Tuesday, August 26, 2008

海角七號



很久沒有看到這麼令人驚艷的電影
就算是好萊屋巨片也沒能讓我兩個小時又十分鐘不停的笑又不停的哭
內容就不在這裡多提了
反正是推薦一定要去看的

對我來說
最近一直在思考我人生所要追求的什麼
感覺上被很多有形無形的東西牽絆著我
而在這框架中無法伸展
也看不到真正的自我

片中人物在感情上的流露
真實的面對自己的感情
應該是我最感動也是現在最該做的事吧

我不介意看第二次
所以如果還沒找到伴去看的再來問我嚕

Monday, August 18, 2008

紀念 - 畢學富教練

剛剛才收到信有關畢教練往生的消息
本來就有打算下禮拜二回去聽校友音樂會
也順便看看他

最後一次看到他是去年我去聽個音樂會的時候
但沒機會跟他打招呼
怎麼也沒想到那竟然是最後一次見到他

告別式確定是再下個禮拜三8月27日下午1時於台北市立第二殯儀館景仰廳舉行
如果剛好有看到的人
可能的話就過去送送教練吧!!

學妹有做個網頁登記音樂會跟公祭的事項
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=paMSvdPXryN3gv5BABqzNLA

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Beijing City Tour

My first time spending weekend in Beijing. It was a relaxing day yesterday after one week hard fight. So I just went for body message here yesterday afternoon. The one I went for is a local one called, Trendy Stone Spa. Other than the 60 minutes Hot Stone Spa, I also did body message. The service is ok but the facilities is considered old to me. During the message, I was told that my liver and gall are not very good as my neck and shoulder are so tight. Besides, I also have Breast Hyperplasia and the left side has more severe symptom. The therapist was jocking with me that it could be because I don't really speak out my mind to release my emotion. So the left side also where the heart is has more serious symptoms. So today, I try to relax further more as I plan it a Miniature Palace Day as I'm not yet planning to visit Forbidden City.

The first stop of the day is
Yong He Gong(雍和宮). It was a residence place for one of the Qing Dynasty Empire before he assumed the Empire position and therefore, it kept this place and make it a temple for Budda.
雍和宮大門
雍和宮
I actually can smell the smock far far away because there are a lot of people praying there but it's not allowed to take pictures inside those temples. There are quite a number of temples there for different Budda and others. A very beautiful place to see the traditional Chinese buildings and I can imagine how magnificent Forbidden City would be.

After this, I went to Guozi Jian Street where,
Confucius Temple and Guozi Jian (the highest education institutions back then), are. This street is famous for those traditional buildings/sites and the nice scene.
國子監街
國子監街
Confucius played a very important role in Chinese History and Culture. The concept and behavior they provoked are the guidelines for people even nowadays.
孔廟 孔子像
Interestingly, this statue was actually donated and devoted by a Taiwanese, 楊清欽, from Taichung 鹿港.
北京孔廟 孔子像 - 台灣鹿港人蓋的呦!
This is the very few places that I can take pictures inside the hall and from the setting and decoration, we can tell the Qing Style it has because of the Manchu style decoration.
孔廟 大殿
孔廟 大殿內
Then, the next stop is Guozi Jian, the highest education institute, at that time. There is an interesting place for people to pray for their examination result to pass and enter the schools they want.
國子監 牌匾
國子監 辟雍
國子監 狀元及第
Along the street, there are some interesting cafe place and shops, that I found the interesting combination of Modern and Traditional at one of the oldest areas in Beijing.
國子監街 古色咖啡館
國子監街 小店
It was very hot today and I had been sweating like hell. After visiting these few place, it's about noon time already and the next place I want to go is Price Gong's Mansion & Garden. Therefore, I decided to go Jiumen Beijing Snack Restaurant(九門小吃), where they gathered all the famous local snacks.

什剎海 九門小吃
九門小吃街

This place is full of people and the NO AIRCON. I was sweating like hell but I think since I've came all the way here, I just picked some interesting food to try. To be frank, I don't really find them very testy and it seems to be selling the "NAME" actually. Or maybe, it's just too hot that I can't enjoy the food.

