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] TaiWaN ’10. pT 3 [

DAY 5

did I mention that our hotel in Taipei has a good view of Taipei 101?
it does xD

went to a place where soldiers perform [ well, not sure if that's the correct term ]
@ ZhongLieCi [ 忠烈祠 ]
they march and exchanged posts~
they din move after the ceremony
and~ so… here comes the flashlight of my mom’s camera

a trip to the National Museum [ ? ] well, they call it 故宫 in Chinese
and there are lots of priceless treasures inside~ guess its a suitable name xD
too bad tourists are not allowed to take pictures inside the place

we were advised by our tourguide to wear headsets, to ensure that we are with him throughout the tour around the place
so… here we go =)

went to a place where they told us about FengShui [ and more importantly, sell their FengShui stuff ]
then~ the most important thing during lunchtime : lunch!!
we were brought to this cool restaurant called 五角船板 [ not sure how its written in Chinese but i noe how it sounds: WuJiaoChuanBan ]
its more of an artistic restaurant` designed by a handicapped lady
but it’s still so wonderful ^^

next stop: XiMenDing! [ 西门町 ]
it is said that you cant say that you’ve been to Taipei [ or was it Taiwan ] if you havnt been to XiMenDing
there are lots of stuff there, from hawker stalls to Nike shops [ trust me, the Nike shoes there are cheaper than M'sia ]

and~ if you want my advice [ which was the tourguide's ]
try this stall’s bittergourd juice :D

erm~~~ they’re havin some rice noodles [ MeeSuah, to be exact ]
haha~ not very sure what is the exact term LAWL
and… a long queue follows

oh yeah, did I mention that I saw Jack @ KFC? [ the one from class. rite, Jack, not the KFC ]
well, i dint notice him at first but i did see a boy with a shocked expression
so took a closer look and…. TA-DA! it WAS him :D

then it was the famous ShiLin night market [ 士林夜市 ]
OMG~~~ guess how big the chicken fillet was

and how long the queue was

unbelievable? you’ve just gota believe it
[ and im kinda starving now :'( ]

giant sausages too @@

we spent our freetime there buying….
wait a minute… another minute…. okok, im gonna tell you
face masks
there, i said it.
it was crazy ROFL bought more than 80 pieces in total

and~ so it was the end of day 5;

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DAY 6

yeah~ the international flora expo @ Taipei ^^
quite a long queue although it was only 9am

queued for almost an hour to get into the expo dome [ 争艳官 ]

but it was worth it ^^ the flower arrangements are magnificent
i never knew that you could do so many things with flowers [ and other plants ]

well, these are some of the beautiful and attractive arrangements

we decided to take a family pic outside the expo dome~
our clothes are as colorful as the flowers :D
it’ll be a waste not to take a pic though xD

my mom and aunts took a pic after lunch
[ which was scary, cause we almost couldnt find a place to settle down and almost had to sit on the floor while eating, or standing, whichever is considered more comfortable. lunch, i meant ]

our original plan was to watch the 2pm show at the other side of the expo
and this is what we found ==”
it looked as if the queue never ended. so its up to Plan B, which was sit there for the whole day
OKOK, i was kiddin

bought some souvenirs and scramped
owh, and btw, the place is near the international airport
so, we get quite a handful of aeroplanes [ airplanes, wadeva ]
this is just a PERFECT shot
i sooooo din edit any part of these pix

this is a crazy amount of people~
well, actually, it WAS a saturday… so… i guess most people are free to visit the expo xD

so~~~ we took a Metro to DanShui [ 淡水 ]
found these chic glasses in a shop~ but what’s the use for me :P
its more of a nightmarket actually, i mean the place where we went
[ yep, nightmarket strikes again ]

had dinner at a random restaurant nearby~ :D
well, im full enough [ did I mention that the rice was fragrant? more like Vietnamese rice ]

went back to the hotel via a cab [ taxi, whateva ]
we almost missed the hotel if I had slept [ hey~ so not exaggerating here :) ]
and…  im on my bed a few mins later

