I woke up at around *gasp* whopping 8.30am although the day before we slept quite late actually very late. *hehehehe* When was the last time I woke up at 8.30am??!! It was when I was in Bangkok. *Muahahahha*
I almost freeze to death while showering, bcoz no matter how I adjust the heater, it will be too cold or too hot *hang head*, so half of the time while showering, I was like adjusting and adjusting and adjusting. *roll my eyes*
Aza woke up at 11am lidat, I tell you she is so bad, she accused me of being very noisy and woke her up!! Horrible right!?
Seems like I am back in China. *stick out tongue*
In case you cant see what they wrote:
Thank you very much for reaching the hotel of Changhong, when you get accomodation, we will offer you safe and clean Accommodation environment, at the same time, in order to respond environment protection, if you think that can not need to change sheets every day, When you go out, please put this card on the pillow, we will clean out your bed too. If you need any service, please dial directly the counter extension - 101 - 102- thanks!
And we spotted another funny signage:
Walking in Ximending on a lazy sunday early afternoon. I like it when it is less crowded and we were fussing about where to have our breakfast er... I mean brunch. *teehee*
In the end, we decided on Mcdonalds but so wasted we couldn't have the breakfast, I dunno why but I love breakfast, *whisper* just that I always wake up too late to have them. *teehee*
Anw, the night before we saw a 24hrs mcdonalds along the way when we were returning to our hotel, but after walking here and there, we couldn't find that mcdonald anymore!! *muahahahahaha.* Hey you cant blame us for being such a direction-idiot bcoz the night is so different from the afternoon and every streets look the same to us!!
Here we are at mcdonalds, super funny I tell ya, the first floor was for take-away order and we din know (bcoz the signages all were in chinese). We stood there quite long (the staffs were actually very politely smiling at us) to decide what to eat and finally decided and wanted to order, the staffs then told us to proceed to 2nd floor. Soooooooo embarrassing! *hides!*
We both had a wholemeal terriyaki burger and I chose greent tea as my beverage *gasp* it turned out to be bitter, no sugar added. Taiwanese are strongly influence by the Japanese yah?! Bcoz in Japan, you can only drink sweet green tea in your dream. *muahahahaha* But for me, I really like it, as in the bitter green tea so I am glad about it. *teehee*
*teehee* Tomato sauce.
After our brunch/lunch, we were ready and energised to go. *wooohoooo* At the train station, there was 1 platform that is always not in used so we were quite puzzled why did they build it in the first place. *hehehehe*
Dun joke ok, they had installed a digital display at the gate of the temple, ya know. The gate not only tell you the time but the latest news. *muahahahaha*
The inside of the temple. The temple was quite big but we din really have the mood to sightsee bcoz the temple was really crowded by the time we had reached and the smoke from the candle and joss stick was stinging Aza's eyes. *hangs head*
She is so horrible, she did not change her contact lenses for 3mths leh *eyes widen*. How can she do that!!
Looking all hype up bcoz I didn't know about the crowd in the temple. *muahahahaha*
Lotsa koi fishes in the pond.
When we left, we saw a nun selling the buddhist beads and bracelet at the entrance. It wasn't cheap, it costs like SGD $10 each but we still bought some of it, one for my mum and Aza bought 2 for her mum and dad.
Inside of the bus to Taipei 101. I was told to take the free shuttle service from Taipei City Hall Stn at exit 2 but in the end me and Aza were too lazy to find the free service so we ended up boarding any buses that go to Taipei 101. *teehee*
The bus journey was so short i tell ya, its like crossed a street and a few turns, no wonder they provide tourist with free shuttle service.
Here's the mighty Taipei 101!!
Super magnificent and I have to say that picture couldn't really display its beatiful-ness, you have to be there to experience it seriously.
Anw, Taipei 101 is truly a shopping heaven, there are all sorts of brands in the mall. So freaking cool, ya know... *beam beam*
Guess what I found??!
Which girls doesn't love Vivienne Westwood right?! *nods!*
And of course, LV and many many more brands!
