-Happy Birthday!-

Yoohoo! It’s my birthday. The born day eventually become meaningless except the age is growing each year. Birthday has been reminding us that we are getting older and we didn’t have much time left in this world. Alright, it sounds depressing but it’s true, what! So enjoy your life to the fullest and with no regret!

I was flipping through the old photos today. All the memories came flashing back to me. They reminded me of all the good times I had during high school and college years. There were once we were so close (I mean, my friends) and always hang out together, gossiping and laugh. Those days were always full of laughter. Now some of them we had lost contact and everyone is busy with their own life. We were falling apart as the time passed. I missed those days where we could talk about anything and always be there for each other. We could talk on the phone for hours. I missed those days.

How long did I not laugh anymore? I couldn’t remember.

Alright, stopped all those memories talk. One thing I realized was I was so fugly that time. I looked so naïve and innocent. Not to mention, my fashion sense. It was so so so unacceptable although now I couldn’t confidently say that my fashion sense is trendy. But at least has some improvement larrr. I couldn’t believe that I could wear those clothes and thought that it was pretty in those days. Oh my goodness! Looked at those skirt I wore. It's so long and over my knee. Looked at that shirt. It was so ugly. HOWEVER, I had a very good skin and slimmer that time. I didn't have pimples. I was so petite and ..... small in size.

A lonely birthday for me again this year. Nothing special except some dinner and lunch with family. Felt comfort and happy to receive friends’ wishes. That’s the best thing of social network. It connects you to everyone out there no matter where they are and makes you feel that you are not alone but actually you are alone.

Okie. Enough for all those ‘depressing’ talk. Happy Birthday to Myself!!! ^.^

-Organized Life a.k.a. Boring Life-

Dad: You are buying the flight ticket again!!! Don't forget that you have to get marry by end of next year arrr.

Me: ..........

Dad: Or you go for the 'wedding abroad'.

Mum: No. We should have a proper wedding ceremony and reception for the first two borns. The youngers one are up to them if they want a wedding abroad.

Me: ...........

Mum: *Looking at me* What?! You MUST get marry next year. You are not young anymore!

Their words were hitting me hard to reality. Ya hor, I have to get marry next year. Although we have been talking about the marriage issue quite often, but when there is an action going on or telling me the date, I am getting cold feet. Oh sh*t! Will I become a runaway bride??!! OMG.

I was paranoid. All kind of feelings rushed to me at the same time - confused, lost, worry, scared, panic and etc. Okay, I need a plan. I need a proper schedule. %^*&$#@#*& Damn, I realized that I can't live without a proper schedule. At times, my emotion will go haywire when my life is not going as planned or given a short notice. Am I sick?? Something like a control freak. *Taking a deep breath and staying calm* Ya, I still need a schedule.....to make myself feel better and calm. So I took out my organizer and start jotting down all the important dates in 2012 while making some assumptions. Counting my annual leave whether is it enough for my travel, marry and honeymoon. See, I only have 14days annual leave plus the 7 days marriage leave. Always not enough for me. And not to forget, my savings. Quite a big hole in my pocket if the date is so close to each other. I have to cut down my shopping budget and stop visiting to the decent restaurant. Bla bla bla bla....... Another way to calm myself is talking to someone. But no one to turn to. So I go rambling in here.

Oh yeah, I know my life sucks! But just bear with me for that one moment when I was in a paranoid state. Once the moment gone, I am back to normal but I still need the plan/schedule in my life as in telling me what should I do next. I felt comforted in that way. If there is no plan, I will lost my direction. Seriously! So life with me is boring and at times, might fed up as well. I guess that's normal. Who will not? Well, I'm still trying to loosen up and there's a slight improvement.

One thing worry me, why am I still getting cold feet when it comes to marriage. I thought I was prepared for it after all these years. Ain't I? Sigh.

- Happy Mooncake Festival!!-

Happy MoonCake festival!

My mum always says that I was born after mooncake festival because I was greedy. Must eat the mooncake first before willing to come out to greet the world. So mooncake always remind me that my birthday is just around the corner. I love September. Mostly because it was my born month and it happened to fall on autumn. That’s why I love autumn more than any other seasons. Here I go again, rambling on some unrelated issue.

It has been years I didn’t go for the lantern walk which I did with my cousins when we were kids. We were so excited and having so much fun that time. But now, maybe all of us have grown up and all of these become meaningless. And so did our parents. Pity our young cousins and my niece because they didn’t enjoy the fun that we had last time. There is a huge age gap between us. You see, the kids nowadays really totally different from us. Last time, we played marbles, car toys, mud war, hide and seek, catch a thief, cycling, and sleepover at grandmother’s house. Now, the kids are playing iphone, pc games, facebook-ing, PS3, and everything is tech-related. A spoiled brat! Wait, where am I rambling again~! Anyway, I really missed those days when we were kids having so much fun with no worries. Somehow I felt grateful to be born in that less technology world as I had a chance to experience and have such a great childhood memory.

