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Yangmingshan (陽明山), 05/29/2011

This trip was a lot of fun! It brought me back to the old days when I went hiking with my family, except, this time, I'm all grown up and taking buses and subways by myself (granted, with one of my good friends who planned our route well in advance) and packing myself lunch and doing all the things my mother used to do for me early Saturday or Sunday morning before we left for the mountain! And 陽明山 is a gorgeous mountain. Nature is truly paradise. All photos taken with Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18, click to enlarge. 

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After finishing our shifts yesterday, Peter, 胡仁恩 and I went for a walk on Palm Avenue (椰林大道) and did a photoshoot of the azaleas (杜鵑花) around campus. The blooms are truly marvelous, even though they're a bit smaller this year and bloomed a slight bit too early. Every picture tells a story, and that goes for the fallen azaleas that people arranged into shapes on the islands between palms. Seeing the boulevard explode in color is one of my happy feelings this spring.

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