Friday, July 25, 2008

Change. do u embrace change? i dont. or at least,im trying not to. but i would wanna experience new things. while maintaining the wholesomeness of what i had before. there's bound to be sacrifices. i hope i know whats important and whats not. i can do it. im still me. trust me. ((: im still me.

Saturday, July 19, 2008

im back from NBS orientation!
anyway, lets blog about my taiwan trip 1st!!
1st day,
we took all sorts of transport! arrived at tao yuan international airport...then we had to take the bus to the train station which will take us to kao hsiung...sadly, we missed the train and i lost the ticket!! that was a loss of NT799 ): in the end we took the Taiwan High Speed Rail (which shortened our trip itming by half) but we had to pay more la..after that we went to walk around in 六合夜市 which was nearby..
Day 2,
transit from kai hsiung to 垦丁!
FYI, its near a beach place, acclaimed as the "Hawaii" of Asia..the weather there was HOT!!!
basically, we reached the place at around mid noon..after which we went to walk around...was put off by the touting..but the scenery was really nice though...we went to walk around kending main street for the rest of the day..we ran like 3km back to our lodging!! decided to do watersports the next day!!
trying out the games in kending night market!
pic taken with a pretty local!
Day 3,
did water sports in the morning...basically they had this 3in1 thingy for NT500 each...it wasnt very exciting at all ~_~..just sitting on the floats and the instructor will bring u out for a spin..after that we went to go Go-karting...it was better..but the waiting time for the public buses were...unspeakable..and then another night at kending main street!
Day 4,
transferred to Yunlin, spend almost the whole day travelling to the place..before we stayed in the 民宿 for the night. then we went to this cafe which overlooks the whole hill for some coffee!! really nice place.The cafe name was 啡你不可.
Day 5,
Went down to 剑湖山world.!! Its a theme park.check 0ut the rides..sadly half of the day was marred by a very heavy downpour...but luckily we already tried most of the rides before it rained.BUT i must say that zhiyuan was very brave for being willing to try something new and try the most scary rides and thus overcoming his fears..RESPECT!.and another sad fact was that i felt kinda over-aged..but the highlight of the day definitely was taking a picture with 李玖哲!he really can sing man..after that we went down to the 斗六 night market which we had hotplate noodles..cheap and good!!
Day 6,
on trains, we arrived in taipei! basically was the day for shopping and walking around.Went to wu fen pu and rao he night market to walk around...there was this very special cap shop...i would say their services were very professional..and each of us got nice caps each which suits us!!
took a pic wif my idol!!
saw xiao zhu too!he looks real good in person!!
Day 7,
Went back to taipei to watch the studio filming of 我猜!!! Jacky wu was really funny and experienced..the funny thing was...50% of the ppl watching the filming was singaporean!!!hahaha!! not bad..the guests included, william So and Cai Min You..and saw ahya and ya zi as well..it was a good experience..but i really had a newfound respect for the hosts..coz hosting the show was really tiring...even us as audiences felt so tired out after the show..and they had to film 2 consecutive episodes on the same day!! wow.
Day 8,
Went down to yang ming shan in the day!! the scenery there was...ok...and we had to leave the place at around 3-4pm because of the fog which will make it hard for people to navigate..but still it was good exercise for we've been nua-ing for too long le!!!after that we went down to bei tou for its 温泉!! the water was very hot and acidic!!! ok..didnt really enjoy it..lol.but good experience though..after that we went to 渔人码头 for some food and visited the 情人桥 there too!!lol.. look at us on the bridge
Day9,
Went down to Jiu Fen and Kee Lung..tried the 芋圆there..YAm balls!very very nice. and went on a huge shopping spree of pineapple tarts and sun biscuits...Jeremy was totally saving all his money just to get them la..lol. and at night we went to their cash box ktv!! really nice place..with a personal bathroom..and a scoring system for ur songs!! after that was clubbing..which was a boring experience..being my 1st time..i just swayed ard to the every-looping music for 2-3 hours..1st clubbing experience= chui
super zai jeremy singing 黑色幽默
Day10
Woke up very late because of the previous night clubbing...we woke up hungry souls..and went for our first expensive meal in Din Tai Fung... a MUST try in Taiwan...it tastes so much better than in Singapore!! especially the yam baos!! after that we went to find Jay Chou's restaurant..it was called Mr J's restaurant...almost went into an orgasm after reaching coz the theme of the restaurant was "不能说的秘密!" so many pictures of my idol!!! happy!! then after that we went back to ximen ding before jeremy had his hair cut in a professional salon!!
Day11
basically shopping!!!then home sweet home.
thats all for my taiwan trip !