當初在家樂福買的菲利普DVD光碟機，除了可以看DVD片外，最方便的就是可預錄節目，所以價格比較貴，還好他們願意來家裡幫我裝到好（一般來說，這類小家電他們是沒有附安裝的），還有送5片RW的DVD光碟片，算是物有所值，沒想到前幾天要用時發現：DVD盤無法退片了！
好心的朋友就說他有認識以前在菲利普上班的人，幫我打個電話，今天他要去台北市環保署出任務，就順便帶我去修機器。肩膀不好的我每次要提或揹重物都相當痛苦，所幸前陣子在網路上訂購一台附袋子的小推車，從此解決了我像騾子步履蹣跚的生涯…哈哈。我們很順利到達，本來朋友說那只是換個皮帶，沒料到連馬達也壞了，維修費從500升為1200元，唉…沒關係啦不能看也沒用，修好比較方便，這樣看節目就不會看到那麼多廣告了。
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Sunday, July 27, 2008
台鐵退票記
好不容易喬好時間，大費周章網路訂票，信用卡網路付費完成，也在台鐵取票完成，結果鳳凰颱風一來，整個10人花蓮兩天一夜之旅只好延期。
眼前最急切得處理的就是退票再重新訂位，昨天老神在在確定自己帶好所有的東西（信用卡、20張來回票），很不幸地，到捷運站旁的台鐵售票處現場才發現，帶錯信用卡了，所以有看到我這篇BLOG的朋友們請一定，一定要確定是哪一張卡，原本我也不知道，在車票上就有卡號的一部份（5到8個號碼），除非兩張卡都同號，否則在退票之前，一定要核對一下是刷哪一張卡。
所以只能再坐捷運回家拿正確的那張卡，並且途中發現自己又犯了一個天大的錯誤！改訂為8月的行程沒錯，同樣10人來回票…但是忘了抄下電腦代號！沮喪不已的我跟朋友說：Today is not my day!! 非常幸運地，所謂旁觀者清，有事真的多個人商量比較好，朋友說就跟窗口表示：要將這20張票退掉，然後改訂別天的就行了嘛！心煩意亂的我卻不認為有這麼簡單…
好不容易又回來捷運旁的台鐵售票口排隊，朋友說乾脆到台鐵大廳，人應該會少一些，OK我們就走過去…昏到…天啊人超多的隊伍排的比那裡還長！而且還有SNG在附近…記者想採訪我，我說不方便，她還告訴我不要害怕 =_=” 真是的，我不願意在電視上出現啊！（最近發福不上相 >_<）
回到正題，台鐵退票，唉，明明知道颱風來了要退票的人很多，偏偏辦事的窗口才開不到一半！真的應該要加派人手來處理，不能當成一般上班日嘛！有的窗口還閃著：「本窗口到16：00」，我找了一行沒這種字幕的排，朋友走過來告訴我排錯了再帶我去排預售票的窗口，天啊…站好久終於輪到我，辦理的先生看起來像是裡面老資格的，他一看我的20張票就…那麼多啊！:O 我也很無奈…他要我轉到另一個窗口，結果我後面的隊伍也得跟著轉過來，我跟他說因為颱風只好改成別天，已經網路訂了，只是忘記代號請他幫忙查，幸好，朋友事先要我把班次抄下來，跟身份證號、人數、票別、來回日期等都寫在一張紙上了，就交給那位老資格的先生處理。
一直陪伴在我身邊的朋友不斷安慰我，因為票真的太多，處理時間不得不花多一些，排後面的人都快暴動了我猜，實在很想哭啊！還有人到前面來check 一下到底發生什麼事了隊伍都不動…慘，終於拿到改好期的20張票，在旁邊數著檢查時，我頭都低低的不敢看排隊的人群（怕看到一堆憎恨的箭光），無誤收好票跟信用卡後，我一點都沒有喜悅的心情，朋友請垂頭喪氣的我吃晚餐，算是替我加油打氣。萬分感激！
總結，台鐵訂退票都有規定的程序，切記電腦代號、班次、車票，還有訂刷的信用卡都得帶著，欲速則不達！
眼前最急切得處理的就是退票再重新訂位，昨天老神在在確定自己帶好所有的東西（信用卡、20張來回票），很不幸地，到捷運站旁的台鐵售票處現場才發現，帶錯信用卡了，所以有看到我這篇BLOG的朋友們請一定，一定要確定是哪一張卡，原本我也不知道，在車票上就有卡號的一部份（5到8個號碼），除非兩張卡都同號，否則在退票之前，一定要核對一下是刷哪一張卡。
