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2010-11-14T14:30:00.005+08:00

Three days ago, I received a call from Meili, her tone was solemn as she conveyed the message to me. Ericia has been admitted into the hospital for liver failure and she was to be operated on Saturday 13/11/10. Her chance of survival was 30%. I was shocked and lost for words. I haven't been meeting up with the polyforum peeps since 3 years ago, and to receive such news... how could such thing have happened to Ericia? She is pretty, sociable, capable.. We were to wait for news for Pengfei, who was in contact with Ericia's brother..

Saturday came, and after my resume photoshoot, I met Meili and Pengfei and we cabbed down to.... Sentosa where Tim was and he will drive us over all together. I was wondering, why couldn't we go straight to the hospital? And besides, they told me the operation was at 8pm but it was already 8pm by the time Pengfei came to fetch us.. but in any case we followed Pengfei to meet Tim. We got up the escalator towards USS and when we reached the ground level, I heard a Birthday song and a brightly lit birthday cake! SO, it was a birthday celebration for Meili and I!

Ericia was well alive, laughing.. saying "I'm supposed to be dead by now". Our whole Polyforum gang (plus Junyi, Calvin, Ruby) was there.. Meili and I looked at each other in surprise and the next moment we were attacking Pengfei. Seriously, I was so worried for Ericia! But then again, I was so gullible. How could Ericia be playing Farm games on FB when she was hospitalised? Lots of loopholes and they revealed all their tricks and stories.. what an interesting surprise!!

We then went to Chili's and had our dinner where we talked about old stories..
Calvin's gonna join PAP right? lol

Tim drove so we had a second session at Robinson's Quay TCC. We talked and talked about other stuff.. White Peach Yogurt Drink was good!! Tim's treat :p Left at 1am and Tim drove ALL of us back.. Toa Payoh>Yishun>Jurong>Kovan>Balestier.. isn't that crazy!! we were all so confused with the expressways.. changing here and there... he's awesome!!

you know, it's kind of amazing how much we can still relate when I have been missing out so much on their lives, and them, on mine. the 3 days cruise in 2007 has interestingly bonded us together until now, and I'm grateful for this friendship. countdown to MBS outing!

hall 9 dinner and dance 2010

2010-10-04T01:23:00.011+08:00

02.10.10

this year's theme was Oriental Fusion!

i was part of the sub-committee and it was an awesome experience!

although i was totally tired out and still feeling the fatigue after 24hrs......

i shall let the pictures do the talking :D

venue - onboard ship ChengHo

i was the pageant coordinator + official Polaroid photographer (door gift) for the night

with Hinho

Sinyee, who was feeling a little seasick

Japanese, Indian and Chinese :D

with my Orientation Group :D

Toshihito-senpai with his Japanese school uniform

Shanghai Tang?

The dragon onboard Cheng Ho

Trying to be funny on the stage during the break

with Loi (Wx's boyfriend!)

more pictures on facebook :D

first day back in hall

2010-09-02T21:39:00.002+08:00

today was a tough day as i moved part of my stuff back into hall.. with my laptop and heavy bag. arghhh. thanks to mum my load was lessened. being back in hall is great, my awesome friends!! would prefer a better room location but no complaints, some people can't even get a room...

room was VERY dirty, spent a lot of time cleaning it up... then went for lunch.. lunch was good!! because i had with my friends:) then went to NTUC to grocery shop... had a Blasting time with Wilmond, KC and Ziai! ate dinner and food coma-ed (ALL OF US!) on the 199 bus. it was damn fun!! what a simple activity but it brought nothing but smiles to me....

attended Shen Mu Yu Tong School concert at NTU, it was funny! LOLL

and now i am so sleepyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

超人JAY-跨时代演唱会！

2010-07-25T15:47:00.005+08:00

24/07/10

JAY CHOU THE ERA 2010 WORLD TOUR!

I think I was rather lucky! to have gone to the concert :D

My brother was supposed to go with his gf but he had to go overseas for a work trip so the ticket came to me :)

Being a fan... wahaha. My last concert was Eason's..

Lightstick POWER! Concert must-have!

The 3D effects were AWESOME!

the props were minimal because they created visual effects using a 3D screen.

Jay was so suave with his 自弹自唱~

I love the Four Seasons theme - Sang 稻香(Spring), 阳光宅男(Summer), 龙卷风(Autumn), 想你就写信 (Winter)... the crowd was super high during 阳光宅男!

But I wished Jolin was his special guest :(

Jolin and Jay at Taipei concert 2010

SEE?! AWESOME-NESS:)

but still i enjoyed the concert very much :D

jay is really talented.. <3

Live responsibly, live sustain-ably!

2010-06-18T22:27:00.005+08:00

REAP - Responsible Energy Advocate Program

I am a Responsible Energy Advocate! :)

Attended these 4-days workshop on energy conservation sponsored by Power Seraya --

though not directly related to my course of study, it was very enriching!!

we have to come up with a project proposal + do an energy audit for 3 families at the end of this whole program...

i'm loving how all these are turning out to be.. i learnt so much AWESOME stuff..

workshop by Mr Robert Steele, talk by CEO of Power Seraya (so inspirational.....), visit to Power Plant on Jurong Island - the technicians who showed us around were so interesting and knowledgeable! i really enjoyed my trip there... and i made good friends! Cecily, 'Lychee' Li Yhee and Pui Yee :) i'm known as the impatient one :D

who says business student can't do green! ;)

ohhh ohh.. i got into marketing! alrightsssss ;P

left the workshop today for a brief 2 hrs to attend an interview at DENSO for an overseas exchange program.. it was WOW~ panel of five (one from Japan, one from Thailand, three from SG) versus 3 participants! there were doctorate students, graduating students.. and i'm just a puny year biz student hehe ;p they asked quite a few questions, and we finally had a discussion question.. the 3 of us worked tgt and i think we did really well!! :)) got to know Garen from NTU who is an awesome fellow.. and Sean who has this really cuteee pencil case made from a tape holder... RECYCLE :D

i'm keeping my fingers crossed for this program!! XD

ohh why does it clash with ABCC ambassador programmm........oh wellssss

people, remember... we need to do our part for the environment! start with simple things like turning your air cons up by one degree... IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

count your blessings;

2010-05-26T18:50:00.003+08:00

went down to a primary school in the East to help out with a Mathematics study interview.

there were 2 groups of students from 2 schools situated next to each other.

i was in charge of student profiling today, and was tasked to ask them about parents' occupations etc. i realised a lot of their families are not very well-to-do, despite the increasing impression that Singaporeans are better-off now as compared to our parents' era.

one student i asked had a family of 7,8 people but she lives in a one-room HDB flat.

another had her father coming out of jail only recently and her mum is still serving her sentence.

one reluctant student revealed after much probing that BOTH the parents are in jail.

some don't even know where their fathers and mothers are.

