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地特

After the exam, I fell like heartbreak....
考完後大概是這種感覺!
先放鬆吧!
(圖片翻拍自Rayplay展覽作品)

新社花海2012

Same place with different moods.
同樣的地點，不一樣的感受!

日出│deco for X'mas

DawnCake is so cool!
It's become the famous souvenir-store  @ Taichung.
Tourist loves to take photos here and buy some gifts.
Now it near the Christmas, the decoration is so fancy!!!!
take a visit in website to see what kinds of food it provide:
http://www.dawncake.com.tw/
日出好厲害，
儼然已經成了台中名產的勝地!
假日人潮洶湧，拍照的人也不在少數，
我想店員一直幫忙拍照也很累吧。

不過日出真的很用心，
產品包裝復古外又多了創新詼諧感，
現在11月，店內外已經提前聖誕佈置了，
濃濃的霍格華茲風啊!!!!

Rabbit Rabbit

Rabbit Rabbit @ Taichung
Brunch and Bergers
這家新在台中開幕!
蠻有特色的裝潢，鮮豔色彩，
餐點是以早午餐跟漢堡為主，
據說在台北很夯?

萬聖節快樂

 Happy Halloween!  
真奇妙，台灣很少過萬聖節的，
但是中友百貨的櫥窗真的頗用心!
黑色背景配上有點螢光的橘色，
卡通般的骷髏頭，跟油漆漆上似的字跡，
十足過節的歡樂氣氛，
只差沒看到小孩們頑皮裝扮的模樣了。

行道樹

What's your name, flower?
I saw you fleurir and smile to me.
經過人行道，看到這棵路樹，
綻放著像百合花似的怒豔，
真引人注目，特別是在這樣的秋天，
不過腦袋裡搜索的到的花名太少，
叫不出此花芳名，
也罷! 反正懂得駐足觀賞也就夠了。

中秋團圓

9/30 Chinese moon festival.
We went back to our grandma's home.
Instead of BBQ party, 
we prepared a dinner with creative foods.
Singing and enjoying the full moon view. 
What's a day!
先前中秋節(9/30)，
回到外婆家，親戚各展神通秀廚藝，
算是除了烤肉外的新選擇!
外加旁邊還有卡拉OK可以隨你唱，
算是歡慶佳節，兼賞月了!

很熱的秋天

It's autumn now, but the weather feel like summer.
Big sun make me melt....
Soon there will come the Moon Festival,
and I hope it won't be too humid during BBQ.

As for the exam, I messed it up! 
But the score is too honesty to reflect which I prepared...
 
最近天氣異常，之前早晚會有點涼，
現在又陽光炙烈，宛如夏天!
不過時間快到中秋了，
希望到時烤肉時，可以不要太熱。

至於說到時間，
感覺上次的考試真不理想...
但是有努力的科目，
成績都很忠誠的反映出來差異，
數據果然不會騙人!

台中公園

A symbol of Taichung City at Taiwan,
A presentation of homesick,
A truly memory of everyone who live here.
一個城市的象徵，
也是化不開的鄉愁代表，
更是屬於台中人的回憶一部份!

iPhone 5

「It is almost here.」

 真讓人期待!

sunset

It's cloudy last week, because of the typhoon.
But it bring the great sunset view
when the light reflect to the cloud!
I took it by phone and it soon disappear next second.
之前颱風侵襲，夾帶著水氣，
於是天空一直呈現多雲狀態，
但是晚間日落時，也容易有"火燒雲"，
這樣的晚霞，陽光映照在雲上，
顏色特別瑰麗鮮豔，
不過一瞬即過，
稍晚，夜幕低垂，便不復見，
而每晚又有些差異，
顏色都是當天限定的呢。

土鳳梨酥

Sunny Hills-Pineapple Cakes.
Crispy outside and full of pineapple jam inside.
Tasty combine with sweet and a little bit sour, lovely!
It's from Nantou, Taiwan!  
南投名產─微熱山丘 鳳梨酥，
外皮極為酥脆不消說，
內餡飽滿，吃的到土鳳梨特有的酸甜感，
纖維也非常多，但不會硬，
反映出用料實在!
我想應該很適合拿來送人。

