Wednesday, September 29, 2010

On D Day

"Death is what  keeps people alive", I told Angie.
To commemorate on my life of 27 years,
I thought of touching on a taboo topic of life and death
Rather controversial to talk about it on one's birthday
And even more controversial to go a cemetery on that day.

Kranji War Memorial
Place where brave souls laid to rest
Sanctuary where life were honourably lived and remembered.
Most people in current society subscribed to the notion of chasing egocentric idealism
Accumulating wealth, success and progress
in a bid
to achieve happiness.
But the above sentence is not really a mathematical formula,
where Wealth + Success + Progress = Happiness
Happiness is a state of mind
And Ultimately,
A Choice

 Life and Death
The space between Life and Death seems further apart
Thanks to technological advances in medicine and also higher quality of basic human needs
At the same time,
the void of empathic emotions also widens

Take a Break
I like self reflections,
constantly reminding where I am along this life journey
and what other steps I need to take to fufill my dreams of exploration

 Tranquil
Angie asked me why death is what keeps us alive,
I explained that it is the realisation that we, one day, will leave this earth
and our existence is a mere transient one,
But its also due to this very simple fact,
that we live ourself to the fullest
making the existence a worthwhile one.

So..
What are you living for?



Sunday, September 26, 2010

Day 7 - Jiu Fen Tea Time and Kee Lung Dinner

We stopped by for some tea in a hundred year old teahouse.
The interior decor brings you back to those old days of Marital arts era

The view on the alfresco seating

so the both of us enjoyed a cup of tea
where time stood still in its flow
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After quite a while, we continued to explore Jiu fen
and found this in front of a shop
We couldn't really make out what it is..
hence we went into the shop..

Its a huge ass CHIHUAHUA
Well the shop was selling fishballs fit for giants
makes perfect for them to have a gigantic chihuahua

Gigantic Fishball
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While eating, we can't help to feel that someone was watching us...
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Awwww the pussinboots eyes!
puppinboots in this case

More followed suit

Susan-boyle wannabe selling sausages
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After buying some souvenirs, we headed to Kee Lung
and its colder than Jiu Fen

Harbour


Strange crabby dinner -_-'
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After reaching back Taipei,
we went for supper..
and tasted the best food for the whole trip...

Tomato Beef Noodle.

The soup was.... was..
Aiyah.. a taste of it brings you to heaven..


Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Day 7 - Taipei 101 and Jiu Fen

After having some rather unconventional breakfast,
we make a quick trip to see the Taipei 101,
but we did not bother to go up though


Honestly,
 it looked like stacks of supermarket baskets from far to me
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After that, we took a bus to Jiu Fen,
But the gloomy weather did spoil the day, and worsen my illness

A hot bowl of beef noodle to warm up our bodies

Haha, food always makes her happy..
Always..

Ivy walking down streets of Jiufen

Famous Yam Balls!
Damn they should sell this in Singapore!

Jiu fen from the top

Interesting signs that I wanted to buy

Mollusks! (cause I don't know which species it is)

Big fat Hai Luo