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2008-01-15T22:48:00.001+08:00

I've set up another blog.

Six months ago, I started my very first blog and have accumulated over 60 entries so far (not bad for an amatuer bah, i think). The blog was set up initially to keep my family and friends informed of my life in Taiwan and as this trip is coming to an end, that probably marks the end of my blog bah, i thought. But i decided to continue blogging on a new blog titled: "No more rubbish, bin." New design: Simple and classy, but hor, the style will still be the same: simple language, mainly singlish, and lots of pictures (eh, I not a very expressive person, fyi)

To my new blog: http://iamwbin.blogspot.com/

再见了台湾。。。

2008-01-14T01:52:00.000+08:00

很快的，一转眼四个月的时间就过去了；必须收拾心情准备回国去，从新面对繁忙的生活。说真的，还挺不舍得离开这里，毕竟在这里生活有一段时间，都习惯了，怎么说都有点感情，不是说走就走那么容易的。

这次来到台湾收获不少，不只结交了来自各国的朋友，当然包括当地的同学；还跑遍了台湾欣赏各地的风景以及尝遍了当地的许多美食。但最重要的，也是我认为最不可思议的，就是认识了我们的俩位学姐∶静芬和诗慧。虽然我们都来自同一所学校，但从不在校园里碰面；可以这么说，根本不知道彼此的存在。。。哈哈。我们四人都是因为这次的交换计划而凑在一起；在短短的几个月时间从陌生人变成了家人，对彼此的个性和生活方式都了解地一清二楚，像是一家人似的。回到新加坡后，她们得马上回到实验室开始她们的FYP，而我和泰仲又要回到SBS应付繁忙的课业，想找时间聚一聚可能有些困难；说虽如此，我们还是可以通过MSN和电话简讯保持联络。

这次的post 不会有新的照片，都是一些我们拍过的照片。我只按照自己想到的主题选出具有代表性的照片然后拼凑成一张一张的图。在做的过程中，看到这些照片不尽会让我回想到我们去过的地方以及在那做过的趣事，我实在是无法控制自己哈哈大笑起来。就让这些照片给我们的台湾之旅画上美好的句号。

最后，我要感谢我的家人 ... and also my friends。如果没有他们的支持和谅解，我不可能有勇气“抛弃”家人来台读书。谢谢你们！Thank you and Love you all.

Good bye, Ivy-s

2008-01-13T14:04:00.000+08:00

I just woke up when I did this entry and the time was around 2pm.

And at this point of time, Ivy and Shihui should be on the bus to Taipei. Yes, they have left. No more knocking on our door at 6pm for dinner, no more dinner at their common area and no more watching tv and many more ... sob sob

anyway, it was a mad rush for us yesterday. had our comparative anatomy examination in the morning, took our final pictures of the school, went to a salon at Sin JyueJiang to do our hair and then had our dinner at a steamboat restaurant near to our school. After which, the girls had to return to their room to do their final packing. Of course, we had our last final mahjong session in our room till 6am this morning. (Opps, have been keeping you guys in the dark regarding the mahjong ... haha ... anyway we felt so bored during our first month here and gotten the mahjong set from Carrefour ... hee ... been playing all these while ... typical Singaporeans)

Our comparative anatomy lecturer

Our last picture at the tunnel leading to our school

Had Strawberry Ice before heading down to Town to satisfy Ivy's carving

XYZ joined us for our farewell dinner.

My room

XYZ doing his hair for a video recording for D&D.

Closing ceremony

Our breakfast: one of my fav brand of cup noodles

Waiting outside the girls' room

Common place where we usually had our dinner

Last check before leaving

Called a cab for them to pick them up at 8.15am.

Later I returned to sleep.

Received a message from Ivy to find out that they have safely boarded the bus heading for Tao yuan International Airport, Taipei. They had even gotten the cab driver's mobile number for us. so nice. Save us the trouble of booking the cab through the company and faciliate coordination. Thanks.

Anyway, Ivy appeared online while I was doing this entry. They had arrived at the airport much earlier than the stipulated timing. Feel so happy for them ... all had went smoothly for them. They had to wait 4 hours before boarding the plane at 6pm and they are expected to touch down in Singapore at 11 plus. Wish them a safe trip!!!

Got to go back to mugging. There's another paper tomorrow before our departure.

My last 36 hours in Taiwan ... sob sob :(

"Drugged"

2008-01-10T12:06:00.000+08:00

Just had my Pharmacology paper this morning.

I actually finished an hour early. OH WAIT! I'm not boasting. Erm, I won't say it was an easy paper, probably I had nothing to write ... haha.

Yes, the questions are in chinese but I think TTC and me have gotten used to it. And there are only two questions, 60% and 40% respectively.

Anyway, my pharmaco lecturer, Dr Zhang is soooooooooo nice. She provided us with the high-crruss coffee again.

" ... to keep you guys awake ... don't fall asleep during the exam ..." she said with a smile.

I seldom drink coffee but I just luv the coffee of this brand.

While waiting for TTC, I took out my Hp and went snapping around. hee :)

yeah you dun see anyone else cos we are the only two students taking the paper this morning. We have delibrately brought forward the examination so that we can return to home a week earlier.

That's me! :) hee

Doesn't she looks like a nice lady to you?

I wouldn't regret coming over to Taiwan. It's a pleasure attending lessons conducted by Prof Samuel, my neuroscience lecturer and Dr Zhang. OHhhhhhhhh! I gonna miss them and their classes.

That's it for today. got to get back to mugging. got comparative anatomy paper on sat. haiz.

在台湾的最后一个星期

2008-01-08T17:52:00.000+08:00

今天已星期二。下个礼拜的今天我可能在家回想在台湾的日子。。。呵呵。没错，在少过七天的时间，我就要结束我的台湾之旅，返回新加坡。（大叹气）今天下课后决定回房收拾行李，因为我们觉得在近几天内我们可能为了准备应考而没什么时间。东西实在太多了，真不晓得该从何开始。。。哈哈。

Anyway, 14号那天，我桨乘搭中午的飞机返回国，估计在傍晚时分会抵达樟宜机场。

好啦今天不多说，得回去继续收拾房间了。

拜拜。

台湾之旅（完结篇）- 台北

2008-01-03T01:38:00.000+08:00

这次到台北的主要目的是去参加在台北101 前广场所举办的倒数演唱会；但重点是能观看到在台北101 大楼所释放的灿烂烟火，但今年却是最后一次可看见如此壮观的景象了。我们真是幸运！

在台北，去了好多地方，也做了不少东西；所以要详细地说，可能有点困难，有些细节我可能都记不起来了。所以我将长话短说，只说重点。。。不好意思。

2007年12月28日

2点钟抵达台北。

天气十分寒冷，气候只有10几度。

到了台北火车站的地下街走走。

晚上去了师大夜市。

前来这间生煎包摊子买包子的人太多了，所以要拿号码排队。

吃饱后到附近的公园坐下休息，听听在场演奏的乐团。

2007年12月29日

一早离开了台北市到了九份去。

那里的天气更加寒冷，风势强大，冻得我们动弹不得，四肢也似乎失去了自觉。

茶酥

麦芽糖

花生糖

凤梨酥

鲨鱼丸

我的午餐：鱼丸冬粉

离开前来一碗热腾腾的芋圆暖暖身

之后，我们乘搭公车去了金瓜石。

金瓜石也好不到哪里去，冻得我们哪里也不想去，拍了几张照片就离开，到基隆去。

看的出风势是非一般的大

<<转角,遇到爱>>里的屋子

突然下起了毛毛细雨，在日式的院子里避雨。

天气冷得我们不得不带手套。

由于我们实在受不了当地的天气，我们便提早离开到基隆去。

来到基隆，雨似乎没有停的迹象，再加上天气十分的寒冷，我们决定找个落脚的地方休息，就选了Starbucks。

接近7点钟的时候，雨停了。我们也休息够了。就到附近的夜市走走吃吃。

千万不要小看这夜市最有名的猪排土司，想要吃到它得等上一点时间；但我可告诉你，这是值得的，真的好好吃！Oiishi!

