那天心血來潮,就問緣緣:我們去臺灣度假好嗎?
誰知她瞪大雙眼,回答:我不要去看馬英九啦! 
話一出口,我和老公哈哈大笑,爸爸於是問:你認識馬英九!他是誰?
她回答:他是臺灣人。。。你問媽媽,她常看臺灣新聞。。。
我說:是新總統。小不點突然做了一個拇指向下的手勢,又說:阿扁下臺!
又是一陣笑聲。。 
就說嘛,我是倒扁運動時才開始留意臺灣新聞,潛移默化,緣緣印象也很深刻。
記得有一囘我們去鼎泰丰用餐,寶貝一看到紅色的餐巾(當時三嵗的她還不會辨別顔色),很興奮的嚷嚷:媽,你看,阿扁下臺的顔色。。
後桌坐了臺灣人一家四口,指向我們,哈哈大笑,我不好意思,立刻按住寶貝小嘴:噓,後面是臺灣人,不要這麽大聲。。
臺灣一向不是我考慮度假的國家,雖然我大哥常去,還寫過不止一篇讚美臺灣的文章,說它政治色彩濃厚,文化色彩鮮明,是一個很有活力的華人社會,我也不爲所動。
這兩年來,看了好多臺灣節目,我的觀念開始動搖了,覺得它真的是好山,好水,人又善良,每個口才了得,言論自由到什麽都可以說,大膽的批評,令我乍舌!
哪像我們,只會寫,不會講,説話吱吱唔唔的,華語英語參著方言,甚至馬來語,形成獨一無二的新加坡式的Singlish.. 我的寶貝,沒上幼兒班前,說著一口流利的華語,現在也漸漸要變成Singlish了,唉!
本來我很愛旅遊,自從2001年得了恐慌症,就突然對交通工具,有了莫名的恐懼。
看了心理醫生,不肯吃葯,反正心病還需心葯醫,就靠自己的意志力。還好,有進步,雖沒有完全克服自己一個人搭公車的恐懼,坐纜車飛機也怕!
最後一次旅行,屆指一算,已有7年了,怪不得最近老想出走,果真七年之養了。
對了,值得一提,Shiny姐最近心情不好,還說要去臺灣記得通知她,害我即感動又動容,
正在籌備當中!
臺灣我準備好了,你呢?
所有的icons取自落花流水的相簿。 感恩!
Breakaway lyrics
Grew up in a small town
And when the rain would fall down
I'd just stare out my window
Dreaming of what could be
And if I'd end up happy
I would pray (I would pray)
Trying hard to reach out
But when I tried to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
Wanted to belong here
But something felt so wrong here
So I prayed I could break away
[Chorus:]
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes til' I touch the sky
And I'll make a wish
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget all the ones that I love
I'll take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Wanna feel the warm breeze
Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get onboard a fast train
Travel on a jet plane, far away (I will)
And breakaway
[Chorus]
Buildings with a hundred floors
Swinging around revolving doors
Maybe I don't know where they'll take me but
Gotta keep moving on, moving on
Fly away, breakaway
I'll spread my wings
And I'll learn how to fly
Though it's not easy to tell you goodbye
I gotta take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget the place I come from
I gotta take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway, breakaway, breakaway