Shortbread, Quesadilla, & Stinky Tofu

American Pride

2007-07-17T10:34:00.001-07:00

Several months ago, US was a major customer of mine at work; an interesting country where i still wanted to visit some time for those marvelous attractions i missed to visit eg. great canyon, yosemite, miami beach, and disneyland; a place where my beloved one lived.We didn't care much about US news except for George Bush vs. iraq war and hurricanes or snow storms- for travel concern. We used US

New Update

2007-06-28T12:18:00.000-07:00

I haven't updated this blog for almost a month. I'm not abandoned writing, neither this blog where i've cultivated for 4 years. I just don't have motivation on writing here. See if you're a mandarin speaker but have to speak english 24-7, would you still write your journal in english? I wouldn't. Another reason is i don't have to tell my bf- now is my husband- my daily life any more. We're

I Love New York!

2007-05-30T11:27:00.000-07:00

We are back from new york!New york city hadn't attracted me that much until this trip. Perhaps it's nearly summer time that the weather is nicer and hotter, or perhaps i missed city life, nyc reminded me taipei the speed i used to walk and live on. The heat got me dizzy since the sec i went out from the buildings just like the way in taipei, the apartment buildings covered up half of the sky

Blah Blah Blah Blah....

2007-05-23T12:13:00.000-07:00

The second month passed.Just like all the couples, we quarreled sometimes, we argued sometimes, we didn't listen to each other occasionally, and we got mad with each other once in a while.He still doesn't allow me to eat Mc Donald's, i still stop him buying unnecessary stuff only because it's cool. He still owns remote control, i'm still against tv. We still laugh at each other's fat belly, but

Craziness

2007-05-20T12:11:00.000-07:00

This is what happened when you live in US for over 2 months...(BG music: FLCL sound track)

The Baby- Part 2

2007-05-14T10:47:00.000-07:00

(The article is forwarded.)A newborn's conversation with God...A baby asked God, "They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?"God said, "Your angel will be waiting for you and will take care of you."The child further inquired, "But tell me, here in heaven I don't have to do anything but sing and smile to be happy."God said, "

The Baby

2007-05-09T22:35:00.000-07:00

Here're the pix of my beautiful little niece:

Girl Rocks!

2007-05-09T11:13:00.000-07:00

May 9, 2007 8am, my little niece was born!She's the first baby in my direct family, she is my younger brother's first child.She is a 3kg big baby, she was caesarean born.She was supposed to come out in 2 weeks, she turned out to be a Taurus girl.She's very cute even since the 1 min she's born, according to her daddy.The whole family is very happy, as well as her 84 yr old great grandmom.I will

Gift

2007-04-30T15:16:00.000-07:00

My friend Genie came over last weekend and brought me this gift.She's now temporarily staying in UK, and she had this idea of the gift she wanted to buy for me, but it couldn't be found in UK, so she asked her mom to buy in taiwan and brought to US while they traveled with tour group to west coast.I love this gift. It really surprised me and I almost burst out tears after we opened the wrapping

SF Cherry Blossom Festival

2007-04-29T22:05:00.000-07:00

It was a warm sunny Sunday, and i had a chance to get to see one of the biggest parades in San Francisco- Cherry Blossom Festival in Japan Town.That was my first time to Japan town. I didn't know there's this one corner in san francisco city that everything's just decorated exactly in japaense style and sells exact japanese stuff. Once in a while i thought i was walking in one of the streets in

North Cali Coast

2007-04-14T15:10:00.000-07:00

Heard of this saying, that when you find all the doors in front of you seem to be closed, God will always open a window for you. And this is how i felt last weekend.It was the first weekend my bf was away from home ever since i came to bay area. i was a bit nervous with the unpredictable upcoming days, especially the two lonely weekends. The weather had been beautiful, and i didn't feel like

Life Is Getting Better!

2007-04-10T19:29:00.000-07:00

Today when i sat in the train on my way home, i suddenly had this feeling that, LIFE IS SOOOO GOOD WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO AND WHERE TO GO!The train was packed with off-work workers. Everyone carried their backpacks or suitcases, reading magazines or browsing on computer or talking on mobile phones, looking tired and relaxed, and i was one of them.Before going home i popped in the mall for a

Yes I Got One...

2007-03-29T10:57:00.000-08:00

So i decided to take the job.The GM guy and I have gone thru 3 times interview and numerous msn talks about this job. The first time he replied to my email and talked to me on msn, i felt very grateful to him and was expecting this job very much. The 2nd interview went well and i was quite excited at being able to get the job so soon. But after the 3rd time, the 4th time, the conversations on

Deja Vu

2007-03-21T09:27:00.000-08:00

This is the news from yesterday's world journal (世界日報). It caught my attention not because of the contents, but because of the "deja vu" of this scene.Four years ago while i was walking in finance district in san francisco, i witnessed a protest by accident (see the 3rd post of my old blog "the war"). That was my first time stepping on this continent and the city of sfo. Four years later i

