2016 台灣之行(第一天)

用了半年来准备的台湾行程，终于来到了。在19号晚上，和老妈、二姨坐地铁到飞机场，搭0045的飞机。因为飞机有点小问题，迟到0150才开始飞。但机师有加快一些，0605就到台北机场了(原先的0540只慢了30分钟)。之后搭巴士到大舅的家。因为交通阻塞的原故，用了一个半小时才到。大舅去工作了，只有大舅母可以陪我們走。但很可惜的是她也只能陪我们半天的时间，这是比较失望的一个地方。到也算了，乐观来想，最少有半天( 四個小時)吧。

我们早上去动物圆。进门票60新台币，以里面能看的东西来算的话，价钱还可以吧。地方比较大，我们走了三个多小时，到下午一点才离开。能看到的动物大部分和新加坡看到的动物一样(甚至比新加坡少)，母亲想看到的熊猫，也在一个很厚的镜子里面睡觉，既没有什麽看头，也拍不到照片。早知道的话，我们就去猫空算了。自已第一次用dslr像机，有点不熟，有几次拍到全部黑，但(和自已说)也是学习的一个地方。下午，大舅母又带我们回到她家附近吃素，我母亲走路到脚痛，得去大舅母的家换鞋，这一去和一来，又走了不少路。我和二姨都走到脚痛。

午饭之后，我们自已便去到北头温泉。第一次到非常有名的地方走，开始有一点失望。原来那里是由好几个地方合起来的，地方又大，一时之间之不知那个温泉可以去。当我们走著走著差一点要放弃的时候，还好看到一间大众温泉(才40新台币)，还真得很便宜。我们在里面泡了一个小时。那里有很多年长人士(看来都是本地人吧)，也有年轻人和外国人，但相对来说，比较少。

最后，到0600分( 已經天黑了)，我们才走到淡水夜市走走。走了十分钟才找到素食(在相当里面，没什麽人走的地方)，饭也好，但份量太多了。老妈生病，去看医生(那里的收费才400新台币，对非台湾人来说，已经很便宜了。自已其实是很喜欢走淡水的，但脚实在是痛到不行，只好打道回去(也没找到可以买的薑母茶，所以没有买东西)。到大舅家也晚上十点十五分了，拿着行理去到饭店。饭店还真的便宜(有一点差)，都睡地上，但能过一晚，也是好事吧。

今天，老妈和二姨因为走太多路，埋怨了好一些，希望接下来，会少走一点。

写到这里。

足球友誼賽

上个星期五(9号) ，公司有主办一场足球友谊赛。运动一下也是好事吧，反正很久没有运动了，当天下午，坐公司的巴士到裕廊西的足球场(Golaza Futsal Singapore)。下午2点半就开始，本来是分成11组的，但因为有一些同事因作工的原故，变成之后的9组。这次的足球也真的很特别，身上还有穿上一个很大又重的bubble ，又叫Bubble Bump Soccer game。玩起来很吃力，但因为完全没有肌肤的接触，所以男女都可以一起玩。因为队伍多的原故，每一场只有5分钟，但大家都玩得很累，感觉比较多是撞人游戏，多于在踢球。自已上场不到三分钟，给人(不知是谁)撞了一下，右脚扭到，而出场。剩下的时间，只能坐在那里看。还好，有好几位同事有问候一下(虽然帮不上忙)，但心里还是有一些开心的。

到了1945分，幸好有同事 ( Boyce ) 载自已回，脚痛了一个晚上，第二天早上，有点担心，便去polyclinic 一下。照了x_ray ，发现骨头没事，拉到经而已，拿了一些止痛药便回了。这一次的比赛感觉好吧，当然，这次意外的受伤，让自已不得已在家休息，本来要去植物圆去练习学拍照，也去不成了。和自已说，买相机，用来学一些新的东西，但不好给自已太大的压力。晢时先用auto mode，manual　mode 只能边学边用了。

还有多几天要去台湾了。第二次的钱换了　，换了700新币(15700新台币) . 对换率(22.56), 比上一次换少了一元(少了700新台币)，看样子，我还得再换９５０新元，使到我换的钱到１９５０元，希望可以拿到23.00的对换率。

前天，车又有问题了，battery charge 不了，又要花钱了(156元)，老妈自愿出50元(很好了)。什麽事，只要和自已说，破财消灾

写到这里,乐观就好, 一個人也會很開心的。

GOD bless all the time , 慧台

少錢的日子 (2016年八月)

