Meeting new friends
Sunday, September 26, 2010
This morning, i woke up early in the morning to meet two new friends from Japan. We contacted each other through emails and SMS. Since the destination is reachable by bus and a five-minute walking distance, so i took a bus there. It took me more than 35 minutes to reach there, and upon my arrival to the tea house, they were there waiting for me already.
Since i do not know any Japanese, we communicated with simple English. We conversed slowly and wrote the words or characters on a paper just to ensure we got each other right. It was such a special experience for me. I believe with this kind of pure friendship and sincere communication, the bond between us would be last longer.
We chatted for more than two hours. The topics were mainly surrounding our daily life and preferences. Before we left, we requested a Japanese lady of next table to take some pictures for us.
All the best to you and stay in touch my friends.
Labels: Friends, Japan, Taipei, Taiwan, Teoh Pak Guan, teopag
posted by teopag @ 7:31 PM,
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Mid Autumn Barbecue
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
The Mid Autumn Festival aka Mooncake Festival or Lantern Festival is one of the important day for Chinese. What people do on this day varies among the regions. Besides eating mooncakes (usually serve together with Chinese tea and pomelo) and enjoying the family reunion under the moon light, it comes with some traditional activities such as lighting the lanterns and playing with candles. You can easily find many houses in Malaysia are lighting up with many candlelight around this day. Some organisations might even organise some lantern-making competitions to promote this festive season. In Taiwan, outdoor barbecue is the typical way to celebrate Mid Autumn Festival. You can easily find groups of people gathering at the corridor, road sides, public open space and etc for barbecue.
Since we today is the public holiday, I went for barbecue with my friends. I woke up early in the morning and departed to Keelung by train. After arrived at Keelung Railway Station, we traveled to the destination by taxi. This is the place called 基隆外木山大武崙沙灘.
The scenery there was very beautiful. Even though it was hot and sunny out there, everyone was happy and very active. We spent the whole day there by sea-bathing, barbecuing and playing some games. After cleaning-up, we took the free shuttle bus back to Keelung City for dinner. Some of us were not interested with the crowded and costly night market and we called it a day by traveling back to Taipei by train after dinner.
I got tanned after spending whole day under the sun...
Labels: Friends, Taipei, Taiwan, Teoh Pak Guan, teopag
posted by teopag @ 11:12 PM,
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Chuah Chong Han
Monday, August 23, 2010
Just met an old friend whom we haven't meet each other for almost 16 years!!!
We had a dinner at Grand Hyatt Taipei and shared a lot of informations regarding our old classmates. Those past memories we shared together were so precious and memorable!
Labels: Friends, Ipoh, Malaysia, Sam Tet, Taipei, Taiwan, Teoh Pak Guan, teopag
posted by teopag @ 10:41 PM,
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Farewell with Aaron
Sunday, August 01, 2010
Farewell dinner with Aaron before he being recruited to the military camp tomorrow.
Eslite Food Court, Taipei
少小認識約三載
歡天喜地唱遊去
穿戴衣袍入兵營
富裕生活在眼前
登峰造極創佳績
奇珍異寶小天使
義重情深祝摯友
Labels: Friends, Life, Taipei, Taiwan, Teoh Pak Guan, teopag
posted by teopag @ 10:39 PM,
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2nd April 2010
Friday, April 02, 2010
These are what Meyler sent me. Some dried noodle packs with abalone, prawn and scallop-flavoured seasoning.
呢D嘢係嘉明今日寄嚟嘅, 主要係一D鮑魚,蝦子同埋瑤柱口味嘅乾麵.
These are the Mamee snack from Malaysia and Hong Kong. What are the differences? Apart from different packing size and weight, actually both of them are made in Malaysia.
港版嘅媽咪麵同大馬版嘅媽咪麵有咩唔同咧? 除咗包裝同埋大包D之外, 都係大馬製造嘅..
Labels: Friends, Life, Teoh Pak Guan, teopag, Wall
posted by teopag @ 9:46 PM,
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Jinguashi and Jiufen 1-day trip 金瓜石-九份一日遊
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Yesterday we went to Yehliu, so today we went further to Goldmelon Stone (Jinguashi) and Nine portions (Jiufen). We travelled there by train. The journey took around 35 minutes from Nangang to Ruifang. We straightaway took the bus in front of the railway station heading to Jinguashi.
The scenery along the way is very beautiful. Jinguashi and Jiufen are situated at the highland of northeast mountain area of Taiwan, hence we can enjoy the beautiful scenery along the journey. Jinguashi is the terminal stop, it will pass by Jiufen on the way.
Alright, we are here.
We are so lucky, from now on the entrance is free!!
Everything also related to "gold"...
I think this police station is to prevent you from commiting any crime here...
Ok, look at the pictures.
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Now we are on the way to the Gold Musuem. The scenery outside is worth for the walking effort.
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Now we are going inside the museum.
If you never touch this piece of gold, never telling anyone that you been to this museum. It is a gold block of 999.9 grade and weight 220.30 kg, worth for NT 255,420,000 (around USD 8 million). We touched it.
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Leaving the museum, now going to Jiufen.
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We took the same bus descending the hill to Jiufen. It stopped in front of 7-11. We then walk into the alley which sell lots of local products and food. This is the first time i came here by myself and get the chance to see the surrounding and feel the atmosphere throughly. As usual, here is crowded... Haha...
We stopped by a shop for fishball soup and noodles. I bought a wood postcard for myself and send one back home for my family. Yes, we bought some souvenirs too.
This is the famous food. They queue for long time to buy this, but i bought the yam cake instead.
However, we didn't try the famous "yam-starch ball". It was really nice when i tried it 2 years ago with my friends, the scenic view from the dining hall really blend well with the tasty dessert. This is the famous cookies confectionery.
After that, we took bus back to Taipei and had our late dinner at the underground street near to the MRT. We called it a day.
Labels: Friends, Jinguashi, Jiufen, Taipei, Taiwan, Teoh Pak Guan, teopag, Travel, Vacation
posted by teopag @ 11:55 PM,
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