Sunday, August 9, 2009

2nd day taipei post

ok... 2nd day, we decide we shall not be lazy pig like wad i use to in singapore.. we wake early.. maybe 10 plus.. then head out alr.. trying to find breakfast.. but!!~ their shops all not open yet.. tink taiwan pple r just like me!~ owl one.. haha! so.. we left with mac and KFC.. cos the previous day, we haf mac breakfast at the budget terminal already. so... we go eat KFC.
see their menu. a bit different from singapore ba.. i forget wad i order alr. but... not the chicken, i noe. tink some burger. then... i remember i dun like oso. they dun haf chilli sauce there!!!!! how can.. haiz... totally.. sian lor. tot only hongkong no chilli. taiwan fast food restaurant oso dun haf lor.. and... i hate ketchup leh. haiz!

next, we decide to visit the chiang kai shiek memorial hall. hee.. cannot always shopping mah.. very bad. ha! ok.. on the way there. we alight at a mrt stop.. i forget where le. hee.. but once we walk out. we can see this~ok.... nice building, i must go take pic with it.. hee... walk to the front and found out its their national theatre or something like tt. hee.. anyway.. its damn hard to walk outdoor k.. its their summer time. theres warning that staying outdoor is easy to get heatstroke.. the temperature reach bout 37 degrees... DAMN HOT AH!!! tot singapore is worst, hottest liao. who noes... taiwan's summer is.... worse...
ok.. then we continue our journey to walk to the memorial hall. walk walk walk.. we can see it le. b4 reaching it, theres a garden. and i see a nice bridge. so.. PICTURE! hee.. taking picture on this nice old looking bridge. hee.. and thats my "wheres wally" friend behind. hee.. in my other friend's pic. he always will appear behind oso. hee...

taking a pic cum break by the pond side. hee.. got shade mah.. damn hot leh. hee.. so... PICTURE! hee.. the 4 guys at the tour.hee.. the green t shirt friend's gf take for us 1. this whole tour is the 5 of us only lor!finally!!! i reached le!~ hee... see!~ this is the memorial hall. hee..." THERE! this is it."

hee.... ok.. i siam 1 side. let u all see full view of the place.. due to the hot weather.. haha! we 5 lazy bumps go starbucks sit and relax le.. dun wan climb up. haha!
relaxing at starbucks... hee.. desperately need the aircon and shade from the sun man.. really too hot le. ha!
next, we walk to yong kang road. heard theres many things there to eat, buy and see see.. hee.. okok. time for lunch le. hungry liao. once we reach there. we see the ding tai feng.the 1 that we haf here in singapore. its damn famous in taiwan. tink cos originated from there. the queue like mad. a cab uncle told me, if u come taipei, nv eat ding tai feng, its like nv come b4 like tt. haha!! exaggerate man. hee... so many pple, we dun wan queue. we go the nearby gao ji.

we order their famous liu sha bao. but... not nice leh. haha!
the normal dim sum. hee.. the carrot cake is nice. prawn roll oso not bad. but prawn roll lost to the geylang 1. hee.. geylang one nicer.
this jian bao is nice~ hee.. 1 side is crispy crunchy skin. 1 side is soft de. the meat inside oso not bad. hee..
our tour group pic. thats all the 5 of us in front of the restaurant.
finish eating, we walk down the yong kang street. hee..
saw this. hee.. ICE MONSTER! hee.. singapore oso haf. originated from taiwan. heard tt taiwan one much nicer. hee.. but.. so many pple. cant queue ah.. outdoor somemore.. so hot. haha! so.. gave up. hee... nv eat there. after walking about a while. we walk out of the street le. then forget where we see this. ha!
yong he soybean. hee! very famous in singapore!~ at geylang de. hm... i wonder its originated from taiwan or singapore. hee.. but then.. i only see the signboard. no shop there de. weird...
ok!~ finish yongkang road le. we decide to head to the temple. long shan temple.
hee.. me with the sign in front of the temple. while i was taking this.. the security guard beside the temple say... haiz.. tot u taking pic of me. ha! i see him so disappointed. so.. ask him take a pic with me lor!~funny security guard~~ but... he got a sweet mouth. haha! right after i take the pic. he tell me... " WAH! u very handsome oh" haha!!! i nice to him. he nice to me. haha~ this is the way the whole world sld go about man. hee~~
the temple, outside and inside. hee... they got give away lucky pen for students taking exams. hee.. me and my friends go take. i got 1. but then.. 1 of my friend nv get.. cos the woman at the counter.. attitude damn not good..
they got nice fountain at the temple too!~ hee.. see... tink cos the sun very big. then the water here splash at just nice angle or wad.. theres rainbow!~hee.. can see?!
see.. 2 diff fountain. all got rainbow.
ok!!! take pic with it. but... this angle cant see the rainbow liao! :( afterwards, we went to the mrt station, got a underground mall to walk about. seriously... nothing there. lots of old man sitting around and those antique shops like tt. but theres a corner for bands to go plug in their guitar and perform. hee.. nice songs they sing. their own written songs i tink. hee.. we listen to them for a while. then... we go eat ice! my mango snow ice! hee... happy happy!~ i love it. hee...

