I AM BACK!!!~
**WARNING: HEAVY ENTRY AHEAD**
30062008 the flight to taipei was damn freaking long. and i was so bored! :x plus the bus ride to my hotel was even longer. my butt ached like hell.
stayed at royal castle hotel this time. really nice hotel room but the location is a bit far from the MRT station. WELLS and the phone bill is twice the amount charged at rainbow hotel. UGH. -curses-
ANYWAYS. had dinner at some sushi place and shopped around ximen before heading for shi-da night market. not a bad place, really. :D
01072008 woke up freaking early next morning for the day tour. got on a huge bus with only around 10 other singaporeans. and the tour guide was so talkative. LOL. he's andy-ge too though the andy-ge at channel v is so much hotter. HAHA
first stop was the C.K.S. MEMORIAL HALL. the sun was freaking bright can. i almost died under it.
those FOUR letters (zi-you-guang-chang) are going to be taken down soon, so according to andy-ge, these pictures we took with these letters will become our family treasure. -.-
you have no idea how hot the weather was! some freaking 37 degrees! and i ended up hiding at spots where i could get some shade.
HEE. couldn't stop cam-whoring even while i'm walking. LOL. those tour-mates of mine kept giving me that weird look. gosh.
had to hide from the sun. seriously, i could feel my scalp burning! T-T
YELIU!!! what a nice place~ seriously! the view is spectacular!
and again... THE SUN IS FUCKING BRIGHT!
next was jiu-fen, where we had lunch. the funny thing was our lunch was provided while our tour-mates' were not. so andy-ge brought us to zhang-ji where he said was a must-go for lunch. it was super crowded but we managed to get a table fast. AND while we were already eating, our tourmates all came. HEE. they were all stunned to see that we were already half-way through eating our lu-ruo-fan. LOL. their faces were damn funny and i had to cough to stop myself from laughing. -.-
being engaged in a day tour means being conned to spend money. so there we were brought to Mao's Princess Home, where i was tempted into buying beauty products made from royale honey. UGH. okay, i bought some exfoiliating serum which cost me around $128SGD. but damn that product is amazing can. and auntie alice (that sales associate above) was so kind to give me a bottle of royale honey sun block for free! HEE.
oh and the top picture was taken with a real princess. okay, a princess of ah-li-shan. :x HEE and i asked her what a princess does and she was tongue-stuck. LOL
NEXT stop was another con-my-money-place, LING LONG GE. a fortune telling place actually. they look at my BA-ZI (eight letters) and said things which were quite true. but there was one which i think will not happen- that i will abandon everything for love. LOL. how can it be? HEE. they tried to sell me some jade thing, which cost about 250SGD by the way. but!~ this is not as tempting as royale honey so i didnt buy!
Martyr's Shrine. Saw the exchange of shifts among the guards. gosh, there was this one guy who almost fainted. so poor thing can. :x
we didn't go along to the hot spring since we were told that it would be a public bathe. OH GOSH, i wouldn't want to see naked people! so yep. we left the tour.
stayed at ximen since we were so tired. i bought that stupid looking spectacles for fun. so cute right. LOL.
02072008 a brand new day! went for a nice foot massage somewhere near wu-fen-pu. it was the one me and mel went the other time. and they still remembered me! HEE. and they told me mel actually emailed them. TO MEL: did you? LOL.
and i must say, wu-fen-pu rocks my life!~ things are so freaking cheap. makes me so happy. :D
I BOUGHT MY VIVIENNE WESTWOOD WALLET!!! like finally. GOSH, i'm so happy. PLUS its cheap! wells, at least cheaper than the last time i checked its price. they've got 20% discount plus 5% tax rebate! HEE. so happy.
TAIPEI 101. okayy. the view isn't too fabulous but its nice nonetheless. :D
went to the other floors to explore since i didn't go the last time.
went rao-he night market after that and WOW, so crowded can. plus all those street stalls are so cute! you'll see them fleeing from patroling police so often. LOL.
