Monday, October 29, 2007
i'm now trying to blog something which happened exactly a month ago!
this week is probably the best time for me to blog about the trip before i used up my brain cells for school stuffs in the upcoming tests.
i really don't know how much i can recall, probably 60 - 70 percent of the whole trip i guess.
alright lets see.
DAY 1 - 29/9/2007 (Sat)
Departure
us at the departure area before boarding the flight.
the flight was very frightening!
it was very bumpy and unstable through out the 5 hours plus journey.
the pilot is either some unexperienced fellow or the plane met some turbulence during the journey.
we neither get to sleep nor sit comfortably thus we all got very impatient during the flight.
thank god we all bought travel insurance for this trip.
Arrival
finally... after almost 6 hours of flight...
we touched down Taipei SAFELY!
i felt so relieved~!
the journey was really bad cause we actually felt dizzy even after we have alighted from the plane.
went to exchange more currencies and headed to the migration hall.
we wasted almost an hour queuing at the migration hall trying to get out!
you can actually tell inefficient they are in their work.
plus we wasted another 10 mins or so queuing at the wrong queue.
cause' when we reached the migration hall, this auntie (one of the staffs there) leaded us to the queue. so we just queued over at the queue and started chit-chatting. it was then i realized that the queue we were in are actually for locals only. so i went to double check with the auntie which leaded us there initially thinking that there must be some reason for her to lead us there. this rude auntie disgraced herself by showing how uneducated she is and it totally pissed me off.
at last, we got ourselves outta the arrival hall. the sky was already v dark then.
went to apply for our youth pass and then to the public phone to call the seller for the concert tixs. bought tixs for freego coach after everything was settled.
Freego
on board freego.
this week is probably the best time for me to blog about the trip before i used up my brain cells for school stuffs in the upcoming tests.
i really don't know how much i can recall, probably 60 - 70 percent of the whole trip i guess.
alright lets see.
DAY 1 - 29/9/2007 (Sat)
Departure
us at the departure area before boarding the flight.
On Board
the scenery outside the window.
the scenery outside the window.
the flight was very frightening!
it was very bumpy and unstable through out the 5 hours plus journey.
the pilot is either some unexperienced fellow or the plane met some turbulence during the journey.
we neither get to sleep nor sit comfortably thus we all got very impatient during the flight.
thank god we all bought travel insurance for this trip.
Arrival
finally... after almost 6 hours of flight...
we touched down Taipei SAFELY!
i felt so relieved~!
the journey was really bad cause we actually felt dizzy even after we have alighted from the plane.
went to exchange more currencies and headed to the migration hall.
we wasted almost an hour queuing at the migration hall trying to get out!
you can actually tell inefficient they are in their work.
plus we wasted another 10 mins or so queuing at the wrong queue.
cause' when we reached the migration hall, this auntie (one of the staffs there) leaded us to the queue. so we just queued over at the queue and started chit-chatting. it was then i realized that the queue we were in are actually for locals only. so i went to double check with the auntie which leaded us there initially thinking that there must be some reason for her to lead us there. this rude auntie disgraced herself by showing how uneducated she is and it totally pissed me off.
at last, we got ourselves outta the arrival hall. the sky was already v dark then.
went to apply for our youth pass and then to the public phone to call the seller for the concert tixs. bought tixs for freego coach after everything was settled.
Freego
on board freego.
the ride was long as expected.
we saw a very big and round moon during the journey. it was really big and round and it seems really close to us.
the journey wasn't comfortable too. cause' halfway through the driver was arguing with someone over the phone. he was really shouting until he 破音 and his voice turned hoarse. it was very irritating, i felt like asking him to hang up his phone and concentrate on the road but i don't have the guts to do so.
we stopped somewhere near Taipei Main Station and alighted to change to a mini van which will send us directly to our hotel. the driver stood at the side and refused to unload our luggages for us. furthermore, we can't really reach our luggages cause' it was placed quite deep inside the coach. i was annoyed and asked how he expect us to unload them. he started screaming back saying ask someone else to take. i knew he was pissed over the argument but i'm even more pissed off cause i paid for my ride can! there was this sissy guy in this other group of people which is of no help at all too. in the end, the driver from the mini van came and helped us. i was fuming through out the rest of the journey to hotel.
i have a very bad impression of taiwan even before i reached hotel.
and guess what? Agnes's sharp eyes spotted that the barbarian actually appeared in epi 12 of hei tang ma qi duo during a scene when they went to board freego. !!!! WTH
Hotel
after being caught up with so many displeasing incidents through the journey. we finally reached our hotel.
hrm... our hotel don't really look like a hotel from the outside. it was kinda camouflaged i would say. we can't even locate our hotel at first, and some dun even know there's actually a hotel over there. but overall, i would say that the hotel is great for the price we paid for. location wise i think it's better than rainbow too.
it was already 9pm when we checked-in, 2 hours behind the scheduled time.
explored our room and unpacked a little before we rushed out to meet the seller for the concert tixs.
