taiwan trip 2008 updates
August 9, 2008 by jkpooh
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had completed nite duty.. last nite duty…leave e ward w lots of wishes frm al my dearest colleagues.. thx all.. I wil miss u all… took a cab home… coz im juz 2 tired.. reach home had a gd shower… den look thru e luggage 1 more time 2 make sure I had nt missed out anytin.. den finali.. its 10am.. so dragged my bag dwn 2 hop on 2 a cab.. fetch Zl who is juz round e corner.. den off we go 2 e airport… tis time round we check in quite early.. den coz we r juz 2 hungry so we headed 2 hav sm food.. yummy porridge…after walkin ard its time for us 2 board e plane……. E familiar flight… yes… its jetstar again.. e 3rd time we r takin it 2
taiwan … so on flight of coz im juz 2 tired.. so ZZZzzzzzZZZ for a few hr.. catch sm gd slp.. den hav sm fun takin pic on flights. Keke.. juz wan 2 hav sm fun… den finali we reach
Taiwan at 5plus… mayb coz its our 3rd time there so nt much excitement… bt nonetheless… e moment I landed I felt relieve… thx goddnes.. after all e custom clearance n sm other stuffs.. we hop on 2 e tour bus tat brought us 2 our hotel.. e same hotel…. So nice 2 reach e hotel… after unloaded our luggages. We juz head 2
SL NM .. tat is always our 1st destination… hungry.. so of coz we went ard huntin for food.. I dn knw is it bcoz its 3rd time here.. or wat… sm of e food dn taste e same… sm disappointment. Sad…. Bt den e worst is nt e food.. coz we heard tat typhoon is juz ard e corner…meanin… e nex 1 2 days typhoon might hit n we might nt b able 2 go out.. sad.n true enough while shoppin at e
SL NM .. rain juz pour heavily.. den stopped.. in fact a few time… sad loh.. it reali dampen our mood.. so after shoppin for a while..we headed back 2 hotel….. had contacted JL n he informed me regardin e recordin time.. at least we knw wat time we should wake up…..
D2-
Had woke up after a gd slp… stil tried.. had gt JL msg at e middle of e nite.. had 2 reach studio at 1130…
So we left e hotel.. head 2 XMD wantin a simple bf… so we finali make our way 2 e studio.. I tin we r stil clever… reach there ard 11 plus.. outside e studio there is a gp of pple oreoli waitin… they look like those young fans… finali we got our tic in… stil havnt see JL.. tin he is busy preparing for his shw… e shw finali started.. n saw all e contestants n of coz JL.. e shw den started.. wel.. e 1st song tat he sung wasn’t tat gd..n true enough.. he didn’t managed to gt gd grade for tat.. tin he is disappointed also… den e 2nd song… he was gd.. bt den I tin coz his same prob… judges all commented tat he is nt v gd.. n true enough his grade wasn’t gd. I tin its nt justifiable… he should gt more… tin he is reali disappointed.. anyway… e other Singaporean Sugie is 7th in positon n he is out of e comp… guess JL will b more disappointed.. coz his ahbang is leavin him.. anyway finali finished 4 hrs of recording.. so tired coz we r sitin there for so mani hrs… n also so hungry.. worst of all.. high tide.. need toilet badly… anyway managed 2 catch a word w JL.. n also took pics w him.. n also wish him all e best for e nex epi….
After a while of break we make our way into e studio again.. wah its so pack.. n we could gt gd seat.. bt den nt forgtin our privilege tic.. enable us 2 gd a nt bad seat.. at least cn see e stage clearly.. thx u…
2nd session lasted nt as long as e 1st 1.. anyway … was upset coz JL was out.. anyway I tin he was also disappointed.. wel.. left e studio at ard 8 plus.. reach xmd 2 get sm food n faster make our way back 2 hotel.. coz we wan 2 watch …… faster shower… n den its 10pm.. hapi 2 see e shw.. keke.. after we had 2 plan where 2 go e nex day.. coz.. we were worried abt typhoon… coz they had predicted tat mon it wil affect
Taiwan quite a lot.. tats y they had declared for a off day.. so we had 2 postponed our
Taichung trip.. coz we r juz worried..