Dec 30, 2007

由于昨晚泰仲去会会他来之新加坡的朋友，所以就在外过夜。因此他没办法和我们三个一起到小巨蛋去；但他会晚一点和我们在那里会面。

想尝尝看走红地毯的感觉。。。哈哈。。。

在等待泰仲的当儿，我们到了对面的IKEA。

看到这些照片是不是很有家的感觉，非常的温暖呢？

中午我们到了袖珍博物馆。

鸡蛋壳雕刻出的，非常的精致。

这些玩具都可能是我们爸爸妈妈小时侯的玩具。

这些艺术家真的好厉害！小小的一个匡里可以呈现出那么多东西。

只要你仔细的观察，可以看见鸡身上的羽毛。是不是太强了，连毛拔不干净的鸡都能做的如此栩栩如生。

电视机正在播放日本卡通片。

这就是千军万马！

英国女王的皇宫

半晚到了士林夜市。

走了一伙决定回饭店去。那时候还不到11点。早回去是为了想帮我们的小弟泰仲庆祝他的23岁生日。

我们想给他一个“surprise”，在他不知觉的情况下“袭击”他，我们选着了在他冲凉后进房的时候。爱美的他，那个时候头发一定没什么整理，可以捕捉到最自然的他，他肯定觉得非常狼狈。。。哈哈。

守着待“猪”

寿星公出现了！

出乎意外的偷袭，泰仲招架不住。。。哈哈。。。

当时的他喊着：“先让我穿上衣服吧！”

在收到我们的礼物时。。。

“你们送我这个，我要怎么用？”

（你们有所不知，泰仲的“猪”的外号是静芬大姐为他取得，原因因为它太爱睡了；如此我们才送他一个小猪。）

强颜欢笑地接受我们的礼物

吃了黑森林蛋糕后，来点水果来帮助消化。

这是我们昨晚在夜市买的草莓。

2007年12月31日

今晚就是倒数活动了，泰仲和静芬决定睡到自然醒。不想浪费时间，我和诗慧便一早去了西门町的电影院看戏。我们选着了《投名状》。这是由陈可辛主导，四大巨星李连杰，金城武，刘德华，徐静蕾联合主演的一部历史片。有点血腥，但挺好看；我蛮喜欢李连杰演出的内心戏，尤其是他那一场他必须演出心里在挣扎的感觉，非常的好。

看完戏才12点半，回饭店和他们俩会面。

晚餐吃饱后才到台北101 去。

5点钟抵达现场，温度是10度。

早点到希望可以找到好位子。

等到7点晚会才终于开始。

到场的歌手有
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王心凌

阿信

梁静如

Energy

KONE

Style

蔡健雅

杨忠伟

白欣慧（台湾的名模）

大嘴巴

五月天

他们的出现使得全场失控。High 起来了，不，大家都疯了！

当天有超过7百万人到现场迎接2008年，是最多人的一次。

看到美丽的烟火，觉得等待7个小时的辛苦都是值得的。

蔡依林

小猪罗志祥

人是多到。。。

虽然已凌晨一点多，但我们好是不觉得疲累。

有几次机会可以大摇大摆的在路上慢走，拍照呢？

当晚我们走了两个小时才会到饭店。

2008年01月01日

睡到自然醒。

然后到猫空乘搭缆车。

过后到了吃晚餐。之后，因为它要打烊了，我们到营业24小时的Mos Burger玩牌。

到了四点才离开。

2008年01月02日

讨厌的一天始终到了。我们要回返高雄。闷。

虽然不舍得，我们还是得离开台北。

可是，我相信我们四个决不会忘记在台北所拥有的美好回忆的。

Taiwanmex的Magos（中间）。谢谢你的照顾和帮忙！

在台北的最后一餐。

在回高雄路途上的夕阳好美丽哦!

Whole lot of updates before leaving for Taipei

2007-12-25T15:46:00.000+08:00

Monday, Dec 24, 2007

Had my last neuroscience class today. Took a picture with Professor Samuel. Will miss him and his lessons. He conducts his lessons in a systematic manner, linking all concepts and theories together and bringing them across smoothly so that we can easily follow. To liven up his lessons, he would share with us his "grandfather" stories, that is, his research experiences and some of which are rather humerous. Probably it's these stories and jokes that keep us awake during class. Come to think of it, you can hardly find anybody "knock off" in his class. I'm really fortunate to have come across such a experienced and interesting professor like him.

Thank you, Prof Samuel!

Went Tainan again. This time to get some local foods （土产）to bring back home. Bought so many food stuffs that all our hands were full.

Look carefully and you can see the rainbow in the background

Eating 牛舌饼

Headed for another night market in Tainan: Da Dong Night Market. As usual, we went on a "makan spree" at the night market. At the end of the day, we realized we did not have much cash left. Failed to catch the last bus back to train station. Reluntantly, we had to take cab as it was almost impossible to walk from the night market to the train station. Gathered all our money and realized that we only had just the amount to catch a cab to train station plus the purchase of train tickets back to Kaohsiung. Also, notforgetting that there would not be anymore bus service when we returned to Kaohsiung, we also had to set aside some money for the cab from the train station to school. When we finally reached the school, we were all broke. haha. Luckily, we did not shop after the makan. If not, we really have to spend a night at the train station.

There were Santa clauses distributing sweets. In fact, they are fire fighters from the nearby fire station.

Tuesday, Dec 25, 2007

Did not do much in the day. There was Plant Physiology class in the morning, followed by Microbiology Lab in the later half of the day. XYZ joined us for our Microbiology Lab as a teaching assistant. Took photos with the rest of the teaching assistants who have helped us so much in the past.

Our Plant Physiology lecturer

Our Microbiology Lab

My Taiwanese buddy

Return to dorm right after our class. Ivy and Taichong took the time to rest as we had a long night ahead. We would be celebrating our christmas at the Holiday KTV and our singing session would last for 6 hours, from 11pm to 5am. The rooms and services were just superb! Had a great time over there.

At a park opposite the Holiday KTV building

We wanted to tell Ivy, the photographer, that Catherine was coming from behind and she snapped ... ta da ...

Catherine (second row, second from the left) was out with her friends on the night of christmas. They were on their way to the bakery when she met us.

Waiting at the reception area

四连拍

Took the stairs to the second floor which brings us to the ...

... food serving area ...

cakes ... ice cream ... salad ... fruits ... YUMMY!!!

The corridor leading to ...

... our room

There is a personal toilet in each room.

sparkling clean

surely you know the title of this MV ...

The top 8 buttons allow you to create different sound effects i.e. stadium or bathroom.

Select and play songs from the touch-screen monitor

If you don't like the song, hit the red button to eject it. so convenient.