所以只能再坐捷運回家拿正確的那張卡，並且途中發現自己又犯了一個天大的錯誤！改訂為8月的行程沒錯，同樣10人來回票…但是忘了抄下電腦代號！沮喪不已的我跟朋友說：Today is not my day!! 非常幸運地，所謂旁觀者清，有事真的多個人商量比較好，朋友說就跟窗口表示：要將這20張票退掉，然後改訂別天的就行了嘛！心煩意亂的我卻不認為有這麼簡單…
好不容易又回來捷運旁的台鐵售票口排隊，朋友說乾脆到台鐵大廳，人應該會少一些，OK我們就走過去…昏到…天啊人超多的隊伍排的比那裡還長！而且還有SNG在附近…記者想採訪我，我說不方便，她還告訴我不要害怕 =_=” 真是的，我不願意在電視上出現啊！（最近發福不上相 >_<）
回到正題，台鐵退票，唉，明明知道颱風來了要退票的人很多，偏偏辦事的窗口才開不到一半！真的應該要加派人手來處理，不能當成一般上班日嘛！有的窗口還閃著：「本窗口到16：00」，我找了一行沒這種字幕的排，朋友走過來告訴我排錯了再帶我去排預售票的窗口，天啊…站好久終於輪到我，辦理的先生看起來像是裡面老資格的，他一看我的20張票就…那麼多啊！:O 我也很無奈…他要我轉到另一個窗口，結果我後面的隊伍也得跟著轉過來，我跟他說因為颱風只好改成別天，已經網路訂了，只是忘記代號請他幫忙查，幸好，朋友事先要我把班次抄下來，跟身份證號、人數、票別、來回日期等都寫在一張紙上了，就交給那位老資格的先生處理。
一直陪伴在我身邊的朋友不斷安慰我，因為票真的太多，處理時間不得不花多一些，排後面的人都快暴動了我猜，實在很想哭啊！還有人到前面來check 一下到底發生什麼事了隊伍都不動…慘，終於拿到改好期的20張票，在旁邊數著檢查時，我頭都低低的不敢看排隊的人群（怕看到一堆憎恨的箭光），無誤收好票跟信用卡後，我一點都沒有喜悅的心情，朋友請垂頭喪氣的我吃晚餐，算是替我加油打氣。萬分感激！
總結，台鐵訂退票都有規定的程序，切記電腦代號、班次、車票，還有訂刷的信用卡都得帶著，欲速則不達！
Sunday, July 20, 2008
一定要改進
認識我的人可能知道，本人畢生最崇拜的偶像是至聖先師孔子，座右銘是： Never give up! （這句在愛情中不適用而已） 回到孔子，他老人家誇顏回的名句：「過，則勿憚改。」我最近也有體認。一直以來，不管是友情愛情，都盡量做到要雙方都有付出及收穫，倘若沒辦法，也是寧可人負我，不願我負人，吃虧太多走人就是。但是，最近真的不行了，我覺得我做錯很多事，朋友不斷的關心及愛護我，為了我付出許多時間和精神，而相對的，我卻沒有辦法做一些有益於朋友的事，更有甚者，我所喜歡的全會帶給朋友不良的影響，花費金錢及時間請客希望對朋友有所回報，還是沒有好的成果，有時朋友開玩笑說我應該要對此負責，也是愛開玩笑耍寶的我通常都是耍賴皮也不願鬧飢荒或欠人情，現在反省起來，真的覺得很自責，幸好朋友是有智慧且能不斷想改善自我的人，今天，我看了 Lost 影集後，劇中人物的話：Everything is going to change. 讓我感受很深刻。所謂「改進」，有改變才有進步，我如果再不改變，惡果會一直不斷長出的。希望朋友你能瞭解，這個改變，是對你我都好的。我實在非常非常抱歉，今天寫在自己的 blog 裡（邊寫邊流淚），期盼，真心地，也是強烈地提醒自己，這樣的歷史不要再重覆了。
Friday, July 11, 2008
2008 Summer Trip to Middle Taiwan
Great to take a trip to other cities or countries isn’t it! *smiles* I get used to travelling during summer break and winter break, and it is summer time again. So I packed and happily headed to the middle of Taiwan…the first city we visited was Yunlin.