"never seen her before";

"no father";

was what they said.

another girl was quoted saying:

"I HATE my mother"

my heart was so heavy when i heard all these.

it made me rethink my many materialist wants and made me appreciate more that i have a complete and happy family.

i could feel their awkwardness, especially when their answers were "no father" or "no mother".

however they are really cheerful kids, despite their family backgrounds.

seriously, what more could i ask for?

i wish for them to grow strong, and happy lives.

count your blessings, people ;)

TAIPEI (14)

2010-05-03T14:04:00.001+08:00

24 June 2009

科技大樓→西門町→新加坡

visiting the old neighbourhood - we lived in my uncle's house 5 years ago

my mum wanted to buy konbu from the wet market

my uncle's house is very cool, his daughters' room is Japanese style, i loved it...
it would be weird to impose on him every time we come to Taiwan, so we decided to spend a little money for hotels instead.

i could remember him as a very very nice guy who took us out for dinner, bought us big and sweet strawberries which were in season, went to stay in his bro's house and left his whole house to us.... i still send him new year cards but i dunno if he receives them cos he doesn't reply (probably too busy with his business..)

would love to meet him again :)

had breakfast at the shop near the neighbourhood - still there after 5 long years.

9am at SOGO - to meet Uchikawa san and Dozono san
HAHAHA.. fancy meeting my Japanese friends in Taiwan.
Kuroki was missing :(

They were busy preparing for their fair so mum and I shopped around...

Bought Tai Yang Bing from B2 - bad experience.
the Tai Yang Bing was broken, and the mixed box wasn't "mixed" at all. the fillings were almost the same. so i wrote a super long letter (trust me, it's really long. if you look at it you won't even want to read on. it's all traditional chinese and i spent almost an hour writing it)to SOGO Taiwan and they requested for my number to apologise to me directly. I am still thinking whether to give them or not. Also no compensation. Already back in Singapore.

Here's the letter if you want to read....

Dear Administrator, I am from Singapore, and was in Taiwan in June. I sent my feedback previously to the SOGO online message board, however no replies nor actions were taken. 我來自新加坡. 我之前留過言,但並沒有收到任何回復. 我和我家人在6月17日的中午去了SOGO復興,臨走之前我們在B2逛了一會兒. 我的哥哥聽說台灣的太陽餅很好吃,所以我們想了很久終於選了璞真記. 因為也不知道好不好吃,所以買了4個當時那個服務小姐很不禮貌的說了一句:”你們看這麼久只買4個啊?” 請問單單買4個有錯嗎? 不過我們是遊客,反正都不會再回來,所以也沒追究. 我哥覺得璞真記的太陽餅很不錯,所以在24日我們回國之間,我和我媽媽特地跑了一趟. 因為要趕回國的班機,所以9點之間就在SOGO外頭等了. 多謝一位熱心的清潔工人,我們才知道B2 10點才營業,所以在B3逛了一個小時. 因為服務小姐(是和之間同樣一位)告訴我們告訴太陽餅綜合16裝有4種口味,所以我們決定買太陽餅綜合16裝,并向服務小姐)要了一盒新的. 但她卻拿了display那盒包起來. display那盒明明就有一些破碎了!!我們再次要求,她就說太陽餅本來就應該是破的(真的嗎??我不知道…), 然後換了一, 兩個給我們. 因為趕時間,所以沒有再要求.既然是SOGO,不會有問題的吧? 大錯特錯.回國以後,我們發現到16個太陽餅幾乎全部都碎了..!!(我們很小心了,因為同樣的服務小姐跟我們說一定要手提)而且,綜合裡面有至少6個竽頭,根本沒有我哥哥喜歡的原味!!搞什麼啊??只有3個口味,芋頭就佔了差不多一半…這是什麼種的綜合?? 這次的經驗然我對SOGO很不滿,不要說服務,連貨品的品質都不能保證!! 特地跑去買,人也到了新加坡,又不能退貨, 沒辦法要給了親友們破碎的餅當禮, 很無奈你知道嗎? 我知道我也有不對,應該先檢察不過服務小姐也不應該給我們錯的information啊..要是外國的旅客都有這種經驗,SOGO的名譽就會下滑.. 台灣很好玩,台灣人也很親切,是個好地方,但卻沒想到會在最後一天,在SOGO遇到了不愉快的事.. I am very disappointed with the service recovery, and I hope necessary measures will be taken to make sure nothing like this happen again. 我的國語不是很好,打這條留言就花了我好多時間,也無非想要SOGO進步,跟得到合理的解釋和交代.我想留言的各位都是這樣想的..我們可以不留言,但這樣SOGO的服務永遠都不會改善.. 我希望SOGO也用同樣的時間調查這件事,不要再給我和大家一個官方的回答…請給我們重新相信SOGO的理由…謝謝… 你也不必叫我打什麼專線,因為我也不了解會不會有國際費用..電郵我也寄了.. 只差投訴到日本SOGO罷了… 如果顯得沒禮貌,請願諒.. 謝謝.. 儀/Singapore

Even I dread reading the letter again. My eyes hurt.

The Tai Yang Bing was nice but the service sucked. If I was still there I'll complain until they compensate me double the amount. (yes i am complaint queen! but i study hospitality, you cannot blame me...)i am really angry because the staff gave wrong info, and sold us inferior products.
SOGO/Japanese Service isn't invincible after all.

they called me and they are going to courier another box of goodies over XD

back to Ximending to meet the sleepy heads.

Dedicated to Joanne:

He looks different from angle up and down. haha.

I really don't understand why the remote control is secured with the room key.
WHAT IS THE RATIONALE?

Hotel: Red Cabin 紅菱閣
Other than the super duper hard bed (it doesn't move an inch even when you jump in it), the receptionists are friendly, it's affordable and convenient. you can book rooms in english too, so very tourist-friendly.

bus to airport.

despite taking 3 bags each, all luggages came to a total of 40+ kg only. I think we decided to hand carry many stuff..

filmsy air ticket. they are really going paperless, aren't they?
it almost feel worthless..

i would love to stay but i was penniless..
(there are still some bills to be paid, we used CC for 2 of the hotels)
OMG............................

walking to T2 to get some medications (money from mummy, really ZERO NT$$)

saw some exhibits... kids wrote their wishes on them...

希望我全部都第一. Jeff.
真的很希望....

希望我能考上第一名,這樣爸爸,媽媽會很開心.

我希望考試第一名. 全家平平安安.

Seriously, is winning that important?
Is victory just for your parents? I feel a bit upset after reading all these..
what kind of education are they getting?
Most of them were about getting first, and their ambitions...

Primary school art??

Ok, if you see these pictures you know we are on our way back to Singapore...

that was a pretty sunset we saw...
happy ending to everything :)

**

can't believe we are back in Singapore...
i miss the night markets, the endless cheap shopping, the street performers, the mountains, the friendly(and social responsible) citizens....

we are planning to go there every year :D
you dunno what you have been missing until you have been there!!

TAIPEI (13)

2010-05-03T09:44:00.002+08:00

23 June 2009
台北後車→西門町→士林夜市

some pictures before we leave for Taipei again...

awesome breakfast!!

look at yx hahaha

Kaohsiung was good! if only the weather was better...