Many old school songs were played as they aremostly songs that we are more familiar with. oh by the way, the vocals of the singers have been erased from the MV; so most of the time, we sing only the chorus part for newer songs ... haha ...

We were so dead beat after singing non-stop for 6 hours.

This will be the last entry for this week as I will be away for the next 6 days in Taipei for our finale. See you guys next year. Wish you all a wonderful year ahead.

Welcoming my cousin

2007-12-24T00:20:00.000+08:00

I was away for the past three days to join my cousin in Taipei. She was on a holiday trip with her boyfriend for a week. Brought them to Shi-lin night market on friday night, then went Wu-fen-pu shopping district on saturday; as for sunday (her departure day), went Xi-Men-Ding for last round of shopping.

There wasn't anything much we did during our stay in Taipei except for shopping since this was her main motive for her trip to Taiwan.

Doesn't she look like tai-tai?

My cousin and her bf

At a shoe shop

Our piz

However, the best christmas gift I've gotten was the fruits that my grandmother has asked my cousin to bring over for me. The very night I received them, I ate three fruits at a go. Not that I was hungry, though a little, I wanted to taste the sweet fruits that my grandmother had picked them specially for me. It was a cold night and I was hungry but these fruits did warm my heart and fill my stomach. I'm soooooo toucheddddddddddddddd. "ah-ma, gam sia (thank you in hokkien)"

There are a total of 10 plus fruits ... no wonder my cousin complained the weight ... haha

Enjoying the sweet-scented crunchy apple my ah-ma had gotten specially for me

I also got to know three taiwanese friends from my cousin. These taiwanese friends are a group of interesting and funny people. We spent our last 2 hours in Taipei in their shop chatting and taking photos. From the conversation, we were shocked to find out that they were afraid of coming to Singapore because they feared that they may unintentionally break the law like littering and smoking in restricted area and kena caning . haha ... we broke into laughter upon hearing that. We also learnt that Taiwanese people are very particular about their general appearance. As such, they will dress up to go town ... definitely not in shorts and slippers ... not even during summer. In summer, they will dress up as usual but will pick clothing of thin and cool material. The whole conversation was like a cultural exchange seminar. At the end of the day, I must say Taiwanese have great fashion sense.

第一次在海外过冬至。。。

2007-12-20T01:25:00.000+08:00

Last night, we had a mini farewell party, organized by the Office of International Affairs, at the Student Activity Building. This is for those exchange students who will be leaving Taiwan at the end of this week to return home for Christmas. The four of us will be here for Christmas as we are unable to bring forward our examinations and even if we do so, we would be brain dead ... image having papers daily for 6 consecutive days ... yeah.

Saw many familiar faces especially the Taiwanese students who brought us around the school on the Orientation Day and the scenes were still fresh in my mind, as though we just arrived the day before. And now we will be leaving one another in a few days' time. Haiz ... good times never last ...

The farewell was interestingly organized. We got to eat 汤圆 and do some calligraphy writing. Yeah! 汤圆 ... 汤圆 ... we have been craving for that some time back and it really feels good, especially when you make and cook them yourself.

Our hosts for the party

Dean of Office of International Affairs giving an opening speech

How can a party do without good food? Yummy ...

Swan-shaped puff cake ... now you see it ...

now you don't ... hee

can't wait to get started ... making our very own 汤圆

FOCUS!

100% concentration ...

The Chefs ... me? photographer lor ... else where do you think all these beautifully-taken photos come from ? I just need to wait to be served. hahaha.

Our piggy 汤圆

Kawaii? erm ... i mean the piggy 汤圆 ...

While waiting for our 汤圆 to be cooked, we took the time to take photo with Patty, our coordinator for our exchange program and ...

... our international friends whom we have spend 3 months plus with.

A smiling face for you!

Our cooked piggy 汤圆

heehee ...

We tried our hands on calligraphy writing. It was disastrous ... haha

Written by a Taiwanese student. Nice right?!

Went for 火锅 at a newly-opened shop just outside the school. Just the right choice of food during the winter.

Had the 鸳鸯锅 as shihui and I aren't good at eating spicy food. Even though the non-spicy portion of the 锅 taste just as good and sweet. The service was fabulous and we had a filling dinner.

Taichong and Ivy were about to try the 大辣锅.

Oh my! Ivy's eyes were filled with tears and ...

Taichong choked ...

The boss treated us to muah chee.

Took the ferry to Cijin Island as it was early. Intended to get some cheap fruits but as it was a weekday, most of the stalls were closed. Disappointed and still feeling full, we returned to our dorm.

瑞丰夜市

2007-12-19T22:52:00.000+08:00

昨晚我们到了瑞丰夜市。

虽然之前我对高雄的夜市已经心灰意冷了，但大姐保证我瑞丰绝不会让我们失望的；既然大家都相当的有信心，而且我们也没什么地方可去，就决定到瑞丰去。

到了夜市，真没白费我们大老远跑到那的功夫。

瑞丰像是一个迷你型的台南夜市，人山人海；买吃的摊子多到数不清，如果每摊的食物都尝遍，担心肚子会吃爆，吃坏。

当然我们决不浪费每份每秒，边走边买边吃，希望能尝遍所有的美食，但肚子就是不争气，很快就饱了。所然如此，我们还是尝到了不少好吃的美食。

大型的takoyaki

类似新加坡的kuay tu tu

不好意思打扰你门享用美食！

最后我们还是受不了鸡排的诱惑。

叫了一个鸡排一个猪排四人一起分享。

在离开前吃了cream puff

为了赶得上最后一班的公车，我们来不及逛夜市就得回学校去。闷。但我们还是吃的挺开心的，改天一定会抽空回到瑞丰夜市。

到了学校的门口看到掉满灯饰的树。实在太美丽了。开心的拍起照来。

Another interesting Ads - House lizards love story (from Thailand)

2007-12-09T00:58:00.001+08:00

I came across this ad when I was watching a Taiwanese entertainment show. They were showing interesting ads from across the world and this caught my attention.

Maybe some of you have watched it on youtube ... its worth watching again. For those who haven't done so, it's a great ad.

Have fun!

有趣的广告 - 京都念慈安川貝琵琶膏

2007-12-09T00:55:00.001+08:00

找这只广告找了好久。平时在节目休息的时候就会播出这支广告。觉得很可爱好笑。。。尤其是广告的最后一句。。。“因为我是贵妃吗！”，然后再加上她的表情。。。实在有趣。。。哈哈。。。

希望你们会喜欢。

十字路口

2007-12-05T15:26:00.000+08:00

上个周末我们又“出山”去了，这次我们到了台中。

说实话，台中能玩的地方不多，所以这次的台中之旅的重点是放在它的两大夜市: 逢甲文华夜市以及一忠夜市。

这两个夜市有好多好多好吃的东西，一踏入夜市我们的嘴巴就从没有休息的一刻。不时看到好吃的，我们就豪无考虑向前排队，买下一人份的食物和大家一起分享。这样一来，我们就不怕容易吃饱，又能享受到很多的美食。

还记得我们第一晚在逢甲夜市时，我们因为一时买了太多了，嘴和手都忙得不可开交；冷的，热的，都往嘴里塞，肚子也照单全收；奇怪的是我们这两晚都好好的，没人有肚子不事的问题。可能我们早已练成了金刚不坏的肚子了。。。呵呵。