忠信市場

This is a silent corner,
and used to be a traditional market.
It shows how the new art coping with the old building.
What's more, it gives a new meaning of translation.
Who says it need to tear down the old house?
Keeping old fashion is important too!
Next time when u visit the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art
(http://www.ntmofa.gov.tw)
Don't forget to take a photo in zhong-xin market.
(Map:https://maps.google.com.tw/maps?ie=UTF8&cid=13167832453987010492&q=%E5%BF%A0%E4%BF%A1%E5%B8%82%E5%A0%B4&iwloc=A&gl=TW&hl=zh-TW)

我喜歡這樣的靜謐角落，
傳統市場與現代藝術的衝突感充斥每個角落，
賦予一種新的價值，
我想這就是創意的體現，
不需要太花俏、只需要一些巧思，
誰說一定要打掉重來?
維持舊的美感也是重要的，
逛國美館之餘，別忘了到這裡晃晃!
台中─忠信市場

賭神巧克力

This is a gift from the EU,and I really love chocolate :P
Can't wait to open it and eat them all !
And there once a old but famous HongKong movie named " God of Gamblers" 
the main character who always eat this Feodora chocolate before play games!
Hope I will win the lottery after eat it XD
感謝這來自歐洲的伴手禮─賭神巧克力
希望我吃了跟賭神周潤發一樣好運XD
來簽一下大樂透!

颱風過後

After the strong Typhoon gone,
There are leaves and branches over the ground.
It shows the wind is too wild to blow them down.
God bless everyone here in Taiwan!
在接連下豪雨跟颳強風的日子過去後，
終於可以不用一直吃泡麵了!
看到外面放情的感覺真棒，
但是公園內多是樹枝、樹葉，
殘留著肆虐過的跡象....
希望台灣各地都能平安!

好丘，Goodchos

"Goodchos" is a restaurant which means "good selection".
It offers the meal and lots of excellent gift selection from Taiwan.
ex: the tea from Alishan National Scenic Area, and  honey or fruit jam from local area.
I love the food here. Delicious and lot of salad. 
The building is an ancient village style but creative mix with modern inside!
I will take another date here with my friends for sure!!! 
台北信義區的四四南村〈好丘〉
除了有台灣各地名產伴手禮外，
餐點也超正點! 沙拉大碗又好吃，
鴨胸貝果還有點綴葡萄柚醬，
咖啡也十分對味，滿足了我一個下午!
當然更棒的是，能在這樣一個下午時光陪同朋友聊天:)

Rainbow & Taipei 101

Last night, I walked by the street near Taipei 101.
Suddenly there was a rainbow connecting with the building!!!
so I took a photo for this beautiful moment :)
那天，走在松山菸廠附近，
準備前去吃知名的小龍飲食。
正好是晚有點潮濕的天氣，雲也很多，
於是形成了一道彩虹在101大樓旁，
真是美麗的一刻，趕緊拿起相機記錄。

高普考 五天下來後

This National Exam is a hard war to fight.
I don't prepare the weapon well enough.
At least, I know that there are rooms to full up my weapon.
Expect to the next fight!!!
我只能說這是一場苦戰!
準備的太少，上場沒武器，
就好像面臨海賊王的大戰現場啊!
看看那麼多考生，急筆振揮，
彷彿宣洩壓力在文字上，
而我卻還在瞎掰內容!
這次的經驗難能可貴，
就當了解自己有多少實力，
趕快學魯夫一樣去練習一下霸色氣下回再戰XD

Retro Cafe

I love the staffs who always full of energy!
and the coffee is too great to taste.
-Retro cafe in Taichung
台中的MOJO咖啡系列很穩定，
也很喜歡店員的活力。
難得的一個夜晚!