The mall is super cool and so huge that we couldn't find our way up to Taipai 101 *muahahahaha*. The signage is so confusing bcoz it says 1st floor is avenue of Taipei 101. Dun call us stupid bcoz we really dunno what's the difference between Taipei 101 and Avenue of Taipei 101 yah?! *scratch head*
I mean when a visitor is there, the main intention is going up Taipei 101 right. So shouldn't they just displayed a big ass notice or signage (so biggg that no one will go un-notice) that says Going up to Taipei 101? Its at 5th floor.
Queueing up while waiting for the lift. I saw this red ugly creature on the walls and was wondering what is it for. So I thought it was just a symbol of the mighty building. *teehee* The security was quite tight over there. They checked my bag very seriously although it was just a small bag!!
But the staff doesn't care, she just makes them squeeze in as well. So we were like so packed in the lift, almost suffocated and died!!! *stick out tongue*
There was this lift-lady in the lift who will pressed the floor for us and she will do a very brief presentation of the lift. Yeah... you must be wondering what's there to present for the lift right but I guess they are afraid the tourist might be too bored and packed in the lift and need something to distract them yah?! *hehehehe*
The screen that shows us the floor we are at. And it also displays the time that it took from the ground floor to the highest point. 42sec I think.
Finally reached the top of the building, cant wait to get out of the super packed lift. *stick out tongue* Aza with the scenary behind, forgot to on the flash.
With flash, but the expression spoils everything. *hehehehe*
You see she gives the tulan face coz her eyes are very pain. Obi good!
*beam beam* My turn and w/o flash because I prefer the background to be the focus instead of my face. *muahahahaha*
According to the signage, we were not suppose to sit near the window and I wasn't sitting as you can see from the picture right... but the security came asking me not to sit in JAPANESE. Of course I replied in English and he just kept talking in Japanese. *roll my eyes* So sickening.
And then 1metre away, another ang moh was actually sitting on the window side, and he dun even care and nv bother to ask him to get off!! *GrRRrrrrrr* White supermacy isn't it. Kua kua! I hate that security. *teehee*
They separated into 4 directions, north south east west. Quite cool right?! But after a while, it became so boring bcoz you just keep seeing the same old thing. *hehehehe*
Love this part of the building. 太可爱了！
Showing you how do they build the world's fastest elevator. *muahahaha*
While walking around, there was an ang moh asking us to help him with a photo. But he didn't on his flash so we asked him to on it. And funny thing is, he doesn't know how.
Of course, he didn't say he dunno how, he just kep pressing his camera and we tot he knew. The camera is super high-tech ya know, its touch-screen and not in English. After pressing the screen for like 5mins, we tot he had on the flash already but...... nope, when we took the picture, there was no flash.
And the floor was so slippery you know, when we about to enter the outdoor observatory, I slipped and almost fell. The key word is "almost" but did not fell ok!! *ARGGHhhhh of course it was embarrassing* Then the staff was so concerned about me, he looks like he gotta cry anytime and kept asking if I am ok.
It turned out like shit! *muahahahhaa* The wind was too strong, our hair was in a mess and my skirt was being blown up.
Me alone at the outdoor observatory. I know I know my pose look like some auntie with big alien eyes. I dunno why it turned out that way ok!! *GRRrrr* I am already very sad so just dun laugh ok!
Me with the animated background.
*hehehehe* I look super skinny here yah?! *muahahaha*
Its actually the symbol of this...
*muahahhaa* Wondering what this is?! Well, its some sorta equipment that act as a stabilizer for the building when there is an adverse weather such as hurricane or something worse.
Aza wanna poke him, I prefer to call him a him bcoz he looks like a guy to me. *teehee*
I not that bad. I sayang him! *hehehehhee* I know I sounded quite childish. Whatever ok!
We left after that bcoz there isn't much things to do there. I think it was quite alright to spend SGD20 to go up there for a round but even if you didn't visit there, its really alright too! *wink*
Next stop: New York New York.
