We went to Taitung last week by train.
We were to go to register for the adoption on Friday, however when we arrived at the offices, we were told the birthmother hadn't arrived and also they needed more documents for us so unfortunately we couldn't register for the adoption, so it is delayed a little longer.
When we do finally register it will take about 2 to 4 weeks to get a court date and then the judge takes a month or so to make his decision and then it becomes final, so we are nearly there! I guess the governement departments are the same all over the world! No one is in a big hurry to get anything done....
We arrived in Taitung at around 6:30pm on Thursday, and Deana and Luke fetched us from the station and took us straight to the apartment. We unpacked and then took a walk around to find dinner. The kids got hotdogs from the 7-11 and J, Rory and I had "Taiwanese Hamburgers" which is a pastry type outer with ground pork mince (almost like a samoosa) inside. It wasn't too bad - they guys enjoyed it, and we also had like a pancake filled with ground pork and veggies - again not too bad.
Friday morning we went to the courts to register, only to be told that we couldn't register (as I mentioned above)...
We went back home and we all took a walk around the little town. Friday night for dinner we found a little restuarant called Paspi which sold pasta and pizza - it was actually quite good. We also ordered cheese fries (which I assumed would be french fries with melted cheese or a cheese sauce - no way, it was actually these little potato balls filled with cheese - weird!). Oh and the pizza were only about the width of the top of a coffee mug - so we skipped the pizza!
On Saturday Deana (
http://www.mlchome.org/) had a fundraising flea market (not a familiar concept with the Chinese), anyway we spent the day there at the Church, ended up buying lots of books (english) and some toys for the boys and our little princess and some delicious cup cakes, then headed home by train again later that evening (oh, yes, and we had our kitten with us too!)...
I had to take Asia-Faith to the doctors a week ago to have her injections, but she had a cough so the doctor checked her out and said she has Asthma and was wheezing and that her lungs had spasms??? anyway, they put her on a kind of nebulizer thing for a few minutes and then gave me medicine for her.
I took her for a check up again yesterday (Monday), and the doctor says she is fine! Thank God!!! I have to continue the medicine for the next week though, but all is well with her!
Let me tell you the trip to the doctors here is no walk in the park! It is not like you phone your doctor, make an appointment and then go when it is time - no this is like going to Addington or McCords (Government hospital in SA) - you go, take a number and sit and wait!!!! and then wait some more!!!
Fortunately I was with a girl from Church (to translate for me, although the doctor ended up being english thankfully!), anyway this girl Amy knew the nurses there and managaed to get us in after waiting for about an hour or so! Then once you have seen the doctor you go to pay for your meds (take another ticket and wait), and then go fetch the meds from the dispensary - yep, another ticket and another wait!!! The only "up" side to this is that because Asia-Faith is Aborigine she has free medical, which is great! I only had to pay NT$60 which isn't even R20!!!
Enjoy the pics....