I didn’t like to eat mooncake. That is because I dislike eating the yolk and red bean paste. The only mooncake brand I like is Baker’s Cottage. I personally think that their mooncake is innovative and meet the 21st century consumer’s demand. Each year they came up with a new flavor such as Mocha, Cheese Oreo, Chocolate, Tiramisu, Green Tea and etc which targeted the youngsters. Quite successful because it has attracted me who dislike the mooncake, would buy and try their new flavor. It costed me a fortune as well buying their mooncake. The price is getting 'prettier' each year. Hmph. In another few years, I think I can’t afford to buy their mooncake anymore.

-New Beitou-

Ohaiyo! I sounded so excited. Good news for me, that is, my dear has bought a Banana Taipei –the eco friendly a.k.a. celebrity bag for me. Originated from Taiwan. Too bad that I had to wait till end of the year to obtain my bag. Sigh. Anyway, better than none. Giving credit to my dear for been so lovable to queue at Banana Taipei’s shop in the early morning. {Kiasu~~ } =)))) Proudly and shamely to say, he was the first one in the queue!!! Arigato gonzai-mass!

Oh my goodness, I was still blogging on my Taiwan’s trip. Lazy bug was attacking me again. Okay, next stop was Beitou. Needless to say, Beitou is famous for its spa and thermal valley. Actually, it should be New Beitou. So if you want to go for the spa and thermal valley, you have to get off at New Beitou station instead of Beitou station. New Beitou is a very quiet yet nice scenery neighborhood. Their library is using green concept and eco-friendly. There are variety of books and magazines. While amazed with their green library, I was wondering why my country or my town didn't have such an amazing library?! At least please update those books. Tsk tsk tsk.

-Instagram-

Instagram is definitely not a stranger to you if you are a vivid Iphone/Ipad user. Since I had officially became an Apple user, I really can't leave the house without Iphone on hand. It colored my life because of its applications especially the photography and games. Well, it was my newfound passion to snap photos using the photography apps. At least it makes me look busy when I am alone.

Okay, one of my favourite model is 'myself'. I love to snap my own ugly portraits and apologetically appeared on your facebook profile, twitter or whatsoever social media. I am not a self-obsessed type of person but I would say, more likely self-examined. Something like a habit or routine to keep track of my own look whether am I getting fat or aged. *See, I am a Libra - a perfectionist and appearance means a lot to me. I couldn't help it so I just let it be as long as I am happy with it although some people might misunderstand my intention*. An act to boost my confidence and self-satisfaction. Forgive me, I am quite emo sometimes. Anyway, recently I love snapping photos on food or stuff because of the instagram. It is so much fun!

*I felt guilty to abandon my White Knight - Lumix GF-1*.

Sharing some of my Instagram photos:-

-Conan The Barbarian-

I went to watch it during Raya holidays when both me and my dear had nothing to do in town. Well, the movie turned out quite entertaining. I like the movie despite of the unknown male lead actor. I have no idea who is he. The only celebrity I knew in that movie was Rose McGowan who potrayed as a witch in the film.

Hmmm at least this film was far better than Final Destination 5, I think. But do not pose a high expectation from the film which might disappoint you if it turns out other way round.

- TaiPei Zoo + MaoKOng -

Am I too old for the zoo?? Yeah, I guess so. Even my dear said that we were too old for the zoo and besides, it was boring and smelly. But I insisted of going and kept persuading him that there are two cute pandas, 'Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan', coming all the way from China. It would be a waste since I was in Taiwan already and tried to reason with him. It's not like I am rich enough to buy a ticket and fly all the way to China to see the panda. Bla bla bla bla....till my dear finally agreed with my logical explanation. lOlz....~ The entrance fee is cheap whattttt, only NT60 for two person, if not mistaken.....or maybe NT30 only?? Aikss, I couldn't remember already. They were having some sort of school holidays promotion, 50% off of the normal rate.

Anyway, I was like a small kid, jumping up and down.....Wait, I didn't really jump but feeling excited? yes, I was. I was so excited to see the koala bear, Kangaroo, camel and of course, the cute panda. Seems like I never saw these animals before. Bingo! I never been to Australia or a desert out there to see the camel and kangaroo aside from the photos. But my dear was feeling bored and kept complaining because of the hot weather and the long walk. Couldn't blame him as his whole shirt was getting wet and he felt very uncomfortable in it.
After a cursory glance at those animals, we went to MaoKong. MaoKong is located near to Taipei Zoo, around 15 minutes walk. Both of us love the name of MaoKong. We first came across the name of Maokong was from Hiyawu's novel. So we were curious what's actually in store up there in Maokong since the name itself sounds very romantic. The cable car ride to MaoKong took longer than Genting's cable car. There are few stops on the way to uphill. Nothing interesting in MaoKong except tea tasting and scenery viewing. But many couples went there for dating. Maybe because of its romantic name and scenery, I guess.

Will I go there again? Nope. I hate the long hours cable car ride and long hours of MRT ride to Taipei Zoo station. We need to change the MRT routes and yeah, Taipei Zoo station is at the last stop. Please get off at Taipei Zoo station if you are going to MaoKong.