Gotta rest for a while at the rest area located beside the High Way.
Had breakfast and used my eee pc to check some information. The drink I held is called 睡眠打破 ( shui mian da po ), which means you don’t feel sleepy anymore after drinking it up. Too bad…not so strong for me. Hehe…
We had lunch at another rest area…and this was my colleague’s lunch which called 椒麻雞 ( jiao ma ji ), very oily…
What I had for lunch was much better…素什錦烏龍麵 ( Vegetarian noodles with vegetables )…tasted good.
Some significant letters in the hill…neither Taiwanese nor English. Guess they mean “Welcome” in the aboriginal people’s language.
Interesting sign on the street…it means “ The dishes are made with our love.”
*grins*
Passing by National Yunlin University of Science and Technology ( YunTech )
Check this site if you are interested in this univ: http://www.yuntech.edu.tw/english/index.html
Arrived at Honey Museum
Check this site if you wanna know more about this museum:
http://www.msbee.com/
There is a café on the left…but we did not have any coffee or honey ice cream there…( they’d keep fit ~_~||| )
Giant bees on the gate!
A big bee nest hanging there…
Interesting statues in the park 綠色隧道公園 on our way to the place 荷苞山 ( Hebao Mountain ), which is very famous for farmers’ planting coffee beans.
Here we are…
This stone standing at the corner of the road is called 石敢當 ( shi gan dang ), which is used to block any evil stuff away.
Then we drove to the 地母廟, a temple that people worship Mother of the earth in there.
Before visiting the temple, we came to this café to have lunch. And of course…a must to enjoy its coffee!
Chatting with the owner, we know they have several shops in other cities to sell their coffee products. Check this site and you will know:
http://www.barden.com.tw/product_coffee.htm
The machine is one part of their decoration on the wall. “Kaffee” is coffee in Germany right? ^o^
They brought us coffee jelly as snacks first…( I know some people would think it should be served after we got the main course. Hehe I don’t mind…)
Oh tasted real good...
No need to say, the main course ( vegetarian for sure ) I got was fantastic!
And this green vegetable 炒絲瓜 ( fried angled luffa ) was not included in the set. Because I told the owner I would like some more vegetables in the meal, she treated me this fried angled luffa for free…How nice!
The coffee, no need to say again, was great…and they know I am a vegetarian, so the cookies they brought for me were those without eggs inside.
The site below is where we went:
http://ezfun.coa.gov.tw/view.php?theme=spots&id=P_sue_20041209150506&class=C03&city=P
This is a place where we had massage. Those who work in that centre are either blind or have some eye problems.
Their site is not updated yet…I took a picture of the latest list. They do not do 油壓 ( massage while applying some oil on the body ) anymore.
Then it was time for dinner. We came to 太平老街 ( tai ping lao jie, which means an old street. )
Luckily there is a very nice vegetarian restaurant called 尤佳莉 in that area.
Check for more information about this restaurant: http://055325888.emmm.tw/
Inside the restaurant…I love the heart sutra on the wall.
It is not tea but Perilla vinegar in the little white cup…after we told the owner it tasted very good, he brought each of us a bigger glass of it, for free. Very generous!
The sign on the wall beside the table said they would pay for the parking fee. I guess you guys do not believe it…very generous again!
I ordered dumplings that was recommended by the owner…he said there are several different kinds of vegetables in their dumplings.
Cheers! The golden drink in the glass was Perilla vinegar I told you earlier.
The main course…my favorite hot pot !
Yummy yummy…you guys can tell from my happy face right.
So full after the feast. Let’s take a walk on the 太平老街 ( Taiping Old Street ) then.
Ancient buildings are very significant…you can see the wall looks pretty classic.
A bit rainy and dark…I was standing beside the street sign.
Another picture of me…this time flash light was used, but the effect didn’t seem good.
Another picture of the classic building.
The sign on the ground…yeah I used flash light also otherwise it was too dark.
I do love the farm…the scenery in the country never bores me. We do not have many chances to see the farm in Taipei city, you know.
