Saturday, June 30, 2007
26 June 2007 - 30 June 2007
The big day has finally arrived! Not sb wedding of cuz...But our long awaited trip!!! haha...took many photos..tink 600plus..LOL...Too lazy to blog it all out so I will post photos instead...well, a picture say a thousand words mah...hee
Day 1
Guess which luggage belong to who? The biggest one? the smallest?
while waiting to board the plane, lets take some photos first...
The journey was 4hr 45mins i tink...only enjoy thw ride when the plane take off..after tat we were unsure of wat to do..no cards to play..only mp3..so wat to do?? TAKE PHOTOS...=)
Nice plane scenary yeah? i tink me and cw took 40 over photos just on clouds alone..ZzzZZz...can tell how bored we were hor...
Eating sweets is our another favourite past time hobby..*exciting~* Zzzzz...
My so call first time filling up a form in chinese characters..LOL...fine...
Our arrival time! Finally!
Where is huiping?? (She is the one taking tis nice photo..clap for her!) *Claps*
It was raining when we arrived...we got in a ptivate car which send us to our hotel...Err...Royal Castle hotel...
This is Cw and my room..haha...nt too bad yeah? consider the price we paid for..haha...Service is quite good..guess the people are just too friendly=)
Dinner for the day is Ah Zhong mian xian aka mee sua...Very Nice wor...
We went shopping around Ximending...The shopping paradise for youngsters...(I am still young yeah?) *wink*
Haha..tis is one of our fav game though i always fail to catch one..well....At least dawn and cw gt la..haha...The staff there can arrange nicely for u to catch de...so nice of em hor??
Tink we shopped till near 10.45pm then me and cw went back to put our things before joining the others for KTV session @ Holiday KTV...
Holiday KTV quite cute cuz can sing in diff voice..man voice, woman voice, donald duck voice etc..haha..donald duck voice is the most funny one...haha...
tink we sang till 3plus or 4 like tt..but at the later part i was already sleeping at there...while they continue singing of cuz...
Day 2...Woke up at 7am..Totally SHAGGED...gonna wake up early cuz tour guide picking us up @ 8am...went down for hotel breakfast...well...nt very appealing...but the pp there nicely help us pack sandwiches to bring along to eat on bus..so we were very grateful to em..hee...
The tour guide brought us to Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall and the Martyrs' shrine...
Eileen acting as the tai hou wif 2..err...tai jian?
I tink the soldier quite pro..can stand for an hour and looked so stiff and fake..haha...i am kind enuff nt to go tickle him..haha...but heard the earned SGD5000 and get half price when they or their family members buy houses wor...but of cux if they make any mistake such as falling down or drop the gun...errr.......
After lunch we went to princess Mao place where they sell royal jelly and ling zhi...eileen, qiu rong , shiyun and chia wen each gt one bottle of royal jelly... A small bottle cost abt SGD50++ i tink...quite ex but good for skin...
We also went to jiu fen to buy local products like mua zhi and tai yang bing...
Love jiu fen..can shop for pretty handmade keychains and alot cute cute stuff..haha..sad to say we were given only 1hr and we din even finish the whole area...
Tried the smelly tofu..wasn't smelly I swear! yet the gals dun dare to come near me when i was eating..ZzzZzz..i gt tried one in singapore when i was in pri sch..tt wan really smell like drain water...EEEEK...But i wanna try tt kind of smelly tofu again..haha...More Challenging..LOL
On our way from jiu fen to pei tou for hot spring bath, our bus pass by Total Petrochemicals..haha...managed to captured one shot but it was blurred...
Went to tis place for our hot spring bath..overall feel is...If u wanna try, can juz soak urself in hotwater at home..guess is becuz for us, cuz is private bath, the space is quite small la...
Last stop for the day is ShiLin night market...the place popular for good food...
Dawn is drinking the popular drink tt can be found also everywhere..but then i forget the name liao..jelly like thingy wif alot alot fen yuan which is black pearls...haha...love their fen yuan..much more chewy! Good for jaw exercise wor...
The popular XXL chicken..selling for SGD2.00++..Long queue for it..but they quite fast lah...so din really wait for too long..