Home in SFO

2007-03-18T08:28:00.000-08:00

I finally arrived at san francisco airport.In this 15 hrs indirect flight, i've got the luggage to be repacked while checking in (overweight 6 kgs from the total limitation 64kgs); i've got to take out my bear who's with me for 7 years and leave to my mom; i've got to sit next to a BIG american guy in the flight to HK; i've got the hand-carried bags to go thru the xray and checking point 4 times

行前隨筆

2007-03-15T07:48:00.000-08:00

Little by little, bit by bit,i'm packing my taipei life into these two big luggages.Soon i'm going away again.一天整一點, 一天塞一點, 我把我的台北生活裝進這兩只大行李箱裡,我即將再次遠航.很多的眷戀, 很多的不捨, 我只有相信緣分會決定該隔空思念, 該異地重逢,還是該淡了, 或該斷了.不確定的未來, 不知的歸期, 還是一股勁的結束這裡,悶著頭的向另一個世界闖去, 就僅僅拎著兩只行李.的確是有些任性.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------最掛心不下的老奶奶這回倒是樂見其成,沒有一句負面的字眼卻教人好心酸.想是我看見她的寂寞,

New Image for 2007

2007-03-08T10:55:00.001-08:00

Due to the server problem that the comment provider Blogextra.com keeps obtaining- who just lost all of my old comments and stopped me for logging in for no reason, i decided to dismiss this stupid provider and change back to blogspot's original comment function. However there's some problem in my original html causing blogspot's comment not to show up, i, ultimately, decided to change the whole

North Coast Day Trip 三芝-石門

2007-03-03T20:43:00.000-08:00

We went for a day trip in north coast again. The beach front restaurant we picked this time is run by a latino looking guy from LA. Why do we know where he's from? Well, when we looked at the menu and decided to try their quesadilla (pronounced as ge-sa-di-ya), the cute local waiter didn't heard of its original spanish name and missed to note it down, so we called for it twice and this guy

Pet Shop Catz

2007-02-27T01:40:00.000-08:00

Hehehe... Me don't just post photos for only their cuteness...:P In fact these are what i took when i played with those kitties thru the window in front of a pet shop. in fact that afternoon I went for an interview in world trade center and when it's finished the day was still early and the weather was so nice, so i decided to walk to Lieu-Zhang-Li (六張犁) mrt that's how i ran into those pet shops

Sick Nail

2007-02-26T02:41:00.000-08:00

My nail is sick. The nail on my right hand middle finger is sick. It's got fungus infection from nowhere. For this tiny organ I went to see a dermatologist. He only spent 5 mins diagnosing and telling me the finding, while I spent 30 mins in his clinic for everything. At last I got a bottle of medicine, which looks like nail polish. Doc said the treatment will have to be taken for 1-2

[LIVE!] CNY in Danshuei

2007-02-24T23:09:00.000-08:00

This was the third day of chines new year holiday and the crowds in Danshuei MRT. The station had to control the flow by opening the escalator for going "in" the station and the stairway for "out" the station, and only allowing the "in"s until clearing out the platform. Now you see why the central taipei is so quiet and empty. Also when you can't find open stores in the city, you can always

超..超..超忙碌的一天...

2007-02-13T06:39:00.000-08:00

今天做了好多事... 好累好累... 呼呼.... 可是現在已經晚上十點半還是很精神...中午起床後去附近找東西吃... 雖然小吃店很多也很便可是都是麵店, 又髒髒的很多人, 餓著肚子繞了一圈又回到捷運旁的麥當勞... 至少這裡比較乾淨也比較安靜...坐公車回阿媽家... 和平東西路竟然沒有直達車!! 唯一的和平幹線一個鐘頭才一班... 非尖峰時段甚至無班次... 所以以前就一直很討厭來和平東路... 只好撘到一半再換公車回家... 可是又下錯站... 就頂著大太陽走了十幾分鐘去另一條街換車... 呼呼... 回家的路真坎坷...回到阿媽家把棉被拿出去曬... 坐了一會兒準備先喝杯咖啡再繼續打掃... 才剛倒出隨身包等熱水沸騰就接到電話... 原本七點多要來載冷氣改成馬上出發... 只好急忙撘公車奔回忠孝復興... 呼呼... 好在兩個大男人帶著全套工具來DIY拆冷氣...

Security

2007-02-12T03:40:00.000-08:00

.... is that the internet is always accessible and with little cost whenever you feel like going online..... is that you always have a place to stay where is tidy and strong with no horrible threats like unknown insects, cockroaches, mosquitoes, dripping ceilings, weird noise, peeping tom, or spirits..... is that when you're not happy with your president you can always write him an email with

69 Coffee

2007-02-08T08:44:00.000-08:00

There is this coffee shop in 2 buildings away from my apartment. It's just 3 months new, and is the only coffee shop with free internet service in this area. The first time I went there is for running away from the noise created by the neighbor downstairs who was refurbishing his entire apartment since 8.30am every morning. This coffee shop opens from 7.30am to 10pm mon to sun (incredibly long

The First Strike!!

