Came back from Taiwan

Seriously, Taiwan really touched my heart as their tourism board slogan said.

And, I keep dreaming about Taiwan every now and then..hahaa...

Anyway, we arrived at Taoyuan international airport on 7pm, and took a bus to Taoyuan High Speed Rail *THSR station, it is like bullet train, it travels fast.

orange colour high speed rail

to show you how fast it can travel, Eric used his gps to check the speed.

294km per hour, cool~

Finally, we arrived at Taichung. The normal 4 hours bus ride journey was shorten to 50 minutes high speed rail ride. It was late then, we decided to settle our dinner in McD. What a first meal to start your Taiwan trip, right?

However, I ordered bacon burger (a.k.a. pork...yeah!!!), and Eric had a McChicken. This is the first time we stepped into a McD and the waiters and waitresses greet you politely, "Huan Ying Guan Lin" (Welcome)..and they were extremely polite when I ordered our meal. CULTURE SHOCK~ in a good way though

So, after our late dinner, we took a cab to our hotel, actually, a motel. But, it was quite a nice one. NT1880 plus breakfast. 2 queen size beds... Eric asked me, why I want 2 beds. In fact, it was the cheapest room, and the only room they do not provide for 'resting'. This is a business suite. What is "resting"? it means you and your lover go there to rest for 2 hours or so...and you can choose different themes of room, it is quite famous in Taiwan, as well as Japan, I think.

Quite a comfy room.

Ok, I think that's all for today. As a preview, I would like to share with you a cute picture of a little lamb we took in our first destination in Taiwan, Cing Jing Farm. 清靜農場

Coral has a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb....

Musing

It has been a while since I last updated my blog. I was quite busy, and now sick. Seriously, I'm praying hard to recover soon. The weather now is unpredictable. A lot of people fall sick. Plus the h1n1 flu cases in Malaysia, the fear is in the air.

Ok, I could say that I am sick due to food poisoning. I seriously could not recall which food I ate on Sunday made me sick. But now I am hoping that I could recover before Thursday so that I would be able to go to Taiwan on time.

I already had everything planned... Hmm...

Cute hard disk cover

Been thinking about a cute hard-disk cover?

Meninos hard disk covers are very cute. :)

got milk?

Oops?

Need more potato chips?

They even have a cigarette box cover


Obama?



Want more tomato sauce?

or corn flakes?

I don't think it's a good idea to let your bb play handphone....

Learned to prepare tea

all set and ready to serve

Honestly, I never thought that one day I may be preparing tea-time for a big number of people.

My first time was not so bad, it was the college orientation and I was just helping out.

My 2nd time was last week, our department had to prepare tea time for 80 pax. I had to make sure the tea and coffee were all set. It was a busy day though, had to run in and out... *the sausage puff roll made me drooled*

the first tea time

It was good. I learned a bit of hospitality. I realized while preparing tea for others, experience is somehow important. Perhaps, practice makes perfect?

Baby Whale :)

the baby whale model

Last Sunday, I went to Midvalley with my friends to meet Uncle TC from KK. We missed him so much. :) the old man who likes to crack jokes in our University Toastmasters Club.

Anyway, we saw the baby whale model exhibited by National Geography in Midvalley. When I looked at the yellow frame, it reminded me of my collection of National Geography magazines at home. I loved to read National Geography magazines when I was in high school. However, when I tried to find my birthday copy in SunMag, I did not manage to find my birthday issue. Few years ago, I gave my friend his birthday issue of Reader's Digest as his birthday present (it was quite a coincidence when I saw the copy in a 2nd hand magazine stall). Maybe when I have a baby girl/baby boy next time, I would keep a copy of one meaningful magazine of the month he/she born. It would be nice...hehe

Anyway, I almost forgotten...the baby whale model was very big.... (the exact size of a real baby whale). My diving instructor told me he saw a whale when he dived last time. It was huge...

My cups of coffee

We seldom have the luxury to have a cup of coffee with our names written on it. You don't expect Kopitiam would write your name on your RM 1 'kopi-o', right? Neither Starbucks or Coffee Bean would serve you a cup of hot coffee with your name on the top.

Thanks to the open days of my college (again, yeah...), I have the luxury of having 2 cups of coffee with my name on top. 2 cups of cappuccinos (to be more accurate :))

My colleague, stationed in our coffee academy with our beloved student, managed to make me a cup of nice cappuccino with my name on the top. This was the first cup...


They finally decided to make me another cup of cappuccino, because they were not satisfied with the first cup of cappuccino.

Working hard... (this is coffee artistry, need some patience too)

Cheng cheng cheng... :) my final cup of cappuccino!

Beautiful... :) with 2 chasing hearts and my name on the top.

Posing with it... :)

I was really happy... and I had 2 cups of cappuccinos that day for free. Lucky me ;)

Indulge in nature

I love nature. Although city life is nice, but once you get too used to it, you might start to notice that everyone and everything around you is materialistic to the core, and most only look good at face value.

Being an island girl in a metropolitan city, I still find that nature is where my heart belongs, where I long to stay.

Mr. X might find that I love books so much and I always feel excited when I see books. He might think that a library or bookstore is a place I called home. (p.s. However, being in a world with information overload, I am more careful with my book selections now.) However, books are not living creatures.

Books might be able to refresh my heart and soul. But the fresh air of the jungle, the salty breeze of the sea always finds a way to rejuvenate me. Last Monday was a public holiday, and I went for an easy jungle trek up Templar's Park waterfall with some friends. Though it rained for 2 hours, the waterfall was quite scenic.

Light fog enhanced the waterfall


Simply amazing...

Simply Beautiful...

After the heavy rain, the waterfall looked massive.