures that he has taken around the world so get to know him.  Well worth it.

All and all it was a pretty good week.  Made some new friends.  Got to meet my family and I was kinda apprehensive about that.  It has been over twenty-five years since I have been here and I lost most of the Mandarin when I had my stroke.  They welcomed me with open arms and special thanks goes to Tristan and Joann.  Cousins of mine who were born after the last time I was here.  Gasp!  I feel old.  hehe.  Good week.