My Fulbright Year in Taiwan

My co-workers surprised me with a birthday cake today. Chocolate and blueberry isn’t a combination that you would ordinarily think of, but it was really good. Taiwanese birthday cakes are lighter than American ones, and they use whipped cream instead of frosting, so indulging in birthday cake here isn’t quite as “naughty” as in the US.

In addition to the candles (I won’t write here how many candles there were. Suffice it to say, too many), there was a little “happy birthday” banner decoration, pictured here.

It was great that they did this. I love birthday surprises.