Saturday, May 07, 2005
im back!! yesterday...

pple im back!!! too tired to update yest.. so update today.. haha.. taiwan was soooooo FUN!!! almost din wan to cum back.. the food was gd.. the scenery was nice.. n shoppin was fantastic!! bought quite alot of tees n other stuffs.. n the life there is not as fast-pace as singapore.. so it was nice.. very tired from the trip.. cos each day onli get to slp at most 6hrs of slp.. was bz travellin ard the whole of taiwan.. yeah goin to be a very long long entry.. update abt mi everyday events.. hahaha

1st day - reach taipei at ard 1+ wen we finally reach hotel its ard 3+.. put down luggage n went to xi men ding.. n wow! xi men ding is so crowded!! its even worse den orchard lor.. n those pple dressing is soooo kua zhang!! n we look so out of place wearin wat we r wearing.. shop ard n i alreadi bought lots of things liao.. its like onli the 1st day... haha yeah.. things so nice.. canot stop the temptation.. went back to hotel after dat.. den later in the nite we went to the nite market.. crowded too.. guess cos is the wkend ba.. find food to eat.. those xiao chi is damn nice lor.. tink i grew soooo much fatter in dat 1 wk.. hahaha.. eatin food u dun c in singapore.. quite an experience...

2nd day - left for hualian... hualian got nth much.. but the scenery is soo nice.. u get to c all the mountains.. sea... trees... n lots of them! but the journey to hualian is ard 5hrs!! n u hav to travel over all the mountains.. n u guys can guess how bad is the journey is.. tink alot of the ppl on the bus was bus sick.. n ya.. we got a very gd tour guide.. he's like sooo knowledgable n eloquent.. haha.. teach us all abt the chinese medicine stuffs... rather impressed wif his knowledge.. n he's like very different from other tour guides i hav seen... usualli tourguides jus tell us abt where we r.. n wats r the speciality of this place.. n dats abt all.. but he's like talking non-stop for the whole journey... well mayb onli stop for an hr or so... wen we all r takin our nap on the bus... he's very gd i hav to sae.. lucky us... n we get to learn lots of things from him too... haha.. ard evenin time we went to look at the performance by 1 of the tribes in taiwan.. ah mei zhu.. c them dance their traditional dance n stuffs.. quite interestin.. cos singapore dun hav tribes or wat mah.. haha

3rd day - morning continue travelling ard hualian to look at the scenery.. n we get to look at the place where pple got all their marble material from.. they r form in the mountains ard 1.. so cool.. took lots of pic from there... had lunch n started our long hrs of travelling to gao xiong.. its a super long journey.. abt 8hrs of bus ride.. n very uncomfortable havin to sit so long on the bus... n worse stil.. its mountain areas.. all twisting n turning roads.. yeah.. by the time we reach gaoxiong its alreadi nite time liao lor... had dinner n walk ard the nite market... realise dat taiwan got lots of ntie market.. n it closes at ard 1-2am 1.. even though it was wkdays... but stil there r many pple walkin ard at dat time.. its like they no need to work or study... yeah.. suppose their nite life is very happening.. haha.. not liek singapore.. shops closes at ard 9-10pm!! so earli lor...