Match point

Life is a ball game, and contains of match points.  
人生總是有起有落，就跟球賽一樣，
決戰的關鍵點總是錯落在每一局裡。

繡球花

It's raining several times,
and make me think of  snowball with snail on top.
I don't know how come I feel stressful 
when the exam is around the corner.
Just like the rainy day with kinds of blues.
But I sure even flowers needs the sun too!
Maybe I should take it easy to prepare the exam,
and it will benefit for the next steps.

近來，雨天季節到了，時不時會降雨，
總讓我想起繡球花跟蝸牛的組合畫面，
彷彿就要是這樣才凸顯雨天的淒美?
然後隨著近期考試將近，
雖然還沒有準備到一定程度，
雨天過後的悶熱一如焦躁的心情，
濃濃的化不太開，
也許人跟花也是一樣需要適足的陽光的!

翻開報紙，瞧見對岸也有高考，
台灣高考跟大陸高考等級上不同(一個公職；一個大學)
但想必無不是挑戰未來的賭注!
適時的放鬆腦袋也是好事的，
同花也要施肥，人何嘗不是需要滋潤?
我也是相信要釋放壓力才能更有效率的吸收那些堆成山的書本，
但願每一個正在拼考試或讀書的，都能開花結果!

LEMON!

In hot summer days,
I love to drink ice lemon black tea.
It bring the favor to cool down the humid feeling!
Love it :P
酷暑中，我最愛的飲品無非凍檸茶!
酸酸甜甜的好滋味，加上冰塊，
暑意全消! 如何? 你也來一杯吧!

草悟道

Here is calligraphy-greenway in Taichung,Taiwan.
I love to walk along here and enjoy the street music.
Beside the view, I love shopping near-by and relax with a cup of coffee :)
Get know more calligraphy-greenway in http://www.calligraphy-greenway.com.tw/tw/index.html
(Change language function is on the top of  the website page)
台中還是在美化上有成效的，
我喜歡草悟道，連結兩個百貨跟科博館，
沿途的輕鬆自在加上燈光點綴，
人文氣息多了，也美了!

阿超Achau

Achau, a warming-heart singer,
use his special way showing the story of travel.
And make us a wonderful night:)
https://www.facebook.com/achau.one 
阿超，
一個溫暖人心的歌手，
用述說不同故事的琴音與歌喉，
帶給我這今晚無限的驚喜!

Happy Mom's Day

Happy Mom's Day ♥ 
母親節快樂!!!

We Love Taiwan!

Ok, I know Taiwan is a small island to foreigners.
But, I recommend this amazing Facebook page to U! 
This is "Round Taiwan Round" site page which is owned by one of my friend,
and keep explore Taiwan's beauty from here:
https://www.facebook.com/roundTAIWANround
ps. please respect the copyright!
強者我朋友，
跑透台灣照美景，記錄台灣的美好，
多謝他有這FB專頁的產生!
快去看這些驚人美照吧:)
當然請注重版權啦!

Super Moon?

I've read the news that said today got a "super moon" !!!
It means the distance between the earth and the moon is the closest! 
so, I took a pic to cherish the big moon in this special night. 
How about seeing the moon tonight?
今晚有超級月亮唷!
據說離地球最近的時刻就在今晚，
快出門看看這顆比平時大數倍的月亮吧!
錯過不知要等幾時才能再看到呢:)

百年好合

The Lily is now blooming!
It has aromatic flavour and beautiful pink colour.
I've got healed :)
之前爬山時，攤販送了一株百合花，
才一個晚上就開花了，味道十分濃郁，
整個客廳都是百合的香味，
而嬌羞、粉紅的花瓣也很撫慰人心!

碳足跡

I write to recite what I have studied,
trying to remember those words and meanings,
though sometime still forget....
一筆筆的碳足跡，
見證我讀過的痕跡，
刻劃在紙上卻也希望銘記在腦海內....

