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Saucony PAssion Run 10KM
Great Eastern Women 10KM
SAFRA Singapore Bay Run 10KM
New Balance REAL Run 15KM

2009:
Saucony PAssion Run 15KM
adidas Sundown Marathon 10KM
SAFRA Army Half Marathon 21KM

2010:
Mizuno Mt. Faber 10KM

2011:
Nike Goddess 5KM
New Balance Sundown Marathon 42KM
adidas King of The Road 16.8KM
SAFRA Army Half Marathon 21KM

2012:
SAFRA AVventura

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ayu's Youtube Channel
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23rd December 2009
Reinvent yourself
a kilometre at a time.

24th December 2009
Handphone socks are the new Cool.

25th December 2009
My dress code reads:
Order from Chaos

28th December 2009
Before learning to sing,
one must learn to listen.

7th March 2010
There is only so thin a line between being distrustful and being possessive

12th March 2010
We're special in a different way
and similar in a special way

15th April 2010
Love offers sanctuary,
not immunity

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Examinations are taken en masse
But we're each of us fighting our own, lone battles

16th June 2010
A small wardrobe leaves room for creativity

8th Oct 2010
Falling down is fine. Not getting back up isn't.

19th Jan 2011
The virtual realms which our dreams sculpt are so real, they leave us in wonder at how powerful the subconscious mind could be

30th Jan 2011
You know it's a good book, when the emotions you experience overcome mental weariness, and you find yourself reading into the wee hours of morn!

15th Mar 2011
Don't just have something to look forward to. Have somebody.

23rd Aug 2011
You can lose your arguments,
but never lose your faith!

21st Sep 2011
Mind over mind, then mind over matter

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TWD2: Water and Food / Thursday, December 22, 2011

JN's Note: Press Ctrl + to zoom and be nice to your eyes! Thank you very much.

Day 2, 13 Dec 2011, 宜兰

We walked around with no destination in mind for a while. My dad had suggested visiting a farm, but it was decided in the end that we would visit 五峰旗瀑布.

View of the streets of 礁溪

Little did we expect that the journey to the waterfalls will take so long on foot. In spite of that, the fresh air, greenery and cool weather did their part to provide us with much ease and comfort. Or at least they made the walk relaxing for me. Unfortunately, the occasional scooter that passes by becomes more of an irritant than usual, as it leaves behind a lingering and disruptive stench of exhaust.

The next few pictures will detail our hike upstream from the river to the dam to the magnificent waterfall!

Next to a glorious dam!

There are steps leading down to that precarious stone bridge across the dam!

Mango tree spotted along the way!

Upstream of the dam

Up up here we go!

A journey not meant for the barefooted

Am I dreaming?

Guys always need a chance to show off their machismo

Next, we went to 兰阳博物馆 and had sandwiches and coffee at Mr Brown Cafe. The chicken sandwich incredibly had not a single trace of chicken or even meat within it o_o scammed. Well we took our revenge by not paying to view the exhibits and left right after our meal hurhur.

Footsteps on the bridge

The exterior of the museum bears an even more picturesque view, though.

The ingenious umbrella rack for securing your umbrella.

Then we spammed seafood at this restaurant just across the mostly deserted street.

Following that, we took a taxi to 罗东夜市. I dunno where in the world the driver dropped us at or if we hollanded, because we had to walk for a distance before arriving at an area that resembled a night market -narrow streets crammed with people and food stalls flanking the sides.

卜肉 -fried pork cutlet we think. Not bad!

My bro with his 8-ounce chicken cutlet

Photographed with a nicely-fried squid or sotong or whatever you call it from the same stall.

Clockwise from top: 包心优格雪沙, 包心豆奶豆花, 包心综合豆花

Their trademark 包心粉圆. Similar to the tapioca pearls in bubble tea -chewy goodness spilling their hearts out at the mercy of your molars.

Later, we took a taxi back to our hotel. I fell asleep with Jay Chou playing in my ears again. When I woke up, we were somewhere near the hotel -there were familiar buildings -yet no one knew where exactly in Jiaoxi we were. I had scrutinised the map for quite some time on the day of check-in, and luckily and suddenly the name of the street just formed itself on my tongue: "仁爱路". Immediately, all was clear. The taxi U-turned and drove and there, about 300m ahead, the gleaming lights of the hotel twinkled at us.

Went to check out the gym afterwards with my bro while the rest went to the outdoor hot springs in their swimming costumes. We played around with the treadmill and stuff for 5 minutes and then my bro decided to use the computers nearby. I haven't even perspired =.= So much for gyming. I assessed Facebook for a few minutes, cleared the browser history and changed the desktop background to one of Ayu before shutting down the com. Not long after the adults came to find us and we retreated to our room.

Labels: Jiaoxi, Taiwan, Travel, Yilan

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