No... Not that cafe! *teehee*
From Taipei 101 there is a bridge link to 纽约纽约NYNY, I think it is on the 2nd level.
We highlighted a few shops to take note of but in the end couldn't find those shops. So arse ya know! *GRRRrrr*
You know at the foot of Taipei 101, I couldn't capture the top of Taipei 101 then I tot maybe it is too high. Then when I was at NYNY, I saw that it wasn't bcoz it was too high but bcoz there was some mist hovering on the top of Taipei 101 lah!! *hangs head*
And we had our lunch, teppanyaki at the basement of NYNY. We were very tired *sign* and wasn't in the mood to shop anw, so ended up eating again.
The teppanyaki was superb, it costs around SGD16 each person or what!! But as usual, in big portion and yes yes we couldn't finish the food again! *sign*
Me with the statue of NYNY
*hehehehe* We left NYNY not shopping and headed to Eslite Xinyi Store instead.
Then we saw something funny, I named this picture as statue of liberty gone shopping.
*muahahahahha* They really great eh, such advertising they also could think of.
My building! Neo 19.
Remember anything?! I once blogged about this building b4 but we did not visit it coz we feel that its more or less the same.
Huge ass advertising! In case you din know, Bravia is used to praise ladies and Bravo is used to praise men! If you din know, its really ok, coz most of the pple dunno too. *hehehehe*
Passed by the Parliament (i just assumed it is the parliament coz it says Taipei's government *muahahahha*) while walking to eslite.
And outside of the parliament, it is full of really colourful & beautiful flower. *beams*
We almost died of tiredness when we reached Eslite xinyi. *Sign* Too old for travelling isn't it? *Sign* Anw, at the ground level of Eslite I saw this really cool & unusual shop, it is built on a slope and the ground is made metal. When I stepped into the store, I feel so dizzy! *hehehehe*
Aza said that she finds that this Eslite Xinyi look like Takashimaya. But I dun feel it this way, the black chandelier is so cool isn't it?! Ok! I want that for my house next time. *hehehehe*
We gave a visit to Jolin Tsai's shop on the 5th floor but *muahahahhaa* did not bring enuff cash that day to do any of their service. And bcoz it was Jolin Tsai, the service was of course 3 times more expensive than other nail shops. Yeah... So we decided to just give it a miss.
Moreover I was going to have my exam then so I cant have long nails, what's the point right?
Saw the Fendi new concept store. So cute right but not my cup of tea! *teehee*
Then the sky began to turn dark so we left and headed back to Ximending.
Although we were real tired, I suggested walking back to the MRT station. Bcoz I read the map, walking back to the bus stop will be the same distance as walking back to the MRT station.
As we were walking to the MRT station, we passed by a small road where there was one whole stretch of scooters and I pointed out to Aza, "eh the scooter here is free one izzit?!"
Its like freaking a lot man, they even have a designated road (yes on those traffic kinda road) for scooter. *eyes widen*
Oh my! *gasp* The amount of shoppers there was really astonishing!!
As the sky falls dark, the building all began to light up and dun have to mention that more and more people are arriving to XMD!! *stick out tongue*
Before we went back to our hotel, we bought the bubble tea at 鼎级, which is just at the side of my hotel. I was recommended by a friend to try the bubble tea from there..
NT 35 for their pearl milk tea. I tell ya... Their pearls are like free of charge, you know, half of the cup is full of pearls and the milk tea is just very little & kinda pathetic! Nonetheless, it is still very nice bcoz they put lotsa milk into the tea! *beams* Kinda miss the pearl milk tea now. *sign*
Anw, Aza said she wanna go to the Hello Kitty store at An Siang or whatever road to get Kitty some presents but we didn't know where is that An Siang road. Therefore, we asked the friendly hotel staff, she is very niceeeee lah! I like her!