Postcard from Shanghai

I received a postcard from Shanghai, China!
It took a long period while delivering....
But still excite to see this special postcard :)
Thanks for my friend who worked in Shanghai. 
終於收到了這張來自上海的明信片!
飄洋過海的隔了快一個月以上，
輾轉到手的感覺真棒，
感謝之前在上海工作的好友，
你的祝福我收到了:)

小吃巡禮

Yummy! 
I love the @Like black tea with the Radish cake and Sweet rice sausage!
Also, I definitively recommend mesona chinensis jelly :P
(kind of herbs jelly with chewy pearl and purple yam)
Those are famous traditional street foods in Taichung! 

台中小吃中，我喜歡第二市場的蘿蔔糕跟米腸的絕妙組合，
外加一杯老賴紅茶就更加完美!
不論早餐、午餐、早午餐皆非常合宜呢:)
另外，附近不遠處的瑪露連嫩仙草更值得當餐後甜點，
可以自由選料或加冰，滑嫩口感魂牽夢引!
個人覺得比之東海嫩仙草尤勝數十倍!!!

Allo Friend Caf'e

Enjoy the time talking with old friends, and drinking a cup of ice Caf'e Mocha!

Whatmore, there are a small Art Exhibition in second floor.

Now, take a visit to Allo Friend to explore more fun:https://www.facebook.com/Allofriend

台中的好咖啡廳非常多，不過我沒有都拜訪過，
這次第一次到Allo Friend，地點非常隱密低調，
不過離美術館很近，蠻有藝文氣息的!
2F有展覽的空間，Allo Art也是有這樣的規劃，
不過這邊比較活潑氣息一點，家具類的佈置都很有趣，
如果有時間去喝杯咖啡聊聊天，
我想這裡是很好的選擇!

下次看世界末日系列電影

Some researches indicted that seeing horror movies 
will benefit from ur health!
We tend to compare others' life with ours, 
so put down those Romance, Family
and collect those Horror, War and Action!
See, our world still better than those guys in movie :P
不可否認，
人多少有比較的心態潛藏在表面之下，
即便是娛樂項目中常見的電影也是一樣的，
看了浪漫愛情電影，
就會開始幻想自己怎麼沒有那種完美對象在身旁；
看了鬼怪殺人片，
就會慶幸自己不在泰國、日本等鬼影崇崇之地:P
所以我想這個也可以類推適用到Facebook上面來，
忘了是哪個心理學者提出的，
看了別人在FB上快活的在國外度假等照片，
自己卻在工作就會很不爽，
看了別人雷禪(摔車)受傷的照片就會很開心，
很難免的都會出現比較心態啦!
不過我個人覺得，雖說心理影響是無法避免的，
那就逆向操作吧，
不要看太開心的電影或是單純把電影當電影
(麻雀變公主看多了就知道是天方夜譚)
不要去羨慕別人的生活，做自己好自在XD
雖有點自圓其說，不過總好過怨天尤人來的好吧?

Google Map賞櫻去!

Google Map is amazing!
You can see cherry-blooming (sakura) in different spots in Japan!
Click the website to enjoy:
http://www.google.com.hk/intl/zh-TW/landing/japanview/#cherryblossoms
If u need different language,
notice that the right side of the website,
the are translate function in the bottom :)
快用Google Map來去日本賞櫻花吧!
超多日本知名賞櫻景點，
不用去日本跟人擠喔!多人性化啊XD

宮原眼科

 

This is a hot sightseeing spot near the Taichung train station,
U can drink pearl milk tea and eat the ice-cream here.
Also the are many dessert, and u can buy as gift for your friend.
I love the old building with new style of food:P
It make the city more fun and creativity!
the store's website: http://dawncake.com.tw/
http://www.dawncake.com.tw/miyahara/index.html

這算是台中近期很夯的地點吧，
我喜歡這種用老建築營造的新型態!
日出集團真是大手筆，在包裝行銷上，營造出一種懷舊氣息，
也為台中帶了些文化特色，希望有更多這樣的地方，
這次沒吃到冰淇淋，下次有機會一定要嚐一下:P