After the snacks, I went to the Prince Kong's Mansion. It only opened up the garden side to public as the building side itself was campus for Beijing Musical School and there is nothing much left to see already. The garden was not so big though it's really quite beautiful but those in Southern China are much better I believe.
恭王府
恭王府 斜廊
恭王府 荷花
I was heading back to hotel after this as I have been walking non-stop from morning. However, the taxi driver was very chatting and shared with me some more history about Beijing as he is the so-called OLD BEIJING because they have at least 5 generations living in Beijing. He told me about the Royal Temple (東嶽廟) as that is the temple only for Royal and high level people until 1999.
東嶽廟
So I just went as he suggested. The entrannce price is double as most of the places I visited and there is a guide bringing me along the way. This temple has been established 700 years ago and it was very famous for granting Wishes. They have 8 types of different wishes for oneself, parents and children. Since I'm here and convinced by the taxi driver, I decided to take the 8 wishes as well though the cost is quite high. So I'm would be getting better and better as I've just walked through the path all the previous emperors and famous people walked to go for their goals.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Haircut

Had haircut this evening at Franck Provost, a hair salon at Beijing. It was highly recommended by our chairman when he visited Beijing. Then our GM also tried and brought me over. It's my 2nd time doing my haircut here and I found it quite good. It's not very different from my usual hairstyle as I want to keep it long. I like the service here and it's really quite easy to manage and maintain my hair.
Jenny with new Haircut

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Malaysia Food in Beijing

Just arrived this evening after leaving from Taipei in the morning. As the direct flight between Taiwan and China is only available during weekend, I still need to transit via Hong Kong as it's a TUESDAY. So it practically takes me the whole day traveling from Home to Beijing.

This time, I also helped one of my colleagues relocated from Taipei to Beijing bring one of his luggage. Therefore, he treated me for a good dinner tonight. We went to Awana and we didn't know it's Malaysia food until we reached there but we still decided to go in as it's recommended by someone.

Food is quite OK but the price is VERY VERY high. Maybe to us, it's like any Hawker food in Singapore and Malaysia but it became a delicacy here in Beijing. We ordered one Otak-Otak (really just ONE), Nasi Lemak, Sayur Tohu, Teh Tarik to share and it costs RBM130.
Nasi Lemak in Beijing
Otak-Otak in Beijing
Would not really recommend unless you really really hungry for Malaysia/Singapore food because of the price but it's really a good restaurant with nice food and atmosphere.

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Singapore

Back in Singapore last week to register my Singapore citizenship but I didn't really get it done actually but that's the story on Monday. Let's start from the weekend as my best friend, Grace, happened to be in Singapore as well.

The hotel cost in Singapore has been more than double because of the whatever demand. So I booked Grand Central Hotel at Orchard because they offer 130nett for 7 days stay. That's considered good price based on the location. However, the hotel room is really terrible. I have very high threshold for accommodation because of my traveling experience. I can stay at backpackers place or even some those budget places but I can't really stand places old, smelly and suffocating. On that night itself, I just moved to Grace's hotel at Swissotel and of course it's much much better as it's the 5 star standard.
SG City Night View fr Swissotel 26F
SG City View fr Swissotel 26F
SG City Vew fr Swissotel 26F
SG City View fr Swissotel 26F
Swissotel is also one of my favorite places in Singapore as I really love the
City Space at the 70 floor because of the view, atmosphere and the drinks there. On Sunday night, Grace and I decided to be the tourist to visit the newly open Singapore Flyer. Can't really take any picture because of the blue light inside the capsule. The conclusion is the view and atmosphere at City Space is really very good. :)
Singapore Flyer
Singapore Flyer
On Monday, I went to Taipei Representative office in SG to renounce my Taiwan citizenship but only then I realized that I need some other documents from the tax office and also the police. I actually checked with one of my colleagues on what to prepare for this renouncement but she total forgot about mentioning this part to me. Therefore, I didn't renounce my Taiwan citizenship and therefore can't continue with the registration part in the afternoon. When I know about this, I started to wonder if it's a sign to ask me not to do this conversion as things happen for a reason. Anyway, in the end, I still decided to do it but just not sure if Singapore government would allow me to delay until Oct as I won't be able to be there for another 5 days until next quarter.

