April 28th, 2008 Wong Tai Sin Temple Hong Kong really has some fascinating temples / monasteries. In the past, when I came to Hong Kong, it was all about doing the silly popular things; going to the Peak to see the city skyline, going shopping, singing karaoke. Up til now I had never bothered looking into the historical / religious side of Hong Kong. There are several temples / monasteries that are also advertised as tourist attractions. And some of them are really breathtaking. the 2 that I had visited today, were called Wong Tai Sin temple, and the Chi Lin [View Full Entry]

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i'm in hong kong now!!! i'm so excited.. it's a bit strange, b.c everything has changed since I last came here, 3 years ago.. I did some fab things since I've been here.. i always make a point to stop at The Peak; b.c it never ceases to fascinate me.. The Peak is an observation deck where you can see most of the city skyline, atop 1 of the highest mountains (on HK island) It's a popular tourist spot, and it's where the madam tussaud's of HK is located. i've always loved looking @ cityscape.. in kowloon, at the pier, there's [View Full Entry]

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ahh.. taiwan.. taiwan can be an interesting place to visit, a place modern but yet rich of chinese culture. i was born in taiwan, but i hadn't been back in like 8 years!! when i was a kid, up until HS, i visited taiwan & hong kong once every 2 years, to see family. i wanted to come back and see my relatives, and re-familiarize myself with the place i was born. it's a kinda sad feeling when u tell people where u're born and all u have is a faint memory of it from years ago. my family members all [View Full Entry]

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..I'll miss you, Milano.. I'd been living in Milan for almost year and half, and it was time to say goodbye. I can still remember when I first arrived, like it was yesterday. It's been an eventful year; accomplished many things like traveled to 5 different countries in europe, trying to master italian, made lots of friends, and finished a design program. Milan generally is not any place of great artistic / historical significance, but mostly for commerce, fashion, and maybe music. Looking back, Milan was actually a boring city to be in, but it will always be the place [View Full Entry]

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it's Dec 2007, and i'm about to leave in a couple weeks from Italy. I was living in italy for like a year and half; i did the study abroad thing, tried the job search thing but it didn't pan out so well. trying to travel as much as possible during my stay in europe; usually i tried to go somewhere at least once a month. made some impressive trips so far; been to like 4 different countries in europe and all different kinds of places in italy. been dying to go to paris for AGES, and i couldn't find anyone [View Full Entry]

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I love vienna.. I didn't think I would, but I think it's a very underrated place. I've been fortunate enough to have been to vienna twice, the first time was to visit my friend stephanie. I wanted to visit her in austria, and vienna seemed like a convenient place to meet up. When we had went, we went to go see 2 museums in vienna: the kunsthistoriches, and the belvedere. the kunsthistoriches is the historical art museum, while I wanted to go to the belvedere to see the gustav klimt exhibit. (i LOVE gustav klimt) I remember the kunsthistoriches had some [View Full Entry]

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..La Serenissima.. "The Most Serene".... Generally speaking Venice is not that serene, most of the time completely packed ear to ear with tourists. The only time really when Venice is serene.. is probably at night.. I've been to Venice probably 4xs in my life, and I've never been bored of it. (so far) Italians will recommend that you find a hotel on the mainland (in venezia mestre), and not in the city of venice, b.c it's always cheaper. But I absolutely love to ride the waterbuses up and down the grand canal at night.. which you'd probably wouldnt be able [View Full Entry]

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Camogli is an extremely beautiful place. Perhaps 1 of the most beautiful that i've ever seen. in my opinion once you see a beach in italy, you fall in love w. the place and u never want to leave. that is, unless u detest beaches. italy has a great variety of beaches through out the country; with different colors of rocky ones, different colors of the water, as well as the sand. Liguria is famous for its rocky beaches. Rocky beaches are rampant amongst the Mediterranean in general. I am not a big fan of rocky beaches. To walk, lie down, [View Full Entry]

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My friend Michelle was in Italy this summer to take a class in florence. She had stopped by in Milan, so we met up, and I also went to go see her in florence. and in july florence is HOT... i think it was like 30-35 degrees celsius. we also wanted to go outlet shopping, also in italy everything goes on sale in july. needless to say we were roasting in the tuscan hills where the outlets were. I had wanted to go to the top of the duomo (main cathedral) in florence, but it was stairs only and it was [View Full Entry]

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"Sto morendo dalla voglia di andare a Londra.." That's what I said to my italian room mate: I'm dying to go to London.. Ok in all honesty I was studying abroad in Italy, and my student visa was about to expire, and I wanted to stay longer. For some reason, my school wouldn't let me extend my program. So I had to find another way out. I had asked at the american consulate in Milan, and they said that if i wanted to leave and come back as a tourist, i would have to leave the EU. (ok i know that [View Full Entry]

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