for dinner, cos we alr keep buying small snacks to eat along the way. not very hungry. so.. we order the carrot cake and oyster egg~ hee.. the oyster egg hor... eeh... i prefer singapore version. ha! but the carrot cake is nice. hee... the sauce on it is superb. dunnoe wads tt though.
then me and my friend went to club~ hee... see hows their club over there mah. we went to a club call luxy. hee..
this is how their general atmosphere is.. this is still early time. not much pple. at a later time, will be quie crowded.
they hire girls to dance and warm up the atmosphere too. ha!~ these 4 girls is call the luxy girls. haha!~ they say is their store most precious treasure.
when they are playing songs to let pple dance, they got 2 guys, dressing and acting like pan wei bo and MC hotdog to sing along the songs they play, rap or wadever one. haha! quite funny..
we left quite early. tink bout 2. didnt drink much oso. getting drunk or high in a foreign country.. tink not as safe as own country oso. hee.. we go there see see and experience their club is how only oso. not really go party mah. hee... kk! this is all for my 2nd day post.. a lot rite.. hA! 3rd day post soon!~

Thursday, August 6, 2009

taipei 1st day post

1st day is just spend most of the time travelling there. hee.. me and my friends found out that air asia from KL to taipei very cheap. so... decide to transit there lor. sit tiger to KL airport. hee.. this is me at KL airport, then we change to airasia to go taipei~ hee....me and friends on our air asia plane. hee.. the seats is nice. leg room ok. got personal screen somemore! hee... though got to pay 30rm to watch movie. but ok la. can see map. distance.. flight info all that for free. hee..

the day nothing much oso. cos i reach taipei tao yuan airport at 2+pm. after i reached, we took the free go bus to our hotel. hee... good ground hotel at xi men ding. its the cheapest hotel i can find in that area alr. hee... great location. see that the reviews all say the bed is very hard.. i was wondering how hard can it be? like wooden block meh. cant be wad.. haha.. lets just say.. its the hardest i ever noe. its like.. u will WAH when u sit on it de. the bed doesnt sick at all... haha!~ but ok la.. 4 nite slp only. just make do lor. hee.. its at a very nice location mah! right at the heart of ximending. walk to the MRT is only like 2 minutes? haha.. or bout... 100m only. hee..

this is the exit. walk out, go past this police, the 1st lane, turn right. reach my hotel le. haha!beside this MRT exit. there is this! hee.. xiang xiang ji. as we hungry le. so i just buy 1 packet lor! hee... the best chicken i had in taipei man! hee.. really.. the stall person was chatting with me. i say i from singapore. then he give me namecard. say... if nice, go back, singapore pple like to write blog, must mention me nice ok! haha.. damn.. seems like he can anticipate wad i going to do. haha! anyway... i asked him for directions and he show me the way. very near only. the famous AH CHUNG mee sua at xi men ding. haha!~ we quickly head there.SEE!~ so many pple, taiwanese and tourist alike. hee.. DAMN nice la.. i eat it EVERYDAY when im there. hee.. since so near my hotel. hee...reach time to check in hotel le. so.. we da bao. back to hotel eat. hee... me with my fav AH CHUNG mee sua.