03072008 and by this day, i was going broke. WEEPS. and we walked ALOT. the walk to this miniature museum took the longest time. UGH. but wells, the things there are pretty.
had lunch at Asiaworld shopping center. the curry rice was good. :D
xiao-ju-dan. honestly, nothing fabulous about it. LOL. went over to SOGO to buy food! i love the strawberry cakes there. super nice. you people should go try!
after that we went over to wu-fen-pu again! <333>
went to Miramar in the evening. :)
and i didn't know why i took the ferris wheel a second time to scare myself. :X
went to shilin night market later on. tried the white bitterground juice which is damn freaking nice. :DDD not bitter at all, trust me. and i love the fried abalone mushroom there!!!~ speaking of food. TAIWAN FOOD IS SO NICE! EVEN THE FRUITS ARE NICE! EVEN THE CUP NOODLES ARE NICE! T-T why am i in singapore? LOL
04072008 went for another round of foot massage. :DDD HEE. and shopping at wu-fen-pu again. and after this, I WAS OFFICIALLY BROKE. HEE. didn't go to the fisherman's wharf because it was too cloudy. stayed at ximen, and was only to do window shopping. T-T so poor thing. then decided to go shi-lin again to eat!!! HMMM.
05072008 it was the first time in my life that i had so much time left and no money to shop. UGH. so depressing. so we sat somewhere in ximen and chatted our time away.
and OH MY GOD. there were two HUGE dogs strolling down ximen. see the pictures above? so BIG!!!~
and that was it. GOODBYE TAIWAN AND HELLO HOME!~
DID i mention? my luggage was overweight by 1.8kg. and my friend's was lighter by 1.8kg exactly. so i didn't have to pay any overweight taxes! :D YAY!~
OH, and i think i didn't introduce my travel mate. she's christine. :)
school has just started and i feel SUPER stress! T-T save me.
one last picture frome me: HEE
LOVE
YAN
30062008 the flight to taipei was damn freaking long. and i was so bored! :x plus the bus ride to my hotel was even longer. my butt ached like hell.
stayed at royal castle hotel this time. really nice hotel room but the location is a bit far from the MRT station. WELLS and the phone bill is twice the amount charged at rainbow hotel. UGH. -curses-
ANYWAYS. had dinner at some sushi place and shopped around ximen before heading for shi-da night market. not a bad place, really. :D
01072008 woke up freaking early next morning for the day tour. got on a huge bus with only around 10 other singaporeans. and the tour guide was so talkative. LOL. he's andy-ge too though the andy-ge at channel v is so much hotter. HAHA
first stop was the C.K.S. MEMORIAL HALL. the sun was freaking bright can. i almost died under it.
those FOUR letters (zi-you-guang-chang) are going to be taken down soon, so according to andy-ge, these pictures we took with these letters will become our family treasure. -.-
you have no idea how hot the weather was! some freaking 37 degrees! and i ended up hiding at spots where i could get some shade.
HEE. couldn't stop cam-whoring even while i'm walking. LOL. those tour-mates of mine kept giving me that weird look. gosh.
had to hide from the sun. seriously, i could feel my scalp burning! T-T
YELIU!!! what a nice place~ seriously! the view is spectacular!
and again... THE SUN IS FUCKING BRIGHT!
next was jiu-fen, where we had lunch. the funny thing was our lunch was provided while our tour-mates' were not. so andy-ge brought us to zhang-ji where he said was a must-go for lunch. it was super crowded but we managed to get a table fast. AND while we were already eating, our tourmates all came. HEE. they were all stunned to see that we were already half-way through eating our lu-ruo-fan. LOL. their faces were damn funny and i had to cough to stop myself from laughing. -.-
being engaged in a day tour means being conned to spend money. so there we were brought to Mao's Princess Home, where i was tempted into buying beauty products made from royale honey. UGH. okay, i bought some exfoiliating serum which cost me around $128SGD. but damn that product is amazing can. and auntie alice (that sales associate above) was so kind to give me a bottle of royale honey sun block for free! HEE.
