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8月16日 Want to slim down & stay healthyRecently, I've grown fat. It's partly bcos my working schedule has resumed to normal hours and I have been indulging myself with great food and watching TV in bed. Hence despite going for swimming more regularly than before, I'm fatter now. Been thinking about jogging everyday like I used to 5 years ago, i just couldn't wake myself up earlier in the morning. At night, I feel lazy.
The good thing is I am less tempted by french fries and burgers nowadays, I will usually have soup noodles in the afternoon. Oh, I am bloody hooked on fried fish bee hoon in Sims Drive Market. It is the last corner stall from the nearest bus stop. The soup is clear and peppery, with fried onion spread on top and a small piece of seaweed as enhancement. The fried fish meat comes separately in a bowl, crispy light brown. I dip it in chili with soy sauce to get a salty flavouring that complements the plain soup bee hoon perfectly.
The other food I am hooked on is claypot rice at Claypotfun. The claypot rice is simple, either just salty, just juicy or just plain. You can order side dishes like Kong Pau Live Frog or Lettuce with Fremented Beancurd to complement the taste of your claypot rice. When you find it hard to dig anymore rice, you can ask the waitors to add soup into the claypot. The soup is SUPERB! It warms up your chest and it is refreshing to the tastebud. The savoury soup is not strongly flavoured but it mixes the residue in the claypot very well. If anybody's interested in dropping by the restaurant, it is at the Big Splash in East Coast.
Good food, good entertainment, good freetime..... how to slim down?? :- P
4月10日 Hualien & JiufenWe went to Taiwan for holidays in mid March! 3 days were spent in Hualien and 2 days in Jiufen. Mom and I both felt that Hualien's trip was very enjoyable. In contrast, Jiufen was not as fun. Hualien, as we thought, is a very relaxing place. This is a city built next to the Pacific Ocean and the B&B house we stayed in was really near the sea.
In our photos you can see that we have a pretty good view of the ocean from the roof top. Talking 'bout the roof top, that's where we hang our underwear...haha there's a washing machine up there so we washed our clothes and hung them. The room was very comfy too.The bed was simply just a thick mattress but the quilt was homely warm when we sleep in the air-con room at night. The house was also near the city centre so shopping, dining and transportation was pretty convenient. There was even a small morning market that sells fresh fruits, fish, poultry etc.... by the way, Taiwan's food is fresh and delicious.
If you ever switch to TVBS on your cable TV, you will see their youngsters foraging for the best stalls all over Taiwan. Their food LOOKS fingerlicious but I can tell you it TASTES fingerlicious too! Like their Oyster Egg is bloody luscious! It's not the typical kind we have in Singapore - oily, fatty, overloaded with so many 'not so fresh' oysters.... They were smooth, juicy, sweet, sufficient fresh oysters to satisfy your taste buds, and lots of soft cabbages inside. Ahhh... their cabbages are sweet...
The Ocean Theme Park there is not fantastic but seriously more interesting than our Underwater World, reason being there are many sea creature shows and family style amusement facilities. Plus you can take pictures with the dolphins & sealions if you want. I went for the photoshoot with dolphin, it was not only phototaking, you have to interact with the dolphin. You need to caress them, feed them fish, make them feel that you are friendly then it will take photo with you. The staff there was very carefree, they didn't chase us away once they had taken a photo for us, they asked if we want them to take more photos with our cameras and we passed them two. At least 5 photos were taken. Ah hah! Mom took a ride on the amusement facilities for the first time. It was something like a slow roller coaster in water but there were several steep slides that drop us from a height, then SPLASH! You get wet, haha! That was reall fun. I interviewed Mom about her first attempt on something-like-a-rollercoaster, she said it was exciting! This was one of the really COOL part about this trip.
We selected one trail to hike in Taroko for this second visit, it's called "Shakadang". It's actually a walking track built by the Japanese in WWII for accesibility to a dam. The streams inside this gorge were beautiful. The water was clear and there was always a breeze once in a while. We could see many rocks and gorge walls with sedimentary lines.
In the B&B house, there is a little doggie name Sah-gi-ah. It means 'hanger' in hokkien. He was named so because of a mark on his back which looks more like a 人 character to us. He was a fun! He would sit next to our table every morning with his front limbs lifted up, waiting for us to give him somehing on our our dining table. Too bad his owner has a strict diet for him, haha. Our host said he had gained too much weight lately that Sah-gi-ah became a load for him to carry.
Taiwan is really a fun place for me. Good food, fresh air, big ocean, easy transport, friendly people, scary traffic, same language haha....
I will definitely go back there again cos it's big enough for me to explore...
