In Taiwan - Day 8
Part of the rules being a backpacker is to travel as light as possible. And so, we packed only what we needed for the 2 weeks in Taiwan. However, having said, it was suicidal to pack 2 weeks worth of clothes for the entire trip. Figuring out the amount of clothes plus the weight of the them all would be back-breaking attempt yet tiring, we decided to only bring one week plus worth of clothings with doing laundry in Taiwan in mind.
Knowing that we were running low on clean clothes, we had to head to the nearest laundry shop as soon as possible. We couldn’t find any laundry shop in Kenting and were told that there is no laundry service available in Kenting as the weather was good enough to dry the clothes.
Though Luye offers nice sceneries, we had to do our laundry as soon as possible and so, without putting huge risk on it, we decided to stop in Taitung as it is a big city compare to that of Luye.
To get to Taitung, we hired the same car, which took us to Kenting from Kaohsiong, to take us to Fang Liao. From there, we bought train tickets. It didn’t take long before the train arrived. The hours spent in the train was rather a long one.
Upon reaching Taitung, we were figuring out where to stay. After some thoughts and reference from guidebooks, we headed to a rather cheap hostel. The best part of it is there was washing machine and a dryer in the hostel. That settled much our worries. Hehe.
As usual, after putting our bags down, we went out to search for our late lunch. We walked and walked and walked while searching for an open shop that sells food.
To our surprise, the town was rather dead. It was Saturday but the city was dead. Real dead. There weren’t any shops that open for business. But thank god, after 20 mins of walking, we found a shop that sells noodles.
After our lunch, we went to food hunting again. First, we went to a place which sells pork buns. But there was a trick to it. In the bun, there was bamboo shoots and they were (and still is) our number public enemy. LOL.
After struggling of finishing even one bun, we went to another place which sells mochi (a.k.a. lo mai chi in Malaysia).
But before that, we bought the most important thing; washing powder. It was so important that we bought it without looking at the price. Hehe. At night, we went to a Japanese restaurant for a simple dinner before going back to our hostel to do our laundry as well as surfing the internet (free WiFi provided).
Here Comes Year 2009
Another year has passed and a brand new one begins. There were many things happened during past year; some were good and some were ugly not so pleasing. As many said, one should not dwell on the past and hence, I will take them as valuable experience.
I’ve met new friends and managed to retain the old ones too; which is a really good thing for me. I’ve even managed to catch up with long lost friends which haven’t been in contact for such a long time. Though some said that friends come and go, I hope this wouldn’t happen to me now nor (near) future.
As for my working life, I will keep it simple as it is cos my colleagues are reading my blog. Big changes happened over the past 6 months and as always, I am adapting to it and keep on going. I don’t know what will happen after the next 8 months but let’s just hope nothing radical happens.
On the personal plane, let’s just say there were more bad times compare to good times. I shouldn’t elaborate it further but those who know me well enough should know the story. On the other hand, I’ve splurged my hard-earn money on photography, electronics as well as on traveling over the past 12 months. Though those weren’t necessities, but I did as self-rewarding thingy. It is nice to get yourself something once in awhile to keep you going in one way or another.
Anyway, that’s the past. As for the future, i.e. year 2009, I’m not sure what’s installed for me. Not like I can predict the future anyway.
AS for you readers out there, Happy New Year and have a wonderful year ahead.
Expectation
From dictionary.com, the definition of expectation :
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- The act of expecting.
- Eager anticipation: eyes shining with expectation.
- Something expected: a result that did not live up to expectations.
- expectations Prospects, especially of success or gain.
- The expected value of a random variable.
- The mean of a random variable.
- The state of being expected.
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- Something expected: a result that did not live up to expectations.
- expectations Prospects, especially of success or gain.
- The expected value of a random variable.
- The mean of a random variable.
So, let’s face it… I didn’t read the letter nor will I ever read it. But based from what I heard, it’s more like describing your expectations rather than your explanation. Anyhow, I’m here to say that I will never meet your absurd expectations (a.k.a. demands). Never in the past. And definitely not in the future. Period.
In Taiwan - Day 7 (Part 2)
… continuation
And the sunset in Kenting looks like this…
Oh yeah… Doreamon loves surfing too…
So, tell me, is Kenting beautiful? :)
In Taiwan - Day 7 (Part 1)
Kenting, which is situated at the very south of Taiwan, has nothing but sand, sea and rocks (and not forgetting humans too). They even have a dedicated shop/house/centre to provide information about rock/sand formation.
IIRC, there is only one main road whereby all the shops are located at. But, having said that, I’ve only one word to describe Kenting; beautiful. Here’s the reason why…
… to be continued