MRT
got our easy card and board the mrt to Shilin Night Market.
since it was our first day over there, we were still not used to keeping to the right on escalator and queuing before boarding the train.
Shilin Night Market
it was very crowded as it was weekend.
went to the food area first to fill up our stomach before shopping.
our dinner: beehoon, or ah jian, hua zhi jian and some awful pearl milk tea.
headed over to the shopping area after that.
the streets are extremely crowded.
we stayed and shopped till 1 am plus, many shops were still opened then.
cabbed back to our hotel after that.
crossed over a street to get to 7-11 to buy snacks and water that night. and it was later that we found out that there's actually a 24-hr convenience store below our hotel!
hahaha
to be continued...
we saw a very big and round moon during the journey. it was really big and round and it seems really close to us.
the journey wasn't comfortable too. cause' halfway through the driver was arguing with someone over the phone. he was really shouting until he 破音 and his voice turned hoarse. it was very irritating, i felt like asking him to hang up his phone and concentrate on the road but i don't have the guts to do so.
we stopped somewhere near Taipei Main Station and alighted to change to a mini van which will send us directly to our hotel. the driver stood at the side and refused to unload our luggages for us. furthermore, we can't really reach our luggages cause' it was placed quite deep inside the coach. i was annoyed and asked how he expect us to unload them. he started screaming back saying ask someone else to take. i knew he was pissed over the argument but i'm even more pissed off cause i paid for my ride can! there was this sissy guy in this other group of people which is of no help at all too. in the end, the driver from the mini van came and helped us. i was fuming through out the rest of the journey to hotel.
i have a very bad impression of taiwan even before i reached hotel.
and guess what? Agnes's sharp eyes spotted that the barbarian actually appeared in epi 12 of hei tang ma qi duo during a scene when they went to board freego. !!!! WTH
Hotel
after being caught up with so many displeasing incidents through the journey. we finally reached our hotel.
hrm... our hotel don't really look like a hotel from the outside. it was kinda camouflaged i would say. we can't even locate our hotel at first, and some dun even know there's actually a hotel over there. but overall, i would say that the hotel is great for the price we paid for. location wise i think it's better than rainbow too.
it was already 9pm when we checked-in, 2 hours behind the scheduled time.
explored our room and unpacked a little before we rushed out to meet the seller for the concert tixs.
MRT
got our easy card and board the mrt to Shilin Night Market.
since it was our first day over there, we were still not used to keeping to the right on escalator and queuing before boarding the train.
Shilin Night Market
it was very crowded as it was weekend.
went to the food area first to fill up our stomach before shopping.
our dinner: beehoon, or ah jian, hua zhi jian and some awful pearl milk tea.
tried the ice cream puff from here. NICE!
headed over to the shopping area after that.
the streets are extremely crowded.
we stayed and shopped till 1 am plus, many shops were still opened then.
cabbed back to our hotel after that.
crossed over a street to get to 7-11 to buy snacks and water that night. and it was later that we found out that there's actually a 24-hr convenience store below our hotel!
hahaha
to be continued...
Labels: taiwan
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Saturday, October 20, 2007
i was reading agnes's blog and i sudd have the urge to say how much i miss taiwan!
although i complained halfway during our trip that things were getting dull, overall taiwan is still love!
it have been almost 2 weeks since we returned but im still craving for some yummy stuffs over there:
i will blog about the entire trip in proper soon!
but its gonna be challenging to recall what we did everyday uh.
there's work tml and some job interview role play on monday. im kinda worried for the job interview, i hope i don't screw it cause' we will be graded.
went for facial today. extreme painful....... it's worst than cramp and everything else.
=(
although i complained halfway during our trip that things were getting dull, overall taiwan is still love!
it have been almost 2 weeks since we returned but im still craving for some yummy stuffs over there:
- 三兄妹 : sells desserts, their dou hua fen yuan and ice are thumbs up!
- 珍珠奶茶 from 傳奇 and the store next to rainbow hotel: cheap and nice. we drank it everyday.
- 泡芙 from 堂本家: sells puffs (direct translation into chinese), the one with ice cream inside is yum yum yum!
- 可麗餅 from 阿諾: sells crepes, we only tried the sundae one, it's yummy and the serving is big!
- 屈臣氏 (watsons): they have wide selection of beauty products over there which can't be found in sg.
- 康是美 (cosmed): a drug store which is similar to our guardian. it's the place where i got all my masks from.
- 夜市(s): our fav hangout at night cause' they open till late night. 士林 is our no 1 夜市, we went there for like 4 to 5 times during our trip.
