Year End Trip 2008

I am planning where to go the end of this year.

When I chatting with Linda last week, she and Vivian are planning to have Asia trip the end of the year. NZ - Singapore - Malaysia - HK - Taiwan - South Korea - Japan. Because of the powerful of networking (AIESEC), we able to have free accommodation around these countries.

Since I have been Japan last year, I am thinking to join their trip Malaysia - HK - Taiwan - South Korea. The living cost is not that high of these countries. I hope I can start earning very soon and have a cool trip the end of the year.

Taiwan

South Korea

Hong Kong

Besides, I hope can go to Mt. Kinabalu next year. Although I go to Sabah quite a lot of times, I don't have chance to challenge the highest mountain in South East Asia. I am looking for hiking partners. Anyone is interested??

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无奈

There are a lot of thing we have no choice. Even other people has misunderstood BUT you can't, you are not able or you don't have the chance to explain it.

Or even you have explained, he could not understand. Or the more you try, it just become more complicated. Or I have a bad communication skill... May be ... may be ... May be time really can explain everything....

One day when we look back, you may be know that I didn't mean what you think.

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Interesting weekend

Hair Cut

I went hair cut with Panda this weekend. I was planning to have a short hair few months ago. I was afraid it won't look good. However, I am bored with my long hair so I decide to cut it this time.

It was not too bad and I quite like it.

Painting

This week I was cleaning and keeping my house since we were planning to re-paint our house. This is the very first time we paint out hourse. Thanks god my house is not very big!

I was excited to do the painting. I didn't expect it is so tiring. My neck, arm and leg are painful after all these hard work. But the result is rewarded.

Although we only finish 40%, my sister got a lesson "I have to study harder!!" hahaha

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Living with family

It has been three years I didn't stay at home for such a long time. When I was traveling and living in different countries. I start missing home and feel good every time when I back home for a short time. However, this time I felt quite uncomfortable and stressed sometime when I at home. I found that it is not easy for me anymore.

The past three years, I enjoy the time I was staying by myself. Although sometime it is lonely, boring and have to take care of everything by myself, I have my personal space. I don't like the feeling when the family arguments happen around my life - my mum is stressed because of business and work, my dad is living in his own way, mum is scolding, sister and I fight for everything since we were born. I know it is the structure of my family, I grow up with these. I forget it after three years living by myself.

Now I feel like run away from these again. I prefer to have my own space but I can't now.

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"Tag" myself

Although I was not tagged by anyone but it is interesting to summarize my life last year.

1. What did you do in 2007 that you’d never done before?
Taking over 90 hours flight in total. (India - Msia: 3.5 x 3 + M'sia NZ 10 x 2 + NZ - Turkey 30 x 2 + Msia - Japan 6.5 x 2)

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
80% (except my reading target); of course

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
no

4. Did anyone close to you die?
no

5. What countries did you visit?
India for internship and travelling; Turkey for conference; New Zealand for study; Singapore for visiting; Japan for year-end trip

6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
Earning money

7. What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Jun - finish my internship and leave India; August - the very first time go to Europe; Dec - go to JAPAN

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Have visited 5 countries

9. What was your biggest failure?
Laziness (didn't earn for my Japan trip)

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Got serious back pain when I went to Singapore

11. What was the best thing you bought?
My lovely laptop (Macbook)

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
n/a

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
n/a

14. Where did most of your money go?
traveling expenses (flight ticket!)

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
the most scariest, longest and highest roller coaster in Japan!!!

16. What song will always remind you of 2007?
Dhoom (the theme song of an India movie), I have been listening for seven months when I was in India

17. Compared to this time last year, are you: a) happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer?
a) Happier (very very happy)
b) Depends where was I (India, Turkey: thinner but NZ: fatter)
c) very poor

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Reading

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Sleep

20. How did you spend Christmas?
Took a outdoor spa in Hakone; had my favorite ice-cream (egg flavour) and super-delicious milk); get my dream shoes in very good price

21. Did you fall in love in 2007?
yes

22. What was your favorite TV program?
the Nine

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
No idea

24. What was the best book you read?
The world is FLAT

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Nothing.