Anotehr famous street food..they sure love da bong bao xiao bing or da chang bao xiao chang de lor..haha...we tried the da bing bao xiao bing..nt very nice leh..but da chang bao xiao chang look good..haha...
This is the famous chicken butt tat the locals love to eat..but hor i dun dare to try..now a bit regret..look too nice to be juz chicken butt hor..LOL
Da da...Guan Cai ban! Local delights! Thumbs up for it! nice bread filled wif prawns and pineapple... but the name like nt very nice...but is AA enuff to make it popular..haha
*Say Cheese*
After finish trying out the local delights, we walk over to the shilin streets to shop for clothes..Yes!! Clothes, belts, shorts, skirts!!! Too busy shopping la..ps..so no time to take photo..haha...
Though it is very late liao..but looking at the tasty japanese mua zhi ice cream..simply cnt resist temptation..anyway no harm eating ice cream midnight..haha...except fattening..but who cares when is time to enjoy..at least for now..hEeX!!!
I tried the peach flavour one..would really like to try all..but nobody wan top eat ice cream at tis time..so i can only buy one..*greedy*
Thanks to cw ar...for taking my photo while i was eating the ice cream...
Love the night life @ taipei lor..is already midnight yet shops are still open...taipei is really the place for me and kaili..aka..shopping queens!
We took train back to ximending...the area where we stay..lucky din miss the last train...haha...
Their ticket for single trip...cute hor..haha...innovative idea..=)
zhan li ping of the day..still gt some more..haha...boo..only second day and i already overspent le...gonna go bank to change money to continue my shopping spree..haha...
Day 3Cw and i were the first to wake up..haha..cuz she need to acc me to change money..meanwhile eileen, qiu rong and shiyun still sleeping cuz they went clubbing till 3plus last night...they meet JJ lor...haha...but nobody ask for his signature,guess pp ther used to seeing celebrities there le... Dawn waited to go eat breakfast wif em so me and cw head towards the bank first...
Saw these vandalising form of art while we walked towards the bank..haha...quite nice actually...beautify the place..haha...
The locals seems to love scooter more than car...nt surprising to see businessman wif tie riding on a scooter instead of driving a posh car...well guess easier to park bah...cheaper too..hee...
haha...cw, u wanna try riding scooter??
After changing money..meet up wif the rest of the peeps at ximending station...we were on our way to taipei 101...
We shop around taipei 101 shopping mall..basically i juz like taka @ orchard lo...so mainly windown shopping..haha...6of us spilt into 2 grps so can shop easier...we went to the foodcourt to eat curry rice..only me and cw eat la..dawn was still full frm her morning breakfast(beef noodles)...
oh ya..can anyone make out wat it is trying to say??
Saw Mister Donuts..cute shop wif alot diff variety of donuts..haha...
New york New york @ taipei
Meet up wif the other 3gals to go to taipei 101 building...
We din went up to taipei 101 to view the "night" scenery la..anyway haven night time yet and it was raining...haha..but we took fake scenery instead..LOL...
AFter taipei 101, we went wufenpu to shop but then we still prefer shopping @ ximending la..haha...
So again, we went SHOPPING & EATING...haha...
Ar...tis is one of our fav drink also...fresh apple milk! YummY!!
After wufenfu, our nxt stop is raohe nightmarket...a place for food again..but shilin is better though..haha..
We queue for the make on the spot hei hu jiao bing (black pepper pastry)...long queue sia..but really taste nt bad...much better than the da bing bao xiao bing...
Day 4Second last day le...muz really shop shop shop..NO TIME LIAO
we went Tamago Ya @ ximending for breakfast..on our way there, spotted a boyband filming MTV there..though i dunno who are they, but...take PHOTOS first!
anyone know who tehy are? well, for now..i dunno=P
But then when we reached, we realised tt the shop only open at 11.30am so we waited outside first...super hungry man...
The food look good yea? hope it taste good too..hahah
perhaps shiyun too hungry liao..so she started hugging dawn like mad..haha
Finally we can go in to have our breakfast..or is it lunch? LOL
After our wonderful meal, we set off from ximending to dan shui...
