Abby's Diary 4
6. The next day (3-28-08 – Friday) we headed by tour bus to the largest company in Taiwan known as Formosa Plastics. We toured a museum about the company. As it turns out, Formosa Plastics is one of the major driving forces in the Taiwan economy. They have made a variety of products throughout the years. Now, one of the largest areas of export would be the chips and inner workings for the popular LCD TVs and other new electronics.
We had a nice lunch and then headed to the Linkou Brewery where we learned about how Taiwanese wine was mad. At the end of the tour and we got a chance to taste a little bit of their product. It is a different taste than the wine I am used to drinking in America because the base is Rice wine mixed with grape juice instead of entirely of grapes.
In the evening, we went to one of the club’s 32nd anniversary dinner. It was quite the party. A good number of the Rotarians we had spent time with earlier in the week were there, so it was wonderful to get to see them again and say hello. After dinner, Karaoke was started. I have found that the Taiwanese are very into singing. The District Governor of D3500 convinced us (after a good bit of coaxing) to go up and sing. We had a few extra vocalists join in, and by the end I am sure everyone was having a good time. It was the end of the night and time to head to our various home stays.
I spent the remainder of the evening chatting with Amy’s family and finally getting a chance to catch up on some e-mail to friends and family back in the states.
We had a nice lunch and then headed to the Linkou Brewery where we learned about how Taiwanese wine was mad. At the end of the tour and we got a chance to taste a little bit of their product. It is a different taste than the wine I am used to drinking in America because the base is Rice wine mixed with grape juice instead of entirely of grapes.
In the evening, we went to one of the club’s 32nd anniversary dinner. It was quite the party. A good number of the Rotarians we had spent time with earlier in the week were there, so it was wonderful to get to see them again and say hello. After dinner, Karaoke was started. I have found that the Taiwanese are very into singing. The District Governor of D3500 convinced us (after a good bit of coaxing) to go up and sing. We had a few extra vocalists join in, and by the end I am sure everyone was having a good time. It was the end of the night and time to head to our various home stays.
I spent the remainder of the evening chatting with Amy’s family and finally getting a chance to catch up on some e-mail to friends and family back in the states.
posted by Abby at
8:02 PM
3 Comments:
Your team is one of our best inbound GSE team. So wounderful you are!
You have been here for one week. I hope you will receive warm reception from fellow Rotarians in our District. Your trip maybe tired sometimes with the tight schedule, Each week, you have chance to visit your professional related companies or organization, observing our culture and business environment. The rest of the time, you are on sightseeing tour to see our famous spots.
I hope this will be a memorial trip for all of you. Thank you!
Archi
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Aechi, at 2:33 AM
Abby,
Your blog postings are so detailled and vivid that I fell as if I'm there with you all. Great to read that all are having such a wonderful experience and being great ambassordors for our Rotary District and the USA. Please give my regards to Pam, Sam, Denise, and Kim.
-Lloyd
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Anonymous, at 5:27 AM
Karen and I should be somewhat jealous of the experience you are having. Our October visit makes it easy for us to relate to what you are doing and experiencing. But we don't really have time to be too jealous because of the wonderful team from 3500 that is visiting our district now. I would certainly agree with my good friend Archi that this is proving to be another extraordinary year for a positive GSE partnership between Taiwan and Piemont North Carolina.
Wishing everybody the energy to make the most of the opportunity.
Phil & Karen Morris
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Phil Morris, at 9:02 AM
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