2007-02-05T07:23:00.000-08:00

Wahahahahaha.... this really scared me a while... but also i'm very happy with what i've done!:DHere's the final result that i spent US$150 for: (check out those sentences marked in red)View Scores Test Test Date

Junk Business

2007-02-01T05:54:00.000-08:00

The internet connection in my place is getting worse... usually it got disconnected every 20 mins to 1hr, this month no connection for the whole day seemed to be normal, until i turned off the power on wireless box and restarted again. I, therefore, have been having trouble updating this blog frequently.So these weeks before chinese new year are cleaning weeks, that people are allowed to throw

75 Years of Life Is Enough

2007-01-25T06:24:00.000-08:00

I have a 83 year old grandma who didn't have any severe illness except for the chicken pox 2 years ago and a little bit high blood pressure. She used to get up at 5am, get the laundry done, water plants on the balcony, then take a walk in botanic garden at 7am for an hour, and go to traditional market to buy cooking materials for the day. During the day she usually watched tv for a couple of

Nice Quote

2007-01-21T20:10:00.000-08:00

One of my friend put this story in his blog...In the movie "A Touch of Spice (香料共和國)", the little boy asked his sailor uncle, why he gave up such an interesting sailing job and all incredible romance but chose to married an ordinary girl and have kids with her?The sailor uncle answered:"My dear, there are 2 kinds of travelers, one is alwaying looking at the map, the other is always looking at the

7-11 New Giveaway

2007-01-18T07:36:00.000-08:00

Taiwan 7-11 has had this successful marketing trick for many years, that you buy stuff over certain amount of money then you get a small giveaway. Most of time it's hello kitty stuff, but sometimes they also do big head dogs, Do-la-e-mon, winnie-the-pooh, snoopy, mickey mouse & disney... those popular cartoon figures. Hello Kitty animated magnets went around earlier and for much longer than

Finally it's done!!

2007-01-14T07:31:00.000-08:00

I had the most nervous day i've ever had since i left schools. Even if sitting in job interviews i didn't have my nerves taut that way. My heart was almost bursting out from chest and my stomach was twisting like hell. My brain was out of control and my arm was tensing with ache. My throat was dry to death even tho i just had breakfast milk tea 10 mins earlier. I took a bunch of deep breaths

2007-01-08T06:49:00.000-08:00

Got a toelf practice book... total 500 pages...plus 1 complete online practice...only 4 days left for preparation...in average 150 pages per day... YOOOI-SHIH!! Let me bring out my high school kick-ass spirit!! Battle for the damn exam!! 必勝!! 必勝!! 必勝!!

平凡的幸福

2007-01-07T06:20:00.000-08:00

每天早上醒來第一件事就是從頭到尾狠狠的把你想一遍想你的笑話想你在幹麻想你到底有多認真想我們從認識以來發生過的大小事...做朋友那麼久了什麼該做的不該做的也都做過了從沒想過真的讓我們走到了這一步有點不太習慣一些親暱的話語也不很確定你是不是真的想跟我走下去是我不夠愛你嗎? 也不是也許離別與重逢在我們之間不知發生過多少次了我早有免疫力了吧也或許是和老朋友談戀愛少了那麼點衝動的激情吧但一向庸人自擾的莫名的不安全感卻也不再發作了... 你說你找到了我第一次送你的東西我才發現呵那是當年多麼青澀的表白阿稚嫩的你沒有目標的摸索著自己的未來而固執的我只知道緊抓著眼前的浮木不放傻過了傷過了愛過了痛過了恨過了醒過了才驚訝的發現這個人一直都在那兒... 嗯就這樣不管你看不看的懂也不管我們到底會怎樣我只想說--

?Que Dilema?

2007-01-04T07:45:00.000-08:00

The interview went very well and it's about product development for Brookstone in Taiwan agent.Life is towarding a crossroad again... one way leads to where i want to go but nothing is confirmed, while the other is waving hand to me with great opportunity...That's it!!! No more emails no more phone calls allowed from you evil demons!! I've locked out my 104 so you all stay away from my profile!

If only I can...

2007-01-02T06:46:00.000-08:00

Grandma got severe back pain since she sprang her waist 2 days before new year's day. The pain has been killing her that she even couldn't sleep nor move. I had to send her to the emergency to get a pain relief shot on new year's eve. After having visited 2 hospitals 3 doctors, finally she felt better and could fall asleep tonight. Compression fracture is diagnosed as the main reason to cause

2007...