4月4日 Which folding bike should I buy??Which folding bike should I buy?? I've been cracking my head over which folding bike I should buy.... There are two that I am considering right now: Carry Me Single Speed $699 w/o accessories Smaller wheels/lighter/can add-on front or rear rack to tie up a basket or luggage/cannot trolley with bag/less surface area after folding JZ88 Single Speed $550 w/o accessories Bigger Wheels/heavier/can add-on shopping basket/can also be a basket trolley after folding/less height after folding
I've tried the Carry Me in Diginexx. It was quite fun to ride but I was just a bit worried that it might not have the speed and tolerance I will require on the road. Plus, there is no basket in their accessories selection. If I intend to go shopping nearby, I still have to carry a backpack/slingbag. Adding a rack would not be helpful cos I can't fold up after that. Hmmmm.... Seems like the JZ88 is a better choice. Bigger wheels seemingly will give me a more stable ride on the road. The best thing is that it can still fold up halfway with the basket attached, and if I add-on a pannier(basket), It adds up to $700 which is equivalent to a Carry Me that is without any accesories..... I guess it really is better... Hmmm.... try it out... 2月28日 花连之行 势在必行！耶！终于定好机票和住宿了！这期间睡也睡不好、吃也吃不下。由于策划旅行过程波折重重，所以这几晚都晚睡早起，加上隔天还要回公司。哎~真是夭寿（粤语）啊！Anyway, 现在开始可以比较放松了，因为只剩下搜寻景点资料的准备。 这次去花莲原本想住海边，但是民宿主人迟迟没有回应，所以最后选择了最积极、最热情的柚子家（http://www.wretch.cc/blog/uulo）。大家有兴趣的话可以上他们的网址看看！柚子家的主人是柚子和罗大柚两夫妻。照片中的他们看起来很幸福哦！他们家装修的挺现代的，起初我还没那么衷意。后来罗大哥回信中感觉很亲切而且很愿意为我解答交通方面的问题，让我很有安全感，希望去到花莲后能和他们畅所欲言！ 原本打算去了3天花莲返回台北市住2晚，后来老妈说他想去九份走走，而我察看地图发现其实花莲往台北路上会经过九份，所以我们就更改了计划，决定在九份住2晚。开始找九份的住宿时一直碰钉子，进的网页都没有电邮联络。后来，无意中发现了其他住宿的网页，终于燃起了新希望，最后我决定铸九份老舍（http://oldhouse.idv.tw/）。这是一间矿工的老房改建的民宿。客厅的布置很温馨、很有农村小屋的感觉。房间的布置也如初一至。我预约了一间“秘密阁楼“，窗户是细长的而且是屋顶下的小空间，很特别！ 虽然自助履行比较辛苦，要自己找资、订房、订机票、计划交通行程等，但是最终还是比跟团来得较充实、刺激、有意义，旅程中隐藏了许多未知数。你不知道会不会搭不到要搭的火车班次、也不知道会不会找不到住宿地址、更不知道在那里会不会因为当地人的提议而改变你的行程！ 如果你不介意以上所描述的状况就试试看吧！你会有意想不到的收获哦！ 11月11日 给某某前几晚梦见你。梦里我依偎着你。我们好亲密。可是现实生活中，你和我虽然总是面对面，心与心之间却总是好像隔着玻璃。沟通永远都只是表面、简短的。我还记得第一次在宿舍里碰面，我一看到你，心就揪起来，浑身上下的肌肉完全无法松弛，怕你一转过头就看到我最邋遢的模样。后来，我也忘了我为什么都没再去你那里。我们很少见面。每一次出乎意料地碰到你，我的心也都会莫名其妙地揪起来，还笑到合不拢嘴！你的笑容很灿烂、很阳光，也许这就是让我莫名地兴奋的原因吧。 我也不知道我们之间隔着玻璃是因为你的特殊身份还是你看起来太高不可攀了？你家境富裕、热爱水上运动、交往的对象又都是很会装扮自己的女生。我生在小康之家、安静、不常运动、又不爱化妆打扮。你的工作是高薪、得体的。我的工作是低薪、邋遢的。 哎。。。。我想这些就是我们的鸿沟吧，是为什么我们平行线永远都无法交叉的原因。明明知道你是最遥不可及的，却还是会想起你，会心动。真搞不懂上天在跟我玩什么游戏？该出现的那个人快出现吧，别再让我有这种心思去想念这样的对象和那些记忆片断了。我单身得快疯了！ 11月10日 Woohoo! Shopping's such a good hobby! Shopping is great! Wow, I bought a lot of little items in Bugis Junction after ending work late. It feels so refreshing to buy so many things! I bought a toner, an emulsion, a moisturizing mist and a hand cream at the Skin Food. Exceeded 100, so they gave me free test packs. Haha! The items were rather heavy so when I turn around, about to leave, the sales assistance called out and stopped me. They need to add another bag to hold them from breaking through the bottom of the paper bag! Then I went to ANBC Stationery Store to buy stapler, pen, pencil, mesh bags, erasers and cd wallet. Ho! I ended up walking out of the shopping mall with flying spirit! I didn't realize back then how satisfying shopping can be until now. I guess shopping makes you feel super good when you make it an activity to end a day's hard work. Everybody, don't go shopping on holiday. Go after work, you will feel good and not so guilty for spending those money. 11月7日 Gloomy Day Sop, sop.... I lost my wallet again. Why??????!!!!!!?!?!?!?!?! Why????????!?!?!?!?! WHY?!??!?!?!?!?!??! I was rather sleepy yesterday when I sent my boss to the airport. Everything was fine. We were all relaxed and happily chatting. Then after my boss had entered the checkpoint, Bruno and I strolled casually back to his van. Then I saw a Candy store, thought I could buy some gummies. Thunderstruck! Where's my wallet? Where! We started tracing back the route we had taken. We didn't go to a lot of places in the airport but there was simply no sign of my gorgeous wallet.  It's not the first time and in fact I lost my previous wallet at the beginning of the year. It's simply unbelievable how useless I am in taking care of my wallet. Today, I made a definite decision. I bought a big wallet that I can sling on my shoulder. That should make it stay with me even when I am careless! If I still lose my wallet again, I shall not bring anything but cash with me in future!  ( Angry with myself) |
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