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this guy make nice graphic. like de tee but much into de pins. notes book. ; p
link: blog.roodo.com/0416
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Regine's 自做自售
i was longing for a suitable camera bag for my gx200 quite a while of time simply its a bit fat like me. and go searching for a camera bag became one of my practice especially during traveling.
and luckily. i found de perfect fit bag at a flea market just outside 西門町. similar to de milk farm but in smaller scale i guess. de shop is called "regine's 自做自售". and no surprise. all de products are designed and handmade by themselves. and i just like their design. like it much.
front and back of de camera bag i got...
and these guys were so interesting and funny.
you guys rock. work hard and make your path.
link: tw.myblog.yahoo.com/reginec331
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booday 蘑菇
one of the things i like taiwan is their design boutiques (or actually should name it as a team of people who passionate in design). guess it's about the market size or the culture which could afford to have many small design boutiques surviving. i like them as i could spend whole day hanging around and actually could spend quite a lot if out of control ; p
amongst these. booday (蘑菇) is definitely one of my favorites. i like de way that it's a hybrid of fashion. cafe. music. books. and it's just live. a day of simple lives. quoting from their website. "蘑菇是什麼？簡單來說，就好比一杯白開水。單純到底，但不可或缺"
de 1/f is used to promote bags. shorts. tees. accessories as well as other lifestyle products designed from their team or other artists. de 2/f is a classroom like cafe with a big blackboard which is my favorite (i'm seriously thinking to get a big one if i decided to get a flat. just draw and write random stuffs as you like in live)
tried their lunch and it's just exactly a home-made one (except it looks & tastes a bit healthier with lots of vegetables). but it's a bit expensive considering as a lunch (tho. de tea was quite good. but i forgot what it's named)
speaking of their design. personally. i quite like their bags for men. i was looking a big bag for long. however it's kinda hard to get one in hong kong either not it's just too costly or just didn't fit. this one "男子漢" (wow.. what's up...) was quite nice with a big size and washed blue color. however. de blue color was just sold out by de time i visited there. and i could buy it online as well when they got back stock due to some system problem (sucks. but might be it's just destiny which i shouldn't get a bag...)
links:
booday blog - haveaboodayshop.blogspot.combooday online store - www.booday.com/05mogu-4.htm
wondering if it works in hong kong???
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三訪台灣
三個不同月份. 三個不同原因. 造就三次台灣之旅.
走訪了不同地方. 雖然大都是在台北. 体驗卻是很不同.
有到了朋友家借宿一宵. 或者說是工作室比較佮當. 因為那裏白天是給一個 pr / event 團隊工作的地方. (先要謝謝 juice 及她的姊姊噢. 打攪了.) 還記得害了其中一位人員在大清早上不知等了多久才能進來拿東西. 真不好意思噢.
去了不同的 design boutique 及 museum. 看了很有趣的書法裝置展覽. 更有 pixar 20 years of animation 的展覽.
到了很喜歡的淡水. 走過紅毛城. 夜訪漁人碼頭. 闊別2年. 淡水已經商業化了很多. 好的是這裏現在有很多 cafe (e.g. starbucks) 可以給你休閒地享受這裏的景色. 可惜的是那個郵筒已經不在了. 買了的 post card 不能在這裏寄了.
又在30多度炎夏之下泡溫泉. 在紅樓裏裏外外發現很多有趣的東西. 在下雨天走過了鐵路到達十分和走訪了九份這個城市. 和終於行遍了很多夜市.
更南下到了台中. 在感覺上了無邊境的東海大學走了一個大圈. 為的就是一個教堂和乳牛場. (可恨就是找不到聽聞好味道的牛奶和蛋糕... 或是給人騙了吧......)
再進一步南下到了最南和最藍的墾丁. 很美的地方. 最南邊的陽光終於把我這個曬不黑的白小子也曬黑了一點點.
會在這裏慢慢的分享喜愛的一點點......
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07年的台灣 - 熱情
一直也聽說台灣人的好客. 熱情. 這一次是真正的體會了. 從淡水阿忠哥給我落力的介紹周杰倫的中學. 那些小路. 美景. 和不遠處他相熟的一間小店．以至一位sales......
