How i wished i can go back to being the girl who used to believe that the world is a simple and fair place where good people get good returns and the bad begets their ill-karma. Or that relationships were really that easy to upkeep and straight-forward. I feel like that i've seen and experienced so much in the past 1 year til date that has made me a different person in some perspective of life.
A close friend of mine recently underwent a break-up and it was due to betrayal of the bf. Seeing the hurt and sadness that it caused, i cant help but attempt to arm myself subconsciously with enough mental strength to withstand the same amt of pain should the unfortunate also happen to me. This is especially so because i feel that i can particularly relate to how she is feeling from certain similarities in our way of thinking. And seeing the pain and hurt from my friend scares me because i feel that it can also happen to me. And usually the first cut is the deepest. Its not because i dun trust my partner, but rather it seems that "what can go wrong can go wrong" as opposed to the "things will turn out fine" thinking that i used to hold. Does it seem like a joke now to know that i used to be so simple and naive? But it also means that i have less worry and concern than because certain things nv occur to me. Perhaps I've finally grown up enough now to realise what some of my friends realised long ago. Nothing is certain in this world. And i know for a fact that he already holds this same view many yrs ago when i was still holding a simple and naive view. At that pt in time, i didn't understand the skeptism but now i do.
Its extremely sad to hold regrets in life. Regret that you didn't do enough to make it work. Regret that you could have done better. Regret that you ignore all the signs and warnings. Regret that you cant be with the one that you love. Above all, the feeling that you can never turn back time and change anything. And all of us should make sure that we avoid such regrets in life because the feeling sucks big time after that! But sometimes life hands out such ordeals to us so as to allow ourselves to learn from our mistakes. We are who we are based on how we handle difficult situations. And hopefully we become a better person after experiencing the hardship. At the same time we also learn to treasure what we have right now before its too late...
So for all my friends out there, i hope dearly that you guys will never need to face such pain and sadness in your life but if it really happens, then know that you can also count on your friends and family to be there for you because i know i can.
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A look at our simple hotel room...
And the crux lies in the bathroom where each hotel room comes equipped with an 
Us goofing ard with the SLR as u can see...
Posing in front of the resort, we're waiting for the shuttle bus to bring guests down to the Mrt station.
And a sneak peek at their outdoor hot spring area. Its open to the public who do not have to stay at the resort and its uni-sex. Guests are required to wear bathing suits in similar to that of swimming pools and there are mini hot spring pools for you to try out. Darl looked like a papparazi sneaking shots of the pool. 
We managed to reach Danshui in time to catch a glimpse of the gorgeous sunset. We took lots of pics with the sunset...
After which we took a 10mins boat ride to Fisherman's Wharf...
Isn't it nice with all the lights...Fisherman's Wharf is also known as the 
We took a walk along the Danshui Old Street for snacks.
They were selling this tall ice-cream of melon and vanilla flavor if i'm not wrong but i might have forgotten already because i only took 2 mouthful of this ice-cream! 2! darl just kept holding the cone and slurping it happily. He only offered it to me the 1st time and then 
e 2nd time i saw it, it was like this already!!! And after my 2nd mouth, there was no more! Bleah~just give the man an ice-cream and u can literally measure his length of love for me le...2 mouthfuls...
We hang out around 
Outside a bubble tea shop which is everywhere in taiwan. And its nice...
And guess what, we saw a stall selling curry Fishballs and we couldn't resist buying them to try so as to see if its comparable to the ones in HK. But of course its not as gd so it fits our theory that we can only go to HK to eat authentic curry fishballs...haha...
see...these are the gay men who happily paraded around with just a towel wrapped around them...and they were shouting loudly that they are gays!
Check out the man with the revealing butt! hurhurhur...
I love my 
We also found this in ShiLin Nite mkt!!! Its 
The man with his all time fav 
We also love this drink of Lime Juice with jello...
Finally its the end of our taiwan trip...ah...i cant bear to think that we'll have to wait for another yr before we head on for another trip. Hopefully our plan of visiting Australia next yr can be materialised :) Roadtrip roadtrip!!! 
The best part is this enclosed balcony platform that has a view of the mountain and the sea. Total relaxation to just sit there with a cup of coffee admiring the view *loves* and don't u think this pic that i took for darl looked like something out of a fashion magazine...hurhurhur...
Outside our 民宿. 
Walking down the streets of Jiufen Old Street. Its full of foodies and souvenirs shops. Yes darl, 
Super huge mushroom stalks grilled to a crisp! 
Street style escargos...we weren't adventurous enuff to try it...hee...
And their 
And their famous fishballs soup couple with what else but darl's fav
When we reached the treking trail at the mountain foot, it seems that the trail was closed and we cant proceed further. A chat with our hostel owner revealed that the trail had become too dangerous and they were doing some repairs for it. 
We walked out onto Jiufen at night for dinner and the streets were a quiet and peaceful lot. This is where all the restuarants are located...
Our mushroom pot dinner...
Breakfast the next morning was at this little cafe just on top of our room. It has an amazing view of Jiufen at their outdoor balcony where guests can sit outside enjoying coffee and snacks.
The view from the cafe balcony...
And when we were about to leave Jiufen, we wandered into the adjacent room and took a peek insides as the auntie was clearing the room. Apparently its a joint room for a group of 4 that has a gathering area with a view like this. Looks cool doesn't it...
We played ard with darl's cam at the railway station trying to capture shots like that of a postcard haha...very fun to play with a SLR. And most of the pics were that of me since darl just like taking the shots while i dun mind being e model...haha...ya i noe i'm a bit of a narcissistic but its fun trying to take different kinds of shots! Ah...can u sense that i'm a little itching to get a SLR for the fun of it now already...sigh...
We had to order their famous 
Ya, i basically felt like i was eating something sour from the "long gou" or food that has gone bad~! Gosh! how do pple eat this like a treat??? Me and darl had a few mouthful so as to be able to declare proudly that we had tried "chou toufu" before but we stopped at finishing up the entire plate...bleah...
We also queued up for the famous ShiLin Chicken Cutlet! That on the other hand lives up to its name and it was a huge juicy piece of meat that we happily munched on!
As u can see its a intercrossed sections of shops filled to the brim with lots of clothes! Me and darl has high anticipation of finding lots of nice bargain clothes here but sadly we only had a couple of finds there at the end. There were so many shops with so much clothes and variety that it makes me giddy! And the fact that clothes there are for their fall seasons which amts to lots of woollen materials with lots of layerings. But ultimately i know its just due to my own lousy skills coz if some of my friends were there, they'll probably walked off with hands full of items. 
Me and darl totally love the "Lu Rou Fan" there! The best in our entire taiwan trip and let me tell u that we had "Lu Rou Fan" every day without fail! Why? Coz darl loves it very very much! And since their servings were often just a small mini bowl, we really can have this even as a snack EVERY single day on our trip without fail :) 
A look at the interior of the restaurant. It wasn't very crowded coz we went there on a weekday. I heard that reservations are needed on wkends.
The food wasn't fantastic although their pricing was surprisingly quite cheap going by spore standard. My plate of Al Fungi pasta only cost abt S$12-14 and our escargo appetizer only cost S$9. Pretty cheap considering the fact that its a celebrity restaurant with decent decor and very large servings. Worth a trip for fans of Jay Chou but other than that the food is only so so :)
