All this while i have been thinking it's BIRDS OF THE SAME FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER but recently don says it's BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER. Doesn't it make more sense to say that the birds have the same feathers rather than having A feather? So sure was i that i googled and found that many people has the same misconception as me.

So from now on it's BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER don't get it wrong!

Labels: dondon, just sayin', self-discovery

Make someone's day
{3:38 PM}

I am constantly plotting to take mc before HK turns or SSS1s.

Hiaks.

I'm ALMOST falling sick now. Nose is runny and a few nights ago don somehow managed to swing his shoulder to hit my ulcer on my lip, successfully aggravating the injury. So painful that i teared.

Wow.

Come to think of it i must have really scared him. He is now labeled as Indian Wife Beater.

BUTBUTBUT i don't want to be sick yet cos the HK flight is not here. I shall attempt to control the virus till after SYD. THEN let it multiply.

Bwahahahahahahahaha!

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Make someone's day
{4:20 PM}

I can't help but think that i could be doing so much more with my life, given my flexible (kind of) work pattern and off days. I could be doing another degree, or even a masters. I could continue with my little handicraft business online. I could even be taking hobby lessons. I could even clean my room.

BUT.

When i come home from work all i wanna do is nua, watch tv and play games.

So well i deserve the rest right? I have yoga lessons which is a good step forward (even though the visits are getting less frequent). But i feel a little stagnant. The learning curve is almost flat and there's nothing much to stimulate my brain.

I think i gotta do something.

Keep thinking that and one day i hope i DO get to it.

Labels: daily grind, musings, pointless statements, resolutions

Make someone's day
{9:15 PM}

Beautiful Maldives! Sky so blue, clouds so white and water so clear that you could distinctly see schools of fishes shuffling around. I even saw sharks and stingrays machiam underwater world!

My flight was 80% filled with couples on honeymoon teehee.

We stayed in one of the islands called Banados. I think. Or the resort is called Banados. It is so tiny it'll only take you less than half hour to walk one round the island. Felt SO private contrary to the crowded beaches we're so used to, evidence shown in the pictures where you literally see no one.

Anyhow, extremely expensive place to visit on a holiday. They accept USD (not rupees -_-). If you got no money like me just go to one of our neighbours' islands i'm pretty sure they are still some relatively secluded ones that are as beautiful :)

The stewards on my flight offloaded bread rolls for me cos i mentioned it was my first Male flight hehe so sweet. While some crew tried to con me into thinking there are malls and temples with shuttle buses >:(

Labels: travelogue

Make someone's day
{7:53 PM}

Our room during the farm stay. All trees and crickets chirping outside the window.

Ahhhh fresh air! It was nice getting away from the hustle and bustle of the city once in a while.





Coziness.

Can someone tell me what is duo shi fei zhu.



A walk into the fruit farm where we can collect fruits straight from the trees for consumption :)

Enchanted garden feeeeeeel.














Apparently they thought they were being kind to let loose a caged squirrel but it expressed its gratitude by chewing away at their fruits -_-

After a nice soak at the natural hot springs :)

Jiufen. An old street.


Lunch- noodles with drunken chicken, beancurd, century egg, and many random little things i don't remember.

Handmade little flutes in various shapes.

VERY crowded.




Tau huay with chewy yam and sweet potato balls i swear it's delicious.

The museum.



Spreeeeeeeee.

Ah zong mee sua typical.

OMG the queue that is forming almost 2 freakin hours prior to opening -_- There was an anniversary sale...

This is phenomenal. Security literally had to stand guard for crowd control. Apparently every major shopping mall takes turn to hold its annual anniversary sale and it's hugely popular among people here so much so that they have stopped shopping on days without sale.

There was NO space to browse at all and we were literally inching our way around gahhhhhhh you have to know what you want before you come.

This concludes my posts on Taiwan!

Labels: travelogue

Make someone's day
{6:03 PM}

Finally my own blue box!!!

