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I am ready to fly, but solo?

ready to fly
 yes, I abandoned my Live Journal, but it's pretty and I have time at work now, to be coming back to it. Arashi is rather gone from my life, though with good feelings and head full of memories and some friends left. 

I'm still in Taiwan, still solo, not studying but working now, and... and I don't know. I am such a different person I guess. Different and the same. On so many levels. 

More... )

Maybe I will write here some more from now on... will see~

Muka

globetrekkers - girls beware

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Just an observation.... based on my experience. Globetrekkers, is a type of guy who, well, as the name suggest, travels a lot. The very first impression he will give you is uber coolness. They're not exactly shaved, wearing casual but somehow manly traveler's clothes, backpack and an old sun-tun is a must! I meet these guys here in Taiwan all around... usually Europeans. They have 1000 and 1 stories about their fantastic and exotic travels. While listening about their bicycle ride through China, rafting in Thailand, mountain climbing in Tibet, it always make me feel so small and so boring! Usually they're the sensitive (but still full of testosteron) type, which can almost have tears while talking about their touching encounter with poor children of India or close meeting with Buddha somewhere in Mongolia. And, oh.... you can usually see them surrounded by fans :D 

Well, girls... however it seem so attractive at the beginning - beware! After closer look this guys are just:
- immature
- SELFISH and self-loving
- sensitive my ass, about themselves sure
- unable for any commitment
- stinky (you think anyone can get away without showering?)
- wearing sandals and socks! at the same time!
- (if you're local in the country they're visting) - putting a photo of you on their blog with a very exotic description of their encounter with a local, that could be posted in NG
- using people
- soooooooooo annoying.

So, dear girls... don't let them enchant you~ You've been warned :)

Randomly,
Muka

hao jiu bu jian

medicine
 which means "long time no see". 

Well, since I'm back in Taiwan I was pretty busy. My professor got me back as his slave, then school started and many courses added, plus my new fitness fashion keeps me kind of away from LJ. Life kicks generally, and recently I am not exactly a happy person and I don't know anymore what I want to do after I graduate. So it's kind of "let's wait and see" period for me... hoping I will bear the thesis somehow ... ORZ. 

For my diet plan... I am ok, not loosing much wait but the slowly but hopefully steady phase is here. I eat pretty normally (excluding dinners) and exercise a lot (5-8 times a week). 
I'm generally kind of lonely but then slowly accepting that too. Also  after having rebelious moments with my work/professor I seem to be accepting that too. 

Days are just passing so fast recently that I have no time to worry anymore:D from morning till around 9 PM I'm at school, then when I'm back I relax and talk to my family. That's all. Weekends are not much different really. I don't even have money to go shopping :/ Especially that I need to save up for a new laptop :/ And camera :/ And external disc (this one I'm getting in Nov.), and mobile phone... :D

So sorry for not being here... if you care :)

Muka




 

not in the mood for anything

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 yeah I haven't written here for a while... I was writing on blogspot and blog.pl instead. Dunno why... sometimes I feel those officially isolated places are better than here. Well... I'm stressed recently... I know that because again I'm clutching my jaw while sleeping which is NOT good :/ I mean nothing really happens... I'm just worried about the thesis I am supposed to write this year and about still being very single. And it is really urging problem somehow... I'm having all those dream about some guys wanting to like go on a date with me, but there are always some problems and I'm waking up with this anxiousness then. I know, very ORZ. 

I went to the wedding yesterday. And I was honestly happy for my friend and his wife, because there're a perfect match! Both of them are so good and nice that they deserve to be together. But you know, all this wedding atmosphere is not easy when you're not having any perspectives for one yourself. I even lost appetite! I mean on a wedding! All this good and luxurious food! Well, at least I didn't get stuffed like a pig hehe. I'm back to my exercise plan (at least 4 times a week for 1 hour) but not perfectly to my diet plan. 

About the diet thing... I realized that I don't need to BE ON diet, I need to CHANGE my diet. And that's what I will try to apply in my life now. And going out more. I must admit last week adoration of 4 American teenagers in department store was pretty heart-warming :D or the dancing and cheek-pecking from "Micheal Jackson" too. Though both most probably happened because I'm white. 

:)

Muka



birthday party

ohno and jun
 I had a birthday party last night! Surprisingly! It was supposed ot be party for 2 of my good friends whose bd was this week. And yet they bundled me in it since I won't be here on July 9th! I must say I am really happy and touched... my birthday wasn't celebrated by my friends! Last time was the small party in Tokyo! I totally love the 2 birthday cards I got, the Starbucks cup I wanted, Body Shop Body Butter I wanted and the earings I didn't know I wanted but I love anyway! There was cake too! 

