HELLO!!!! IM BACK FROM TAIWAN!! missed me?? haha. thank you for all who had visited my blogs wif tags and well-wishes!
pictures will be up on the next issue... now.. for the recap..
on our first day, we reached taoyuan airport ard 1pm and set off for taipei. taipei would be our first stop for the whole journey. it was ard 1 hr plus of ride to taipei and our tour guide, YAOYAO MUMMY!, started telling us about the procedures to take note of in taiwan.
our hotel for the first and last day would be similar and for the rest of the journey, we would be moving to different hotels for every night. the entire tour plan would only start on the second day as we had to wait for the rest of the tour members to arrive.
so, we went shopping!!! at XIMENDING! one of the places i'd always wanted to go. shopped ard and ate their famous mee sua and snow ice. very yummy! thn, it was free time for the rest of the day... we decided to visit the miramar shopping centre where the second biggest in south east asia's ferris wheel is located. had our dinner at one of the chinese restaurant and well, the food was ok... (bascially, most of the food we had in taiwan dun really suit the singaporean taste.. so.. it was ok for the whole journey except for a few...) our tour guide gave our family 3 free coupons for the ferris wheel and we went for the ride... we had to buy another ticket though. our family was the biggest grp among the tour grp as we had 8 of us! only we cousins went up on the ferris wheels.. the adults took a rest on ground. we went shopping ard afterwards and i got a new wallet and an umbrella!
the second day, we set of for yi lan, yeh liu, jiu fen, nanfanau, nantien temple, su hua national road and stayed at hua lien. the bus journey was long and torturous. went to yeh liu's national park whereby nature's force sculptured amazing creations which resembles 'queen's head, fairy's shoe, elephant, camel'. thn, we moved on to chiu fen, an old mining site wif interesting histories.... bought muah chee and a tao di there and well.. the rain fell on us... we were considered lucky as the previous tour grp, had to endure 7 days of rain through the entire 7 days of journey.. we were lucky to get sunshine everyday... anyway... after chiu fen, went to the nantien temple.. it was the maju temple i think.. got gold and jade statue inside.. didn went in.. had my pure milk ice-cream by the streets! our hotel for the night was at hua lien's 5 star hotel!! very nice!!! got indoor and outdoor swimmin pool!!! the indoor one had a hot spring! my aunt and i went to enjoy the gym facilities b4 goin for a dip.. my adidas watch spoilt while i had my dip.. sad... i thought it was waterproof...
third day was a day filled wif mountains and rivers... went to taroko gorge, taroko memorial arch building, changchun temple, lingzhi house and hot springs at our hotel at chih pen!!! only 4 star, but view was great! the taroko gorge was very gorgoeous.... very nice:) the journey was worthy as on our way there, we could get a good view of seas, rivers, countryside and greeneries! good for photo taking... haha... cant rmb much on the temple... went to the lingzhi place... by the tribe ppl.. ah mei zu... they sell lingzhi, lingzhi powder, and deer foetus!!! goodness.. they call it lu tai fen.. they had the actual one on display and it was simply disgusting.. im not sure of how the huan gias get the dead foetus but it's really disgustin tt ppl dun let it have it's life. u noe disney's bambi?! yes!! they're eatin tht!!! they grind this dried and dead foetus into powder and it's said to huv medicinal values. 2 of the tour grp ppl bought the foetus to grind but there are oso some who bought the grinded powder... thn... we went back to our hotel for the hot spring!! the meals are relatively ok but not suited to our taste... it's all very sweet and sticky...
fourth day was one of my happiest day!! i met my dear PATRICIA!!!!!!!! our itinery was to fo kuang shan, chun qiu ge, hseun tian shang di temple, love river cruise and shoppin at sin jiao jiang market!! our stay was at one of gao hsiong's old 5 star hotel... for the whole day.. we visited temples and more temples.. didn quite like it.. kinda wasted our time.. there's no visitin of church.. so.. yea.. but really glad to be able to meet pat at fo kuang shan.. i regretted gg up the temple lor.. climb so high but the view was so disappointin.. should huv waited for the tour grp below and could huv gotten more time wif pat.. haiz.. anyway.. for the rest of the day was oso more temples.. but we didn get to go for the love river ride.. it was rainin.. b4 tt was the dragonboat practice.. so had to skip tt.. manage to get some shoppin goods though... got 2 puma jackets for less than S$100!!! i was so so happy!! it's original too.. they were huvin some sales and haha.. i got it!!! went back to the hotel and came out again.. my aunt, uncle, lyn and i decided to do our own shoppin and viewin ard gao hsiong.. took a cab and went to meng shi dai.. southeast asia's biggest shoppin centre!! bigger thn vivocity ok!! but things there were expensive so we just shopped ard and end up eatin cup noodles at family mart=7 eleven.. there are 7 elevens ard too.. when there's 7 eleven, there'd bound to be family mart.
