taiwan round island trails.....

yay! i have drafted out my highlevel itineraries for taiwan trip. although it is very very very early plan but i love planning early

Day1 : Taipei
Day2 : hualien- taroko
Day 3 : Taitung
Day 4 : Green Island
Day 5 : Kenting
Day 6 : Tainan
Day 7,8 : ChingJing Farm
Day 9 : SunMoonLake
Day 10-14 : Taipei

basically it covers from north to south and a little middle. where's alisan?! well, basically ppl go there because of the forest train and sunrise. hmm... not so interested. besides i think i prefer to spend more time in chingjing farm. IT IS SO LOVELY!! go google it....

so now have to think of :
- budget
- best time to go

** i love planning, half the joy of travelling is planning it and making it work :)

guess who looks like moi!

this tool is cool. go try it at : http://www.myheritage.com/ and have some laughs!hey ah-girl, ah-yang, remember the remark your neighbour's kid made few years back during my cny visit on the lady in the winter sonata poster?? ha ha ha. kids tell the truth.
actually i did try a few more photos and guess who keep popping up in my match? miss winter sonata.... guess we have a lot in common - facially.... ha ha ha.

taiwan or korea

ok. so i just came back from oz. $$ low but spirit high to plan for next travel. haha. especially i am quite free today (which i think for today only). i did plan for a 19-20 day trip to kr but the language barrier and the costs kind of put the idea off. i've actually put off kr trip for 2 years d! well first it made way for ph (free flight...) and then oz (i oso dunno y i go... missed yinna kua. yea i know. at first mom wanna visit for 1 mth then it didnt happen. but i already put my heart to visit so it happened for me ... ). since tw cheaper and i can understand a little mandarin so kr have to be in backseat.the problem now is, i totally have no idea how to start in tw. maybe should get the lonely planet book...so will it be visit tw 2008? hmm....

it's so spicy...

had a very bad gastric pain last night. i woke up from at around 1900 and decided to join mom for dinner. ok. totally my fault. being a glutton i wallop the sambal prawn (spicy level ****) and some cili padi with the yummy pai kuat wong. bad move. felt so warm in my tummy and i tot heck, it's the chili kicking in. after dinner, whoa i started to have unbearable tummy ache. it's like my normal indigestion discomfort x100. so i tot, lie down would be better... nooOOooo it became worse. i was contemplating popping some gastric pills i have but those was around for long long time... so decided to pay the dr. a visit. went to my usual klinik segara but the usual doctors were not around. but this doctor which looked and sounded like a middle eastern doctor did a thorough check poking my tummy all over. said my upper abdomen was tender and loads of air. i was baffled when he asked me whether i had malaria before?!! he later explained my spleen is swollen or bigger 2 fingers compared to normal size. erm. bad news? he said nothing to worry about. some blood tests and ultrasound scan can diagnose the issue. so advise me to go back a few days later. should i? i mean nothing to worry about right?after taking my med from the counter, mom was outside buying some cakes from a van. i went over and bought 2 yummy cakes as well. hehehe. i felt a bit better after the dr. poking my tummy - i let out some air (burped... or i think they were burps la... and of course farted too). felt even better after taking the medicines. but in the middle of night or morning rather, the gastric attack came again. had to take the medicine but they didn't acted as fast as the first time so had really difficult time sleeping. but luckily i did managed to lulled into deep sleep. aaa.read up on enlarged/swollen spleen. erm. maybe it's just FAT spleen.symptoms of splenomegaly include:
Inability to eat a large meal - erm. not true as i can eat a lot.
Pain on the upper left side of the abdomen - erm. yes quite frequently
Pain may spread to the left shoulder - erm. yes... but i thought it is my long hours in front of lappie in wrong posture.
Hiccups - sometimes....
although nothing to worry but i guess i better go for follow up checks with doctor.

mother's day @ carousel cafe, palace of golden horses

time to honor mom for all she had done for us. we brought her to carousel cafe @ palace of golden horses brunch buffet. mom dine for free :)they were having the thai promotion but no sticky rice or mango was available. however they had quite some selection of food. i especially like the smoked salmon (a little too oily though) and the tiny spinach quiche.they had a singing group with a guy playing guitar going around and presented mom some goodies and carnations. erm. i was given a stalk of carnation too.