Bitichilicious Angela: Taipei Trip 2007

Weeee~~~~
this is gonna be a freakin long entry regardin my trip to Taipei...
Happy~~ HappY~~

went to the aiport on the 23rd with an anxious mind...
woke up freaking earli to have breakfast at home...
Called eric ard 10 to make sure that he is awake lor...
lucky thg... this boy no need me to wake him up..

Meetin time is 1130... left home ard 11..
keke.. i stayed the nearest to the airport.. yet i am the last to reach...
so gan jiong... cos this trip is like me arranging for the 6 of us...
make the bookings.. plan the routes... buy insurance... etc
hehe... 1st time leh... usualli i jus sit back n wait...

boarded smoothly... everythg check-in...
hehe... i had my window seat.. SHiok...

*on board the plane wif eric*

We arrived there around 7++pm..
we manage to spot the person who is suppose to fetch us.. hehe
he was holding on to my name.. =p
very quickly we boarded the van that will send us back to the hotel...
before we board the van, i grabbed a whole LoT of brouchers and maps for travellers...
Weeee~~~ can use it as reference...

We were are so grouchy on board the van...
cos we were all HUNGRY!!
we oni had our late breakfast at spore airport.. n after that.. nuttin else...
Arghhh... n the terror is...
the journey back to the hotel is 1hr.....
addin on to our misery is the fantastic tour guide... he keeps on telling wat are the highli recommended food and wat are the MUST trys... argh.... Makes us feel worse lor..

Reach hotel ard 8++.. immediateli we head back to the room and prepare...
we decided to heal our poor tummy first...
we head to the nearest night market to grab food...

Day 1

Hua Xi Street...

Near Long shan shi.. one of the night markets in taipei...
unlike the others,this night bazzar isnt for the youngs.. its more for families...
has alot of shops that sells turtle meat, snake meat etc... i name it the exotic food street...

we manage to find a store that sells edible food... (non-exotic)
Hua Zhi wif Noodles...
Delicious... this taste realli well...
after which we head to the other small stall around...
had pai gu zhu, shui jian bao, guava (BEST BEST BEST), dou hua, zha ji pa, zha ji kuai, fan shu yuan... etc... SHIOK !!

THere's smthg that caught my eye at this place...
Pet shops... they have countless shops selling Pets.. (dogs, cats, rabbits, snake, tortise, fish, pig, hamster, n some shell insect)

Mini Zhu Zhu (it was sold in less that a week... cos the next time we went back.. it is sold alr

Fish catchin game...

This is one of the doggie on sale... Damn Cute...

he is small n has curly hair....

Cyn n eric held on to the other

This is how they sell the dogs...
the price is real cheap compare to singapore

Day 2

This is the very 1st day of our Free n Easy schedule...
the 1st stop will be Dan Shui Lao Jie...

to reach to this destination, we have to travel from one end of the train map to the other...
hehe... we bought the daily concession that cost us NTD 200 (NTD 50 Deposit)
quite worth it... we realli made full use of the value...

*Pics taken at Long Shan Station*

The moment we alight from the station.. we saw Donut shops...

Dunkin Donut n Mister Donuts... we choose the Mister Donuts...

Damn Nice... Its a Must Try.. n Angie Highly Recommend the honey coated dounut...After the Donut meal, we head to Dan Shui Lao JIe for the local food...

1st stop will be the Ice Cream Place... the ice-cream in taiwan is famous for being able to stack to a tall height.... we nt so ge gao la... we oni choose the mini tower...*YuMMy*Hehe... was fooling ard.. shopping, n eating....Me n Mr Gorillaz... his head kena cut off.. all thanks to Eric

Me n my all time Favourite... Bing Tang Hu Lu... freaking sweet... but freakin nice...

I had the one wif strawberries n tomatoes...

Me n Vince...

After which we went to TaiPei Train STation...

Shopped at the underground malls... while the guys went for their air-gun session...

The final stop of the day is ShiLin Ye Shi... One of the famous Night Bazzar..

