Revelations

This week has been truly a week of revelations, especially today. I have met people who gave me their insights into my career, myself, my future etc etc...

Well, not like revolutionary ideas supplanting my original thinking. At least it introduced new elements to my trains of thought. Perhaps major shifts in perspectives, on how I look at my own things introspectively.

However, the funny thing is, rather the sad thing perhaps, the actual translational process of transmuting these intangibles into something more tangible and/or purposeful seems more of an uphill task than expected.

Hmmm.... I need time to think them through.

Taipei Part II

Yes, we spent some 3 days in Taipei before we fly back to Singapore.

Taipei really has quite some places to visit! Plus, the food's really good... Thankfully, we missed the 寒流! That very day we left, it came... It was so cold!! And guess what, I actually saw E with her bf and friends with luggage, while we came back from Ximending. My dear was incidentally telling about hostels in Ximending.

And we think, we saw G's ex-bf, isn't it dear?

Anyway... here's some pics I left out on Taipei part I...

北投露天温泉！After showers...
this is a famous place in 九份... 找你找得好辛苦!
九份，滂沱大雨之后的潇潇细雨
难忘的九份之旅...

Ok here's the real Taipei Part II!!

小美，XL阿姨最小的狗狗。。太冷了它一直在发抖。。 LOLX
她的新发型！！Kawaii ne!
小米也！（2 out of 5 dogs)
XL 最疼的。。。狗狗-宝宝！
西门町戒烟行动！！OMG！！
中正纪念堂, 自由广场
ＨＥＬＬＯ　KITTY RESTAURANT！！
Princess XL。。。 in her royal toilet LOLX... Yes, this is INSIDE the girls' toilet but only the girls' toilet... The guys' pathetic HA...
WHo's this?!?!
I like Taiwan! LOLX

Taiwan Trip - 清境农场

I think this place is worth an entire entry of it... My dear and I loved it very much, cos it additionally reminds her of Europe, but to me, it's simply because it's just having both of us alone. This is, imo, the real getaway.

But it really is. High up in the mountains of Taiwan, you can easily imagine the breathtaking scenaries and romantic settings and since it's 农场, you wouldn't miss the sheep and cows and lambs and sheepdogs...

But since it's high up in the mountains, took us 4 hours to go from Kao Hsiung there: took a 客运 (long-dist bus) to 浦里, where we change bus up.

Pictures speak a thousand words:
Scenary when we were travelling up on the bus. Check out the hues of the skies, she loves that color.
Another one when we were travelling up at twilight. Has the feeling you are looking at a 山水画 (other than the fact that it's a tad blur), especially with the houses at the side, like villages.
Shopping mall in the clouds!
Now this is the real farmstead..
A lovely sight...

赶羊秀

Guess who's that being whipped?!
Cute lambs, oooooo...
Benediction from the skies above...
Check out the sheep!
It wouldn't be XL without jumping poses LOLX!
This part of the trip holds dear to the heart because it is more than just beautiful scenaries and interesting stories. More importantly, it's a journey both of us took together. Feels like a huge step forward.

I think my dear would agree with me on that.

Taiwan trip Part I and II

Because my dear has chided me for neglecting my blog and that she wants to read some blogs, I decided to add this photo-filled entry, with my enjoyable Taiwan trip. 'Enjoyable' is simply an understatement...

Love the feeling of travelling, cos there is no pressure. Just 2 persons, holding hands and going on adventure =P LOLX.

Anyway, presenting to you my Taiwan trip; the photos are tip of the iceberg:

Taipei 1
-- We spent the first 4 days in Taipei for the fireworks at 101!


Taipei 101 during New Year's eve; with her bro and bro's gf
Call me a glutton, but Taiwanese food is what I love =P
Check out the new costume LOLX

风大雨大的渔人码头

3 days in warm KAoHsiung:
My maiden 高铁 trip is to 高雄!
This is winter wear in balmy 高雄. Suck that!
in front of Confucious Temple; I just love taking photos of her =P
Our 护身mascot 小敦也！
西子湾
Caught eating again! The 夜市in Taiwan are superb! This is the infamous 高雄六合夜市!
OMG!! We caught that!!

...TO BE CONTINUED...

Flying Free

This is a song that I love to sing when I was in choir in my primary school days. Cos it exhibits perfectly how a choir should sound like, the harmony and melody. And well, our choir was quite good, SYF always gold one haha... Yeah, we are pretty proud of that LOLX.

And it's the song that had made me wanted to learn the flute, but too bad la, too ex to learn then. Haven't had the experience to feel the lyrics of the song like now, after having walked the earth for 26 years now...

It's quite an inspirational song I feel, with wings of hope and anticipation for the future, yet recognising the challenges and adversities that will inevitably be facing and not backing down...

A song acoustically beautiful and inspiring, but alas, with that slight tinge of regretful melancholy, if you hear it in a different light.

This version is one with the violin though... I have the one with the flute one. LOLX.. Flute's nice...



Flying Free

There is a place I call my own
Where I can stand by the sea
And look beyond the things I've known
And dream that I might be free

Like a bird above the trees
Gliding gently on the breeze
I wish that all my life I'd be
Without a care and flying free

But life is not a distant sky
Without a cloud, without rain
And I can never hope that I
Can travel on without pain

Time goes swiftly on it's way
All too soon we've lost today
I cannot wait for skies of blue
Or dream so long
That life is blue

Altos: So life's a song that I must sing, a gift of love I must share
Sopranos: so life's a song, a gift of life I must share

Altos: And when I see the joy it brings, my spirits soar through the air
Sopranos: and when I see, my spirits soar through the air

All: Like that bird up in the sky, life has taught me how to fly

For now I know I can be
And now my heart is flying free
Oooooo...