the fifth day was the thrill rides day!!! went to sun moon lake(ri yue tan), one of the worst hit area by the earthquake in 1999... it's still building up.. can still see the impact left by nature's force.. wen wu temple, and aboriginal cultural village, plus da chuang and feng jia night market!! didn went in to the temple but had tea eggs out at the road site.. it was very yummy!!! the aboriginal village was the highlight of the day.. it's like a theme park but wif diff areas.. the aboriginal area is where the culture of diff tribes in taiwan were being displayed and performance by the tribal ppl.. it was really amazing!! thn.. it was fun time!!!! the thrill rides were limited... but nevertheless.. we enjoyed ourselves and took all the thrill rides.. we started off we mild rides for warm up be movin on for those A** rides.. there was this ufo whereby it's a drop ride from ard 9-10 stories high... and i took the ride 2 times.. my heart was really gg to stop at the second time.. first time i went up alone, being the guinea pig of my cousins.. they wanted to noe how it felt b4 takin the ride.. the second time was when i start to feell frighten as i noe how the ride would be.. the first time was quite relax.. we went on to take other typical rides such as vikings and flume ride.. the other A** ride was the mayan!! it is this roller coaster which turns 360 degree quite a few times.. the whole ride was about 1 min 50 seconds... when i came down... i really felt the impact and was kinda giddy.. haha.. but it was damn shiok... after the village, we got to see bin lang xi shi.. quite pretty.. haha.. and she wore skimpy clothings.. thn we went to another night market.... feng jia night market and it was the second time i saw patricia!!! decided to leave my family and joins hers durin this free time and we went to shop together!!!! had the famous taiwan's long long ice cream and it was only at the last 15 mins.. i found one of the sports shops which has warehouse sales!!! it was mad la! i had to get andrea her jacket and i was rushing to find sth good.. i think im being blessed.. im always able to get great stuff and good prices!! near our hotel was another shoppin area.. sogo... went there to buy gifts for vincent and yiya..
day 6 was ok... kinda tired out by the whole journey of bus rides.. went back to taipei... before tt.. went to the mao jia gong zhu house to buy honey.. royal jelly... let me tell u.. the princess is really pretty!! went to the bu gong museum and watched the soldiers change positions for their duty.. there were alot of ppl at the museum and there were lots of artefacts!! didn huv the chance to see everything but well.. it was very amazing.. went to the memorial place whereby there were four guards standing guard. it was really cool.. only the best and those who'd represented their base at the national parade get to do this job.. all of these guys had to be at least 180cm and they're quite good lookin la!!! but it's not a pleasant job.. they had to stand in position for 1 hr for each shift and they cannot move.. many tourist take photos wif them and they still huv to remain still.. very tiring.. especially the weather is sooo sooo hot... but it was when they change shift.. the best part comes in... the other four reportin for duty would march to the position and well.. it's a long and slow march... then.. they'll huv this display where they throw their rifles and swee swee!! haha.. very nice.. and coordinated... it was a nice routine they had to do.. thn.. it was taipei 101 mall... currently world's tallest building.. 101 levels.. nth much la.. just the tallness.. it costs roughly S$35 to go up to get a view... didn go.. haha.. and after tt was the famous shih lin's night market! it was so crowded tt we didn went in.. cannot even move lor.. still huv to worry about pickpockets and molesters.. so.. in the end went to wait at the mac's and for my aunt's fren to arrive... went to had dou hua while waiting for the tour grp and it was back to hotel... wanted to go ximending to do last min of shoppin but most of the shops closed ard 10pm... went to another night market recommended by the hotel ppl but it was horrible.. the place was not suitable for us.. pickpockets all over and there were many beggars oso.. sex toys and RA movies were sold everywhere and the culture was very weird... we left the place immediately and went to get cup noodles again.. we bought quite alot and huv it for the last time at our hotel..
18th jun.. our last day... woke up quite late.. only day w/o journey planned.. went to ximending.. but was too early.. so had some food at those small shops.. when shops finally opened.. went to shop like crazy for jolin's stuff.. had to buy it for cecilia.. so was frantically tryin to find the shop which sells the poster she wanted.. didn get it.. but was lucky to get the signed album of the dvd... jolin had a signin event on sunday.. so they were selling tht copy of it.. and i got it!!!
the rest of the day was journey to the airport and well... home sweet home...
this is a very long post.. hopefully.. u had endured to finish readin it!! pictures will be up soon.. i huv more then 400 pictures taken so need some time to sort.. seeya!