YUMS :)

Bian Dang!

we forgot to alight at Taipei.

yes we FORGOT!

Kaohsiung to Taipei was a loonngg 5 hours ride, we didn't want to take the bullet train because it was a bit more expensive (actually come to think of it it's just 25 bucks more for half the time...)

so i think we were drowsy after such a long sleep... and also because they announce Taipei as the next stop just before the train reach the current station... (opposing to Singapore which announces the current stop, so we took it as the NEXT stop after that was Taipei) so it was like,

Announcer: "下一站:台北"..
Us: Oh.. next stop.. let's get ready..

so we were getting ready and i stood up to straighten my clothes and stuff and glanced out of the window...

(sign reads Taipei) "Oh Taipei.. hmm so there's a little Taipei in the stop before.. or do they show the name of the stop before you reach? that's good...."

"no,wait.. Taipei? ...Taipei!"
(looked at the digital signboard: Next stop - Songshan)

HUH?
by this time the train was picking up its speed already....
choochoo...

We then panicked and the impact was in our face: we missed the stop -__-"
now, what can be the best situation and worst situation:

Best: Alight at next stop (mins away)and take another train back
Worst: Alight at next stop (HOURS away)and take another train back

we took our train schedules and checked. it's amazing how people work under pressure..
efficient.. haha

and so we realised Songshan was 7 mins away from Taipei (THANK GOD!!! what if it was 2 hours? we could have wasted 4 hours in total then)

upon reaching Songshan we rushed out to find the platform back to Taipei.. and we were in time for the next train.. phew :)

The afternoon was scheduled to get souvenirs for family and friends in Singapore - imagine! an afternoon just to get the souvenirs.. and there were not enough to spare despite buying so much..... (we bought about 10 boxes of pineapple tarts, 6,7 packets of muah chee, 2 big packets of nougats, 3 and more boxes of Tai Yang Bing.... like New Year like that...)

We split ways today so we could achieve more...

brought my mum to Hou Che Zhan to get some clothes and stuff...

The exit Y13 I was talking about in an earlier post..

my mum and her prized pineapple tarts.. travelled here JUST for the tarts...
But I must say there is a reason why they were awarded for the tarts..
值得排!!! awesome stuff

Met Bro and YX at Ximending.
We were like."Once you arrive at XMD,switch on your walkie so we will know each other's locations". Yes,we brought walkie talkies to Taiwan and I'm sure we saved a lot on phone bills..

we shopped around till evening when we proceed to Shihlin, our favourite night market.

the famous mee sua in front of the temple..

(yes i really like mee sua and i requested mee sua and bubble red tea on the last night...)

more shopping... i spent my remaining NT$$ here..
sad to say i was ZERO NT$$ by the time i got back to singapore..
so did most of us T.T
(we brought S$800, S$1000[including hotels] so you can see the damage done)

the shopping and food killed us....
but we enjoyed them... hahaha

Chicken not Little

random video we took - it was funny for all of us...
and my mum was acting la, she wasn't angry..

TAIPEI (10)

2010-05-03T09:43:00.000+08:00

20 June 2009

花蓮→(台北)西門町
Hualien→(Taipei) XimenDing

Morning before we leave for Taipei..

Taiko drums!

Relaxing man...

Owner's daughter, Winnie

Off for a cycling trip!!

being the noob i am.. the kids bike again

Video taken while cycling

even the dog is more zai

the 铁马 gang!!

we can take merry go round as many times as we like. FREE! because, owner's daughter is our friend.... HAHA

i wish i own a castle..

brinjal-looking dessert. shop owned by owner's relatives. LOL

BACK TO TAIPEI!

Our hotel was situated in Ximending - nothing fancy, but cheap and has good location.

today's agenda is to shop, so not much pictures..

You can see filming almost anywhere, I think it's kinda cool to see such stuff, we don't get to actually see the workings in Singapore..

I don't know who they were, and what programme..
but there were many onlookers..

Ramen because we couldn't decide what to eat.....

what a fake smile, haha

in action..... hahaha

warm bubble tea is so cool...

fried sweet potato balls.. our childhood snack.
the vendor was quick to sell - the police may come any time.

Xie xie You Yu Geng...

...and Ni hao You Yu Geng on the same street -_-"

團團and圓圓 are the pandas from China.

They like to give out pandas to foster good relations, don't they?
poor pandas..

Limited number of people can see the pandas each day (restricted to 10 mins).
If you take the train, on the occasion where the tickets for the panda enclosure is sold out for the day, they will notify you before you reach so if you are going there just for the pandas you can have a change of plans..

our tour guides said Taiwan "traded" pandas with their Taiwanese Mei Hua Lu (Plum Blossom Deer??). Trading treasures for good relations...

Another filming while we were having a snack. Some Singaporeans got interviewed.. can hear them and see from their fashion style. Well, I was game for it but my companions all shunned into the sports shop nearby.

anyway this meesua is really quite nice...

amazing retired professor who draws for charity...
can u believe it? we stood there and watch him paint and listen to his ratters for an hour....
he does those Shan Shui Hua (Mountain Water haha) on the spot so it's kind of new..
his paintings are amazing and he draws out of nothing.. if you have time you should check him out at Ximending...

"I am their doctor, if there is anything wrong you can bring them to me...."

Street Performer. She's really good.. To bring all these equipment here, must be quite established...

Dinner. It was rather bad..and it was in one of the You Yu Geng shop.

Almost about to go home, this guy stopped us.

Guy: 我是吳宗憲 (I am Jacky Wu)
Us: .....HA??? (he looked nothing like the Local King)
Guy:我我是吳宗憲的徒弟..
Us... Okayyy... (it wasn't even funny...)

In the end he was giving out vouchers for a dessert shop nearby..
he made some jokes about the shop name(三兄弟and三兄妹.. not funny AT ALL.. how can they actually say such things and think that they are funny???)

but we went... cos I wanted to eat Tau Huey...
but we ate Ice in the end... (free pearls, courtesy of the voucher..)

AA101 FML

2010-04-27T17:03:00.002+08:00

nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

AA101 FML.

first time in my whole life, i felt like crying during the exam.

whole lot of info was thrown to me and i just stoned for 15mins into the paper.

and i only knew how to do half the paper.

see u next year, AA101.

exams :S

2010-04-09T11:01:00.003+08:00

my first maggie mee cooked all by myself :D

gym ball belongs to roommate, it keeps me awake!!

exams are nearing, i am very afraid :(

i'm not having fun; trying to study..

even the photos in facebook, well, they happen because hall people are in close proximity.

sorry friends, if i always am MIA or not turning up for gatherings.

sorry RB7 :(

i will dedicate my whole holidays to u guys!

i'm waiting for 6 May - Taiwan:)

they are all ready for a fierce battle

2010-03-17T00:30:00.004+08:00

YOGSO Performance at Millenia Walk

2010-03-15T20:14:00.002+08:00

This post is gonna be a quick one 'cos I have tons of assignments to do..