2007-01-01T07:50:00.000-08:00

A year has passed. Another new year has started.2006 went much faster than i expected, while it's another remarkable year to me. In 2006 i got the raise and the promotion i had been working hard for.In 2006 i stopped travelling to India & philippines but started to fly to China & HK.In 2006 i turned an enemy at work to a partner; i also earned tons of friendships from work. In 2006 i left my

Women's Talks

2006-12-29T07:58:00.000-08:00

Sometimes you just can't ignore the productivity that women's casual chat can bring up...Earlier tonight I had dinner with 2 of my coworkers. C got married a couple of months ago and M will be married next month.I told them about my worries in finding jobs in US next year, then immediately M popped up this idea of opening a mommy postpartum care center. It's inspired by the head of our dept

Post-trip note

2006-12-21T20:35:00.000-08:00

When our shuttle bus drove us back to the hotel from the airport in the dark evening, my impression of palau was "god... how are we gonna spend A WEEK in this barren land?" (這麼黑, 難不成每天在飯店炒飯?) There's nothing aside the street but only jungles, there's no street lamps nor traffic lights, there're few shops and even few houses. It was not the first time i spent vacation on islands. Despite of

We went on a trip to Palau

2006-12-18T04:59:00.000-08:00

for 7 days and this is how the trip was like...

The Industrial City

2006-12-07T17:18:00.000-08:00

And Xmas tree is no longer the only decoration in shopping mall....

A Week in San Francisco

2006-12-02T16:55:00.000-08:00

-- Moon raisen at sunset in SFI'm back in San Francisco again, accidentally and unexpectedly. I'm staying in San Bruno Courtyard Marriot again, surprisingly and coincidentally. SF has been very cooperative that welcoming us with sunshine, clear sky, and comfortably chill; and after the custome guy threw me dozens of questions I, again, luckily got a 6 month stay stamp this time altho I'm only

Paintball in Nei-Hu

2006-11-27T01:55:00.000-08:00

We went for paintball game last Sunday. It was sooooo much fun! I will write more later! Now enjoy the photos first...

The Last Day...

2006-11-17T01:29:00.000-08:00

My sweet coworkers surprised me with sweet blessings and warm friendships... We've only worked in same team for several months... I will miss them a lot!:>_<:Here are those funny people and sweet angels...

雜記

2006-11-02T04:28:00.000-08:00

天氣漸漸涼了不過只是十一月而已以往連到十二月都還有穿夏裝的日子呢穿著銀白色的ZARA針織套衫米色七分西裝褲搭配Hush Puppy的米色淑女鞋走在路上感覺好似日本OL穿著一樣... 最近日劇看太多了滿腦子Yo~shi(好!就這樣吧!) Gan-ba-de-neh~!(加油!) Yii-des-yo~!(可以阿!)配上歪頭微笑手握拳頭往後拉或點頭的動作根本就是一付日本人的樣子可我從來就不屑走日本風的阿!***********周圍六年級後段跟七年級的妹妹同事們帶著銀玲般的音調每天像小女孩一樣吱吱喳喳的談論著可愛的東西不知不覺也被同化的有點超齡總覺得這麼老了還這樣裝可愛實在很不好...工作做了三年多又放棄了其實真的很喜歡這個工作跟這個公司承蒙老天眷顧終於讓我找到真正值得我努力的地方可每天看著那早已嫁給公司的中年單身無婚姻紀錄之女部門主管

Post-resignation symptom

2006-11-01T07:47:00.000-08:00

A week ago, they removed me from their email forward loop. Today, I was told that MIS doesn't have laptop left for my merchandiser for her coming trip to China, so I might have to lend her mine.My jobs are dismissed first, my laptop will be returned the next.I still have 17 days to go due to the law restriction of 1 month advanced notice of resignation for employees over 3 years. But I've been

The Last Chapter in Atico

2006-10-17T09:15:00.000-07:00

I sent out my resignation letter this morning. I kind of felt an electric wave flowing thru my head while I clicked "send" button. Then I got a phone call from my boss at 12pm. She spent the whole lunch break 1.5hrs to ask me for reasons and persuade me to take back my idea of resignation. At the end of converation when I still said "sorry I've made up my mind", she started to talk in a

Double Tenth 十十

2006-10-10T09:06:00.000-07:00

How's my 5-day holiday is like? Hm... let me see... I got ofF the plane around 3pm on the 6th, got the rest of work done and emailed out from my place, then straighted toward to my grandma's house for a family dinner for moon fest. A great news from my family, that my sister-in-law is pregnant, and we're going to have a bady in our family in 7 months!:D It's a great gift for my 83 year old

Macau 澳門

2006-10-01T07:22:00.000-07:00

I didn't plan for this trip. In fact I never thought of it until a friend brought it up when I complaint about the boring days in HK on msn. It was quite a stimulant, but I completely had no idea how it's like there, except for some images from discovery of casinos, a remain church front, and portuguese egg tart. Oh and I don't need visa and I can take a boat there.So I went to star ferry

2006-09-28T08:40:00.000-07:00

This is where I've stayed for 10 days in HK... our dorm in Shen Zhen is much bigger and nicer and cleaner than this one.

