Surprisingly Taiwan

One thing I missed on my first ever trip to Taiwan in 2012 was to discover the demeanour of citizen in that country. It's all due to hectic schedules and in my mind the whole time was trying to play like local. So I don't really get the chance to interact with the people there and the next thing I know, I'm already at the airport ready to leave the country.

So on my second trip there recently, I finally realized something about the country. The people there no doubt very helpful even though some of them super poor in English. I still remember walked in to an ordinary normal street restaurant serving mixed rice. Well, I purposely searched that kind of shop when I can't bear my craving on regular meal anymore. To my surprise, the worker there been very helpful even though it's a self-service premise. She helped me from scooping rice till paying at counter. 

Nevertheless, of course my main highlight is the people and service at the hotel I stayed which is Mandarin Oriental Taipei. I came to Taiwan with uneasy mood because I've been struggling to figure out how am I going to settle the deposit matter since the organiser for the trip wasn't being helpful at all. 

I discovered even from the moment I emailed the hotel before flew there, their staffs were super helpful. When I reached the hotel, the picture became even clearer that Taiwan citizen are one of the kindest in the world. Everytime they bumped into me in every corners of the hotel, they bowed and greeted me. It's feel like a blessing. They never stop smiling and tried hard to facilitate me at their best. Now I wished I can stay longer there.

In my entire trips I've gone by far, Mandarin Oriental Taipei also no doubt the best I ever stayed. From the moment I stepped in, clearly it's a super fine hotel with vast interior decorations. The amazement became accelerated when I entered my room. All I can think is OH MY GOD. It looked like definitely a 7 stars hotel. I love every corner of it, the mini jacuzzi, the bed, the view, the study, the chilling sofa, everything about the room. Not forgotten, the breakfast selections are huge and can get anything from Asian delicacies to European pastries. Oh, I missed it!

To whom still unsure if Taiwan is worthy to visit to, I highly recommend you should go there. You won't lost, wifi is everywhere, pricing is not a big issue, safety level is excellent, and I hope you are a good cyclist. Bicycles for rental are available almost everywhere. Just one thing I didn't get to try, the public transportation especially subway. I guess I should come back there soon.

Worth The Wait!

First and foremost, I'm not a gadget pro. Well, I'm not consider myself as ones. I'm not the person who racing over new gadgets unlike others (well, I see many by far) and prefer to just stick to things I think just do justice to me.

But, it comes lately that in order to fulfill everything I love to do right at the moment, gadgets seem really come in handy. Especially towards my so ambitious passion on becoming a great photographer in Instagram. Seems like my Samsung Note 2 can't really defeat the output photos of an iPhone.

Well, not just that, frankly speaking, one of my resolutions this year is collecting gadgets. When I decided that, I actually doubt myself whether I can do it or not since those surely involving lotsa pennies.

The solution I took in order to strongly do it eventually is just not overthinking about it. At the same time, I worked hard to of course topup my saving on top of my necessary expanses each month.

So, few months back, I'm dying to get myself an iPhone as I heard new model which is iPhone 6 will be out soon. I'm sooo excited especially when I saw the leaked design and hundred percent determined to get one. Sadly, the turnout was really put me down and made up my mind to just bought the iPhone 5S.

The purchase officially completed my bucketlist this year which I already got myself a MacBook, digital camera and of course my new baby 5S.

I hate to elaborate what all those for but surely I might need them real soon. Well, I think I just made the resolution possible and it's quite a personal achievement for me to eventually like DID IT! True enough, I must say now I truly believe the idioms "Good things come to him who waits". 

Expectations!

One of the fearful or I must say stressful things in world is definitely expectations. If could, I prefer to make something the simplest it can be rather than put burdens to myself on fulfilling someone's expectation.

But, knowing the world today (or maybe I must say since then), expectations are too subjective to talk about. We don't really know and can't read someone's thought when it goes to it. That's the part when we'll get stressful and sometimes feeling to immediately give up.

Speaking of which, I finally gutted myself to initiate my own YouTube channel for my singing. It took years for me to do so coz I don't want to make it looks effortless till the point I think I should just leggo that intention.  But, to think serious about it, why not? Better start now than nothing.

As expected, with minor skills with recording + editing, materials, and not so ready vocal, so far the outputs need lots to improve (like massive2 improvement). Been getting so many critics & cynical feedbacks compare to supportive comments. But really, I wasn't negatively affected by that so far and absolutely take all critics to be better.

Me myself wanted to see better progress to what I'm working at, the vocals, recording wise and definitely how to be different. Yas, all of that are not easy since I do it on my own.

One thing, I surely believed that as long as I'm working hard and add-on my enthusiasm, I may doing great one day. Fingers crossed (I know lots of concerned peoples put high expectations on me).

On another note, I'm looking for anyone who willing to maybe teach me how to do proper recording. Or maybe a guitarist for raw live recording. Anyways, feel free to check out my covers on my YouTube channel;

GEORGIEJOSEPHMUSIC 

Just....PRAY!

"I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I'm praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I'm grateful that I'm heard." - Maya Angelou

If there is one word to describe the direction of my entire life up till this very moment, it will be 'pray'.

I know not everyone believe in praying nowadays especially those who are believe they themselves has power to everything in life.

They don't see the relevance or importance of praying and the worst case is someone don't bother at all to pray. Even at the very critical moment, such persons will rather do nothing.

I used too but not that worst coz that time I always doubt if the prayer does working or not. I just want to see it becomes real and happened. I will lose my temper if when it's not and blame God for not helping me.

But I learned that every things that we asked from God won't straight away come to us. It may take years, centuries and even possible your pray will get answered on the spot.

For example, recently my left side car light isn't working and I suddenly felt unease thinking it will costs me penny to fix. Then I prayed and later that day my car bumped hard on the road and the light functioned again.

But yeah again, it may just a coincidence or something, still there were wonderful things happened to me ever since I believe prayer is powerful. Even getting my wonderful job now, I don't think I will make it if I didn't pray hard for it.

Same goes to the getting-so-cruel world right this moment, this is the time the entire world should united in prayer. Wars, casualties, zero humanity et ecetera, can't be stop when its meant to happen and as a powerless person like me, all I can do is pray.

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