Had YOGSO (Youth Olympics Games Sports Orchestra) performance for Arts from the Heart event at Millenia Walk last Saturday..

We practiced very hard, from rhythm to choreography...

but it was a bad performance :(

due to the echo and acoustic of the shopping mall :(

we were all really SHOCKED.

many of us were ex-band members and we agreed that this was the worst performance we had in our performing life...

we need to solve this problem..............

SIGH.

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2010-03-09T00:43:00.004+08:00

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hall life (1)

2009-10-04T21:37:00.019+08:00

it's almost 2 months since i started school at NTU, NBS.

projects abundant, not like i didn't get enough during poly days..
really stressed out a few weeks back.

but i'll be blogging about hall this time round :D

you meet all kinds of people in hall:
super nice seniors who are always there to lend a helping hand --
my GLs and Bagos - for laughter, support and everything;
JF - for comfort, jam, raisin chocos and guitar (i really like guitars. sigh..)
JJ - textbooks! haven't return money to him.
S - for chips, comfort and jokes. hehe.
and many more..

can't emphasise more how nice they are.
either i always meet bad people or they are really nice..

then there are many scandals HAHAHA. spices up the otherwise monotonous life.

however there is one thing that i haven't gotten used to, and that is the "homesickness".

how should i describe it?

i used to talk to my sister before sleeping,
dine with my mum regularly (foodies :D),
randomly shout "JUST SHUT UP" to my brother,
sit down and watch tv with my grandma,
listen to my dad's rambles..

now i only go home on weekends.

and when i am home, either i am busy running errands i can't complete because i'm in school,
or i am catching up some sleep.

or i can be catching up sleep elsewhere.

i'm sorry :(

but i know my family are concerned about me staying outside although they do not express it exactly well..

my dad silently stocks up my "room pantry" by buying lots of tidbits, always reminding me to eat properly, taxi fares back to hall, passing my extra money..
which he never did previously;

my mum calls me almost every night to talk to me, meets me for lunch;

grandma stuffs me with food once i get home;

brother always as helpful to help me with anything and everything and i am very grateful that he drives me back to hall almost every sunday;

sister talks to me on msn/skype/fb, we share laughter and sorrow like before;

i seldom blog about family, but i think they are worth a mention this time,

by being away i appreciate them more..

so i'm going to put extra effort to stay close;

study hard;
(Nintendo project)

and also play hard :)

happy times

2009-09-26T18:45:00.005+08:00

the following blog post is adapted from amy's entry! :D

Dinner at Hotel Rendezvous. May and Amy's treat :)
Danny finally joined us! yays

no more buffets; we don't maximise the cost... a bit wasted.
but the crabs very nice :)

may was complaining about the guy who took the last quarter of the durian cake, made us wait for so long......... then we took a quarter of the cake too.
HAHA.

the navy man

Up in 3D after dinner.
i don't like 3D movies, i watched half the movie without the specs :(
maybe cos i don't wear specs, not used to it.

Reunion!! =)
sorry for not dressing up...

hurrah!

next on! RB7 studio shoots!!
10 years and on..

helman joined us =)

i like daisies!

Some years later, Bird may regret his decision to partake in the above photo.

so cute^^

We had a stop outside Liang Court's 7-eleven for about 10 mins?

Hermionini. hahaha!!

can't get any better ;)

ok lah, it got even better:

On Friday night, RB met up with Mr Tan for dinner at La Nonna.

Hmm bird..

Oh so intimidating........

i don't want steak, i want my rosemary pork ribs

The awesome deal at NYDC is still available! Hurrah!

Think we had about 30+ beers?
i barely finished one. can't really take beer.

Sometimes in life you really feel like eating your ex band conductor.

haha did Brother! posed for this pic??

love danny :)

we split some beer...

mr tan and his DS.

We need more of this!!!!

Do the 'Joanne'!

i think jasmine looks really sexy here.

danny looks sexy too. HAHA

sexy angmoh.

why were we both shaking our fists??

A series of Bee shots below.

NICEEEEEEE.

to anyone who may find this useful;

2009-09-20T03:25:00.006+08:00

by the great fw, thru msn -

*if there is awkwardness face when u see someone
*means u have feeling for her
*but if u siam here and there to avoid that someone
*there wont be any start

*so low profile sun qi zi ran
*everything will be fine

he wants me to 发扬光大 his teachings.. haha! Level up liao...
everybody jiayou!!

*19/9/09 - today was a good day.. woke up late, nice weather, nice company...... but didn't do any homework :(

the soul mate

2009-09-17T18:58:00.008+08:00

these few days i have been looking for a word,
a word that describes someone whom i look forward to seeing everyday,
whom i tell my everyday happenings to, whom i complain to and in turn gives me support, whom never fails to brighten my day, whom i shared good and bad things with, whom i say really stupid things to and don't mind being laughed at, whom i really feel comfortable with..that not being able to communicate with that someone robs me of my everyday joy.

it has already passed the stage which you call a friend, or even a best friend..
it's such a big part of me that ripping the someone forcefully away from me will be excruciating..
the flashbacks, the insecurity returns once again....
reminding me why i never try to build trust in anyone whom i will consider more than a friend..

i managed to find the word..after days of pondering..
but i think i've lost that someone already.. and i don't even know how.

so this is how it feels losing a soul mate.

i don't know what to do :(

vicious cycle

2009-09-16T20:11:00.003+08:00

stressed/troubled→isolate myself/loss of appetite→skip meals→gastric problems→more stress, more trouble

:(

so this was why.

2009-09-16T08:18:00.009+08:00

experiences shape a person.

i've changed.

don't ask :'(

oh these video are so funny la i kept laughing when i watched them but the songs are nice :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-LhyAVzDBI

hello finland!

2009-09-14T03:30:00.005+08:00

finally got to webcam with kiki!
but hers wasn't working ;;
check out her blog @ http://im-on-ice.blogspot.com/

hello finland!

the songs

2009-09-14T03:08:00.002+08:00

好喜欢这首歌 ♥

孙自佑 ♥

@ Rochester Park

2009-09-13T04:41:00.005+08:00

went to Comex on Saturday, got a new laptop =)

dinner @ North Border, Rochester Park.
http://www.northborder.com.sg/

ATAS LEH. haha!
price was affordable, similar to La Nonna.
food was AWESOME!!
the smoked duck breast cream sauce spaghetti, i must say, the best cream based spaghetti i have ever ate. SO NICE :)

not too creamy, a little sweet..
SO NICE!!
i cannot forget the taste..haha!

this was good too: arizona and bean stew
a bit mexican spice tasting. LOVES

finally, the reason why we were there: the ass kickin' chicken wings!

*in picture: "Spontaneous Combustion" Spicy sauce.
As described on its website..

