ok, lazed ard for a day..its time to jot down abt the fun things tat i did while i'm in Taiwan...hmm..hope my memory won't fail me...
Day1: Reached Taipei ard evening six pm.. got introduced to david's taiwanese fren, Jason. He's one cute chap..n he's the one who brought us ard for the nx 2-3 days..So after checkin into Kilin Hotel (disappointed liling kept scolding me for bookin such an old rundown one, but i was feelin indifferent.juz need a bed to lie on n tv to watch wat.=p), we headed for Shilin Night Market with two groaning stomachs (blame jetstar for the food).Decided to join e two guys as Jason was saying they would be gg up to YangMingShan..so we met them at Shilin, ate HaoDa Ji Pai (simply Great), Zhu Xue Gao (simply disgusting), and many others.
Nx, Jason's aunt took us up to YangMingShan for the night scenery.It was a peaceful place..scenery wasnt as good as HK's one though..n its filled wif teenagers..mainly couples who sat a little too close for whispering sweet nothings into each others' ears.Their culture was like..quite diff fr ours i would say..had it be in Singapore, we wld all be kpo-ing into wat that guy is saying to his gf dan to concentrate on wat our bf are tellin us.haha.Its juz..so lack of privacy!!Aniwae..soon we headed back to our hotel for an early morning the nx day to Jiu Fen.
Day2:Took JieYun(MRT) to meet Jason n david, dan we headed to take a train to Jiu Fen. It was a real hot day..but the day went great..I simply love tat place alot!We took a bus up the mountain..i got some cute soveniers fr a shop..ate great BBQ honey cuttlefish, fishball soup, Muah Chee Bing, Smelly tofu (taste n smell like deep shit hole), n lots of other nice food. Great view of the Lao Jie, very cosy feel i wld say, took quite some pics of the streets..Went to visit some tourist attractions like the Jap prince's lodge and a Gold mine.Saw a back lane that looks like where Haojun n Xiaoruo in XinDong kissed..hehe..n Jason tried posing as a passerby and asked us to take pic of his back view walking..haha..After all the fun, we rested at a small tea inn in the late noon, and wow..tats the kind of feel u can nver get in singapore,resting on a cosy sofa mattress, lookin over the mountains..saw the sun settin but juz too cloudy fr above..wat a relaxing time well spent!!
Dinner was at a small shop, GongWanTang plus noodle n ZhuPaiFan..such simplicity yet it was delicious!!If oni singapore serves such good food..n the shop was like, full of the lady owner's pic..haha..At nite, we took a bus downhill, n took a train back to taipei..it was a fun n tiring day.Yet the day's not ending coz later in the nite, after gg back to hotel for bath n packing some clothes, we headed to Jason's aunt hse for a ride to his grandparents hse in TaiChung.it was abt 2-3 hrs ride..of coz we all slept..except poor Jason's stayin awake so he can accompany his aunt..wat a good boy!!hehe..
When we reached, aunt bought us each a ShengJianBao..Jason bought some RuWei to bring back to ahgong's hse for supper..wow..tat Bao was simply great for me..heated up my cold body from the car's aircon..n it tasted better dan the Shilin's one!!
Ahgong's hse was a two storey hse located in a small town..tat part of the town was considered the teachers' estate as tats where all the teachers stay n his ahgong used to be one..i love that place coz it feels cosy, everyone knows everyones..n theres no need to lock up!!too bad i forgot to take a pic of tat place..haiz..aniwae, tat nite..four of us slept together coz there's aircon in oni one of the rms..hehe..bit cramped i guess..but still the sleep was enuff to recharge our bodies!!
heading for supper now..be back for day 3 onwards soon!!Day3:bfast was at a shop nearby selling healthy food.we ate Danbing and a veg popiah-lookalike..with some soy drink..reali a healthy yet tasty bfast..n the rest of the day was ahgong driving us ard Taichung.Ahgong's such a nice host coz he purposely stop his car along the road when he sees nice lychee plantation..went out of his car to buy us a big big pack of freshly plucked lychees!wow..tasty!!n the seed's so small u'll nver imagine it to be!David love them!n he cant stop eating haha..Our first stop was WenWuMiao on top of Ri Yue Tan..it was a majestic building..inside don reali look like a temple..coz its not packed with ppl n josssticks n smoke..rather more like a tourist attraction sort of historic building overlookin the lake..nice view on the top..dan ahgong took us ard the swivering mountain to yet another temple..he reali took us up to let us sight-see while he sleeps in the car..but the four of us was like..nt very interested in the temple..n more of slackin ard the nice Zen-feel garden..i came up with an idea of using the quartz-lookalike white stones as chalks..dan me n liling drew on the stone paths..took pix..played five stones..haha..almost an hr spent there restin ba..
