5/10/2005 08:16:00 AM

decided to come n blog abt my taiwan trip since i'm bored now n got nothing to do.... WARNING: this will be an extremely long post... hee....

day 01: slpt at 3am like dat coz wait for bb to reach my hse... had to wake up at 5am coz haf to reach airport at 6am like dat... bb send my family to airport.. thanx bb.... took the 810am flight to taiwan... reached taipei at abt 1pm... checked into hotel n out for lunch we went at abt 4pm.. went xi men ding... hell lots of youngsters... juz like our orchard road.. had the famous ah zhong mian xian... damn nice.. but my tongue got scalded quite badly too... hahaha... but its worth it... shop arnd n didnt buy anything much there since i've got more time at taipei during the last few days... went hua xi ye shi at nite... wanted to eat there but the attitude of a stupid hawker sux.. so we bought food back to hotel n eat.... slpt at 12plus after lots of crapping wif june n min...

day 02: woke up at 5plus in the morning to bath n haf dinner... had to meet our tour guide (dao you) at 7am... went ye liu to take fotos... all the stone stone stuff.. not realli my type of scenery... still its beautiful there.... went jiu fen for lunch n some shopping... got all the tu chan (specialties of taiwan) there... ate ou ni (yam balls).. very nice... but i still prefer green tea de... hee... anyway our dao you... shall call him xiao cheng since everybody calls him dat... is kinda knowledgeable... ahha... he said dat he got chinese physician licence but he rather be a tour guide... anyway think he's a playboy kind... haha... damn funny.... after dat we had to ravel for 5 hrs to hua lien... road's sucky... but xiao cheng is good to try n keep us off the tots dat the bus is so rocky... to prevent us from bus sick too... luckily for me.. i didnt get bus sick... thanx to his interesting stuff dat he can tok non stop... hee.. stopped over at ma zu miao.. so happen its her bday celebration.... so cool... saw the pure jade statue n pure gold statue of ma zu... nice....finally stopped at hua lien to watch ah mei zu performance... laughing all the way coz of the way the pple dress.. kinda funny.. didnt take any fotos of them coz i presume they will ask for money... after dat check in at hotel... went out to ye shi... bought food... had a serious backache... think too much bus.... ate guan cai ban (coffin in eng) very nice... had ou a jian (oyster wif egg)... wasnt dat nice as expected... hahaha

day 03: woke up slightly later for breakfast at hotel...went to tai lu ge where we saw the whole hill/mountain which is made of marble... it's not man made for goodness sake... all pure natural... n xiao cheng said dat we mite find some precious gems.. apparently we didnt.. hee... kinda cool to be in dat place... but scary... coz on day 1 there's a slight earthquake in hualien.. n big stones or marbles mite roll of the hill.... the bus infront of us got its tire punctured by falling stones... luckily we escaped dat... hee.. after dat went some tai lang diam (extortion shops in direct translation.. =>) den had an 8hr drive to gao xiong.... too bad for me.. i got bus sick... n i vomitted onli we stopped... the road was very very bad... driver had to go fast coz we realli taking a long time to travel... n its mountainous roads n turns r all very sharps.... but i felt much better after vomitting... went for dinner den went some ye shi... bought abit of stuff n more food back to hotel to eat... den slpt.... how fattening... hee...

day 04: went to some market dat wasnt in our tour iternary.... fruits there were damn cheap.. so we bought lots of fruits to eat... very fresh n sweet n nice... hee... after dat went fo guang shan...went to this museum n look thru this thingy which we r supposed to see a white white "pearl" stuff if we r fated to be wif buudha... dats wat the tour guide said... surprisingly i saw it b4 i got near it... tot every1 could see it but apparently some realli cant.. mum say maybe i'm fated to be wif buddhism... hee... after dat travelled for abt 2 hrs to tai chung for wen quan!!! hot spring is so cool... i love it totally!!! y dun sg haf this... its so fun.. water goes to as hot as 43degrees.... after soaking in the hot 1 for abt 15min haf to change to the cold 1 for 15min... damn cool lor.. fun... realxing... after dat tried half boiled egg cooked from hot spring water... yummy... somehow it tasted different from the normal half boiled egg... hee... after hot spring felt like slping coz it was damn relaxing... but we went feng jia ye shi for dinner n shopping... had very limited time but still i bought quite alot... hee.. i've learnt to shop fast n all by myself... coz my parents were hungry n looking for food... so i juz shop n swept lots of stuff.. hee... things were cheap there... so juz buy n buy... after dat went back to hotel for check in n min said she wanted to go back there again coz she didnt shop enuff.. went back to the ye shi again but this time i didnt spend at all coz seems like i've bought all the things i wanted... hee... reach hotel at 2plus n slpt at 3am...

