Dinner out with one of Duane's Co-Workers

Monday evening we went out to eat with one of Duane's co-worker's - "Roland" from Taipei, Taiwan. He is finishing a 3 year assignment in RTP - similar to what we did in Boca Raton many years ago. His family (his wife and three teenagers) were with him. They have moved back to Taiwan and he has finished closing out his house here and flew back Tuesday morning. Now Duane will deal with him on the nightly conference calls (their early morning).

He seems like a really nice guy and spoke really good English. I forgot my camera (gasp!!) so the waiter had to take our picture with the cell phone.....and it didn't turn out well. But, it's all I've got!


Hard to see in the photo, but I have a scarf around my neck. Roland (not his real name by the way - they chose a name that we can pronounce and use it professionally) brought a gift to the dinner as is their custom. It's a very delicate silky scarf with some sequins. The package is almost as pretty as the scarf! No English characters on the packaging, so it's definitely not made for shipment to America. Neat. Now I need to think of something to send to him (something very lightweight!)