Because sometimes words are redundant.
Because a picture says a thousand words.
Because they say heaven is a place on earth.
Because for every ugly in the world, there is one beauty.
AND
Because I am too lazy to write... so...
enjoy the pics...
Yang Ming San, Taipei
Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there. I do not die.
- Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905-2004)
G was being very frank about it. She always knew that kind of man that she wants. Rich, good-looking, someone that she can bring around and show it off to her friends, that’s why you can say that it was love at first sight when she met D at K’s party. D was the perfect man that she wants, he was from a rich family, with a beaming career and he got a house, a car and was quite a looker. However, there were one glitch, he was 3 years younger then her. But she figure, when you are at 30, you just could not be too picky. Plus, she was told that she look way younger then her own age. G is not your average pretty girl. She was attractive in her own way, plus, she does have a killer leg to go with the perfectly proportionate figure.
K was never optimistic about it. She knows guys like D. They are what you call the “unintentional heartbreaker”. It is not that they make it a goal that how many girl’s heart they gonna break today, not like they have a wall to record all of their triumph. But it just happened. It will be all love and passion for the first few weeks, then it will die off before they even know why. They say things like, they are sorry, they don’t intend to, they have other plans in life now where they just could not fit you in. The fact is, they know from the very first day, that this was never gonna last. You are just one of the casualties.
Of course, G would have known better. But love can be blind, so is pride. So they hit it off, without knowing that each other actually hit it off on very different ground. He thought it was casual, just two lonely soul seeking each other comfort in the big city. It was never meant to be long term. In fact, G was not the only soul he was seeking comfort from. She knew it was casual, but like the mistake every other woman in love will commit, she thought… or no, she believe that she could change him. She believes that maybe she is the one that God send to change him. Ah… aren’t we all been there before.
K never believed that it will even happen. K told G, D is bad news, so unless you can keep it casual too, you should just break it off. But do we ever listen, where the sun was shinning with all its glory, do we ever believe the warning of the storm ahead?
It happened sooner then she thought. Was G surprised that it ended this way? No, she wasn’t. G knew. It’s just that she thought she had a good chance, or at least she believes that she did. D was sorry. He had other plans in life. Of coz, he had.
So then, there were those drunken night, partying to the early dawn, trash talking about man, and endless tears… everything a girl in a big city will do to get over a break up.
And then G wakes up the next morning. Her hair still stink of smoke and her bathroom stinks of puke. While, she light up her Marlboro light, and stare outside the window, she knows that she gonna be alright. It was just another day in her life.
Louise Vuitton had their fall collection 2008 way before fall is actually here.
Sogo is displaying all those hip and chic knee length, half knee length, and ankle length booths.
Travel website is suggesting the most romantic get-away for couples this Fall.
And as I was standing at the junction of the busiest street in Taipei… waiting for the Fall breeze to sweep me away…and guess what… I FELT NOTHING!!!
Can someone please tell me, why is it so bloody hot when it’s suppose to be FALL… here is am, standing in front of LV shop, staring at their Fall collection, with all those fur n leather, WHILST I am here sweating like a pig in my very thin cardigan, I feel so cheated. When I came to this county, they promise me four season, there were suppose to be spring, summer, FALL and winter… and Oct/Nov suppose to be like “the Time” for Fall.. but no… nothing! All I can feel is heat, heat and more heat… I am deceived L
So while I was walking back to my office…under the blazing hot sun….I wonder when can I ever put on my trench coat, and my super sexy, almost slutty high heels boots… it’s doesn’t seem to be anytime soon L
So it’s about the little things.
Toilet
People here don’t believe in throwing the used toilet papers in the toilet bowl; instead they will throw into a rubbish bin. Reason being that… something abt the toilet papers here cant dissolved in water and something abt the pipe here are too small for toilet paper to pass thru… Personally, I think its super gross! But u got no choice unless u want unclogged ur toilet bowl every 2 hours.
Yet, they still have the cleanest public toilet…hmm… the irony.
Go Green
It can mean both way here, either u are supporting the ‘Green’ political party here or u are talking abt recycling. I am talking about recycling here. If u live in Taipei City, not only u need to categorized all ur rubbish, u need to wait for a specific day of which kinda rubbish you can throw… I used to hate it so much cause its such a pain! But then I realized, in order to avoid the trouble of dividing rubbish, I actually try to create less rubbish, which in a way, I am contributing my part to saving the world… muahahah…
Siesta
I was so happy at my first day of work cause I find out that my lunch time is 1 1/2 hours.. yay! But I realized there is a reason to that. Cause people here mostly have the habit of afternoon nap. So they will finish their lunch in 1 hour and come back to the office for a short nap. Which was kinda a pain for me, cause I don’t usually take afternoon nap so I wont know what to do in that half an hour (plus, they will turn off the light, so in order not to disturb my ‘roommate’, I will need to ‘play’ in the dark)… but now, I learn to take a quick nap, and even I don’t really fall asleep, it’s quite good to refresh ur mind, or at least give the poor tired eyes a rest after staring at the comp for the whole morning!
Plastic bag
This is related to the Go green topic above. In Taipei, you don’t go to a seven-eleven or Carrefour and expect that they will give you a free plastic bag after your purchase. Nope. You have to buy them. Yes, you have to buy those plastic bags that we use so freely back in M’sia. I mean, their intention is so that you will bring ur own bag and use less plastic bag as part of their Go Green project. I mean, this people have a Ministry that is dedicated solely to environmental protection. So believe me when I say they take the consumption of plastic bag issue very seriously. Oh ya… and you have to buy those specified plastic bag in Seven-eleven that is issued by the city council if you want to throw rubbish, if not the “city council rubbish truck” ( I have absolutely no idea what are they called as) will refuse to collect ur rubbish -________-
Lottery
How many of u really keep all of your receipt, other then for tax return purpose? Well, I will advise you to keep all ur receipt if you are here, because that could be your ticket to all your wildest dream come true! Every receipt that you get it from any shop, it will have a serial number, and every 2 months time, they will have a lucky draw and the winner will get money… LOTS of money… its like our TOTO… just that u don’t pay for the numbers… of coz, the process of winning is much complicated, as I cant really be bother, i dont really know the details to it… but anyway, the reason behind this is to ensure all the business/company here to issue receipt so that they can avoid tax…or something like that…:p
Of coz there is more interesting things to share here… but that’s all for now LA (long time never say LA adi)… maybe will have a part II soon, no promise though...hehe... :p
At last, the 21 months race for the position as one of the world most powerful leader had ended, and the result is most inspiring. This makes me start to wonder, will our own nation ever live to this? Will the people of our nation ever get to vote and choose the person to lead our country based on the person capability rather then ethnicity? Will we ever live to tell our children that they can be anything they want, even the leader of this country despite their ethnicity? Will we ever be able to choose our leader based on who he/she is rather then what he/she is? Will we ever really enjoy the freedom and true spirit of a democratic country?
Maybe… if we ever so lucky... then maybe we will…
