Finally, after 2 long days, I’ve done it. Conquered Jade Mountain (3,952 kilometers above sea level), that’s what! Yes, after walking almost 22 kilometers (21.8 kilometers to be exact) at a total of almost 16 hours in just 2 days carrying our heavy packs with at least 2 day’s worth of water, our team of […]

First and foremost, let me say this with a shout, ALISHAN WAS GREAT!!! I was awake at freaking 5:30AM and 3:00AM for two consecutive days that it almost didn’t feel like a vacation, but it was f*cking great! So totally worth the money we spent booking a semi-DIY tour with LionTravel — the whole trip […]

As promised, here are some of the pictures of the COMPUTEX girls that I promised the boys. This was from my trip there last Friday afternoon. With 4 exhibition halls, this year’s COMPUTEX is one of the biggest COMPUTEX exhibitions yet: NVIDIA women were pretty cute, although their games were pretty lame: Renesis’ were pretty […]

At the Sule Pagoda, we met this nice man. Haha, that’s what’s good when you’re a foreigner in a foreign land, there are always friendly locals who would want to strike a friendship with you: He explained that he works for the government as a woodcarving teacher, whose hometown was situated in Mandalay (Myanmar’s 2nd […]

Hello, hello! Sorry for the blogging hiatus again, but the bird’s back from her magnificent trip to Burma/Cambodia! The entire trip was great! Definitely a place that one has to go to in his/her lifetime! Hence, even if this Raven’s already a couple of $$$ poorer than she was before, this trip was still able […]

Hai ho… hai ho… It’s off to Burma I go… La… la… la….la…! La… la… la….la…! Hai ho… hai ho hai ho hai ho…! Wheeeeeee! It’s GREAT to travel again! Get out from the office… Escape from the dreary Taipei weather… See the temples! Sigh, even though I’ll be tens of thousands bucks poorer. Raven’s […]

Well, why not? Since coming back from the Philippines, I took quite a few pictures that I’d like to share with all of you. Most of these pictures were taken to share with my foreign friends distinct things that make the Philippines more special. And what’s more different than a band of Filipino musicians sporting […]

On our third day, I’m particularly excited as we’ll get to visit the famous Ta Phrom temple, which is where Angelina Jolie shot several scenes from “Tomb Raider.” Left to its own, Ta Phrom is probably one of the most feminine temples of all as one cannot help but be awed by its surrounding greenery […]

We woke up not-too-bright and early (See? There are benefits of not being part of a tour group) and had a nice Western/Cambodian breakfast downstairs. The service was terrific! Our coffee cups were filled even before we said a word, and every effort was made to ensure our comfort. Ah, boy, I miss the spectacular […]

1st Day Shit. I almost missed my plane. Even with Mark giving me an early wakeup call at both 6:40AM and 7:05AM, I still managed to sleep again… only to wake up at 8AM and rush to Taipei Main Station! 🙁 Gawd, if I missed my plane, I’ll kill myself. Anyway, upon arriving at the […]

Just got back from warm and sunny Siem Reap, Cambodia yesterday night! Omigosh, it was such a terrific trip and I feel so empowered! I just can’t wait to go on my next trip… maybe this time, to Thailand (Phuket) or Vietnam (Hanoi, Saigon… here I come)! It’s great — traveling empowers you. For example, […]

This weekend has been fantastic! Along with 22 other people, we went on a fun-filled weekend trip to Green Island! We slept on the tain and took a boat ride there (Boat ride was awful! I puked half of the way there, which was a downer). Then, after recovering a bit, we zoomed around the […]