Cherish before it's gone....

We came home one day to find this....

All Flat! T__T

ALL gone.... Not even sparing my mum's secret farm...

Impermanence 

It reminds me to cherish while you still have it... You never know when you will lose it....

What have I been up to lately.....

LIFE has been HECTIC lately... 

Our minister has encouraged the people in the country to do two jobs instead of complaining about them not doing enough to lighten our daily burden. Brilliant idea to solve the problem! Since we cannot depend on our "mother" to provide for us, I guess we will just have to suffer and work our ass off to earn a living.

These days, if i get to sleep before 1 AM, it is a bonus to me. If i am still able to wake up the next day, it's a celebration...  It's not the kind of life I'm used to.... I have not been going to the gym for 3 months! Money down the drain T___T  ; I turned down invitations to food gatherings (oh gosh!, is this even normal?);  I couldn't meet my friend who visited from outstation;  I skipped lunches to run errands and etc.. basically, my life is turned upside down and I no longer have any ME time.... except when I'm in the bathroom :P 

I guess I could make this a HUGE fuss because indeed, i have lost all my freedom T_____T but.... do I want to kill my own body cells by feeling unhappy about the change? What's the use of complaining since it doesn't solve anything except making myself even more upset.

I'm a practical person and I believe that only by take steps to adjust to the change will make life easier. Yes, it's a MIND GAME. It's an opportunity to upgrade myself and change for the better anyway... 

I must admit, it's not easy doing 2 jobs. So much things to do but too little time. How i wish there were TWO of me! I can sense Jane's objection :P

Anyway, no matter how busy life is, we should still remember to slow down and smell the flower... Too bad there are no flowers at the moment since it has been raining non-stop lately. 

How about sipping some wine with old friend at the old part of the town?

Chit Chat over a bottle of wine 

This, i like :P

We also spotted this beautiful "painting" by the mother nature and human beings. Love how the leaves were silhouetted against the wall. Kinda feel serene just by looking at it. 

Beautiful isn't it?

Happiness is not how much you have, it's how you see the world....

New Discovery

I thought I should write a post here, just to leave a footprint since 29/2 only happens once every 4 years. How rare~

On this “auspicious” day, I think I should write something happy, something positive. After all, we only get to live this day once every 4 years.

The week before CNY, it rained EVERYDAY in Taipei. Although it’s inconvenient especially when we had to bring the whole house with us.  What to do when there is an 11 month old nephew with us?

We told my sister that may be she should create a fan page for YY. He attracted sOOooo much attention! Even strangers stopped and looked at him and told my sister how handsome and adorable YY is haha….  Too bad we did not meet any Star rearcher or else YY could star in some baby commercials in Taipei and make some money to subsidize our vacation :P

2 days before CNY, it suddenly stopped raining. Could you imagine how happy we were! It was a breezy afternoon with a bit of sunshine, Jane and I decided to cycle around. We went to the nearest MRT station to hire U-bikes. Then, we cycled EVERYWHERE aimlessly. It was great fun! We even cycled to the eatery my parents like when they were there 2 years ago.... just to see whether they would be opened the next day. Too bad they were close for CNY preparation. What to do? it's a big event after all.

We had come to Taipei countless of time. Every part of it feels familiar to us. Somehow, Taipei feels different when we cycle around. I don’t know why but I like the feeling.  I discovered nice places which I didn’t see before when walking. I cycled in a big city full of crowds and cars and high rise buildings, somehow I felt like I was cycling in a park! It’s strangely amazing!

On the first day of CNY, the city was practically empty. We cycled on 忠孝东路 like we owned the street! We cycled back and forth and sang 忠孝东路"骑车‘9遍 at the same time.. I know, we were over-excited haha... 

Discover Taipei via U-bike

The weather during CNY has been great. Jane and I went cycling at every chance we had but we still have a lot to cover. The next time we cycle, we plan to explore this little old place located in the heart of the modern city called 四四南村。Oh, i can't wait~ 

我回来啦！

好久不見！大家還好嗎？

好久沒更新我的部落格了。我知道你們想我，所以不論我多忙，還是要update一下。說我貼心，其實是怕太久沒更新，你們以後都不來了 :P

這新年，我過得很充實。

法國的小侄子終於要到廣州跟爺爺奶奶首次見面，一起過年啦~

貪玩（還是念家）的姐姐提議，在回廣州之前，先​​到台北玩耍。問我們要不要一起到台北來個 Pre-CNY　團圓。 哇，可以不用飛几十个小时到法國探望他們，當然去呀， 呵呵~

但...我們家的爸媽永遠不能給我們肯定的出國的日期。每每問他們，他們都說‘看先’。媽媽這次倒是爽快一些。他說‘我們二十九去，過年初三回來’。哇，我媽媽這麼豪爽呀！ 1月29號到2月10號是整整13天耶~ 這下我可先問問我姐姐們，老闆了。畢竟真的很長。

由於大家分散在不同地方，決定一件事情變成了一個挑戰。在等大家的回應期間，我趕緊先請我的旅行社朋友幫我 reserve 飛機票。簡單的放個名字可以鎖出較低的價格嘛，呵呵~ 這是經驗之談因為本人花了很多冤枉錢，只因為我的爸媽很愛最後一分鐘也下不了決定 T___T　吸取以前的'痛“，這次我當然要機靈一點，動作快一點。有句話說'功夫是假，手腳要快！” 哈哈，的確没錯~

