Wednesday, June 04, 2008 5:07 PM
Day 4
set off early for breakfast at Ding Tai Feng.
ordered...
to me, they tasted mediocre.
though we looked quite alert in this pic, we were actually very tired! Liu and i had no appetite, and Celine had to finish most of the food! LOL
immediately after breakfast, we walked to Ice Monster to eat...
fruit ice! v yummy but think it was quite ex, around SG$7+.
after the yummy dessert, we split up and i went to Ba Da, thinking that there was Bai Fen Bai recording that day. was supposed to go with mou ren but she needed to fly back on Wed alr. luckily she nv went, cos ended up ultra disappointed la. their "Live On Tape" turned out to be prerecorded live, so no recording that day... then y call it live?!! found out later from Stage's staffs that Xiaozhu was overseas.
my one and only memory of Ba Da
In the meantime, Liu and Celine went to CKS Memorial Hall.
but too bad they cldn't go in to see the exhibits cos they weren't properly dressed.
so we met up and walked and walked and we actually chanced upon Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall!
my bro commented i look like those remote control toys with that "antenna". LOL
walked again n reached...
...Taipei City Hall.
Nearby it is Taipei 101, but we cldn't find an angle which would allow us to take the whole building. After these, we went to Wu Fen Pu. If u're going there next time, try not to buy from there... so EX! and it's supposed to be cheap! and Celine got cheated over a pair of shoes.
after shopping in Wu Fen Pu, we went to Rao He Night Market and on our way there, we got to experience something new - waiting for railway to pass.
think the locals must have thought we were crazy cos we were fascinated and kept taking pics!
Rao He Night Market
n wad's shopping in night market without buying any food?
one of the must-buys of Rao He Night Market, forgot the name but it tasted like meat bun filling with the roasted skin.
fried smelly tou fu
ma la smelly tou fu
xiaozhu's fav! braised meat rice. was pretty tasty but ultra oily.
oyster mee sua
Day 5
2nd last day of our trip... we needed to do some serious shopping/gifts buying for our family!
again going out of Taipei. took a train to RuiFang and then bus up to Jiu Fen, which used to be a gold mine.
a really lovely place n with the wonderful cooling weather, we really enjoyed ourselves there. gotta be one of my fav places.
the streets
views from top
we came across this house with lots of ghost faces for exhibition.
the creator with his creations of his own expressions. apparently, he was featured a few times on sg tv programs. a v warm and friendly guy.
all these are just a SMALL part of his whole collection!
LOL
old cinema
stairs and more stairs!
there were lots of things to buy! feng li su, tai yang bing with cheese fillings, chinese tea, mua chee and lots of food to eat!
i dun really know the exact name...
but they were really chewy and delicious. =)
meatballs and fishballs
see all the pics pasted on the wall? those are the owner's pics. ALL OF THEM.
some v nice milky cake.
some sticky kuay.
the famous Ah Po yam ah balling.
smelly tou fu again... these were so much nicer than the ones we had at Rao He Night Market.
spent half the day there and by the time we reached our hotel to put our shopping bags, it was already almost dinner time! but before that, there was one place i needed to go.
STAGE!
dinner at Dan Dan Wu, basically a restaurant which has eggs in all the meals.
dinner and dessert
and we saw a taiwanese artiste, Wu Xiong
she's the one between Liu and Celine. is it obvious we took this on purpose? haa!
took mrt to taipei main station to do some shopping at the underground malls. the stuffs here were way much cheaper than Wu Fen Pu, though their clothes may not be as nice but shoes and bags were good. we ended up buying 3 pairs of shoes each within the 2 hours we were there, costing either NT$190 or NT$390 (lesser than SG$10 or $20). a pity we left too little time for them. should have been able to buy more!
last night in Taipei
Day 6
last day already! so fast! still had some last min shopping to do cos Liu and Celine still had lots of money left. as for me, I had just enuff left for the bus fees to the airport! even had to borrow from Liu for my lunch!
at their mrt station. Celine was holding their ezlink card, oman i've forgotten what's it called, and i was holding their single trip chip cos i had run out of card value. basically i had become "bankrupt".
our wonderful hotel. it was a great stay!
Dan Dan Wu, the place where we had our dinner the previous night
another one... wahah!
at Taoyuan airport...
while waiting for the plane.
then we got bored.
Celine made a face and Liu snapped it without us expecting it! LOL
and with that, we flew back to sg. ultra tiring but v fun! wanna go back again!
DROPS OF RAINBOWY
LOTR dvd set
be happy