Yesterday we went to a "dumpling party" to celebrate the Chinese New Year organized by Bonnie and Emily.
It was a fun evening, and it was interesting to see how dumplings are made (I stirred a big pan with stuffing). Ingredients included a lot of finely cut cabbage, pork, some shrimp, garlic, ginger and an egg. The dumplings were boiled for 10 to 15 minutes and the result was delicious.
The party was in Emily's place which is a few minutes walking from our house and was nice to be able to go to a party by foot. New Year in China and Taiwan is a big event -- our office in Taiwan is pretty much closed for a couple of days.

Home made dumplings.
This morning I went to work a bit later after an early conference call. When I drove on the I-40 I saw a car crashing in front of me.
Tonight I had dinner with Klaas, Petra and Ron. I met them online through AllesAmerika.com and it was great to finally meet them in real life.
Time for some down time this weekend after a nice but busy week, with performance reviews and other things.
Saturday morning I washed our car. After the winter weather we had here the car had gotten pretty dirty.


Tonight was the Super bowl XLI, the final match of the NFL 2007 season. This year I haven't really followed the football season. A shame really: the Super bowl game reminded me how much fun it is to see American football.
Today I hiked on another trail in the William B. Umstead Park.
The presidential elections are less than two years away so candidates for both parties are starting to express interest in running.