不巧，我的朋友带團出國了，我只好請她的助理幫忙~  我對我這次的效率真的感到太自豪了！接下來就不用擔心機票漲價啦！可以放心了等待姐姐的回复了。耶！

幾個小時後，我朋友的助理打給我說機票已經訂好咯，問我什麼時候過去拿。我愣住了一下。只是放個​​名字而已，有需要拿票嗎？後來才發現，她誤會了我的意思，竟然出票了！歐麥卡！我們的台北之旅就這樣陰差陽錯的被確定了~ 心裡百感交集~

幸好後來姐姐們也很合作，喬出時間配合我們。老闆也爽快的批准了我的長假。真的感溫啊~

要去台灣前幾天，真的超級無敵的忙。除了要完成手上的工作外，還要打掃家和買年貨準備過年。雖然年初一到三不在家，但接下來還有12天是新年，當然不可以馬虎。另外還要準備給姐姐和侄子帶回法國的東西，打包行李，換錢等等。時間不够用呀，真希望一天有 48個小時！

要出國前的前几个晚上，媽媽抱怨說，為何要那麼早去台北，"害"他要在短短時間忙上忙下，有點累。唉呀，要29號去可是他自己說的呢~ 結果她回我說，他提議農曆29去台灣的。

農曆29和陽曆29差整整9天吶！我沒想到媽媽給我農曆日期呀~ 這真的是一個大烏龍！

機票和時間都弄錯～　好吧，看來我們是注定要去台北這麼多天的了，就順緣吧，呵呵~ 就這樣，我們在台北玩耍了13天，留下了美麗的回憶，當然還有爆炸多的行李！

Family time in Taipei!

離台當天，我和爸媽的 check in luggage 一共 93公斤。除此之外，我們還有8件手提包和行李。真的快把整個台北帶回來了，呵呵~

Ready to Welcome the Monkey King :P

Chinese New Year is 11 days away~

I bet everybody must be busy with the preparation at the moment.

This year, we started the cleaning, decorating and stock replenishing processes a bit earlier. Yup, lesson learned last year.. hehe... 

Everything is faster this time because my super mum is doing most of the work. 

There is a Chinese saying "To do a good job, one must first sharpen one's tools" (工欲善其事，必先利其器). I so strongly agree with this! Effective tools do make work and life easier and increase my efficiency too!

When I was in Uni, i came across a statement in one of our tutorial rooms. It reads: "Dear Boss, you can't use yesterday's tools to do today's job and be in business tomorrow". So true. Everything is changing so fast and if we do not change ourselves, one day we will be left behind. That's the way the world works. So u can either sit there, complain about the speed of change and wait for things to change to suit you, which rarely happens... or you could upgrade yourself to beat the speed of change. The choice is in your own hand. After all, you are the writer of your own life...

This year, I use 3 effective cleaning tools  - a vacuum cleaner, Amway multipurpose cleaner and my spin mop. Of course, the most important cleaning agent is ME hehe.. without me, these 3 items are useless. Agree? hehe

I did major makeover at some areas of my home. I re-arranged the setting, vacuumed and then mopped the place. In no time, it becomes spotless. Man, how i love that I was able to complete more tasks in less time! 

My home is now ready for CNY~ 

Have a blessed CNY!

Another incident :S

I accidentally hit my foot against the edge of the refrigerator door when i opened it. 

I didn't think it was serious until i saw blood on the floor where I had walked. 

Sigh, another painful experience T____T

Fresh wound

Don't ask me how I could hurt myself so often. If I knew the answer, you wouldn't see a category created just for "Painful Experience"....

老街，我来啦~ 耶！

去年11月，朋友們揪我一起發揮愛家鄉的心。我考慮了很久.....

很久以前我就很喜歡逛老街。看著古老的建築物，招牌和快失傳的手藝，百感交集。

感動，因為古老的它們仍被保留著。

遺憾，因為不知什麼時候它們又會消失。說'又'是因為政府已剷除了很多古物。也因為些人民已不到老街逛了，也沒人願意學習古老的手藝了...

我很希望大家好好珍惜愛護保留這珍貴的一切... 因為有它們、才有了現在的我們。

我偶爾會提點身邊的家人朋友... 但效果及力量真的有限~ 

有天，一班愛家鄉（其實也很愛吃（還是貪吃？呵呵））的朋友問說要不要一起參加老街導覽的培訓課。當然、培訓後就得上街、大聲及用行動的來帶動大家一起愛上這老街、這家鄉～

蝦米？ ！在大眾面前說話是我的致命傷呀~ 我不會哈拉。每次我老闆要我代替他到induction course 給新人講'故事'時，我20分鐘內就搞定了。真不明白為何我們的人事部 assign 每個部門1小時的時間 :/

所以我朋友問我要不要參加這培訓課時，我真的有點爭扎。

我希望更多人了解及愛惜我們的老街，文化，歷史等等，但我真的不是說話的料呐~

但我想.... 我可以永遠活在自己舒適的圈圈裡，也可以只做我喜歡及會做的事。 。 。但這樣框著自己，好嗎？

以前的我最不喜歡改變。不喜歡改變的人有天會被社會淘汰。不改變的人有天會被人罵說是個'固執的老頑童'~ 

不會做，就去學吧~

不喜歡做，就鼓勵自己吧~

活著就多學吧~

人生不需要太多‘紅線’。

雖沒豪爽的立刻答應但最後還是答應了。哈哈~

老街，我來啦~ 請大家多多指教！

 義工導覽員 in the making :P