Bitter-Sweet Life

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Date :

人家说

忍一时风平浪静，退一步海阔天空。

怎么我的忍一时，退一步

会搞的别人的变本加厉。

现在真的很辛苦，

不知道怎么继续走下去。

去寻求协助，

正在慢慢的修复和康复中。

可是又来另一件事，

是我哪里做的不好，不对吗？

真的真的很累了！

好想就这样放弃，不要在强求。

到底该怎么？

心累！

Date :

Third day

I am back for the third day of the Taiwan trip

and it is Christmas Day.

We are going to spend our Christmas Day travelling

out of the city area of Taipei towards Jiu Fen, Shi Fen and Hou Tong.

As usual, we woke up early for the

long day of travelling here and there.

We took a train from Beimen Station to City Hall Station

then transfer to the Rui Fang Station.

The platform was crowded and complicated with different

train going to different area.

We had to be super alert and sure of our train number

before boarding the train.

From Taipei Main Station to Rui Fang Station

took around 45 minutes to 1 hour.

When we reach Rui Fang, we need to purchase another

train ticket towards Jiu Fen, Shi Fen and Hou Tong.

So, from Jiu Fen Station, we need to take another form of

transport into the 九分老街. To avoid confusion and squeezing

of transportation, we chose to take the cab.

But it was a long, steep and curvy route all the way up the mountain trek.

The cab uncle did not drop us directly outside the street as

there would be a massive congestion since it is the holiday period.

We were stop outside a temple and has to climb up a

flight of stairs to reach the Main Street.

We were being welcomed by the magnificent view upon

climbing the flight of stairs and everyone was just

there taking photographs of it.

A panorama shot of the view from the entrance of the street

Did not managed to take a lot there was a huge human congestion.

Be prepared to encounter the massive congestion when

you visit the place during holiday period. It was so crowded everywhere

and we had no choice but to just find shop

to settle our lunch.

Look at the crowd at the starting of the street

We had 炒冬粉，贡丸汤 and 青瓜冷盘.

It was really nice and yummy.

The shop is situated few shops after the entrance of street.

After lunch,

we need to squeeze through crowd again into

the inner street and the crowd was horrendous

We had 赖阿婆芋圆 along the way in the street,

went to a tea house to chill and taking photograph at the

other end of the peak.

Soon, before evening time,

we took the train from JiuFen to Hou Tong.

Hou Tong is a residential area with a few

cafes and store around. The main purpose of going

to Hou Tong is to see the roaming cats around

and it has the name of Cats Village.

The cats living in the village are all

very friendly and nice. While they roam around

the village, they also allow us to play with them

and even snapping photograph.

As the sky is getting darker,

we left Hou Tong for Shi Fen.

Shi Fen is really crowded with people

and every area is congested with human traffic.

Since, it is Christmas Day right?

We need to 放天灯 to make some wishes

for the next brand new year.

We purchased our 天灯 from the nearest store

and was brought to the side of the train tracks

to write down our wishes on the lantern.

It was damn hilarious as we phrase our sentences

and the lady behind us were laughing

at our wishes too. We couldn't stop laughing

throughout the process.

After writing the wishes on the lantern,

we proceed into the queue to let our lantern up high

into the sky. The lantern flew fast and high up into the

sky joining the other lanterns.

We wanted to the waterfall after the lantern

so we cross the shaky bridge but halfway

through the bridge, we heard someone saying it is closed.

Upon hearing that, we can only turn back

and head back to station.

While waiting for the train, we walked around the station

and played on the train tracks like some kids area.

Soon, boredom hits us and we headed back to the platform,

to wait of the train back to Taipei Station.

The train back to Taipei Station is as usual packed

as the one we came in and we got to

stand throughout the journey.

We returned back to Xi Men Station

and by the time we reached Xi Men Ding,

most of the shop are getting ready to close.

To heal our famished stomach,

we headed back to the apartment to put

down our stuffs and headed out to

have Ma La Steamboat. It is like 10 minutes from

our apartment.

It is damn awesome meal with free flow

of drinks, beer and movenpick ice-cream.

We really had a good meal and

never regret having only 1 meal

on our Christmas Day.

Alright,

This marks the end of my Day 3 in Taipei.

I will come back for more.

拜拜！

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