Haha... Finally, I'm back from my class chalet and it's time to blog about part 2 of the Taiwan trip. Well, where were we last time? Let me think... Oh ya, it's the Miniworld Theme Park. So, I shall continue with day 4 in Taiwan...

It's one of the most enjoyable days I had in Taiwan as I was told that I'd be able to meet my idol, Michael Wong(Guang Liang), the one who sings 'Tong Hua'.


I was brought by my friend(A Taiwanese) to the China Broadcasting Cooperation where Micheal had his interview by radio stations. A shot at their entrance.


Fortunately, we met another artist, Zhao Zhi Bi. Maybe Not many of you knows her, but she's a singer and currently a DJ under China Broadcasting Co.


Finally, we managed to meet Michael and took a photo with him after he had finished his interviews. By the way, that's the very first time I saw him in person. Lol...


After meeting Michael, my friend, Jing Wen brought me to a famous temple, Xing Tian Hall near our previous destination. I look a bit unwilling... : P


The statue of the founder of the China Republic, Sun Zhong shan at his memorial hall. For that time, I was at the real memorial hall but not the mini version of it at the Miniworld... Lol...


A shot with a gendarme(The soldier behind me) carrying out duty at the main hall of the memorial. These soldier are not allowed to move a single bit during their duty. I repeat, they are like almost petrified. Poor thing... Sometimes, there will be naughty tourists who try to disturb the soldiers by touching them or tickling them. So bad.... : (




After much of the visitings in Taipei, Jing Wen and I went to meet the rest of our friends at Taipei Train Station. They are all Taiwaneses and I was the only Malaysian at the time. Haha... These are the shots taken after we had our karaoke session. So funny, some of us were even holding on to Micheal's albums when we were taking the photo. Looks like some kinda advertisement. Fro left, Ling, Jing Wen, Ya Wen, yours truly, Jako and Wei Ren.


Now, it's the fifth day. I promised my dad to be with him that day and thus we went on a jeep ride with his friend who's also his business partner, Uncle Huang. That's the scenery at the countryside where we set off. It's really misty and that's the coldest day we had during the trip... not more than 15 deg C. I was shivering all the time that day.


That's the jeep we were on. Looks cool with its giant tyres. Our route of the day was starting from Guan Yin, we drove along the beach(not those beach where people go to have fun, instead, it's those rocky and hilly ones) until we reached Yong An Port. On the way, we climbed rocks, hills and even staircases(OMG...). It's fun but it's freezing at the same time as the jeep was without its cover and we were exposed to strong and cold winds from the sea.


Day 6... I went out with one of my best friends who's currently studying U in Taiwan, Xin Ting. If you've read a post about our band, Popteens eons ago, you'll know that she's one of our members. We went to Yang Ming Mountain and this was how the path on the mountain looked like in the early morning. Misty... but still there were lotsa tourists.

Visiting Yang Ming Mountain for a tourist usually it's only to look at the beautiful flowers bloomed during the Spring. So, it's the same for us. Thus, many of the photos below will be featuring flowers only...


The Sakura trees or some people refer it as Cherry Blossoms.


Photo of me taken by Xin Ting.










Sakuras, sakuras and still sakuras... Lol... They are so gorgeous, aren't they? This is the first time I ever seen a sakura in real life... It's like having a hanami(flower viewing party in Japan)... Haha...


Simple shot...


We were so enthu in taking photos and so we even took this shot of a stream... Lol...








Carrying on, it'll be a series of photos of flowers. The first one is known as the Giant Taro, that's how its flower looks like. It's nice right? To me, it's as elegant as a Lily...
The second and the third will be Ume or some call it Asian Plum(I hope I didn't read the sign wrongly XD). It's the National Flower of Taiwan.
The last one features some unknown flowers look like cabbage(!?). I forgot to check out the signs and thus unable to explain about it. Eh... all the flowers are food associated... taro... plum and cabbage... LOL...


Now, let us have a look... What's this huh? Ahah... It's actually a giant clock made up by various types and thousands of flowers!! If you are observant, you'll be able to notice the pointers and small blocks indicating different hours.It's amazing, isn't it?? Haha...


Oh yeah, that's Xin Ting and I in front of the giant Flower Clock...


Melon with the giant(again...) advertisement board-like thingy behind... And so happened that the thing was also..... MADE OF FLOWERS!??!?! Lol......


Xin Ting and I again...




The fountain found on the square on Yang Ming Mountain.


After our visit to Yang Ming Mountain, we proceeded to Ximen Ding, a paradise of youngsters. You'll find all the IN stuffs there. If you are lucky enough, you'll be able to meet celebrities there too. This is a shot of the Hong Lou(Red Building) Theatre nearby. Most of the Singers promotes their new album here!! Unfortunately, there wasn't any activity on the day we visiting.

All those will be photos I taken during the trip to Taiwan. Now, here are somemore on things I took back from Taiwan...






