Taiwan here we come!!

I'm going to TAIWAN! Hooray!! *griNz*

Finally I get to get out of the country and go on a long holiday~ I kinda miss the feeling of exploring a new place! A new country, a new city... A world totally different!

Ever since Melbourne trip last May, I've been craving to travel again... to a totally different place. I miss Melbourne~ the exploration of the city based on almost no preparation proved to be quite fun. Basically we just walk around and end up on wherever the path brings us to. Sometimes with a specific location in mind, sometimes NONE...

I hate to join tour groups even though they bring us to places with a planned itinery, transport all taken care of and meals as well... I would rather go free and easy and explore every place on my own! Afterall, it's a city... It shldn't be that difficult to get around to places.

The thing I hate about joining a package tour is that we're rounded up like chickens every time they need us to gather and go on to another place. Every destination we go to, it's a rough 15min to take photos and we're hurrying off to another destination again... And sometimes, the whole trip can be totally spoiled becoz of selfish tour mates or lousy tour guides! Worst of ALL, usually the morning gathering time is 7.30AM!! I'm still half-asleep and I got to rush down to the lobby, grab watever is left of the buffet breakfast and we're off to wherever they want to bring us... *SIGH* It's supposed to be a HOLIDAY, not torture camp... I wonder how many pple out there agrees with me?

I'm glad Eddie is as adventurous as me... Willing to accomodate my preference. I just hope we dun argue on where to go when we're over there... LOL! This will be our second trip overseas~ Not counting Batam actually, coz that's a simple weekend getaway... The first one is to Thailand, Bangkok! During X'mas last year...

The trip to Bangkok, I made the mistake of wearing flip-flops and walking the WHOLE day... Without proper foot support, I ended up with a backache after one day! My ankles and my feet feels like it's going to drop off ANYTIME ;P So, this time round, I went to get myself a proper pair of shoes that I hope will provide more comfort compared to my flip-flops... Afterall, we'll be walking around for 7 days! WAHAHA~ 7-days out of this country! away from WORK~ I hope we have enough time to go to Taipei, Hualian and Taichung...

I'll be leaving on Friday!! Hope I'll have loads of fun~

BUSY. reason or excuse?

It's been a long time since I blog. It's becoz I'm too busy... And then sometime last week,I can't remember which day exactly, I was watching the 9pm show on Channel 8. In the show, Fann Wong rushed to her caligraphy lesson conducted by Chen Hanwei and she said "你说得对。 没时间，很忙，只不过是都市人的借口。" - translated to be "to have no time, to be busy, is just an excuse that citydwellers always give"

And somehow, this phrase stuck in my mind. I keep thinking about this these few days. I've been giving this reason, or rather, excuse everytime my friends ask me out. But the fact is, I feel that I dun even have time for myself since I started working that I dun wanna go out with anyone. I just wanna stay home and REST... It's not very healthy actually. I drifted apart from my closest friends. I dun really know what's happening in their lives recently, because I was "too busy"...

Too busy with what?!?! Sometimes I ask myself this question too. But I dunno the real answer to this question actually. Is it the long hours at work? Most of the time I work 8.15am to 9pm... But not everyday though. Sometimes I got so tired and pissed that I'll "RUN" home at 6pm. Or is it because I'm working so near to home? I rather go home than travel out to town to meet my friends... So it LAZINESS then, right? Or is it because I rather come back home and just watch TV with my bf?

Sigh~ TOO BUSY!! is it an just an excuse or a valid reason? actually I don't know the answer as well...

But it's true that I haven't been meeting up with my friends. Just wanna let all of you (my friends) know that I miss you all too... but I'm really just too tired (both physically and mentally) to move my lazy ass, so I apologize if you asked me out and I keep saying "I'm sorry, I'm busy on blah blah blah date."

Hope one day I can stop being a hermit and come out to meet pple... =P

Self-esteem In Great Shape~?!?!

Tricia, your self-esteem is In Great Shape!!

Good for you! Your self-esteem looks pretty healthy to us! Maybe you don't consider yourself a total rock star, but our guess is that others do! Regardless of what other people think, you know that you're pretty darn great.

You also know that a big part of feeling good and looking good is taking care of yourself and treating your body right. The key is in your attitude and not freaking out when you don't get the greatest grade on a test or when someone else has the same outfit on as you. You take it in stride and see that it's the big picture that matters most. Your mature and confident approach will surely take you straight to the top in anything you do. Congrats! Keep it up!

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well, I certainly hope so... ;P