A Brief Account of My Attendance of 2016 ROC National Day Reception

In the evening of October 6, 2016 (Thursday), my wife and I attended the Reception in celebration of the 105^th Anniversary of the National Day of the Republic of China at the Mayang Sari Grand Ballroom, JW Marriott Hotel, Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.  It has been a great privilege accorded to me continuously since 1997 by the Representative of the Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in Malaysia to attend such an annual function.

We left home at 6.10 pm and reached JW Marriott Hotel at 7.15 pm.  By then the guests were pouring in and the reception started at 7.40 pm with the delivery of welcoming speech by H.E. Ambassador James Chang Chi-ping.

Food was diversified and abundant but as usual the most demanding stall was Din Tai Fung (鼎泰丰) serving Taiwanese delicacies of dumplings (小笼包) and small pau (芋泥小包) as can seen by the long queue of guests.

After drinking two glasses of red wine, I could feel my face red.  As I could hardly find any acquaintances for chit-chat, we left for home at 8.45 pm despite the reception was still on.

Choir performance at the lobby

A pose in front of the Grand Ballroom entrance

Both my wife and I were provided name tags by post beforehand this time

Entering the Grand Ballroom at 7.30 pm

A glimpse of the reception hall

National anthem of Malaysia was played before that of ROC

The host and guests-of-honour on stage giving a toast 

Red wine 

The most popular Din Tai Fung