Day 5 Mon 22th May

ok.. our final day in taipei. Ate our usual breakfast at the pantry and was supposed to be at de lobby at 11.35am where the tour guide will pick us up. Alamak.. we were rushing for time again. haha. cos we had juz a few hundred NT$, so we were tinking muz as well spend all of it, if not also quite hard to change it back. So we went down to de shoe shops to buy shoes again. We pooled all our $$ together to buy 4 pairs of shoes.

But alamak, short of around NT$80 after negotiating the price with the shop assistant. Bo bian, xb n wq ran back to de hotel to check whether they still had any coins not, but dun hav. Luckily de shop assistant allowed us to paid de remaining in S$. but.. haha. we din bring along with us, we left S$ in the hotel. So mi n yh ran back to take de money. And we r really rushing for time. Saw the tour guide at de lobby. And we had to went up to drag down our luggage. whaha. really 很喘 leh.. haaha

5 gals' shopping stuff!

our final photo at taipei airport

back in Spore!!

Day 4 Sun 21th May

Woke up quite late tat day, everyone was so tired after so many shopping, walking and eating. Headed to 渔人码头which is at 淡水. The scenery there was really nice, though was abit hot and sunny tat day.
hahha. Yh and mi did a small 漫画 for ourselves. Cost around S$15 each.

Here's the process..

Tarta!! nice? hahaha

Yh n I with our v own comics (",)

Bought this 豪大大鸡排 and 麻薯脆皮红豆. Wow! de 豪大大鸡排 was really vvv huge! and tasty! dunno wat baking powder they hav used to fried it, and de chilly powder on top was really nice. Yummy! So we bought 3 of tat in total. hahha. The other taste so-so onli, with lots of 红豆 inside.

Both the weather and 豪大大鸡排 were hot. lol

Next we went to take a look at their Taipei 101 building. Yap. it is super tall, with 101 storeys in total.

Then we went to this Warner Village. Saw these "art performance" there. They looked so real when they stay still.

Woohoo! Then we saw this Mister Doughnut which quite alot of ppl mentioned abt it. The queue was super long and they really had lots of variety n flavours of doughnuts!

the store

the 4 flavours we tried out!

Went back to 西门町 again to shop. haha. We visited all the 7-11 there and bought all its 麻辣锅牛肉面!!

Day 3 Sat 20th May

Had the same breakfast, but we managed to toast our bread this time round. Today we will be going to the theme park called 六福村. Wah.. had a hard time finding the busstop to board the bus though. Asked and asked around, but de ppl seemed to give diff directions and exits. At last, one taxi driver approached us and ask us whether r we going to 六福村, his taxi is a 7-seater de. hahha. is he one of my 贵人?!? He negotiated the taxi fare with us and settled at NT$200 per person, if take bus will need NT$150, so muz as well. hahhah. U NOE WAT?! Inside can sing ktv!! muahaha. Initially we pai seh mah, dun dare to sing in front of de taxi driver. Den he asked,'"eh?! 这么久了, 怎么还没听到你们的歌声啊? 不要客气喔!" hahha.

Den slowly we started to pick some songs and soon de singing momentum was on de way le. The ride took abt 1hr, but time seemed to pass fast with the ktv session. We decided to have the same taxi-driver to send us back to 士林夜市 again, so we took down his number. hahha. main aim is to sing ktv again!! (",)

The screen, song books and the songs =)

Wow. Inside 六福村 is huge and pretty man. hhaha. and consists of a mini zoo, mini bird park and mini The Lost World. Tried out quite a number of the rides. hahha. i tink i'm de most daring of all, followed by wq, xb, yh then hw.

"mini zoo"

inside "The Lost World"

some of the rides we took

Left there at around 730pm, and went to 士林夜市 again. When the taxi driver asked whether we wanted to sing ktv again, there's an unanimous "要!!! 要!!!" hhahhah. Here r some of de food we tried out at 士林夜市, b4 we head back again to 西门町:

the night scene at 西门町

Day 2 Fri 19th May

Woke up early for our breakfast as tat day we’ll b following a 1-day tour. Take a look at the food prepared for us. How “sumptuous” and “wonderful” it is. Hahha. faint ah.