oh and the top picture was taken with a real princess. okay, a princess of ah-li-shan. :x HEE and i asked her what a princess does and she was tongue-stuck. LOL
NEXT stop was another con-my-money-place, LING LONG GE. a fortune telling place actually. they look at my BA-ZI (eight letters) and said things which were quite true. but there was one which i think will not happen- that i will abandon everything for love. LOL. how can it be? HEE. they tried to sell me some jade thing, which cost about 250SGD by the way. but!~ this is not as tempting as royale honey so i didnt buy!
Martyr's Shrine. Saw the exchange of shifts among the guards. gosh, there was this one guy who almost fainted. so poor thing can. :x
we didn't go along to the hot spring since we were told that it would be a public bathe. OH GOSH, i wouldn't want to see naked people! so yep. we left the tour.
stayed at ximen since we were so tired. i bought that stupid looking spectacles for fun. so cute right. LOL.
02072008 a brand new day! went for a nice foot massage somewhere near wu-fen-pu. it was the one me and mel went the other time. and they still remembered me! HEE. and they told me mel actually emailed them. TO MEL: did you? LOL.
and i must say, wu-fen-pu rocks my life!~ things are so freaking cheap. makes me so happy. :D
I BOUGHT MY VIVIENNE WESTWOOD WALLET!!! like finally. GOSH, i'm so happy. PLUS its cheap! wells, at least cheaper than the last time i checked its price. they've got 20% discount plus 5% tax rebate! HEE. so happy.
TAIPEI 101. okayy. the view isn't too fabulous but its nice nonetheless. :D
went to the other floors to explore since i didn't go the last time.
went rao-he night market after that and WOW, so crowded can. plus all those street stalls are so cute! you'll see them fleeing from patroling police so often. LOL.
03072008 and by this day, i was going broke. WEEPS. and we walked ALOT. the walk to this miniature museum took the longest time. UGH. but wells, the things there are pretty.
had lunch at Asiaworld shopping center. the curry rice was good. :D
xiao-ju-dan. honestly, nothing fabulous about it. LOL. went over to SOGO to buy food! i love the strawberry cakes there. super nice. you people should go try!
after that we went over to wu-fen-pu again! <333>
went to Miramar in the evening. :)
and i didn't know why i took the ferris wheel a second time to scare myself. :X
went to shilin night market later on. tried the white bitterground juice which is damn freaking nice. :DDD not bitter at all, trust me. and i love the fried abalone mushroom there!!!~ speaking of food. TAIWAN FOOD IS SO NICE! EVEN THE FRUITS ARE NICE! EVEN THE CUP NOODLES ARE NICE! T-T why am i in singapore? LOL
04072008 went for another round of foot massage. :DDD HEE. and shopping at wu-fen-pu again. and after this, I WAS OFFICIALLY BROKE. HEE. didn't go to the fisherman's wharf because it was too cloudy. stayed at ximen, and was only to do window shopping. T-T so poor thing. then decided to go shi-lin again to eat!!! HMMM.
05072008 it was the first time in my life that i had so much time left and no money to shop. UGH. so depressing. so we sat somewhere in ximen and chatted our time away.
and OH MY GOD. there were two HUGE dogs strolling down ximen. see the pictures above? so BIG!!!~
and that was it. GOODBYE TAIWAN AND HELLO HOME!~
DID i mention? my luggage was overweight by 1.8kg. and my friend's was lighter by 1.8kg exactly. so i didn't have to pay any overweight taxes! :D YAY!~
OH, and i think i didn't introduce my travel mate. she's christine. :)
school has just started and i feel SUPER stress! T-T save me.
one last picture frome me: HEE
LOVE
YAN
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