Anyway, the only thing I realized this trip is the cost of living in Singapore is SKY HIGH right now. I used to say the taxi fare there is very cheap but nowadays it's easily double digit for any trip with all the surcharge. As to hotel, it's even more terrible. After the first 2 nights at Swissotel, I moved to Hotel Link.
Link Hotel, SG
Link Hotel, SG
This kind of place is charging SG$225 nett which is terrible to me. I would really need to book early for my usual backpacker's place at Hive Backpackers Hostel.

Sunday, July 06, 2008

Taiwanese v.s. Singaporean

Going back to SG again next week as I decided to register for my Singapore Citizenship after my application 2 years ago. It was approved last June and I just got the final notice from Singapore government late May.

I have been delaying this action as I'm still thinking and working out some other possibilities to find a best way out. The main reason why I applied for the citizenship was the traveling issues I got back in SG. However, I'm currently working in Taiwan now and this might cause some issue for me as I would become "FOREIGNER". Anyway, I still decided to go for it as I can see some advantages for my work, life or family. So when I return to Taiwan on 19th Jul, I would become SINGAPOREAN. I can foresee the confusion coming along the way but worth a try I think.

Blackberry


Got my company Blackberry last Friday. Normally, only team leaders in my company would have one but our GM decided to give me one because I would start to travel between Taiwan and Beijing officialy starting from Jul 2008. It would be a great convenience on the road as internet connectivity won't be easily available anywhere especially when we got flight delayed.


I'm used to my Dopod as I have been using it for more than 3 years and there are some good application softwares such as finance or others that I've been using for years. However, these are not available on my BB because of the IT policy from the company. So I do start to think if I should get the latest HTC Touch Dimond as well because my Dopod 818pro is dying soon but the issue is I'm going to bring 2 BIG phones. Besides, I just got my Sony Ericssion 810 beginning of the year and I do enjoy it's camera function. Anyway, would find a few way out. : )

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Beijing

My first trip to Beijing is about 1.5 month ago for business. Our Beijing office is officially set up in mid June and I was asked to take the position to cover both Beijing and Taiwan as we need people to work on Tech sector in Beijing. I went there twice so far to meet up with potential clients and those 2 trips were quite good so that both my supervisor and I decide to take up this task officially starting from 1st Jul 2008.

During my first trip there, I stayed back for one more day so as to walk around this CAPITAL city of China. I really like this city because of all the historical stuff that I can find and feel over there. Interestingly, our office is located at the most expensive and busy area of the city but I really love those historical sites.

I went to the Forbidden City but I didn't go in as I planned to spend 2 full days there after Olympic because they are still renovating that place.
天安門
After this, I just walked around the city as I always like to go to the local place to feel how people there live. So I had my lunch at a small lane. The bowl of noodle and the hot fried cake only cost me RMB4.5. Don't think my colleagues would be interested in this kind of place as we are used to the "HIGH CLASS' stuff but I really enjoy this part especially when traveling.
北京街頭小吃
北京小吃-凉皮
北京小吃-餅
Yes, I would start the traveling life again and this time it's much more challenging because of the business and market. Not sure how long it's going to be but I don't really question so much about future as what I really care is the current moment. I do enjoy my work though it's challenging and tiring. I also decide to adjust my work style to make it more effective and efficient as well as to achieve the ultimate "work life balance" goal. it could be more difficult since I would be traveling again but I could probably find another type of lifestyle when I'm start the regional life in Beijing.

My Type...

Went to watch "Sex and the City" yesterday as I just want to know the ending of this long story. Of course, it's another "happy forever and ever" ending as that supposed to be what everyone is expecting. Only this time, I realized the reason why my girlfriends told me that BIG is my type. Yes, successful, handsome, tall, strong, rich, OLD. Those are almost everything I'm talking about. Guess that's also the reason why we all think I should open for Divorcee as nobody at my age would be able to have that kind of life experience.

Lately, my relationship becomes an interesting topic among friends and familly. I accompanied one of my close friends for furtune telling as she needs to make some decision about marridge, work and even the place to live. So I also took that chance to ask about myself. Accoridng to that one, I would only met HIM after Mar 2009 and I might only be able to get married in 2011 which is another 3 more years. However, my mom was curious and went to ask another "TEACHER". Interestingly, this one told her that I might probably get married and having kid late 2009. Beginning of the year, my ex-colleague also asked for me and that teacher said HE is around me but I just didn't know.