This place comes in 2 sections.. 1 mainly for the food, the other is for shopping...

we had quite a variety of food.. guang chai ban, hong you chao shou, xiang chang, tie ban niu rou, tie ban xue yu, or ar mee suan, or ar neng, mang guo bing....

They played the air-gun thgy again... keke.. won quite a few item.,.. n i gt my monkey....Eric n me.. n the victory monkey... (Monkey is the symbol of Eric throughout the trip)

we didnt realli finish the whole of Shi lin ye shi as our legs are all giving way already... we took a cabby back to the hotel...

Day 3

Main Transport for the day will be train away....
This day our main purposes is SHOPPING... Yeah...

our 1st Stop is Wu fen Pu...
pretty near our hotel...
when we reach there, we had some problem locating the street..
we were lucky to meet with some kind souls who are willing to show us the way...

reached there aroung 1130am..
shops all closed.. not open for business yet... so we head to one of the cafe for coffee break...

Started shopping around 12.30pm...
Weeee~~~~
Whole street of women appearals...
its of the size of almost 4 Bugis Village... Damn Shiok...

Price is cheap compare to the shops in the night bazzars.. but nt very cheap la...
so i didnt realli grab alot... =p

*me n joyce at wu fen pu*

as that area consist of mainly women stuff, the guys gt bored shortli..
so they left for Taipei 101 w/o us...

We went to join them ard 3pm in the afternoon...
wanted to shop ard more... but our legs are already giving way...

*at the enterance of Taipei 101*

Didnt really shopped much there... too ex le...
oni kenny bought a CK bag... Abt $1600 NTD...
Damn Ex...

*We gers in the Mall*

*Me, Cyn n Vince @ Tax claimin centre*

we had our lunch there... ShIok !!!
we head back to the hotel for a short break before setting off to Ximending...

Xi Men Ding..
The place where the youngsters gathers...
where are the newest fashion, gadgets n accessories can be found...

A cool place to hangout in the nite...

I had my 2nd round of my Mister Donut there...

Ended the nite earli again...
no choice..
our legs are not goin in to us animore...

*taken in one of the bubble tea house*
this place is decorated with teddys n soft toys...
nice environment....

Day 4

This is the day we had our 1 day tour..
met andrew at the cafe where we had our breakfast...
woke up super earli...
meetin time is 830am at the hotel lobby....

Earli morning on the tour bus...

1st stop is the Taiwan Parliment house...

Then its Taipeo 101 (again)

Not bad rite... thanks boy for the nice shots...

*Giant Ball*

*Me n Cynthia*

4 Bo Liao Tourist

Then we went to the " House to Tian Lu"
its all about feng shui...

we had a class on how feng shui works n afterwhich, there is a master who explains the meaning behind our names n birth details..

she was right...
I am kinda weak.. she said that due to the number of strokes in my chinese name..
i am kinda weak in health...
will have to watch for my lungs, liver, hands n legs...
does this explains why i keep falling down n injuring my leg???

hmmm... alot of details...
then she recommended that i own one of the tian lu by my side so that it will help me in a way or another...
i believed.. cos my mummy gt me 1 before...
the one she recommended was in green... n this is exactly wat mummy gt for me yrs back...
so i bought the next supporting one...
cost me close to $300SGD...
initialli i am hesitatin if i shld get it... but eric says that its kinda worth lor..
jus treat it as payin for a peace in mind..

Eric gt 1 also... haha...
this thg realli lucky.. cos we bought it on sunday.. n eric's mummy strike 4D on the same day..
buyin our flight number...
can say its coincidence.. but we believes that its the feng shui...
not a big price.. but a small one...
still better than none lor...

Me n Eric posing with "Mu"

We had our lunch at 'Wu jiao chuan Ban'
nice place... nice food..
the place is partial crafted frm an old tree trunk...
veri unique...

They have a series of art pieces on display at the restaurant..

Our 1 n oni grp pic at Wu Jiao Chuan Ban...

Had my Wen Chuan session aft lunch...
Damn Shiok...
i rate it 10 out of 10...

Feel so relaxed after it...
i am goin back for that... gonna have a trip that last for a few days...
stay at Wen Chuan resort... Weeee~~~

Shopping n shopping was the next few destination...