愛是怎麼一回事

2006-09-17T21:18:00.000-07:00

生病了才發現愛是怎麼一回事媽媽一手撐著雨傘一手緊緊抱著我直奔急診室大門什麼也不要我做就直催促我到旁邊的椅子坐下休息又緊張兮兮的問護士血壓正不正常體溫有沒有升高只不過是腸胃炎想吐想拉其他都還好不痛不病的打個兩針就又精神了她卻還再張羅著該吃些什麼食物才好當晚徵狀轉成脹氣痛的我一夜睡不好隔天她就繞了大半個台北市為我找純稀飯才發現早上復興南路的清粥小菜不開就哪也買不到了急了慌了也沒想到我家可以開伙休息兩天脹氣也消了又終於生龍活虎起來她還是不放心一早奪命連環扣問我要吃什麼要不要買有機飯盒給我愛會讓人千掛念萬思念就為了愛的人平平安安快快樂樂除了做到這樣其他說了半天做了半天的愛就連愛都談不上了.給你: 我只不過想你會來看看我或是買個雞湯給我你卻自顧自的開心過你的週末還說什麼關心我看你還是早點滾吧!

Nan-Ping Old Trail 內灣南坪古道

2006-09-04T06:34:00.000-07:00

This is where we went last Saturday.....Itinerary:11.20am - Departed from Taipei Main station12.50pm - Arrived at Hsin-Chu station13.50pm - Departed from Hsin-Chu station14.55pm - Arrived at Nei-Wan station15.00pm - Started hiking from the trail entry16.00pm - Reached the trail end- MaYa Guest House (瑪雅山莊)17.15pm - Started pouring... soaked in wet18.00pm - Hopped on van to get down to Nai-wan

Bad Lucks Go Away!!!

2006-08-31T08:49:00.000-07:00

1. Caught a type of weird flu that only harms your throat and doesn't easily let go of you. It's been 10 days and I still caugh hard in every 20 mins. I've taken more than 5 bags of flu remedy powder drinks, 4 antiphlogistics for 1 day, and lots of caugh relief pills, but it's still there every 20 mins. I used to fall asleep in seconds but these days it took me 1 hr to quiet down myself. Did

Hong Kong 香港

2006-08-13T07:00:00.000-07:00

- View from mountain top (太平山頂)- Hong Kong island view from Tsim-Sha-Tsuei (尖沙嘴)- Laser water show for Hong Kong shopping fest

More Food Pics...

2006-08-12T11:10:00.000-07:00

-Peach season... very sweet yoh!^_^-Vacuum pack clams... the most weird snack I've ever seen.-A huge bowl of noodles... 哇~!好大碗的麵!-Left: goose palm foot; Right: snake meat

Bon Appetite! ChaoChou 潮州

2006-08-02T04:31:00.000-07:00

The way you eat at ChaoChou resturant is, before sitting down you go to a display area where you see raw or half raw materials of all dishes on the menu (which you actually don't see any) being spread out on the table, you point at the dishes you want then chefs take the plates and cook for you right away. Or you point at the water creatures in the tanks and chef nets them at once then send to

Cheers!! QuinDao 青島

2006-07-30T05:48:00.000-07:00

QuinDao, a northern city where has China beer fest (8/12~ 8/27), will hold windsurfing/ sailing contest in Bejing Olympic Game, and has a western-style seashore with 2 stories villas along the coast. This has been included in my retire residence list after Santorini (Greece) and LA.

Return to Kenting- Return to My Paradise

2006-07-07T03:38:00.000-07:00

Written on 2006/07/11 (Due to the fact that this is an international blog site, I'll try to add in English translation eventually for my overseas readers.)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ha! Actually I didn't mean to be so sentimental, it looked a bit pretentious indeed...Anyway, I thought I'd be chilled out on my ocean-facing balcony all the time

Next Week...

2006-06-29T09:23:00.000-07:00

You'll see me sitting outside the balcony on the 3rd floor of here reading and enjoying the sunshine and the ocean view in Kenting.Also I'll spend 1 night in one of these double bed rooms where doesn't have any view but that's ok I can just walk to the beach in front of the hotel and soak in the deep blue.Everyone's welcome to drop by during 7/3-7/6!:)

2006-06-27T07:37:00.000-07:00

So yesterday I was talking about my vacation plan, while now I'm gonna tell you my next working trip- as a "coordiantor"- I just got email informed this evening.The trip will start around July 22nd until mid Aug or so, I will be taking US category manager to visit textile, ceramic, plastic, metal, acrylic factories in QuinDao (青島), NingBo (寧波), HuangYian (黃岩), TungKwan (東莞), ShenZhen (深圳)with

2006-06-26T08:49:00.000-07:00

So I'm going to have a 2 week vacation next week!Here's a rough plan for my holidays...7/1 Sat- Spanish Saturday7/2 Sunday to 7/6 Thursday- Take a night bus to Kenting and meet the coworker & her friends, hang around in sunny south and swimming and chill out on the beach...7/6 Thur to 7/7 Fri- Drop by Taichung to visit grandparents7/8 Sat- back to taipei for Spainish Saturday7/9 Sun- north beach

多事之春 Eventful May

2006-06-10T23:30:00.000-07:00

May is blank on my blog, but dramatical in my real life.1. Since end of April to early May, the company tore down some parts, created some new space, and refurbrished some area. Same to the people working in there: a couple of old staffs left, a few divisions have been set up, and several new organization charts have been announced. The whole group of our division went to HK to meet our HK/

2006-04-29T20:53:00.000-07:00

People tend to give excuses than speak out their mind straightly. I personally think excuses are much more terrible than cruel truth. Truth might be hurting, but it shows honesty. Giving excuses doesn't mean you're polite, it only makes you a pretentious person. My spainsih language exchange started to ask me out after the 2nd LE. I didn't accept as I was busy with work and travelling and

Salamat Sabah!

