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plan ahead

1] Hungary (probably Mid November 2009 - DONE)
2] Malaysia (if my gals will still want to go Mid December 2009) - broke
3] Hadrian's Wall, England (June 2010 - DONE)
4] Istanbul (revisit October/November 2010) - hopeless

past trips

Taipei (April 1999, January 2001, April 2002, November 2003, June 2006, February & December 2008)
Israel (July 2000)
Turkey (July ~ August 2000)
Greece (August 2000)
Singapore (October 2002)
Macau (too many times)
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
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)

footprints in England 2008:
London, Leicester, Portsmouth (27 May - 6 June)

footprints in Europe 2009:
London, Portsmouth (26 February - 5 March)
Hungary (2-9 December)

footprints in England 2010:
Hadrian Wall (from Newcastle to Bowness-on-Solway - 134km) (5-9 June)
London (3-4, 9-10 June)

planning in 2008

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

hobbies

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

museums visited

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:

languages

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

other useful URLs (multi-info)

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)

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    Dec 20, 2010 at 2:00 PM

    nice to meet U!

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    Jul 11, 2010 at 12:37 PM

    Happy birthday! J

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    Jul 12, 2008 at 11:31 AM

    Hope you had a great birthday - best wishes.

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    Jul 11, 2008 at 2:07 PM

    Happy Birthday from sunny California! Here's to many more wonderful years!

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    Jul 10, 2008 at 8:10 PM

    I've always loved that this community wishes each other a happy birthday. Pass the love on! Happy Travels and Happy Birthday!!!

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    Jul 22, 2007 at 10:32 PM

    Heya M.... sorry it takes awhile for me to reply ya .. lots been happening here at the moment.. but i will swing by to hongkong probably end of the year... i certainly buzz ya hehe cheers -K-

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    Jul 20, 2007 at 2:00 PM

    Hi Moody ,thanks a lot for your comments on my home page ,hope to see you sometimes ,somewhere in this part of the world...

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    Jul 11, 2007 at 10:35 AM

    Happy Birthday MOODY and have a nice day Greeting from Alexandria Egypt TAKLA

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    Jul 11, 2007 at 6:19 AM

    A warm Happy super birthday to you,best wishes from hot and cloudy Italy.

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    Jul 10, 2007 at 5:58 PM

    Hi, happy birthday to you. Hope you have a great party. Happy travels. Greetings from the Netherlands.

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