"If you like to kick it up a level - try our hot sauce (probably the hottest in Singapore and the whole world) - Spontaneous Combustion."

degree of spiciness:
1) Candyass Hot
2) Jackass Hot
3) Burn Yo Ass Hot

my brother came with his colleagues on friday night and they ordered the third degree one and were 'burnt' by it. apparently it was SO hot his indian friend couldn't tahan too.
yx and me just had to try it after listening to this tale.

but after that we decided that we didn't want to waste money, even the wait staff said that the maximum number of Burn Yo Ass Hot chicken wings one can take is only two. so it was jackass hot for us.

well, not too bad for me! will try the third degree one another day.
the wait staff told my brother there used to be an item called the "Suicide Pasta" on the menu. but it was taken away because it was just too hot ^^;

they have Chili Ice cream for dessert too.
only for those adventurous enough...

anyway definitely coming back again, the food VERY NICE!!

ambience 100%
service 100%
food 100%

Walked from Buona Vista MRT. not too far =)

“吃，没有省的”- my brother.
i like this thinking!
foodie family =]

P.S. Kiki! we had GREAT food without you =p
But you are enjoying Europe de air without us too ><

too much good food this week! next week on diet :D

why we love joanne

2009-09-10T00:57:00.001+08:00

akirametakunai

2009-09-08T17:26:00.009+08:00

when i set up this blog, i decided that it should only contain happy thoughts.
i am never a person who shares my feelings readily.
but how can someone be happy all the time?

i think we gave our best this time round,
although the results were disappointing.

was it due to external factors? or maybe we just weren't good enough.

thinking back, after the auditions we were so High we actually danced and did cartwheels at the Hall 7 busstop while watching the world pass by.. and sang loudly on the bus back to Hall..

we are passionate ok :D

it's always heartwarming to know you are not fighting the war alone.
we can try again next time :)

oh i should try to blog more about hall life, it's very fun :D

**

on a lighter note, i got in the auditions for sports orchestra!
CMB days have indeed benefited me.. lol
yayness =]

HUALIEN (9)

2009-09-03T07:50:00.000+08:00

19 June 2009
太魯閣→花蓮市區
Taroko National Park→Hualien City Area

"stole" bicycles from the Tulip Garden to explore the place..
(it was too early and there was no one around ^^;;)

noob cyclist with noob bicycle.
i'm afraid i can't balance on those high mountain bikes.. ;;
getting laughed at is better than getting into an accident right..

the mountains look so near but it seemed impossible to cycle there..

do you know Chi-an 吉安 used to be called Chi-ye 吉野, but they changed it because it sounded too Japanese..

haven't cycle like that since young, when my family used to go cycling together..

we decided to cycle to the nearest attraction - 花蓮吉安慶修院

Ching-shiu Temple

Built in Chi-an in 1917 by Japanese immigrants, Ching-shiu Temple is the only Japanese temple that is completely preserved in Taiwan. Chi-an township (吉安鄉) was a planned immigrant village constructed by Japanese to relieve the increasingly dense population in Japan during the 1920s and 1930s. Most of the immigrants came from Yoshino, in the Shikoku region of Japan.

There are 88 stone Buddhas moved from the same number of temples in Shikoku.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/08/17/2003199073

taking a stroll...
it was around 9am i think? don't go too early cos it would be closed.

one of the best shots i took :)
reminds you of Japan, doesn't it?

little sutra

cleaning auntie says we should feed the kois, it brings good luck..

back to the hostel to get ready to go Taroko National Park!

we booked the taxi for NT$1500 for a day..
friendly taxi uncle brought us there :)

The Taroko National Park - one of the 7 National Parks in Taiwan

The name, Taroko, means the "magnificent and beautiful". Long ago a tribesman of the Truku aboriginal tribe saw the beauty of the azure Pacific when he walked out of the gorge. Astonished by the elegance of the scene, he cried: "Taroko!". And so it became the name of the place.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taroko_National_Park

many nature shots for Taroko..

all ready :D

beautiful :)

the water level diminished as years passed..

Swallow Gorge - Does it mean you can get lots of birds' nest here?

it's like a very big piece of marble :0

Uncle's taxi has open top! feels damn good when you get the wind in your face..

walking through the Baiyang Trail.
it's a long, dark tunnel..
we didn't had any torches and it felt rather creepy and scary..
10mins walk in the dark.. 伸手不见五指

light after dark moments =)
cannot imagine life without light...

nice :)
i love the landscape here..

Kungfu Pandas

an attempt...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

steep steps...

pleasant surprise ->

地臧王
it feels especially good when you make an effort (in this case, climbing so many steps) and you encounter something unexpected, doesn't it..

Ninpo! LOL

五_☆
what is that word?!

Aboriginal village place or something-- i love the wooden carvings..

The Taroko people had a fairly advanced culture. They mainly practiced slash-and-burn agriculture, hunting, fishing and gathering. After Taiwan was recovered from Japan in 1945, the Han people introduced the Taroko to rice farming, but the mountain people preferred millet, corn, sweet potato and hill rice. When fighting with other tribes, Taroko people used to cut off their enemies' heads, after which the members of the tribe celebrated with reveling and drinking as a means of promoting the solidarity and safety of the tribe. This custom was abolished many years ago, as have the initiation rituals of facial tattooing and tooth-filing.

omg that green stripe is TATTOO not paint! like that how to put blusher??!

i love this! it's accommodation up on one of the highest places in Taroko..

they bring u into the forest to see owls and fireflies at night!
so exciting ><

i was very fascinated by this 'human-face' spider. (look at its back)

the reason why i dared to go so near was because one guide who was passing by saw me snapping away told me that it only poses danger to insects but not to humans..

立德布洛灣.. I almost look exactly like that wood carving..

a tour bus was waiting for us to take this pic so he can park.
all the tourists were looking at us doing this pose -_-"

we want to take with the sign board, but taxi uncle captured everything but the board -_-"

the water was oh-so-cooling............ i like...........

hahaha so small..

the sign board -_-"

she attacked me ><

enough of climbing.... we will never get up there....

at the Visitor Center..

Regions we covered

^-^

down from Taroko to the city!

Steamed dumplings

Xiao long bao... it's like soupy bun but texture like cha siew bao..
very different from what we have in Singapore...

i can eat this every day and night.. wahaha

yum yum

the drinks flow down from the metal pipes LOL

周記四神湯and筒仔米糕

MUAH CHEE!!
best muah chee in the world, rated by us.

PEANUT ROCKS!!!
I will go Hualien just for the handmade ones.
i swear it's awesome!!

rankings for muah chee

haha!

good ice that taxi uncle recommended but never got to try cos we were very full already....

shopped around till evening before buying dinner back - we needed to paint the castles :D
there really isn't much stuff in Hualien actually, we just wandered around...

bian shi = wanton

back to hostel for some painting....

focused..
my brother started on it immediately while i was still deciding what colours to use..

mum reading emails.. THEY HAVE INTERNET!!
haha.. we have been away from civilisation for some time...

finally decided on yellow...

the master

like primary school painting right!

quite nice - also recommended by taxi uncle.. lol

finished product!
see master's artistic product and my childish yellow castle, haha!
the door was ruined by me and i had to draw 2 heart shapes...

sense of satisfaction... yays :)
btw i brought it back to Singapore from Taiwan..lol

hall 9 Dinner and Dance 2009

2009-08-27T10:33:00.009+08:00

beachwear

casual

talent

smart casual

photos up on facebook!

thanks amy, may and joanne for coming to support me!

