Monday, December 17, 2007

taiwan (3 Dec 07 - 8 Dec 07)

ok finally decided to get down to blogging abt tw..got all the pics alreadi!(gers i tink we took 750pics!hahah) it was realli a nice short getaway..somemore wif such little preparation!..i miss the cold weather alreadi!

love the customer service there! the pple there are so nice n friendly!
love the nite life there as well..so much more exciting!
love the food there! yummy!
love the ferris wheel at miramar! the lovers' bridge at nite!


most imptly!
-love the company!
-my roomie which is a big neat freak! one tat pack luggage every nite! n luffs loudly while watching the tv..so loudly tat i can hear her while i'm bathing..but she will always wake mi up in the morning n still muz listen to my whining abt lazing in bed...hahaha..thanks ger!
- our wo yi kou ni yi kou sharing 鸡排 (ok i tink tis sounds disgusting!) n all other share-able food
-our debrief time! where we slack n watch tv happily..totally not paying attention to the debrief...haha
-our little adventure camp!


totally enjoyed myself! n so tis post to remember the trip by..dun tink u all can finish it(tink the pple involved will understand it more) but it's ok..it's for my own sake! n u all will keep seeing my face..haha..coz it's my blog wat so shld post my own pics mah! haha..n we all agreed tat we get more n more chui as the trip goes by..haha...enjoy!(though it's realli narrative)(i took 5 days to complete lor!)

Day 1 (3 Dec 07)
the day before i couldn't sleep lor..so excited..hahah..

was on jet star..it realli was not as bad as wat the rest said lor..

reached tw at 6+ i tink..but the sky is alreadi as dark as 10+ lor..we all very stunned..heng yl's friend noe of a uncle there n he's very nice..help us settle lots of stuff! then still help us reserve seats at ding tai feng! n ding tai feng there is VERY nice!!! the xiao long bao is so yummy lor!!!



Popped over to Mister Donut which was just beside it..the shop is ALL over taipei lor! we got
donuts for our supper! hahaha..we are pigs! but donuts not nice one...














was on our way to cashbox partyworld (very well known there!) where we passed by sogo n decided to take some pics too..din go in..coz alreadi very late le...quite xmas-y there!

cashbox partyworld! i tink they got many floors lor! even more grand than our hotel! but it's very ex! but the sound system is gd!!! n got toliet somemore! love it!


we wish u a happy xmas!!! hahahaa

then it was back to our room to discuss abt next day's itinerary tgt wif our donuts..eh the uncle told us our itinerary like a bit luan then we stressed..so haf to end up last min change there...oh n my room! which i shared wif miss yang for 6 days! amazing tat i am able to tahan her! n her neatness!

end of day 1...on to eating trip day 2!

Day 2 ( 4 Dec 07)

Busiest day of the trip! n fullest day too! i ate till realli cannot stuff anithin in more le! but i had all the nice food! yummy!

our first time at their mrt station! ok mayb not yinglin's..hahaha..our hotel station! zhong xiao xin sheng!

their mrt 'ticket'..just need to tap when u go in n 'dong' into the hole when u go out..so interesting! hahaha
made our way to 国父纪念馆...i tink we were busy taking pics rather than realli reading up on the history n him..aniwae i love the huge spaces there! felt like i could just lie in the middle of the ground n stare up at the sky! n there were even pple doing morning exercises!

then we went on to 'orchard' in taipei..n it's basically taking pics again..tink we onli went into one shopping centre..coz all we cannot afford one..we are poor lor..oh ya! n we went to their 24 hrs bookshop! realli very cool leh! imagine in the middle of the nite sian can go there n read/slack lor..so gd!
all the shopping centres..n walked down the lane where all shows featured..ahah n took wif the seats...haha dun ask mi y..but all the shows pple got sit down one mah...hahah..n we saw cute dressed-up doorperson n sf wanted to take wif them lor..but she dun dare to approach them la..hahahwe then walked to Mr J's restaurant..super difficult to find lor! faint~...n it doesn't help tat all the signboards are misleading! it got so bad tat near to the end of the trip we just totally gif up! dun bother looking at the maps n signs..we just do wat we do best..open our mouth n ask..so much faster lor! tat's wat mouth are for! hahah..oh n jay shld realli locate his restaurants at more accessible places!!! all the places so weird one! onli die-hard fans n friends of die-hard fans will go n locate lor! hahah..n when we finally found it..it just 'drop' on us..the suddenly-see-without-thinking-points-to-the-signboard-n-say-there feeling is great! stunned to suddenly see it n happy tat we finally found it! sense of satisfaction too!!!

