Day 0.

Hi.
The following posts will be about my 30days solo-backpacking trip to Taiwan.
I've travelled to almost the entire Taiwan + GreenIsland. 
When I say entire, I mean >80%

People say when you travel alone, you'll get to know more about yourself.
This is actually totally true. I'll tell you why.

1. I was a superficial bastard, which means I used to think no human in this world will do you good without a motive. 
I was wrong

2. Adults which are alot older than you, can never click with you like how your friends do.
You can actually click, pretty well.

3. I'm absolutely 100% afraid of supernatural, but in this 30 days, I found out
when it really happens, 
I'm actually quite calm.

The rest.... you'll find out if you read my post diligently.  =)

Ok..

Now before I go onto the actual part of my travel blog, I'll like to first explain the 3rd point to protect the reputation of the hostel/Bnb/hotel.  (So you won't be able to track it by the time frame)

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I stayed in this particular building, let's call it PB for 3 nights.
As it was the lull period for tourism in Taiwan, there wasn't much people at the tourism attractions,
which is good, really good. But the only bad thing about this was the night-time.

I got almost all of my accommodation done by agoda.com before I flew to Taiwan so I can secure a place for me for the day and also to have a direction on my trip.

So, by agoda's verified reviews, the building was described by them to be a god damn lively place where you can  make friends with all the living human beings on earth. But because it was the lull period, I got the building by myself with owner.

4 Storeys building, with 2 humans in it. One on the top storey, one at the bottom. I'm at the bottom.

First night

I tucked myself in at around 10pm. It was quiet. To emphasize again, the room or rather the building was so quiet, you could hear a pin drop. I switched off the lights and got the rest that I deserved.
Everything was going on so smooth until I woke up in the middle of the night. I can't remember the timing, it wasn't noted in my notebook. 

Something happened, an earthquake


I hoped.
The top deck of my bed was shaking, furiously. And so I thought there were occupants that came in after I slept. The shake did not stop, it just kept going on & on & on.

After some good minutes, it halted, finally.

I thought that was the end. My heart was racing, not kidding. I can feel my adrenaline pumped up, not the fight-or-flight kind, but the balls-dropping kind. My legs was soft as though I just ran a few clicks. So, to calm myself down, I unplugged my phone from the charger & started scrolling through Facebook's news feed, to make myself feel connected. After a shortwhile I fell back asleep, thankfully but not finally.

I woke up, having experienced the worst experience I've ever experienced in my life.
鬼压床 or rather sleep-paralysis.

My concious was clear, I was absolutely sure I was awake but my body couldn't move. I tried mumbling but to no avail. It was as if your body is controlled by someone else except your brain or rather your soul. 

I realise your brain is and always is your best friend. During times like this, he will be the one finding million of ways to calm you down. So did mine.

I was trying my best to rationalize the situation; I was convincing myself that this happened because your brain is active but my body has no more energy to react to the impulses that my brain has sent to my muscle cells. 


Thankfully,
I fell asleep.

Second night

Again, I had the whole building by myself & the owner. Lights off.

Everything was good until me waking up again in the middle of the night.
This time, not by any visible movements or any forms of weird feelings but I was actually
woken up by a voice.

A loud male voice.
Someone yelled ''Hello!''

It's pretty normal, pretty cool. But what was uncool was Taiwanese don't say  Hello.
Again，the good friend of mine convinced myself the yell came from dream.

Reluctantly,
I fell asleep.

I didn't think about the weird events that happened the nights before at all, I basically forgot that it happened, until the next night and gratefully, the last night.

Third night

Again it was me and the landlord by the whole building again and I wonder is he having starvation?

I woke up in the middle of the night again, this time not by anything that my brain can deny. But something that has to be accepted, undeniably and absolutely happening.

The tap in the basin of the toilet was on. The sound of water running out was legitimate.
So I thought, ok. Maybe Ive forgotten to off it after brushing teeth. But no.

As in it can't be me forgetting to off it. It's not that I'm so confident about my memory but because,

the sound of water running out from the tap has stopped.

Someone or something has off it.

Then the toilet bowl was flushed. I tried to convince myself ohh, maybe the landlord was using the toilet or what.

But No.

Because the lights was off. Using toilet in a pitch black environment? Maybe not a good idea.

Win liao lor. My brain was like trying to search for all possible ways to rationalize the situation.
I decided to on the light and

Fortunately

I fell asleep.

Then, something happened the next morning.
Something that proved to me that i was not alone.
Something till this date, I couldn't forget.

The door was locked from inside. 反锁。
So I've to specially asked the owner to unlock it for me to use.

Gratefully,
It was my last night.

True story that I've experienced myself, and I've learnt something. Those things do exist among us._________________________________________________________________________________

Day 0  ( Changi Airport )Guess what?! I was already destined to be a lucky boy ever since day0. Because I was already occupying the window seat and right up to the second before the gates are closed, I was battling with luck and guess who won??