2006-04-18T10:25:00.000-07:00

More pix in Sabah trip are here!

One night in HK

2006-04-07T19:09:00.000-07:00

I don't know how I should call this... Holdup? Stuck? Whatever... the fact is this stupid colleague forgot that we needed to get another visa for entering to china again (now we got single entry only), after she forgot the way to HK office, where she's been for several times, and still insisited to try to walk there and not just hopped on a taxi. Anyway, until the visa office was closed we

2006-04-04T22:18:00.000-07:00

Since I can't read my blog but I can get thru to the edit page (unreasonsably weird, isn't it?), I decided to keep writing stuff here no matter it shows up or not and no matter if anyone comments or not. So today I thought perhaps I could link to my site thru other web server or someone else's pages instead of the direct link (in fact this way didn't work...@#$%&...), I found my blog is linked

Shitty China!

2006-04-04T06:01:00.000-07:00

Yes it's not only a shitty country but also very impudent because it blocks other country's web links and forbids everyone in its land to read info from other country! Yes this is what it has done to taiwan's web links! Doesn't it sound childish and immature? What does its gov think? Fine, if only .com.tw is forbidden it's fine, I can stop reading twn yahoo news for some days with no problem.

China Frog

2006-04-03T08:10:00.000-07:00

Ok here I'm in CHINA! Ha this once was the country I refused to visit, or say, the last country I'd visit. But who would know that I'd step on this land at this moment! The feeling to china is weird, that we share same culture and ancestors, but we're on the other hand so different in a lot of aspects-- accents, thoughts, usage of phrases, slangs... etc. We eat same food, but the way we call

2006-03-29T07:26:00.000-08:00

Dear pals,You might be wondering what I've been doing for not writing blog as regularly as usual. Yes again I've been busy with work and this and that stuff. No it's not the buying season now and we're not busy with customers. On the contrary we're busy for the transition of the company and also the transition of ourselves. The company (twn office) is working on schedule upon the shunk down

Bravo!

2006-03-23T07:27:00.000-08:00

Ma premiere musicale en fraincis-- Notre Dame de ParisSeulement un mot a dire... Fabulous!J'ai avais un excellent anniversaire.

March

2006-03-13T06:22:00.000-08:00

is a special monthis the transition time of winter and springis the boundary of icy freeze and sunny warmnessis the opening for buds turning into blossom flowersis the time for sleeping creatures to wake upis the month a beautiful 23 year old lady brought a beautiful baby girl to this beautiful world three decades agoHappy birth month!:)

It's not a sin, it's just something you gotta think...

2006-03-07T21:14:00.001-08:00

Brokeback mountain got the best director- who's a taiwanese guy- in Oscar award, in the meantime it heats up the discussion of homo love again and apparently this gets journalists' job much easier and believing that to avoid worldwide protest there're only pros articles being posted. I'm not against homosexuality. In fact I like gay people and have some good gay friends. They're usually more

Another Must-See

2006-02-28T06:52:00.000-08:00

"Suggestive techniques for the marine to use in the avoidance of boredom and loneliness: Masturbation. Re-reading of letters from unfaithful wives and girlfriends. Cleaning your rifle. Further masturbation. Re-wiring Walkman. Arguing about religion and meaning of life. Discussing in detail, every women the marine has ever fucked. Debating differences, such as Cupban VS Mexican, Harleys VS Hondas,

Middle-East Fever 2

2006-02-27T20:03:00.000-08:00

The book I'm reading right now is called 'Nach Afghanistan kommt Gott nur noch zum Weinen- Die Geschichte der Shirin-Gol' (Translation: Crying Afghanistan- 哭泣的阿富汗). It's the true story of an Afghan woman's life and is recorded by an iranian lady who encountered her in a rafugee camp in Afghanistan when shooting a documentary for German TV program. Shirin-Gol is the Afghan woman's name meaning a

2006-02-26T08:45:00.000-08:00

當年紀漸長, 我常常會想, 前幾世的我到底是些什麼樣的人?在種種際遇發生之後, 我總是懷疑, 是怎樣的因緣牽繫著我, 在這一世重新上演這些來來往往的故事?也許某一世我是跟隨航海家探險的旅者, 終日漂泊無故定居所, 只有短暫的靠岸停留, 在泊船的港灣與美麗的女子邂逅;也許某一世我是駕著驛馬車的商旅, 遊走於各國間蒐集珍稀藝品於各地販賣, 歇腳之處不敵美色而處處留情;也或許我只是個流落風塵間的女子, 賣才獻藝為求三餐溫飽, 偶遇恩人不捨而墜入情網, 卻因違背倫理而被迫分離....這些或許只是我童話般的幻想, 可佛說的因緣卻領著我一步一步的走. 什麼時候遇上什麼人, 什麼時候斷了什麼情, 我無法預測, 也無法控制, 只有在發生的時候, 我才明瞭是該開始或是結束.在經歷這種種許多之後, 我寧可我只是一個足不出戶的女兒, 生而只為等待一樁門當戶對的姻緣, 在面紗拉下時才見著那張即將長相廝守的面孔,

I just wanted the great time we had before could be lasted. That's all I wanted...