n the restaurant is realli very nice! worth all the hard work...n the food is nice n cheap n huge amt too! we were the first customers lor! n stupid yinglin who was sitting opposite mi was totally irritating mi by whining non stop that she wanna go up(got 2 storeys) b4 food was served n i bo bian pei her go up..then took pics le n she went to take after tat wif the rest again! coz she sae i take till very ugly! tat ungrateful ger! *stares*

the interior of the restaurant..see the kitchen? very nice rite? reminds mi of ratatouille..i realli wanna go in lor..but i dun dare to ask..haha..n his renowned toilet..hahah realli very nice leh..the door handle is a fork lor..so interesting rite? i tink it's so pretty tat i can sleep inside? hahah

n all his pics tat were there..which realli ain't many..haha..n betty n xmas tree!

finally HALF of the day is gone..did so many things in a morning lor..n i tink we walked too much coz yl's shoe finally gif way..haha..split open lor..so funni! i tot wat happen that she keep lagging behind..then finally saw her shoe..i tink we had a great time luffing at her! ahhaha..she is sway lor! but i tink she used to it le..coz she din whine..just keep luffing..hahah

we went on to dan shui yu ren ma tou! it's realli a VERY nice place! i tink it's very romantic but being wif the gers realli wasn't very romantic la! ahahha..i tink funni was more like it! ahhaha...n it was super windy! n cold! sf had to put on additional clothes lor..n yanli was helping her to dress..haha..n i tink it was a funni scene..sf was alreadi super cold still got to take off her sweater to wear tat..n i tink her clothes going to fly off..plus yanli's hands all over her..so funni! haah..oh n y got additional clothes rite? is coz yanli brought LOTS of additional clothes! tink she's a young mummy! hah..n we stopped by at 淡水老街...n lost our way when it was just behind the mrt station..all becoz of misleading signboards again!urgh!


the view at nite..isn't it beautttiffffffulllll....oh...not realli nite..onli 5pm..see it turn dark so early! oh n we din catch any sunset..sob..then we ran to the bus stop..hah coz it was too cold to walk in..so we just ran..i tink we are like some siao pple lor...hahah


n we got dunkin donuts..yesh! donuts again! tis time it was for breakfast on day 3..not supper coz later on still got MORE eating to do! ahhaha..we went over to ximending...walked out of the station n saw Egg Egg House..so just eat there lor..the menu is all egg-ish..haha

walked awhile after tat..then yanli spent 70bucks..ok 63bucks on a stupid backpack..coz hers was going to break le(stuff too much stuff into it le!haha)..then we went on to modern toliet to haf our desserts! it's too huge to b missed..coz got BIG toliet bowl..haha..actually is yanli noticed it one..well..she shld..since the whole morning she keep saying she wanna eat sh**..hahaha..well everythin there is toliet style..nice toliet bowls, shower and tubs..interesting~

the food...oso served in toliet bowls/urinal etc...haha..so interesting..but the big toliet bowl is realli too much le..cannot even finish lor...

ok now alreadi is VERY full le..then we walked ard somemore n then we went to eat AGAIN! ah zhong mian xian!...ok it's realli very nice..especially in the weather..n everyone just stand ard the stall to eat..been very long since i did tat le..n wat's funni is tat..coz nike/puma were just beside the stall n tat it was closing soon but we wanna shop..we did a relay! ahha..sf/yl: eh we go buy first k! ah zhong going to close le.*runs out of puma shop*..sf runs in again: eh quick go eat! while yinglin outside holding 2 bowls(we decided to share..coz very full le!) then mi n yanli runs out..exchanged the bowls...sf + yinglin runs into nike/puma..then comes back..mi: eh i realli feel like buying tat bag..then mi n sf gives bowl to yl*2 n runs into shop again...hahah it's realli crazi lor..n finally we stopped doing tat coz still got other nike/puma shops wat!!! ahhaha...n then i realised tat i din realli taste ah zhong mian xian properly n got another bowl to savour it properly! ahahah...we are bo liao lor...n after tis whole tiring event..we finally decided to head back to the hotel n debrief/watch tv/lie ard on bed/crap n sleep...