We were really shocked when we saw these at de pantry. The vegetable-look-alike look so unedible. Onli de ham and eggs look ok to us. So we end up eating bread cum ham and eggs. Oh ya, and it’s cold bread. Tink they juz took it out from de refrigerator. Other ppl r using the toaster so bo bian, we eat cold bread. Den we were eating when we seemed to heard someone calling “Miss Eng.. Miss Eng.. Miss Eng”. Whahha. It was the tour guide. Took us sometime b4 we notice his presence. So we quickly gobble up our food and left for de tour.

We visited the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall and also witness the changing of guards’ ceremony at Martyr’s Shrine. There’s a total of 5 guards marching for the ceremony. haha. den everyone is following them like chasing idols like tat.

Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall

The Changing of Guards' Ceremony

Hahha. but I tink the focus for us is not de marching. We noticed 2 帅哥 wor!!! They looked so smart! Hahha.

帅哥No.1 and 帅哥No.2

After tat we proceed to 九份 which is located up in hills of northeast Taiwan. There we bought some of its 九份特产, titbits and shoes.

The shops at 九份

The beautiful scenery at 九份

The tour guide told us to put all de titbits tat we bought inside the shop and then after shopping for our stuff den go back collect. But de 5 of us forgot abt tat!! We happily shopped finished our shoes and accessories and went back to a spot to wait for the tour bus with other ppl. We waited for quite long when the tour guide came running to us. "Eh! 你们没有去拿你们的东西啊?!?" We were like OMG!! so pai seh k. The 5 of us and the rest waited for so long juz bcos de tour guide was waiting for us at the shop to collect our stuff. Ah.... we ran like mad again.. feel so malu again. ahhaha. but later when we came back, the tour guide received a call saying the tour bus met a small accident, and had to settle the compensation stuff, so need to delay abit. whahaha. so i tink also not our fault tat everyone has to wait for so long. heh.

Happily waiting for the tour bus... ('',)

For lunch, we had Mongolia food. there's a variety to choose from: buffet, steamboat and barbecue. Not bad lah de food, at least much much better than our breakfast. hahha. Then we were brought to this Mao's house which sells some of their 特产 again, including lin2 zhi1, royal jelly and some cosmetic stuff. We were made to sit in a row, in front of some tables. Aiyo u noe ah, de person there keep saying, "我们不是要你们买我们的特产哦, 我们只是要介绍你们我们的一些特产.. 我们不是要你们买我们的特产哦." Say until so nice riz.. they keep emphasizing tat they wun force us to buy their stuff. Then after she say sth like hope we enjoy our trip, a group of their gals suddenly "marched out" and came in front of us!! Alamak! Is like one-to-one. they started asking us which pdt we wan to buy, which one we wan to buy. And hoh, their selling is really aggressive man!! In de end, each of us really bought their stuff, which cost us quite much. *sweatz* Hope the pdts really work as wat they hav claimed.

Then we came to this 算命 place. The person told us quite some stuff regarding wat tings to place in wat directions. And then wat kind of 生肖cannot marry which kind of 生肖, or else will keep quarrelling. haha. we did a simple 算命 for each of us. Tat person told hw tat next time when she marry, she'll b v fierce, she'll b able to sort of control her husband. hahha. den mine was tat i'm v stubborn, not v willing to listen to other ppl's suggestions, but i will meet alot of 贵人in my life. muahah. And then he also showed us how to 发财. hahha. we hav to use both hands massage a "lion" head, den slide down to its body, den quickly tugged our hands into our two pockets to "keep the wealth". Interesting ya.