4th day - tour continues in gao xiong.. went to those 'tai lang diam' (in hokkien).. as in those place where they sell their guo chan( their country's specialty).. like ling zhi etc.. too ex liao.. haha.. after dat continue travelling to taizhong.. cant exactly rem the events dat took place.. cos everyday we r jus travelling ard lookin at scenery n goin to those tai lang diam.. well actualli i dun really rem goin where for wat.. hahahaha.. too mani events to rem.. ohh yes.. we get to look at the ming fu qi shi de ping lang xi shi!! c them wear those skimpy clothes lah.. haha well the tourguide manange to get one ping lang xi shi to get on the bus.. n took fotos of her!! yeah.. kinda pretty.. n also tasted the ping lang n its sucks!! i wonder how cum ppl like to eat it... tasted bitter n the after taste is sooo bad... n after eatin it.. u will feel dat ur whole face is very warm and hot.. n u will hav this chokin feeling in ur throat!! its like u choke on a big seed or wat.. n wen u swallow ur saliva u feel pain!! its sooo bad!! well its an experience lah.. n vow nv to eat ping lang again... yucks.. haha.. hmm basically in taizhong is the nite market.. call feng jia ye shi.. the stuff there is really cheap.. so was shopping again!! haha.. well din reali buy alot of things lah.. jus sum tees... but time wasnt enuff.. was onli given abt an hr or so of shoppin ard the ntie market.. din had our fills lor.. haha so mi cousins n i went to the nite market AGAIN.. by ourselves after we had check in to our hotel.. yeah.. n by the time we reach there again its ard 11+.. BUT... there r stil many pple walkin ard.. haha well can sae its a wasted trip.. cos i din buy anithing the 2nd time ard... yeah.. but get to look at more stuffs... haha.. ohh ya.. oso went to the hot spring!! 1st time go hot spring.. so fun.. but realli the water is very hot.. its almost like burnin mi skin lor.. tink its ard 43degrees!! but its very soothing.. after dat u will feel relax n all.. haha.. but tink the water wasnt very clean.. den mi skin oso sensitive... so after i itch everywhere.. but stil its fun lah.. haha

5th day - travel back to taipei.. events r as usual.. cant really rem.. jus goin ard those museum n stuffs...haha jus noe dat i had lots of fun.. n took lots of fotos... den went to nite market again... shih lin ye shi.. yeah.. tis time ard din buy anithin.. cos stuffs there wasnt realli cheap.. n super many ppl.. n dun get to c much either.. n also.. after goin to feng jia liao.. u will noe dat the stuff there is sooo much cheaper there n u wun buy much at shih lin lor.. haha.. yeah.. went back to hotel..

6th day - well tour ended yesterday.. n since we extended an xtra day.. so on tis day we dun hav any tour guide wif us liao.. so we went ard taipei ourselves!! how exciting.. haha took the mrt to yu ren ma tou (aka fisherman's wharf).. n we hav to take ferry to there.. so excitin.. the place is soo nice.. n windy.. but took quite long to reach there.. more shoppin ard... met min's frens n went to wu fen bu after dat.. tot the stuffs there will be much cheaper but NO!! its sooo damn ex!! n din get to buy lots of things like i had expected.. there r like over 1000shops.. walk n walk til mi legs canot take it animore lor.. hahaha left there at ard 6+ n went back to xi men ding to hav our dinner.. miss those xiao chi over there.. its sooo nice.. even til now i can stil rem those taste lor.. yummy!! haha.. since its our last day there liao.. we decided to go to the ktv over there... though its abt the same price as singapore... but its so much nicer over there lor.. the food its nice.. not like those peanuts we get in singapore.. n songs r soo new til we dun really noe how to sing some of them... n wats more interestin is the controller!! u can change the voice of ur own voice to tang lao ya!! haha so damn funny til we all laugh until like wat lor.. change to guys voice lah.. robot voice.. n the female voice.. so interestin!! haha playin wif the controller the whole nite.. haha..n the ktv open for 24hrs 1!! hahaha hav to thanks min's frens for bringin us ard..

7th day/last day - goin back to singapore liao.. though i do miss singapore.. but i wan to stay in taiwan longer!! cos there r stil mani places i din get to go lor.. like 101 lah.. sogo lah.. all those big big departmental stores.. yeah. lucky dap n min.. get to stay an xtra 2more days.. wat to do.. im poor mah.. haha so came back yesterday.. n stil tinkin abt taiwan.. hai... well at least singapore traffic is sooo much better not like over there so messy.. n the traffic is opposite for wat is in singapore.. driver on the left.. n the traffic movin in opposite of urs is on the left too.. bus door is on the rite.. jus totally opposite of singapore.. kinda weird at 1st.. n soon get xi guan liao.. haha.. so mani things to do in taiwan.. n dun hav the chance to try everything.. if got chance can go again.. muz try all.. haha..

well dats abt all.. actualli got more.. but abit lz to type liao.. tis is 1 very long entry.. n 1st time i took so long to type 1 blog entry.. yeah.. wld recommend u guys to go taiwan if u had the chance n money too.. very nice.. i wan to go taiwan again!!!!