Tonight we invite some friends to come over to our house for a hot pot night on the first day of this new year holiday period. I’ve always loved hot pot since it is the simplest form of cooking yet so profound if you can get a great soup concentrate to cook it… We had a wonderful night with wonderful food so I am gonna share some details with you …
Let’s inspect this troops of fantasy ingredients …
>in our natural pursuit of personal power we desire to simultaneously increase our own privacy while gathering as much information about others as we can
我還不那麼快就下結論說這有待改進,我比經傾向把這些現象當成我們正在學習走向新世界的過程,正如同大家或許都熟悉的2016年6月的DAO事件,導致了ETC的誕生(還是導致了ETH的重生?這要看你的觀點了lol)… Code is law 的概念我們都還不是很能習慣,我們習慣了centralization的舊世界,這裡有警察、有秩序、有政府、有法律 ….
About a week ago, we, some Steemians in Taipei, received another fellow Steemian, Chris (@chris77d), and his fiance, Candy, from Hong Kong. We had never met each other before but because of Steemit, we had a great night chatting with each other, mainly about crypto and Steem, over a delicious mutton hot pot in a very authentic local restaurant.
From my experience with crypto in the past year, it is truely difficut to have conversation regarding crypto matters with the muggles - you might first need to explain to them what blockchain and bitcoin are and then to convince them that these really mean something and might need to endure the scornful looks on their stupid faces… So I am always very grateful whenever I have the chance to engage in a good conversation with someone who also knows the fundamentals of our cryptotic world.
Chris, however, knows much much more than fundamentals. He, as @wilkinshui eagerly introduced, has been a quite successful crypto investor for some time! That’s something I did not expect to know as Chris appeared on Steemin several months ago with the big influx of friends from Hong Kong but he disappearred about two or three months ago. Besides, his job is a social worker! A social worker and a crypto investor? Oh, I guess the blockchain technology indeed is changing the world for people from all walks of life beyond our comprehension.
They were coming to Taipei to do their wedding photography (yeah, Taipei is like the world capital in the wedding photography industry). So Chris and Candy are getting married in 2018 - CONGRATULATIONS!! They are planning some thing big for their future live together as well and I wish the tokens Chris hodls will give this lovely new couple a great start in their new journey ahead.
Ok, back to the introduce this meetup at that night. Actually not a big meetup since the restaurant cannot accomodate too many people, so I only ask a few other Steemians in this city to come and meet Chris. See the photo below from the left: @ygern, @wilkinshui, Wilkins’ cute son, Candy, Christ (@chris77d) and me @deanliu behind the camera (I don’t show my face as I am all about crypto). Actually @shieha and @lydiachan joined us later that night but we did not take another photo together…
Take a look around this restaurant. It is quite a down to earth local restaurant and the price is very affordable. I encourage you all to try this when you have a chance to visit Taipei if you are one of those travel for culture or like to pretend local kind of guy. I am. Here is their facebook page.
Politics aside, if you need more motivations, former US deputy national security adviser Stephen Yates once came to this place and ate the very same mutton hot pot like us did. LOL!
It was just another night in Taipei a while ago, but it means something for each of us as offline meetups are always so magical - once you met, you are no longer internet friends and the friendship between you seems to get real hereafter. I wish Chris and Candy have a beautiful future ahead and I do believe that some day we will meet again. At that time, I don’t know if Steem will still be around, but we will and so will the crypo-enabled brand new world!
By the way, Chris has already written two posts about his trip to Taiwan. But both are in Chinese. Still, you can have a look.