Then our professor from HK came too, and it was so funny with him. We played mafia, and then spin-a-bottle with a very "yellow" questions... thing I learned about my classmates and my professor... not easy to forget XD 

Just this party reminded me our two other parties in the same place, and that we were missing some people. At least I was missing them a lot. Well, I hope they have fun where they are, actually... I KNOW they have fun :) In 9 days I go home too. So weird in a way, but I guess good. I would go crazy if I just had to stay here in July and do nothing but watch movies and work. 

Muka



I was tagged

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☆ tagged by </a>[info]
01. anyone who looks at this entry has to post this meme and their current wallpaper at their livejournal. (do it if you want to)
02. explain in five sentences why you're using that wallpaper!
. This trip to Kaohiusng was ♥
. The lighting is ♥
. People on this photo are ♥
. Because I want to go back in time to that moment.
. Tor's photos are </a>[info]

Photo... )

Hope you can read it... no pressure for doing it though~~

Muka


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Orchid Island

takemefaraway
 We're back... and tired. We left on Friday/Satruday at midnight.... I'm usually not sleeping well in a car so it's like sleepless nigth for me. We then arrived in the harbor in Kenting at 5 AM... 2 freaking hours to early. Took the medicine for sea-sickness early and doze off more in the car. Pushed by a bunch of older tourist we got seat in the boat... according to the strategy - in the middle in the back of the boat. Generally WE didn't puke... other... not that lucky... the guy next to me was puking all 2 hours long -_-
 

We lucky ones arrived to Orchid Island around 11 AM feeling physically well :D We got a very old and well-used van... of course without car plate, becuase on this island car plates are no necessary, and so are helmets for scooters. They didn't even provide any later when we rented 2 scooters. We first left our stuff in the small guest house, owned by my landlord's friend and then went in the bouncy van to see some of the island. It was windy, bouncy and beautiful :) We've spotted many goats on the way. Cuties I must say, just why they walk on the streets like it's made for them? However I was surprised how skilled they are in hopping around the rocks. Generally the island is just big mountains... green mountains... but we didn't have time to go hiking :| too bad. We tried some taro icecreams, then water with taro icecreams inside. Good and refreshing, if you love taro as much as me :D After the crazy ride we went to the place we had all our meals on the island. It was also owned by my landlord's friend, and actually pretty Taiwanese-like :D Round table, steamed cabbage, taro soup, friend fish (flying fish), pork, friend squid and so on :D
 
After lunch we went back to "xiu xi" (rest), as we all were sleepy and we had over 1 hour till snorkeling. I went by myself too look for souvenirs and photos... and that was a little awkward. Orchid Island is less touristic place I think. There are a lot of locals on the streets and I couldn't really see tourists. Houses and streets are very small so once you walk the street it feels like you walk on the yard of local people... I wanted to see small cute church on the top of tiny street. WOW... I felt like intruder... people where all out in front of their houses talking and eating, and turning silent when I passed. I was so afraid to take out my camera, and just nodded apologizing for intruding their personal space. Well I must say I couldn't take my eyes of a wooden cage of the size of one pig (exactly!) in which dwelled a pig, not very happy I guess... she was making a lot of noise. DOwn the road then I met a hen with kids.... this I dared to snap a photo of :D
Then I went back to the room and also slept. It came easy!
 
SNORKELING time! Ok.... I am a new huge fan of it! We first went to get the equipment... the diving outift, shoes, glasses and the tube (?) and floating vest :D then we drove to the northern part of the island and got to water there. The coach gave us small training of how to use the mask, how to breath with it, how to stand up in water and so on. Then we got a hang of the floating wheels and we went to watch the underwater world. It was so alive and even on such a shallow level (that we were stepping on) . It was so bright and clear, colourful. We've seen a lot of those "nemo" fish (dunno English name) and also the "Doris" fish (nemo's friend :D).
Later on the instructor let us take of the vests and just swim around in the suits, and also taught us a little about diving. I tried to dive by myself but my body was keeping on going up. grrrr... then me and Leah, we just were almost crawling around the shallow part of the reef with our faces under water. Too bad I cut my finger and had to go out earlier. The water was so salty it really hurt to keep it there.

On the way back we did some more souvenir shopping (got a bracelet). After taking shower (or not) and playing some BANG! meanwhile we went for dinner. Was similar to the lunch actually, just the guys drunk a lot of beer. After that they didn't plan anything more so I talked Aaron and Leah into renting scooters and going around the island on our own. We first wanted to go to see the lighthouse, but our landlord's local friend told us it's dangerous because of the spirits in that area. She said duirng the day it's ok but not at night. Ehm... yeah well, we changed the plan to just going around the island also because it was so dark and the road to lighthouse seemed a little dangerous. On the ride we stopped few times to watch stars. At last we could see loads of them, not like in the city. It was very windy, and me and Leah might have hit a crab on the way... but it was good:) After that we went straight to beds and fell asleep in seconds.
 