那两晚我们真的吃“爆”了。。。哈哈。

哎哟，光讲有什么用，你们自己看看照片就会了解了。

11月30日 - 我们抵达台中。

到了逢甲文华夜市。

从逢甲大学出来就是逢甲夜市了，逢甲大学的学生真是幸福。

泰种 - 超辣热狗，诗慧 - 章鱼烧（Takoyaki），静芬 - 可丽鬓，我 - 起司洋芋

我们手上拿的不是垃圾而是一包一包的拉茶。非常的好喝哦！

12月1日

入眠不到四个时就起床了。七早八早就出门去了。

到了国立植物园。

在植物园里碰到几个蛮奇怪的事物：

你们不觉得这棵树像一个大型的萝卜吗？

真好奇这两棵树的中文名是谁想的？

看久了会怀疑它到底是蝴蝶还是蚊子？

在植物园待了两个小时后，我们的下一个目的地是国立台湾美术馆。

以下的作品是唯一一件展示在大厅共观众欣赏和拍照的。这正个作品是由藤子编制成的。那位艺术家是想反映都市的快捷奏的生活。

欢迎！

由于大家都因为睡眠不足而无精打采，拍照时一张一张的苦脸。。。哈哈。。。决定回饭店休息，然后晚上才到一中夜市去。

由于大家忙着，都忘了拍照。。。哈哈。

12 月2日- 回返高雄

睡到10点才起床。起身后得收拾我们的行李。之前到台中时我们身上只有了一个行李，没想到，回返高雄时却大包小包的，看来这次的台中之旅大家都有不少的收获。

从我们的房间望出去就能看到台中车站。

吃了早点也没有什么地方好去的，就到公园走走，拍拍照。

路途上看到可爱的广告。

在台中的土地上留下我们的痕迹。

在公园不远有一座教堂，我们闲着没事就进去看看。

傍晚时，我们又回到了一中夜市，想再吃吃那里的美食。

人是多到。。。

她手上拿的是Ice-cream puff

我的最爱。。。萝卜糕

不要来烦我。。。

在回返台中车站时，我们又忍不住多拍几张照片。

我们的晚餐就在车站附近的一个小夜市决绝。

又好吃。。。又便宜。。。又能吃的饱。。。去那里找

最后，我们乘坐了返回高雄的客运。

再见了，台中！

想家。。。

2007-11-27T10:42:00.000+08:00

昨晚和外婆通电话后突然有股想回家的冲动。

在谈话中，不自不觉又聊到外公，原本温馨的气氛一瞬间变得相当沉重。虽然我看不到她的表情，但能从她的声音感觉到她的难过和空虚感。由于大家都得工作上学，家里白天几乎没人，只有外婆一人在空荡荡的房子里。以前还有我外公陪着她，现在他已过世，外婆一定很寂寞的。瞬间觉得自己好无助，什么也做不了。

原本以为自己是一个坚强的人，但一听到外婆的声音，想回家的念头和冲动就越强。可是冷静后认为还是要面对现实，必须完成在台湾的学业才能回到新加坡去。

此时我能做就是经常打电话回家和她老人家聊天，希望这样能够分担她的寂寞。

（祈祷她能够再坚强多一些。）

“坐”上不归路。。。

2007-11-25T17:30:00.000+08:00

今天我们真的忙坏了。怎么说呢？绝续读下去就明白了。

前晚我们不是去了澄清湖吗？是咯，之后又到夜市去。回到宿舍时已过十点，然后大家都没有喘气的时间又忙起准备明早的东西。我们聚集在女生的客厅，一边看着“开运万事通”的节目，一边商量明天的行程。最后，我们决定明早5点钟就得起身。哇！好早哦！很久没这么早起身了。但没办法，为了有足够的时间让我们在剑湖山尽情地玩，我们也只好这样。12点还不到泰仲就入眠了，当时的我还忙着update我的部落格《11月23日 – 台南一日游》。最后忙到3点才入眠。可怜的我只有两小时的睡觉时间。

当天我和泰仲都睡不醒，睡过头了。5点半泰仲才把我叫醒。约好了5点半在男生客厅会面看来是不可能的了。最后，我们很不意思让她们等了15分钟。还好，我们来得及乘坐第一辆往斗六开去斗六的火车。

上车后，我们都忍不住和“周公下棋”。

从高雄到斗六需要两个小时的时间。我们抵达斗六时刚好9 点正，赶得上乘坐9点15分的公车。

由于今天是周末，人潮当然不少啦，相当热闹。

剑湖山是一个家庭式的主题乐园，所以到处可见大人小孩。虽然如此，年轻人占大部分，当然包括我们啦！哈哈！

剑湖山有太多东西可以玩了，真不知道该从哪里开始。我们决定先从最轻微的开始，然后才慢慢乘坐刺激度较高的。

恐怖的飞天潜艇G5

旋转木马是我们的开胃菜。

不晓得是不是故意装可爱的？

玩完了儿童玩国游乐设施后，我们开始往高难度的挑战。

泰种和静芬担心我会逃跑，所以才和我打赌；如果我弃权的话，我就得吃臭豆腐。二选一。。。我只好选着前者。

淘气 Bee Bee

摇摆康康

可惜诗慧败在第5样∶摇摆康康。坐完后，她觉得有点不适，决定放弃了。所然如此，她的勇气值得表扬。

休息是为了走根长远的路。

海盗船

两小时后，我们都开始感觉到肚子饿了，所以速度变慢了些。

休息后，我们三个决定征服冲疯飞车以及剑湖山的镇山之宝飞天潜艇G5。为了捕捉完美的照片，我们乘坐了飞天潜艇G5两次。疯了吧？我们也是这样认为。哈哈。我们每一张照片都很用心拍摄，以捕捉我们快乐的时光，作为纪念。

看到我们面无表情就知道这是小儿科吧？。。。哈哈。

从飞天潜艇G5下来后，已中午1点钟了；那个时候我们都成了音乐交响团。。。因为肚子一直叫个不停。我们就在一间快餐店决绝我们的午餐。在吃的当儿，我们聊聊吃饱后的行程。静芬打算待在剑湖山观看烟火的，但是我们觉得太晚了，而且还得等上一段时间。泰仲建议我们应乘坐朝往台中的客运，到逢甲文华夜市去。我们认为这个主意不错，所以就同意，立刻前往台中。

我的午餐：鸡肉汉堡。

吃饱后，我们当然不能玩过刺激的游戏，所以才决定最后乘坐摩天轮。

从上望下看却是痕恐怖吧！

上去后，当然不能放过任何拍照的机会。。。呵呵。

在离开游乐园之前，我们乘坐了环绕游乐园的电车。

回到原点的路途。。。

由于我们有多余的时间，我们就进去咖啡博物馆参观参观。

哇。。。由金打造的大型咖啡的杯子

是不是觉得自己看错呢？感觉我来到了法国吧？哈哈。。。感觉我和背景二合为一了。

路边的野花不要买。。。

在离开咖啡屋的最后一照。

在离开剑湖山前拍的照片。

到台中的路程长达两个小时，上车后，我们都“全军覆没”，“败给了周公” 。。。呵呵。

到了台中才发现逢甲文华夜市离巴士终站有一段距离，而且如果我们想赶上往高雄的最后客运，我们也只有短短的一个小时多，不可能够时间来回的，所以我们决定改去一忠夜市，步行15分钟就可以到。