[ to be continued ㋡ ]

] TaiWaN ’10. pT 2 [

DAY 3

went to WenWu Temple [ 文武庙 ]
this is said to be ZhangFei‘s [ 张飞 ] weapon of choice
kinda huge @@

a peacock farm is next on the itinery
and, obviously, as you can tell, these are NOT peacocks
the ones below, ARE peacocks

look at the colorful feathers~

had a look around a LingZhi [ 灵芝 ] centre
picking LingZhi are what most of the people of the Shao tribe [ 邵族 ] did for a living

took a boat and went around the Lake of the Sun and the Moon [ 日月潭 ]
the ride IS windy so…~ had a blast :D

nice Herbal Tea + Mushroom Egg xD
well, the be exact, the egg was soaked in a herbal tea and mushroom solution
which was quite tasty

now, the boat trip went on for, like, say, 20 mins
so~ camwhore time :P

had a short talk bout tea and stuff` well, who cares? I get the tea and biscuits for free xD

this is FengJia Night Market` [ 逢甲夜市 ]
its kind of like a market square. to be frank, it IS a square ==”

the famous, well, how do you put it in English? DaChangBaoXiaoChang? haha
large intestine wrapped by the small intestine? OKOK` we’ll stick with the former :)
dont worry, no one’s intestines were in it. its just glutinous rice and sausage with some veggies
in Chinese, its 大肠包小肠 [ 注:台湾用的是繁体字,这儿写的都是简体; 懒惰换去繁体,不好意思哦 ]

hotel for the nite in TaiChung. ^^ notice the ‘E’ was missin from the hotel sign though xD

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DAY 4

nikki and I on the bus, getting ready for the next destination early in the morning

went to LeoFoo Village Theme Park [ 六福村 ]
unfortunately for us, it was raining :’( AND cold
you’ve gotta b kiddin
I HATE PLAYING IN THE RAIN
it makes me WET, WET, WET
and, trust me, cold soooo does not go with wet

at least we have disposable raincoats :)
erm~ but… my coat is already waterproof xD

dint get to play much, but here we are, takin shelter for a while
and… of course, had some lunch, which was fried chicken @@

the stuff there are quite nice, too bad I couldnt take more pix
mainly cuz of the rain :(

went to the famous landmark of Taipei, which is Taipei 101 [ well, only the shopping complex ]
and… the bad news? still raining
the inside of the building is MUCH better than the outside, which is good news
btw, lots of branded stuff inside @@

guess what? this christmas tree was made of Swarovski diamonds
and… *faints*

nicole and I were bored during the bus ride… so~~~ here we are
looking at a piece of masterpiece from Nicole and Eunice, Co. xD

went for Mongolian styled buffet dinner ^^
BBQ meat~~~ mmmmm~ nice :D
we experimented with some combinations and they worked out fine

quite a lot of stuff there. but the ready-served food are kinda cold
btw, there’s also steamboat too ^^

went to WuFenPu [ 五分埔 ] later~ sort of a place where they distribute clothes
unfortunately, most of them were winter wear [ didnt i mention its winter over there? ]

hotel in Taipei~ ^^

[ to be continued ]

] TaIwaN 2o1o. pT 1 [

DAY 1
reached the airport around 8am~

we followed a tour called Apple Tours [ not Macintosh kind of Apple =3= ]
den we had breakfast @ OldTown… too bad they ran out of toast :(

and yeah. I still love camwhoring, even if its at KLIA
meet Nikki, my cousin; and my bro, whom you’ve met~~~ Ryan

nice view, huh? it was only 5pm or so~
the sun sets earlier during wintertime, in case you dont know :)
well, we could’ve arrived in KaohSiung [ 高雄 ] earlier but we had to endure a transit at KK, Sabah

taking pix before we get out of the plane. If u really wana know, it was a Boeing 737

finally, out from KaohSiung International Airport
its dark although its only around 6-7pm
met our tourguide in Taiwan, Mr Lim, but he likes to be called WuBai [ 伍佰/五百, duno which ]

