Settling into Taiwan

Despite my protestations and Apple bandwagon foot-dragging, Christine got an iPhone 4S for me.  My ancient 3G has slowed to a crawl from IOS updates, and now has been commissioned as an iTouch for Arden.  Oddly, I have found the iPhone eco-system comforting as it unifies life experiences no matter where in the world you are.

We have been taking some quick photos with the phone camera, and it seems to be much improved experience overall; however, it is still many leagues away from the performance of a standard compact camera.  I am still quite awkward holding the phone and taking pictures with it, causing many of the pictures to be slightly blurry.  Christine has much more stable hands and is able to capture much sharper images.  I am definitely looking forward to playing with the camera more to bring out its capabilities.

Carol and Patrick invited us to Taipei for a quick get-together.  Unfortunately, we didn’t have the time to bring the kids along for a playdate, but we were able to catch up with them over a nice lunch with fantastic food.  I’m still raving over the smoked duck salad and the presentation for the salted caramel latte.  Top notch!  I told Christine that I really regret not running around Taipei more prior to having kids.  So much to explore in this city.