Trini, Pamela and I arrived at the MRT CKS Memorial Hall station exit 5 at 4:30. While waiting for Michelle and Lydia, Trini jumped up and down of the escalator marble aisle. It would have been forbidden on ordinary days. But, on New Year's Day everybody was allowed to mischief. When Michelle arrived, she joined our team to enjoy the slide to start our New Year's Day 2011.
On our way to the Presidential Hall, people were waiting in long queue to get a small national flag for free. Golden ladies had a group photo with five national flags borrowed from the strangers in the crowd. Being early birds, we were lucky to pass the security gate and got closer to the stage in front of the Presidential Hall, featuring 100 couples ready to be married. At 100 meters away, I could see the huge screen well enough what was going on stage. The short lady standing next to me, told me she couldn't see anything, she was 152 centimeters tall. I wish I had the strong shoulders to let her sit on me.When the National Defense Orchestra played the National Anthem, everybody in the crowd sang loudly in tears. It was the meaningful moment for golden ladies to see our national flag fly high on the top of the Presidential Hall on the first day of the 100th anniversary of ROC together. We were happy for Lydia, because she would be celebrating her 60th birthday this year.
When the ceremony was over, people were eager to enjoy their first breakfast of year 2011. Within a minute, Lydia and I lost sight of Michelle, Pamela and Trini. No matter how tall I walked on my tiptoe, I couldn't see the blue knit cap of Michelle and the orange knit cap of Pamela. Lydia proposed that we moved to Exit 5. We walked along the street with our eyes open, we couldn't find three beautiful ladies in heavy coats. We couldn't contact them with our mobile phones, because of the heavy consumption of mobile phone lines. In the end, Michelle was smart enough to send Lydia and me the text message on the mobile phones. When we united at Exit 5, every golden lady had a national flag in hand. On behalf of toastmasters in Taiwan, golden ladies wish, "Long Live the Republic of China"! And we wish everybody a happy and prosperous new year!
My new year resolutions of 2011, make 100 friends, read 100 books, write 100 articles, attend 100 parties, help 100 strangers.
2 comments:
Though the temperature was only 9 centigrade, our hearts were warm while we attended the flag-raising ceremony with other more than tens of thousands folks in front of Presidential Hall to celebrate the 100 years birthday of The Republic of China.
I was so touched as other 4 golden ladies were when I was singing the National Anthem loudly in the crowd. The feeling was so cool!
Thank Sherry, Trini, Pamela and Lydia. Without your encouragement , I might miss this great moment.
Hi Michelle,
We made it to the New Year's Day Ceremony in front of the Presidential Hall! Golden ladies were not alone, there were other Toastmasters in the crowd! The Toastmaster banner was a powerful and useful tool in finding the members and promoting the organization!
Cheers,
Sherry
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