We sometimes went to Futune Telling becuase we are not sure of what's going to be and the best decision to make. However, these are somehow confusing if we are getting different questions, which makes the whole situation even more complicated. To me, I still believe he would be here when he is supposed to be. What I need to do is just "BE OPEN" and "BE POSITIVE".

Sunday, May 04, 2008

我的容容寶貝

我們家最近多了個寶貝, 就是我大堂姐的二兒子, 因為我媽已經退休所以有空幫忙帶小孩. 我這才發覺小孩子對家庭的影響很大, 一個禮拜中那兩三天就讓我們這個小家庭熱鬧很多. 尤其是上了年紀的老人家, 越覺得生活有了新的樂趣.
容容
容容
所以我也加入成為了帶小孩俱樂部的一員, 從小孩子互動的動作跟聲音就很多的樂趣, 我想現在肯定的是我已經不那麼排斥生小孩, 因為這真的是生命中另一種學習跟體驗.
容容新髮型
上個禮拜我堂姐把他帶去剪頭髮, 誰知道他竟然給人家剃光頭, 這禮拜看到時是真的嚇了一大跳, 不過他說這樣頭髮會長的更漂亮, 所以就拭目以待嚕!!

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Blog點名遊戲 -- 傳播幸福

謝謝Vega的抬愛及點名讓我不得不找個時間坐下來玩這個遊戲。

遊戲規則:
A. 被點到名字的要在自己的blog裏寫下自己的答案,然後去掉一個你最不喜歡的問題再加上一個你的問題,仍然組成20個問題,傳給其他8個人,列出其他8個需要回答問題的人的名字,還要到這8個人的blog裏留言通知對方——你被點名了,被點名者不得拒絕回答問題,完成遊戲的人將會永遠得到大家的祝福。
B.這8個人要在自己的blog裏註明是從哪裡接到的,並且再傳給其他8個人,讓遊戲繼續下去,不得回傳。被點到名字的人將會得到大家的祝福,並且所有美好的願望都會在不久的將來實現。

以下是問題開始~~~
Q1. 你認為分手後的男女朋友還能做普通朋友嗎?
A1. 我認為可以,但我有限的經驗告訴我幾乎不可能。

Q2. 遇到喜歡的人,但是對方已經有男/女友,你還會採取行動嗎?
A2. 不會。
Q3. 說出點你名的人的3個優點
A3. 直爽、樂觀、不輕易放棄。
Q4. 最想珍惜的人/事是什麼?
A4. 父母親及老朋友們。
Q5. 最大的煩惱是甚麼?
A5. 沒能下定決心請假去充電休息。
Q6. 你的夢想是什麼?
A6. 每天過著喜悅與滿足的日子。
Q7. 你為你愛的人做過最瘋狂的事?
A7. 只為了"可能"見他一面,馬上買機票飛過去。 (不過還是沒見到)
Q8. 你最想要那一個小叮噹的道具?
A8. 他那裝所有寶物的口袋。
Q9. 和戀人/老公/老婆吵架後,通常多久/幾天和好?
A9. 看狀況。
Q10. 戀人/老公/老婆讓你最欣賞的優點是什麼?
A10. 聰明、責任感、上進心。
Q11. 如果時光能倒流10年,你能改變一件事情,你會做什麼?
A11. 正好十年前的事,應該要對我第一任男友好一點,我當時應該非常嬌縱蠻橫還take things for granted。
Q12. 這輩子做過最笨的事情是什麼?
A12. 雖然清楚知道兩個人的個性不合或背景差異過大,還是因為母性想照顧人的本能而進入一段明知道會很辛苦而且沒有結果的感情。
Q13. 十年以後,你想過什麼樣的生活?你打算如何實現呢?
A13. 雲遊四海的貴婦生活,所以現在要開始努力賺錢、存錢及投資。
Q14. 接下來最想去旅行的國家或城市,為什麼?
A14. 法國巴黎,想去感受一下浪漫之都的丰采。
Q15. 如果可以自由選擇,你最想居住在哪個國家/城市?
A15. 每個階段應該都不一樣吧!不過一定是大都市。
Q16. 最懷念的年代?
A16. 大四每天喝下午茶的日子。
Q17. 一天當中最幸福的時刻?
A17. 剛躺下休息的時刻。
Q18. 如果有個天使要幫你實現願望,你目前的願望是什麼?
A18. Fortune, Relationship, Fitness.
Q19. 近期內最讓你感覺快樂的一件事?
A19. 終於Overachieve Target然後可以領獎金嚕!
Q20. 關於你的第一手消息,都是最先跟誰分享?
A20. 我媽或Jessica。