Of course, I won.

Probably because I was having 3 seats by myself, it was the first time in mankind history that I was having absolutely no motion sickness while travelling by plane.

Maybe i got motion sick only when some human is sitting beside me.

Humanphobic?  Period.

And I arrived at the Taoyuan airport 5.30am the next day.

Have you ever wondered who are you?

as in ..

your true self.

" The true nature of one, can only be revealed, when he is alone and if & only if , he is unobserved."

-   Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Example 1:

A model student of  X primary school, scored good grades and have a good conduct in school 

BUT..

when he's alone, he always likes to play with the rocks by the railway &  hence,

he is a bad boy.

Example 2:

A hooligan who sprays paint on houses that have debt by day

BUT..

when he's alone, he always feed the stray dogs at the expense of his own cash & hence,
he is a good guy.

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I can't accept  Ella Wheeler Wilcox's way of describing the nature of true self.

Reason... being..


It is said that true self can only exist if one is alone or if & only if one is unobserved, 

 how can it be true/proven?

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Have you heard of a Japanese film named " Battle Royale " ?

Battle Royale

This film was banned in several countries such as Taiwan, New Zealand ....

Ok, basically it is about 42 9th graders who were sent to a deserted island. They were given a map, food, and various weapons. An explosive collar was fitted around their neck. If they broke a rule, the collar explodes.

Their mission:

kill each other and be the last one standing. The last survivor is allowed to leave the island. If there is more than one survivor, the collars explode and kill them all.

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Can you imagine that? Bunch of good friends started killing one and another just for one reason.

Survive.

As you watch the entire process of the massacre, then you will ( at least for me ) came to the realization that true-self only exist in the presence of human interaction.
                                                                     


                                                                                                        lost?

When someone is pointing a gun at you & you managed to hurt the aggressor with the weapon in your hand & suddenly some random chap pops out and threw a grenade at your direction. Given this complex & hostile situation, each of you are revealing the primeval behavior of mankind which may highly be, your true identity.


                                                                                                          get it? 

Human interaction is the most accurate way in seeing your true self.

what i wanna say is .........

It doesn't matter whether or not one's true identity can only seen when he's alone. That's the not main point, not at all.

                                                 Everyone needs time alone.

                                                                 right?

                                                           even you right?

Because when one is alone, he could release whatever forms of energy that he's feeling like it, whether is it negativity or positive.

Again..

                                                   Everyone needs time alone.

You need time alone to do stuffs that you only allow yourself to be involved

1) sitting by the toilet bowl & analysing the poop that you took yesterday but forget to flush 

2) avoiding the lines between each tiles while walking & pretending they have lasers

3) reading this blog



IN CONCLUSION ,

The main reason why we like to spend time alone, is to take a break from interaction so we could excel or do better in the next one.

And so i realised,

this toy named true identity,

doesn't really exist,

PS: I'm not emo. 

Hope you enjoy!

一日游记（上）

说真的，
真的
真的！！

很多时候，我们都忽略了生活很多很多不起眼的小细节。比如说，刚刚喝的饮料是用左手还是右手扶着的？又比如说现在你手机与你的眼睛的距离是不是已经越过危害距离（20公尺）？已经太迟了啦傻瓜，不用adjust了。

下几个帖我再来强调。。 现在这个帖是纯粹相与你们分享一下我在台湾一日一人台游的经历。

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                                                                                                      19/12/15

此时的我只能用一个字来形容。。。。 帅！ 诶诶打得太快错了，是累！。前晚去了士林夜市，然后不知不觉逛到帮一些伯伯们关店。。（其实因为他们给我6折啦）。才睡了3小时又要起来赶台铁。 不过想起今天是人生中第一次在外国自己explore，整个身体的细胞很像看到金一样，燃烧了起来，冲！


冲个屁。。 结果因为真的太累，这里躺一下，那里坐一下，弄到8点才出门。
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出门！

                                          
                                                                      19/12/15 （7楼是我家住的地方）

19/12/2015

这辆卡车让你第一时间想起什么？？？

流星花园里的董杉菜 哟没有？？


 对了，今天天气晴朗，不热不冷刚刚好。 有时还挺感动的。连天上神仙都这样眷顾我。。真的会有点不好意思耶。




一路看这台北一栋栋高楼大厦，享受这新马一辈子都不会拥有的冷天气，到了国父纪念馆捷运站。

19/12/15

19/12/15

等不了多久，捷运车到了。 前往台北车站！

19/12/15

如果说早起的鸟有虫吃，那台北人个个应该都是很有礼貌的虫吧。因为才仅仅8点半，车站里就人山人海，虫山虫海。

19/12/15

终于！不过因为是‘’临时抱佛脚‘’车票，所以只能用站的了。不过这张’临时抱佛脚‘’车票，也是那张，买进我心里的票。

19/12/15

机会总是留给有准备的人

对！所以为了不错过等下所有的美好事情，我到了macdonald买了个猪肉汉堡以备待会儿的1小时罚站。

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19/12/15

这就是案发现场    ---- 

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一起另人难以忘怀的温馨案。

19/12/15 （板桥区）

火车渐渐地慢下速度，仿佛是在暗示搭客要到下个站了。反正我还有三个远站，所以也没gaf.
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🎧‘’原来你是我最想留住的幸运，原來我們和愛情。。‘’🎧