Sunday? Didn't do much. Breakfast, more souvenir shopping, boat. It was only nice to see the guy who rented us scooters came to look for us because he didn't know we needed scooters only for 2 hours and he charged us for whole day, so he gave us back some money. WOW! I got a necklace for myself too... I just liked it... one of thos time when you can't stop yourself because the thing is just supposed to be yours :)
On the way back my stomach was ok. We even went to the upper deck to see Taiwan from "outside". Some people have seen doplhins, but it was when I was dozing off. The way back? Nothing special, just tiring, and raining.
 
Being back to reality is always hard~ tomorrow 2 exams, meeting my professor, and visiting doctor at 9 pm... will be a long tiring day! but in 3 weeks I will go home. I really want to this time.

Muka

ps. actually I pasted it from my new blog =_=;;; I am google sucker... I opened new blog just because I want to use google products =_= so I am playing with it now... alkithilien.blogspot.com if you're interested...

I want to go home

black and white ohno with umbrella
Recently I am not in very good mood ... most of the time at least. I don't want to go back for good, no no no, but I need the month at home, with people who truly care for me. Because I feel totally lonely now and just need to be pampered and hugged. The baby boy on Monday was really helpful, at last someone willing to hug me! Eh... yeah I do feel crappy...

I really feel like smoking >.< but smoking is stupid so instead of buying cigarettes I got a beer. From 2 bad things I need at least one. New (at least in here) Kirin Srong Seven, heh. Oh, one I get home I will surely get drunk with my old girlfriends... here, I always feel way to guilty to seriously drink...

And my shoulder really hurts today... when I move or anything... I even stick the cooling gel thing on it... only a little better...
And today for the first time I called the local hospital English Patient Line... wow... the guy's English was so good I couldn't understand all of his perfect British accent. Then he send me a long e-mail explaining everything... must say I feel spoiled by him a little :D good! need that! So on Friday I go to see the dermatologist at last... I should have gone few months ago when my Polish medicines finished... now it's all a disaster on my face... =_=;;;  this month won't be easy... I just know it. Eh...

Sorry... not in good mood -> not putting nice posts...

Muka

typical friday night

ready to fly
Damn, my life suck when looking at it from this perspective. All weekends I'm spending same way... sitting in front of my laptop, depressing over watching movies. Ok.... usually I go jogging first. Delightful.

So what I learned from today's movie (My Best Friend's Girl)? That in nowadays it's lame to love, and all the good guys can only get some freak girl, but only in the end of the movie... and the bad guys? They will fall in love eventually, change a little and all their prior bad behavior is forgotten and forgiven. LOLZ. However this movie is funny... it's annoying too. Because I'm surely on the good guy/freak side of the story, and that is not a good fortune.

Yeah I am in a bad mood. But last night I watched Highschool Musical 3 (too see what is this all about)... and... it's bad...it's artificial (and not because they suddenly start singing and dancing... because that I was expecting)... and I still don't get what is so great about Zac Eifron (or however his name is spelled) and his sweatheart girl... They're overly sweet... makes me wanna... you know... the thing when you eat too much sweets... or bad "lu wei" for a dinner like more commonly in my case.

And my camera's zoom button is broken. Not delighted about that one either. And about the fact that I'm such a chicken when it comes to things like complaining about it.

Ah... good this day is finishing in 36 min... at last I can go to sleep and wake up for tomorrow... at least there will be a BBQ party to look forward.

Oh... but the zong zi today was delicious. So yeah, the day wasn't ALL bad :P

Muka

new apartment - mission complete!

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At last! We found something we all like! An apartment with the structure of a house:D Pretty cheap, close, new and all :) I am happy! I can't wait to live with the girls! We move in there in August!
Haha.... I'm still a little afraid to tell my current landlord.... but I think he shouldn't be surprised, I was kind of nice to stay for 1 year only because I signed the contract and didn't want to break it. But just in case... maybe I will tell him after the trip =_=;;; I feel bad... but actually I shouldn't, because I'm paying a fortune for a single room! 

And at last I will have a convenience store in a convenient distance!!!! YAY! 

I also bought a new bag OTZ... I am bad... but I love bags so much @_@ Sucker! I have this theory, that since bags don't have sizes, this is the only thing I can buy without stress. But new bag is <3!!!!!!!! Brown, leather (or fake one... don't care)... and HUGE! Yay! Can see it here http://picasaweb.google.com/a.dadura/May2009#
The second bag is one I bought for my middle sis... mega cool!!!! 

Ahhh... still... I am so excited for the new flat! I like all the rooms! and we will have kitchen :D and a bathtube! Bubble bath will be possible again! 
Now only to live untill July... two big projects I already finished today... still one big to go, and 2 hard exams... plus all the freaking papers as my constant torture from my professor... but well, that is life here right? I really wish I could go to the body combat class everyday to let all that stress out with punching and kicking air (which becomes people with my good imagination :P). I really like it... good work out, nice teacher and all that. And I really cannot wait to see the results of the diet. I know I'm impatient... but who wouldn't like to see fast effects :P

Muka

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