Nx, somehow the uneven mountainous circulating roads makes us sleepy..ahgong drove us down to CheChen train station located at the foot of the mountain.tats a nice nice place too coz of the old railway tracks..the wooden built station..the water flowing stream below..its a very peaceful place..
And it was evening time again..tired ahgong took us back to his hm for a rest..soon after we headed for a walk ard the small town n dan dinner at a shop selling lamb meat..the meal was nice with the fried lamb meat with some veg..but it didnt end well coz i unknowingly but willingly ate the mysterious part of tat goat.Argh...made my mouth stinks whole nite..make me wanna puke..worst coz i juz finished my bubbletea b4 i ate tat piece!!argh!!Pui!!
After dinner, jason n ahgong went to bought some fireworks for us to play. Hmm..at first it was quite scary to me..having lite up the firework n gonna run fast..its thrilling yet scary la..but soon i joined them into lighting all of them up..taking pics..reali a very enjoyable thing.
After tat, Jason took me ard the town in his grandma's scooter..knowin i wan to try n also learn..hehe..when i first sat on it n he moved at quite a fast speed..being my first time on a bike..it was so exciting yet frightening experience! Dan he took me to a quieter lane somewhere for me to learn..well..first try is tat its not tat easy!!however, i picked it up after some tries n off i go scooting ard in circles ard tat carpark..n slowly progressed onto the smaller roads with him behind me..hee so proud of myself to ride a bike n also carryin a passenger!!haha
we headed back to our hotel by coach..I sort of miss them when i have to go..miss the house..the back alley..the small town..the nice n frenly ahgong n ahma..
Day4:well, after 3days of intense touring ard..we woke a little later..went for brunch and went to a ITmall called GuangHuaShangChang located at ZhongXiaoDunHua.Its quite small scale..i bought a mouse n earphones while liling bought a handphone. After tat we headed to Taipei101 to shop..but didnt see much except branded stuff all ard..not my type..so we went toXiMenDing for the rest of e day.Didnt buy alot of stuff..but spent quite some money to catch those cute soft toys in the machines!!somehow got addicted to the game n keep playing whenever we see those machines..Dinner was at TGIFriday's. n we headed back to Shilin again for shopping this time round..bought a pair of jeans..she bought me a pair of pants as my adv bdae pressie..shop n walk till my legs gonna break..as a matter of fact, my legs hurt even from the first few days..loser..
Day5:of coz..woke up naturally late again..hehe..headed further downtown first to BeiTou for hotspring..yes it was real hot..abit cant take the heat..think its mor suitable during winter time ba..but if the water reali has healing power..dan let's see abt it..haha.. after relaxin at the tea lounge..we headed to DanShui in the evening. Its a place located beside a river where the YuRenMaTou is..artistry feel coz u can see artists all ard..sketchin human portraits with charcoal pens..singers singing along the strees for attention..of coz its a long stretch of stalls selling TieDan,n a LaoJie selling similar stuff as Shilin..stalls of seafood n stuff..games stalls..our money's all spent n we have no money for a proper seafood dinner!so we ate cheap beehoon n fishballs in a small shop for dinner..thoroughly enjoyed it coz of the simplicity of it..though tight budget..but enuff to fill stomach plus another honey green tea with pearls after dinner..wow..n juz enuff train money back to hotel..haha.Went back hotel, changed more money n headed to The wall. A pub like place with live band..think we got there too late..the band sang 1 chinese song n all the rest's in Hokkien!!Haiz..but still..quite an ok place to hang out for youngsters..
The rest of the nite was spent at ChengPin Bookstore which is operating for 24hrs a day. Saw a real cute boyish promoter for NuSkin products..hehe. Quite charming looks n a pair of bright double-eyelid eyes..Stayed ard the bookstore..liling bought LeeHom's biography book..dan headed back to hotel for rest.She packed tat nite..But i juz concussed.
Last Day..
Day 6..we headed out individually for some time alone..she bought even more stuff..as for me..walked ard Ximending again..it was a rainy weather..somehow represented my feelings..was feelin a bit yi yi bu she..but still..life has to go back to normal.
Somehow..during these 6 days..alot ppl called me up..from office..3 of them called! hai..msgs also..more dan normal..when im in singapore..ppl don look for me..when i go overseas..dan ppl msg me..hai my bill gonna cost me a bomb!