Went to LiouHe night market [ 六合夜市 ]
OMG~ lots of ppl there~!

see? scary LAWL

the tourguide asked us not to do something, which was what my mom did ==”
counting ur $$$

lots of food there too…~ look at my sis, Joey~
look at Joey and her hotdog

our hotel for the first night in Taiwan ^^

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DAY 2

had “muachi” [ mochi, 芝麻~ wadeva ] the next morning
bought it from the shop next to the hotel
kinda nice~ bought 3 boxes with different kind of flavours :D

went to FoGuangShan [ 佛光山 ]
walkin backwards because it saves energy~ xD
it really does, especially when u walk uphill…
I’ll strongly suggest you not to try it while walkin downhill
you MAY fall

family pic near the statue~ as u may call it ^^
well, nice anyway

erm~ temple?

what a cute place :P near whr we had our lunch~
it sells Hello Kitty stuff
dont believe me?

now u do ^^

well~ see the statue? huge too @@

dont know how to translate it into English but I’ll try my best~~~
Pagoda of the Dragon and Tiger [ ? ] [ 龙虎塔 ]

there’s also a way to navigate around the two pagodas
1. go in through the dragon’s mouth
2. through the bridge between the two pagodas
3. come out through the tiger’s mouth
WHY not go in via the tiger’s mouth, you may ask
you most probably dont want to go in and get eaten by the tiger :)
and the dragon is an auspicious animal for the Chinese

den we went back to the bus and travelled to XianHu Leisure Farm [ 仙湖休闲农场 ] at TaiNan
ahhhh~ the weather was just nice ^^
cool, refreshing; unlike KaohSiung, which was around 27 degrees Celcius

there are 2 pigs and a dog, which had quite cute names
the bigger pig: WangWang [  旺旺 ] , which meant auspicious
the smaller pig: BiBi
the dog: XiaoBaiHe [ 小百合 ] , forgotten which kind of flower @@ hehe

had a farm-styled dinner

and made a coffee together wif my bro
not the 3-in-1
kind, mind you
i meant the ones that you have to grind it urself :D
the coffee beans are oso fragrant~~~ luv it

we were oso taught how to make some snacks called “ang ku kuih”
[ the red one, the small ones are a fruit called longan ]

well~ will continue with part 2 soon ^^

喂喂~ 槟城在吗? Hello~ Penang! [penang '10 PART 1]

从头说起呗~~
那天从Marina Island直接开车到我阿公阿么的家乡
那他们的家乡在哪? 当然是马来西亚美食天堂之一的槟城
呵呵~ 说到这 我有福哦 ^___^ 开心开心

PENANG DAY 1
那天是个风和日丽的礼拜六…… [ 好啦好啦,开玩笑的,不是故事版本啦 xD ]
<在车上无聊无聊下+小睡~ 就看到东南亚最长的槟威大桥 [ 听起来很威水哦~ 好了好了,减少旁白 ]

啊~ 对了` 到姑姑家弄好东西后去吃好吃的了
猜猜啊……快!叻沙(laksa)? 福建面(吉隆坡俗称的虾面)? 不!

答案揭晓:西餐 {鸡扒}
靠近Fettes Park有个地方卖的鸡扒满好吃的 [ 对哪些食物有兴趣就问我啦 ]
还曾有美食节目主持人到访过呢

过后就回姑姑家当女佣抹地 x)