day 05: woke up at 5am... damn tired... ahd onli 2 hrs of rest.... went for breakfast den log on to the net for a while b4 xiao cheng came to fetch us.... travelled back to taipei n went to more tai lang diam... hee.. mum bought some zhen zhu fen (pearl powder) n royal jelly( feng huang jiang) super ex.. but mum say the effects r good...had this powdery thingy called hua fen... suppose to eat b4 food so dat u wun feel so hungry when u eat lunch.. apparently it works different for me... felt soooo hungry after taking dat... luckily we had dian shui lou (ding tai feng like) n i had lots of xiao long bao... hee...cool huh... but luckily i didnt buy the hua fen coz it doesnt work for me... hee...went to zhong zheng ji nian tang, zhong lie ci n some museum... the zhong lie ci had some nice army duty xchange ceremony which is kinda cool... but i pity the guy standing there.. cant move cant smile for an hr... i will go crazy... hee.... went miramar shopping centre to see the greatest ferri wheel in taiwan.. wanted to take a ride in it but its kinda ex lor.. almost $10 sing dollar for a stupid ferris wheel... things there were ex so nothing was bought but the toilet there is nice... hahah....1st toilet in taiwan dat i've been to which is clean!! i'm glad i live in sg n i dun haf to worry abt the cleanliness of the toilets here... cant stand to toilets there lor... after dat went shih lin ye shi... shopping there wasnt very cheap but still alrite... bought tees for myself n bb... didnt shop alot there.. bought quite some food back... fried chicken, da bing bao xiao bing, ai yu bing, rou yuan... n more... nice food there... hee.. wasnt very cheap oso.. but muz try mah... after dat went back hotel to rest... finally had a better rest after so many days of rushing....

day 06: no more tour... woke up at 8plus for breakfast.. after dat left hotel at abt 10 den went dan shui... went ba li to eat 1st... nothing to eat oso... the guava there is nice... i love the donuts there too... hee.. went yu ren ma tou... had this super exciting ride on boat there... more exciting than roller coaster... hahaha... almost flew off my seat... nice wind over at the ma tou.. but nothing much arnd there... took another exciting boat ride back to lao ren jie.. bought some stupid stuff again... den took the mrt to wu fen pu... things there aint cheap... bought some clothes there.. didnt shop very long den took a rest n had bing(ice).... went back to xi men ding for dinner....shop alittle while more den went back hotel pack my stuff for my parents to bring back... met min's fren huiying n ying jie for ktv.. the ktv is so cool!!! price abt the same as sg... but there's food, room;s big, cool sound system, n own toilet... hahaha so fun lor... can change pple's voice to donald duck n robot or change ur voice to guy's voice... so fun!!! hee.... went back hotel at abt 2am.. slpt at abt 3am....

day 07: woke up at 7plus for breakfast... went to a nearby market to look for fruits to buy back... bought some cherries.... bought tai yang bing... den went back hotel for more packing... left hotel at 1130am after my parents left to come back to sg... took cab wif min to ymca to find her fren... settled down there for awhile den we went to taipei 101 n new york new york... lots of branded stuff there... wasnt cheap obviously.. but nice to shop there coz in sg when u walk into those boutique.. the sales person dun even look at u... but over there the pple were nice n frenly.. maybe coz we r tourists... hee... went back to xi men ding in the evening... bought anna sui eye lash curler... kinda ex... but i like it...walk arnd for a while more b4 we headed back to the hostel... slpt at abt 12... super tired...

