At Flower Palace_Ci-hui Shi-bi BuTang (慈恵石壁部堂)

First day at work, always slow in speed and super blur. Cannot finish on time. But Theresa kept on "chasing" me to put down and enjoy.

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The sun were pretty strong and warm. Rode the bicycle alone on the unfamiliar street...abit lost but full of surprises...Halted for awhile and took a shot of the beautiful road that I rode. 



Below were the places that I went for my first day route 

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Along Jianguo Road Section 2 towards Shui Yuan Bridge

Ci-hui Shi-bi BuTang (Temple)

Ci-hui Shi-bi BuTang (Temple)

Ci-hui Shi-bi BuTang (Temple)

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4th Destination…..Heading to "Flower" Palace

After some rest, heading to “Flower” Palace to begin my working holiday! My first exposure (≧◡≦)


During my train ride, instead of sticking my butt on the train seat, I sneaked out as I was completely attracted by the stunning landscape. I had managed to take some shots as the train was moving pretty fast  ψ(｀∇´)ψ 


Here sharing with everyone 

*☆⌒9⌒9⌒9⌒☆* ゜ 9⌒9a+☆+a9⌒9゜ ☆:*´¨`*:..:*´¨`*:.☆

"The greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted." – Bill Bryson

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A place that I never regret of heading to .......

Memories are sweet and sad...


Met alot of people and make friends...local, Spain, Holland.....even Singaporean! Unbelievable (●*∩_∩*●)
Not only that, experienced my first minor earthquake here. Even though less than 1 minute, but the feeling was like...WTH 


Sitting at Family Mart ....reading novel and had a cup of latte ...enjoy the windy sea breeze and smell of the ocean! 
With mimi accompanied .....on my lap (at least an hour) Without any disturbance, life has never been so relax and enjoyable. 

Alone, riding around the whole island and enjoy the natural! Visited the sightseeing and feeling the chill seawater splashing on my barefoot! 
Getting close with goats, deers, crabs and crystal clear blue pacific ocean! 


Population around 10,000 in this island ....lead a simple and peaceful life.
A door that always never lock, motorbike and bicycle that has never been stolen. Everyone knowing one another living in harmony. 
Friendly greetings everyday in the morning without fail! Not only that, inviting friends for some drinks!
This is a place where everyone trust one another....


I would recommend friends to come over and enjoy the peaceful and harmony life here. Warm and friendly locals, beautiful sunset and awesome local food that will never forget. 

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Sunset

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Had been here for 10 days...now without bicycle, uable to travel further! o(≧o≦)o 
Today weather extermely hot and sun rays very strong. Walking under the sun, felt the rays irradiated into my pores..burning from inside! Argh so hot! I was almost burnt out! Finally find another nice cafe...sitting at a corner. Having bread and coffee for teabreak. Chatting with the friendly boss...sharing with me his life experiences...WOW 

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Few hours later, time to catch the beautiful sunset! This was my first time enjoying the beautiful sunset in this island. It always rainning and cloudy the past 10 days. Never wanna miss this moment! 

One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things!

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Last Mountain Ride!

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Had been staying for 1 week...and bicycle rental due date. Decided to make my last full round before returning. Woke up early but the weather seems not really good! Raining cats and dogs...argh I hate it! ಠ_ಠ

Sat at a cafe and had breakfast! Praying the rain will stop but not! Heading back to the hostel and rest. Standing at the balcony ...staring at the empty street! I like rainy weather ...so cosy but I need to go for my last ride in this island! Waiting patiencely ....and finally the rain had stopped. Thank god! 


Yeshhhhh! Began to cycle ... smell of dews were pretty strong! Slowly I rode to the Human Rights Memorial Monument..Took some shots and rode around the place...pretty cool and I decided to went into the museum to walk around. The staff was so friendly and explaning the details. I went to the theatre for the show. After the show, I walked around the estate and rode around the island_20km. Butt really painful but enjoyable. Make new friends and sharing experiences! Keeping in touch with one another! So AWESOME! (a❤‿❤a) 
Never regret heading to an unknown island myself.....great exposure! 

There are no foreign lands. It is the traveller only who is foreign.

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Mountain Ride Trip

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Weather seems to be good even though no sign of the sun...
Get my gear ready and heading out for the mountain ride. Tide was pretty low. So I parked my bike and walked towards to the sea. The strong waves splashing on my barefoot. It was so cold but refreshing. Accompanied by the sea breeze and smell of the ocean! Love this feeling... ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸❤¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ •.¸¸.•´¯`•.♥.•´¯`•.¸¸.•.

