holiday was nice bt it would be nicer 2 b back home….
March 21, 2006 by jkpooh
wow 5 days juz passes like tis.. wel.. time always flies…esp gd time…
flyin off on a post night was a extreme tiring tin 2 do.. bt den wat 2 do.. in order nt 2 waste time tats e best solution i could gt.. wel.. 1st time flyin on a budget airline.. amm ntin v bad experiences.. juz felt tat its reali a small plane.. bt den overall stil nt 2 bad…
btw we reach taipei it was ard 6pm….e v 1st impression of e airport is nt tat great of coz cant compare w ours.. wel.. so far e few airport i had been 2– hongkong is one tat leave me quite gd impression…
wel.. it took us reali long 2 go thru e immigration.. i wonder y is there so mani counter bt den onli a few open.. poor us.. so mani pple waited until e grass r growin…. smmore e attitude of e officer is so x x x … wel.. dn wan 2 comment 2 much…
wel.. tis is nt my 1st free n easy trip.. bt den its e 1st i had 2 gt my own transport 2 hotel.. a bit troublesm.. wel.. wat 2 do.. we wan budget rt?? tats wat we wil gt.. it took us another while 2 gt 2 hotel.. bt den its oreoli 9… wel.. e sun of taiwan set early.. ard 6 plus.. its v dark liao…
sm plus point.. e hotel staff n hotel was great.. amm nt a 5 star bt den its reali worth e money…. wel.. of coz we juz throw our tins n head off 2 our 1st destination…
wel.. its e highly recommended place so of coz we wil go.. we gt 2 see Jacky wu hostin program juz outside e NM
of coz e main purpose of gg 2 e NM is 2 eat…..see wat we had eaten.. oh my god…juz in a night onli…
n more.. wah.. reali.. so mani tins for us 2 try.. ammm… den of coz apart frm eatin SL NM also gt mani shops.. bt den mayb e fashion there is 2 in.. or mayb is nt our cup of tea.. 2 of us didnt gt 2 buy much tin….so tired by e time we reach hotel n settle 2 slp is oreoli 2am.. by then im oreoli v v v v tired.. almost awake for 24hr liao… wel.. wat 2 do.. i cn onli blame it on myself…
Sat 18/3
wel.. of coz after a gd night sleep.. we r ready for our long day out.. we had our breakfast in e hotel.. amm nt so fantastic.. bt den at least its a decent breakfast.. wel.. we also wan 2 save our stomach for e other better food..
we went 2 e hello kitty ktv.. amm ntin v fanstantic.. luckily is nt 2 expensive
of coz we dn wan 2 repeat e HK incident whereby we onli shop n no other sightseein… since e shop dn open so early… we went longshan temple.. wah so mani pple.. didnt do much juz look look see see….
we den make our way 2 the Taipei main station.. lookin forward 2 e shoppin spree… according 2 sm pple tis place is suspose 2 b e area tat sel mani nice tins… BT DEN… i dn knw.. is it e tins r nt up 2 our standard or wat?? we went frm e 1st til e last i we found ntin intestin.. cheap tins bt nt nice 1… so disappointin…. bt den i reali felt we r so great.. we walk all e way back to hotel… cn u imagine is like walkin from jurong point 2 mayb ard jurong east…. we juz walk n walk.. lookin out if we could by any chance gt 2 see smtin nice along e way.. bt den.. ntin much..e most we found sm nice biscuits n tarts… wel wel.. bt den we manage 2 make our way back 2 hotel… hai..thx 2 those who had directed us along e way.. if nt i reali dn tin we cn make it back 2 hotel…
wel… we decided 2 c if there is any nice food nearby our hotel tat we could grab…. since its a sat evenin.. n being situated at e buzzy area of taipei.. e area is reali so crowded.. u cn reali see mani pple.. n wel.. e dressin is.. i dn knw hw 2 comment.. mayb 2 mani is nice.. bt den 2 me.. i would juz say its fashionable… oh back 2 food.. there r mani pushcart sellin different kind of food…
can see e cart full of food.. wah.. frankly speakin.. its dn seem 2 b v clean…bt den it seems 2 b a culture.. wel. of coz we tried.. hehe.. nt v nice.. bt den nvm.. coz we had lots of different kind of food…
after eatin n lazin ard.. i dragged my tired body out again.. hai.. though tired bt den i cnt say no.. coz.. we r headin 2 5566 concert…. wel… tis is my 1st time watchin a concert oversea.. n smmore is at a big stadium.. e feelin is so different.. i would say is a different experiences.. i had seen quite a few concert in singapore.. i felt e fan there is juz so diff.. take for example we usually wel stand up n cheer or enjoy.. bt den the fans there r so obedient… coz e section is for standin n reali no1 stand 2 watch e concert.. i rather dn knw 2 say its a gd practice or wat…i tin i didnt reali enjoyed much.. coz reali sit all e way.. bt thx god.. i tin e heaven also pitied us.. 2ward e end of e concert it starts drizzlin.. n wen e whole tin end.. n it start pourin.. wel.. luckily im wel prepared w my 2 umbrella.. if nt i reali cnt imagine hw we cn make it home… oh forgt 2 mention i met Lynn at e end of e concert.. haha.. cnt imagine rt?? hehe… after e concert.. we r hungry again.. we lookin for food again.. v bad leh.. bt dn knw y there r always food ard u… we ended our tired day ard 2am again……
Sun 19/3
after a gd night sleep… e sun shine again.. so tired still.. reali dn feel like gtin up e comfy bed.. reali so cozy.. bt den i cnt b payin money flyin all e way 2 taipei juz 2 zzZZzz rt?? hai so i finali dragged myself 2 wake up n gt ready….