周末的一忠夜市也是人山人海，比起高雄的夜市，实在好很多了。

我们一直有个疑问：“为何台湾第二最大城市的夜市会差那么多呢？”

到了一忠夜市，我们绝不放过任何好吃的东西, 打开杀戒。那里的食物实在太便宜了，8粒水饺才20台币（新币1元）。

我们本来有个疯狂的想法的，就是既然来不及回高雄，我们就在台中过夜。可以睡在火车站，或唱KTV到早上；但大家都看起来很疲倦（因为我们最近都缺眠），所以还是赶上最后客运回到了高雄。

下个周末我们会到台中去，真期待台中之旅。

Nov 23, 2007 - A Trip to Chengcing Lake

2007-11-25T16:39:00.000+08:00

Went down to Chengcing Lake on Friday afternoon, right after our neuroscience class. Why Chengcing Lake? Erm ... nothing special ... just dun wan to waste our Friday afternoon in hall again plus we cannot go anywhere far. It was a back-to-nature cum sight-seeing thingy ... the blue sky, crystal clear water, blooming flowers, fresh air, pavilion, pagoda ... blah blah ...

Chengcing Lake is situated in Neau-song Hsiang, border of Kaohsiung and is an half hour ride away from the Main Train Station. Bus 60 will bring you there.

The whole event was just another finger-snapping session for us ... hee J

Here are the shots:

Need to purchase tickets to gain entry into Chengcing Lake. The tickets cost 50NT (about S$2.50)

The place is so big that we need to bring along a map to guide us around and since our time is limited, we can only go to selected places.

I know ... you must be thinking that we are nuts.

The followings are my favourite pictures of the day. These are taken with Ivy's camera set with timer and you can tell from the pictures that I was the one who "ready" the camera.

First shot: NG ... despite me being so thin, I was still unable to get into the limited space.

Second shot: Though I was finally able to get into the booth, you can hardly see taichong except for his forehead and his hand. NG!

Third and the last shot. It was a perfect shot.

We realized that time is running out and the day was turning dark. In order to capture images of the two prominent structures in the lake, that is, the Bell Tower and the Chung Hsing Pagoda, we decided to split into groups: Ivy and Taichong to the Chung Hsing Pagoda, and Shihui and me to the Bell Tower.

Chung Hsing Pagoda

Bell Building

The Fu Guo Isle is located downhill of Bell Building and is linked by a small bridge.

Found this at the entrance of the toilet:

It says: "This place is being filmed. Please smile."

Returned to the dorm right after our dinner at the night market. Need to settle stuffs for tomorrow's trip to Janfusan. Yeah ... we are going to Janfusan, a theme park. Pretty excited as it has been a while since I last experienced the adrenaline and blood rush.

Late Entry - Dream Mall (Nov 20, 2007)

2007-11-25T15:59:00.000+08:00

Went down to Dream Mall as Ivy and Shihui wanted to get some Spencer chocolates.

As we were the students on duty on that day, we had to wait for the rest of students to leave the lab and clean up the place. Then returned to our dorm to change up. As we were abit sick of eating the food outside our school, we decided to go for Korean Crusine at a restaurant near New JyueJiang District.

Yummy ...

Waiting for bus no. 2 to bring us to Dream Mall.

They just can't stop fighting ... haha ... this is a common sight when they are together.

Helping Ivy to get her fringe in right place.

On her way to her spot, Ivy slipped and her hand went straight into my face. This is perfectly captured by the camera set on timer mode on the opposite end.

We took another shot and finally got the right shot.

This wasn't by any stranger we approached. We set the camera on timer mode again. This time round, I was the one to "ready" the camera. Having done that, I have to dash a distance and then hold my breathe and smile into the camera.

I forgot what made us laugh so happily ...

The Balloon Shop.

This Snowboy is simply too cute and we can't get it a miss.

At the open space outside the building:

My favourite piz of the day. We noticed Shihui taking picture of herself and we can't help but "jumped" into it. I like the blur-ness that created two dimensions in an one-dimension picture.

What a great idea for proposal!

Sadly, the girls didn't find the chocolate that they were looking for. Left for Bus interchange at around 9.30pm to catch the last bus back to school.

11月21日 - 台南一日游

2007-11-22T14:57:00.000+08:00

期待已久的“出山日”终于给我们盼到了。待在“山洞”里已有一正月了，我们四个快面临精神崩溃的地步。当天一早就出门了，虽然大家看起来有点疲倦（我们都为了寻找关于台南的资料，以及决定当天的行程而忙到凌晨四点才入眠。）但能深深感觉出大家心里的快乐和兴奋。

台南离高雄不远，只需短短半个小时的车程就可以到达台南。我们原本的计划是去七股盐山 (Cigu Salt Mountain)，看资料得知那里有一座盐山，还可以在那里泡盐水spa，所以想去看看；但没想到需要乘坐两个小时的车程，觉得太浪费时间而决定放弃。

上了火车后，大家都不由自举拿起相机拍照。。。尤其是自拍。。。呵呵。

我们“休息一个月”后的第一张团照。

放弃了原本的计划后，我们便往下一个地点出发：安平。安平位于台南西边，是台南最古老的的地区，所以不然在安平可见到不少的历史古迹，而最有名的是安平古堡。这古堡是由荷兰人在1624年所建造的。

在等公车的当儿也不放过任何拍照的机会。静芬真是抢尽了景头。

在路途中，大家都忙着整理自己的仪容，要确保自己等一下拍照的时候是最帅和美的。

不知不觉，我们抵达安平。

观光客必需买价值25台币（新币1元25角）的票才可进入安平古堡

进去后，我们就不停的孟拍。哈哈！

碰到一群热情的台湾朋友帮忙我们拍照。好喜欢这张照片。

我们各自的独照。觉得不错，还可以摆出不同的姿势。

我们都摆出成功的姿势。

“台南之旅。。。成功!"

在安平古堡待了3个小时后，我们肚子开始有点饿了，便望市区走。找到一间买虾卷的店，是当地的美食，想尝尝，所以就决定在那里决绝我们的午餐。

虾卷好好吃。

实在好吃。

看得到我吗？

吃饱后，我们就随便走走。经过一间小学的操场，突发奇想，就在那里拍起“笨笨”的照片。

选手们。。。一备备。。。

大家都卖力的跑。。。

到底谁是冠军呢?

