拿掉防卫乘下什么，我不知道。 But I know that in front of C and S, there is no need to be pretentious. 5 months have passed since the 3 of us last met based on my last entry on 13th May 2008. C have just completed her central Japan travels with her family. In a way, it was fortunate that her parents were avid travellers where her notion of "family vacation" occurs once a year. For us, it never happened and I guess "family vacation" remains a taboo in my travel journals. There were just too many "excuses" and too many "what ifs". This aside, I was happy that C had finally found time amidst her busy schedule to enjoy Japan in her own way. Her trip was nice with the minor exception of Tokyo Disneyland as she recalls. Of ... read more

The other day, I decided to create a "Places I've Visited Map" and hang it on the IKEA board in my room. Here's the end result. Conclusion: Still shuttling up and down the Asia Pacific region after all these years. While it doesn't look too impressive, the minor achievement was there was generally an in-depth coverage of the places I've visited. ... read more

My last trip to Taiwan was fulifiling and challenging as I was very much involved in the pre-trip planning process. However, once in a while, it was always nice to have everything worked out for you. And all you have to do is to just follow and enjoy the journey...... Where: Kuantan, Malaysia What: A Factory Visit Start: Friday, 12th September 2008, 8.30pm End: Saturday, 13th September 2008, 10.30pm Costs: S$170 (fully subsidised) About 7 hours drive from Singapore brought us to the city of Kuantan, the state capital for the state of Pahang (the same state for Genting Highlands). Located along the eastern coast of Penisula Malaysia, Kuantan and its surrounds boast beautiful shorelines and lovely beaches. Reaching Kuantan at about 3.30am, we did not have the luxury of time to linger around in the ... read more

Quoting the words of 阿布 in the now defunct "冒险王" on Channel U, "我永远无法忘记这趟旅程，因为是它让我看到一个更全面的台湾!" Since I started writing way back in 2005, this has been my 101th entry in this travel blog space. This number coincides with the landmark of Taiwan, the Taipei 101 International Financial Centre. And this is where I had spent my last 8 days over the past week. The thoughts for this entry were penned down at the Burger King Restaurant at Taoyuan International Airport prior to my flight to Singapore. Anyway, completing my tour of duty of Taiwan was great as I said good bye to this beautiful island for the last time yesterday. I shouldn't be contemplating another visit of this island anytime soon as I had gotten too "comfortable" with the environment. I should be moving on to uncover ... read more

Thursday, 21st August 2008 ~ Another hot hot day in Taipei!! Lesson Learnt: Never trust a guidebook totally. At least that's how I feel after my half day tour of Pinglin this morning. Pinglin, a township famous for the Bao Chun Tea Leaves would probably only appeal to tea lovers out there. Coming down from Taipei, I took the Metro to the terminal station at Xindian before catching the bus to Pinglin. The 1 hour bus journey was tortouous as it was going through a series of bends before reaching my destination. Throughout the journey, I had no mood to enjoy the greenery outside the window as I was feeling nauseous from the ride. Halfway through the bus journey, I sensed something was amissed as the only passengers on board the bus were the uncles and ... read more