26. What did you want and get?
Traveling

27. What did you want and not get?
learn swimming

28. What was your favorite film this year?
can't remember what movie I have watched this year. But the most memorable is I watched a complete Indian movie for three hours without subtitled.

29. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
AIESEC recruitment process; celebrated it with friends (and got two cakes)

30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
without LDR

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
multi culture

32. What kept you sane?
challenges

35. Who did you miss?
my crazy life in different places

36. Who was the best new person you met?
Those who teach me a lot

37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007.
Be patient and thoughtful can made me a better person

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My position

After two months of discovering, I have made my decision. I feel good because of that….

After came back from New Zealand, the same question came to my mind all the time, “What am I going to do for the next one year?” Should I work oversea or run my family business? I kept thinking but I could not find the right answer. I start reading and discussing with some friends hope I can get the answer.

After reading three books: why we want you to be rich, rich dad and poor dad and secret, I have the image what kind of person I want to be. However, I don’t know what is my dream in my life?

Finally I found my answer today. I know what are missing. We always think about dream, goal but we forget what is the purpose of setting this goal. Why do you want to achieve this goal or this dream has to come true? That is why I could not sure about if my dream is my dream of my life. And what is my position in my life, or the position I want to be? Now, I find the direction.

Today I learn what is “real successful” in my life. In my life I want to have: dream (was came true); wealth; family; friend; freedom; travel; security; live style and health. I want to have all these in my life before 35 years old. Then I only have enough time to enjoy all the result. From now, I have 13 years to fight for what I really want and will never regret!

2008:
1. Learning all the skills from my mum to run our business within one year.
2. Managing personal Financial
3. Reading two books and Times Magazine every month
4. Learning Yoga and scuba diving
5. Visiting two different countries

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Japan Trip Itinerary

After two weeks, my Japan trip was ended.
It was another good trip in 2007.
Thank you very much Yohei and his family. I really experience the real Japan in these two weeks.

Here is the itinerary of our trip:
(You guys can copy and paste now!)

23th Dec

• Arrived Narita Airport
  
• Having dinner @ home: sashimi, sushi, nado, etc

24th Dec

• Shopping: Harajuku, Shibuya, Komotesando
• Dinner @ Zabou (soba shop)

25th Dec

• Hakone: Spa, Super delicious Milk, Egg flavour Ice cream, Black Egg (Jigokudani)
• Gotemba Premium Outlet
• Dinner @ Maple (Ramen)
• Celebrating Xmas with cakes and auntie's present

26th Dec

• Tsukiji Fishmarket
• Asakosa
• Dinner @ Kobe Teppanyaki "moyomara??" (Kobe Beef!)

27th Dec - What a luxury day!

• Disneyland
• Dinner: Izakaya style
• Five star hotel: Hotel Nikko Tokyo with balcony and beautiful night view of Tokyo

28th Dec

• Odaiba - Fuji TV station, "Japanese old school snake" 台场一丁目, status of Liberty
  
• Roppongi - Hardrock cafe
• Dinner @ home (Korowke)

29th Dec

• Yokohama
• Ramen Muzuem
  

• Kamakura
• Buddha Statue
• Komachi - dori
• Tsurugaoka Hachimangu

30th Dec - 1st Jan

• Yohei's cousin house - Making mochi, soba, a lot of new year food, Mt. Minobi

2nd Jan

• Shopping
• Dinner - 7-11 Benton

3rd Jan

• Mt Fuji
• Amusement park: Experience the highest, longest and scariest roller coaster!
  
• Dinner prepared by us - Malaysian Food

4th Jan

• Shopping day
• Dinner @ "Bird Mountain"
  

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