Journey wasn't too long..haha..standing area is nice cuz most pp prefer sitting so we have the whole area to ourselves..LOL
DAn shui old street got alot artist who really can draw well...dawn was tempted to get one for herself but in the end din cuz waiting time quite long...
Scenery there was nice bah...
We ate this super long ice cream for SGD0.50..haha...cooling under the hot sun...
Taiwanese can be quite innovative yea? drinking fresh fruit juice from milk bottle! LOL...
Artists setting up stalls to to sell art is quite common in dan shui old street as well as nightmarket...
They draw very well hor...
we took a boat to Tamshui Fisherman's wharf... sea breeze super cooling...haha...
We went back to the dan shui old street and bought tie dan and crackers..the ah po tie dan very popular wor...
After dan shui, we went to mirama shopping centre to take the ferris wheel...on our way there, we saw wang lee hong autograph session..he came down to the stage on a helicopter lor...haha...cool sia...
Ferris wheel ride was fun..we make it wobble by running side by side..haha...lucky it din crashed..LOL...wanna take the night view the..but...camera low batt...DuH...both batttery packs low batt...forget to charge the night before..ZzzZZzzz
After ferris wheel thingy, dawn wanna go back shilin to get her slippers...so me, cw, qiu rong acc her back while eileen went to dye and cut her hair at ximending...then shiyun go back to taipei cityhall to get her wallet tt cost SGD300!
since we are back to shilin, we went to try the hot and spicy smelly toufu...i ordered apple milk again while qiurong ordered mango juice...my god! their mango juice is those thick thick kind de...singapore wan is watery wan lor...tat was the best mango juice i ever tried! We also went to play tou lan ji (basketball game)...haha...good for burning fats at the arm area..LOL..we are addicted to tou lan ji while at taipei cuz u can see it almost everywhere...
After dinner @ shilin, we went back to our hotel at ximending to put the stuff...wanna to shop at ximending de but most shops already closed...i still managed to get myself a mickey mouse bag..LOL...
since we gt no place to shop, we went to the hair salon to loom for eileen..it was already 11.30pm..the hair salon which was supposed to close at 10.30pm was still opened..haha...the pp there super nice bah..then dawn and i tot of cutting our hair also..they also welcome us though by right they already off work liao...thumb up for their GREAT service!!!
The hair salon we went..ruan jian(anyhow cut)..haha...
Dawn finished cutting her hair in a couples of min..while mine...guess the guy is really very professional...haha...my haircut plus rebond fringe onli hor took 2.5hr..tink when i left the shop, it was already 2.15am...haha...meanwhile, dawn,shiyun,eileen and qiurong even come back from their foot massage liao lor...
Day 5..LAST DAY *sob*cw and i woke up first so we went down to the toufu city to eat beancurd..their beancurd alone got more than 25 flavours..haha...i tried the yam balls wif beancurd..wanna try the beancurd wif fen yuan de..but too full liao..cw tried the peanut soupbase beancurd...
meet up wif the others to go to a jap restaurant for lunch...no photograph allow outside so i din take any...
haha...in tis pic..i look toot wif my new fringe yea?? *shy*
After lunch, we quickly go back to ximending to shop..no time le..last day..plus tour group sending pp to fetch us at 3.30pm...
finally get a chance to try ke li bing..haha...we put ice cream toppings inside cuz too hot le..actually can also put beef steak or watever u wan..LOL
Cw fav idol...SHE!!!
After some last min shopping..ish time for us to go back to hotel le...
see...our luggage after 5D4N shopping spree..haha...compared to cw who is sitting down there, our luggage sure look alot alot right?? *proud*
we reached airport then saw long queue at the check in point..waited for sometime...lucky i take out alot stuff for handcarry..haha...my luggage alone was 17kg..limit is 20kg..LOL..
Have this for dinner @ the airport..cheap and nice!!!!
i gonna miss taipei..shall come back for another shopping spree..hopefully nxt yr..haha...
Back to Changi Airport again!!! Though i love taipei, i love Singapore too..haha...