Next station is the 北头温泉 which all of us hav been looking forward to. But.. it's abit of dissapointment leh. The 温泉 looks more like a bathtub to us. And we hav to fill de water ourselves. Everyting is juz not up to our expectations. hahha. de public pool was under maintenance, so we went to de tiny rooms de. The public pool one will need to b naked.. phew. haha. de tiny rooms one u wear anyting they also dunno.

After our hot spring!

Next, is nite time le! The tour guide not bad lah. he told us to leave our shopping stuff on de bus and will help us send back to our hotel. Went to Taiwan's largest and most popular士林夜市 which is famous for its shopping and delicious Taiwanese snacks. Tried out its its ou3 rou4, 臭豆腐 and 大饼包小饼. Den we went to shop again. hahha.

After tat it was nearly 12am le. We decided to catch the last train and come back the following day. Tired le..

Catching the last train..

Day 1 Thurs 18th May

During our first day, alot of happening things already happened. Let me first start with the v beginning of the day when we first arrived at Changi airport.

Checking in for our flight: We reached there at about 6.15am, cos our flight is at 8.05am. After checking in our luggages and settling the admin stuff, we ate breakfast and started to take photos. Were told that the boarding time is 7.40am. We were taking photos when we saw that the gate for our CI0662 flight is closing when minutes ago it was showing gate opening. So we quickly checked in when the person told us, "wat!? you all r still here when it's already 7.40am??" OMG. We tot de 7.40am was to check in at the v front door. We started running like siao towards our gate D36, and i tell u, D36 is super far!!! We were really running like mad, with our stomach still full of kaya butter toast. hahha. When we finally reached, onli a few ppl were on the queuing to go inside. Phew, if we were still walking slowly, tink we'll missed our flight! Wat a day to start with. hahha.

Inside the flight: Was halfway along the journey, there was abit of turbulence, so all of us had to put on our seat belt. Den there’s this old lady walking towards the toilet. One of the air stewardess started yelling, “老太太!坐下! 坐下!!快坐下!!” She screamed across the board loh. So sharp her “下” is! Hahha. Then when the flight is about to descend, one guy was heading towards the toilet. Tat same air stewardess started to yell across the board again, “先生坐下!! 坐下!! 坐下!!” OMG. Like tat she’s freaking everyone out leh, tot wat had happened.

Alighting the flight: We were shown the way to alight. But I was shown the left wing, the other 4 of my friens were shown the right wing. I keep walking, can’t find a way to cut to the right side. Jialat. I ended up walking alone with other strangers. I was like OMG! Was I shown the way to transit to another plane?!? Will I end up in India?!? Haha. Luckily managed to see them somewhere ahead. They also freaked out, dunno where I’ve gone missing.

Collecting our luggage bags: 4 of us managed to collect our luggage bags when we saw hw’s luggage bag stuck under the belt. We informed the security guard saying, “那个bag塞住了,塞住.” But the guard totally ignored us loh, so stupid, so unhelpful!! Poor hw hav to go round n round after the bag, trying to unlock the lock, cos the lock was stuck under one of the belt. Bo bian, her bag was left with no lock after tat, n one of the zip also broke. After tat we went out to find find this guy Joseph who was supposed to pick us up. He was holding this A4 size paper with my name. Hahha

Arrived at Taipei!!

On the bus: Got on this tour bus which will b bringing us to our Rainbow hotel. The bus is like shit, kinda old. It keep bumping n bumping, so we keep “jumping n jumping” on our 1hr ride to the hotel. We really feel like puking. Basically we were being thrown up n down our seats most of the time.

