Welcome, 29

    Today is my birthday. I received multitudinous birthday blessings from my friends on Facebook.
    Thank you guys, I love you.
    Here are my birthday wishes:
    Hit the jackpot  to buy an apartment in Paris and live there, and be a matriculated student in the graduate school in translating and interpreting in the UK.
    All my family, friends, and I are healthy and happy.
    Write a picture book about Paris with my cousin Ema.
    Find someone I love.
    My blog become popular.   

Sad face: I don't want to grow old.

      Goodbye~, my 28.

Short Visit to Lontan

    This Saturday, I visited my aunt's place in Lontan(龍潭) in north Taiwan with my family. It has been a long time since my last visit. My aunt's husband is from Lontan. They lived in Taichung for more than 20 years operating a local buffet eatery. After their retirement, they moved back to Lontan until today. Actually Lontan is pretty close to my hometown Chungli (中壢), so it's not an unfamiliar place to me. However, I seldom have chance to visit the town more deeply. Everytime I went to Lontan, I stayed in my aunt's house most of the time. But this time was different. We arrived at Lontan in the afternoon. Thy sky was cloudy, and it was not too hot. My aunt suggested us to walk along the lakeside of the Lontan Lake (龍潭觀光大池) because my grandfather loved it. Thus we accompanied my grandfather to stroll around the lake. There were a lot of food stalls. My cousins and I bought delicious traditional ice cream. We could choose three kinds of flavors each. Mine was composed of mango, Japanese green tea, and dried plum. One of my cousins also ate roasted corn. During the period of adolescence, he is a big eater.


The Scary Stock Market

    A lot of people say that working cannot help you make big money, but investment can. I remember the first time I invested my money in something other than deposit was about six to seven years ago when I put some of my money into the fund. It was Franklin Balance Sheet Investment Fund. The result was....... I am not pretty sure but I didn't make a profit form it. After that, I began to buy different funds through systematic investment plan or one-time investment. Some of them really enabled me to earn extra money. However, as everyone knows,  the worldwide financial tsunami in 2008 was a tragedy for many individuals. I was no exception. But luckily, I didn't have much money to invest during that time. Thus, the loss of my property was relatively insignificant. I thought I've learned a lesson from the crisis, but I might haven't.

Happy Father's Day

     I had dinner with my family to celebrate Father's Day at "1010 Restaurant(1010湘)" which serves Hunan cuisine. It is located at Eslite Park Lane Taichung (勤美誠品綠園道). It was truely a wonderful night.

Memories of Taipei

    I spent seven years studying medicine in Taipei during my college life, so I left varied memories, good or bad, happy or sad, in the city. After graduating from university, Taipei has become a city to visit for me, not a city to live anymore. My impression on Taipei has been fading. Besides, Taipei keeps changing all the time. Each time I go back to Taipei, I feel like I am in a different country. I quite enjoy that. As a city for tourists, I admit that Taipei is an entrancing and energetic city. But living in Taipei is not easy and carefree in my point of view.

On a street of a traditional market, you can see the building of Taipei 101 in the distance.