I'm Sorry

2009-07-16T12:11:00.001+08:00

To whom it may concern,

I sincerely apologise for any unnecessary inconvenience or trouble caused with the posting of my blog entry. This blog is meant for personal use, and I may have blogged about certain issues without realizing the consequences. As requested, I have taken down the blog post, and will be more careful with the contents of my blog next time.

Sorry if I have caused trouble to the staff, the school or the students. It was not international ;(

HUALIEN (8)

2009-07-14T09:43:00.001+08:00

18 June 2009
台北→花蓮→(花蓮)七星潭→七星柴魚博物館→南濱公園/夜市→自強夜市
Taipei→Hualien→(Hualien)Chihsingtan→Katsuo Museum→Nanbin Park/Night Market→Ziqiang Night Market

HUALIEN, HERE WE COME!

my mum has been wanting to go Hualien since 5 years ago when my uncle went..
in my opinion, not so much a destination for young people cos it's kind of countryside...
Taroko National Park was the main attraction for us..

booking the tickets..

Taipei Railway Platform

train was here! mum insisted on taking a picture with it.

going up the train..

the backpackers...

... and the luggagers..

The prawn mayo onigiri from 7/11 is awesome... wooo!

the train was nothing like what i expected. it felt like a bullet train...
it's supposed to be a railway train leh!!
why am i complaining? cos i took the railway to have a railway experience and i ended up having a luxurious one... i want my locomotive!!

you can pair the onigiri with the stated list of drinks for a special price - NT$39 i think.
very cheap considering the rice ball is NT$27 on its own.
ok... that was extra info... haha

the man in the background looks a bit like Chef Low.. haha
he was posing for our series of pictures.. i think he doesn't want to look that bad in a stranger's camera..

what were they looking at? probably me spilling the precious cranberry tea T.T

the tea almost wet the bag of the lady beside me, who was carrying a baby.. phew.

you know when you board a train, you think, "hey it's a long ride, i could probably catch some sleep". so you get up the train and to your surprise your seat was taken by a mum. well, it's okay.. no worries... not realising the sleeping baby may explode into cries later on in the journey.

the baby was super uber cute when she breaks into a giggle or smile.. and i love happy babies :)
however, the baby cries and screams like a siren when the train goes into a tunnel, or when her mum lies her on her lap.. but amazingly i was able to catch some sleep..

some time into the journey, the mum asked: "do u know how to carry a baby?"
i said.. "erm.. i can try.."
"i need to prepare the milk for the baby so can u carry my baby for a while?"
"..ok..."

so i became the Train Babysitter for around 5-10 mins, amusing the baby... she kept smiling and turning her head around... i think after a while she realised she was in unfamiliar arms so she started crying... i had to hush hush her because the train was very very quiet...

it was a motherly 5-10 mins for me.. haha
the baby was heavy man.. no, wait.. all babies are heavy...
but i love them :)

probably reading my mag...

love the view along the north-east coast of Taiwan.
probably Yilan? dunno...

After a 2-hour ride, we arrived at Hualien!!

something i would want to sit on rather than the squeaky clean bullet train-lookalike.
nvm, next time!

yay we survived tea spills, baby cries, motion sickness and whatever there is to reach HUALIEN!

that bullet train lookalike (no, not my mum)

outside Hualien Railway Station.

Apparently it is quite common to have private tour operators standing in front of the station to look for customers for their taxi services, tour services and whatever..

and we were one of the targets leh.

this tour operator haunted us from the station to the Visitor Center (which we were heading) and tried to convince us that the Visitor Center is evil and money-sucking... [ok she didn't say all these.. but the stuff she said implied that msg]..

but we went on to ask about stuff at the Visitor Center and they were so so so helpful (it just felt more right to ask them) so in the end we just rendered her private taxi services in order to shoo her off. we were not being cruel, but it's our first time there, i think we better trust the government :p

dark clouds... almost felt that it looks photoshopped..

upon reaching the hostel, we realised we could have called for free taxi service to there. moreover the distance would have cost only around NT$100 (we paid NT$200 to the evil operator). see what i mean about trusting the govt. on first trip?

my castle :)

nice hor? i was surfing the net for hostel and when i saw this, i was like, "i'm definitely living in this!!" and here i am :)

come so far, of course must live comfortably!!

ok maybe castles are common in other parts of the world.. but definitely not in Taiwan!

鬱金香花園夢幻城堡
pretty, hor??

食字路口040118 花莲容祖儿苗可丽，陆明君B
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTc3Nzk1NDQ=.html
I wish I was here when Jacky Wu came!! the owner told us they had to find the horse and costumes for Jacky Wu.. haha

lunch while waiting to check in -
the castle has a restaurant so you can dine in even if you are not living there...
delicious ume appetiser drink

awesome salad... strawberry sauce i think...

I found Rapunzel!

going to rain soon...

Prince waiting for Rapunzel

home made dishes, very yummy!

first time eating the tulip bulbs (or whatever you call that..)

the rooms! on 3rd floor....

he said i take picture with that face.. so he was trying to imitate.. haha

view from top..

Otherwise known as The Tulip Garden 鬱金香花園

It's Tulip season in October..

Merry-go-round also have..

Lavenders

before it really start raining, 七星潭 Chi-hsing Tan GO!

we thought this was a real human...
真的假人..and 假的真人.. haha

we are here!

lovely beach.. would be better if not for the weather...

the fishermen had a big harvest..

bbq stingray looked so pitiful all of a sudden...

my mum says, "wah, look at their gleaming eyes, very fresh"
me says, "er that's of course. they just caught them leh.."

transport from coast line to the lorry

they actually sent a raft boat with one fishermen who travelled into the sea alone, to get the fishes from another boat with several fishermen.. so dangerous!!
so eat your fishes with love :)

low tide now

walking to the Katsuo museum

what is this pyramid thingy for?

An aboriginal villager getting people to take picture with him, he does it for a living.
but his booming voice and weird speeches scared people off instead.

his voice really rings through the surroundings.

so old liao, still don't wear pants...

a nicer East Coast Park

i dunno why we did those poses haha

天不做美...

we got lost and had to ask for directions..

more like Katsuo retail shop.. selling katsuo products and souvenirs..
i love katsuo (bonito flakes)! remember i ate katsuo bushi with Yusuke in Japan XD

i think yx and joanne can become good friends..

Off to Nanbin Park! I wanted to eat the corn I saw on TV =p
a bit too early, Night Market wasn't open yet... decided to take a walk along Nanbin Park..

ok now, the weirdest jump shots we took in Taiwan..
(i hope you guys don't threaten me with these photos one day)

i was trying to imitate the jump they did on 2 days 1 night (Korean variety show)...
peace sign and sort of buddha seat... i can't quite explain...
then the peace sign became another buddha pose... haiz....
note our expressions....

i'm like floating...

hwah, fly so high for what!

sorry if all that hurt your eyes... haha

jump shots raise tension. see how happy my mum was.

