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Sunday, May 4, 2008 { 12:10 AM }

Taipei 23 - 26 April 2008

Exactly a week since our return from Taipei.Super miss this place.Hope to go back sometime soon (hopefully with friends this time),we ate n shop and spent 2K on expenses only just these 4 days.

23 April 2008,Wednesday

Father -inlaw sent us to the airport.Grabbed a burger at Burger King,walked around the Duty Free and it was time to board the plane to our destination.

Watched PS I Love You on board the flight.A very nice show recommended by Keong.Its about a young window,whose hubs died from brain tumour.Knowing that his wife couldnt get over him that easily,he wrote some letters and planned some surprises on his deathbed so that after he died,he still can help his wife get over him.I cried several times while watching the movie.I didnt know why,maybe I was missing my lil Javier so much already.Haha!

Welcome to Taipei!

The Hotel room was really small,we kinda regretted upgrading to a 4* Hotel as it looks like a 2* Hotel to us.Haha!The breakfast sucked - BIG TIME.We had it for the 1st time and we never went down for breakfast again.Waste our money.Moreover,we spent less than 8 hours in the room each night.In the future,I will book my own airtickets and hotel rooms online so that we can save more money and avoid the services fees.Hehe.

We left for Xi Men Ding after settling down for just 15 mins.Shopped and ate,time seems to pass so fast and then the shops start closing.So we took a train down the the Night Market to see see look look.

I duno whats this but it tasted superb

The MTR

Taipei's Night Life

Night Market 1 MTR Stop away from Xi Men Ding.We went to this Night Market twice.Saw some stores selling 野味.Totally freaks me out because they have white mice,snakes,frogs,scorpions,etc etc.Keong told me that he didnt mind trying but I didnt wanna step in.Gives me the creeps.Didnt take any pictures as we are not allowed to take them.

The oyster omelette is somewhat different from what we have in Sg as its more watery and they have this special sauce for it.We ate it 2 times during our trip.Keong find that it tasted better den Sg's but I beg to differ.Maybe I'm not used to the sauce or maybe becos I dun even like oysters at all.

The MTR service stops at 12am.We walked all the way from the Night Market to our Hotel as we didnt wanna take a cab.We had fun trying to guess which dark alley has old prostitutes waiting for business in them.I wonder who will hire them as they are all so old and fat.Where are all the pretty ones!!!

24 April 2008,Thursday

We woke up at 6 plus in the morning and headed for the sucky breakfast.And then we proceeded for our Full day Tour.And today will be the day that we will spend 1K out of the total 2K expenses that we spent.

CKS Memorial Hall

Martyr's Shrine.The guide told us that only the most handsome guys in Taiwan are qualified to be the guards there.Hmm..but I dun really tink so.Hehe.

I know..We are super naughty.We took a pic of this jap woman.She looks like a man.And her fishnet hair is so funny!

So many people crowding the 2 guards to take pictures with them

Some historical hero

Nobody liao...

We also went to National Palace Museum to see artefacts made from thousands of years ago.Super nice.Didnt take any pictures becos we are not supposed to.

Went to some tribal shop and bought their face product worth about SGD 140!!!But its super effective.U just have to apply it on your face and the dead skin cells come out liao.

Went to some Feng Shui shop and bought 2 'animals' which cost us SGD 676 in total.This is the day that we spent the most money.

Took a 1 hour journey to go to Chiu fen.The scenery is very nice up there and super cold too!Lotsa things to walk but we only had little time because to have to rush to go to the Hot Spring.

This is GOOD....

Taipei 101..World's Tallest Building

Then we went to the Hot Spring somewhere in Tian Mu.

Last stop.Shi Lin Night Market.Super nice food.We just ate n shop here and there.We even went to this place again the next day.

His favourite again.

Mango Ice.Super super nice.Their ice is not like sg's so rough.It is the 绵绵 type.

Honey Chicken Chop

Meat Ball Soup.Tastes so nice when the weather is so cold.

25 April 2008,Friday

We went to this Jap Restuarant at 美观园.A must try when you go to Xi Men Ding.The food is super nice and quite cheap.Our lunch cost us a mere SGD 30 bucks only.

The big big oyster.

We had a 1 day free MTR pass.So we took a train down to Taipei 101 to see see look look.

They didnt have much to shop there,except branded stores.Bought a Gucci belt there and left.We were there for like less than 30 mins.

Then we went to Ming Quan as there is a Shuang Cheng Food Street.Turned out that it is just a market.We Left after walking for awhile.

Then we took a train down to Dan Shui.And we witnessed a Yew Keng.

Chiobus.

And Lao Chios.

Quite alot of things to walk there.I permed my hair there too.Haha.After perming my hair,the locals thought Im one of them too.

The scenery at Dan shui is very nice.We should have taken pictures before it was dark but we were too excited to shop.Hehe.

Then we went top Shi Lin again.We wanted to make full use of our last night in Taipei.

Had their Beef Steak.Still,I prefer the ones in SG.

This is the worse that I've eaten during my trip there.

After Shilin,We went back to Xi Men Ding to walk again.We were there day and night.Until we got nothing to walk.So we took a train down to Long Shan Temple and walked their Night Market again.After that,we walked back from this place to our Hotel.

26 April 2008,Saturday

Last day here.Happy and sad at the same time.Happy because I can finally go home and see my darling son.Sad because we should have stayed longer in Taipei.

We went to the famous Modern Toilet Restaurant in Xi Men Ding.

Mine.

His.

The food is quite nice.We will definitely go back again when we come to visit the next time.

Its so happening at Xi Men Ding on a Saturday.We saw this guy whose trying to get people's attention and money but listening to his own music and then dancing to himself.Very funny.