Attended my cousin's convocation at Hsinchu today! It's the first time I attend one and it's in Taiwan, how cool is it! And it seemed to be the day for convocation for most universities in Taiwan as well! Saw so many uploads of my friends' ceremonies and the pictures of them in their graduation robes. I really felt happy for them because they had finally 'graduated' (not officially until all results are out) after so many years of hard work! I really can't imagine it being my turn in a year's time! :O
The ceremony was a rather heartwarming one. Initially I was expecting one that's similar to NTU's, which allow each graduate to go to the stage to collect the cert, but it wasn't the case in her school. The ceremony started with photo montage of the various graduating classes then, the reps from each class will collect the certs from the Principal. It somewhat felt like a high school graduation ceremony than a university's but the human connection in this ceremony is something lack in the conventional ones.
After the ceremony we went to visit her dorm and I was instantly grateful for my room, although I have to climb 4 levels. It was a smaller room than mine and perhaps it is fully occupied, it felt really cramped. Oh wells, it won't matter much since she's leaving soon. Once again, congrats my dear cousin!
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Tuesday, 10 June 2014
Monday, 12 May 2014
Day 88 -- Taipei 3 (Hsin Chu)
It's day 3 up in the north and it's time for the city of wind -- 新竹! Glad to have my cousin, Fun-ny, to be our guide in Hsin Chu because she had been studying there for 4 years!
Our main stop was 內灣, one of the tourist attractions within the Hsin Chu County. It's very much like 十分, just that I feel it has more cultural things as compared to ShiFen. We walked down the old street where vendors sold Hakka related food items. What interest me most was the fact that they used wild ginger flower for many of their foodstuff and surprisingly it tasted really nice!
Then we head towards the suspension bridge, and this being my 3rd suspension bridge visited in this trip, I wasn't expecting much. But when I saw it, I was so excited, because it's the authentic kind of suspension bridge with wooden planks, not something that had been maintained to carry tons of tourists. So, this explained why I was so excited!
Although it was supposed to be the city of wind, but the weather was dry and hot when we were there and it was driving us crazy. We ended up chilling by the stream, doing nothing, just enjoying the cold waters of the stream and the shade provided.
By the time we returned to Taipei from Hsin Chu (because we need to catch the bus back to Kaohsiung), it was already 8.20pm. After much rushing around and getting lost in the huge interchange, we only managed to board the southward bound bus at 9.20 pm. It was already past 2am when we reached KS. Yes, that was how long our day was and needless to say, we were so so so tired by the time we reach our dorm!
And yes, this is the end of our 3-day trip to the north. We didn't really do much for these 3 days, but it was a rather relaxing one!
Our main stop was 內灣, one of the tourist attractions within the Hsin Chu County. It's very much like 十分, just that I feel it has more cultural things as compared to ShiFen. We walked down the old street where vendors sold Hakka related food items. What interest me most was the fact that they used wild ginger flower for many of their foodstuff and surprisingly it tasted really nice!
Then we head towards the suspension bridge, and this being my 3rd suspension bridge visited in this trip, I wasn't expecting much. But when I saw it, I was so excited, because it's the authentic kind of suspension bridge with wooden planks, not something that had been maintained to carry tons of tourists. So, this explained why I was so excited!
Although it was supposed to be the city of wind, but the weather was dry and hot when we were there and it was driving us crazy. We ended up chilling by the stream, doing nothing, just enjoying the cold waters of the stream and the shade provided.
By the time we returned to Taipei from Hsin Chu (because we need to catch the bus back to Kaohsiung), it was already 8.20pm. After much rushing around and getting lost in the huge interchange, we only managed to board the southward bound bus at 9.20 pm. It was already past 2am when we reached KS. Yes, that was how long our day was and needless to say, we were so so so tired by the time we reach our dorm!
And yes, this is the end of our 3-day trip to the north. We didn't really do much for these 3 days, but it was a rather relaxing one!
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