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Greetings from Brussels!

Posted by Lisa in airplane, belgium, Brussels, grandfather, trips

I made it! Safe and sound I have arrived in this very green city. It's so green! I haven't seen this much green since .... well, since I visited my parents in Ottawa. It's crazy green here! Haha, ok, I'm done. I'll take pictures when we go out for a walk, but for now, let's just say it's VERY green.

So it hasn't really hit me yet that I'm not going back to Taiwan for a year. Wait, I take that back. It's been hitting me. I can't believe I'ma be here by myself! Sigh. It's always funny how life ends up being ... or working out. But eh, I'm over it (for now).

But yah, the first thing we hear after we landed was bad news. :( Terrible way to start things here, but it wasn't that surprising, I guess. Me grandpa passed away *tear*, so the 'rents are going back to Taiwan next week leaving my sister and I here. What shall we be doing? Guess we'll see. It's still so sad to hear and to think that we won't be able to attend his funeral.

Meh, the flight was ok. It went faster than I thought it would since I managed to sleep during most of the flight to Frankfurt. I think it helped that it was midnight when we left, so our bodies were tired enough to fall asleep. The transfer went pretty well too, since we got there on time and didn't have to rush. We actually got there early enough that our flight wasn't on the departure list yet, so we didn't know which gate to go to for check-in. The flight itself to Brussels was short, but super noisy. There was a baby who non-stopped cried the entire way. Nearly made me wanna smack my head into the seat in front of me. Thank goodness the flight was short.

Anyway, lotsa mixed feelings right now. Sigh. But I think I just need to get used to it here and truly realize that I'm going to be on my own again, soon enough. Life, oh life.

Come visit me!!!!!

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A Little Bit O'Fun

Posted by Lisa in Feng-Chia Night Market, food, Summit Resort, Taichung, trips

I swear there's more to life than being drama/boy-obsessed and work. Well, the Korean-drama/gong-yoo obsession has finally dissipated (kinda). I think going out of town for a trip and my cousin buying the Wii Fit had something to do with it. Kept my mind busy. :D

Yup! My cousin bought the Wii Fit, and even though it's in Japanese, it's much fun. Can sorta guess what it's saying, and even if we can't, there are pictures. :P The universal language of pictures, yay! So, there's lots of working out involved. Well, duh, there's a reason it's called the Wii fit, but anyway, there's one where you're basically running in place and trying to catch up and pass the person in front of you. That one is WAY tiring. Then there are various yoga/stretching exercises and games where you dodge soccer balls, ski, ski jump, hula hoop, etc. Ahhh, it's so much fun. We'll see if I manage to lose the 1 kg I set as the goal in two weeks time. :P Have to admit that it's definitely more fun than running outside in the cold.

This past weekend we also went on a trip to Taichung. Visited the city on Saturday and met up with old friends. Ate lots, shopped, and just enjoyed the city (kinda). Went to Chungyo Mall and Feng Chia Night Market. Had dinner at all you can eat spicy hot pot place. Sunday we took a short road trip to the mountains nearby where there was a park-ish area. It had a castle-looking building and lake in it - very scenic, so we took tons of pictures. Also went to the mushroom street where they basically sold, yup, mushrooms. I love mushrooms. :) Anyway, it's picture time ... (all the pics are on flickr, so just posting some yum/scenic/fun pix)