THE PLACES I HAVE VISITED BEFORE:

hEY, I AM NOT A TRAVELLER. WELL, I DID TRAVEL FOR MONEY, FOR SINGING, BUT NEVER FOR THE SAKE OF TRAVELLING.

I FIRST FLEW IN A PLANE WHEN I WAS 5 YEARS OLD. AM I A PIONEER OR WHAT? THERE WERE NOT TOO MANY KIDS FLY ON THE PLANE IN THE MID OR LATE 60'S. I FLEW ALONE WITHOUT ANY TRAVEL COMPANIONS THAT I KNEW OF!!!

LUCKILY, I DID NOT KNOW WHAT "MOTION SICKNESS" WAS AT THAT TIME. I FLEW TO MALAYSIA MANY TIMES TO VISIT MY RELATIVES. MY MOTHER WAS FROM MALAYSIA AND SO I HAVE A LOT OF RELATIVES AND FRIENDS IN MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE. I REMEMBERED I WORE A TIE AND A SUIT EVERY TIME I FLEW ON A PLANE. MY FRIENDS CAME TO SEE ME OFF AT THE AIRPORT. IT WAS SO NOT ME IN SUIT AND TIE LIKE A GENTLEMAN. I ALSO VISITED THAILAND ON MY WAY TO MALAYSIA. IT WAS FUN-ACTUALLY, I WAS TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER AT 5 OR 6 YO.

THEN, I WENT TO JAPAN IN 1982 TO TRAVEL(82,90,92,94), TO SEE MY IDOLS' PERFORMANCES(85,87,88), MY OWN PERFORMANCES(88); CHINA-TRAVEL (1984), WORK(1983,84,85,86,87,88,89); DUBAI, ENGLAND, GERMANY IN 1987; AUSTRALIA-BRISBANE, SYDNEY IN 1988;
USA-HAWAII 1991, LOS ANGELOS +LAS VEGAS 1994, SAN FRANCISCO 1999; CANADA -VANCOUVER 1995, MOST OF BC PROVINCES + YUKON 1999, TORONTO 2000.

IT WAS NOT FUN FOR ME TO TRAVEL BY AIR, SHIP NOR CAR. I ENJOY TRAVELLING BY CAR MOST. YOU CAN DRIVE FOR A FEW HOURS AND STOP FOR A WHILE OR EVEN FOR THE NIGHT IN A MOTEL.

TRAIN TRIPS: SHANGHAI TO CANTON 2 NITE AND 3 DAYS!IT WAS AWESOME AT FIRST BUT I WAS SICK THE LAST DAY.

HARBOUR TRIP: ENGLISH CHANNEL FROM ENGLAND TO HOLLAND- ONE NITE.

CAR TRIP-VANCOUVER TO SAN FRANCISCO VIA SEATTLE OREGON ETC. 22 HOURS. VANCOUVER TO BANFF, JASPER, CALGARY, EDMONTON, PRINCE GEORGE, YUKON.

WELL, I HAVE BEEN TO PLACES SUCH AS MALAYSIA, THAILAND, SINGAPORE, TAIWAN, AUSTRALIA, KOREA AND JAPAN IN ASIA.

CHINA-MACAO,HONG KONG, SHANGHAI, PEKING-GREAT WALL, FORBIDDEN CITY, NANKING, WUSHU, SHENZHEN, CANTON, KUMING, XIAN, QUILIN ETC.

NORTH AMERICA, I HAVE BEEN TO HAWAII, LOS ANGELOS, LAS VEGAS, SEATTLE, OREGON, SAN FRANCISO.

MIDDLE EAST-DUBAI

EUROPE- ENGLAND, GERMANY, HOLLAND, AUSTRIA.

I WISH I COULD TRAVEL MORE BUT I REALLY HATE TRAVELLING. I WENT TO MOST OF THE PLACES FOR MONEY OR FAME. WELL, A FEW TRIPS TO VISIT FRIENDS AND RELATIVES. NEVER FOR THE SAKE OF TRAVELLING.

I DID NOT PLAN ON ANY TRIPS IN THE FUTURE YET.
MAYBE A CRUISE TRIP--NAY!!NOT SURE..WITH MY SONS ?I WOULD ADOPT IF I WON THE LOTTO.

WELL, I HAD THE CHANCE TO TRAVEL BECAUSE OF MY JOB AS A TOUR GUIDE AND TOUR ESCORT. AS YOU KNOW I SPEAK 3 LANGUAGES-JAPANESE, CHINESE AND ENGLISH.

I WORKED FIRST AS AN ENGLISH SPEAKING TOUR GUIDE IN 1982 DEALING MAINLY WITH AUSTRALIA, BRITISH AND AMERICAN TRAVELLERS TO HONG KONG. LATER ON, I ALSO DID CHINESE AND JAPANESE LANGUAGE TOURS.

MY LAST JOB WAS A JAPANESE AND ENGLISH SPEAKING FENG SHUI TOUR GUIDE IN HONG KONG. WE HANDLED CLIENTS FOR HONG KONG TOURISM BOARD.
I WORKED FOR MY FRIENDS' TRAVEL AGENT. IT WAS AN INTERESTING JOB. I GOT TO TRAVEL WITHIN HONG KONG ITSELF AND EXPLAINED ABOUT OUR FLOW OF CHI TO THE FOREIGNERS.


*****STEPHENTAI, THE TRAVELLER IN 2006**********

I WILL TRAVEL AGAIN EARLY NEXT YEAR 2006. AS MUCH AS I HATE TRAVELLING, I LIKE TO MOVE AROUND TO SEE NEW THINGS AND MAKE MORE MONEY. I HAVE PLANNED TO VISIT MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE, AUSTRALIA AND A FEW CITIES IN CHINA THIS TIME.

I WILL UPDATE THIS PAGE WHEN I STARTED MY JOURNEY.
PLS COME BACK.(AUG 23)

(Feb 5th, 2006)

I DID NOT TRAVEL ANYWHERE. I STILL DO NOT HAVE THE COURAGE TO FLY. BUT I MAY FLY FOR A GOOD CAUSE. I GUESS I AM STILL TOO YOUNG TO RETIRE. I WANT TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED.

I STILL WANT TO TRAVEL A LITTLE BIT. I STILL WANT TO SING.

(DEC 20TH, 2009)

I FINALLY FLEW BACK TO HKG FROM VANCOUVER IN  2007 FEB. I THOUGHT OF STAYING ONLY 3 MONTHS BUT NOW I AM ALMOST IN HKG FOR 3 YEARS.  I HAVE MY OWN PLACE TO LIVE AND JUST VISITED THAILAND AGAIN AFTER 19 YEARS.  I FINALLY TRAVEL AGAIN.  MY NEXT DESTINATIONS WOULD BE JAPAN, CHINA, MALAYSIA,  SINGAPORE AND AUSTRALIA.

I MAY SING IN ENGLAND AND JAPAN AGAIN. AFTER ALL, I DID PERFORM IN THOSE PLACES 20 YEARS AGO.