jil_coleslaw's VirtualTourist Home Page

I have already started my new career from the end of March. I am working as an Assistant Curator in the Hong Kong Maritime Museum, handling library, object collection and archives. It is a really wonderful luck that i have finally found my desired job.

Taipei (April 1999, January 2001, April 2002, November 2003, June 2006, February 2008)
Israel (July 2000)
Turkey (July ~ August 2000)
Greece (August 2000)
Singapore (October 2002)
Macau (several times since childhood, latest in February 2007)
Bangkok, Thailand (March 2006)
Tokyo (November 2007)

footprints in England/Scotland 2004-05:
Berwick-up-Tweed (Bamburgh) (26 July -27 August 2004)
Durham (20-22 August 2004)
Alniwick (26 August 2004)
Edinburgh (11-14 August, 27 August - 2 September 2004)
Stirling (2-4 September 2004)
Aberdeen (4-7 September 2004)
Inverness (7-9 September 2004)
Glasgow (9-16 September 2004)
Manchester (16-22 September 2004)
London (22-29 September, 22 & 27December 2004, 19 February, 22 March, 11 May, 20 July, 7 August, September 2005)
Oxford (23 October 2004, 3-4 February 2005)
Salisbury (23 August, 2005)
Windsor (24 August, 2005)
Bristol (4-6 September, 2005)
Bath (6-9 September, 2005)
Devon + Cornwall (9-12 September, 2005)
Birmingman (24 September, 2005)
Cambridge (25 September, 2005)
Liverpool (26-28 September, 2005)
York (28 September - 1 October, 2005)

footprints in Europe 2005:
St. Malo, France (30-31 May)
Prague, Czech (6-9 June)
Berlin, Germany (15-18 September)
Prague, Czech (18-22 September)

footprints in England 2006:
London, Leicester, Portsmouth (16-25 November)

200801 5th essay (completed)
20080217 Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 10k run (coming)
20080219-22 6th Taipei trip
2008 spring finish the collection of past museum visits (on-going)
20080528-0606 summer school in Leicester
200807 reduce 20 pounds of weight (huh?!)
200811 be a pretty bride-maid

1] visiting museums, great architectures, archaeological sites
2] photography on still, foral, architecures, animals
3] traveling/backpacking
4] reading on archaeology, architecture, novel, prose, furniture, history
5] collecting stamps, wine corks, museum tshirt + badget, books
6] cooking, dining & wine
7] sports: basketball, fitness workout, boxing, badminton, tennis, jogging
8] favourite magazines: National Geography, Museums Journal, City Magazine, architecture and interior design

Britain:

The British Museum (London)
Victoria & Albert Museum (London)
National Gallery (London)
National Portrait Gallery (London)
Natural Science Museum (London)
Imperial War Museum (London)
Tate Britain (London)
Tate Modern (London)
London Transport Museum (London)
Theatre Museum (London)
Museum of London (London)
Natural Science Museum (Oxford)
Ashmolean Museum (Oxford)
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool)
Tate St. Ives (St. Lves)
National Maritime Museum (London)
Historic Dockyard + Maritime Museum (Portsmouth)
New Walk Museum (Leicester)
Castle Museum (York)

Taiwan:
Taipei Fine Art Museum
MOCA
Taipei Miniature Museum
National Museum of Natural Science

Singapore:
National Museum
Postal Museum
Black Spot

Israel:

Greece:

Turkey:

Germany:

Czech:

cantonese (native)
english (good)
putonghua/mandarin (ok)
spanish (just beginner)

agents
www.zuji.com.hk
www.travelocity.com/
www.eurotrip.com/
www.planetrider.com/
www.travel.com/
www.thebackpacker.net/

official web sites
www.discoverhongkong.com (Hong Kong)
www.franceguide.com.hk (France)

other useful URLs (hotels)
www.hotelsetc.com
www.hostels.com
www.orangewings.com (Austra)

other useful URLs (transports)
airlines:
www.airtreks.com
www.roundtheworldflights.com
www.priceline.com
www.csa.cz/ (Czech Airlines)
www.aerohkg.com (Aero Int'l)
www.easyjet.com
www.ryanair.com
www.zuni.com
www.bmi.com
www.smartwings.com
www.oasishongkong.com (HK budget airline)
www.cathaypacific.com

trains:
www.tgv.com
www.voyages-sncf.com
www.virgintrain.com (uk)
www.trainline.com (uk)

bus:
www.megabus.com (uk)
www.nationalexpress.com (uk)