Melancholy Serenade

大家好﹐我回來!

該這麼開始呢? hmm, 1st few thingys which I can comment on is the enormous variety of 奶茶, think 算到來 got almost 10+ different brands around the area. 太厲害了吧。Next up is the hygience; with the also amazingly huge population of flies and very polluted air, I'm probably considered lucky enough to suffer from only flu and cough for a week. Just look at the ninja riders(Scooter motorist with real funky masks and jackets) in the city. The bunk conditions are not anywhere better either. The sleeping distance between 2 individuals is no more than an arm's length, and close to 50 personnel in a single room with luggages and no proper cupboards feels more of a refuge camp. The lack of personal space and buzzing mosquitoes is most frustrating indeed. Not to mention the unpredictable flow of water supply where water just stops when there aint enough; meaning no baths, no flushing, no washing of hands :D The kewl thingy is probably the usage of I-net over there. For 10NT (around 50cents) we have 10 minutes of usage, so regular net users do ur math. The canteen here aint much tho, but ya gotta luv the 雞扒 and 木瓜牛奶, roxors!

After almost 2 week of camp acitivites, finally its play time! and we were lucky enough to get check into a 3-star hotel, considering the highest rank in the group was only a 2LT -_- Well nuff of it, we then proceed on a lil exploring round 高雄. If not for a few dudes who are probably better in chinese, I'll be so dead and drown in this 繁體字city = The shopping district is da real deal here with clothez n accessoriez in abundance, n cheap too :D Streets are very narrow and dangerous with stray scooters darting around, imagine traffic opening in bugis street = The 台妹妹s are very J-hype and probably 70% of em have Rainie's latest hairstyle, tho slightly curl. 好Q wor~

Next up is the night market which is basically all food and more food. Local delicacies like ji pa, 花枝丸 台灣香腸n loads of 海鮮 variety, yum huh. Other than that, there are also game stalls around from pellet shootin to mahjong and one which involves knocking out a coin from a white cue ball inside a circle, q kewl too. Quirky stuffs include exotic pet shops, selling critters like giant scorps and wabbits, hedgehogs, 2 headed lizards, green chocobos etc. (serious!) and of coz, misc 伯伯s giving away 打炮 business cards, ahem.

That probably sums up the 11/2 day and 1 night RnR we have. Duration's real pathetic tho. Hardly find anytime to look for 土產 in fact 高雄 hardly have any also. Most of em were gotten from the airport.

Now that I'm being snap back to reality, its back to da same usual routine life again, but I do miss everyone of coz, haw. 台灣's a fun place, and I definitely won't rule out coming back in da near future, next to 台北 of coz, grinz. Lastly, will post up pix if I'm not lazy.

(Every overseas exercise will always be memorable)

Listen: Rainie Yang - 可愛