PENANG DAY 2
早上去下菜市吃云吞面 ^___^
又大盘又便宜,才RM2.50
不过没比Sitiawan (霹雳)好吃

PENANG DAY 3
吃吃吃!!! 如果你有看我的面子书的话 一定会看到我分享的照片啦
这天又吃什么呢? 炒粿条! 这不是一般的炒粿条

这是一盘不加料就RM7的炒粿条 可是很值得啦 呵呵

不过须等好久 但是好东西都是得等很久的 而且必须早点去,不然很难找位子 [ 午餐时间 ]
还有必须注意下:助手炒的比老板娘炒得逊色些

价钱加起来 @@ : 3盘 (RM7x3=RM21). 卤肉 (另外从附近的地方叫的RM9). 饮料 (RM2). 泊车费 (RM2)
总:RM34
哈哈~~~

过后呢 去闻名的姓周桥 (阿公阿么的老家之一)
但之前先去我阿公他们的公司,也在姓周桥的对面,卖石油气的咯~ $$

姓周桥是姓氏桥之一 被列入世界受保护历史遗产

人家旅客去要找地方住呢 我跟阿么就去找她的亲戚朋友们咯
阿公懒惰~ 就在那儿的咖啡店找朋友聊天鲁

那儿的风景不错啦 还看到小学同学政业的亲戚 也是我婆婆的朋友啦
她们聊天我拍照 ^___^

过后去另外一间 我就找靓狗狗陪我玩 ♥
好可爱哦~ 可是养狗很麻烦下的 [ 跟我乾妈住下就怕了 厕所好臭!她养的狗没有专用马桶 ]

玩玩下就无所谓啦

还到我阿公阿么的旧址[ 住我家前的那个 ]

现在租给人了 N年后的今天在被装修呢 满大间的 :)

晚上 呵呵 又去吃好料了
要到槟城的人注意下咯:大多数吃的地方都在拜一拜二休息的
我去吃比萨 爱死了

这个比萨 也不是普通普通在PizzaHut或Domino的哦
它用碳的 所以要等满久的 RM11哦~ 有8片比萨

PENANG DAY 3
KOMTAR 跟 Prangin Mall
去找叔叔 然后呢 顺便跟他换下手机
换什么手机呢?就是Alicia用着的 Samsung 牌电话
不晓得她是否跟我同款 Samsung C3303K Champ

目前不错啦 触银幕的 呵呵
开心开心 完全不收费耶 那是因为他是我叔叔 谢了 ♥
幸好 白色还有存货 不然粉红的我就死了 哈哈

PENANG DAY 4
早上去吃福建面 超好吃的 可惜没拍到
可是 就算没放辣椒就很辣了 就连最爱吃辣的阿公阿么都没放辣椒
也要等的 @@ 也很值得啦 RM4一碗 还有人打包了21碗咧 所以等更久
先吃土司顶着咯

我姑姑家靠海 不知为舍好多好多帆船哦
很少看到那么多 就拍下咯 xD
晚上就吃点心咯 可是那儿点心比较少 炒面炒米粉那些就比较多

PENANG DAY 5
去了Gurney Plaza
阿么买的东西好多下喂 超重的咯 我只是买3片CD,总:RM50

那儿还举办数码展 [ 其实应说是相机展 ] 我要 可是老妈不在 没人还钱 嘻嘻
对我来说太奢侈 而且她说过的 明年进摄影学会她才买

圣诞节要到了 布置得满可爱的嘛 头还会转的呢

晚上就去吃粥 虽然我很少吃的
结果发现不是很好吃但又很多人吃的那种
吃不完又叫我吃 @@

[ 槟城之旅(继) ]

hungry =[

went to ikano yesterday
well… too bad I din get to watch a movie

my sis’ artwork from Yenji claycraft
mine? ermmm` i’ll save it as a surprise
its not done yet xD

played with HotWheels cars
they’re kinda expensive but as long as its my bro and sis who wants it
my mom does buy it…
BTW, padini sales but all the 70% stuffs are mostly rejects =(

had a late dinner @ KimGary
well, i DID have toast xD
haha` its kinda nice but no one appreciates it
and… due to the fact that i was pretty hungry, I din get pix of the food
i did get a pic of my mom acting cute though LAWL

awhhh` look at he face. innocence? looks so
chubby x]

omigosh! reli like to camwhore wif my sis these days

in the bar in the car
hey` I’ve fastened my seatbelt ^___^
its a must, trust me

soooo~ think that’s it… the post title, hungry?
well, I had dinner around 10pm and din have any breakfast..
so i think its appropriate =)