She said an siang was a bit too far from here so she suggested some hello kitty shop nearby so she gave us the direction which is like just walked straight all the way. Of course, we were quite happy that it is so nearby. *grinz*
Therefore we went back to our hotel to change and refresh ourselves then headed out to find the hello kitty store. Oh my... It was not like what the hotel staff said man. *hang head*
In total, we asked like 8 persons in order to get to the destination and its like freakin far away, not what she said "nearby". The road is called Bo Ai road and at first I din know, I pronounced it as 'fu ai', so embarrassing!! *hides*
All the streets look identical to us, and we kept walking and walking, occasionally stopped and asked whether we are on the right track anot.
Oh yes... I always find the green man of the traffic light very comical. He seems to be like walking with a lot of difficulties. *muahahahaha* But I dun think you can see very clearly from the picture as it was too bright.
After walking for a long time, we realised we were in the wrong lane. Luckily, we asked one of the store owner around that area, he told us to backtrack and walked across to another street and keep left. And that's why we passed by this latte coffee shop, it looks so vintage and reminds me so much of Xmas so I kinda like it. *Grinz*
Actually I wanted to have a drink there, moreover we had been walking for a long time buttttt when I suggested to aza, she acted like she nv heard me and continued walking. *GRRRRrrrrrrrrrrr!!*
We took the uncle's advice and turned into a deserted street (isn't it so deserted?!), he told us to walk straight and turned left at the end of the street. *eyes widen* how did we manage to remember all that man!?!
Then finally we found it:
Lotsa lotsa Hello kitty!!! The store has 2 storey and full of sanrio characters. They have everything, as you can see from the picture, ranges from dressing table & cupboard to small little things like water bottle & eraser. Its like back to some fairyland, I guess Hello Kitty lovers will go crazy over this shop.
All the sanrio's characters!!
And Aza got no idea of all these characters, *teehee*, there was this Hello Kitty lookalike but with more fur around the head and she tots it is Hello Kitty.
Luckily, I told her it is not, it is Hello Kitty's son/daughter. *hehehehe* You see... Who says I dunno about such things. I do know ok!
After entering this shop right, I think even evil bad guys will turn into an innocent and kind person. *muahahahaha* I am serious ok, I mean the whole shop is full of pink and lotsa lovely stuffs. *Whisper!* Hey even the sales assitants looks like they are always happy and kind, those ya know, will help the grandma carry vegetable and crossed the road. *hehehehe*
Aza choosing the present while I walked around looking at all the products. I tell ya, the shop is really big and with so much stuff that you dunno what to choose but...... this is nothing compared to Japan. *muahahahahaha* Japan has those Hello Kitty stores that is *eyes widen* 5 storey high!
After a long tedious process of choosing the present, we headed back to Ximending... When we finally reached right (after a long long walk), most of the stores were closing already.
Of course we forgo our dinner and quickly shop!! *grinz sheepishly*
Anw, there was this store beside our hotel which is soooo cool, 2 storey and sells so much apparel, we spent most of our time inside the shop and its really impossible to finish looking at the apparel, there are like thousands of designs. *gosh!*
This is the signage we saw while trying on our jeans:
*Muahahahaha* Too funny to miss it!
I like no. sentence 3, which sentence do you like?
Please take the clothes in position after leaving, how do I do that man?! *evil laughter*
There was a lot of shops selling cartoony stuffs, this shop 3年2班, sell lotsa monchichi in all sorta clothing and hair style.
As we all know, monchichi is for display only right, the Aza is soooo *cough...* funny, she went to ask the sales assistant what can these *cough.. cough* monchichi do. Yeah... They can help you to cook, wash your clothes and sweep your floor. *muahahahaha*
But I dunno why the sales assitant still bother to reply her! *hehehehe*
The medium size one was selling at SGD 40-50, it was expensive but the previous time I bought a VERY small keychain (as compared to the medium sized creature) from Japan for aza, it already cost me SGD 25-30 so I think it still cheap in Taiwan.
I like the blonde monchichi but Aza thinks it is super gross. *Grrrrr*
We also realised that there were a lot of shops selling Hello Kitty stuffs!! I was like *WTH*, the stupid hotel staff told us to walk so far, in the end there are so many Hello Kitty shops in XMD itself. *arggghhhh*
After shopping, we began to feel the hunger kicking in so we settled for a BBQ squid. Its soooo nice, I tell ya! *teehee*
The auntie sells all sorta BBQ stuffs but we still prefer the squid.
