- Review 2007 -
Today is the Last day of 2007 and tomorrow is a start of a brand new year, 2008.
Thinking back on 2007, there is a whole list of memorable events.
Everyone is blogging blogging, and i started this blog somewhere End of 2006 which i seldom and do not know what to blog about, and on Feb, i posted the lyrics of 《专属天使》. Thats the virgin post~ Hahaha...
Following that from April onwards, its all venting my frustration and lots of whining cos of work, endless problems and loose ends not tied up~ During April and June are the months where many ppl resigned and morale was quite low den~ =(
From July onwards, start to blog more and change and customise the appearance of my blog and add in songs and ads...
Oh ya, i will consolidate all the nice songs in 2007 into my playlist, stay tuned!!!
Lets review the events and my hoots for 2007~
Events of 2007~
May - 5 Days Hong Kong Trip
30 Jul - Jay Chou Visit to The Cathay for his Movie 《不能说的．秘密》
28 Aug - Blood Moon Eclipse
31 Aug - Ceasure of Consumer Helpdesk
17 Sep - Completed my 3rd ICT
25 Oct - Throw Letter~ :P
06 Nov - My News report on Jay Chou Concert tickets
07 Nov - My Today Report on Jay Chou Concert tickets
13 Nov - Last physical Day in VRnet
15 - 24 Nov - 10 Days Taiwan Trip
24 Nov - Official Last Day @ VRnet
28 Nov - Start of New Job @ NTU
Movie for 2007
May/June - "Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix"
August - 《881》gala premiere, 《不能说的。秘密》
December - 《投名状》, "I Am Legend"
Moi Hoots for 2007~
Apr - Samsung LCD TV: LA26R71BAX~
May - Dad got his Hyundai Avante~
07 Oct - Sony Ericsson T650i~
05 Oct - Baby 麒麟
09 Dec - Seiko Criteria Limited Edition SPL027 (For moi BDay)
Its hard to cover every detail in 1 post, so what i have listed out are the more memorable events and things.
I would say its a meaningful year. Its the 1st time that I have travelled to 2 countries within a year in 25 years. Got my LCD TV and my 1st Seiko watch.Many Events happen, wow tinking back is really wow~ hahaha....
Looking forward to a New year, a New Beginninig~~
Happy 2008 to everyone!!! :D
Monday, December 31, 2007
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
- 25th Birthday 2 -
Kai ma and Kai Yeh invited us to dinner @ Bottle Tree park to celebrate me and my sis's bday~
Tis Bottle Tree Park is the new branch, food there is good but not as good compared to its 1st branch at Sembawang Park...
Kai ma and kai yeh gave me an ang pao oshos~ quite alot~
lets look at the food~ :D
Although there is no cake for me tis year, 24 years of celebration is enough.... We had a family gathering on 24th nite at aunt's Rosewood Condo, and 25th a even bigger gathering starting wif KTV session @ 9am and lunch gathering @ 2pm.
Really enjoyed ourselves~
Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!!!
Monday, December 24, 2007
- 25th Birthday Dinner 1 -
Went to our usual KLunch Session @ Cineleisure.
Attendees: Andrew, Boon, Dagen, YaoQiang and Me...
look whose leg is tat?~ LoL...
After that went to SLS to see my Wireless Mic, Andrew's home storage and Boon's Ram...
After getting wat we need head to bugis for dinner, juz as we wanna cross over to Bugis Junction, the is a huge JAM!!! We waited for 3 traffic lights b4 we can cross and its so packed!!! Thanks to our "ELITES" who design it in such a way where when volume ish high, it will b conjested... Need to install ERP for ppl to cross the road? Charge $0.50 per person so less ppl will use the crossing~ :D
A Picture says a thousand words, so tis one say 2thousand words~ :S
After crossing the nice crossing, we meet up with Yao Qiang again after his GYM session~ LoL... Neh getting better eh~
Thanks to Andrew, Boon and Yao Qiang for treating me to a Delicious dinner @ Bugis Jap & Western Food~ Thank You........ =D
- First Intimate Contact -
(Monologue by ChongQing, Narration by Lin Peifen)
Went on the 1st day and last day to support Chong Qing....
1st day went wif Kai Ma, Ryan and Lin..
last day went wif Andrew and Boon...
Enjoyed both days of the show.. The last one was wow got free gift somemore. hahaha.. Free Perfume, forgot to ask Chong Qing whether its the Doche Vita Perfume that is sprayed to make the effect... hahahaha....
Its really a nice show and i m glad that Andrew and Boon enjoyed it. Well the bonus is, we can take picture wif ChongQing and Peifen Jie Jie~~~ 
The entrance of Jubilee Hall @ Raffles hotel and the flowers that people gave Chong Qing and Peifen wishing their performance Success.. These ppl includes, Fann & Christopher, Y.E.S 933 team, Cruz, Kym Ng, some record companies, cant remember which and many many more....
