單身?寂寞!

身旁有伴時，總是想著自己一個人多好多自由。但當真正的一個人生活時，確又總是會感到孤獨寂寞，或許絕大部份的人都會如此，我想我也不例外，當自己一個人時，總是感覺世界變小了，讓自己縮在角落，想找人找事做，有時又總是無法如願，讓自己又陷入不安的泥淖。

我想只能多多體會所謂的【孤獨感】，讓自己用時間的力量慢慢習慣；慢慢平靜及慢慢沉澱。每個人都跟我說:【時間是最好的良藥】，因此我應該讓自己保持忙碌，努力克服【寂寞感】，當黑暗過去後，一定會看到微笑的陽光。



單身好嗎??對於已經有伴的歲月多時，一時之間會無法自處，回家沒人，電話沒人問候，沒人一起分享喜樂，強烈孤獨感。但我想這都是人生中的一小步，讓自己變堅強，讓自己更專注去做自己要做的事，永遠保持樂觀；正面，等待那所謂的【緣份】再度降落在自己的身上，不許那小小的挫折打敗自己。

台灣的國定古蹟(1997年4月以後公告)

這些年一直到處玩，到處走，發現國外的一些古遺產的文化資源甚至世界遺產總是保存的很棒很呵護，讓觀光客總是大飽眼福。然而想起臺灣的國際外交處境，總是讓人氣餒，讓我們無法加入聯合國組織，因此一些有歷史意義價值的古建築或人文也無法被妥善的保護及照顧，而一點一滴的在消失殆盡。

因此，我興起了在網路上先找到臺灣的表定國定古蹟，準備好好利用自己的雙腳及鏡頭，來看看這個屬於我們土地上的一些有價值的建築物，發現這些古建築物的美及感受臺灣建築文化的魅力。

從下表，可以清楚的看到臺灣的建築是很有看頭的，遠從14世紀就有很棒的建築代表，其中又以台南；澎湖及金門，最讓我期待。而台北因為是日據時代的重心，因此也保留了許多日本人留下來的日式建築。相信會讓我有一個目標，好好的幫這些臺灣歷史建築，寫寫故事及觀後心得。

臺灣10大美食:進攻臺灣夜市

最近我常會在CNNGO的旅遊網站看一些旅遊文章或推薦，每每看到有關臺灣的部份，總是會停留一下，看看外國人如何介紹臺灣，雖然我們長期生活在臺灣，但往往因為工作的忙碌或不在意，錯失了一些在我們身邊的美景美食。

因此，讓我們看看國外如何介紹臺灣街邊美食，有時間跟著朋友去嘗嘗，或許有意想不到的收穫喔!!當然看看英文，也可以知道在臺灣的這些小吃的英文如何講，將來有外國朋友，也可以介紹一番，瞭解臺灣到處的好吃文化。

原文介紹  http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/eat/taiwans-night-market-treats-650024

Street food foray into Taiwan's night markets
The 10 best dishes from Taiwan's night markets -- made to make your mouth water

By Derrick Chang 24 January, 2011 

OK, you don't go to a night market for a sumptuous feast worthy of Michelin stars and postcards home. But in Taiwan, the imagination and innovation on display in even some of its simplest snack stalls is something to behold.

Its night markets are run through with traditional foods, deliberately unchanged for generations, right next to food hawkers deconstructing and reconstructing street food essentials into something that's at least worth a quick email (or article).

So here's a quick tour of the top night markets in four major cities around Taiwan, and their most salivatory dishes.

Stinky tofu 臭豆腐

Shares the same love or hate relationship most people have with durian. Stinking, fermented tofu is deep fried and served with pickled cabbage, carrots and chili sauce.

I hated stinky tofu when I tried it in mainland China, Hong Kong and other Chinatowns around Asia, but I love Taiwan’s version. It’s sold everywhere in Taiwan, so just head towards that stink you smell at the night market. 

Get your stinky tofu at: Raohe night market, Taipei 台北饒河夜市

Rice/Taiwanese sausage 大腸包小腸

Rice sausage wrapped with Taiwanese sausage. Sticky rice is stuffed into sausage casing, grilled, cut open and is used as the ‘bun’ for the traditional sweet Taiwanese sausage. You won’t mistake it for street meat from New York City, but it’s pretty good. 

For all your rice sausage needs: Ruifeng night market, Kaohsiung 高雄瑞豐夜市

Coffin bread 棺材板

A specialty from the night markets of Tainan, a slice of thick-cut white bread is deep fried to a golden crisp then the top is cut open and creamy seafood chowder is poured in. Think of it as Tainan’s version of the San Francisco bread-bowl chowder.

Coffin scoffin' best at: Xiaobei night market, Tainan 台南小北成功夜市

Deep fried prawns 炸蝦捲

The key to any deep-fried savory dish is crispy outside, soft on the inside, and this snack from Tainan does it perfectly. Freshly caught prawns are battered and insta-deep fried and served with a sweet brown sugar sauce, pickled ginger and wasabi for a sweet, sour, nose-clearing finish.

Find them at: Xiaobei night market, Tainan 台南小北成功夜市

Stewed pork rice 滷肉飯

Pork belly or shoulder is slowly stewed with no fewer than 10 ingredients from the morning hours until the night market opens. It’s an open secret that the sauce that’s unused the day before is used the next day -- and that’s why it tastes so good. In northern Taiwan, the pork is minced while in the south they use pork cubes.  This is a very commonly eaten dish on the night-market circuit.  Sometimes shredded chicken is added to a bowl of stewed pork rice.

The most delicious part of: Dai Tian Gong night market, Kaohsiung 高雄代天宮夜市