这个月的日子总觉得比较困难一些。车一连坏了两次，第一次 ( CLUTCH)有问题 ，花了200元(本来是400多元，还好德明帮自已出一半)，过一个礼拜多，电池也坏了，和自已说，还好车是在停车场死火，如果在大马路上的话，或许会有更严重的交通意外。之后，德明帮忙自已按排拖车，加上一些修理(换了alter nator belt 和电池，自已又花了200元)，就当做是破财消灾吧。

明年的四月，我母亲特别想去韩国 ( 刚好马六甲那里有韩国团)，就出血一下，当做让母亲高兴吧，这个月要给压底钱(deposit)3000马币。开始，本来要转账到马六甲的户口，但第一次的经历，才发现没有这麽容易，才要对方的地址。在家里弄的时候，因为按错了「转到本地户口的LINK」，过一个礼拜，钱被弹回来。想想还是拿现钱进马六甲吧。在文礼换到(1对2.97) 比一个礼拜前的(1对2.94)高出三分吧。

星期六(30号)，自已回到了马六甲。到那里已经是1330分了，汉忠表弟载我去他的档口吃午餐，之后才放我在附近的旅游景点 (鸡场街走)。因为表弟要生意 ，所以就自已走走就好。那里的感觉都不错，和自已说，一个人走也是可以的，十月份都苏洲的时候，大概也会是一样吧。第二天和二姨 / 汉忠了一下马六甲的植物圆，感觉还好吧。

关于日本语学习，八月三日，去学了最后一次的日语。还有和老师同学和照了一张。 意外的，还有和一位女同学拿到电话，会用到吗？女生(的电话)比较难吧。有一位男生的电话，下半个月可能可以出来喝个茶。什麽事，只有看一步，走一步了。 最少今年不会再读日文的课程了(没钱)，但明年一月，可能会再读吧。最少，在家要自修，所学的才不会忘记。

新加坡国庆节又到了(51岁)，应该会在家里做自已的事吧。这个月又是省钱月，和自已说，没有朋友(约)，也是好事，就当做在家省钱。下半个月，要开始学用买来的相机了。

最后，要祝新加坡生日快乐，这个月生日的朋友，也祝他们生日快乐，

一个人也可以很开心的。

God bless everytime , all the time

慧台

七月的同學聚餐 (2016)

七月五日，按排了和十几位中学的同学一起吃饭。因为自已是唯一吃素的，而大家也希望能找到一个我能吃素，他们也能吃肉的地方。有人建议大概只有五星级酒店有这样的饮食。在大家都同意之下，我们去到了TRIPLE THREE 的餐馆(在Mandrain Orchard Hotel)。那里的价钱不便宜，周末一个人要108元以上。还好因为一些折扣之后，一人会给大概90新元。那天傍晚，坐思伟的车去到餐厅 。

那里的自助餐都好吧，听同学说，那里是素食友善的地方(vegetarian friendly). 但走了那里小小的地方，超过七十巴仙都是海鲜 (日本餐)，只有小部份是放蛋糕的地方，没有地方是有疏菜的。感觉连疏菜友善(vegetable friendly)都不是。只能吃蛋糕(好看但不是很好吃)和水果。但看到同学都吃得很开心，也不complain 了，反正目地主要是聚会而已。当然同学们看到自已吃得少，好心只收我半价的钱(48元). 这次聚还不错吧(有12人参于)。拍了集体照才回

七月又是个省钱月，能省钱的地方，就该多省一点。关于日本语的学习，第二课到8月四日又告一断落了。想了好一下，决定晢停学习日语。我已经相信这次不会交到新的朋友。钱方面也不够让我再学，大既会停到明年一月才来打算吧。

旅行方面，这两个礼拜都在看钱币的对换率，新币涨了一点，先换了296新元 (7000新台币)，如果下个礼拜再涨到1对23.80以上的话，会再换300元。其他不要去担心了。下个月才订所有的旅店(去台湾)。关于上海之行，想想不去南京了，去一下近的地方(苏洲)也不错。这个月也可能要换人民币(就当作这个月都是换钱月吧。明年我母亲又要去韩国，所以去日本的计划会等到2018年一月( 希朢去得成)

工作方面，七月有加薪一点(虽然不多，但好过没有)，部门调动之下，我又换了另个经理，只希望日子能过就好，没有其他要求。

什麼都要看得開，一個人也會很開心的

God bless everytime , all the time

慧台

a relatively sick month

The second month of Jun had been a sick month; I have been down with headache, sour throat, flu and cough. Probably because I have stressed myself too much with book reading (說苑) ，that I managed to read 5 days (45percent of the book before I got seriously ill. For the next fortnight, I had to put aside all those important things and try to recover. For a while, I realized how important in health to me. I won’t be able to do much without a healthy body, so I should strive to rest a little bit more

