6 days in TaiwaN

my first holiday since i started dis blog. so i guess i juz wanna record e journey dwn fer further reference in future.. :)
( i've gt e itinery with me nw..cos i dun really noe e name of e places i've been to..lol )

Day 1 : TaoYuan C.K.S Airport

after bt 4 hrs flight, Arrival to taipei.. couldn find e person to recieve us..turned out dat e sign he was holding was of diff travel agency to e one we booked ?! but nvm...panicked fer nuthin..and so ..we made our way to e hotel. u will never believe hw lousy e hotel was..n i cant help but feel cheated abt hw much we paid fer dis holiday. went out to e streets.ate some stuff..had some soya beancurd and sausages. bought some drinks frm e 7-11 ( e hotel dun even have mineral water!!) and proceeded back to e hotel fer a gd nights rest.

Day 2 : Journey to HuaLian

Main destination supposed to b hualian. but stoppin on e way fer some other attractions. e journey to hua lian is supposed to take up e whole day! cos its up in e mountains. and u will never believe hw narrow e mountain roads were. and it was like rocks and montains on dis side n e pacific ocean on e other side . gotta trust e driver to not hit e jagged edges protrudin out frm e mountains on e right and not to go crashing dwn into e sea on e left . phew! luckily i'm back in one piece. lol..those with fear of heights...better dun lk dwn.

yup...stopped halfway in e mid mounts to admire e rocks and fossils washed and eroded by e evil lookin ultra choppy waves frm e sea. i cant help but think who e hell besides superman can survive being thrown into dat sea. was damn windy..COOL! saw a piece of rock eroded into a shape of e queen of england, balls and an elephant!! forces of nature.... nice.

saw a giant statue of e buddhist Kuan Yin in one of of e hilltop parks. who could've built dat ?! but its juz e first of e many magnificent architectures i'm abt to see in dis trip.

had dinner @ hualian.. Up In e MoUNTAINS!!! theres dis Ami Aboriginal tribe residin up there and got to c their tribal dance performance before dinner.

Dinner got me disgusted with e family i was sittin with. dis family of 4 had 3 fat members. a plump dat , an ultra fat mum , a pri 6 obese daughter who lks like she's sec 2 and a normal son. they r e most inconsiderate ppl i have ever seen!! scoopin up large portions of meat and eggs for themselves not thinkin of my family of 4 and e other 2 sweet lookin ABCs who recieved their education in Australia. yup..so e 2 gals cant read chinese...in TAIWAN!! LOL.....

slept in a very gd hotel dat night. a twin bed all by myself!!! :)
Kinda missed jan dat nite...couldn't help msgin her..although i'm in taiwan. so i did.. (:

Day 3: To KaoHsiung via e mountains..another rocky trip...

Cant really remember wat i did dat day..even tho i have e itinery with me..i cant rmb doin any of those stuff ?!! only rmbered we visited this lingzhi shop by e aboriginals. this 2 ladies there said e exact same thing to me..drink dis lingzhi tea..good fer ur 'dou dous' ( pimples ) LOL...speechless.... DO I REALLY HAVE DAT MANY pimples on my face ? argh...and dad bought 2 lrge boxes of lingzhi which cost e freakin 1300 + sin dollars and 2 tins of lingzhi tea and a mountain deer's foetus which costs bout 1500 sin dollars.. hell..my dad sure is willin to spend on such health products. e deer foetus is supposed to b damn useful fer alot of things..fer example sensitive nose. i heard dad n mom ask abt it helpin to cure sensitive nose and i tot they were buyin it for mi..so i asked dem y dey buyin it for...and u noe WAT dey answered me ? they said : ' For Your SISTER la..' u dun noe how bloody disappointed i was...but oh wells...heck.

visited Fong Jia night market.. i used to like e night markets i visited in Hong Kong which were a lil pasar malam style sellin ultra hip street style belts bags and clothes.
but..it was mostly department stores with street hwkers..lol. hell..wanted to buy dis super cool shirt dat u would never hav seen in s'pore. BUT BUT BUT.. e design i wanted only had e display piece which was dirty and had plenty of loose threads. so i din buy...hopin to see it in other stores e nxt few days..boy i was so wrong.... :(
bought 2 pairs of boxers tho..lol. which i could have bot in s'pore??!! juz couldn help nt buyin anythin. lol.

felt super duper ultra disgusted durin dinner dat nite. i swore i was sulkin already. but dat family of 4 couldn get e message.. its not a sin to be fat..but to be fat and dumb...its a big sin!!! lol...i feel so bad saying dat. anyways..there's dis golden braised pork which is supposed to be damn nice. i only managed a scrap of it. e family of 4 scooped up almost e whole dish...wad e hell.. My eyes glittered when i saw a slice left after everyone had taken their portions..juz when i wnted to reach fer it with my chopsticks.........E fFAT MAMA swooped it away frm me with a click of her chopsticks...u will never belive hw swift they are with their chopsticks..despite hw clumsy they look. i was almost to tears man...( a lil bit of exaggeration involved ) i so wanted to stab her eyes with my chopsticks!!!
tonights dinner was supposed to b e best durin e 6 days and i totally din enjoy it.

went out walkin to another night market after we checked into e hotel. Ate lotsa stuff..very unhealthy..fried..barbecued and all..but who cares...its only for dis holiday rite? and i cant let e gd food go... I LIVE TO EAT!!! haha...
15 mins walk back to e hotel..would have liked to go back via e love bridge which was a longer way..but heck..with my family? lol...so we went by dis short cut anyway..