Day 3 (5 Dec 07) (y am i onli at day 3????!! *pulls hair) - doubt u all can follow till now ba..hahaha

ok tis day is the walk-till-legs-wanna-break day! started the dae off wif our dunkin donuts! n 4 sleepy gers! hahah..n wif sf's nagging of : 早餐要吃得饱 ! n tis went on for the rest of the trip..hahah..it was better than mister donuts lor!

then went to take their public bus to 九份..reached faster than we tot..n i dun understand how come mi n yinglin ended up being bus partners for the entire trip..i tink the aquarians pai chi us! haha..aniwae..when we reached there it was drizzling le..so bo bian haf to get raincoats..n seeing tat it was only NT20 we were like so cheap shuibian la..but end up those we tried on was NT150! n look how idiotic we looked...

we are the 3 little ducklings lor...
n 1 huge red apple..hahaha


it is a very nice n bustling wif life place! i like! nice alleys wif vendors by the sides..n nice scenery(wld be better if it was not raining)..but very dangerous! coz the alley is already so narrow n they let cars in lor! when the car drive past..ur face is like just beside the driver! tat's how near it is!! they sold lots of food stuff n gifts!
went on to 基隆 by bus again..n it was raining like siao lor..then very squeezy then we had lots of stuff to carry plus the stupid heavy raincoat! n we missed our stop lor! the bus driver never tell us to alight..end up we haf to walk back..n it was still raining n very cold!! then again we couldn't find where is 庙口..end up walking rd n rd..n it is a very disorganised place! dunno hu (sf?) was saying how come the wet market is beside a quite branded clothes shop..n the streets are very dirty..we keep seeing the rain drops dripping till we dun realli dare to eat there..coz supposedly we going there to haf seafood..end up we just faster go take pic to show tat we were there then go off le..so pple we went there k! hahathen took a super loOOoong walk to find the bus stop back to taipei..then couldnt find our way oso..coz we lazy to read map le..n we were all tired fr walking n the rain..finally found the bus n took it back to 美丽华..the bus is fab! can place game i tink n got personal tv set! n it's so cheap lor..till we r unsure if they will charge us at the end of the ride..haha
finally got to 美丽华! back to nice organised city again! dry n shine! big spacious place! our mood lifted up significantly! n since we felt tat we had led a adventurous amazing race-like morning we went back to our urban lifestyle! slacked at mr brown(our coffee bean/starbucks -like coffee chain) at 美丽华..nothin like a cup of hot coffee in the cold weather!!
after much slacking n the 依依不舍 wif slacking..we decided to go explore..i wanted to sit the 旋转木马 but they dun let mi lor..but it realli dun look very magnificent leh..look so small n lonely there..

the ferris wheel!!! in case u all dunno..i LOVE ferris wheel! tink it's the most romantic place to be at..i wan my future husband to propose to mi when we are at the top of the ferris wheel! romantic! *smiles* eh but wif all these pple it wasnt romantic at all lor..very noisy! hahah..but the view is nice!!! i tink half way thru the ride sf n yinglin wanted to dance lor..siao!
we went ard taking more pics after the ride..coz miss photographer yanli wanted to capture the ferris wheel n went ALL over trying to 取景! had lots of fun!=)


our final stop of the day was at 士林夜市..had nice food there n shopped alot too! i love the 鸡排!realli very nice! the bao bao cha i tink ok onli ley..
then we went to shop..love tat place too! coz it was bustling wif life! i tink their nites are so much more interesting than ours! bought quite some stuff there..n we finally called it quits for the day coz we were all so tired..but b4 tat we bought tis super EX fruits! it cost us SGD 20! for a packet of fruits lor!!!! *stunned*n these are the stuff tat we bought AT day 3! not realli a lot la..but ok la..n it was realli a ma fan thing to take a pic of these! coz we haf to arrange properly than after tat haf to repack again! so ma fan! but i tink the most ma fan for yanli ba! coz she alreadi packed everythin nicely into her luggage le! like i said she packed everynite like she's going to leave the next day! hahaha..finally watched tv n debrief b4 we slept...yawn~ Day 4 ( 6 Dec 07)

tis is probably the more sian day(note more sian..but not VERY sian) out of the entire trip..

