台北：四四南村

#throwback

有一種感覺，叫作思念。

話說從台灣回來好幾個月了，對這個國家的思念有增無減，總希望可以馬上回到這美麗的地方。
無論是對藝術的執著，還是對生命的熱忱，都是喜歡台灣的理由，都是讓人想一去再去台灣的藉口。

如果台北101是必逛的景點，改次若有機會不妨到四四南村走走吧。
從台北101/世貿捷運站2號出口出來左轉，步行約五分鐘便抵達。映入眼簾的是充滿歷史文化背景的眷村，與附近的台北101形成實在很大的對比。

入口處

“四四南村位於台北市三張犁，位置約為現今信義路五段、基隆路二段、松平路、莊敬路一帶，為國民政府遷台後所興建的眷村之一，村內居民全為聯勤第四十四兵工廠的廠工，因位於四四兵工廠之南，故名四四南村，當地居民多以「南村」稱呼之。” - 維基百科

詳細的歷史不多說了，有興趣想知道的可以自己去google 

牆上留下來的，是歲月經過的痕跡

走進展示館裡能夠更深一層了解眷村背後的歷史。
可惜展示館裡不能拍照，所以讓你看看外觀好了。

有多少個人從這看板上找到他/她？

個人建議選擇週末來到四四南村，因為還可以順帶逛逛只有在週末才有的二手市集。攤主都以年輕人為主，大家都想為自己曾經喜歡的物品找第二任主人。商品的種類很廣，除了衣物，還有日常用品，甚至布偶（心裡os：該不是前任送的禮物吧？）。

由於抵達時間有點早，大家才剛開始忙著擺攤

走累了，不妨溜進好丘Good Cho's裡坐坐吧。這裡除了是餐廳，還是創意市集和展演的綜合空間。瀰漫著貝果的香氣，還有藝術的氣息。

看著琳瑯滿目的商品，恨不得把全都帶回馬來西亞。
當然，價錢也不便宜，不然這次的行李肯定超重了。

包裝漂亮的商品對我來說實在是有致命的吸引力

不知不覺的就在這裡耗了整個上午，雖然沒買些什麼，可是心裡卻感到很充實。這也是一種體驗台灣人的生活方式吧？

離開之前別忘了跟台北101合照一張～ 順道一提的是，從台北101塔下往上拍實在是蠻高難度的，如果想101塔前和101合照的話就太天真啦 

所以如果想近距離拍攝的話可以來到四四南村，不然據說爬到象山拍攝的角度也不錯哦！

（話說這是冒著滾下斜坡的生命危險而拍的～哈）

經歷了台灣的春天和夏天，下一次就留給秋天和冬天吧。至少我還會再回來兩次～嘿！

My 24th Birthday

Hola, I'm back.

June is my favorite month because I'm a June baby.  Celebrated my birthday a week ago, I'm officially 24. Had a short meet up with my sis and a hearty dinner with my beloved colleagues.  Simple celebrations but mean a lot to me.  I guess I'm getting older?

Slept merely few hours after midnight call and drove all the way to Mitsui Outlet Park, the newly opened shopping centre nearby Klia. Braced myself through the heavy rain pours and sleepiness, I guess I am really deserve the legendary name of "geng wah" from my previous working place, LOL.

It took me around half an hour to reach Mitsui.  Went there all the way by following waze, so please do not ask me how to go or which way to follow, haha! (epic failed)

We had our lunch at a cafe call Straits House.  Picked this cafe out of limited options.  You may visit the official webpage of Mitsui to have a glance through the food outlets available before deciding whether to have lunch/dinner there, haha. Western food and Asian delights are available in the menu. Kinda crowded there, I guess due to limited food outlets?

Thai-styled fish fillet rice for my sis

Cheese baked rice for me

Hot coffee latte with epic failed coffee art for me
(I bet even I can draw it better... or perhaps this is not a coffee art after all? Lol)

Our wefie
(後面那位也太搶鏡了吧）

Food: ***  (not really impressive, just average)
Price: *** (about RM20++ for main course)
Environment: *** (a bit crowded, but still ok)
Service: **** (Good!)

I thought I would be able to shop a lot there after seing the shopping hauls people posted on FB or IG, who knows I got nothing after turning a few rounds in Nike and Adidas outlet.  The price was so much cheaper but the sizes are too limited :( 

Spent a few hours there and drifted back Banting for dinner with my colleagues. Thank you for cake and dinner with me, at least I'm not alone *sniftsnift

My cakes

With the pretties
Photo credits to Cindy

Look at me, smile till can see my gum to prove how happy was I
HAHA
Photo credits to Cindy

That's all for my 24th birthday celebration. Hope I'm getting wiser meanwhile of getting older, haha! Also, I wish I can think in a more positive way :D

Till then, see you next time!

 x.o,x,o

Happy Birthday Jane

It's 10th June, I'm officially 24.

Spending my birthday eve at outpatient pharmacy in the middle of the night. Yet, I'm grateful for being able to breath and surrounded by people who love me all these while.

If I'm given life span of 50 years, I had come to the halfway of it. Twenty-four isn't a scary number, just uncertainties are lying beneath. How you gonna spend the next 24 years and to become who you wanna be?

Thinking over and over again, and yet unsure with my own answer.  Perhaps stop thinking and move forward is the best answer?

Writing this post using phone, hence this photo is 100% unedited lolol

Birthday wishes? I gonna start figuring it out.


