台北自助旅行感想 A trip to Taipei

我會一直記得士林區一家小小成衣店的北投女孩；九份那裡路口一家衣服店那好心的阿嬤；在陽明山常常一起喝茶，塞給我們牛軋糖的一群伯伯嬸嬸；帶我們去竹子湖，一定要我們去看雪山隧道，請我們喝高山茶的汪哥王姐；大安區郵局裡幽默敬業的，一直為我們的郵包擔心個不停的工作人員⋯⋯還有很多很多人。到台北，最大的感受是人與人之間的一股熱忱。對我而言，這次的旅程，不在於到過多少個地方，去過多少的旅遊勝地，而是我窺探到當地的生活，感受到另一層的美，雖然只有一點點。我所想的自助旅行應當如此，不用擔心耽擱別人的行程，不用到了一個地點匆匆而過，或走馬看花，或拍了個照就走。可以悠悠哉哉地尋花探草，每天訂一個小任務、小目的，然後慢慢走，慢慢看，慢慢感受，不急不躁。偶爾跟路過的小朋友笑一笑，跟買麥香紅茶的阿嬤說，天氣涼，辛苦了。

對我而言，自助旅行應該是一個可以感受當地文化，了解人與事，聽聽當地的故事的一個旅程。

Counting the blessing that I have received during the trip in Taipei. I can say that there are still beautiful people in this world. Don't just being disappointed on humans while looking some bad stuff that they have done, because there are still helpful people spreading kindness to others, even the animals. I believe in the law of attraction, and I believe the most in God. This trip is not about how many places that I have been. It is about the local taiwanese spirit, their story, their feeling and themselves.

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This is not a sock. This is a butterfly. 

Don't look down on yourself. Who knows you may be the one that cause the butterfly effect. Do good and learn. That's what I always tell myself. ‪

Positive thinking~

7.

This is not a sock. It is a whale.

During my college days, I always watched the animals videos in Youtube with my housemate. It made me excited, sometimes nervous, warm-hearted... some sad stories somehow (If you had watched The Cove, you know what I mean). 

It gives me lots of thinking about life, earth and world (even till now). It is always amazing to observe an animal habitat.

I always believe that life is like the ocean. It includes everything, even you the little fish. However, you should manage your own journey, what you want to see in your life.

Whether good or bad, it depends on your heart, not the life. The most joyful thing in the world is, you still be grateful in the worst condition of your life. And this comes from your faith. Therefore, I believe and I pray, not for removing the stones from my journey, but giving me faith and persistence to overcome them.

Now I have 7 of them. 7, the most magical powerful number, my lucky number. 

I shall draw more. Let my inspiration flow and I will learn how big the world is. 

Life is wonderful and you know.

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This is not a sock. This is a piano!

Life is like a piano. 

There are black and white keys; 

there are up and down. 

It all depends on what you want to play.

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This is not a sock. This is a line of footprints.

An idiom from Hokkien, literally "a grass with a drop of dew". It means something like there's a will, there's way. So, don't give up, bring your faith, your smile and His blessing along with you. 

Reminds me of the poem "The Road not Taken" by Robert Frost. 

"...Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. "

有句福建話叫“一枝草，一點露。”
意思是，天無絕人之路。
今天，這不是襪子，這是腳印。路是人走出來的。帶著信念，帶著微笑，帶著祂的祝福，走下去。

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This is not a sock. This is a butterfly. 
Don't look down on yourself. 
Who knows you may be the one that cause the butterfly effect. 
Start thinking positive by today. 
Read the book the Secret by Rhonda Bryne and you will know.
Keep praying. Think good, do good and learn. That's what I always tell myself.

"This is not a Sock" project

It has been such a long time that I post nothing on my blog. 

Try not to spend too much time online but yup, I need some refreshment though, some sparks to create even just a little create juice.

So, I start up a doodle project, continue from my self-identity project "This is not a sock".

Click on the link below to my behance, if you want to know more about the project. Basically, it  shows the change of the object/matter original content into my own context, my interpretation. 

Behance link to "This is not a sock" project:

http://on.be.net/1fD2cCc 

It has been 3 days that I have started to draw and post on Facebook (more convenient though). I will do it whenever I have time so that I can reach my target of 99. 

Maybe I should think of getting a personal website... (many people and friends told me that... better for posting artwork. Maybe after my trip in April?)

1st, Shrimp:

2nd, Brinjal:

3rd, Seed:

Guess what's the next?