Got to know Allen while I was doing some shots at the shore. We began to chat and sharing trip experiences. He, alone cycling the easten! Bravo... envy ✖‿✖ After some chat, he headed back to the Nan liao harbor to catch his ferry ...to carry on his route..wishing him good luck! ❀◕‿◕❀

Carry on my cycle around 5km ... Shot some interesting photo! ♥‿♥

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Relax at a corner

Life has never been so relax!!! 


Small raindops falling....
Sitting in a small restaurant, having a glass of "Around the world" and enjoy the cold breeze pouring against my pores! 

Listening to oldies and looking at people riding under the little droplets. Listen to the motor sound....seems to fall in love with this simple life. 

Hiding at a corner  ....enjoy the restless afternoon and surfing internet...planning my next route. Kinda of funny thoughts in minds! Thinking how everyone doing in hometown. Hope everyone is well! ✿◕‿◕✿ 

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AdVeNtuRoUs

Weather was pretty cooling..,small raindrops and windly morning.
Had toasted bread and warm soya milk for breakfast...Waiting for cabby "uncle" to give me a ride to the Fu Gang harbor...Along the way, I saw some arigculture farm, of course will ask the driver. Driver told me is either rice or "Ping Lang" As the weather here is much more cooling so it is suitable to grow these.
As I was rushing to the harbor, no extra time to stop by and shot...abit of regret for not sharing!

Arrived at the habor, very crowded and alot of youngsters..All heading to this "Devil Island". I approached the counter for help and managed to contact the host. Seems the host is too busy and forget to make arrangement. I foot my own ferry ticket to the island. 1-way ticket cost around SGD 20.

Unloaded my heavy backpack and walked to the end of the ferry to catch the scenery. During the journey, one of the uncle caught my attention and we began to chat. He introduced me "Devil Island" and their life there. Simple and easy life style.... Out of sudden, uncle shouted extremely out...think till his top of this voice!. Dolphin!!! I saw them! jumping up and down happily from the "black sea"! Their speed was extremely fast and I couldn't even manage to catch a few shots! Arghhh... Uncle told me if you are lucky, sometimes can even see the whale splashing water out! OMG! This is the natual that I have never encounter!

Arrived at the harbor, the host not showing up ....kinda of lost to me. Forturnately an aunite (around her mid 50) approached me and offer me help. Doubtful and fear? But my guts told me just follow and look around. Auntie drove me to her apartment. Aunite owns a hostel and offer a good rate (SDG 22/night) to stay at her place. And my room is facing the ocean view and very cooling. I took this deal and stayed over. Aunite drove me around the nearby estate and telling me place to get cheap stuff.Beside that, she drove me back to the harbor to pick up tourist. Great exposure! After meeting up to 2 french ladies and heading back to the hostel. I gave them maps translate to them the places of interest (since aunite not good in english).

After some introduction, I started to walk around the estate to explore myself. Exhuasted but managed to see some parts of nice scenery. Feel free to commend. Thank you.

 

"Travelling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things"

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NeW bEgInNiNg...NeW cHallEnGe....NeW LiFe

I've been surrounded with love ones ever since I was born. Parents, siblings, relatives, friends, colleagues, not forgetting my cute nieces, nephews and grand nephew! Now it's time for me to explore and learn without them around me. I always believe that every part of life is a learning stage! So without hesitation and my strong capricious, I decided to fullfill my dream ....see god's creation_Real World alone.


Of course, fears and challenge are my best companion! Doesn't matter if my stubborn decision is right or wrong, I will try my best to conqure. A NeW bEgInNiNg...NeW cHallEnGe....NeW LiFe to add colors into my life!  ^(oo)^

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My LiGhT DiNnER ExPeRieNcE

Finally arrived after 9 hours of flight and bus ride...I am extremely hungry and exhuasted. Check-in one of the hostel and started to walk around the estate to look for local food. The locals are very friendly and suggested to me to try their famous foul bean curd (臭豆腐) at Lim's family (林家) and also Mee Tai Ba (米台目) at Lao Dong Tai (老東台). The stores are just next to each other and nearby to hostel.