D3-
We woke up feelin being cheated.. coz its so sunny.. no wind no rain… meanin typhoon is nt gg 2 hit here mah.. hai.. anyway we had wasted 1 day… anyway we headed 2 Longshan temple 2 pray.. I tin due 2 e typhoon alert tats y e nearby shop was closed.. bt den we stil managed 2 do sm shoppin.. in fact tis is e 1st day since we arrived tat we had proper shoppin.. so hapi 2 spend money.. after tat we den head 2 e shop tat we wanted 2 go.. im actuali v impress n proud of ourselves… we dn hav map n juz try our luck n we cn make our way 2 e shop we wanted.. keke.. den after tat we managed 2 discovered a night market in e vincity.. n did sm shoppin.. den off 2 hotel.. back 2 hotel we had did packin coz we decided we stil had 2 head 2
taichung .. juz hope n pray..
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Was stil wori abt e effect of typhoon so we had decided 2 stay in
taipei for 1 more day.. so we decided we should go wulai 2day.. e weather is nt bad.. w juz a bit of drizzle.. anyway it didn’t dampen our mood.. wel. Its nt our 1st time 2 wulai bt den e last time we didn’t explore e most of it.. tis time round we decided 2 give more time… reali tiring.. coz we had lots of walkin 2 do.. I tin we r getting old.. as wat ZL say.. 4 yrs ago wen we went HK we cn go shoppin for 12 hr without much complain.. bt den nw.. juz a few hr of walk we cnt tahan liao. Alamak.. sign of agein.. bt den… e amt of walkin is reali worthwhile.. we managed 2 see e mini waterfall. N had lots of nice pics.. kekekeke after tat we make our walk dwn.. walkin again.. anyway we had lots of laughter along e way.. n finali we reach e old street n juz went in 2 a hot spring parlour.. had a gd dip n of coz great washup.. e place was great coz it come w complimentary cakes n drink… nice leh.. see my pics den u wil knw.. after wulai. We make our way 2
Miramar shoppin centre. It was a long mrt journey.. coz we were reali tired.. so had a gd slp on e train.. finali reach e shoppin centre.. anyway didn’t reali catch our interest.. anyway our main aim is 2 go 2 e Five cent drift restaurant.. a nice n expensive place… ambience is nice.. n e service is nt bad. Bt of coz.. e pricing is also w a standard.. wel.. had planned for tis. Coz both of us had our promotion n was susposed 2 treat each other.. since tats e case.. we decided juz had tis more expensive dinner as a reward 2 ourselves..
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I tin we r reali blessed.. it seem tat Typhoon is nt gg 2 hit
Taipei .. n had left liao.. thx goddness for e blessin.. we den bought e train tic.. so tired 2 wake up so early.. 2 hr plus of train ride den 2
taichung .. took a 45min bus we finali reached our destination.. coz cn onli check in e hotel at 2pm.. so we headed 2 e spec shop.. wah so mani specs for us 2 choose.. reali dn knw which 2 choose.. finali after 1 hr we had choosen 2 pairs each.. wel.. its time for us 2 check in.. amm e rm is juz ok.. was pleased w it… nt much complaints.. we had no time 2 lose.. so after we drop our tin we headed 2 hunt for e food we wanted.. its amazing we cn go all e way 2 eat e food we wanted.. shop all e way.. frm 3pm 2 8pm we were reali tired.. so we search for food massage… n we reali managed 2 fin 1.. see we r reali blessed.. den after e massage.. we den continue.. I was reali reali tired.. had a reali great bathe.. onli managed 2 slp ard 2 plus…
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Woke up early in e am coz we nd 2 take long bus back 2
taipei .. hai a bit rush.. bt den wat 2 do.. we r juz so stupid.. hai.. bt den actuali e bus ride is juz gd enough.. dn nd a train.. n its so much cheaper den train.. so cn try 2 take bus frm
Taichung back 2
taipei … save money.. finali reach
Taipei ..since we cnt check in yet.. so we went 2 hunt for food.. managed 2 found a steamboat shop.. e shop reali do nd look appealin..e food is juz ok.. bt den its cheap I would say… after checkin 2 hotel.. we den head 2 Danshui.. wel its kin of late bah.. anyway we onli managed 2 go 2 old street for sm shoppin.. den we went 2 SL night Market again.. yeah again.. hai .. den back 2 hotel… so tired..
