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! :-)

2004/12/24
往年的平安夜都是在人堆中渡過, 不是尖沙咀, 便是銅鑼灣...根本已經記不起有多久沒有在鬧市中渡過這個佳節了.
今年, 因著小嵐的原故, 我們一眾好姊妹跑到火炭燒烤, 也算是打破了我們一貫的慣例了吧! 當然, 家餘的缺席也是另外一個例外.
真希望下年這個時候, 我已經一個人搬出來住, 到時候各好姊妹便能到我家作客, 也不用為聖誕要到那裡慶祝而費心了.



小嵐: 我們從來都不知道"行為能彰顯回憶", 謝謝你的苦心, 我們都會明白的.
家餘: 沒有你在的平安夜總像缺少什麼, 下年可別再缺席了, 因為從來都覺得平安夜要一眾好朋友在一起才高興.
Cher: 都是你最好, 陪我逛了半天去買聖誕禮物給大夥兒. 所以嘛,今年的聖誕禮物我特別用心包的,可沒有偏心.
敏儀: 你的生日離聖誕只相距數天, 結果, 多年來大部的慶祝都跟平安夜混在一起, 你却一句埋怨都沒有. 可是, 你放心好了, 往後都不會再發生了.
小鬼鬼: 謝謝你特別為我挑選的聖誕禮物, 說實在的, 還好不是Vivienne Westwood.

當然, 最驚喜的是回到家中, 竟然看到床頭放著一份包好的禮物. 雖然只是一對很普通的毛毛拖鞋, 可是, 它卻是這麼多年來我收過最窩心的聖誕禮物.

經過多個月以來既籌備, 舊生會既第一個活動終於係2004年12月18日完滿結束...感覺係:終於鬆左一口氣
係咩都缺乏既情況下, 都總叫將呢個18舊夜搞得不俗吧.

還依稀記得當初阿Fred提及搞舊生會既時候, 我曾一口拒絕.
結果當然還是在半推半就的情況下給阿Fred拖了下水.
當中的名字也不知道轉了多少次, 才拼合到現在這一張17人的名單.
當初答應搞舊生會的目的, 一半是為了舊有的莊員, 一部份是為了消磨剛轉工時的空閒時間, 另一部份才是為了嶺南出一分力. 來到大半年後的今天, 心態改變了. 因著校方種種的阻力, 更令我希望可以把這個舊生會搞得有聲有色.

從來都說, 我真的很高興認識這一群莊員.

Christmas is coming and it is my favorite festival of the year. At the moment, most of the walls were illuminated by the light bulbs. Also, you can find a lot of christmas decorations in the shopping malls and on the streets, so you can easily feel the festive mood.

Moreover, christmas presents also puzzle my head. Chooising a suitable present for your friends isn't a easy job at all, especially when you need to buy several christmas presents all at once. Exchange for christmas presents become routine in years among us and the task become harder year after year. When we were student, we could have more spare time and more choices to choose from. However, both of them were in inverse proportion to age.