Entry 1 (24th September 2012)

It's exactly 12:01 am now, and seeing that this is my first entry, I should update a little of myself. I'm currently at Taiwan for a short vacation with my high school friends of about 10years. And they are Lee Sue Ee, Soh Pei Ling, and Chong Yee Wun. We arrived here on Saturday, 22nd September 2012, and so far it has been an hectic journey seeing that we are here on our own for the first time and we did not go through any travel agency.

Enough of updating, I just finish my STA assessment and e-mailed it to my group mates to submit later in the morning. I just hope that I did good enough despite my heavy schedule and with little initiative. Oh yes, I am now in my room while the girls are sleeping and the view is just amazingly breath-taking. How fortunate i am that I could do my assignment while looking at this sea view. The sound of the rushing waves eases my mind to relaxation and light music as my background to suit my emotion. The only thing that lack, is a partner to share this spectacular moment. Anyway, I should sleep now. Gotta be up early later for another tour around the north-east Taiwan before heading to the capital city Taipei later in the evening. I will update my entry again later whilst exploring every possibility here. Good Night !

Good afternoon, it was quite a day after waking up restlessly. Breakfast here was amazing, I mean, what more can we ask with such nature phenomenal as our spectacular view. After finishing our meal, we headed out for a walk in the street of Jiu Feng and bought somewhat souvenir for ourselves and for friends and families. I got some for my friends as well. After we were done with our souvenir shopping, it's time for us to leave this wondrous highland and head to the capital city, Taipei. So, after we manage our luggages and got into a cab, we finalised our further plans and decided to take the cab straight to the city instead of our initial plan of taking the train. Alas, here I am jolting down my morning-afternoon experience in the cab ride.

It's 9pm now and we had our dinner at the heart of Taipei. We had their local delight of "flour-rice noodle". It was indeed a slight different than our regular meal as it is a combination of sour, salty and sweet noodle sauce. After our delicious dinner, we took the subway and headed to Taipei 101, the third tallest building in the world. Needless to convey, the view was beyond spectacular as we were able to see the entire city of Taipei in its night view. But the most extraordinary experience is the method of travelling to the top and bottom, it only took roughly 35 seconds to 101th floors. And after the exhausting journey, we are now heading out back to downtown for a light supper and drink to end the night. I can't say how hungry I am since I almost fainted earlier for skipping lunch. Till tomorrow, here I wish good night and excitingly await for tomorrow's entry. Good Bye !

P/S : on our journey return to the hotel, we seem lost in the midst of the city and as we walked to search our ways back, we saw 3 men hitting and slapping a poor female and what surprised is that people around them just seem to walked away and let that poor lady to be beaten. I was so concern and wanted to call the police, but how unfortunate that I don't know the number to contact the authorities. But just minutes passes, police siren could be heard from afar and they arrest those guys and had their investigation on the spot. Seriously amazed by the efficiency of their police force here. Unlike our native police, they seem to take hours to the scene. Well, conclusion is, we manage to find our way back after asking random people the direction. Good day indeed, not so much for that lady though.