1st day of taiwan trip(07/10/09)

Our flight was delayed!!! Damn sian. Reached there rather late. We reached taipei around 8.30pm, and we had to rush to take the gao tie to go taichung to meet up with huiru.

Huiru's hp was on low batt. In the end she waited rather long for us. When we reached we immediately went to feng jia ye shi. I really like feng jia ye shi, though i didn't buy much. We had Ji tan Gao, and Chou toufu there. I have never take chou tofu before. I tot if u overcome the smell the taste should be ok. But it is not. I didn't like it at all. Had one slice and well....

Huiru's house was at chang hua xian. Her house have an elevator!! Ok it is not those super high class de. Those that you find in old hk movie, must close the grill then can elevate, but nevertheless it was really cool. We reached her house super late, so we didn't get to say hi to her parents. Next morning, we jus hid in her room, cos it is rather weird to say hi to someone's relative without being formally introduced and without knowing who they are. In the end, cos they were off to work by the time we wake up we didn't get a chance to say hi to her parents. Felt rather bad and rude for not saying hi. Hopefully next time i get a chance to be polite if i ever have a chance to visit her again.

I am back!

Got back on tuesday from taiwan. And honestly i don't miss singapore at all. Well welcome back to hell.

I really enjoyed the trip, it was very rewarding spiritually. During the one wk, I am able to escape from the crap of life, work, able to daydream and honestly i felt like i was 18 again when i didn't have to worry about anything much except enjoying. Actually there is really so much more to life than work, than money, than status. Only when you are travelling, when you leave ur daily routine that you will be able to comprehend that fact.

When i was travelling, i really feel that the world is so big and we are so small, so why do we get bothered by all the trivial stuff that happens in our daily routine. Why couldn't we learn to enjoy the goodness of this world.

Honestly i walked till my feet hurts v badly and i am still tired, but I really feel good, glad that i am able to escape even if it is just for a wk. I love my freedom when i was travelling, i didn't have a care in the world, don't need to think about work, my family or anything else, jus need to worry about what to eat next.

Actually before this trip i was getting more and more "absorbed" into this world. I was behaving more and more realistic, and honestly i didn't noticed it, cos somehow the change was rather gradual. I gave up some of the things i like(hobbies) for realistic stuff. After the trip i feel more at peace with myself, cos i was able to find the person who knows how to enjoy the world for the place it is. When you lose focus of what you want from life, maybe you can take a long trip to travel around somewhere, and you will feel that a lot of things is really trivial and we should just let go. I don't want to be a person who can't dream, or someone who forgot how to dream. I was becoming a person who can't dream before this trip and it was scary. Feel much better now.
Honestly i was super depressed when i wake up the next morning and realised i was not in taiwan anymore (we are not in kanas anymore). Was so depressed that i started crying before i prepare myself for work. hate going back to this people who are work slaves, they are pathetic. They get so fussy and (xiao xing yan) over every little things, can't they jus let it go. I don't want to face these losers, but i guess i don't have much of a choice.

Anyway i know i m not making much sense, because i don't really know how to put this feelings in words, maybe if i find a better way of expressing myself, i will rewrite this post. ok that's all for now

P.S I didn't went to a meditation trip in case you are wondering, cos all the talk about spiritual learnings might be misinteprated by the people who do not know where i went. I went on a trip to taiwan, it wasn't a wholly shopping trip, cos i wasn't there for the shopping. I was there for khalil fong's concert and it was a great concert. Shall update more on my trip later. sayonara for now.