[my sister's birthday]

Ah...
Today is the chinese bday celebration of my elder sister
1st time celebrating for her in Taiwan
My sister is very happy
She brought us to a Italian restaurant
Too bad my parents did not like it

The birthday song is out of tune
...
anyway...2 people are acting cute-ing
haha

[Dialogue of the Gods]

You will be really amazed by the temples in Taipei
It's so delicate and nice
Think it's something to do with their local culture
Or something to do with the Mazu
Because i saw quite a number of temples, placing the Mazu statue
Just accidentally passed by a temple which is near the Lao-He Ye Shi just now
The notable features for this temple are the Gods-of-Door and the roofs
Really amazing...
The gods seem talking to each other on different layers of roof top
really like a small microcosm
Let's see..
I did not take the interior of the temple...
It's almost cladded with gold, fine and delicate details
Nice...
Want to show more photos... but it's so hard
I like the dragon photo very much

[台北士林夜市]

A very good pasar malam
Think it's the most famous one in Taipei

[Finally]

Finally everyone is in Taiwan
Went to a restaurant that just won "The Champion of Taipei Beef Noodles Competition"
But i don't find the beef noodles is nice lar... it's too oily and the soup's just so so-so to me
Maybe i have eaten nicer noodle before in china already
Which is the ZEN noodle shop i miss the most in Beijing
That's why i become so picky now haha

Still can't accept the fact that my sister's boyfriend is a taiwanese
I'm a bit anti-taiwanese although i love taiwan culture very much
Ha... contradicting one...

First, I think taiwanese guy is too pampered
[for eg : they are like children... picky till only eat the chicken meat without bone]

Second, they are very big man also
[for eg : they think being a guy, helping out girlfriend to clean the toilet and to wash shoes are very shallow things to them... this reminds me a bit of the Japanese men... perhaps is the influence of the colonization of the Japan before]

Third, their accent
[sometime the accent makes me feel that Taiwanese is very polite... but at the same time... it makes me feel they are so qing1 fu2 too...]

I don't know
But, whatever, i will check it out soon
Still can not 100% accommodate myself with cross cultural marriage
Or maybe i'm a guy
from my perspective.. i know better than my sister
Still think malaysian vs malaysian is the best!
haha
think i'm too biased le

[p/s : Could anybody tell me how to say a people is very qing1 fu2 in english?]

[淡水老街的情懷]

Missing someone...
Sad...

[台北市立美術館]

Taipei Art Museum
i met John accidentally, one of my KR seniors who's a taiwanese
amazingly... :>
The world is really small
The museum is free on weekend for students haha
the sky and the human look like photoshop one
but they are real

[Fortune Teller]

A fortune teller in front of Taiwan Museum

[people action]

Can't imagine..
This's juz happen in front of the president palace
Taiwan is really a place which has freedom of speech

[Photo of the Day]

I was lingering ard the Taipei Zhongzheng Jinian Tang
The architecture in taiwan is so impressive and fanstatic
Even for same style of buidling, u will find taiwan's better in terms of construction details and workmanship
This memorial square is the very good example to it
I discovered quite a number of baroque style buildings today
One of them was voted a the best ten architectures in taiwan
But unfortunately, it's inaccessible by the public
I only managed to take the boundary wall and gateway from outside
Taipei is really great
Walking along the street, the surprises will just come
Haiz
My 1st experience of bagpack ALONE failed today
As i always have that kind of thought -- giving up last min...
but it's ok because i enjoyed myself today
my cousin was asking me how come i still in Taipei
then i answered her "haha i came back ler as i only bagpack for one day!"
at night.. finally i managed to drive the scooter with my sister myself
and racing along the backlane, passing by a traffic police
hu~ it's so lucky me

[holland village in taiwan]

amazing...
there are over 100 tv channels u can find in the tv programme
accidentally i found this one
amazing...

