Archive for January, 2009

Day 5 & 6 of my 跨年 trip

Its back to taipei after spending like two days in 高雄 and its time to do some serious shopping. But before that, we had to retrieve our luggage from the Deposit center opposite the Taipei main station and check-in to the third and last hotel.
The hotel was 懷寧旅店 or Keyman’s hotel. On the map, it [...]

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雪上加霜

My desktop chose a very very bad time to show signs of its age and impending doom. On the eve of chinese new year, it froze and won’t restart.
Over the next few days, until yesterday, i was feeling lost without a working desktop. I couldn’t surf net, couldn’t write a review on the lousy show [...]

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The rest of my 高雄 trip

It was the second day of our trip at 高雄. The hotel we booked impressed us once again when they send breakfast to our room. Breakfast, should be taken in bed.

After lazing around for as long as i can, we then go to the island just off 高雄 and otherwise known as 旗津. To go [...]

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跨年旅行 – 高雄 (1st day)

The first thing i realised when i got off the train at 高雄 is that its fucking hot. Not as hot as Singapore, but compared to Taipei, its relatively hot like hell.

高雄 train station (aka左營) .
We managed to deposit our luggage at the 左營 station. They have this counter inside the station for locals and [...]

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Movie review – 赤壁 (下)

Saw the trailers while I was in Taipei and didn’t really expect much of this show given that the first one sucks. The fact that some of the characters inside were rather far off from their counterparts in the novel disappoints me.
This review contains spoilers! Do not read if you want to enjoy the show.
The [...]

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