A quote to last us through those days

It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
- Theodore Roosevelt

A lil thired out wondering where the direction points

Some pics from happier taiwan times:











......thired...zzzzzzz....

One nite in Korea

Seoul airport - freezing hands in pockets






I tot it was an omelette - o__O ended up it was a sushi omelette!



Loads of shopping


Hot food from the street vendors


Break out in the cold wind


hee





Nice decor


Which direction are you going?












Cupuccino ?


Ginseng chicken soup with sea salt


Kimchi ? pickled vegs?


beans


Sesame oil + green cucumbers = yummy!


Sea salt for taste


One full day of shopping

Robbie William - Angels

I wonder

I wonder what life would be say 20 years down the road

Whether the decisions we make tdy

Are the same ones we would have done, looking back in retrospective.

Travel magic - Taipei

2009 is a year for travels

All the above pics are for the Jiufen area of Taipei which is a rather quaint old town type area.

I rem there hearing an annoucement of a fund raising for a local primary school

And the request for all parents and families to attend the fund raiser.

So small town kind of closeness

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I set my footprints on Taipei (Ximenting 1st nite)

Pic of the backpacker hostel cum dirty bedlinen



Wired laptop provided with chair


Bathroom of the backpacker "mini-house" room




My first stop @ Ximenting was this famous mee sua stall


The first night impression of Ximenting (shopping galore)


A blurry view of Ximenting