e 1st stop of e day is CKS memorial hall… frankly speakin we dn knw who this memorial hall is for.. anyway since is 1 of e place of interest so we juz go loh.. hehe.. after a night of rain.. e weather drastically changes.. its ard 14 deg… so cold.. cn u imagine walk with e cold wind blowin n blowin on ur face.. v torturin… at tat pt of time i reali question myself.. y am i here with e cold wind blowin against my face.. sob sob..
me n lin in front of CKS memorial statue
we den proceeded to places like Taipei 101. NYNY… oh lin was so hapi coz we found mister donut.. expensive donuts… bt quite nice 2 eat…
den e whole evenin we went shoppin ard e busy street.. searchin for e resturant tat i wanted 2 go.. so disappointed.. e place is reali 2 big.. we cnt fin.. reali sad.. bt den cnt spend time juz searchin rt?? hai so juz go on.. wel.. smtime in life tats juz hw tins wil turn out 2 b….
we den spent our night at Wufenpu.. a big place w mani mani shop.. smmore clothes r sold at warehouse price.. v cheap… bt den so sad i didnt see anytin which i like so in end.. bought ntin…
luckily e Raohe NM had lots of food.. n we managed to gt nice food.. well at least we didnt waste our trip……
Mon 20/3
Its stil a cold mornin… n 2 make tin worst.. its pourin heavily.. oh my god.. v depressin… i guess tats e reason linz juz cnt gt up frm e bed.. we left e hotel left.. ard 11.. wel.. anyway we r both tired.. so sort of lazy 2 move.. ammm.. we had e highly recommended Mee suan.. Ah zhong mee suan.. luckily its a mornin so nt so mani pple.. cn u imagine hav 2 stand n eat e mee suan?? reali nice leh.. cn recommend 2 all of u.. den after it we take e mrt n sleep thru coz mani station… 2 e area where we cn gt our hot spring.. so excited.. we managed 2 fin 1 nt 2 x n quite nice 1…but we had a shock… coz e swim suit we prepared cnt b used.. meanin?? we had 2 go n naked.. oh my god.. NAKED>>>>>> although shock bt wat cn we do?? Our towel is our onli hope… bt overall e hot spring was a nice n shiok experience….
after e relazin hot spring we continue our trip 2 Danshui.. wel luckily we managed 2 buy sm snack n of coz we ate mani tins… imagine we had 2 carry mani tins n our umbrella.. sian… bt den we stil proceed 2 Yurenmatuo… i dn knw is it bcoz we went at e wrong timin or e cold weather.. we actuali fin ntin much we cn see there…
at night we went 2 e NM tat lin had looked forward 2.. bt den.. Disappointin.. we juz go ard…. n guess wat..we took e mrt back 2 SL NM again.. haha.. 2 do sm last min shoppin n of coz.. 2 grab food….
wel.. we went back hotel n start headachin… bcoz its our last night.. n means we hav 2 start packin up.. bt den our room is reali in v v v big mess.. i cnt imagine.. bt den stil hav 2 tidy.. SOB SOB… in e end i finali finished n its 2 am liao.. so tired….
Tues 21/3
2day is e day we had 2 say bye 2 taipei n home sweet home…wel.. wakin up quite early mayb bcoz im stil aware tat e room is in a big mess…. welwel.. me finali finished my part n waitin for linz 2 gt up n do her part.. wel.. e time flies.. n its time for us 2 leave e place.. so makin sure we didnt leave any tin bhind.. st tat moment i was sad coz i tot i lost my ring.. i juz cnt fin it anywhere.. in e end it had dropped into my bag.. wel.. luckily… if nt…
anyway since we stil hav at least 3 hr b4 we head for airport.. we should go n had our steamboat….nt reali fanstantic… bt den we juz had 2 eat.. den we wan 2 try our luck 2 try walkin back tat street 2 c if we could gt 2 tat shop.. wel.. mayb god see us 2 filial 2 buy tins back for relatives.. hehe we found it.. we bought quite a few back.. so hapi… bt den.. hapi on one hand tat we had bought smtin back..bt den.. we r havin headache also… we had 2 mani bags 2 carry back.. due 2 mostly of e tins we bought r maninly snack n hav 2 hand carry.. so we had no choice tryin our best 2 squeeze watever we could.. in e end we stil end up w 3 hand carry each.. oh my god..
finali we r on e way back… had tried e meal on flight.. $8 although nt v x..bt den nt v nice 2 eat also.. disappointed…. wel.. due 2 e mani bags we had n e flight is so small n its full.. its nt reali tat comfortable compare 2 e time we fly 2 taipei.. bt of coz ntin beat e feelin of gg home..
finali we touched dwn at ard 11pm.. bt e time we settled on n its ard 12..
wel wel. e whole trip thou mani disappointment along e road.. bt den frankly speakin.. we had sure enjoyed ourself… so taipei is stil a recommended place 2 travel…
holiday was nice bt of coz it would b nicer 2 b back home… rt??