Cancer

When i was younger, I used to read 8-days a lot. In every issue, there will be a page on horoscope with the weekly predictions for each and every of the 12 signs. However, I never really believe in them and passed them off as superstitions.

As i grow older, I gradually realise people who are born around the same time tend to exhibit very similar behaviour and characters. I always know cancerians are associated with being "sensitive, caring and emotional", but its not until lately that i began to have an increasing interest on the horoscopes.

Weekly predictions aside (i still do not believe in them), i feel that the general descriptions for each of the horoscopes and its traits are very accurate. For instance, Aries and Aquarius are said to love freedom a lot, while Cancer and Taurus are home-lovers. To me, this is not superstitions but in fact, quite in sync with my very limited knowledge on buddhism - why we are born in certain families or particular months of the year.

To my pleasant surprise, there also exists this compaitibility matrix, stating which and which star signs make the best friends/lovers/business partners, and while which other star sign combinations give you disastrous unions. That precisely explains why sometimes, some of your good friends need not necc mix well with your other close friends.

As a crab myself, i couldnt agree more on whats said about a cancer - a crab is an animal with a very strong and tough external shell +very sharp claws that can bite, but yet very soft in the middle. He is a soft-hearted creature, and love to hide inside his shell and enjoy the darkness when hurt or attack.

While i understand the fact that we shouldnt be too absorbed by whats 'predicted' or described here, i feel its actually a great channel for me to find out more about myself, my strengths and weaknesses, and where am i positioned amongst others (other star signs). A sentence which struck me most is "You should bear in mind that others are often not as sensitive as you". Having comprehen this, I ought to feel less disappointed and upset with others when they fail to meet up to my expectations.

Happy Birthdays!

Happy Birthday to Zeatherel and Alice. And happy belated bday to Gillian!

January is always full of birthday babies. Celebration with Sohan, Weiyang and Darren for Siling's bday yday at Bugis, followed by a mini celebration for Alice at Weixian's house. I am glad I am still in close contact with my BS friends after so many yrs.

Watched Curse of the Golden Petal today. The show is er... so yucky.......

Taipei

I have completed my Taipei tour, having visted several historical and scenic places.

The weather is very cold there, but soaking myself naked in the mountain hotsprings was really a very different and marvellous experience of great relaxation. Moreover, the views from the mountains were magnficient.

The National Palace Museum is amazing which houses historical chinese artifacts spanning from the 'Huang Shang" era, to the various Dynasties (Shang, Zhou, Qin, Spring-Summer, Tang, Song, Yan, Ming, Qing etc). The oldest ones are around 8000 yr old. (It was said that one only gets to see an empty Forbidden City in Beijing, as all its original 'contents' are actually now found in the Taiwan NPM).

Taiwan food looks delicious but am never a big fan of food. I just recall eating lots of beef noodles and pearl milk tea with frog eggs.

The countdown fireworks at Taipei101 was beautiful, with the taiwan nationals screaming and crying in joy and excitement, but it all ended up with an anti-climax after the display of "Sony Bravia" was flashed. Everyone led out this loud sigh. Nevertheless, it was a great experience having to squeeze among the 500,000 crowd watching the live mega concert with super stars like Jolin, May Day, Fish Leong, Rain Yang, A-Mei etc... not to mention i took 1.5hrs to squeeze my way out from the crowds. The automobiles couldnt move at all as everyone was blatantly walking on the roads.

A nice and refreshing experience for me :D