day 08: woke up at 9 to catch the amazing race but realise its the wrong episode... still i watch finish the whole hr den went back to slp since none of them woke up yet... finally woke up at 12 plus... stone tok cok den left the hostel at abt 2plus... had some nice bain dANg den took train (huo che) to wu fen pu.... things were so much cheaper coz its a saturday n lots of pple was there... all of them bought stuff like nobody's business but i didnt.. hee... coz the clothes wasnt realli my style.. but i still bought a top n a skirt... like the skirt.... hee... after dat went back hostel to put our things 1st den headed down to shih lin ye shi at 9 plus... in sg.. onli pple going clubbing will leave hse at 9plus... hahaha.. but its different there... shop arnd wanted to buy a puma bag but min got it... ahah glad i didnt buy it.... went for some bing which is damn nice n cheaper than xi men ding... saw david gan there... think he saw us laughing at him... hahaha... after dat more shopping... saw 1 adidas shop n went in... oh my gosh!! its my heaven... there's adidas originals there!!! n i bought this adidas bag there... much cheaper than it is at sg n a colour dat's not available in sg!! so cool.... wanted to get a polo tee for bb but the clothes size like not the same in sg... so short... maybe coz taiwanese guys r shorter... =x hee...n i was surprised dat we r still shopping in adidas at 1am!! hahaha... so cool huh.... after dat shop arnd n bought a pair of shoe... something dat i wun wear normally... but its nice... hee... boxing shoe like.... hee... shop arnd more at watson at 2am... den finally left.... no dinner eaten... hee...

day 09: woke up at 9plus to pack my stuff... had pao mian(cup noodles)... so different from sg de.. very nice oso... hee... left at 11 plus.. huiying bought us to the bus station n me n min took the bus to airport... hee.. finally flew back to sg... 1st time ever i took a flight wif onli me n min!!! hahah 2 young gers!!! n we saw mc king (the guy who act as cabbage in the 9pm show now).. he sat beside us.. n he kept dancing to his stupid songs... hahaha/.... hilarious.... so here i am back safely here in sg.....

flying off to bangkok tml nite... remember to miss me okie... hee.... time for my shopping spreE!!!!!!!!! wohoooo.................

5/08/2005 10:44:00 AM

yeah pple!!! i'm back from taiwan!!! hee... its so fun!!! yes!!! miss taiwan now... but i miss my home hell lots when i was there... especially the 2 days when my parents went back n i'm alone there wif min... hee... it juz shows dat i'm such a family person.. hee... so i love my family... hee.... anyway taiwan has lots of nice natural places dat sg doesnt haf like hills, mountains, n so on.... it was damn nice.... the shopping part was great too.. but the things there arent cheap... i look forward to shopping in bangkok... ahahahah... still.. i bought quite some stuff... n sorry frenz... i didnt get gifts... coz the things there r quite ex... n i've got not much left.... the worst thing abt taiwan is......... the food there is so great dat i cant stop eating n i grew fatter juz these few days!!!! oh my goodness!!!!! heavenly place for food... but hell for trying to be slimmer..... i seriously think i gain quite some wt.... if not for the last 2 days wifout my parents n i ate onli 1 meal a day... i think i wld haf become a fat pig by now... hahaha.... but seriously... the food there aint cheap either... ahahah... b ut u juz wanna try everything... n it was so nice to haf min's fren letting us stay over at her hostel... n bringing us arnd... taking the train (not mrt.. its huo che) to buy cheaper clothes... to taipei 101 to see all the branded stuff... n now min has psychoed me to join them in their gucci fantasy... hahaha... i wan gucci!!!! okie... out of pt.... i shld be more practical since i dun haf an income n min is having an income... hahaha.... so no gucci for me... n anna sui oso.... hmm... being tgt wif min for these 2 days is bad... she influences me to like all the ex ex thingy!!!! hahahaha...
okie.. shall go n rest now... got time den post some of the taiwan fotos up here.... hee.....
PS: i miss my bb alot alot in taiwan.... feel so lost wifout him n not able to msg him everyday.... but i'm glad he's wif me now.... hee... =)