oh wow.. it's getting close to a thousand days since we left taiwan.. isnt that close to 3 years? somehow it doesnt feel like it. i could still vividly remember the times we had in taiwan.
the excitement in everyone, the countless photos on SIA and the loss-in-one-hand-usage for lingyan and zhanyi cause of my unbelievable fear for flying. and that was only day 1.
the sequence for 4 days after is a blur now but i rmb tons of fun and laughter and phototaking. i know i developed close to 300 photos of 九族文化村 and the 公主小妹 shooting area, the dining area, the staircase photo, the postcard-perfect fountain photo, jumping over fire basin at the tribal performance, the random imitations of statues with lingyan and michelle opening their mouths like fishes gobbling food, shermain's getting hit by michael's arrow's photo, the countless amusement park rides where i was official photographer, the beautiful roundabout where we squeezed 12 ppl into a zi-pai shot and had the photo made into a badge, the souvenirs bought at one of the tribal stores with owl keychains and also other varieties to protect one's beloved friends.
next memory flash would be of 日月潭, of the few of us posing with apollo dance pose, the all-guys shoot, the girls-sitting-facing-front-and-turning-back photo AND most importantly, the dying of almost everyone's camera's BATTERIES which led to our new rule of the trip: 2 cameras per photoshoot. (haha sounds as though we are some big shot celebrities with many cameras waiting to flash at us right? :D)
i vaguely rmb some temple where sis, mummy and mei nv had the 1-2-3 pose while acting cute, the person posing as a statue and jack paying to have a shot with the "statue" when out of nowhere some random girls pop up from nowhere to crash the photo, the fortune telling machine which made some funny sound when we inserted the coins, shermain acting tall and trying to hit the bell, the girls sitting at the staircase (our fav pose somehow) and oh! all of us trying to squeeze into a small tiny weeny phone booth! haha that was so classic. and of course, the usual gimmicks when we see a sun in the distant. we had funny tricks like trying to "eat" the sun/moon, circling it with the finger, lifting it with a finger and etc..
ahh and this came out of nowhere. there was this accomodation place which was supposed to have a rustic feel and the girls were trying to prank call the guys which turned out to be an epic failure cause michelle was in the girls room and lingyan was in the guys room, each pretending to be some other person >< and our "insomnia" + "sleepwalking" to the guys room where we saw ms lum jogging at night with some other school's teachers, the late night chit chatting session in the serene and quiet night. oh mans, i miss the peacefulness and the chance to htht in a neutral environment. everyone seems to be full of thoughts now and dont know how to begin sharing their thoughts with each other. :(
just rmbed another place we went to. 921地震博物馆. somehow we managed quite alot of group shots there. hmmm. and also with the rj girls. speaking of which, that reminds me of the mountain we climbed up where it was drizzling and we were all wearing raincoats yet still trying to capture the precious happy moments we had. was pretty sure we had a few photos where we were drenched yet still smiling v happily. the group photo with everyone in raincoats. the long walk up to the tree top where i didnt dare to walk on the tree-top trail around the forest, the fog that came in just when we wanted to take photo, the dog that scared some of the girls when we were trying to take girls photos hence the many ngs, and again, the fog which totally blurred the guys' faces, and xiangmei going missing suddenly only to be found helping amanda nearby. the long walk down the slippery stone steps in the dwindling light hence the 1-2, 1-2 to remind those behind us of the number of steps there are coming up, lingyan twisting her ankle and hopping nearly the rest of the way down, squeezing into a bath tub for lingyan and shermain to soak their injured ankles but which resulted in a series of timer-ed shots for the girls with michelle using the wastebucket as a stand for the camera, the practising of apollo dance at the chilly front desk corridor with the door opening whenever anyone stands too close and with yinghao grumbling to those at the side to please not stand too close to the door cause it was FREEZING COLD alr and we dont need the extra wind.
well but the next day turns out to be colder cause it was up to 阿里山 at freaking 5am in the morning supposedly to catch the sunset but oh wells. we werent fated. or perhaps, we are destined to go again to catch the sunset :) the ear muffs sis or zhanyi had on, the cold air we were breathing out, the photo we wanted to take at the train station but couldnt find anyone to help us take hence michelle turned to the 2 guys queuing behind us saying "could SOMEBODY kindly help us take a photo please" and hence the name SOMEONE for weiliang and ANYBODY for his friend, ben. and if im not mistaken, EVERYBODY for the last nj guy whom we have yet to be acquainted with.
then there was the 蒙古烤肉 restaurant we went to, a photo of zhanyi with some rectangular paper pasted to his forehead and taken from a mirror apparently, the photo which most ppl rmb with great fondness: mr neow and his golden bikini, the double sounding of the last word of our names; fangfang, yanyan, meimei, siewsiew, yeeyee, zhongzhong, wenwen??, not to forget the other names, hao-ge, sister, mei nv who is in fact half a mei nv cause it is claimed by his 2 closest friends that he possesses the brain of a bimbo yet he doesnt have the look of one..., the 抓娃娃机 which the guys went crazy over and resulted in an overload of soft toys for the girls, the hanging of soft toys at the ceiling of the bus, zhanyi's zen pose at the back of the bus, sis's cat-like napping pose on the bus as well as everyone's sleeping poses captured by some evil soul who happened to be awake ><
well. that's a rather long post for now. shall continue with day 5 reminiscence tmr :)
