Taiwan 2010

Yup! the long overdued photos+narrations :P

8April - 12 April Taiwan 2010~

On the plane~~ papa's sitting alone on the other side :X hahaa

Reached TW abt 6+ and the place is alr pitch black! like our 8pm...and the journey from the airport to the hotel took close to an hour cos of the jam and rain...and we realised that part of their roads have NO street lights!! scary :X

Finally settled down by 8, the receptionist is like super nice and frenly...which makes our service (if there's any to begin with) pale in comparison...she took the initiative to suggest some of the places we can look at and provided us with maps of ximending...:)

First stop - coloured contacts!! but compared to a year ago, this time they have SO MANY choices/selections...we were totallie clueless as to which to get...in the end we decided to go for a slightly more obvious grey one (refer to picture below...BUT i think it's too ghostly for my liking...maybe i can consider wearing it for Halloween -.-)

We spent our dinner at a nearby steamboat place but it proved pretty disappointing and we had to use the butter to cook our meat etc and there was a weird taste to it :X so after the unsatisfying dinner, we decided we can only go to the nearest attraction which was ximending :P

but i dunno wad's wrong but the prices of the accessories are freaking ex -.- one ring cost 400TWD = 10+ close to 20 bucks! -.-" anw bot a cute lil bear contact case container...100TWD i think :P after tt we saw the exact same one at dan shui for 80 =.=

　

Day 2: Dan Shui -> 台北地下街 -> Ximending

Weather: Cooling~

MRT Time~

　

First time on the mrt in TW...can i say? they reallie very 有爱心, they will reallie let their seats to those who need them more...almost EVERY trip i took, i see such gracious acts whereas in SG, we hardly ever see it even when the pregnant woman/elderly is right in front of them~

Reached Dan Shui and decided to have a little donut @ my fave Dunkin Donut! :)
　

Relaxing corner :) i like Dan Shui~
　

Dan Shui Lao Jie - 3rd time i am here~!!

Accessories are still very ex leh o_O i think cos they are imported from Korea SOOOOOOOOOOOO when i go Korea at the end of the yr, i KNOW wad i will get the most :P

My 鸡蛋糕 in spongebob shape~yum! ♥

Bot our pair of boots here...mine is the brown one :P

On the return trip, as u can see, we have changed into our new boots :P

Our 台铁便当~not bad not bad :)

　

我爱的豆干！

水果冰 @ Ximending ♥♥♥ the 雪花冰 is very nice cos they added milk into the ice before shaving it :)

　

Some scary promo they having to promote a play...:P i think it's a student production or sth...heee...quite cool~

back to the freezing room with no room and freaking cold air con BUT i love the channels available! :D can i stay there pls???

Day 3: 阳明山 -> 士林夜市

Weather: SUNNY :\

@the MRT station~

errrrrr..."Lulu" house :P

Actuallie we din reallie enjoy the trip to yangmingshan, first the stupid bus driver apparently doesn't know how to drive properly, all the way up is at one speed...and i felt like i will be thrown off the bus, and the stupid weather just pissed us off and we can't even find the things we wanna see...hahaa horrible :\

海芋~
　

　

Milk lake
　

Small little waterfall~

花钟

Delicacies from Jiu Fen and Shihlin

Yummy drumstick from ShihLin~

Shihlin was SOOOOOOOOOOOOO crowded, i can't shop much...kinda disappointed abt that :(

Day 4: 九份-〉饶河夜市

Took 台铁 to 瑞芳~

九份

On the bus, i nv understand their fare payment -.- do i "di" when i go up, down or both? each bus differs -.-"

Train station

@ Raohe night mkt, this 金桔柠檬 was taken for LJ to see...:P

We shldn't have eaten this full meal :\ there's too much to eat at raohe!

Pepper crab+prawn, dou hua (♥), 小叮当爱的铜锣烧，著名胡椒饼～
　

Waffle breakfast on the last day :P yumz~

Dinner at the airport...the airport is reallie quite sad...nothing much to see except 1 small book store where i swept like 7 magazines!! yay :D　

After dinner, we saw lots of flashes going ard and realised there must be a star in the airport and true enough, we saw jacky cheung! :D he looks much younger in person~ (he was wearing a light pink jacket...) heeee

On the last day, we went to Ximending to get more coloured contacts, i decided to get the brown and grey one...but the last obvious one...this is the grey one which i haven't opened yet~

Some of the things i bot - Lots of eyelashes :P super cheap! super cheap make up too!! the mascara costs like 25.90 here, over there it's only 350TWD which is abt 15SGD!!! and japan where it is manufactured sells it for like 20?! so buy in TW is actuallie cheaper than in Japan!!!

ANDDDDDDDDD i intro my sis to the Kate eye shadow...nyahaha...super worth it ...we both bot 2 each :D

I think i must have repeated this like 3 times, but i wanna go tw w my frenz the next time i go!!! i wan my ktv!!!!

Kate Spade

I hope ade managed to buy my bag :)

Goals...

Short term goals~

1.Movies to watch:-
a) Clash of the Titans
b) How to train your dragon
c) Shutter Island (maybeeee)

2. Go KTV!

3. Go Night Safari for Yuan's bday

Long term goals~

1. Plan a trip to Korea this yr - Aug or Sep

2. Plan a trip to Europe next yr (?)

3. Lose 5-8kg by November!

Bday celebration w the SN gals~

(Yes, i shamelessly copied the photos from YX's facebook :P)

20th March - my 26th (OMG) Bday Celebration w the SN gals

Outside Lido - after watching Alice in Wonderland...might be becos i nv watched the cartoon before or my english is poor...i had difficulty understanding some of the things they said...haa and the mad hatter seems really mad ...keke...i think i have enough of Johnny Depp acting in fantasy / weird characters...maybe it's time he play some normal roles~

Moved on to Marche @ 313...2nd time i am at 313 and still, i have not gone anywhere beyond the first floor...haha...

The Marche here is wayyyyyyyyyyyyy better than that at Vivo. It's almost the same as the one @ Hereens previously...i miss that Marche cos many of our sec sch outings were held there...

Yummy cream of mushrm soup, rosti + cheese sausage / smoked salmon, stir fried mushrm, long beans, potatoesssssss

Ohhhhh my fave is the waffle...YUMZ (would prefer strawberry to mango though)

supposedly cute shot =.= i look more sleepy though...LOL

With my prezzies :)

I dunno why but everyone is vying to be eeyore...hahaha

Cool~ full set of make up brushes!! :D love them!

Self taken by Ade...not a bad shot i must say :)

Supposed to be my bday cake~the strawberry (yoghurt) ice cream was supposed to make this overly dry brownie nicer to eat...but oh well...haa :P

Next back to our fave hang out place now - YX's grandma's house for MJ!!!

With Hello Kitty mj tiles no less :) I won that night BUT nv play real cash~ anw, half the time ade and lyn were distracted horribly by Jerry Yan (ewwww) and Ella's show...haa...sorry, not the biggest fan of him (in any way) :\ nor her when it comes to acting...but if i say that in front of ade, i will get an earful :X

Ya, can u see the 1 on the die is replaced by a beautiful ribbon? lol :) Love you Kitty~

Nicely done collage :)

Ok so this yr i have all my bday celebs w frenz after my bday itself...one more to come this sat :)

Like i said, bday no longer holds a special meaning to me, it's more of just a chance to gather my frenz and catch up...as each yr pass, the familiar qn pops up of wad have i achieved in my life so far...? Hard qn to answer..:\ shall not crack my head to ans that now...

This yr in particular, i do not wish to celeb bday...and do not want any bday cakes, candle blowing, song singing...maybe... i am really getting old.

Photos - Si Chuan Dou Hua

The menu

The shark fin soup i was reluctant to drink :\

the tea that JH and I tot is Long Jing but it's not and it costs 5 per cup (refillable)~

appertisers~~

yummilicious food~

FRESH Fish

Hmm...clean fish...:P

LJ's fave sweet n sour pork...keke

The signature si chuan dou hua~

e fu mian - i love~

mango pudding (a rat by the name of Ade stole one bite - where the spoon is)

I love this red bean pancake!!! very nice :D

同事。。。

Recently we have been having some issues w a colleague who is also a fren...pay is P&C, clients' info is P&C, we are in different team, what right does she have to probe? What right does she have to compare our increment?

We have been thinking of ways to avoid her, bitching abt her, complaining...and I must say I reallieeeeeeee enjoy the bitching session -.- I rem being on the phone w ade for 1 1/2 hours on it...:P

Sometimes I reallie think we are also very mean BUT I think girls are lidat...当每个人都一鼻孔出气时，we feel happy...其实我也很贱吧~

男人与女人-战争与和平

Went to watch the play on Sat afternoon~

The play has a lot of dialogues...and they incorporated many recent / popular things in it such as the dances for "Nobody" by Wondergirls and "Sorry Sorry" by Super Junior :P

Some dialogues are witty, some are crude but either way, they are still quite humorous~ i like 王耀庆 and 何韵诗~ they have chemistry on stage...very interesting indeed~ i especially like it when she spoke in Canto, somehow it adds a different flavour to it..:)

At the end, the director got the actors to say a few words each and so many of them mentioned the hainan chicken rice O.o wad's it with foreigners' obsession with the chicken rice? haha~

Who needs sports channel...

when you can watch live matches online?

this morning at 4am, i watched my first online live match (thx ade's pig for the recommendation)...it wasn't bad at all...no doubt the window's not too big (when maximised, the image is not clear) but as long as i can make out who is who, it really isn't too bad~

So now i am even MORE certain that Singtel can just screw themselves for winning the BPL rights...who needs them when I can watch for free online?

Suddenly...

I miss my long hair :\

Some over-dued photos

Went Si Chuan Dou Hua with my colleagues in Jan...(very expensive place)

It's Ala Carte Buffet style, we started off w appertizers and soup blah blah...and the dishes came pouring in...and made the 4 of us looked like GREEDY PIGS...

the supposedly famous tou hua :P (i suspect mine did not have the sugar syrup -.-)

Shark Fin soup which i was quite reluctant to order...I am anti-shark killing actuallie...BUT jh said, it's alr cooked in the big pot, wad's one more bowl...? :( 好没毅力哦。。。

Ade finished the egg plant dish by herself -.- cos the 3 of us all dun eat...and she insisted on ordering it...soooooooooooo...the total cost ended up abt 52 per pax...:\ extravagant dinner...but if u reallie wanna make ur money worth, just order the fish / seafood stuffs...yumz very fresh fish :) and most of the dishes are nice :)

Actuallie most of the things are finished by Lj and Ade...i had pudding milk tea in the afternoon which alr took up 1/4 of my stomach -.- i tot i would have no space for dessert BUT...noooooooooo, dessert has exclusive slot in my stomach...:) the red bean one was good (only lj bothered to take photo...and until now no photos!! these 4 are from my phone~ hmmmm)

Will i go back another time...? not anytime soon, maybe when there are special occassions ba :P

CNY visitings....

The relatives on my dad's side always say I change every year...actually I didn't change, it's just that we only meet up once a yr and they don't rem how i looked like the previous time...that's all...........i reallie dun like visiting during cny...i feel like a broken tape recorder, repeating wad i said every yr...