D7-
Had set alarm clock 2 wake up at 8 so we cn catch 9 train.. bt den we juz cnt wake up.. hai.. so woke up a bit late.. bt den stil managed 2 catch e train… e journey is long n tiring… finali reach our destination.. shi fen… e place tat we r suspose 2 fin e nice waterfall.. had tot tat its was juz walkin distance.. bt den.. we r totally wrong.. we actuali walked for ard 1 hr.. den finali found e place.. it was reali torturing.. coz it was reali reali hot.. under e hot sun.. n w lots of walkin.. bt den since we r oreoli there we had 2 make it.. n once again.. e beautiful waterfall had proven us tat its all worthwhile.. however… beautiful tin stil hav 2 end.. after walkin 1hr 2 e waterfall… spending last then 30 min there.. we had 2 make our way back.. cn kill… hai… walkin halfway we managed 2 fin a café.. n had sm cold nice refreshin tea.. it juz taste heavenly.. no matter hw unwillingly we r 2 leave e place.. we stil hav 2 gt our bum out of e seat n leave.. if nt we would nt b able 2 make it 2 e stn 2 catch our train.. so we juz hav 2 sped up.. n we stil hav a undone task.. tat is 2 let sky lantern.. 天灯… smtin tats is v popular at e place…….. basically e meanin behind天灯 is tat u cn write all
ur wishes on e lantern n den let it fly up 2 e sky.. n hopefully all
ur wishes wil b granted.. keke wel. Of coz hw true it is no1 knw.. bt den e fun of it is more impt I guess… anyway I had lots of wish on e lantern… juz hope it wil all cm true.. thx u.. keke.. since we stil hav sm time.. we bought sm nice postcard n e fun tin is.. u cn actuali sen e postcard all e way back home.. so me n zl had bought 1 for each other.. n also… wanted 2 sen him 1.. bt den I tin he wil nt b able 2 receive.. coz I had written e wrong add.. so sad.. I wil rem it e nex time.. anyway.. my wish for him is.. “2 believe in urself.. u r who u r..” bcoz was e nite b4 was on msn w him.. n he was affected by e no contribution… so juz a word of encouragement.. jia you…
We den took train 2 jiufen.. den eventuali 2 Miao kou night market n den took a bus back 2
taipei .. once again.. e bus was great… back 2 hotel.. we were havin great headache.. didn’t knw hw 2 pack all our stuff.. goodness… finali managed 2 do it.. n slp.. so tired
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Its e last day in
Taipei .. so had e last bubble dip.. had a gd wash up.. den check out… since our flight is 6pm.. we had planned for e bus 2 pick up at 2 den reaching e airport earlier.. wanted last min shoppin ard xmd.. bt den who knws e moment we stepped out of e hotel.. I sprained my ankle.. it was a reali bad sprain.. so bad tat I nearly couldn’t walk.. so we decided 2 juz had sm food in e vincity.. hai.. regretted.. it wasn’t nice anyway.. wel.. anyway we finali left e hotel n reached airport ard 3plus.. we knw we r early.. e moment we reached there we juz head 2 e avail weighing machine… reali scared tat history repeats its self.. kekeke.. we were juz glad.. we didn’t hit 20kg.. thx goddness.. finali check in n finali board e plane.. touched dwn at 11pm.. was reali tired.. reached hm at ard 12 plus… goodness…. Home sweet home..
Wel… it was a tiring trip as usual.. coz lots of walkin n planning.. wel.. bt den.. im so glad.. im been v blessed by goddness.. n also my best travel companion.. ZL n Fizzy.. great 2 hav u 2 w me.. anyway
Taiwan was great… I reali had enjoyed….