玩够以后，我们坐车回火车站。决定在附近走走。

来到了赤坎楼，就进出看看。赤坎是一位明朝的大将军，是安平历世里的一名伟人。（如果你对他有兴趣的话，可以上网寻找。。。呵呵。。。我不想多说。）

走着便看到一个似乎像井的东西。。。有了怪主意。。。呵呵。。。

离开赤坎楼时已过了晚餐时间。。。大家也有点饿了，我们决定去夜市找东东吃。高雄的夜市真的不能和台南的比，实在差太远了，十万八千里。那里吃的东西多样化，买的东西又好看，而且也蛮便宜。当然，我们在那儿扫了不少东西。

决绝了肚子的问题后，也逛够了，应该到了回家的时间了。

看到我们脸上的笑容就知道我们玩得真开心。真过瘾！

淑晶。。。有你的！

2007-11-19T22:52:00.000+08:00

昨晚和淑晶在网上聊天，不知不觉中两人都觉得有点饿了。

我呢？。。。只好吃饼干咯。淑晶就好。。。在学校附近就可以吃到热宵夜。。。尤其是在这冷冷的天气里。。。我是多想吃点热东西，而不是冷冰冰好无味道的饼干。

就在这当儿。。。淑晶打开了他的数码摄影机。。。眼前我看到一包热腾腾的椰桨饭。。。还有鸡腿和鲜红的辣椒。。。啊！噩梦！这还不够残。。。好戏好在后头。

淑晶便开始吃起了鸡腿。当时的我看傻眼了，突然有想立刻飞回新加坡的冲动。淑晶还不停地形容椰桨饭的味道。。。等等。。。实在欠揍，你说不是吗？

（神啊。。。救救我吧。。。）

老地方

2007-11-13T20:54:00.000+08:00

是的。。。是的。。。我们四个今天又到家乐福去“填补货源”。由于现在是考试期间，肚子就很容易饿，再加上我们（我，诗慧和静芬，泰仲没有吃零食的习惯）又馋嘴，吃零食的速度实在惊人。泰仲常说他从来没见到我嘴巴有休息的一刻。。。哈哈。诗慧他们还怀疑我的肚子是不是养了一只大虫而导致我的食量如此的大，感觉上我好像怀孕了，一人吃两人分。。。哈哈。

今天我们四人在食物的总花费是。。。打鼓。。。台币2500 （等于新币125）哇！我们自己也被吓倒，当场倒吸一口气。到底我们买了些什么东东？请看以下。。。

1）12盒Honey Stars （有6盒是我的，便宜嘛，所以就买多了，不好意思。。。呵呵。。。而且不要以为很多，三个星期就把它们吃光光。）

2）4盒Coco Crunch

3）2盒Snow Flakes

4）1包三合一咖啡

5）1盒Chips Ahoy Chocolate Chip Cookies

6）16粒萍果

7）1包夹心酥 (Peanut Cream Crispy Wafer)
8）12个杯面

9）1包装有5条小型的Snickers

10）9包Kinder Bueno

11）1包奶油饼干

。

等等其他小零食（太多我自己也记不得了。）

静芬看到自己的丰富收获，是在忍不住摆出胜利的姿势。

哇！太夸张了吧！

看看还有什么可以扫的。。。

我们自己的购物袋都不够装，所以要动用到家乐福提供的盒子。噢，忘了告诉你们，在台湾购物需带自己的购物袋，但如果你们需要的话，是可以向柜台购买购物袋的。台湾人很注重环保的。

“糟糕。。。还有东西。。。啊！不管啦。。。硬硬塞。。。”

还有。。。到了家乐福，我们绝对不忘做一件事。。。那就是。。。量体重。

“老天爷，请您保佑我没加重了。”

“死了，我之前是多重呢？”

他们三个担心经常吃零食会发胖，而我却因为常感觉到饥饿（虽然我已经很积极的在吃了）怕瘦了。。。真矛盾！

还好，测量后，每个人都还蛮满意自己的体重，大家都维持在原本的重量。耶！皆大欢喜！

我的Tibits Box.

Good Luck, Guys!!!

2007-11-13T00:17:00.000+08:00

I understand that most of you aren't free at the moment as you are probably busy mugging for the coming exams. This is for those who happen to view my blog out of your free time and even those who didn't have the time to do so, I wish that you will do well in your examination.

加油。。。加油。。。加油！！！

[MV] 周杰倫 - 我不配

2007-11-07T14:49:00.001+08:00

昨天和Ivy在家乐福时看到了周董的新歌MV - 我不配。。。好听加好看！还蛮感人的。。。希望你们会喜欢。

FIR 签唱会

2007-11-06T23:13:00.000+08:00

哈咯！真抱歉。。。好久没update我的部落格了。我可没把它给忘了噢，只是为了准备期中考（硕士班的神经科学在拜一，接着拜二有植物生理学和微生物学的小考）而忙着K书。忙到现在才有空咯。。。

Wah piang! 礼拜一的神经科学期中考实在恶心咯！考卷满分一百分，但考题只有一题！一题一百分。。。看到考卷时，心想要写多少才够，才可以及格呢？！我这一生还是头一回。以下是价值一百分的考题，它是这麽问道：

"Successful execution of a reflex involves many cellular processes and concepts that we have covered so far in the class".

Discuss this statement using myotatic (stretch) reflex as an example.

(100 points)

你觉得呢？（想吐吧？耶！）

好啦，话就不需要多说了。重点是我礼拜天到家乐福参加了飞儿乐团的签唱会。（等等，你不是应该在准备期中考吗？呵呵。。。读书的当儿也需要放松放松一下吗？！。。。呵呵！

签唱会在两点举行。刚到的时候人潮还真不多，因为在高雄的另一地方举行的是周杰伦周大天王的签唱会。。。为何我选择飞儿呢？废话，那是当然的，周大天的签唱会一定会挤得水泄不通，排长龙的咯，何必为难自己？不如去一个比较有把握的，而且还可以一事见到三个人。。。哈哈。

签唱会的半个小时前的情况。。。人潮不多

趁有时间来一张自拍照。。。实在笑不出，因为天气太洒了。

时间慢慢的逼近两点钟，人潮越来越多。得快点选一个好位子。

来了。。。来了。。。期待已久的飞儿乐团终于到了！

阿沁先下车调音。。。超专业的！

下一位是。。。老师

最后的当然是飞啦。。。

演唱的第一首歌曲是《第十行星》。

没想到第一首歌曲后大家都high起来，想继续维持这么的气氛，飞儿乐团接着唱起前一个专辑的《GET HIGH》，把现场的气氛带到高潮。

大家都抢着一睹飞儿乐团的风采。

如此的专注，为的是给歌迷最佳的表演。

现场就像他们的迷你演唱会。

老师在耍帅。。。

“我爱你们”

当天歌迷的歌声真嘹亮。。。我都听不到飞的声音。不愧是飞儿乐团的diehard fans.

My Fav Pix of the day.

飞儿乐团和主持人在聊天。

老师和歌迷的近距离接触。

阿沁自弹自唱他个专辑里的《其是还爱你》。

飞儿趁这个时候在一旁休息。

当然老师也不例外啦。。。当天的天气还蛮炎热的。

休息后的飞儿继续给歌迷带来更多好听的歌曲。

飞儿和阿沁一起合唱《三个心愿》。

工作人员忙着布置台上，好让签名会能尽快进行。

三个主角都准备好了。

我不是一个飞儿乐团的fan ，但这个专辑挺不错的，我还蛮喜欢的。。。有几首好听的歌曲。。。《第十行星》、《三个心愿》、《月牙湾》以及我好喜欢的《CHANGE》。如果你想买专辑，这个应该值得考虑。

无聊的周末

2007-10-28T15:29:00.000+08:00

今天又是一个无聊的一天。因为下个星期起，每个礼拜都会有小考，所以大家都得待在学校里发奋图强，卖力地啃书。咳！来临的星期一就有比较解剖学的小考，星期二呢。。。又是卫生物学的小考咯。。。真闷。

起床后根本没有心情看书。。。所以决定上绾跟家人聊天。今天家里来了特别来宾，她就是我可爱的小表妹。。。江雨桐。

发小姐脾气，而且还抢着要带上我弟的眼镜。。。好调皮。

她也没讲什么，就聊说我吃饱了吗，在干吗，等等的家常话。但能看到家人都平平安安的，我也很开心。

过一活儿，就得回去啃书。然后，等到半晚的时候才和他们一起去吃晚餐。之后就是看公主小妹，今晚有卓文萱，所以一定要收看！好了不聊了，拜拜！

Oct 27, 2007 - Kaohsiung Carnival

2007-10-28T00:29:00.001+08:00

Went down to New JyueJiang with TTC (Ivy and Shuhui not with us as they are mugging in hall for the quiz on the coming monday) ... again? ... yeah ... but this time round not to do shopping. Kaohsiung held its first ever carnival at New JyueJiang so decided to go and take a look ... since there wasn't any electricity supply in the hall as they were conducting maintenance ... and also ... TTC intended to study at the Mac there.