臭臭鍋
never tried, and never want to try..

THE　CORN!
The boss is so friendly, he even switches off the light so that the picture can be taken well..

choose our corn - there's tough/hard, Q and soft...
price is by weight...

queue number.... 1! haha

林記燒番麥
yummy :) :)

the boss recommended us a lot of places to go and food to try..

wanted to put fireworks but it just wasn't dark enough..... no feel leh

more food at Ziqiang Night Market;
官財板
they put ingredients into egg-dipped fried bread, YUMMY!!
we tried the crab cream and chicken, all were so nice...
NT$45 for bread and a drink...

but order system was messy, i was pissed off..
you just kind of shout out your order, hoping they heard you and actually remember yours..
well, they didn't rmb mine..

the porridge was so-so only.. despite being in the foodie book...

heard this was good...
see, got digital queue number... that means it's good.. haha

we went back for second round... hehe

went back to hostel early cos they wasn't much to do at night in Hualien...

believing in what?

2009-07-13T17:01:00.003+08:00

Yesterday Kiki questioned Religion.

Why is it that people still believe in Gods and whatever when unfortunate things happened to us anyway?

what is the purpose of believing,
what is the purpose of praying then?

stop sucking me!

2009-07-10T10:36:00.010+08:00

photos courtesy of Amy

4 June 2009
we went to Qian Hu Fish Farm!

on the shuttle bus which took forever to arrive at CCK - can't complain, it's free

i wish i brought a pair too!
Bird is thinking of 童子尿。。(what? virgin boy's urine??)
haha when i typed the hanyu pinyin (tongzi niao)it gave me 同志鸟。。。(gay bird?? hahahaha)

we were there for the fish spa!
we want silky smooth legs!! can the fishes do it?

$10 for 30 mins, with Good Morning towel and market blue and white slippers provided.

ticklish...

Joanne almost jumped and hit the roof.. haha no la..

Bird and I are getting used to it...
Joanne is still ticklish..

joanne's expression....i like. haha

you feel it the most when they are at your soles..

no kick, we decided to try the bigger ones..

bird felt the bigger kick

so eerie, got leg no body
mosquito bites from Hualien :(
don't wear shorts to Hualien ok :(

buay tahan!!

the towels were actually for other uses...

so tired..... pay $10 to get tickled...

joanne decided the small kick was enough for her.

BWAHAHA we are stronger than Joanne!

massive fish attack

laugh some more.. mr peaky

joanne came to join in!!

see the bigger fishes? we got a total shock when we saw them..
didn't expect them to be so big... will eat my flesh rather than my dead skin

He was actually squirming here and there before he posed so handsomely for this shot.
ok passed, go be model..

joanne loves it......

....not..
Alistair was reassuring Joanne it's ok to let her legs be sucked. haha

"ok 1,2,3..."

one thinking, another escaping, the other smiling

success :)
but for about 5 seconds only...

the noble unofficial photographer for RB7.
i'll snap more of Amy from now on... she deserves more coverage.

Have you seen a sexy lady coming out of bath before?
Today I will present you the most natural pictures:

see the expression? so natural..
call 9678**** for more information!

caught dating...

after spa :)

i saw ur BRIGHT ORANGE boxers, bird!!

i really like the advertisement idea for the fish spa thingy. should have caught it down on video!

caught dating.

arowana. S$6888

arowana mixed breed. S$0.6888

sucker fish. price unknown.

sucker fish look-alike. price.. i dun wan to know.

evil-looking sucker fish.. creepy

one of the big arowana used to belong to Ah Fatt.

so cute. looks like that :3

98%

99%

back to CCK. Dinner at Sakae - super long queue.

Ice Age 3 was funny! I like :)

sometimes i try not to think that it's sad that we are not able to meet up so often because of different study, work commitments.. and i hate it so.. but i know it's no use complaining, we just have to enjoy every moment we have together..

thanks for the fun, everyone!
can't wait for our Bintan trip!!

TAIPEI (7)

2009-07-09T17:17:00.002+08:00

17 June 2009

龍山寺→忠孝復興/敦化→公館→華西夜市
Longshan Temple→Zhong Xiao Fu Xing/Dun Hua→Gongguan→Huaxi Night Market

Breakfast at this famous 甜不辣 store
been wanting to try this every time we walk by...

frankly speaking, it tastes like yong tau foo..

and it tastes like cooked cabbage with Chee Cheong Fun sauce...

but this is very nice....

Mee Sua.. again! Haha!

白冰冰and莎莎
my mum's favourites

went to pray... there are quite a number of deities for worship inside.

月老.... haha..

even 臭豆腐 knows they smell bad.

i really can't stand the smell of smelly tofu..
it smells like longgang...

at the higher level of SOGO. Japanese style display.

Bread Papa.

Home brand!　：)

maruko!!
she has my eyes and my sister's hair.. haah

there have 3 SOGO department stores around the same area -_-"
One for European brands, one for Japanese brands........ blah blah
why does Singapore not have any SOGO then?

The 21st Summer Deaflympics, Taipei, 2009

they were looking for directions to brezze centre...while I stayed in the shade... haha

I bought MINA! yay :)

guess who is he imitating?

the weather so good :)

went back into the shopping mall..
(actually we were wasting time cos we were in queue for a restaurant...)

yx and I couldn't take it, we need to snack first.
the sushi roll was like a maki, but with lots of ingredients.
they should have this in singapore...

鼎太豐
it's amazing how identical Singapore's is to Taiwan's.
the staff dresses and speaks similarly, it feels like we are in Singapore..

beancurd thingy.. chose this because it's not in the Singapore menu (i think...)

we love xiao long baos..
mum and i always go to DTF in S'pore and order lots of XLB. haha..
only XLB.

anyway they taste almost identical. no surprise..

WKW student.. haha

they actually show how many people there are in the shopping mall...

well.. i don't see how the number of people inside will affect me if I am there for a reason...

so cute haha!

Breeze Center was a disappointment.
It's like Paragon...

Looking for next stop..

Half Blood Prince = 混血王子

haha! sounds so funny...

the SOGO that sells Japanese brands.
We bought quite a lot of stuff here.. they have huge discounts so you get Japanese brands at low prices...

Tea Break

Black Sesame Tofu

Mango Tofu

I thought this was done by youngsters only. my mum so hip ah..

Gongguan - understated but happening place.
There is a lot of sports shop here..

one of the rare shots with my bro. it feels strange...

Now let me recommend you the best Mango Ice in Taiwan! (self-claimed haha)

Combination of milk, mango, strawberry and ice...

awesome :)
everyone exclaimed its goodness upon first tasting.

i swear it's worth every cent!!

no regrets travelling this far :)

不花錢學日文 - If I buy this book I'll be spending money alr what...

looking at some nice stuff while YX shopped for her notebook at the Eslite Book Store...

shopped for sports goods.... before it's time for dinner!
now, how can we go Taiwan and not try the Mala Steamboat?

they offer 4 different soup bases (there was vegetarian, collagen (LOL), mala ....),really good meat, and lots of different seafood and stuff...

buffet-style but u have to order the meat..