隔天在敦化的誠品門外. 心想去不遠處（在地圖上）的乾杯晚飯. 怎想. 竟找著找著也找不到. 小乾杯倒是有的. 正所謂路在口邊. 於是也硬著頭去問人家. 人家是多麼努力的給你找. 連電話也可借你. 你幹嗎要覺得硬著頭皮呢......
最終也到了. 乾杯在台灣是一間出名的燒肉居酒屋. 最有趣的是只要你跟在場的任何一人接吻. 你就可以獲得燒肉一碟. (what's a good chance... ) 在這裡也碰到很好玩的店長. 一群友善的台灣人.
就這樣. 一夜過去. 將歡樂留在回憶當中.
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07年的台灣 - 美麗的淡水
在台北的第二天. 到了淡水. 是捷運的其中一個尾站. 那天下著朦朦細雨. 彷彿就要向人們展現最淒美的一面. 一個很美的地方.
車站.
喜歡在每個車站的印章. 把旅行日誌印得滿滿的.
開始探索.
淡江戲院.
很差的合成相.
祝福這一對戀人.
始終覺得黑白照才適合淡水.
超友善的忠哥.
離開淡水.
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07年的台灣 - 安靜的圓山.不一樣的西門町
07年的台北.是我第一次踏足的台灣. 早上11時許機. 乘坐eva airline. 在機場.永遠都是令人興奮的.
縱然香港.台灣只是一海之隔.到逹酒店已接近傍晚.酒店(silken hotel)是位於圓山捷運站約10-15分鐘路程的街角.對於budget hotel來說已算是不錯.只是位置比較遠.設有lcd tv. 有按摩功能的bathtube.稍作休息便進行對台北的探索.晚上的圓山是安靜的.樸實的. 
從圓山竹山乘捷運到台電.尋找在那橫街窄巷的zabu cafe.發現這裏應該是愛閱讀人仕的好地方.寧靜的環境.友善的侍應生.還提供免費wireless(這是十分可取的).點了酥炸豆腐.朱古力和...味道可口.
之後到了西門町.參觀了紅樓劇場.很特別.或許這並不是我所認知的西門町.感覺到它從前的偉大.或許我們香港也正正需要好好保留我們的文化.
之後便是我所聞的西門町.eating & shopping.though i was not so into the food there. but i found there was a shop - cube concept. which was selling jap. goods and they were quite nice. worth taking a look.
end of day one.links:silken hotel: www.silken.com.twivansoba
2008 開催!!
it's been a long long time i stopped writing this blog. the main excuse would always be busy. and ya. always be. but. with Jun. 08 just passed. i felt like i should restart it and keep my passion going on. ya. life should be all about passion. so. here goes the first pieces of me in 2008.
to wrap up. many things happened by end of 2007. self exploration (which would never been finished). lost. discovery. it's still like a mess in my mind of what i wanna do and what's next. but i guess. i'm going to crack it by 2008.
had been to taipei in nov. which is my first time there. it's fun. taiwanese are so good and taiwan gals are so hot. had actually visited 淡水. 西門叮. 忠孝敦化. 台電. etc... will do a more detail review later a bit.
and had watched jay's concert in dec. it was great. with lots of different elements for a concert. fabulous decoration.
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東京之旅 - day three
03.02.2007
the day of shopping. YEAH.. YEAH......
原宿 -- 表參道 -- 南青山 -- 涉谷 -- 池袋
headed to 原宿 early morning and had breakfast @ lotteria. taste good. then. our 1st destination was Design Tshirts Store graniph. got 2 t-shirts with me leaving the shop. hehe......
then. visited all those brands (BEAMS. HEAD PORTER. A.P.C. CdG@南青山. etc...). love it. very much. the design. the architecture...
by the way. found a very interesting gallery/exhibition which offers different artists/designers a channel to introduce themselves...
and in sudden. passed by the residential area. oops... i just love the environment... fresh and comfort.
and today's 戰利品 --
2 t-shirts @ Design Tshirts Store graniph
a 褲鏈 @ BEAMS
a P.S. card holder @ 0101
a golden "gip" @ three minutes happiness (勁浮誇... wakaka......)
a P.S. wallet @ 0101 (actually. this wallet was being locked this day but bought on the next day)
and some more photos......
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