Can I slap you?

Can I slap you on the face and tell you that because I am stressed?

Busy

It's an understatement if I say I'm busy. I've been sleeping late for the past week, the earliest was around 1am+? My eyes look like China's famous animal now. Furthermore it's a busy weekend for me. 2 weddings, 1 birthday & 1 shopping trip. I'm soooo freaking tired.

Gonna stop blabbering, check out the cupcake I had in Damon's birthday party. Decorated by his dad, mom & grand mom. Talk about love...

Random post on a Public hol

I'm in the car waitin 4 alpha boy 2 get his work done. I'm feelin so sleepy & tired, consequence of watching the late night match of Liv vs Man City. No regrets though, Liv did a fantastic job!

Woke up this morning with saliva all over my face >.< yes, I drool in sleep :| did some work, went out 4lunch & I'm somewhere in Sepang now. Not sure about the exact location though...

It's raining now...

Taiwan - JiuFen -> Yehliu Geopark -> Yang Ming Shan National Park (Part 4)

Part 4 but not the last yet :| I did mention in Part 3 that I will try my best to fit the remaining in 1 last post but I failed! It's not like I tried hard...hehehe I suppose you would prefer to read a sincere post. *cough* #self-assuming

After spending a night in Hua Lien, we started our journey to JiuFen. JiuFen is a mountain area in the Ruifang District of New Taipei City near Keelung, Taiwan. It's an interesting place with cooling weather and shops though I find it a tad commercialize.

The view along Suhua highway.

Top: Our rented Nissan Teana. A short pause as Bin wanted to take pictures. Bottom: Su-ou Port, a multi-function seaport that also houses a naval base.

After a 90-minute drive, we finally arrived at JiuFen. Could have been faster...if not bcoz of..erm...erm...

Where we stay.............NOT. It was too expensive so we opted for a cheaper option. The owner of our guest house is a cute granny :).

Sounds familiar to you? (if only you know Chinese :D). One of my favorite signage. Check out the title of my blog, you will know what I mean.

The famous "yuyuan" - Yam & Sweet potato balls in a bowl.

Sun setting.

We saw this obese dog when we were having dinner. The owner has a few dogs and this is the fattest, the rest are growing towards the same direction #TimeForADiet

Taken from our balcony. Nice? 

After dinner, we bought a few bottles of Taiwan beer and snacks and headed back to our guesthouse. The view above was what we see when we were drinking at the balcony, talking craps and playing silly games. It was so relaxing and I felt at ease with my travel buddies. I feel that I could do this forever as long as I travel with the right people :).

The next day at Yehliu. My 2nd time here, so I was feeling kinda bored and the weather was killing me. I got really bad sunburn here.

Perfunctory shot. Yehliu's rock landscape is one of the most famous wonders in the world.

NEXT - the Yangminshan National Park. This is the Milk Pond :D but non-drinkable. It's actually a sulfur spring.

Sea cockroach, direct translation from Chinese. Any idea what is this? It's all over the mud beach at Yehliu.

Part of the National Park.

There were many couples getting their wedding shots here. Apparently, it's a famous wedding photography spot. We saw more than 5 couples on the same day at the same time.

Finally done with part 4, I promise part 5 will definitely be the last! I need to do a wrap up for this trip ASAP before you I get bored of Taiwan :p.

Have a great Saturday night and excellent Sunday before Monday blues visit~ Ciao!

Some roads aren't meant to be traveled alone.

Rainy Night

I want to write a proper entry but it's raining outside...lol. How do they relate? I just need an excuse not to blog a proper post tonight. It's just one of those nights where you feel like skipping your routine, empty your mind and act according to your heart instead of brain. Ok...ok... I know it's just me feeling that way :| In fact, I am just too lazy to edit the photos and dig out old info. 

I need the following desperately now:

DETERMINATION
PERSISTENCE
PASSION

& most importantly -> ACTION!

I need to get back to work now. Promise it's gonna be a proper post the next round :).

Many people think they want things, but they don't really have the strength, the discipline. They are weak. I believe that you get what you want if you want it badly enough. ~Sophia Loren

Laos - Vientiane

You must be wondering "what about Taiwan?" when you see the title of this post. In order not to bore you, I've decided to blog about my Laos trip before I continue with my Taiwan posts. Yes, I know I am very considerate, you're welcome :p

The trip was done between 6th of January 2011 - 13th of January 2011. It was winter in Laos and also the best time to visit Laos. We started our Laos trip in Vientiane (capital of Laos), then flew to Luang Prabang the next day followed by a stopover at Vang Vieng and back to Vientiane again. 

We bought our air ticket to Luang Prabang from Laos Airlines once we landed in Wattay International Airport on the first day. After that, we took a cab to the city, found our guest house and headed out for our day in Vientiane.

Lao tuk-tuk, similar to Thailand's tuk-tuk

Had a walk next to Mekong river, construction going on here.

Sunset at Mekong.

Had our dinner at the road side.

The typical clear soup noodle in Laos (most affordable :/) and the local Beerlao. A bowl of noodles cost around 8,000 - 12,000 kip (around RM 3-5 ringgit). It's not cheap, apparently they have the "tourist price". Later we found out that locals only pay half of the "tourist price" -.-

Lao sundry shop. We drank coconuts here.

The next day,we went to Avenue Lane Xang to pay Patuxay (Victory Gate) a visit. It is a local rendition of Paris's Arc de Triomphe. It looks impressive from afar. Though, the structure and quality of the building is incomparable to the one in France and lacking of maintenance. Before that, we had our breakfast at a local restaurant. We had clear soup noodles for the 2nd time (more to come! The so-called most affordable food for us, what to do >.<) and some snacks.

Snacks that we had with our noodles. Taste exactly like the ham chin peng and yau char kway in Malaysia.

We paid 3000 kip each to climb the monument.

View from the top of Patuxay, Vientiane Avenue.

We boarded a tuk-tuk later to visit Pha That Luang (a Buddhist Stupa), the most important religious monument in Laos.

5000 kip entrance fee for each.

Pha That Luang

It was a sunny day, I couldn't open my eyes! So I bought a pair of fake Lac*ste sunglasses at the roadside stall :D. Right after the visit, we got our stuff and headed to the airport to board our flight to Luang Prabang!

Leaving on a jet plane ~

The journey continues ...

I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it. ~ Rosalia de Castro

Tea time / Early dinner

Had tea time / early dinner at mamak. They sell otak-otak here!

Red in color. I still prefer the ones from Muar.

I only had one. I used to eat around 5-6 pieces once and fell sick the next day -_- => otak-otak overdosed

No. I didn't have this coz of the lemak :S

I had this, RM 1.00. I will be back again :)

The only piece of otak-otak I had with Limau Ais.

A blissful evening, I guess it's time to head home. I wish you a great evening :)

What is the meaning of life? To be happy and useful. ~Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama