Wednesday, April 05, 2006
bought quite a no of tinks frm taipei.. unpacked n washed til i siaoz.. haha.. here goes:
my fav hello kitty umbrella
has been rainin since the dae we landed n i dint bring ani umbrella.. so juz bought this lorz.. hee.. but i onli used it in taipei.. dun bear to use it here..
weird top frm Wu Fen Pu
demin alike skirt
sporty skirt
furry skirt
Mandy say its my kind of skirt.. coz she say i hv quite a no of this kind of skirt.. haha.. but i dint notice tat..
my fav top!
skirt for Mandy.. her fav purple..
mickey mouse top for qi
skirt for Eileen.. similar to Mandy's but of diff colour
my fav pinky bag.. hee
big purple bag for study if i gt into SIM.. haha
i onli one pair of shoes there.. coz the price abt the same as sg
hello kitty n other cute stuffs for my colleagues
7-11 badgets
i oso bought lots of local food but dint take ani photos as there r reali too mani le.. bought 10 boxes of Tai Yang Bin, 2 boxes of feng li shu, lu dou bin, chocolate, sweets, mashmallow, mun chee, shun biscuit, etc.. reali lots of food..
germaine
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Saturday, April 01, 2006
its our last dae in taipei le.. so fast.. 5 daes gone like tat..
we woke up late again 2dae.. haha.. went to XMD for lunch.. den shop ard again.. as we stay near long shan shi, we dint hv time to walk ard the area.. so 2dae we walk ard there.. there's an area when u can c fountain performance for 15 mins.. veri nice though there's no colour like sentosa's fountain..
the fountain
went to long shan shi to pray oso.. there's lots of ppl there.. heard tat its quite a famous temple in taipei.. there's an artifical waterfall inside.. veri nice.. haha.. i like to c waterfall.. tat time at Yang Ming Shan cant find the waterfall..
waterfall inside long shan shi
time to go airport le.. i hvnt hv enuff fun.. sob.. i hvnt hd enuff fun n im goin baq le.. so sad.. i wil missed taipei..
CKS airport
reached sg ard 11+.. so tired.. reach home already 12+ le..
germaine
lost
we woke up quite late.. coz veri tired le.. shop for 3 daes non-stop le.. haha..
went to have breakfast at Zhong Xiao Dunhao.. we had dou jiang n you tiao.. nt bad.. quite nice.. den went to Sogo to shop ard.. n oso shop ard Zhong Xiao East Road.. its like our Orchard.. haha.. all dept stores.. there's notink much there so we went baq to Xi Men Ting.. by the time we reach there, its already lunchtime.. haha.. seems like all eatin when im here.. we eat western food 2dae.. veri nice.. deardear ordered ebi egg rice n i ordered baked rice..
My baked rice
deardear's ebi egg rice
dessert - egg pudding
rose tea n ice tea
den aft lunch, we shop ard XMD.. though we stay quite near here.. its the 1st time i shop here.. haha.. gt lots of tready clothes here.. but i feel tat its quite exp so dint buy ani.. onli bought hello kitty stuffs frm here.. haha.. hello kitty fan!!
XMD
XMD Stn
den we went to the other night markets tat we dint get to go b4.. coz its our last nite in taipei le... so fast.. haha.. went to Liao Ning, Shida night market.. but when we gt to Liao Ning, we discovered tat there's no night market there.. the whole street is veri quiet.. so we went to ask the ppl at the stn.. they say there is Liao Ning night market, juz farther down.. but we say we hv already gone there but there's notink there.. so i oso duno wther we r here too early or wat lehz.. its already 8+ le lehz.. duo lahz.. end up we dint go there lorz.. we juz went shida night market.. aft tat we went baq to the hotel..
deardear say he was hungry so we went to 7-11 to buy tinks.. den i was shocked to c hello kitty badgets givin away when u buy NT70.. omg!!! gt 38 of them.. like the magnets i collected here.. but its our 2nd last dae le.. cant probably buy all lorz.. so i ask the shop assistant wther she can sell mi the display set.. but she say no.. so i say im nt local, can u make an exception?? she stil say sori, i cant help u.. sobz.. cant have the whole set.. onli manage to gt 3.. hopefully it wil cum to sg lorz.. wil def collect all if its sellin here..
hello kitty badgets frm 7-11
germaine
lost
in taipei for 3 daes le.. weather stil veri cold n rainy.. hv to brin umbrella wherever we go.. decided to shop ard Taipei 101 2dae.. so aft breakfast at the restaurant nearby our hotel, we took train to Taipei City Hall.. there is like out CBD area, whea all the offices n exp shopping ctrs r.. haha.. when reached Taipei City Hall stn, there's free shuttle bus to Taipei 101.. took our lunch at Taipei 101 food court.. we eat jap food..
looks gd rite?? tempted??
aft lunch, we went to shop inside Taipei 101 n take photos.. heard its one of the tallest bldg in the asia.. duno wther its true.. haha
Taipei 101
went new york new york, warner village, Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Dept Store and Neo 19.. but feel tat the tinks there r too exp le.. so dint gt to buy anitink.. juz take photos onli.. hee
New York New York
Warner Village
aft shoppin ard, we take mrt to Hou Shan Pi.. the mrt here is oso like the one is sg.. but the seats r located in L-shaped instead of a straight row.. the one-way trip card is like the farecard we used last time.. but the whole dae card is like our ez-link card..
the MRT
the one-way trip card
Hou Shan Pi stn is whea Wu Fen Pu is.. Wu Pen Fu is a wholesale market.. if u buy in bulk, i wil b cheaper.. somemore the stalls onli serve wholesalers on mon.. cant go on mon so we went 2dae.. haha.. reali gt lots of stores.. like Prantuman in Bangkok.. bought quite a no of clothes there.. reali veri gd to buy tinks.. but the way veri confusin.. u wil 4gt if u walk b4 the shop.. the pl oso veri big.. like a big maze.. haha.. gt lots of clothings to buy oso.. by the time i finish shopping at Wu Fen Pu, its aleady 7+.. cant imagine i shop ard 4 hrs there.. haha.. den we went to Rao He Night Market.. there's oso some stalls sellin clothings, shoes n bags there.. oso bought a few tinks frm there.. n hv our diner there oso.. reali gt lots of tinks to eat.. hee..
Rao He Market
den we took a cab to Tong Hua/Lin Jiang market.. coz buy too mani tinks le.. veri heavy.. haha.. we oso went to Hua Xi market.. all the night market r abt the same except for hua xi.. its a pl whea ppl cum here to eat snake-related stuff.. oso gt lots of funi funi tinks like turtle.. can c real snake man.. so scary!! i dun like tat pl.. so dint stay for long.. we went baq to the hotel aft tat.. stil early so can take photos.. haha..
hotel lobby
our hotel
hotel lobby
germaine
lost
we woke up at ard 8+ n had breakfast at the hotel.. there's nt much variety.. so its the 1st n last time we goin to eat in the hotel.. hee.. we went for the half-dae city tour by the agency.. but hv to pay NT $300 per pax.. we went to the CKS memorial hall.. its exhibit for CKS..
CKS Memorial Hall
den we went to the Martyr's Shrine.. when we reached, there's an exchange soldiers exchange.. the soldiers march til veri straight.. impressed!!
Martyr's Shrine
nxt is the National Palace Museum n Mao's Princess House.. we dint take ani photos at the Nation Palace Museum coz its consider the national museum whea all the tinks r real so nt allowed to take ani photos.. the Mao's Princess House is whr we can get to buy lin zhi n honey.. but we dint buy ani.. too exp le.. :X tis is the whole city tour..
aft the city tour, we took a cab to Jiantan Stn where we hv to change to bus 127 (shang hua gong che) to Yang Ming Shan..
the board showin the 'shang hua gong che'
Yang Ming Shan is the tallest mountain in taipei.. frm there, can c taipei in a gd view.. somemore tis week is their flower bloomson season.. so we oso get to c mani flowers.. got sakura oso.. haha..
Map of YMS
YMS 'Hua Ji'
Nice scenery frm YMS
mi wif TW sakura
YMS is veri big.. we dint finish the whole journey coz too tiring le.. we onli manage to walk frm one bus terminal to another.. n frm there, we juz took a bus to Beitou.. n frm Beitou, we took a train to Danshui..
on the bus
on the train
Danshui Yu Ren Ma Tou is a veri nice place to watch sunset.. but when we go, its rainin so we dint get to c anitink.. the sky is veri grey, there's no sun even.. sob.. but stil the scenary is veri beautiful.. takin umbrella n strollin under the rain wif the scenary by the side is quite romantic oso.. hee..
Danshui
longest ice-cream
since there's no sunset to c, we walked ard Danshui Lao Jie.. there's lots of stalls sellin the ice-cream.. though its called ice-cream, it nt the normal ice-cream we eat.. its like eatin ice.. haha.. veri cold!! n i found sometink.. HELLO KITTY CAFE!! *wink wink* the food has hello kitty pic on it.. even the staircase up to the restaurant oso hv hello kitty pics.. so cute.. but find it too exp le so nv go in n eat..
the menu
the entrance to the cafe
the cafe..
aft all the excitment over Hello Kitty cafe, we went baq to Jiantan.. frm Jiantan Stn, there's free shuttle to Miramar Entertainment Centre whea the biggest ferris wheel is located.. Miramar is a shopping ctr which the ferris wheel located at the highest floor.. we bought tixs to take the ferris wheel.. its cost NT$400 for a journey of 20 mins ride.. the scenary nt so bad but due to the water droplets on the ferris wheel, cant reali c properly from inside..
ferris wheel frm far
ferris wheel frm near
inside the ferris wheel
aft the ride, we went to shop ard the shopping mall.. there's two sections to the mall.. one is for family, the other is for teenagers.. but dint buy anitink frm there coz its quite exp n like our shopping ctr.. can onli shop, cant buy.. haha.. den we again take the free shuttle baq to Jiantan.. Shilin is located juz opp Jiantan Stn.. we r all veri hungry le.. so go to Shilin for diner.. there's lots of food there.. deardear quened ard 15 mins for the XXL chicken chop..
XXL chicken chop stall
deardear wif his XXL chicken
den we went to shop ard Shilin.. Shilin has two sections.. one is sellin food, the other is sellin clothings n other stuffs.. bought some of my clothes there.. we r all veri tired aft a dae's of sightseein, walkin n eatin.. so went baq to the hotel to bath n relax.. since we r in tw, of coz cant missed tw shows lorz.. so we watched tv b4 goin to bed..
germaine
lost