Of course they grow rice in there. Beautiful…
虎尾糖廠 ( Taiwan Sugar Cooperation in Huwei ) is also a nice place for visitors. How come? You will know soon… :P
Check this site for its history: http://www.taisugar.com.tw/etaipei2/TaiSugar/index.jsp?categid=694&recordid=98&RecordCount=1
Tourists are not allowed to enter the factory, but it was still fun to visit the store where lots of products are sold.
See? Ice cream time…
We shopping here happily for ice cream and popsicles.
I was having a milk and chocolate popsicle. ^o^b Yummy!
Ahh…really would like one more!
In case we got too fat during the trip, it was a good idea to take a walk again. We were walking to the little park beside.
This restaurant called 唯識論 ( Knowledge Wise ) was not open that day. Otherwise we might have our lunch in there.
The old train was used to carry sugar cans before. Now it stands in the park only for decoration.
Driving toward the north ( going back to Taipei ), we found this interesting vegetarian restaurant called 奇香妙草 ( qi xiang yi cao, which indicates spices are used in their dishes a lot. )
Their menu…so many choices for us. Too bad I have only a stomach, apparently not big enough for all the tasty dishes.
Inside the restaurant.
On the shelves are clean tableware ( spoons and chop sticks ) for customers. Nowadays we are encourage to take our own tableware with us, you know. Thus you do not need to use theirs if you have taken yours with you already. Oh they also got some 小菜 ( appetizers in English ) on the shelf.
The green vegetable 地瓜葉 ( fried yam leaves ) I ordered.
Fried rice…delicious!
Fried big dumplings…with 2 kinds of spices in there—rosemary and Chinese toon, which made the dumplings very special and tasty.
The owner treated us the snack for free, again, after she knew we were from Taipei. Thanks a lot…and the 2 puddings were so sweet and yummy!
I suggested to take a picture of the owner…the lovely woman agreed. Do pay her restaurant a visit when you are in Yunlin, and you will never forget about her pretty tasty food.
Check this site for more information of this restaurant 奇香妙草:
http://www.ipeen.com.tw/comment/comment.php?id=10398
This restaurant on the second floor where we had dinner is near National Tsing Hua University.
A closer look.
The meal I had was very nice…but oily you can see in the picture.
Gotta rest for a while at the rest area located beside the High Way.
Had breakfast and used my eee pc to check some information. The drink I held is called 睡眠打破 ( shui mian da po ), which means you don’t feel sleepy anymore after drinking it up. Too bad…not so strong for me. Hehe…
We had lunch at another rest area…and this was my colleague’s lunch which called 椒麻雞 ( jiao ma ji ), very oily…
What I had for lunch was much better…素什錦烏龍麵 ( Vegetarian noodles with vegetables )…tasted good.
Some significant letters in the hill…neither Taiwanese nor English. Guess they mean “Welcome” in the aboriginal people’s language.
Interesting sign on the street…it means “ The dishes are made with our love.”
*grins*
Passing by National Yunlin University of Science and Technology ( YunTech )
Check this site if you are interested in this univ: http://www.yuntech.edu.tw/english/index.html
Arrived at Honey Museum
Check this site if you wanna know more about this museum:
http://www.msbee.com/
There is a café on the left…but we did not have any coffee or honey ice cream there…( they’d keep fit ~_~||| )
Giant bees on the gate!
A big bee nest hanging there…
Interesting statues in the park 綠色隧道公園 on our way to the place 荷苞山 ( Hebao Mountain ), which is very famous for farmers’ planting coffee beans.
Here we are…
This stone standing at the corner of the road is called 石敢當 ( shi gan dang ), which is used to block any evil stuff away.
Then we drove to the 地母廟, a temple that people worship Mother of the earth in there.
Before visiting the temple, we came to this café to have lunch. And of course…a must to enjoy its coffee!
Chatting with the owner, we know they have several shops in other cities to sell their coffee products. Check this site and you will know:
http://www.barden.com.tw/product_coffee.htm
The machine is one part of their decoration on the wall. “Kaffee” is coffee in Germany right? ^o^
They brought us coffee jelly as snacks first…( I know some people would think it should be served after we got the main course. Hehe I don’t mind…)
Oh tasted real good...