~happiness is in our hands.~
pictures will be up on the next issue... now.. for the recap..
on our first day, we reached taoyuan airport ard 1pm and set off for taipei. taipei would be our first stop for the whole journey. it was ard 1 hr plus of ride to taipei and our tour guide, YAOYAO MUMMY!, started telling us about the procedures to take note of in taiwan.
our hotel for the first and last day would be similar and for the rest of the journey, we would be moving to different hotels for every night. the entire tour plan would only start on the second day as we had to wait for the rest of the tour members to arrive.
so, we went shopping!!! at XIMENDING! one of the places i'd always wanted to go. shopped ard and ate their famous mee sua and snow ice. very yummy! thn, it was free time for the rest of the day... we decided to visit the miramar shopping centre where the second biggest in south east asia's ferris wheel is located. had our dinner at one of the chinese restaurant and well, the food was ok... (bascially, most of the food we had in taiwan dun really suit the singaporean taste.. so.. it was ok for the whole journey except for a few...) our tour guide gave our family 3 free coupons for the ferris wheel and we went for the ride... we had to buy another ticket though. our family was the biggest grp among the tour grp as we had 8 of us! only we cousins went up on the ferris wheels.. the adults took a rest on ground. we went shopping ard afterwards and i got a new wallet and an umbrella!
the second day, we set of for yi lan, yeh liu, jiu fen, nanfanau, nantien temple, su hua national road and stayed at hua lien. the bus journey was long and torturous. went to yeh liu's national park whereby nature's force sculptured amazing creations which resembles 'queen's head, fairy's shoe, elephant, camel'. thn, we moved on to chiu fen, an old mining site wif interesting histories.... bought muah chee and a tao di there and well.. the rain fell on us... we were considered lucky as the previous tour grp, had to endure 7 days of rain through the entire 7 days of journey.. we were lucky to get sunshine everyday... anyway... after chiu fen, went to the nantien temple.. it was the maju temple i think.. got gold and jade statue inside.. didn went in.. had my pure milk ice-cream by the streets! our hotel for the night was at hua lien's 5 star hotel!! very nice!!! got indoor and outdoor swimmin pool!!! the indoor one had a hot spring! my aunt and i went to enjoy the gym facilities b4 goin for a dip.. my adidas watch spoilt while i had my dip.. sad... i thought it was waterproof...
third day was a day filled wif mountains and rivers... went to taroko gorge, taroko memorial arch building, changchun temple, lingzhi house and hot springs at our hotel at chih pen!!! only 4 star, but view was great! the taroko gorge was very gorgoeous.... very nice:) the journey was worthy as on our way there, we could get a good view of seas, rivers, countryside and greeneries! good for photo taking... haha... cant rmb much on the temple... went to the lingzhi place... by the tribe ppl.. ah mei zu... they sell lingzhi, lingzhi powder, and deer foetus!!! goodness.. they call it lu tai fen.. they had the actual one on display and it was simply disgusting.. im not sure of how the huan gias get the dead foetus but it's really disgustin tt ppl dun let it have it's life. u noe disney's bambi?! yes!! they're eatin tht!!! they grind this dried and dead foetus into powder and it's said to huv medicinal values. 2 of the tour grp ppl bought the foetus to grind but there are oso some who bought the grinded powder... thn... we went back to our hotel for the hot spring!! the meals are relatively ok but not suited to our taste... it's all very sweet and sticky...
fourth day was one of my happiest day!! i met my dear PATRICIA!!!!!!!! our itinery was to fo kuang shan, chun qiu ge, hseun tian shang di temple, love river cruise and shoppin at sin jiao jiang market!! our stay was at one of gao hsiong's old 5 star hotel... for the whole day.. we visited temples and more temples.. didn quite like it.. kinda wasted our time.. there's no visitin of church.. so.. yea.. but really glad to be able to meet pat at fo kuang shan.. i regretted gg up the temple lor.. climb so high but the view was so disappointin.. should huv waited for the tour grp below and could huv gotten more time wif pat.. haiz.. anyway.. for the rest of the day was oso more temples.. but we didn get to go for the love river ride.. it was rainin.. b4 tt was the dragonboat practice.. so had to skip tt.. manage to get some shoppin goods though... got 2 puma jackets for less than S$100!!! i was so so happy!! it's original too.. they were huvin some sales and haha.. i got it!!! went back to the hotel and came out again.. my aunt, uncle, lyn and i decided to do our own shoppin and viewin ard gao hsiong.. took a cab and went to meng shi dai.. southeast asia's biggest shoppin centre!! bigger thn vivocity ok!! but things there were expensive so we just shopped ard and end up eatin cup noodles at family mart=7 eleven.. there are 7 elevens ard too.. when there's 7 eleven, there'd bound to be family mart.
