The Trip Back HOME

Just came back today from my 10 days trip back HOME. I had a very busy and tight schedule for the past 10 days but all I can say is "it's great to be at home". I actually arrived on last last Sat evening. My parents picked me up at the airport and my 3rd aunt & her daughter along the way. Then we went back to my grandpa's(mom side) place straight away. Lucky me that I got the chance to taste the bamboo shoot again as that might be the last few weeks of the whole season.

Then I went to visit my eldest cousin and my 2nd nephew on the following Monday. He is so cute and I like his eyes so much. His eyes are so bright and I feel that he is talking to me when he is looking at me. Only then I realized why and how my 2 cousins are really "addicted" to their sons nowadays. I actually brought some shusi over for lunch with my cousin. She is brest feeding and both of us only realized that any food that the mother takes would affect the baby immediately if she is breast feeding. My nephew performed some emergent act (shitting) right after he got faded. So another lesson of that day I guess. : )



This trip, I went down to Taichung to visit my 4th uncle and my elementary school + piano teacher as well. It's my first trip down to Taichung after graduating from Uni. It has been a long time when I met up with them the last time. I found Taichung is a very good place especially for retires. It is very convenient and the streets are just like Taipei to me. Besides, the cost of living is lower and there are a lot of nice food and interesting restaurants around. The food that I missed the most is the pork bou and the herbal jelly near Tong Hai University where I visited quite often during my AIESEC life. Other than that, my teacher and my cousin also brought me to some very nice restaurants. If possible, I really want to spend a couple of days over there to visit every single restuanrants or coffee shops. However, it is too hot for me as I'm used to the "indoor + aircon" shopping environment in Singapore.


Another surprise of that week is my teacher and her husband decided to visit us at my grandma's place at the north-east point of Taiwan 3 days after my trip down to Taichung. It only took them 2.5 hour to reach my grandma's place from Taichung. That's the reason why I said Taichung is actually not that far, right? : ) Then there happened to be a live concert at the beach nearby. This live concert is very famous among the youngsters because of the pop and rock-n-roll music. Five of us (my teacher & her husband, my parents and me) decided to pay a visit to this great event but after a short while we decided to leave as there were too many people.

The last highlight of that trip is the KTV session I had with my good friends. There are supposed to be 6 of us in this gang but Tina is in US, Ariel is in China and Minchuan is missing somewhere. : ) It was so good to sing those old and familiar songs with good friends around. Besides, I love the food at Cashbox. That's one of the best in Taiwan. : )

So these are what I did this trip. 10 days are actually not so enough for me to meet up with all my friends, classmates and relatives but it was very refreshing. I got to keep this refreshing feeling for the following 6 months as I might only be able to go back again for the next Chinese New Year. So Take Care Everyone!!