I know today is not exactly the new year, but already the fourth day 2015.

Nevertheless, i am so thankful i have surpass the 2014 smoothly and i am looking forward to this 2015 has in store for me. Honestly speaking, 2015 would not be a happy yay yay and party kinda year for me. 2015 would be a hard work year, as it is my last year to prepare myself for job and real life.

2014 had opened my eyes a lot. Seeing many possibilities here in Taiwan, or Indonesia, or Singapore, i just realize that the opportunities are huge but the competition is super high. I just have to prepare A LOT so i can have better future.

So, these are my new year resolutions!

1. Being fluent in Mandarin

Chinese is freaking hard! Ussually i master a language after six months, but after four months living in Taiwan, i can speak barely nothing. Ugh!. I have to work hard on this. Moreover, if i can speak mandarin, i can work in Taiwan.

2. Has a strong American English accent

Yes, yes, i studied in USA, and my English is close to native. However, since i lived in other countries before, i have this certain flare that is not exactly American English. My director in the school that i am working with, said that i am a melting pot! It is not bad, you know, since i can get by with the English i have now. But i want to give more to my students, i want them to have perfect English, therefore i need to improve myself first!

3. Excel in my study

This is pretty much what i do best hahaha. I always strive to excel in every parts of my life but my excellence in study is very apparent. I want to keep being  excellent in my IMBA study. This year i would make A LOT of friends and read more! :) FIGHTING!

4. Blog more

I am slipping away with my blogging. I used to blog about beauty everyday, but now beauty is not that important anymore. I have a lot of things going on in my life and they are unrelated to beauty. Sometimes i would sit in in front of my laptop and i do not know what to write hahaha. My make up these days have been so simple and not blog worthy. In 2015, i want to blog more, be it about beauty or my life, i just want to write. I hope you do not mind if my blog become so random hahaha.

Maybe i wil blog about beautiful blue sky and beautiful places

Or random things that catch my mind. I simply wants to write and preserve my memory, that is all :)

Sanxia is a fascinating small town. You can come here by taking a train from Taipei Main Station and get off at Yingge station. Take a stroll around with city buses and enjoy the view around.

This time i am going to show you how Sanxia night market look like. Sanxia does not have real night market, don`t expect it to be as crowded as Shi Lin or Shida night market. This nightmarket is pretty small, but offers many delicious food with great price.

It is more like a collection of street food stalls.

This one is my favorite stall. I could not read the name since it is in Chinese, but it is more like crispy fried chicken stall. Once you buy, they will cut it for you and put seasonings on top.

Do you see anything you like?

Another favorite store is this one. Everything is priced at 12 NTD. You got many choices from hot dog, sausages, chicken heart, or even vegetables. They will roast them for you.

Yummy!! My favorites are the corn and hot dogs. They are sooo irresistible!

With love, Hana

Hello everyone!

Do you have a good day? I had just finished my last exam and i really did a good job haha #praisemyself.

After tons of hard work, finally i got time to write here in my blog. So far, life here is challenging but beautiful. Work hard, play hard, and pray hard would be the kind of proverb that describe it all. Yes, I have many to catch on and to fight on, but along the process i am very grateful for my life in Taiwan.

Last weekend i got the chance to go to Hakka Museum in Sanxia, New Taipei City. My boyfriend had a seminar there and he tagged me along because he knows i love museum.

Hakka Museum is just.. SPACIOUS. hahaha. When i first came, i saw many kids just playing around with traditional toys with their parents. The traditional toys are free to use. Just, don`t forget to put it back, okay?

Even that old uncle played jump rope

This is.. some kind of EGRANG, i do not know the Hakka name, sorry hehehe.. But you play it like this… Got on top of it and walk with it sticks on your feet.

My boyfriend tried it too..

But he failed! hohohoho.. He then said,” No no no, do not play this, okay? Too dangerous!”

Okay, let`s take a look inside! I have so much pictures to show you!

EXHIBITION HALL AND ANTIQUE COLLECTIONS

The exhibition hall, so chic, nice and clean looking. And here is some of their collections.

I feel like.. seeing the things that i used to watch in Kungfu Movie in a real life. Those are all the REAL THINGS! and it feels so mysterious and antique.

Here they have secret drawers for you to open and see what is inside.

What is inside? They have all kinds of end product for Camphor. I really like this since it gives people something to do inside the museum.

If you are tired looking around, you can sit down on this bench and watch Hakkanese story.

Or. reading here in very spacious reading room

I love their bathroom. Even the bathroom is designed with Hakka style, giving you that vintage feeling when you come inside. The bathroom lady was so nice too. I forgot my water bottle inside and she just delivered it back to me. Xie xieee…

In the first story, there is exhibition hall for painting. They are totally awesome.

Painting Show Hall

Hakka Clothing Exhibition Hall 

In addition to that row of real traditional clothing. Taipei Hakka museum introduce the clothing with..

BARBIE!!

and lots of Barbie

that if you are kids, you will scream excitedly!

HAKKA MUSEUM GARDEN 

This is what i saw inside…

This is what i saw outside! Hahaha.. Real person playing chinese violin. He was so kind and he even took time to teach me how to play.

The gardens are soo beautiful and it has many statues, so you can take pictures like this..

LIKE THIS..

Or like this..

I really enjoyed my time in New Taipei City Hakka Museum. I love how it feels so grande and chic, but they stay in touch with the people around the area. People in the neighborhood are free to come here for playing and enjoying Hakka Culture. I also love how they use Barbie and free toys to engage kids.

Do you want to come here?

Museum information:

New Taipei City Hakka Museum

Address：23741No.239, Long'en St., Sanxia Dist., New Taipei City 237, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
TEL：886-2-2672-9996 ‧ FAX：886-2-2671-8660

Website: http://www.hakka.ntpc.gov.tw/en/

 

Come, visit and have fun!