2006-02-25T17:54:00.000-08:00

When she thought she's hurt and she intends to hurt back, in fact she hurts herself more. She's angry to someone, but in fact she's angry to herself more. She tried hard to forgive and forget, but in fact she's too selfish to know how to forgive and forget. The heart she's holding, is a black ugly hideous heart of hers.Pls forget what she said and only keep her good side in mind.Farewell, her

Middle-East Fever

2006-02-23T23:15:00.000-08:00

Another great book I finished in this trip-- The kite runner.It's written by an Afghan Khaled Hosseini who fled to US with his family in 1980 when Russia attacked Afghanistan. "He manages to provide an educational and eye-opening account of a country's political turmoil--in this case, Afghanistan--while also developing characters whose heartbreaking struggles and emotional triumphs resonate with

I can't believe

2006-02-21T10:26:00.000-08:00

that I saw a condom commercial on tv in India!In 1999 they just lifted the ban for lips-on-lips kissing on big screen in bolywood movies. Now in 2006 they're allowed to promote condom on mass media! God this country is really improving...

2006-02-12T07:48:00.000-08:00

1. I cried over on the phantom of opera again. Everytime since the organ melody came down and the chandelier's lifted up from the stage, I started to burst out tears uncontrollably until the last scene, on which I even cried harder when Christine kisses the phantom. There's no other play or movie or music I would cry over like this one. Now I deeply believe Andrew Lloyd Webber must have added

Phantom of My Life

2006-02-09T06:51:00.000-08:00

Thanks for inviting me to see Phantom of the Opera. I'm very excited and quite looking forward to it. So I took out the sound track album and listened to it again. It reminded me the time we went to see the movie together- the time we were still together, and I was very impressed that you liked it a lot as I did. I remember we had a fight before that day and we nearly broke up. But after

Lantern Show in Guan Du Temple (關渡宮)

2006-02-05T07:54:00.000-08:00

2006-02-04T06:05:00.000-08:00

I had a great chinese new year with families this year. Probably because I hadn't spent chinese new year at home in the past 5-6 yrs, or probably I'm a bit tired of travlling and away from home, it's more sweet to me this time to stay with families and chat with them. Little bros and sis seem to grow up in a sudden and everyone looks much bigger than those in my memories, on the other hand

2006-01-31T09:07:00.000-08:00

It's the 3rd day of the new year, we went to see my granduncle- grandpa's 9th brother in the hospital.Taiwanese always say it's not good to go to hospital in first several days of a new year, and bad luck might follow you for the whole year. However, it's my dear granduncle who spoiled us very much when we were little, and who just got stroke a couple of weeks before chinese new year. I still

2005 Company Year End Party

2006-01-26T07:44:00.000-08:00

- ATICO Strip Show (The team who got 1st prize on stage)- Beauties & Beasts

2006-01-23T07:36:00.000-08:00

It's always a good refreshment to go home when life gets a bit frustrating. And I might never appreciate home like this if I didn't move out. I went back home for 2 days for the year end clean up this weekend. The 'home' I'm talking about is actually my grandma's house in south west of Taipei city. It only takes 20 mins by bus from where I live, but I only go home for several hours once per

2006-01-21T20:15:00.000-08:00

Cafe, whiped cream, alcohol, chocolate waffle, toast, tomato, taro milktea, hot spring, cote d'azur, trail, 94 highway, pebble beach, railway, yacht, skyline, labrador, kenting, straws, shellchime, tequila sunrise, sailboat rock, dripping, lachrymal, self-centered, dusky, sole, defensive, tu es beau, trenchancy, tranquil, affection, obstinacy, ce n'est pas moin, identification, self-abhorrented,

The last day of old Kwan Hwa Market (光華商場)

2006-01-16T06:31:00.000-08:00

The bridge is going to be tore down. Those which have parasitized underneath of the bridge for 30 years are losing their shelter. And next time when you come here, you'll only see an empty broadway.Pathetically, this doesn't mean too much to most of my current friends, except for me.

2006-01-14T10:04:00.000-08:00

This weekend all my roomies are away, so finally I can have this house on my own! And this afternoon I found my house was full of sun shine coming thru the big window and nice beeze from the balcony windown in the back. I can bath in the sun without going out and enjoy a quiet saturday afternoon and don't need to care about the way I sit or lie or whatever. I can even walk around in the house

2006-01-08T06:49:00.000-08:00

Finally I had my first hot spring in this winter this evening. The weather was just cold enough to cool down the heat from the body when bathing in the hot spring pool. The sunday night is just a right time to be able to have the whole pool at your own and jump in here and there freely. The mountain was terrifyingly quiet but it's good to have no cars block your way. Everything was just so

Mucho Gusto!