After we check in, rest a while. its evening time le. so.. the only plan for the day is to go the shih lin night market. hee.. im sure everyone heard of it. the shih lin taiwanese snack is like everywhere in singapore. i love the ultra big chicken. hee.. so.. looking forward to it. SHIH LIN NIGHT MARKET

SEE~ they haf weird food stuff... when my friend tell me this.. i tot its.. "pig ice cream" haha.. lucky its not.. if not.. how weird is it.. haha! more food stuff. the meat roll looks nice. but.. many pple. lazy queue.. so.. nv eat. hee... the corn i nv eat. not really a big fan of corn. ha! the shi shen tang oso.. heard its horrible.. so.. nv try.MORE food stuff. my friend cant stand the smell of the stink tou fu.. he brought vicks along to put on nose ah! haha... so funny~ then we see this. i tink its like quite nice. so decide to buy and eat. hee.. cheap ah.. 1 for NT10 only. which is bout.. 40 cents in singapore. hee.. me and my friend(mao) take pics in front of the stall! and let another of my friend weeloon( in pink) go buy. haha! look at him... staring at the bao. like saliva coming out le. haha!! AFTER walking for quite long, i was wondering... where the hell is my XXXX big chicken! hee... so famous. in singapore always eat. must try the original 1.. everyone tells me taiwan one nicer. hee... finally... i found it! haha.. the queue is crazily long... but i still go eat. hm... ok la. not tt nice la. 1st i eat.. singapore 1 is very thin 1 the meat. this 1 is quite thick 1. the meat more juicy like tt. so.. i tot.. ok.. this is where it is better.. a few mouth more realise... got bone 1.. yucks.. and hor.. their crispy skin got a bit of blood taste. hm.. the bone there.. so not nice to eat.. ha! so... we all at singapore.. dun need tink of going try la. not much better..haha! or maybe.. worse? depend on how u like it. This is 1 of my fav! in singapore.. i always like taiwan sausage.. so... now.. i in taiwan.. of cos must eat la! hee.. i buy 1 sausage and 1 big sausage wrap small sausage.. just to try try. cos dunnoe wad is it.. in the end.. its just glutinous big sausage, wrap a sausage lo. like hotdog bun, but use glutinous rice instead.. haha.. somethng like mos burger's rice burger. instead of bread. use rice. hee.. nice!~ Mao bought the mango drink.. the mango there hor... really nothing to say.. damn sweet.. so different from those a bit sour 1 in singapore. hee... tink singapore oso got sell.. damn big 1. taiwan mango. tt say saw at carrefour. got chance, go buy and try! hee.. my friens acting MAFIA under the MAFIA sign.. haha! spotted an interesting shop b4 i leaving the night market..( tt arm is not mine, im taking the pic. its 1 auntie... HA!) SEE, for those shoes, maybe a bit old from pple trying or maybe just too long nv sell out. this boss put them outside for free.. haha.. Me and friends taking 1 last pic together at here b4 leaving to go back slp le. theres a pair of couple friends with us too. he help me take this pic 1. but cos... we walk a bit too fast. so they walk their own. so.. they do not haf pic with me today.

hee.. tts me and shih lin night market! tts all for day 1.. haha! u all noe why i cant post the whole trip at 1 go le rite.... TOO MANY things le.. haha! day 2 coming up soon!~ like tt 1 day 1 post. like u all have the go tour with me feeling oso mah! haha!!

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

im backeD!

im backed from taiwan le. spend last nite unpacking.. so.. no time to blog. replied all tags though. hee... i see le. total i got bout 200+ pics ah.. dunnoe how to post. perharps, i do a day by day post like how i do last year for thailand trip? hee.. tml i will start to post bout 1st day in taiwan. hee.... now late le. so.. lazy to go do nice post. anyway... its like a shopping trip again!! i buy and buy and buy. tink i go with a 3,4kg lugguage. come back with almost 16, 17kg luagguage.. hee.. i really shopaholic le. haha!!! okok... stay tune for my taipei posts!~

me with the taipei city under me!~ hee....