had to wake up at i tink 6 in the morning to get ready to leave the hotel..din even felt like i haf slept lor! the bus station auntie helped us to order our breakfast n the delivery is realli very fast! faster than mac/kfc/pizza hut lor! hahah..n since it was early in the morning i tink we were all half asleep tat while going to board the bus sf cannot find the tix! got quite flustered b4 we finally found it..then it was a realli VERY long journey to jian hu shan le yuan! abt 4 hrs! n since i haf motion sickness n forgot to take the medication it was realli a terrible journey! somemore cld not sleep much oso..so by the time we reached we were all quite sian...n it din help tat it was quite a kiddish place.. somemore was some sch's outing lor..so many screaming young kids (though we spotted some we tink will grow up to be shuai guys! haha)..tink we kinda spolit yinglin's mood wif our sian-ness..sorry! but things got better after tat! shall let the pics do the talking!
at the entrance...11.30am

interior...


other random n silly pics..

the rides! the one on the 1st collage below i din take..super scary lor! vertical drop roller coaster! still will hang in the air before diving down one! the process top left is 1, right 2, bottom left is 3 n finally right 4...very scary when i am seeing it..but they all said not scary one...then took the round thing on the 2nd collage..keep turning..very giddy lor..n finally the vertical shot up on the collage on the right(bottom)..whole machine onli got sf n yinglin..hahah...oso took other rides such as the pirate ship which is fun! took wif lots of kids lor..i tink we sat on it for 4 times! scream like siao! n i realised sf can realli screaaaaammmmmm...actually is both yl sae one..hahaha...oh n got kids call mi 'ah yi' lor..faint~ n i was chatting wif the kids lor saying 'ah yi lao le, xin zhang bu neng fu he!' haha...then stupid yinglin i tink keep luffing beside mi..hahaha




















after the rides n lunch..yanli played wif the basketball machine for a loooOong time..she think she is yao ming i tink..hahah..n soon the rest got interested in it too..i din play coz i scared i outplay the rest! hahh
oohhh..ferris wheel again!! i tink tis one is bigger! sat twice lor..was slacking inside..hahah
the sun tat we saw while we were on the train ride tat goes ard the theme park..beautiful rite?

n before we knew it..it was time to leave le..n we took the same LooooOOong bus ride back to taipei..n i got headache again lor...then woke up n cldn't sleep animore.. n crap abit wif yinglin then realised tat they were showing some horror movie on the tv..then both mi n yinglin super scared...haha..n we were super hungry too! so we dashed to 士林 again to continue wif the shopping..got somemore stuff..n stupid yinglin lost my 大饼包小饼!we were shopping suddenly she suddenly screamed n said she forgot to take..she din even eat hers lor..poor ger.hhaha

yanli n her NT100(SGD 5dollars) corn...so ex lor! stunned! but the man realli 用心 to make lor..but i tink ok onli coz she cannot finish! waste money leh!


had mango ice too..then we decided to go back le...so tired liao lor..so debrief..watch yu le bai fen bai(became our stable tv show!) n sleep

Day 5 ( 7 Dec 07)

we slept till i tink 10 plus..coz we realised tat we are all owls lor..shldn't attempt to wake up early coz we will just move ard half asleep in the morning! aniwae slept till 10 still not enuff..i whined to yanli in bed tat i dun wan to wake up..but she just heck care mi..hahah
went to mini cafe..which is the 气车屋 in 流星花园1 where shan cai n dao ming si went dating..

on the way there we saw 仔仔 n 陈妍希(jiang xiao nan in 换换爱, in case u all dunno..coz we din noe her name except her face) they were filming a mtv according to yinglin..tried to take a pic wif 仔仔 but din succeed(even dashed across the road to take lor..stupid yinglin..dun wan her to keep whining to us)..we took wif 陈妍希! she's pretty!!tink she will hong! hahha



















Lunch @ mini cafe! since it just opened there was only us! so we got fullest attention from the cafe auntie who is really helpful n friendly!
us in the only car in the entire cafe..i tink the door is alreadi like going to fall apart le lor..