the fifth day was the thrill rides day!!! went to sun moon lake(ri yue tan), one of the worst hit area by the earthquake in 1999... it's still building up.. can still see the impact left by nature's force.. wen wu temple, and aboriginal cultural village, plus da chuang and feng jia night market!! didn went in to the temple but had tea eggs out at the road site.. it was very yummy!!! the aboriginal village was the highlight of the day.. it's like a theme park but wif diff areas.. the aboriginal area is where the culture of diff tribes in taiwan were being displayed and performance by the tribal ppl.. it was really amazing!! thn.. it was fun time!!!! the thrill rides were limited... but nevertheless.. we enjoyed ourselves and took all the thrill rides.. we started off we mild rides for warm up be movin on for those A** rides.. there was this ufo whereby it's a drop ride from ard 9-10 stories high... and i took the ride 2 times.. my heart was really gg to stop at the second time.. first time i went up alone, being the guinea pig of my cousins.. they wanted to noe how it felt b4 takin the ride.. the second time was when i start to feell frighten as i noe how the ride would be.. the first time was quite relax.. we went on to take other typical rides such as vikings and flume ride.. the other A** ride was the mayan!! it is this roller coaster which turns 360 degree quite a few times.. the whole ride was about 1 min 50 seconds... when i came down... i really felt the impact and was kinda giddy.. haha.. but it was damn shiok... after the village, we got to see bin lang xi shi.. quite pretty.. haha.. and she wore skimpy clothings.. thn we went to another night market.... feng jia night market and it was the second time i saw patricia!!! decided to leave my family and joins hers durin this free time and we went to shop together!!!! had the famous taiwan's long long ice cream and it was only at the last 15 mins.. i found one of the sports shops which has warehouse sales!!! it was mad la! i had to get andrea her jacket and i was rushing to find sth good.. i think im being blessed.. im always able to get great stuff and good prices!! near our hotel was another shoppin area.. sogo... went there to buy gifts for vincent and yiya..
day 6 was ok... kinda tired out by the whole journey of bus rides.. went back to taipei... before tt.. went to the mao jia gong zhu house to buy honey.. royal jelly... let me tell u.. the princess is really pretty!! went to the bu gong museum and watched the soldiers change positions for their duty.. there were alot of ppl at the museum and there were lots of artefacts!! didn huv the chance to see everything but well.. it was very amazing.. went to the memorial place whereby there were four guards standing guard. it was really cool.. only the best and those who'd represented their base at the national parade get to do this job.. all of these guys had to be at least 180cm and they're quite good lookin la!!! but it's not a pleasant job.. they had to stand in position for 1 hr for each shift and they cannot move.. many tourist take photos wif them and they still huv to remain still.. very tiring.. especially the weather is sooo sooo hot... but it was when they change shift.. the best part comes in... the other four reportin for duty would march to the position and well.. it's a long and slow march... then.. they'll huv this display where they throw their rifles and swee swee!! haha.. very nice.. and coordinated... it was a nice routine they had to do.. thn.. it was taipei 101 mall... currently world's tallest building.. 101 levels.. nth much la.. just the tallness.. it costs roughly S$35 to go up to get a view... didn go.. haha.. and after tt was the famous shih lin's night market! it was so crowded tt we didn went in.. cannot even move lor.. still huv to worry about pickpockets and molesters.. so.. in the end went to wait at the mac's and for my aunt's fren to arrive... went to had dou hua while waiting for the tour grp and it was back to hotel... wanted to go ximending to do last min of shoppin but most of the shops closed ard 10pm... went to another night market recommended by the hotel ppl but it was horrible.. the place was not suitable for us.. pickpockets all over and there were many beggars oso.. sex toys and RA movies were sold everywhere and the culture was very weird... we left the place immediately and went to get cup noodles again.. we bought quite alot and huv it for the last time at our hotel..
18th jun.. our last day... woke up quite late.. only day w/o journey planned.. went to ximending.. but was too early.. so had some food at those small shops.. when shops finally opened.. went to shop like crazy for jolin's stuff.. had to buy it for cecilia.. so was frantically tryin to find the shop which sells the poster she wanted.. didn get it.. but was lucky to get the signed album of the dvd... jolin had a signin event on sunday.. so they were selling tht copy of it.. and i got it!!!
the rest of the day was journey to the airport and well... home sweet home...
this is a very long post.. hopefully.. u had endured to finish readin it!! pictures will be up soon.. i huv more then 400 pictures taken so need some time to sort.. seeya!
~happiness is in our hands.~
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