[Taiwan Long-Shan Temple]

long shan shi, the most famous temple constructed since Qing Dynasty,
almost cladded with gold everywhere
a very delicate and detailed temple i have ever seen
i drew a shang shang qian here
but it seems i'm the only one who's very excited about it
the student was praying about his study
as heard here's very zun during exam period
[p/s remember to enlarge the photo and see the chinese word that on the transparent container]

[taiwan-ing]

[Man of Letters]

I was rushing from city square to watch the musical, called [Man of Letters], at UCC
maybe it's really fate, as i reached the UCC lobby just before 8pm even i met a big jam at the JB custom before that
the ticket is free, but it interests me more because of the music composer Dick Lee
As he was awarded the Cultural Medallion for brilliance in music composition last October, and was named Composer of the Year at this year's COMPASS awards
Man of Letters is the 1st full-length musical commissioned by NUS. As such, it marks an important milestone to the NUS of her 100th aniversary
and the director, Darren Yap, was the resident director of Miss Saigon

background was based on the history of the University of Malaya at 1955
and it's about the story of malaya students who stood up and against the british colony at that time

it was such a great show
i was impressed by the props designed as it was movable and used effectively
they acted very well
they sang very well
and the lighting ...
everything was so nicely done
i enjoyed it very much
it's even nicer and touching than the Snow Wolf Lake by Jacky Cheung that i watched before in Beijing
it really shows how proffessional and talented how local talents could be
too bad i could not manage to take a photo

[changi farewell]

saying our goodbye and "see again" to zhaoqian
she was alone here for the past 3 weeks, working with a french for a competition project
her flight was actually 2am in the midnight
but xiji and i decided to send her off
...

she's given one packet of D24 durian as the last gift as she wish
that's because she told us that she nv eat durian before
but...after she tried the 1st biji of the D24 durian king
she kind of gave up
then she told us the chou tofu is so much nicer
therefore, one packet of 10 dollars durian king was thrown into the rubbish bin
and she had to leave with the unforgettable durian smell
haha

haiz, very very unfortunately, we missed the last train to go home
even how well we planned to leave
ending up with 15 dollars each for the taxi fare
as usual, the taxi driver was complaining along the way
but he was complaining about the food, and not the politics of singapore
y every taxi driver likes to complain so much about life
watever
sad.. broke

[赵谦的欢送会]

[Clementi Bus Interchange]

[JB bus interchange]

[few thoughts]

Thoughts will always emerge when you are in trouble
I have been scared of writing in english over a long period
no matter in essays. assignments and presentation panels
i was telling myself that i need to overcome my speaking and writing problems
but, the problems will just always be there

Confidence is the key to success
and you need to work hard and smart in order to achieve your goal
i'm just not having enough confidence and faith in myself
that is the excuse
...
i should confess that i'm not that kind of students who can work very hard over a long time
that's why i always finding excuses for myself for not doing dissertion straight
that's why i always finding excuses for myself for seeking people's assitance
wondering how people will react when they are reading my lousy essay
and think that could be even lousier than the JC students'.
sometimes i will just think perhaps i shall just use the language that i'm more familar with to do my dissertation
or even to expressing myself
doubts always raise but no solutions are found

i was searching the photos of my SEP photos of Tsinghua, China
suddenly all the sweet memories just emerged

it's time to refresh
maybe "recharge" is just another excuse for me again
after a long and tiring submission
i found out i'm really getting lost and lost in understanding "what contributes a good design?"
and "what is called good design?"
all of these statements have been floating around my mind after i was bombed during my final crit in year4
some tutors are just being very biased towards someone
and most of the tutors think they are professional enough to make a quick crit
sigh sometimes we are just the guinea pigs
but nothing i can do
especially when i was in the situation of lost
i could not really decide what i want in such a short time
due to the nature of my SELF
and my lack of experience and confidence
and i always realize and understand the problems in a clearer pictures after that
and it's always too late to make any make up to it

perhaps it's the best time for me to review myself
while my friend have just started to become a shareholder of a company
while my friend is paying installment for their OWN cars every month

...