#Peace

致：朵兒咖啡館 Daughter's Cafe

看過《第三十六個故事》的你，對朵兒咖啡館應該一點也不會感到陌生吧。
以物易物為主題，說的是夢想，憧憬和勇氣。

“從以物易物聽來很多不屬於自己的故事，總希望有一天可以跟別人分享自己的故事吧”，朵兒淡淡的說出了她的心聲。
後來她留下咖啡館，環遊世界去了。
她，應該是快樂的。

簡單的故事，拍攝手法很美。
看過電影之後一直希望有機會來這家咖啡館坐坐。
一直等到這次的台灣之旅，機會終於來了，可是這是我第一次，也是我最後一次來到朵兒咖啡館。

剛好，光顧朵兒咖啡館的那天，正是朵兒咖啡館倒數結束營業的最後第二天。

台北市松山區富錦街393號1樓

看到那即熟悉又陌生的環境，彷彿走進了電影世界裡面。

以後這一切都會成為歷史吧？

 許多喜歡《第36個故事》的影迷聞風而至，抵達時候已聚滿了人潮。

在店外至少等了兩個小時才有空桌，我只能說朵兒咖啡館的魅力是在太強了，大家都願意默默的等待，哪怕錯過了這一次就再也沒有機會了。

那熟悉的櫃檯，只是少了朵兒的那句“歡迎光臨”

這裡不就是薔兒對著幾個空姐說了一個接一個故事的角落？

現實生活裡，這一個框框又蘊藏了多少個他或她的故事？

餐牌上留著被歲月洗禮的痕跡，五年的時間就這樣過去了。

在惋惜和接受之間找不到平衡點。

點了一杯摩卡，如果不是因為外面還有很多人在等著，還真想賴著不走。

只是，沒有如果。

老實說，食物方面其實還好而已。不過，環境勝與一切吧？

這是我點的雞肉三文治

簡短的幾行文字，結束了五年的感情。

這就是在城市裡日復一日的故事。

為了留作紀念，每位訪客可以親自剪下並帶走12格的電影菲琳，也就是電影的半秒。

短短的半秒，意義非凡。

得到的那半秒，正是朵兒咖啡館剛開始營業的一幕，感覺好諷刺。

短短人生里，半秒對你的意義是什麼？

依依不捨的離開了咖啡館，這麼一走，就是永別了。

慶幸在來不及之前趕上了說再見的機會。

踏出咖啡館，抬頭一看，只能說在台灣到處都是拍照的好角度。

帶走了36個故事，和回憶。

來到朵兒咖啡館是一種緣分吧？
很多事情在冥冥中自有安排。
如果每件事情發生背後有原因，有緣來到朵兒咖啡館背後的原因應該是什麼？



我，開始想念朵兒了。

A Date with Myself

I know it sounds weird, but sometimes I enjoy spending time alone.

Sorry for the long hiatus.  A lot of changes happened in my life, so I guess I should be forgiven?

After waiting for months, finally my posting letter arrived, I am officially a qualified pharmacist to serve you people!  But wait, when I read it further, I was like "Oh my god, I got Selangor".  Selangor is such a big state and I had no idea which hospital or government clinic I gonna be placed.  Lucky you Selangorians to have a pretty pharmacist to be in your state LOL.

On the day of reporting duty only I got to know I was placed in Hospital Banting, which is literally in Banting, a small town of 1 hour from Kuala Lumpur, 30 minutes to KLIA airport and 2 hours 30 minutes from my hometown.  Had to accept the truth meanwhile gotta figure where should I stay.  All thanks to my friends who helped me to ask around and of course a big thank you to Mark Zurkerberg for creating Facebook, such an amazing platform to spread the news. Haha!

This is the forth week of being in Banting.  Adapting new life and yet missing my girls a.k.a colleagues + housemates + partner in crime back in Slim River.

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End of story.  Back to a date with myself.

It was the first weekend I spent in Banting.  Decided not to go back hometown on Friday morning and start regreting in the evening.  Honestly I had no idea how to spend the weekend over here.  In the end, I was thinking "Why don't I date myself?".  I know it sounds weird, but sometimes I enjoy spending time alone.

Being alone isn't equal to lonely.
懂得與別人相處之前先學會跟自己相處吧？



SATURDAY

Decided to start cooking.  Drove to Giant and bought a lot of cooking utensils as well as food materials.  It was the first time of shopping alone.  Had the feeling of grown up suddenly hahaha. Two hundreds bucks gone but I had gained a lot of positive energies.

Walking alone, deciding own path and direction. 

Got myself a set of McChicken too. Honestly, it was my first time of drive-thru. 

My shopping hauls: A rice cooker, some food materials and happiness :D

SUNDAY

Drove to KLIA 2 for the first time. It was just a spontaneous idea popped out in my mind.  Surprisingly it is very near to Banting and I didn't get lost on the way there.  I would say airport is a good place to be alone where nobody will care who you are and why are you alone.  Walking around in Gateway, observing people come and leave, thanks God I did not bring my passport, or else I would have runaway.

Settled lunch at Dome
享受一個人的時光

My spicy olio chicken pasta (looks like mee goreng mamak here =.=)

Having a hot mocha is the best way to enjoy quiet moment. 

Being alone isn't that bad still huh?

The only drawback of going to KLIA2 is the parking fee.  RM4 per hour for the first 3 hours is no joke. Haha. Other than that, everything is just perfect and I think I will do the same thing over and over again. Peace!

Being alone isn't equal to lonely. 

一個人也可以過得好好的。

I might just drop everything one day and runaway.
也許有一天我會放下一切不管，尋找我的自由。