on the auntie's recommendation we went to 川汤 for 温泉! the place we went got LOTS of 温泉 shops!it realli is an EXPERIENCE! dun tink ani one of us will forget it..so embarrassing lor..but it is realli very shaung! especially in tat weather..n i tink it made my hair so much smoother! hahaha..oso met an auntie there who started chatting happily wif us..

look at our energised faces!proceeded on to 阳明山 after tis. was contemplating to go a not coz it was drizzling but being ks tourists we decided to just go ahead. by the time we reached alreadi raining quite heavily le. luckily we saw friendly singaporean tourists who gave us directions. n we had to get back to the entrance in 45mins' time! tat means tour whole of 阳明山 in 45mins' time! craziness! it was realli a mad rush! our aim was to see the waterfall which was realli nothin n get back! hahah..aniwae the view there is realli nice..wld love to haf more time to tour it! n whoever told us it was just a PARK ought to b killed coz it realli is a MOUNTAIN lor!

the little red riding hood! n she wore tat for the whole 阳明山 tour! (n day 3 too)
look how strong the wind is! poor umbrella! n i still haf tat hot potato in my hands!


the clam-like mi..i'm being abused! whines~
more pics along the way..
ground was very wet n slippery..was contemplating to go down to the waterfall area a not..but we did eventually..n come to tink of it now..the whole entire 阳明山 got nobodi except us leh! if we slip n fall there nobodi will noe lor...

the waterfall which is realli nothin..
took a train back to taipei! our first train experience at taipei..got bounced back by the incoming crowd when i wanted to alight..*stunned*



























went wu fen pu..bugis street-like..supposedly very gd for shopping..but since it was winter..there wasn't anythin summer-ish to buy there..sorta of expected tat but was still teeny bit disappointed..gave up after a while..then we went raohe ye shi..dunno hu sae very near..but it's very far! we walked a lot lor! n when we finally reached there..there was lots of pple..very squeezy..but bustling wif life too..our aim was just to squeeze from the entrance to the exit..haha..then realised that there was nothin to buy we decided to head back to ah zhong mian xian for the second time! yummy! walked a bit at ximending again n went back hotel to pack up..yanli nothin much to pack(coz she's alreadi packing everydae! haha)..while i realli did a gd job at packing lor! *beams*

Day 6 ( 8 Dec 07)

last day! our flight is at 6.25pm so had some time to tour ard somemore..we had put everywhere tat we wanted to go but cld not due to time constraint to this day..which included xiao ju dan! their national stadium i tink..n we were so lucky coz they were doing up the deco for jin ma jiang.. we shld haf stayed another day lor!


n stupid yinglin went to approach xiao jing teng's fans to let her take a pic wif their small banner..n they tot we were fr korea(? lor..got pple sae us fr japan prob coz of my hai, ichi,ni ,san during pic taking..n oso fr taiwan)..



made our way to jay's other restaurant after tis...不能说的秘密...took cab there coz it was super ulu! like again lor!he likes to place his restaurants at weird places leh..tis time was at a sch..we told the taxi driver tat we going there to eat he big qn mark us..hahah..aniwae tis restaurant show much of his works..got play his songs! not like the earlier one..
our food which is HUGE! i tried to finish tat pizza but it was impossible!! notice yinglin's stupid sad face? hahah her dish was mostly veg...hahha


the grand piano..as used in the movie..

tis women is go there to get jay's stuff one..n she managed to go back wif quite a number of stuff! cheap somemore!
quickly went to get our foodstuff n head back to the hotel..on the wae we sort of witness jolin's autograph session...din see her though..tink angela was oso going to haf autograph session but we cannot squeeze it in le..

the receptionist at the hotel was kind enuff to help us get a huge van to get us to the airport..if not doubt we can get all the luggage below into a cab..n the van uncle is nice! initally wanted to gif him all the coins(we even sorted out the coins for 10mins i tink) but decided not to be so mean n so we changed back in the van..tink everyone likes the uncle lor..coz everyone was volunteering to take the coins..hahah..i like uncles! hahah
was checking in at the counter n realised tat we could haf gone for yu le bai fen bai live(instead of watching it at nite on tv) then we stunned lor..but ok la..doubt we haf time aniwae...

n it was back to sg...slept a while n cld not sleep le..so we started photo whoring..hahha..pls pardon us tired, hungry n sian gers..hahah

11.05pm home sweet home =)


a lovely journey wif lovely pple..memories i will always remember...