幸福傳播給:
1. Ceci
2. Grace
3. Betty
4. Michael
5. Ying
6. Gwan
7. Joanna
8. Ruby

我再抽空一一通知吧!!

Monday, March 17, 2008

Car Accident and Goes My GUCCI!

I'm so optimistic that I took the little car accident I got 2 weeks ago as a POSITIVE thing. I was walking on the street and there was a woman riding motobike with her kid and crossing by my side. Not sure what happened but their backward mirrow caught up with my handbag holder and dragged me for a short distance. Luckily, there was no major injury for me and both of them. HOWEVER, the holder broke and the pattern on the surface got damaged because of the pulling force.

At that moment, I did not ask for any compensation as I felt it's not so appropriate to ask since I supposed that's a mommy riding the kid to school. I thought I would be very pised off but I just take it like a small accident and also because of this, I really decided to buy a new handbag which I was thinking for a while.

So YES, I got a CAR ACCIDENT but I also got my NEW GUCCI!!
舊的不去新的不來!!

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Mt. Yang Ming Flower Season

Cherry Blossom
Decided to have one day rest at home as I have been very busy and really want to leave work in office only. Besides, I haven't got chance to walk outdoor for a long while. Therefore, I asked mommy to visit Mt. Yang Ming together this afternoon.
Mommy at Mt. Yang Ming
Mommy
The weather is very good. Sunny but cooling so we can really enjoy walking around and enjoy the nice scene and flowers. It's actually very convenient to go there from our place by bus. I think I would much more time visiting there and really enjoy the beauty of Taipei.
Jenny
Jenny under Cherry
I was thinking of going for Hot Spring but mommy decided to go back home as my dad is staying at home. It's a pitty but I would definitely go again!!

Saturday, February 09, 2008

二月書單

閱讀對我來說是一種很好的自我成長方式,可能也因為我本身比較喜歡靜態的活動, 就算是潛水及瑜珈相對來說算是動作不會太激烈的。上個禮拜去拜訪Maggie的新家,更發現我們兩看的書還有蠻大部分的重疊,讓我開始研究了一下我的書單。

在台南高鐵車站時就看到幾本有趣的書想買,但就想等回到台北的誠品在買還可以有折扣及積點。所以今天就買了好幾本書,等我一一讀完再來跟大家報告。

<胡雪巖 上下卷> 二月河,薛家柱
<波特貝羅女巫, A Bruxa De Portobello> Paul Coelho
<深夜加油站預見蘇格拉底, Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives> Dan Millman
<我的孤兒寶貝, My Best Friend's Girl> Dorothy Koomson
<早上十點以前搞定工作> 高井伸夫
<恩寵與勇氣> Ken Wilber

Tainan One Day Trip

Visited Tainan today to meet one candidate before his meeting with our client. This candidate has been working in China and therefore we haven't got the chance to meet him in person. Therefore, we were thinking to meet him up before his meeting with client to have a better control and idea over his state of mind.

Originally, we would meet for lunch but he was late for almost 2 hours because of the traffic on high way. Therefore, my colleague, Mills, brought me to one of the famous and long-history local market, 永樂市場, to try the famous Tainan local food.
台南永樂市場
We first had 米糕 and 四神湯 at this shop which has more than 50 years history. Then the famous 燒肉 and 土魠魚湯, which has similar long history.
台南永樂市場米糕店
台南永樂市場米糕
台南民族燒肉飯
It's really quite interesting to visit different places but I need to find a good partner to go and share the joy together. Therefore, my new year resolution this year is to buy my first property as I want to change to a new apartment with lift for my parents and the second is to find my life partner or soul mate to share my life together.