Day 4: Proceed to TaiChunG...hot and cold spring bath.

visited e spring n autumn pavilions with those 2 tiger n dragon pagodas. wanted to climb all e way up..but i din..cos short of time la..and i dun wanna waste energy..ok ok..I WAS LAZY!! haha..den prayed a little in dis...err..wait..i check..oh..dis Hsuan Tien Shangti Temple. Yup...den went to Fo Guang Shan..another temple there...prayed abit too...its supposed to b ermm....e centre of BUddhism in southern taiwan..( oh i see !)
thers dis place which i dun really noe where it is..maybe on fo guang shan or wad..with about 280 statues of buddhas! and 1 ultra large giant buddha anout 15 ( or is it 20 ) storeys high! kinda amazing la..i entered e place and found myself surrounded by e buddhas !! gosh!

and i realised our tour guide is actually a christian de..and so i realised..no matter wad religion u r, it is impt to learn and respect the others. i truly respect e guide in terms of this.

Lunch was..argh..i dun wanna describe la..totally unenjoyable.

yup..den went to e Chi Lin Fong Hot Spring when we reached TaiChung. din noe abt e hot spring bath at all cos dad din even read e itinery before we came. so we bought e trunks there and proceeded! :) theres e warm sulphur one.. cold sulphur one.. cold natural clay one , ultra hot sulphur one and a message therapy cold one. kinda shuang ah..went into hot cold hot and cold again and again..u get e feelin of gettin bitten my an army of ants when u go into e hot one after e cold one..it was enjoyable..but we stayed only fer an hr n a half due to e usherin of e guide..oh wells.. :) and we had eggs cooked by using hot spring1 it certainly looks diff and tstes extremly gd!! haha..i want one now..too bad., :p.... ( droolin )

went to Fong Jia Night Market. as usual..all stores..not a market. went into dis nike shop n adidas shop...i tell ya..e variety of stuff there trash s'pore ah! so many yet to b seen designs of shoes clothes and bag! bro bought a pair of rather cool adidas shoes. i restrained myself frm buyin cos i already bot like 2 pairs of shoes dis yr? cannot cannot..if not no space to keep le. and wanted to buy dis nike bag which i'm not sure whther itgs available here...but i din anyway..not worth it fer 80 over bucks...cos i din really like it anyway. just wanted it cos i wanted to buy somethin? lol. yup..so i bought dis adidas water bottle which i'm not really sure if its available here..heck..juz buy la..haha.

Had mini steamboat fer dinner. its like each will have their own mini steamboat..so rather personal..finally won have to share dinner with dat family le!! hahaha...

yup..and checked into e hotel at night. i got a twin bed by myself again! hooray! but as usual..went out to walk walk in e mall bseide our hotel..nuthin much to buy also..all e adulty stuff. not stuff fer our age.
Lights out.

Day 5: Back to Taipei!

Travellin back to Taipei. MOre of sightseeing fer e day...rather boring la..visited e Chiang Kai-Shek memorial hall ..there's dis enormous bronze giant statue of him there guarded by 2 guarded who were standin like statues guarding e statue ? confused ? nvm..so am i..haha. managed to witness e changin of shifts of those two guards..so troublesome la..with their slow motion funny kinda marching..haha. den visited e National Palace museum and sorta looked at mostly antiques la..sound like some ah pehs activity lor..yawns.. den visited e Matyr's Sgrine to witness another changing guards ceremony. damn cute when some kids gathered behind e guards to copy their marching. really cute.. :)
Skipped gg to Miramar shoppin mall cos we heard got nuthin much to shop there and most dun wanna ride on e 2nd largest ferros wheel in Asia. so e bus juz sorta drove past it fer us to catch a glimpse of it and procceded straight to Shilin Night Market so dat we can spent more time there.
Dinner on our own and once agn..gorged myself with loads of unhealthy stuff..reckon i have to work out when i go back to S'pore.

proceeded back to e hotel where we left our baggage and went straight off to XiMenDing. shop shop agn..made dad give e tips to e guide in Sin dollars so dat i have money to shop but turned out dat got nuthin much to buy dere la.mostly ladies stuff and all...if only my sis was more girlisg den can buy some stuff fer her. but i'm sure jan wld really enjoy shoppin dere..lol. went into dis prank shop which sells prank stuff..got eletrocuted twice. once by dis pen and another by dis chewing gum thingy.. OUCH! really interesting shop. maybe i shud open one such shop in s'pore. hehehe - evil grin-

anyway..bot a lil stuff b4 proceedin back fer a nice hot bath and fer my laz nite in taiwan.
realli disappointed with my shoppin spree in taiwan..so little things fer my to buy! :(
and dun really have enuff time to finish shoppin at all e places i hav been to! haix..i wldn really mind gg agn to shop.

Day 6: Back home swt home!

woke up late fer e 1st time in 6 days. hav bn wakin up at ard 6 evry morning..juz felt so good to slp till 9!! had breakfast and went back to e room to pack up. checked out at 11 and procceded to e airport for our 2 o clock flight.

arrived in s'pore ard 630. took a cab home and ta da!

END OF JOURNEY

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to summarise, tis isn really my kind of trip..i prefer more of e jap , korea n australia kind where i get to visit theme parks and hong kong where i get to not only shop but buy stuff!!!
but nevertheless..i enjoyed e trip. :)

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i dunno why but i juz cant keep my mind of her during e trip. kinda miss her ya noe. y is it so huh? juz feels kinda weird dat i dun get to recieve her daily msgs everyday..to not noe wads gg on and all.. juz feels like a part is missin frm my life or somethin. missin her to bits.
am i in luv or wad? lol..i dunno sia..argh..wadeva.

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e chocs juz taste much more sweeter den others..prob due to e orgin.haha.. ;)


its 330 now..i took 2 and a half hrs to do dis entry?!! wad e hell... hahaha