No need to say, the main course ( vegetarian for sure ) I got was fantastic!
And this green vegetable 炒絲瓜 ( fried angled luffa ) was not included in the set. Because I told the owner I would like some more vegetables in the meal, she treated me this fried angled luffa for free…How nice!
The coffee, no need to say again, was great…and they know I am a vegetarian, so the cookies they brought for me were those without eggs inside.
The site below is where we went:
http://ezfun.coa.gov.tw/view.php?theme=spots&id=P_sue_20041209150506&class=C03&city=P
This is a place where we had massage. Those who work in that centre are either blind or have some eye problems.
Their site is not updated yet…I took a picture of the latest list. They do not do 油壓 ( massage while applying some oil on the body ) anymore.
Then it was time for dinner. We came to 太平老街 ( tai ping lao jie, which means an old street. )
Luckily there is a very nice vegetarian restaurant called 尤佳莉 in that area.
Check for more information about this restaurant: http://055325888.emmm.tw/
Inside the restaurant…I love the heart sutra on the wall.
It is not tea but Perilla vinegar in the little white cup…after we told the owner it tasted very good, he brought each of us a bigger glass of it, for free. Very generous!
The sign on the wall beside the table said they would pay for the parking fee. I guess you guys do not believe it…very generous again!
I ordered dumplings that was recommended by the owner…he said there are several different kinds of vegetables in their dumplings.
Cheers! The golden drink in the glass was Perilla vinegar I told you earlier.
The main course…my favorite hot pot !
Yummy yummy…you guys can tell from my happy face right.
So full after the feast. Let’s take a walk on the 太平老街 ( Taiping Old Street ) then.
Ancient buildings are very significant…you can see the wall looks pretty classic.
A bit rainy and dark…I was standing beside the street sign.
Another picture of me…this time flash light was used, but the effect didn’t seem good.
Another picture of the classic building.
The sign on the ground…yeah I used flash light also otherwise it was too dark.
I do love the farm…the scenery in the country never bores me. We do not have many chances to see the farm in Taipei city, you know.
Of course they grow rice in there. Beautiful…
虎尾糖廠 ( Taiwan Sugar Cooperation in Huwei ) is also a nice place for visitors. How come? You will know soon… :P
Check this site for its history: http://www.taisugar.com.tw/etaipei2/TaiSugar/index.jsp?categid=694&recordid=98&RecordCount=1
Tourists are not allowed to enter the factory, but it was still fun to visit the store where lots of products are sold.
See? Ice cream time…
We shopping here happily for ice cream and popsicles.
I was having a milk and chocolate popsicle. ^o^b Yummy!
Ahh…really would like one more!
In case we got too fat during the trip, it was a good idea to take a walk again. We were walking to the little park beside.
This restaurant called 唯識論 ( Knowledge Wise ) was not open that day. Otherwise we might have our lunch in there.
The old train was used to carry sugar cans before. Now it stands in the park only for decoration.
Driving toward the north ( going back to Taipei ), we found this interesting vegetarian restaurant called 奇香妙草 ( qi xiang yi cao, which indicates spices are used in their dishes a lot. )
Their menu…so many choices for us. Too bad I have only a stomach, apparently not big enough for all the tasty dishes.
Inside the restaurant.
On the shelves are clean tableware ( spoons and chop sticks ) for customers. Nowadays we are encourage to take our own tableware with us, you know. Thus you do not need to use theirs if you have taken yours with you already. Oh they also got some 小菜 ( appetizers in English ) on the shelf.
The green vegetable 地瓜葉 ( fried yam leaves ) I ordered.
Fried rice…delicious!
Fried big dumplings…with 2 kinds of spices in there—rosemary and Chinese toon, which made the dumplings very special and tasty.
The owner treated us the snack for free, again, after she knew we were from Taipei. Thanks a lot…and the 2 puddings were so sweet and yummy!
I suggested to take a picture of the owner…the lovely woman agreed. Do pay her restaurant a visit when you are in Yunlin, and you will never forget about her pretty tasty food.
Check this site for more information of this restaurant 奇香妙草:
http://www.ipeen.com.tw/comment/comment.php?id=10398
This restaurant on the second floor where we had dinner is near National Tsing Hua University.
A closer look.
The meal I had was very nice…but oily you can see in the picture.
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