The carnival started at 3pm ... diao ... so hot ... dunno why they choose such a bad timing? Anyway, we arrived just in time for the commencement of the carnival. Btw, this carnival is something similar to the annual Chingay event back in Singapore.

Opening ceremony

The arrival of Mayor (the lady with curly hair and wearing shade)

Speech by the Mayor

First performance by the band

The cheerleaders

Performance by Taiwan's indigenous youth

Primary school students performing che-ling. This is the performance that I enjoyed the most. They are great!

Beware!

Hip hop dancers ... and their performance are superb!

Enjoying the performance from the bird's view

Kiss Style ... that's what these gerls call themselves

Their performance drew the most crowd lor

Belly dancers

Yeah ... the kids joined in the fun as well ...

Bubbles ... bubbles ... in the air

These two definitely had the most fun.

My favourite pix of the day

The whole event ended at 5pm. Then, me and TTC headed for Mac. I had my ... erm ... lunch or dinner? ... cos I haven had a meal after I woke up in the aftn ... whatever ... anyway ... I just needed something to fill my stomach. TTC studied while I ate. Later, the gerls joined us. The three of them also had their dinner settled at Mac as we were too lazy to think and ... plus ... we needed a place to study. And so, we stayed there till 9pm before we headed back to our "hills".

Sat down to watch "I guess" show till 12 before working on this entry (That's why this entry is published on 28 Oct instead of 27 Oct). For the next month or so, there may be fewer updates as I will be busy with my preparation for my quizes (tonnes) and mid-semestral exams. Sianz. :(

Still, I try my best to "squeeze" out some time to keep you guys updated about me in Taiwan. Take care. :)

Oct 23, 2007 - A Nite Out

2007-10-24T11:55:00.000+08:00

Went out of school last night after our Microbiology Lab.

Ivy suggested going to The British Consulate at Takou, just outside the main entrance. It was a red-brick colonial mansion that was built between 1878 and 1879, and has served as a British base until 1895, before being abandoned in 1910. Today, it is a swish cafe and restaurant. (The a/m information is obtained from The Rough Guide to Taiwan.)

It was a 10 mins walk to the main entrance where the famous NSYSU pillar is located, but the nice scenary along the way made the walk seem so short.

haha ... manage to capture the three zi-pai-ing in my zi-pai pix

here's their zi-pai pix

The famous NSYSU pillar

Poor Shuhui ... she could not have a quiet moment taking her own zi-pai pix ... me and Ivy would take all chances to "intercept" her photo shots ... hee

The British Consulate is located on the hill ... WAT?! ... not again ... guys, we got to climb ... haiz

Wah pian ... *faint*

No ... i'm not in Britian ... hee

The next three pix are my favourite pix of the day and they are all taken by Shuhui.

Dun you think she has good photography skills?

Caught them zi-pai-ing ... hee ...

This underground is "home" to prisoners-of-war. It is so short that Ivy and Shuhui have problems standing upright in the chamber.

Taichong in the spotlight?

The hallway.

The inside.

Yes ... We have sucessfully "intercepted " Shuhui's shot of the corridor. hee.

Went New JyueJiang for dinner. Had korean food. Not bad ... cheap and filling ... at least no more fried rice. Taichong wanted to have haircut so went looking for a salon. Found a newly opened salon called PS8 International Beauty Salon. Wah pian ... the service is ... UPS! spend about 10 -15 mins washing and massaging your head. Will check with you if the water is too hot or cold ... and thank you after they are done with washing and drying. While waiting for the hair stylists, you will be served with warm tea. There is even a TV right in front of you for your viewing. Then, the hair-stylist will examine your hair and discuss with you the kind of hair style that most suits you. After the hair cut is done, he/she will guide you in styling you hair. Throughout the whole process, they always wear a smile on their faces. And ... I dun see this happening in Singapore. I look forward to my next appointment at the salon.

Here's the result:

Yea ... I know this hairstyle is nothing unique but it's service that matter most to me ... and to most people. Dun you agree?

我爱台北。。。美眉

2007-10-24T00:14:00.000+08:00

hee ... :)

finally got time to sit down and do my blog ... was so shagged to do anything on sunday night ... den monday morning still got neuroscience class at 9am ... wah pian ... COMPLETE concussion during class ... (my mind was in la la land ... or probably still in taipei ... hee)

The worst is yet to come sia ... comparative anatomy class followed after lunch ... it's AFTER lunch lor ... you should know what is going to happen next lor ... ULTIMATE CONCUSSSION!

Anyway, still cannot rest after that. Still need to study for my microbiology lab quiz. And that's how i spent my monday ... in a subconscious state.

Oh ... off topic ... ok ... back to my taipei trip ...

It was a short trip lor ... 3D2N.

Day 1

Took a 6 hours bus ride to Taipei Main Railway Station. Reached there about 7pm plus. Shag sia ... but ... we were rejuvenated when we alighted from the bus.

The Happy Four

Quiet moment

The weather in taipei was very different from Kaohsiung. I prefer Taipei as it was cooler (20-26 deg celsius). stayed at a backpackers' inn ... NT 300 (S$15) a night ... cheap cheap ...

Able to spot Taichong?

paiseh ... so messy sia ... hee

Took a piz while waiting for the rest

Went out right after we dropped our bags. headed for Shiling night market for dinner and a bit of shopping. had all the food we have been dying to eat ... 鸡排，管材板，肉卷，水果冰 ... we ate till we dropped dead sia ... the food was juz ... YUMMY! (sorry guys)

Day 2

had breakfast at Mac together before Taichong left us to meet his family. We then headed for Dan Shui, a small town at the north of Taipei.

Bored on the train. Wat to do? Take piz lor. hee.

Where is my lover?

It was difficult taking pix on that windy day, with our hair flying all around the places ...

Ivy wanted to take some interesting pix and so she suggested jumping. Here're 2 best pix we've taken:

Taking a break after all the jumping

Ivy's idea again ... while waiting for bus. hee.

Took shuttle bus, R26, to the market.

My lunch ... spicy deep-fried potato.

After walking in the market for more than an hour, we left for Wu Fen Pu (equivalent of Bugis street but larger) Took train from Dan Shui Station to Taipei Main Station, then transfered Hou Shan Pi Staionn, followed by a short 10 mins walk would bring us to Wu Fen Pu.

Sold mainly ladies' clothing but I still managed to grab a shirt for NT 250 (S$12). Met up with Taichong and had porridge for dinner. big serving and delicious. It was a nice feeling having a bowl of hot porridge on a cold day. Continued with our shopping at Shi Men Ding.

came across this toilet-themed restaurant ... too bad we can't go in.