Labels: bimbo blabbers, lust, shopaholic

Make someone's day
{4:18 PM}

This is the corpse of Bambi's fetus. In events of an earthquake or tremors, mother Bambis abort their babies to run faster and this is one of the poor abandon kids.


An extremely valuable source of protein, calcium etc and you eat it like pork floss.

Gahhhhhh.

The poor guard at the war memorial.



Changing of guards.


National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall 国立中正纪念堂 is a monument in memory of former president Chiang Kai Shek, but was then renamed National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall by the LAST former president and now the gateway still says Liberty Square 自由广场.

Heavy political agenda behind, go find out yourself.

Flanked by theater and concert hall


On our way to Yilan 宜兰. We're going to stay in a fruit farm!

Very kampong place.


Ducks waddling, following closely behind each other's butts.

Main admin building which is also the restaurant. Opps it's a farm. I mean kitchen.



Da tou wawa...

Ok let's make dumplings. Did you all wash your hands???

My lousy attempt at spinning the top.

放天灯 releasing lanterns is a very touristy thing to do here. Even in WELCOME2TAIWAN commercials you'll find this very familiar.



Fly me to the moon....

Bubble machine!!!

Labels: travelogue

Make someone's day
{1:38 AM}

You can't solve everything in the world by 2 words I'M SORRY. Much less I SAID I'M SORRY WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO.

Fucking kidding me.

Make someone's day
{1:46 AM}

Hello!

I'm in Houston, Texas with a 14 hour time lag :S I feel screwed up cos i dunno what time to sleep and i wake up at unearthly times like 6am and start calculating the time in GMT +8, WHICH is a weirder time to wake up at. AND THEN i'm leaving tomorrow to go back to Moscow which is in another world altogether.

Rarrrr. I'm kinda exhausted.

I told myself i won't spend much for this Moscow-Houston trip but once you step into a mall here it's ahhhhhhhh hell break loose.

BUT i'm VERY under controlled (hoho) and only spent minimally on cosmetics (did you know MAC is cheaper here?), which is a perfectly legitimate NEED right?

OK i'm now getting ready to go to the factoryoutletsbyebye.

Labels: bimbo blabbers, shopaholic, travelogue

Make someone's day
{9:54 PM}

3rd day in Taiwan-Nantou county.
第三天来到了南投县。

Sun Moon Lake. Famous tourist destination. Also one of the places hit badly by the 921 earthquake back in 1999.
日月潭。






Wenwu temple.
文武庙。


On a balcony overlooking the scenic lake.
听说这阳台是当年蒋介石和宋美龄爱休闲吹吹风的好地方。


A rare breezy spot with abundance of fresh air!! *breathes deeply*
难得的新鲜空气。




My tour guide Raymond took this with his pro camera :) Me likeeee!
导游Raymond的宝贝相机拍的。嘿嘿！

We reached Puli winery. That's a display of the damage from the 921 earthquake. Mother nature can be so destructive :(
埔里酒厂。921地震的灾情惨重啊~~~~


Ice lolly of yam and... Shaoxing wine flavour -_- Doesn't taste so good...
绍兴酒+芋头冰棒。也不算很过瘾啦...


Purple flowers :p Couldn't resist taking a couple of pictures...

Chung Tai Chan Monastery. The biggest monastery i've ever seen. Ahem actually it's the first monastery i've ever seen, but i'm sure it's still one of the biggest around. I mean, it totally resembles a glamourous administrative building.
中台禅寺。

Overlooking trees and mountains.
看过去都是山和树木~~


One of the 4 big scary stautes which they call the 4 heavenly kings!!! o_o (Not Andylau that kind). I'm as tall as his err... maybe ankle.
四大天王之一！





We later ventured into a garden beside the monastry. Tiny me under a big tree with bright yellow flowers.... which i went on to discover, were infested with bees... I risked my life for this bloody photo!!!
附近的一个小公园...

Strange twisted trees....
...种植着许多奇特的树！


Donggggggggggg~~~~~~

Labels: travelogue, when disaster strikes

Make someone's day
{6:46 PM}