Last Friday, I went to the movies with my colleagues at Jem. This is the first movie of the year (and probably the only movie of the year). We watched Independence Day 2. The movie were rather ok (although not as good as the first series)

Looking forward, I should be doing something important. Other than that , I should start to borrow books for my photography ( I got my camera plus the big dry box a week ago ) and I hope to be able to master the basics before the Taiwan trip this September

Talking about Taiwan trip, I managed to book the 2 days hotel at Kao shiong (for around S$80 a night , but the all the budget hotels seem to be fully booked ( or there’s a bug I believe ). Fortunately , the tour guide in Taiwan is willing to help me booked the hotel ( at S$150 per night). For the rest , I should be starting to book on july or august

Lastly , the imaginary tour to Melbourne has ended , I should paste some photos, hope I may be able to visit the place anytime in the far future (2019 or beyond)

Finally , I strive to be positive at all times

一個人也可以很開心

GOD bless all the time

Huitai

blood donor day 2016

4 th jun 2016. Today, I went with my mum to national stadium for the world blood donor;s day . my mum was awarded a gold award for her contribution (donating blood for 70 times)

After a heavy breakfast , I drove my mother to the above venue. This is the first time I visited the newly built stadium , and briefly got lost as I was unsure of which car park to park .

We reached the place at 0915, where my mum registered as a gold award winner. Beside the gold awards winner (106) , there are also ruby award (200 or so winners), diamond award (80 winners) and champion awards (26 takers I think).

At 10am , the activities started with the CEO of red cross and Minister Foo each delivered a 15 minutes speech. There were many people ( but not as many as I predicted ). After 1030am , winners starting from champion going to the stage to receive there medals , following by diamond , gold and lasty ruby .

After the ceremony , we went to a nearby carnival before going home. The question I think I should ponder for quite a while , should I donate blood? Maybe if someone out there push me hard enough, I might move a little. Until then , I should keep blood donation out of my mind.

Camera wise , my friend has came back with the pricing of 865 dollars ( 165 dollars above my budget ), but since I have agreed before hand , I find no reason to say no ( just because of a few extra of 10’s bucks ?) Looking forward , I can only strive to learn as much.

For Melbourne trip , I should spend 2 days in the city , followed by a day at Mt Buller, a day at Philips island, a day at Mornington Peninsula, two days at GOR , followed by the last day at St Kilda.( Total 8 days). just to tell myself , it’s a good thing once awhile to be able to dream

I should stop here for now

一個人也會很開心，少則得，多則惑

GOD bless everytime, 慧台

May blog for 2016

It has been a relatively busy month as I spent a significant time doing Overtime work. There were some significant happening I might just want to pen down for a while. There are the By-election in bukit batok and preimer league fairy tale win by Leciester. Leciester managed to overcome the huge odds of ( 5000 to 1) to lift the English trophy. On the other hands, Dr chee was unable to win Mr muralli in the bukit batok ( PAP stronghold) althought he had the best performance ( 38.8 percent of the votes counted) of the 5 elections he had. Whatever the reason is , I hope Dr chee could pick up and come back again the next election (2020).

For 2016 half year report card, the days were pretty much as usual. I spent most of my effort trying to save some cash in so I would probably have some positive cash every month ( whether for the two overseas holiday or to buy the next car around june next year). On the downside , I haven’t been doing exercise and not reading enough.

I started on basic 2 of my Japanese ( there were 2 weeks break as mr Goto went back to japan ). Although I have tried pretty hard on the language , but I do not know what the future holds for me . for a while , I thought I should try to find some short term employment in japan 2017 or beyond, but I cant imagine my parents living alone , so such options should not come true after all .

Looking forward, I been pondering the decision to buy a camera. One of my friends might want to offer me a used canon DSLR camera , although he had not revealed the price yet ( probably it would be near the cost price of 799 dollars), it would not in my budget range . I should embrace a wait and see approach , and probably would buy , if he is ok to sell . If not I should just borrow one for the September tour, and just use my hand phone.

For the October trip to shanghai , I still can’t decide where I should go ( for 2 days ), should I go Nanjing , Hangzhou or su zhou ? I seriously hope someone would give me suggestion ( but who will?). I should postphone the decision making to September ( which I might just throw coin to decide)

Finally , for the June holiday, I might just start dreaming of melboune tour (17-24 ). Nicole Ng birthday is coming ( Jun 2nd ) , hope that she has a great day ahead.

Be positive , 一個人一定會很開心的，GOD Bless

慧台