Took this pix while taking a break from a day long of walking.

My favourite pix of the day.

Return to Shiling night market again ... for more FOOD!

Ice-cream popian.

Having a bowl of hot mee suan on a cold night.

After filling our stomach, we make our way out of the overly-crowded market and headed home to rest our aching legs.

Day 3

Went to Gu Gong (National Palace Museum). It holds more than half a million of treasures of ancient China. These treasures are being shipped from the Forbidden City in China to Taiwan during the collapse of Qing Dynasty, I hope I got the historical part right.

It was rather disappointing for me as I was expecting to see the true setting of a Chinese Palace and probably more interesting display i.e. the emperors' ropes, rather than just vases, bowls and calligraphy works. Despite so, I'm still amazed by some of the most intricate art pieces that were being produced by the ancient artists.

Glaring sun ... strong wind ... i can hardly open my eyes

The Funniest pix of the day. (TTC's idea)

A risk-taking pose ... worried i may be arrested for performing such disrespectful act ... luckily no security guard in the vicinity ... phew ...

Met Singaporeans in Taiwan. We were looking for someone to take a photo and managed to get this female tourist to do it for us. She revealed her identity when she spoke in singlish ... like ... "check got anot" hee.

My favorite pix of the day.

This was another risk-taking pix as no photo-taking was allowed inside the museum. Security guards appeared right after we took this one and only pix. of course ... quickly run away from the crime scene ... phew ... hee

Left at around 1pm. It was pretty rush on that day as we need to catch the earlier bus back to Kaohsiung. We headed back to Shiling Station for lunch.

Bought some bread for the journey back to Kaohsiung and headed back to the inn to pack our stuffs.

Some moments at the inn ...

Enjoying their cream puffs

ao ya beh ya song ...

Shihui's toe got hit by Ivy's falling water bottle ... it was so painful that she couldn't control her tears ... poor her ...

We have company ... The boss's son ... adorable right?

Trying to get him to look into the camera

being cheeky ... refuse to cooperate ... haiz ...

finally ...

Took the 5.40pm bus home. Concussed 5mins right after we boarded the bus. Woke up 2 hours later ... ate some bread we bought earlier ... played cards ... watch boring shows and notforgeting ... photo-taking ...

Happy moments passed very fast ... now we have to return to Kaohsiung to continue with our normal routine ... study lor ... but we will definitely return to Taipei in the weeks to come ...

好久不见。。。

2007-10-18T15:14:00.000+08:00

真抱歉！好久没update 我的部落格。。。其是也没真的在忙什么啦。。。呵呵 :)

只是没什么好东西好写的。。。因为开学了所以不能出远门。。。有很多地方好想去喔。。。闷 :(

一个星期有四天要上课，星期三是休息日。因为星期五有神经科学概论，所以不能有long weekend. 真可惜！原本是想去看“我猜”的录影，但它的录影时间是每个周五下午一点，这样说来我们只有一小时的时间从高雄赶到台北，哪里可能?! 真可惜！

虽然如此，校园生活还是开心的。

这里的老师人超好的，他们上课时都很专业与用心，而且会常常问候关心关心学生。人也很friendly，不会有距离感。上他们的课是开心的！

我最喜欢的一堂课是张老师的药物作用概论课。虽然是很cheem的科目，但每次上她的课时都不会感到有压力，反而心情是轻松的，因为她会把一些很深奥的concepts生活化，一听就明白了。她人也很会体恤学生。她因为把上课的时间提前半个小时感到不好意识，而连续两个星期买咖啡给我们并准许我们在课堂喝，让我们提提神。而且咖啡也不便宜，是高级的，一瓶也要台币30元，大概是新币1块半。人也太好了吧！

有喜欢当然也有不是很喜欢的。星期二上午的植物生理课，超闷的！老师本人是不错，只是他讲课时有催眠的效果。我们常笑说：“我们（峨眉弟子-诗慧和Ivy 和武当弟子-我和泰仲）下山到少林寺拜师，学会如何灵魂出窍！” 老师讲课后的一个小时，看看四周，班上超过一半的同学都灵魂出窍！呵呵。

为什么没窍课？因为每位老师都认得我们。所以吗。。。只好乖乖的上课。闷。

好啦。好久没"出山"了。明天我们终于要出远门了！去哪？台北。。。耶！

原本我们打算十一月份才去的，但刚好泰种的家人周末会到台湾玩，他要去台北找他们，我们也顺便跟着去。而且十一月份有中考，不方便去。也因此这样，周杰伦的演唱会也去不了了。哎呀。:(

无论如何，我还是很期待这次去台北的行程。台北，我来了！

（希望老天爷可以保佑我们，台北千万不要下大雨，谢谢。）

10102007 - Double Tenth National Day

2007-10-10T23:25:00.000+08:00

Today is Taiwan's national day. For me? it's just another day off. Anyway, it doesn't matter at all as today happens to be my break day. Diao. Din do anything much as I slept through the whole morning and afternonn. haha. Slept at 4 am this morning, that's why.

Anyway, went Carrefour last night to have our dinner (we are sick of the hawker food and went to IKEA for western food ... IKEA and Carrefour are just side by side) and do a little shopping ... supposedly it was Ivy who wanted to go there to get some stuffs ... in the end ... i turned out to be the biggest spender there ... haha ...

Look at the amount of space my food occupied

I spent about 1000 NT (around S$50 ) purely on food. hee. The three couldn't believe it too. I never thought I would bought so much food. No choice. I fear waking up in the middle of the night feeling hungry and having no food to eat. C'on, I believe you know how terribly it feels to sleep on an empty stomach bah. Also, we took our weight in IKEA before heading to Carrefour. I lost 2kg! Diao. so ... I feel that I've got to eat more to regain my weight.

We also bought ingredients for making spaghetti before making our way out. As we are rather sian of eating chinese food , we thought of making spaghetti today for our lunch ... erm ... dinner to be correct ... hee. And so we spend the evening making spaghetti. It turn out to be a bit tasteless as no salt was added, thinking that the sause itself was tasty.

Selecting the cheapest spaghetti sause

To save cost, we asked for pepper and salt from KFC to marinate our meat ... cheapo ... hee

Our Chefs

无聊的星期一早上

2007-10-08T10:33:00.000+08:00

今天早上原本的神经科学课因为老师还在日本所以被取消。闷。

下午有比较解剖的小考，想读，但心有余而力不足；所以打算先看看youtube, 等一下再看心情如何在说。。。哈哈。

看到TK的留言。。。决定看范范上康熙来了。

大家! 请继续看下去，不要离开，千万不要错过另外一集好笑的康熙来了。

实在太好笑了！一定要看喔！

（好了，写完了就得回去啃书了。Enjoy!）

康熙来了范玮琪 011007 Part 1

2007-10-08T10:31:00.009+08:00

康熙来了范玮琪 011007 Part 2

2007-10-08T10:31:00.007+08:00

康熙来了范玮琪 011007 Part 3

2007-10-08T10:31:00.005+08:00

康熙来了范玮琪 011007 Part 4

2007-10-08T10:31:00.003+08:00

康熙来了范玮琪 011007 Part 5

2007-10-08T10:31:00.001+08:00

Good Bye.

2007-10-08T00:04:00.000+08:00

My dearest grandfather left us on 02 Oct 2007.

Ah gong,

Thank you for all that you've done for the family!

Miss you.