Cheer up

I feel a little melancholy in recent, don't know if it is the side-effect of season changing,
wants to talk to friends rather than stay at home studying.
So I take a ride to buy my dinner today, and use cellphone to talk with my best friend.
And there is a article shared in my Facebook from my friend, it gives me the energy:
"There are so many moment that we need to wait,
you should bare the feeling of lonely, and your own special moment will comes!"
Cheer up! 
最近有點憂鬱，不知是反潮的奇襲還是季節轉換，
讀書有點煩，覺得自己好宅，
然後感覺很想有人聊，或是出去亂晃一下，
於是我很開心今天去補習可以騎機車，
兜風繞遠路回家，沿路買個自己喜歡的晚餐，
然後打給許久未聯繫的友人聊天，
更湊巧晚上在FB看到勵志文章，整個豁然開朗起來，
在此分享一下我看了有所感觸，符合我的一句：
「有很多時候我們須要等待，需要耐得住寂寞，
等待屬於你的那一刻。」
所以Cheer up，持續努力堅持下去!

春天

Spring is coming, when the daphne reveal the message.
The weather becomes sometimes cold and sometimes hot...
When will summer come? 
明顯感覺到季節變化，
「春天後母心」就是如此，忽冷忽熱的變化無常!
平時無意識性的才發現春分過去，
散步公園之際，赫然發現杜鵑花開得茂密，
想來也是一種徵兆，是春天到來的訊息，
平日遛狗也該好好注意四周變化才是，
至於先前全台瘋狂的櫻花熱，
我總覺得那比較給人冬天氣息，
大概是因為櫻花與梅花看起來相差無幾吧(真糟啊)
至於圖片，瞧好多直升機啊(那不是鳥!)

火車站

Train station connect different cities, and also
Connect my old memory of going to college..... 
頻繁接觸火車，開始訂自強號票，
是大學開始結緣的，
因為要來往台中跟高雄，火車頗方便，
家人也認為比客運安全(有嗎?)
後來研究所在民雄，自強號少停，
坐台中客運比較直接到校門口就比較少搭了，
不過回想那段一直南下的火車之旅，
內心卻一直渴望北上，

UNIQLO

UNIQLO has ambition to create fast-fashion in Taiwan.
I saw this brand first in China, and soon caught my attention. 
But now it expands here soon after the first store in Taipei.
I think ZARA will expand while seeing the chance to make money in Taiwan.
I still look forward to more brand such as GAP, A&F, AE....
連優衣庫都到台中中友百貨了，
這展店速度可真快速，不過我很懷疑是否有利基?
不過反觀那些NET、佐丹奴之輩不一樣也活著好好的?
代表潛在衣服市場仍是火熱的!
再加上優衣庫的品項總是變化又很強調基本搭配，
價格上也不會太貴，也無怪乎一堆儲幹一直徵人了!
相信ZARA看到這等風波大概也會像分一杯羹的跟著展店，
不過，我還是想看到更多知名品牌進來台灣的，
GAP、AE、A&F快來台灣!!!!

鴿子

Dove and Pigeon, what's the different?

"Dove" as I know, usually used in brand name.

昨天去了東勢林場看到小朋友餵鴿子，
不禁想到英文中，

鴿子究竟是Dove or Pigeon?
似乎都有人用，不過Dove比較常出現在品牌名。

大坑濁水巷 櫻花

感謝地主無私提供私人土地給群眾欣賞!
Thanks to the landlord provide this sakura area for public without charge fees!

地點是在台中大坑濁水巷，開放到2/26止，快抽空去賞花吧。
The location is in Taichung,Taiwan. Due date is 2/26.

Hope all of u love this blooming photos :D

櫻花季

Feb, it's the month of sakura!
Climb mountain and take a rest to see it blooming!
It blooms in just a little moment, so seize the chance. 
二月，又是櫻花盛開的季節，
恰巧大坑九號步道上方休息處有櫻花，
花團錦簇、美不勝收!
只可惜都只有單株錯落不同地方，
想必濁水巷的櫻花陣仗應該比較可觀!
不過一想到要跟人擠，也是麻煩事，
畢竟再好的祕境一旦揭露，祕境也非祕境了!