For this 2 photo, they feature an instrument called ocarina, which not many of us know about it. It's made of clay(very very fragile...). I've been crazy about it for quite some time le. However, it's hard or almost impossible to find it in either Malaysia or Singapore. I got this one from my dad's friend in Taiwan who knows that I love it a lot. Haha... By the way, those who played Zelda - The Ocarina Of Time will know what actually is this instrument and how does it sounds like. In a nutshell, it's a wind instrument la.


And... This is the latest album of Michael, Commitment, with Michael's signature and my name on it. I got it when I met him at the radio station... So happy :P

Finally, I've finished this entry. So, this concludes my trip to Taiwan during my holidays. I hope you all enjoy it... : D Tata...

The results for my first year, second semester's studies was out a few days ago(24th March 2006). Overall, it's quite satisfying for me myself and I'm really grateful that I got grades above my expectation for certain modules like Creativity & Applied Thinking Skills(CATS) and Physiological Systems as I didn't really do very well for them. Thanks a lot to Mr. Chia SP('Sure Pass'). Lol...

Creativity & Applied Thinking Skills ------- B+
Inorganic & Physical Chemistry ----------- AD
Mathematics & Statistics 1 ----------------- A
Microbiology --------------------------------- AD
Physiological Systems ---------------------- A
Sports & Wellness -------------------------- PX

GPA : 3.9565

By the way, PX denotes passing in a pass or fail module and AD denotes Distinction. Well, I'm moving into second year already. Hope it'll be a nice year for me.

Argh... I'm having minor headache now. Woke up early in the morning with red and teary eyes, I hope I'm not getting that stupid illness again... >_<

Haven't been seeing you for such a long time le(At least to me, it's long enough...).I've been missing you everyday. It's going to be your birthday soon, hope that I'll be able to meet you very soon, wishing you happy birthday.I know that you've been busy lately but please do take care of yourself and rest well.

Well, that's all for the time being. I'll be having many things to busy with tomorrow, I hope I won't be sick at this very moment. Tata~~

Recently... due to certain incidents, I'm really scared... terrified seriously...

I don't know if I'm worrying for nothing or if my intuition is true... Uncertainties bugged me. I really can't fell at this moment... I'm almost there, I think. I can't afford to let it over like this... Oh... I pray that my intuition isn't true...

Oh ya, some news about me... I've went for an audition to be guitarist as well as vocalist at a some sorta cafe in Bugis. Oh my... They demanded me to sing English songs(Especially Jazz)... everything in English, which is such a big challenge for me. Verbally, they've accpeted me but I'll still need to wait till April before I can work. And yeah, I'll be partnering with a female Jazz pianist/vocalist and a male saxophonist. I hope this is a great chance for me to learn more about music... Lol... Anyway, one more audition awaits me on 28th of March... Ganbatte ba : D

I've somehow updated my blog template with links, archives and a music player. The music player features some of my own creations(as in performing and recording... not composing ya...) so I guess it's legal for me to put it in my blog. However, the server hosting my files aren't very efficient la. It goes down quite often from my experience... Paiseh la... I'll try to find a better server ASAP. Do drop me some comments on those pieces at either the tagboard or through my e-mail.

Lastly, the part 2 of the Taiwan trip will be up very soon... I hope there are people who are looking foward to it... >_< Till then... Tata...

Lol... Finally, the entry I promised, I finally uploaded the photos I taken during the trip to Taiwan. Now, I'll share some of them with you all together with some descriptions.
From 4th (One day after my first year Final Exam... XD) until 10th of March, I was on a trip to Taiwan with my dad who's supposed to do some of his business stuffs there. Thanks to my friends in Taiwan, I needed not going on the boring business trip with my dad, instead, I visited lotsa places especially in Taipei. Below will be the photos I taken starting from our departure from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).


That was the aircraft we took to Taipei, the A700 of China Airlines. It's equiped with radios, televisions and stuffs... Ensuring its passengers to have a pleasant 4-hour journey from KLIA to Taipei.


This was how the waiting room looked like. People including us were waiting to board the plane.


A self-potrait...


A shot with my dear daddy...






A few shots of the famous Taipei Mirama Ferris Wheel, the second largest ferris wheel currently in the world. 100 metres from the ground and has a diameter of 70 metres.I visited it with one of my dad's friends immediately upon our arrival.


A sight of the night Taipei City from the wheel.


A shot with Taipei City :P


I took another shot with it before we left.


This is the the world's tallest building, The Taipei 101 which has a total height of 508 metres. Wasn't able to capture it with its beautiful lighting as we arrived too late.






Shots taken from the Miniworld Theme Park at Taoyuan. All these stuffs look real, aren't they? However they are mini in size.


Someone's been stopped by the police in the miniworld due to some offence... Lol...


The port...




Shots with the ships and the airport.


Zhong Shan (Founder of China Republic) Memorial Hall.


Zhong Zheng (Taiwan's first President) Memorial Hall.


The Great Wall of China.






The Forbidden Palace...




At the amusement park. Noticed there was a strong wave of water created by one of the rides behind me in the second photo? Lol...

OMG... Only now I noticed that I've chosen too many photos. Since then, I'll make this entry into 2 parts and save the second one for the next update ba :P I appreciate your patience with my lengthy descriptions... Hope you enjoyed the entry...