眼角里出现了两位，堵在我前面。似乎我档着了他们。心想不可能啊。。我的后面是
一扇门，难不成他们想跳车？



🎧‘’與你相遇 好幸運，可我已失去為你。。  ‘’🎧

*摘下耳机*。

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抬头一看。。
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19/12/15

"先生，不好意思能讓給我這個靠門的位置嗎？我的小瓜喜歡看風景。" 
*嬉皮笑脸的说着，眼睛已经眯得能成一条180度直线*



"哦好啊 。"


''謝謝叔叔''*拿着面包挥挥手*


’‘你是外地来的吗？’‘

’‘对啊’‘ *傻了眼*

’‘一个人吗？’‘

’‘是啊’‘

’‘ 哇，很勇敢吖。要去哪里？’‘

’‘去新竹，找朋友。’‘

’‘你的孙吗？几岁了？叫什么名字？’‘
*眼睛已经离不开，深深的被他迷上了*

‘’他呀，三岁。名叫李文勇。 李白的李，文学的文，勇敢的勇。‘’

‘’他很可爱诶！能够跟他合照吗？‘’

‘’当然可以啊！’‘


''李文勇，看这里！‘
这里！
这里！！’‘

19/12/15

终于，终于！ 不过。。他的表情似乎在想 ’‘靠。。吃个面包也不能安心的吃，smlj...''

’‘婆婆，我听说你们下个月就选总统了哦，你有什么看法？’‘

以下内容不方便透露，因为有关于政治，十分敏感。Sorry!

’；台湾哦，这些月会比较冷啦，所以要记得多穿点啊。不过像我们这样南下哦，天气会随着变暖。这样的天气哦，会持续到二月底吧，农历新年‘’

‘’哦哦，婆婆你有几个孩子跟孙啊？‘’

‘’三个。然后这个是目前为一的孙，大儿子的。 我第二个儿子明年结婚。女儿在日本。‘’

“日本旅行吗？‘’

‘’不是啦哈哈。那个丫头想移民去日本做发型师‘’

‘’哇！跟我相反‘’

‘’你想移民来台湾？‘’

‘’对啊，不是想，是很想！！‘’

’‘台湾的年轻人都想移民去日本啊，澳洲，马来西亚，你怎么想移民来?’‘

’‘觉得这里人很好啊！而且生活节拍比较松懈’‘

’‘可是这里的经济不好啊。一个大学毕业生，每个月只赚20,000+NTD辛苦啊。房子又很贵啊。这里人也不敢生多孩子啊，养不起。车还算便宜可是车子刚买的那一瞬间就是亏钱的开始啊。’‘

然後後面的我就不這麼記得了⋯⋯喔對了，然後好心婆婆給了她的號碼說假如迷路了什麼還是需要她的幫忙，可以直接打給她不用客氣。"台灣的風景就是他們的人"才發現這句話可真是名不虛傳的。

以上的内容也是95%准确，因为我的日记也记载的迷迷糊糊。

终于到了。---------       新竹。

19/12/15 （新竹）

’‘喂，Mike啊！我们会迟点，因为火车延迟了点’‘

’‘哦没问题啦，我自己随处逛一下，到了call我，’‘

走到了旅客栏，
拿了地图，

开始了无绪之行。

诶这里是哪里？怎么那么怪？难道地图画错了？
当时停在原地，较劲脑汁，拼命的想。。
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突然

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’Hey, do you need help? ''

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写累了。  等待一日游记（下）吧！

在下部，会有更多的风景和地方及故事。拭目以待吧!  =)

平凡的脚步也可以走完伟大的行程。

千里之行，始于足下。

15/12/2015

好啦，老实说这也不是什么千里之行，只不过是我夸张了点。 不过回想一下，我们的人生又是积累了几百次的夸张而造成了你今天这个样子？ 比如说你现在正在夸张的读我这个夸张的帖。 哈哈开玩笑啦。第一个帖，不要那么严肃嘛。。那刚好，我说了哦，这就是我发帖的方式，想跟你们互动一下嘛。 好吧，第一帖就到此为止。 拭目以待吧！


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