And we had to talk to her in hokkien bcoz she doesn't really understand chinese well *hehehe* Not bad! I can speak quite well.
But this auntie damn ass ya know, bcoz initially we didn't ask her for the price but just told her we want the squid so after bbqing, she quoted us SGD4.50. Obviously we were quite shock to hear the price bcoz the night before we had the same BBQ squid at Shilin night market at only SGD2. *ala hit by the stunning spell*
So yes... please asked for the price before buying anything ok, especially when you are a tourist *cry!*
Han Zhong Street is where our hotel is.
And coincidentally, Aza's bf name is Han Zhong, so that's why she wanna take this photo lah. *muahahaha*
At around 10-11pm, all the shops began to close, we got nothing to do so were thinking of having mala (spicy) steamboat but we feel that we were not too hungry for that. Most of the restaurants and cafes were closed by then except one of the dessert shops.
Aza did not want it at first coz she said the weather was very cold. *muahahaha* But I still made her come along with me.
Yes yes... We had the famous dessert! *Beams*
There were a greaty variety of dessert to choose from but I had my favourite mango shaved ice. *drool* Very nice ya know! I really miss their dessert!
Aza has the 3 fruits shaved ice which is the store signature dessert. *yum yum*
As usual, it is in huge quantity, unlike what I had in Singapore, stingy miser portion.
The dessert shop is full of very friendly staffs, the boss I think is the nicest, he even remembers us when we returned the next day. Heartwarming service!! *grinz*
I like eating ice, especially in winter time, please go and try it if you have the chance ok, its really much better that eating ice in summer time. *smile sheepishly*
Anw, after having the dessert, we started to feel hungry and more hungry. *teehee*
I think sweet & cold stuffs make your appetite grows isn't it?! So Aza suggested we go to 7/11 for their hotpot bcoz her friends had recommended that it is a *MUST-TRY*!
But, ya know, the 7/11 staff is like so fuck up. We were very angry with him, bcoz we dunno how to 'operate' the hotpot thing lah, SO we asked him and you know what he did?!, he gave us a ridiculous face and die-die stayed at the cashier area.
He finally left that cashier area when we called for him the 2nd time, then he pointed to the hotpot *jaw drops* and said "just like that" w/o showing us "what do you mean by LIKE that"... *grrrrr*
When Aza paid him, Aza was whispering to me, "not happy then dun work here lah..."
Seriously man!!
That's the 'hotpot", i dun think it is called hotpot but just called it that way. *teehee*
I think there's nothing really great about it, *muahahahah* maybe bcoz the way from 7/11 till our hotel, the hotpot sorta cool down and turned soggy!
And we also bought a tea leaf egg (is that what you called that?!) and a cup noodle.
The tea leaf egg is damn nice, in Singapore, the tea leaf egg is like bland but in Taiwan, the egg really full of the tea leaf smell that is so fragrant! *hehehehehe*
When Aza tore open the cup noodle, she was laughing like mad bcoz the seasoning pack is like soooooooooooo freaking huge.
The seasoning pack is as big as her face!!! *eyes widen*
Its sooooooooo funny ok! I had nv seen such big pack before. *MUahahahahahha*
This is the final product, we tot it gotta taste sooooo salty as the season pack is so big but it turned out alright and quite nice actually. *Hehehehe*
Then we took turns to bath and watch the TV till 3am before we fell asleep!! (ZZzzzzZZ)
And there were japanese porn, ya know, its channel 98 I think and its for 24hrs, not only at the night! *muahahaahahaha*
The porn is so meaningless, w/o story plot all that, ok i know, porn doesn't have a plot but I still like to have some story before they got into action mah. And Aza said she doesn't like the threesome kinda porn but most of the porns are in threesome leh, she prefers just 1 couple alone. *hehehehe*
