Reality is always different with our expectation.
The original planning to Taiwan was to take a holiday and relax myself, finally, I felt even tired before I go.
This is my third time to visit Taiwan, the first was in 1998, while the second one was in 2002. Taiwan has undergone a lot of changes in these few years: the development of Metro system, the makeover of airport and infrastiructure etc. All of these give facility for tourists, while on the hand, reduce the attractiveness for me to travel Taipei again. Bookshop and Coffee Shop in Taipei are certainly the "must-visit" spot to me: 24 hour Eslite Bookstore, Bookstore's street located in ChongQing South Road, Various style of cofee shops and 24 hour " E Shu Man". I really hope that I could spend more time in discovering more coffee shop next time.

1st Day
Shopping in Mirama Center + 摩天輪 -> 士林夜市 -> E Shu Man
- 全球第二大商場摩天輪, 50 Seats and the turnning time for one circle is 15 mins
- Accessories of "Nightmare before Christmas" found in 士林
- Get Lost when finding "E Shu Man" and finally arrive there when we decide to go back to Hotel

2nd Day
Walk along ChongQing South Road -> Eslite Bookstore in 敦化南路 -> 饒河街夜市 -> E Shu Man
- Enjoy killing time in the bookstores
- Fancy products found in Eslite such as "Motto in Capsule"
- Get lost again in finding 饒河街夜市, spend almost one hour to arrive there

3rd Day
Site seeing JiuFen -> 西門町 -> E Shu Man
- Get on and off the train in a hurry
- "泥鯭的" is also available in Taipei
- 魚丸湯 in JiuFen is still delicious

4th Day
Walk around in 西門町 and Taipei Station -> Airport
- Excellent Live show of Angela Cheung in 西門町, a great bonus for this trip

Regarding the gender issue shared by Ah great, I sudden recur my trip to Nepal. At that moment, I really wish I was born male.
This is mainly relate to the biological factors: Better muscle and sexual concern. First, you need not worry and concern about monthly painful at all. Second, more convenience and safe especially when you are travel alone, at least, the vitcims of rape are usually female.
By the way, I am just curious to know whether men ever thought of being women? What is their reason and rationale behind?

As we are living in a patriarchal societies, women are always seen or treated as the subordinate to men. Although the situation had improved dramatically nowadays, but I fully understood that men and women could never stand at the same level as we have the basal differences. Just cross my mind that if people have a chance to choose their sex, would they choose to keep it or not? Will there be any differences among the choice between men and women? However, I am still glad that I can have equal opportunities in education and work when compared to the traditional societies.

2004年個人回顧:
1. 尼泊爾之行
- 第一次一個人外遊, 沒想到從此愛上自由行
2.工作
- 轉職到現今的公司, 有一群好好的工作夥伴, 工作比以前開心多了
3. 家庭
- 可能是人成長了的關係, 跟家人的關係比以前好
4. 感倩
- 一片空白
5. 朋友
- 因工作及心情的關係, 偶爾會向各身邊好友發脾氣
6. 舊生會

2005年個人目標
1. 進修
- 2004年年中的進修計劃到現在還沒有實現
2. 家庭
- 盡量抽多點時間跟家人好好相處
3. 旅遊
- 到西藏/柬埔寨/印度旅行
4. 貼好所有的相薄
5. 惡補世界歷史
6. 做好舊生會

Always keep smiling! :-)