When I arrived the Lao Dong Tai (老東台), the quene is super long and there is no seat available. Pretty sad....so i decided to walk to Lim's family (林家) and try their foul bean curd (臭豆腐). Of course, the foul smell is extremely horrible! Prestastion is also not attractive. But when I tasted it...I have fallen in love with it! Taste so different when I had it Taichung. The sauce is light (neither salty nor sweet). Not only that, it comes with some mint leaves, carrot slices and crunchy cabbage. So refreshing. Freshly deep fried bean curd_crunchy on the outside and soft filling. My saliva cannot stop drooling!!! So freaking yummy. Mdm Lim also added some watery chilli to spice it up! Small plate cost around SGD 2.20 / large plate cost around SGD 4.30. It goes well with osmanthus green tea. Burp...there goes my light dinner for today. 

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连街都陪你逛不完的人 哪能有耐心陪你走一生

父亲再婚之前，很乐意陪我去逛街。两个人常常买一大袋爆米花，边吃边聊边逛。逛的当然都是女孩子的时装店。我将买好的东西往他怀里一放，便钻进试衣间里一个人逍遥。父亲坐在店门口，看我在一件又一件衣服间游走，眸子里闪着贪婪的绿光，便会一个人呵呵笑起来。等我抱了一大堆衣服站在他的面前时，他总会很绅士很豪爽地掏出钱包来，高喊一声：服务员，买单！

那真是一段极快乐的时光，父亲用他不多的钱，很慷慨地满足着我对衣服的欲望，消解着我单身生活里的郁闷，还用他那独特的审美眼光，给我一次次地做相亲时的军师。可惜还没等我找到如意郎君，他便先耐不住寂寞，没与我商量，就宣布要再婚了。

看到父亲大红请帖的时候，我没有半点儿的欢喜。尽管在此之前，我也曾那么希望他能找到一个老伴儿排遣后半生的孤独，不再有事没事地拉我去逛街。我想父亲对我的依恋，原是这么快就可以被另一个女人替代的。

我很快地将自己的东西全搬到了宿舍，连照片都没留一张。新婚的父亲沉浸在喜悦中，并没有注意到我的反常，照例在周末的时候，打电话催我回家陪他去购物。碍不过面子，只好象征性地回去吃顿饭，而后借故在逛至中途时，一个人孤零零地回宿舍去———与另一个女人在镜子前比美，我还没有适应，也无法适应。

慢慢地便与父亲淡了下来。我开始强迫自己与一个又一个的男人见面，偶尔和他们中的某个人，不咸不淡地谈一段时间，终于还是觉得无趣，分了另找。后来看住单身宿舍的同事日渐稀少，直到只剩了我一个，终于一着急，稀里糊涂地便答应了一个人的求婚。

父亲不知怎么辗转知道我谈了恋爱的消息，千方百计地将我和男友骗回家吃饭。饭后父亲便提议去逛街。男友看着兴致勃勃地为继母拎包提兜的父亲，忍不住笑出声来：做什么不好，偏偏来逛街，这样一家家地逛，这不累个半死？我听了没吱声，却想这个一向对我殷勤呵护的男人，怎么突然间如此没有耐性？

一路上父亲的兴致好得出奇，我在他的怂恿下，也忍不住，像往昔那样，不厌其烦地一件件试换。从穿衣镜里，可以看见两个面目表情迥然不同的男人：一个提着大包小包在我和继母身边做着参谋，时不时地会送上一两句让人如沐春风的夸赞；另一个则走一家坐一家，边抽烟边送过一脸的烦躁和郁闷。逛了不过五六家，他终于叫住又要去换衣服的我，撒了一个并不圆满的谎，便一个人回家去了。

父亲依然不急不躁地陪我们逛，而我，却是莫名其妙地，在男友走后烦乱不安起来。我想这样一个终于下决心向我求婚的男人，会不会就这样抛下我，任我怎么求也永远不再回来？那么，二十八岁的我，再去哪里寻一个人，陪我走以后寂寞的一程？心神不定，便也没有心思试衣服，甚至对着镜子，看见眼角细细的皱纹，突然地流出泪来。是父亲从背后递过纸巾来，说：孩子，没什么可难过的，连街都陪你逛不完的人，哪能有耐心，陪你走一生？心烦的时候，给爸爸打个电话，我陪你逛街。爸爸再老，也是有空儿陪你，有劲儿给你背包的……

泪眼模糊里，我看到对面衣镜里，两个幸福的女人，终于相视而笑。

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