- openly and loudly commenting in English. -> hahahha!!! favourite act in taiwan pls
- trying to imitate their 台灣腔. -> i bet peifen miss pronouncing visa in taiwan accent. lol
- trying to figure out how flying fringe aka 小飛魚 make her fringe stay in the air and what cologne she is using to produce that thick smell through out the 10 days stay in our hotel.
- NEWS first concert in taipei -> i wanna experience it all over again!!! it's superb! should have went for both concerts instead.
- last but not least those eyecandies on streets. -> hundred times better than sg ones. though they have many who spoil their image when they open their mouths. hahha!
i will blog about the entire trip in proper soon!
but its gonna be challenging to recall what we did everyday uh.
there's work tml and some job interview role play on monday. im kinda worried for the job interview, i hope i don't screw it cause' we will be graded.
went for facial today. extreme painful....... it's worst than cramp and everything else.
=(
Labels: taiwan
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Saturday, October 13, 2007
been back in Singapore for 4 days, but i'm still not used to:
- keeping to the left on the escalator (we are suppose to keep to the right in tw)
- seeing the driver seat on the right (the driver seat in tw is on the left)
and etc...
cause' we have been so used to seeing and walking the same route for the past 11 days.
it was only on the last day when we were on board freego on our way to airport that we realized we turned to the left for the past 11 days when we walk out of our hotel. we actually neglected those shops on the right and it was also on the last day that we realized that there's actually a cosmed so near us! tmd... totally wasted my energy to lug my heavy masks all the way back from hou shan pi. >.<
shall blog about the trip when i have the time.
that is after i catch up with school work first.
i have a resume and some job application stuffs to do.
this semester is terribly short.
i hope to plan for another overseas trip after the semester. provided that i can cover my loss for this trip first.
heee... real tough but i gotta save up.
- keeping to the left on the escalator (we are suppose to keep to the right in tw)
- seeing the driver seat on the right (the driver seat in tw is on the left)
and etc...
cause' we have been so used to seeing and walking the same route for the past 11 days.
it was only on the last day when we were on board freego on our way to airport that we realized we turned to the left for the past 11 days when we walk out of our hotel. we actually neglected those shops on the right and it was also on the last day that we realized that there's actually a cosmed so near us! tmd... totally wasted my energy to lug my heavy masks all the way back from hou shan pi. >.<
shall blog about the trip when i have the time.
that is after i catch up with school work first.
i have a resume and some job application stuffs to do.
this semester is terribly short.
i hope to plan for another overseas trip after the semester. provided that i can cover my loss for this trip first.
heee... real tough but i gotta save up.
Labels: taiwan
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Saturday, October 06, 2007
we are now using comp at this lub sub smelly place right now.
tyhoon will be here later and i cant imagine how strong it will be cause' what we experienced just now was alrdy bad enough.
strong wind and rain all at the same time and according to those people here, that isn't considered tyhoon still.
=.=
changed our hotel room today also.
and the damn place look super eerie lah. that explains why we are now stucked here at this smelly place with inconsiderate people smoking like nobody's business.
im almost broke.
very broke infact.
so broke that i broke 2 bags so far. (hahahaha!)
my luggage is overweight.
i bought 18 boxes of masks which alrdy weighs 5kg.
i dunno how am i going to lug all my barangs to the airport.
taiwan is really a weird place with many weirdos and cb kias.
we just met one really kiam pa one during the buffet dinner ytd.
and there's one flying fringe lady in the hotel's reception.
NEWS concert tml. i hope it's not going to get affected by typhoon.
thank god they arrived today and not tml.
3 more days in taiwan.
i almost cant take it anymore.
i miss my family and my room!
to surf other stuffs.
almost suffocating to death at this smelly and dirty place.
>.<
tyhoon will be here later and i cant imagine how strong it will be cause' what we experienced just now was alrdy bad enough.
strong wind and rain all at the same time and according to those people here, that isn't considered tyhoon still.
=.=
changed our hotel room today also.
and the damn place look super eerie lah. that explains why we are now stucked here at this smelly place with inconsiderate people smoking like nobody's business.
im almost broke.
very broke infact.
so broke that i broke 2 bags so far. (hahahaha!)
my luggage is overweight.
i bought 18 boxes of masks which alrdy weighs 5kg.
i dunno how am i going to lug all my barangs to the airport.
taiwan is really a weird place with many weirdos and cb kias.
we just met one really kiam pa one during the buffet dinner ytd.
and there's one flying fringe lady in the hotel's reception.
NEWS concert tml. i hope it's not going to get affected by typhoon.
thank god they arrived today and not tml.
3 more days in taiwan.
i almost cant take it anymore.
i miss my family and my room!
to surf other stuffs.
almost suffocating to death at this smelly and dirty place.
>.<
Labels: taiwan
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