Photos taken inside the Hall~
Friday, December 21, 2007
- First Intimate Contact -
(Monologue by ChongQing, Narration by Lin Peifen)
Date/Time: 19 - 22 Dec/8pm
Venue: Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel
First Intimate Contact
(an adaptation from Cai Zhi Heng’s “First Intimate Contact”)
Usually shy and reserved when it comes to love and relationships, ‘Pizi Cai’ meets a mysterious and intriguing young girl nicknamed ‘Flying Dance’ on the Internet.
What started out as something just for fun developed into frequent late-night online chats, and eventually a decision to finally meet up personally.
Will this first meeting turn out to be a pleasant surprise, an everlasting regret, or perhaps…?
Went to watch this performance by ChongQing, I would say, I m really impressed... 1 person acted alone for 2hours and he did well... Made us laugh out loud and at the same time, make us EMO... If there is a chance, i would have gone to watch it 1 more time!!!
Some stars spotted watching the performance are Kym Ng, DJ Daniel Ong and Jamie Teo they are juz sitting beside us, i tell u, Daniel Ong is yandao 到。。。。 and Jamie Teo is 美到。。。 Besides them, Chen Li Zhen, Diya, Jia Ying, Li Yi, and the 881 gal are also there to support Chong Qing... After the performance, when the applause is so loud, we can see that Chong Qing haf tears rolling in his eyes. Well Done Bro...
Bro, today is the 2nd last day of the performance for "第一次亲密接触", hope everything is smooth for u and again, U Did well~~~~ Jia You!!!!
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
- 15. Taipei: 淡水 -
Went to 淡水 early in the morning most shops are not open yet but well, is there to see the scenery and buy 铁蛋 for Auntie Winnie!!! LoL..
While traveling there, we saw a big lorry full of eggs!!!
see so many eggs!!!!
Ok, back to the main topic, was at 淡水 walking around, taking photos. Most importantly is to buy 铁蛋 for auntie winnie~
As mentioned earlier, not many shops are open so nothing much to shop.. But there is this souvenir shop that open jus in time for us... Bought most of the souvenirs for colleagues here and a surfer's wristband for myself~
Personally, i feel the 铁蛋 is quite disgusting, therefore din try it. But tried the 鱼干, its Nice！！！
Here r the pics taken at 淡水~~
Monday, December 17, 2007
- 14.TaiPei -
忠烈词 | Mao Sisters
From previous post, after Lunch at Shanghai Story, we went to 忠烈词 to look at the so called Yandaos from Taiwan. They are ppl serving their NS and those standing guard there are so called selected Handsome guys, tis part is mostly for the gals, budden okok only... Some of my friends are way more handsome than them~hahahah.....
omg sounds so gay =.="
They will stand guard everyday, the 3 forces, will take turn to be on guard, 4mth each. They will change the guards every hour and we are juz in time for the guards changing ceremony..
Here r the pictures.
After that, we went to Mao's sister where they introduce us their 灵芝, 鹿胎，蜂蜜 and Royal Jelly...
The Mao's sisters are the decendent of 绍族 where their great grandfather is titled 王爷 by Sun Yat Sen reason being 绍族's 鹿胎 cured Song Mei Ling of her Asthma. So to show his gratitude, Sun titled their great grandfather as 王爷。
They(Princess)intro and explain to us the use of each of the items, price wise is, like a bomb...
The bottle of Royal Jelly cost S$750, the 鹿胎 200g cost S$400。 The 灵芝粉 i forgot the price...
Look at the honey at the below picture. No tricks, juz pour some honey into the water and shake it, it will automatically form the hive-like shape...
Next up will be 淡水，渔人码头~
Friday, December 14, 2007
- 13. 台中 last part -
Last stop at Tai Chung before going back to Tai Pei, went to National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall, where they kept all the information and things about Sun Yat Sen, the history and pictures and items, lots and lots of them...
I dunno which pics to choose from them so decided not to post those items...
Exterior of the Memorial Hall...
After this we went for Lunch at 上海故事。This is something like 丁泰峰 in Singapore but its food is much much tastier... Their fried rice is the best i have tasted in my entire life~
Will be posting the last few bits on Taiwan Trip and will mostly be based in Tai Pei... Stay tuned~~~
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
- 12. 台中： 五角船板 -
This restaurant is one of the Specialty Meals included in the Tour package. Its an artistic restaurant. The Design and artifacts in this restaurant are all recycled things and pick ups from rivers or somewhere else.
The bowl that we use are all hand made by the boss of this restaurant. Atmosphere was great, the design and the whole place looks great!!! Not to mention, the food taste GREAT too!!! The Best dinner that we had at Taiwan will be 五角船板~ :D
The Interior...