2006-01-07T22:15:00.000-08:00

I can't really remmeber when was my last time sitting in a class (the real class for learning, not for work). However, I did find myself a bit unexpectedly retarted to the school thing before going to the spanish class yesterday. 2 days ago the school lady called me up to remind me the saturday class and be there 10 mins earlier for the registration stuff. So I didn't forget I had a class and

2005 Review

2006-01-03T13:56:00.000-08:00

~Jan~My best friend from work got married with a canadian guy, who's introduced by my friend and we just joked to pass the msn address to him and her. It was such a miracle and both me and my friend were surprised they'd get married at the end.My bf broke up with me 2 weeks after the new year countdown.~Feb~Jason and I made a trip to Boracay in philippines where we had a great chinese new year

Happy 2006 Everyone!

2006-01-01T06:35:00.000-08:00

Last year ended up with a tragedy, just right happened at the first minute of the last day. I fell off from the stair and sprang my left ankle.It hurt but wasn't too terrible. I still could get up and walk into the house, and went back and forward from my room and dinning room to get ice and stuff. But the next morning when I woke up, my ankle was more swollen than earlier and even hurt. I got

2005-12-30T20:59:00.000-08:00

The 3rd time I got disappointed to someone I've cared about.I wasn't asked to spend xmas eve together, neither to celebrate new year's eve together, as a so-called 'good friend'. I started to doubt about the term of 'good friend'.Human relationship is the most tough one in life and also the most awful one.You thought when you're nice to people, you'll be treated in same way and won't be left

2005-12-26T07:19:00.000-08:00

I'm an impulsive person. I admit it. I might just think about something then get to do it in 5 mins. Or I've been thinking about something, then you see me start it the next day. It was just yesterday, that I checked out the website of several spanish class. This evening I called to one of the class and got some information, then after work I walked to the school and paid the deposite fees.

Jump! Boys v.s. Born into Brothels

2005-12-23T08:17:00.000-08:00

Highly recommended movies. You can read the stories from here and hereThe review will come up soon.

2005-12-19T07:10:00.000-08:00

So... there's a tarot reader booth in the mall downstairs of my hotel, which i've been passed by for days and didn't walk in even tho I wanted to. And today I finally walked in. It was kind of embarrassing to talk about this... I don't want people to see me as a geek or some country bumpkin who only follows fortune teller's words for any decisoins or actions. Anyway, I walked in, the girl in

New year resolution

2005-12-18T05:36:00.000-08:00

Don't spend time on players.If he wants to play, play with him just for fun, but never throw true heart in there and never create any imaginations or expections yourself. When holiday's gone, put memories in box and keep moving on.I dont know if i can do it... but i've learned and will keep learning.Good luck to all my girl friends and merry xmas to you all!

2005-12-15T07:34:00.000-08:00

I don't know if it's good news or bad news. I'm voted as the employee of the month again. It's weird that we have 170 people in this office and plus Shenzen office there're almost 200 people. At least they could've gotten some other people to vote for, but they chose me again. I wonder if this is just an alternative way to make up the unfairness of my salary structure. If so then next year I

2005-12-12T07:53:00.000-08:00

其實你並不那麼在乎雙人床上只有單邊的溫暖因為你知道跨過海的那一端總有個人陪你作夢讓你期待你天真的以為不管生活有多困難他都會在螢幕的彼端與你為伴直到現實拉近了兩人的距離你才發現變化發生的有多快... 身邊的人總是一個個離你遠去而你卻還在此地無止盡的徘徊開心的傷心的如同雲煙過眼一般到頭來發現其實你仍在原地旋轉麻木只是暫時的止痛劑讓你得以形容搞骸的隨著鐘錘分秒搖瞼u是藥退了人醒了記憶中的種種無奈又再排山倒海般蜂擁而來是不是該頓悟了就索性拎個行囊找個陌生的小地方重新追求自己的夢想?聽著陌生的語言嘗著陌生的味道望著陌生的街角也許抱著陌生的小娃娃讓熟悉的都遠離讓過去的不再想起讓陌生的變熟悉然後讓下一個三十年輪迴如同蝶俑羽化般

2005-12-11T07:23:00.000-08:00

每一次我總帶給你無比的快樂而你帶來的卻是不開心的日子...

Another piece of info for our new comer...

2005-12-07T07:37:00.000-08:00

This is why we love taiwan. This tropical island would be much much more boring if only have one season. Summer here is fun, but winter is another fun time for us too! Let me tell you what 's fun in taiwan winter.First, it's time for friends or families to get together and enjoy a warm hot pot... especially the spicy one! Altho we can always go for a hotpot at any time(and we usually do),

2005-12-05T07:25:00.000-08:00

It's cold today but I felt warm in mind.I want to thank you to keep me accompanied tonight and make me laugh all the time.:)