好好吃........

althought it is not exactly cheap (around S$20).. eating time is limited to 2 hours (more than enough in my opinion).. but it is open until 5am!

Shabu shabu...

Options of drinks range from Soft drinks (in those vintage glass bottles) to rose tea etc. etc...

Tako

YX and her obsessions with maggie mee

me and my obsession with corn

something i made, hahahaha....
they like to put a piece of plum thingy into their tomatoes...

they have delicious cakes also...

yummy-looking
.
.

i decided to play with my fruits!
my mum was totally amused...

free flow of movenpick and haagen daz ice cream..

Again.. haha

We were looking for people to take picture for us, and we were identified as Singaporeans.... by a Singaporean! So this photo was taken by Mr Singaporean who wanted to show us his pink i/c.. lol

Mr Singaporean, if you see this PLEASE TAG!!
I will put all the keywords so you can find us ok..

Gongguan Gong Guan Steamboat Taiwan Mala Singaporeans 17th June 2009 17/09/09
公館馬辣麻辣火鍋台灣台北新加坡人 2009年6月17日
公馆马辣麻辣火锅台湾台北新加坡人 2009年6月17日

hahaha!!

going back home..
very tired alr.... so not much photos from here on...

fruit stall which had a long queue.. we will try this next time, too full....

Huaxi Night Market

My mum bought the last pack LOL

teaching ah peks the patterns for lottery....
HUAT AH!

Hualien, here we come!!!

TAIPEI (6)

2009-07-07T20:22:00.001+08:00

16 June 2009
龍山寺→台北市政府→Mr J II→台北故事館→師大夜市
Long Shan Temple→Taipei City Hall→Mr J French-Italian II→Taipei Storyhouse→
Shihda Night Market

Breakfast: 永和豆漿

they use fine sugar for their soya instead of sugar syrup, so we didn't stir it and we were like, "so Taiwan's soya bean drink is unsweetened...". When we realised there was sugar, we were already halfway into the meal and it tasted too sweet T.T

the amount of sugar they put is scary @.@

crispy crispy

very meticulous....

took a walk about Taipei City Hall as it was too early to go anywhere..

comics for read at the 24-hr Vieshow cinema.
you can buy tickets from machines... who says Singapore is high-tech?
oh btw one movie costs around NT$2600=S$13..

Transformers, robots in disguise...

can you identify the characters?

that face... -_-"

1o1 is really visible from almost everywhere..

Eslite Bookstore! i like 8)
so many kinds of books..

over to Jay Chou's restaurant for lunch

we were kind of sent on a wild goose chase because
1) the numbers of the shops do not run accordingly
2) we did not know it was IN the University
3) we thought it was a totally different restaurant from yesterday (accordingly to Mr J fan)

In the end, we realised we have been circling the building which we should have entered...
and to my surprise it's Mr J French-Italian.......... II.

so much for anticipation...

looking on the bright side, the theme was a different one..

"Spaghetti with tomoto, sansage"

haha! sorry, did not want to point it out purposely, but it was just too funny...

why the girl looks so pale, so eerie..

i love the piano! vintage..

isn't it sad that pianos cannot be played, despite it being a piano?

主題:不能說的秘密
the staff wears uniforms...

the toilet..

from second floor

yx replacing the eerie girl LOL

these wings are quite good...

pasta for 2 consecutive days can be quite unbearable :\

to Taipei Storyhouse
http://www.storyhouse.com.tw/

A rich tea merchant in the early 1900s constructed this English Tudor-style mansion. The Japanese claimed ownership during their colonization of Taiwan and used it to hold dissidents. The Taipei Fine Arts Museum (which is next door) purchased and refurbished it in the 1980s, and it now houses art exhibitions with a focus on children.

We had discounts from Youth Travel..
Remember to check out http://www.youthtravel.tw/youthtravel/ before you leave for Taiwan.
They offer some great deals..

i am a calligraphy fan!

everyone who can write great calligraphy are so cool, especially guys..
not stereotyping, it's true... not everyone can do calligraphy..
that's why I like to watch the HKG drama 金装四大才子 , haha....

it's a historical site, but exhibitions are often held inside..

there was this studio room with many petals, to let people have a feel of dancing among it
(i think they had a dance performance which required these petals...)

desperately trying to throw up the petals for yx. not easy ok!

She throw, I pose. HAHAHA
wannabes!!
if only the petals didn't block my face, hrmp...

another attempt on our way out..
算了...

nice basin, hor?

pretty house, isn't it?

but it's quite far away from the MRT, and there is nothing much inside..
I think we were only inside for 10 mins or so?

181-1 Zhongshan N. Road, Section 3, Taipei, TaiwanPhone: 2587-5565
Tues-Sun 10am-6pm

so unless you reallllyyyyy want to take a picture with the house, get down to Zhongshan station and walk....

..just like what we did...

it has been slightly rainy....

rainbow! :)

and planes! :)

and rainbow! haha. haven't seen one for quite some time. why don't we see them often in Singapore?

Hui Ee Secondary School.

Ok not funny...

picked up my mum from Taipei Main Station..
sorry, we were late!!

To Shihda Night Market..

It's so far from Gu Ting Station, we almost died walking...
the map lied to us :\

mostly youngsters, students..
you can see the stuff they sell caters to the students' market..
there were lots of pretty t-shirts and accessories..

Gold Medal Mee Sua...

i love mee sua i love mee sua i love mee sua..

we were so full, only my mum tried, and she said it was good.
tasted like pan-fried xiaolongbao.

the queue is so long, you need to take a queue number.

滷味.
It's something like kway chap, except they put in almost anything..
even instant noodles..

but it's oh-so-yummy :)

it's really interesting to see the vendors keep their goods and disappear within seconds when the police arrives. (i think it's illegal to sell stuff on the roads) it's even more amazing how they know the police is coming when I don't see any around. most of the time they run away they come back almost immediately so if you were looking at stuff, stay there for a while and they will be back. this cycle goes on for the whole night so it was quite a show for us..

some toys left on display when the vendors hide from the police.

Dawn of the Dinosaurs!

Ice Age makes everything cute.

lonely rabbits near the convenience store. with a pair of scissors somemore.

the night market is near 師範大學=師大
hence the name.

oooooo this crepes is very good.......
very very long queue too......

as long as they have those digital number queue thing, they must be attracting many customers..
that is my understanding.. haha

happy foodies :)

randoms

2009-07-06T21:11:00.005+08:00

Jer and Nabil's Graduation Celebration! 06/07/09
I'm not even at Dr Kerry's shoulders -_-"

dedicated to Bird..

Video Conference with Dr Kerry when he was home-quarantined after his trip to Australia.
We suspect he dressed up for the session, lol..

Lastly.........

I'm temperature OK!
Pig Stout haha!