Alighting: The bus were supposed to go to 5 hotels in total, n ours was the 4th one to reach. Tat joseph din tell us to go down when de bus reached our hotel. Luckily we went down n ask him. How could he!? N den ah, he left us in de middle of road, saying the hotel is inside the narrow street so de bus can’t go in. And he juz left us there like tat!! Seeing so many cars coming towards our way, I told xb tat I helped her pull her luggage bag first (she was pulling mine), later den pass to her. Den I started to pull when she came along n say she pull. So 2 hands were pulling this bag when hw n yh shouted from behind, “ wey!! 这个谁的bag??” hahha. It was mine!! Xb had let go mine n come to pull hers. Hahha. Tat scene was super funny. 2 ppl pulling one luggage bag, n leaving 1 bag in de middle of the road. *pengz*

Heading towards our hotel: We 5 gals look so pathetic when we were pulling our luggage bag towards our hotel. Hahha. Scooters were coming in all directions. So shocking k. we hav to siam every now n den for scooters or cars. Were amazed tat vehicles can juz come in anywhere n everywhere. Were pulling halfway when there was this guy from dunno wat shop. He shouted to us, “ 美女,你们回来了啊!”I was like huh?! Wat toking u?!? so I tok back,” 我们都没有来过, 怎么回来?!” heh.

Checking in: Went in to check in for our 2 rooms when the counter told us,” 哎呀, 你们的房间还没收拾好, 需要30分钟来打扫.” We were like wah, like tat also can ah. Our breakfast coupons she also say haven get ready yet. *pengz* So we went into one of our rooms to put our luggage first. Indeed, they haven tidy the room, rubbish were everywhere, v untidy. Den we started to chant, “打扰了,让我们在这里住5天. 打扰了,打扰了.” hahha.

After tat we went to buy international calling card to call back hm. Hahha. We really spent quite some time struggling with how to use de card n how to call back. Proceed to walk n shop around 西门町. Tried out their 阿宗面籼. Is super nice!! Taste like u r eating shark fins. Hahha. Oh ya, n hoh, is eat while standing de. There’s no chairs, no tables. Juz de stall onli. And de queue is always there, so many ppl eating. So a lot of ppl were crowding there holding the bowls n eating.

Later we bought this food which looks like mua chi to us. There’s a lot of different flavours, but all in chinese. Bought 3 flavours: 巧克力, 起司(cheese), and 抹茶. We were wondering wat抹茶 is, den hw was saying shld b mocha. Wahhaha. Is not loh!!. Turned out to b green in colour, n taste weird, prob abit like green tea. Hahha. Yh says it tasted like green paint.

Den we bought this 冰果冻 with a lot of fruits inside, cost around S$5. hahha. Pai sei ah, we were really hungry n thirsty so ate halfway den realized din take de photo. Hee.

Our next place is 博爱路. But we had a hard time trying to find the street. Luckily there’s this kind lady who was riding a scooter, with her son sleeping on de scooter’s platform(yes!!sleeping!!), she stopped in front of us and described to us de directions. Hahha. I tink she saw de 5 of us struggling with the map. This 博爱路is a street mainly sells shoes!! The 5 of us started our shopping spree over there. De shoes were onli selling between S$10-S$20. Quite cheap hoh.

We wanted to go to this Ho Che Zhan, which according to yh, sells a lot of ladies’ accessories n bags. But hoh, we asked around asking where Ho Che Zhan is. The ppl keep saying, “ 哦,火车站啊…. 在那个巴士转换站后面.” Arrggh!! We dun wan 火车站, we wan Ho Che Zhan. Hahha. we keep saying 那里卖很多女人的首饰,画妆品啊… haiyo. But they still can’t get de idea of where we r going to. They juz keep saying火车站 and火车站. Hhaha. So in de end, we din go there. Ended up buying shoes in shops underground. Wah I tell u… need to climb a lot of stairs at their mrt stations. So tiring man. And ah, when on de escalator, u hav to keep strictly to de right, unless u wan to overtake den u can use de left side. Going inside MRT also hav to queue de leh!! Not like us, when de door open, sardines juz squeezed in. haha.

Were feeling really hungry so we bought KFC. They hav no chilli sauce, onli got chilli powder. Really wonder how they use. Haha. N ah, plastic bags need $$$ if u wan. For NT$2 each! They hav this mocha latte tart which taste quite nice. Hw loves it v much. haha. And we keep saying their NT$50 as 5毛 cos their NT$50 is coins, looks like our 5毛. They hav no毛 de, smallest is NT$1.