早上先去吃了份悠閒的早餐，再到捷運站和林峰正會合。我們才剛出新埔站沒多久，就看到遠方開來一輛掛著金光明寺的接駁車，沒想到我們才一上車，後面來了兩個中年婦女，一直說他們有多趕，還有多少人要搭，還說我們表演又不趕之類的，我覺得我們好像有插隊的嫌疑，不過看林峰正不理他我也只好坐著不動。
Lantern Festival (Yuan-Xiao)
Today is Lantern Festival, which is the first 15th day in the lunar calendar. We Chinese traditionally will hold laterns, go outside, and see the exhibition of festival laterns. We also eat Tang-Yuan, aka Yuan-Xiao.
Although when I was at home last week, my mom boiled some Yuan-Xiao because she thought I may have no chance to eat some on Lantern Festival, I still bought a bowl of Yuan-Xiao for dessert after dinner. (All of them filled my stomach… @_@)
I didn’t care a lot about the traditional holidays when I was in the senior high school or the first years of collage. As the years passed and passed, I became maturer and maturer and began to try putting myself into the atmosphere of the holidays. Maybe this is a necessary process to grow to maturity.
Tags: Lantern Festival, Yuan-Xiao
A Little Trick
I wanted to find a photo about monkeys in a hot spring for the previous post. I searched in Flickr and found only one. Originally I’d like to crop the center of it and adjust the color balance, but I found it was released with a CC-by-nc-nd license. So I sent a mail to ask for the author’s permission.
七星山
 從天母古道出發，第二次來這了。
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 天母古道上的大水管
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 當心猴群告示排，結果當天還真的給我遇到隻猴子。
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 相機不夠好，只能拍到小小隻的猴子。
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 水管路步道告示排
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 走往文大的反方向可上陽明山
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 一路沿著小溪流走，溪底紅紅的不知道是什麼，優養化？
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 出了步道後要沿著紗帽路走一小段才會到陽明山國家公園
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 途中的小公園
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 陽明山郵局，好像沒啥特色。
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 人車分道告示牌，不過其實兩條路蠻平行的。
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 陽明山公車總站，從來沒坐到這過。
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 人車分道起點
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 陽明山遊客中心
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 陽明山遊客中心招牌
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 七星山登山口
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 很古味的「記」念造林地碑？
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 喔喔～還有一半的海拔要爬。
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 不過其實上升的速度還不慢？亂標？
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 七星山主峰頂上一等衛星三角點
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 七星山主峰，這碑做這麼高，不會也是為了湊整數用的吧？
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 請人幫忙照個像
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 風大沒帶帽子，只好拿毛衣來圍。
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 十度，好冷啊～
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 向風處只有六度。@_@
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 七星山東峰，還蠻弱的。
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 七星公園涼亭
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 七星公園涼亭，超多人在休息的，就打消過去的念頭了。
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 七星公園內樹木桌椅
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 七星公園內眺望紗帽山
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 教育廣播電台 七星山發射台
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 冷水坑遊客服務站
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 冷水坑男溫泉池
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 冷水坑溫泉介紹牌，雖說溫度有四十度，不過泡起來其實不太溫。XD
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 文大
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 陽明天主堂，雖然介紹說他是古蹟，不過好相簿怎麼想進去參觀。
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 喔喔～又回到天母古道了。
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Public Hot Spring For First Time
Author: Holy@Flickr. CC-by-nc-nd
Last night, I went to a public hot spring for first time. A public hot spring means that one COULDN’T wear anything while he’s in the pool. Of course that boys and girls are separated. :p But this is not my first time ENTERING a public hot spring. I had seen somebody naked enjoying the hot spring when I went climbing Mount Ba-tong-guan, but that time, I still wore a swimming suit.
I rode on my motorcycle to Beitou and found quickly the Public Bathroom of Beitou Hot Spring, which my roommate recommended. The ticket price is 50 NTD.
Before I entered, there were about 10 people in it. Of course, I didn’t know them. So, I acted as not a new hand as I can, took off my clothes quickly, and jumped into the pool. There are two pools in the bathroom. One is hotter and the other is colder. But when I was ready, there’s only one available because some people were cleaning the other.
I didn’t feel any embarrassed when I was taking off my clothes or in the bathroom. As someone said, ‘There’s nothing worthy of being amazed, because everyone has it.‘ Exactly, everyone’s looked alike. XD
I dipped myself into the pool firstly, and when I felt too hot, went back to have a cold shower. I kept thinking when I was in, but all the images in my mind were monkeys in the water with their heads outside and look at each other. XD
The process proceeded three times, and after that, I felt a little dizziness and sat at the pool for a rest. After I felt better and had a simple shower, I put on my clothes and went home. Time passed about 1 hour while I was in there.
It’s still a special experience for me to be naked in front of others, but it’s not bad. Maybe I can try it more times in the future, and then I’ll enjoy the feeling of freedom, relax and feel comfortable just as my roommate.
Tag: Hot Spring