Friday, December 31, 2010

Roughin' it

So my mom called last night as she was getting the internet hooked up at our place up the mountain. She asks "Is speeds of 100Mbps going to be fast enough for you?" Jeremy nearly passed out. The slowest service they offer is 20Mbps. And this is out in the middle of nowhere. Yeah we are going to be roughin it.

Just 5 days to go. We are in the final packing and cleaning frenzy at the house. Our kittens are freaked out. I can't find Ichigo. She's hiding. It's going to be so hard to leave them behind. These are my mom's kitties at her house in Tien Mu. I will miss my lap warmers.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Packing up

Twenty two days till take off, and I have so much to do! Jeremy and I just got back from Costa Rica and it's freekin' freezing here. We had a scare there last week that our passports were lost in the mail, but they showed up again today. Filing for new visas now and packing things up. Here are some more pictures of the place up the mountain where we will be staying.

Weather today in Medford: Partly Cloudy, High 46, Low 32
Weather today in Taipei: Light Drizzle, High 69, Low 56








Friday, December 3, 2010

The official countdown begins...

Greetings everyone!

It's official. In just 30 days Jeremy and I will be headed across the ocean to our new home for 2011 - Taipei, Taiwan! As such, our agency Studio Fuwafuwa will be closed January 4th thru 6th 2011 as we transition to our new office there, but we should be back up and running as usual on Friday, January 7th. Even though Taiwan is 16 hours ahead, we will be keeping regular west coast hours of 8-5 to continue our business. This means we will be up all night and off work just in time for Chinese breakfast (my favorite meal of the day) and sight seeing as the sun comes up.

The photo at left is of my mom's apartment up in the mountains where we plan to stay. Note the painting easel and painting my mom is working on! She lives in the city most of the time, but we hope to spend lots of time together painting, painting painting while we are there. I'm so excited!

Check back here for updates and pics as Jeremy and I plan to blog about our year in Taiwan.
Weather in Taipei for Saturday Dec 3rd: It's currently 4am 66 degrees, partially cloudy with an expected high for the day of 77. Cheers,

Megan