While SY was having a glittering sky full of fireworks on the Chinese New Year eve in Sibu, some of the people around the world sent sms greetings. I personally received quite a number during that night. This has been happening since few years ago. In previous years I would send the greeting but this year kinda lazy. Waiting for the rest to send. Then only reply on the second day. One replied said it was too late; all the prosperity has been taken. Well, better late than none. As this year is the year of rat, so the sms greeting will have at least one rat word (in Mandarin). Then it came like rat, rat, rat......happy new year etc.
I haven't finished recounting my journey in Sweden and Japan; I returned from Taiwan just two weeks ago. Here's a brief account of my recent visit there (although I still have unfinished tale from last year trip to Taiwan). My first stop was Kaoshiung. Spent a day and a half in the town, then I travelled to Tainan for a weekend symposium. I ended my journey in Taipei for another short hike. The weather in Kaohsiung was quite hot, comparatively. It's not my favorite weather for traveling. Perhaps I arrived there too early; had I come a few days later, the temperature would have been cooler. Since day time was hot, it would be wise to visit Pier 2 area during evening or night. Not many people / tourists in this town. It looked quiet. The next day, I took a ferry to Cijin. The ride was short, about 5 minutes. Cijin Island is a fisherman's village. On the opposite side of the island, there's a beach. It was serene but scorching, to the extent that I couldn't walk m
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