The Exterior.. Family photo taken there :D
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
- Criteria Limited Edition SPL027 1800pcs Worldwide -
After waiting for a year, finally i got it. A Seiko watch, which i long wanted to have one. Cost me a bomb, but i feel its worth it, especially after working hard for 1 year, its a small birthday gift which i give myself tis year. Will only start wearing it on my Birthday, which is on Christmas Eve~ =D
13 More days...
The Box
The Watch
Close up of the watch face
- 11.日月潭, 文武庙, 孔雀园 -
After leaving 九族文化村，we headed to 日月潭 for our Lunch b4 looking at the actual 日月潭. This meal is one of the better meals that we have tasted in Taiwan, i would say its in the top 3...
After lunch, we headed to 日月潭 and took some pictures. The scenary is Nice.. why they call it 日月潭 is becos this place consist of 2 lakes, 1 lake is rounded which is like the Sun,and the other lake is a crescent shape,both of them are side by side, so ppl call it 日月潭.
Went to 文武庙 and drew lots there, was asking about career and studies and the answer was as long as i put in effort wholeheartedly, I will be able to achieve what i want, and the chinese part has something to do with music, which i was thinking whether its hinting me to continue with my Piano Grade 8 and complete it...
Enuff said, Lets look at some photos from 日月潭 and 文武庙...
Its time to look at some birds~ hahaha...
Went to the Peacock Garden which is also nearby. Many peacocks and endangered birdies down there...
Next up will be 五角船板 dinner in 台中~
Monday, December 10, 2007
- 10.Formosa Aboriginal Culture Village -
九族文化村
This is a culture village for all the 9 tribes in Taiwan. Many informations in there and we also went to watch a show where it gives us a brief idea of their culture and showed us some of their rituals...
Let the pictures do the toking ba...
Besides all these, there is a theme park where we took some rides~
Next up will be 日月潭 and 文武庙~
- 9.埔里晶园度假村酒店 -
After leaving Alishan, travel to 埔里晶园度假村酒店. Along the way, we passed by 日月潭 and 九族文化村 which we will be heading the next day.We spent our Dinner and Nite @。。Oh ya, and not forgetting the SPA session~ =D
We had our dinner there, its a 8 course dinner. Food is not as good and the pork is omg!!! the 猪骚味 is so strong that we din even touch that dish~
Went to SPA 30mins after dinner, and its Nice, but when leaving the water is COLD!!! Enjoyed it there... Stayed tuned for my 九族文化村 updates...
Friday, December 07, 2007
- 8. ChiaYi -> AliShan -
On the 4th day, we travelled up to Alishan, a mountain resort and natural preserve located in the mountains of Chiayi County in Taiwan. Its a long long long journey. It took us around 3 hours to reach the top of the mountain of cos there are nice scenaries along the way. I'd juz post pictures to show the beauty of this place...
After travelling all the way up, its Lunch time and we had lunch @ 阿里山阁大饭店.
Another 10 course meal, but i forgot to take the fruits~ LoL~~
After lunch is a short distance walk down Alishan park where we see many many interesting trees. At 3000m above sea level, it was the most beautiful and cold place that i have been too, my favourite place for this whole trip.
Just look at the arrays of trees...
Look at the frozen 妹潭 below... That's how cold it is up there. Oh and see the fog at 姐潭... it's so beautiful....
Look at those funny trees..
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
- 7. Towards KaohSiung -
After leaving HuaLien, we enroute TaiTung towards KaohSiung, again its a long travelling time, took some photos here and there..
Had 2 toilet breaks and finally a lunch break at 山水轩餐厅。
Another 10 course lunch, the food is not bad but the rice is VERY NICE!!!
Its their 土产 it taste much better dan thailand rice, its more of jap rice...
After our lunch we continued our journey towards KaohSiung. Travelled along Pacific Ocean. Looking at the Sunset as we travel along Pacific ocean, Awesome...
Finally after reaching KaohSiung, we went to DreamMall to do some shopping and had our dinner. Nothing much to shop except i got myself a 罗志祥 CD+DVD(Karaoke&MV). Most of the time is spent on settling dinner =.="
After which we proceed to Urban Spotlight aka 城市光廊 and Love River aka 爱河。
Monday, December 03, 2007
- 6.Promised Land Resort -
-理想大地度假酒店 -
Rest at Promised Land Resort, its a superb resort...
At nite, we had a 10 course meal, not as nice as the breakfast thou but acceptable...
After dinner we had a chance to realease the Heaven Lantern, 放天灯。。。
Next morning b4 breakfast we took some time and took some pictures...
**All pictures taken from camera, no editing done~
- 5.太鲁阁峡谷 -
After our Train ride to Hua Lien, we board our bus and proceed to 太鲁阁峡谷。I really admire the bus driver, he drove the bus alone with out luggages all the way from Tai Pei to Hua Lien while we took the train ride...
The sceneries were really breath taking, simple awesome....
Some stops along the way as we took some pictures with the sceneries as background~
Type rest of the post here
John Matthias Lee