We feel lonely, sometimes to the point of tears, but we don’t let those tears come because we are not supposed to cry. Or how we feel a surge of love for a partner but we don’t say anything because we’re frozen with the fear of what those words might do to the relationship.
-Mitch Albom
wow tts a lot of photos i posted. i took a total of 80 and there goes like 80% of it. no pix of hotel/plane tho. i forgot hehe. my life of swimming, suntanning and sleepovers awaits me *grins*
this was us after the ferris wheel ride =) and this is us with the grandpa. couldnt resist putting his pic cos he is so farnie. overall it was a gd trip tho i didnt buy anything much. but i met most of my friends and ate lots of smelly tofu! i love sq flights but i dislike plane food. i love the hotel and our driver!!! i'll definitely look him up and stay in the same hotel if i ever go bk!! cant wait to travel again! i'll b away on chalet for the nxt few days then my much dreaded attachment will come and haunt me *noooooo*
this was with kristine's friend chen xi again with his dashing mom. so young n pretty! she and her dad treated us to this yummy meal at tapanyaki. it must have cost a bomb cos we had pork, chicken, fish, prawn, cabbage and beansprouts. omg. i couldnt even walk normally after tt. i love their warm reception. esp the grandpa. super duper funny. i think my grandpa is like tt time when i was young =) the yakult we had at the tapanyaki. they only served me 1st intially and the grandpa said they only serve children. scared the shit out of me. i tot i look so young *sweats* and theirs had chinese words on it hehe. tasted the same just tt it is warm cos its nxt to the stove *duh* i guess all the gd bacteria are dead by then.. the friendly grandpa treated us to a trip on the ferris wheel it costed NT$120 cos the *ahem* guy at the cashier believed tt the SAF EZ Link card is our student pass and gave us student price. i guess he didnt understand much english and didnt want to do anything funny. the pix above is the view from the top. u can see a faint pix of taipei 101 and taoyuan airport.
this was us walking from keelung miao kou to the train station. yes its a real train nt the usual mrt type. my 1st time on the train. i nvr even bn on the train to our friendly msia. it is damn slow. and i saw some tribal ppl on the train. so kewl!
after jiu fen we took a bus to keelung. and we had seafood! yummy prawn with wasabi?! sea cucumber crabby!
fishy! its reasonable too. works out to ard 30 sing per person. and i was delighted tt we managed to navigate our way frm jiu fun to keelung w/o much trouble!
this was at jiu fen! the trip up was pretty but i was dozing off 80% or maybe 99% of the time. but i managed to see their cemetery. omg its like a palace. but i didnt take any pic of tt cos its nt very auspicious hehe. so this was taken on top of jiu fen which is a mountain i think.
this was one of their single trip ticket. they used to have the old mrt cards like us, those bendable ones but i think they are trying to phase all out to this coin thing which i tot was weird. it loses easily.
this was us at fishy cafe at ximending. the concept is that the bench hangs on a swing. how kewl is tt. but the bad thing is tt big grps cant sit tgt =)
day 3 cont we went to yu ren ma tou at dan shui. this looks like turf city where u can choose the food and they cook for u. the lovers bridge there. as u can see it was still raining. and the must try ah-gei at dan shui. it was tofu with vermicilli( i dont really know how to spell tt) and fish paste. it rocks!! us with the pretty winnie who joined us for the night!
this is day3. we woke up late and cos there was only one bathroom, we missed the bus so we head so some unknown zao can dian (translates to breakfast shop) at beitou. this was wot i ordered, cong you bing. it tasted like roti prata with pork floss in them. the teh is gr8 tho. this is yang ming shan and it was still the hai yu( the white flower) season. we didnt attempt to pluck any cos it was raining like mad dogs tt day and it was all muddy n yucky. this was at a random restaurant at yangmingshan eating yecai(translates into wild veg). the food was fab tho! our guide for the day was every so friendly and accomodating show!!
some yummy shave ice thingy that i had at ximending. omg they are 100times better than the fakes in sg.
some random pix of wefunpu wholesale market at houpishan =) lots of stuff there so much so tt my eyes had stars on them.
this was day 2 cont at the sun yat sun memorial hall. the mp there have some amazing footworks going on and the bottom right was of me goofing ard while waiting for the change of guards to start =)
this was outside nyny after enjoying yummy coldstone. the statue of liberty even have a coldstone paper bag =)
this was wot we had at the foodcourt at nyny. it was some korean food! some some unknown reason they seem to have only mutton,pork and beef so pork was the only choice and the food came raw omg. took some time to cook. the cooked one is the pix on the right. . it tasted delicious tho a lil bit saltish. =)
and there is the famous taipei 101. i didnt go up to the top tho cos i heard it cost quite a bit and the shops in it are madness. its even more ex than paragon. *faints* i only bought mac nuggets meal and 2 pilot pens from page one there. this is newyorknewyork opp taipei 101 with my fave coldstone omg! when will they ever come to sg. their shopping malls are nth fancy and perhaps even a wee bit more ex than us.
this was with kristine's friend chen xi at some hk cafe below some pub. the place looks very pretty and i had some longan tea. the club there looks cool! i think i'd want to go club there nxt time if i'm nt too old when the time comes haha. the gurls there are so chic.
me n my fab friends at shilin on the 1st night!!! omg the mee sua is gr8 and the place is so friggin crowded. there are so much stuff to see but due to time constraints i didnt get to go bk. =(