Monday, April 07, 2008

To date, i've resized 762 photos into smaller files.
355 more to go -_-

*panting*


OK

it's time to blog =)
and i know i'm gonna drag till morning to finish updating on my trip, hee....


30thMarch2008 Sunday

It was our 1st anniversary. =)
yes, we purposely chose this date to fly to taiwan. In fact, this trip was to celebrate our first anniversary.
very romantic right?? haha!
We seriously do not have alot of money to do such (as some may think) silly stuff-- going back to the place where we went before; just to celebrate a day.

But romance can never be rational somehow, haha.. so we couldnt care less.
=)

and why Taiwan.
Because it was the first place we went together overseas and it was the place where we had the most beautiful memories...


ANYWAY,
Our flight was at 1.10pm.
we reached the airport around 12noon to check in. Had lunch and by the time we finished, it was 1230pm.
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And something horrible happened.

I screwed up jayen's luggage lock combination and his luggage couldnt be locked. It couldnt even be closed cos the catch was stuck.
we were frantically trying to fix it and by the time we realised it, it was already 1250. We didnt have any time to lose so poor jayen had to carry his open luggage all the way to check in. The EVA air staff was most unhelpful. Yes, i know we were very very late. The man wanted to help but the lady, seeing our plight, still had to cheek to ask us, "WHy so late?!!" and refused our baggages.
we had no choice but to lug them all up the plane. The custom officers were nice to provide us with masking tape to temporarily secure jayen's luggage.. i was feeling damn lousy about it and jayen still could end up comforting me instead :(

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the food.
i hate aircraft food.

The flight took us 4+ hours to reach. On our way, jayen took his luggage down and we tried all the lock combinations again.
From 000, 001, 002..... all the way to 999, but it wouldnt work. We were almost about to give up when we remembered we could still pray. AND THANK GOD!!!
we tried the combinations once again and THERE!!!
002
-_-

win liao lor...
i should have gotten it on our third try .. but it didnt happen.
God definitely had a good sense of humor.

Nevertheless, we were so relieved!!!!
:D

Our plane touched down @ Taoyuan International Airport almost evening around 530pm, but it was already very dark.

YAY!
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and it was soooooo cooling!!!!!
WE LOVE THE WEATHER!!!!!
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our couple-luggages, teeheehee...

Took a cab back to the hotel we last bunked in the previous stay in taipei. Cab fare was sky-high.
NT1190~ around SGD 60 dollars.
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We wanted our 808 room back, but we were given 606 instead.
And to our pleasant surprise, it turned out to be even better!!!!!

It had windows!!! wahahahhaa...
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no jacuzzi bathtub like last time, but a jacuzzi shower!
and super clean!!!
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Definitely value for money!!!!
cos it was situated at XiMenDing! hehe..

we had no time to lose! After settling down, we went downstairs...
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alot of 七仔s!
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Had a warm dinner of steamboat beef and curry pasta.
I never liked eating steamboat back in singapore becos of the weather! But over here, it's shiokness to have a steamboat to warm ur stomach, cos it's so damn cold!!!!!

12°C
brrrrrrr.......
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=)

Took the MRT down to Shilin Night Market and bought a pair of boots and a dress, YIPEE, hehe..
photos of my loot another day! =)
Chanced by a convenience store and bought 3 茶叶蛋 + beer.
and tat's the end of day 1, haha...

Updates on the rest tomorrow.
Photobucket is down. Hence, i cannot upload any photos :p

31stMarch2008 Monday

woke up at 9 and there i've got a lovely morning message on the bathroom mirror again!
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*total sweetness~

went for our breakfast at MOS burger which was situated just beside our hotel :)
No, we didnt eat the hotel's breakkies cos we missed it by the time we were ready.

Anyway, i think jayen deliberately woke later so he need not eat the horrid breakfast provided by the hotel. heh...

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he looking orangey and me blueish here, heh

It was drizzling and super super cold!!
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Took neoprints at the mega-arcade across the street, like what we did the last trip!
:)
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oh yah, check out my new booties! YAY~

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The next place on our itinerary was DanShui.

On our way, at BeiTou station
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Reached and had Dunkin' Donuts with peach tea.
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still very very cold and we were both shivering, haha..
The rain didnt stop.

DAN SHUI!!!
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Our favourite place in Taipei =)

We stayed 3 days in Taipei just to go back to these places to reminisce, haha.. and it's like walking down memory lane!

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and not forgetting the streets where they would tok tok chiang tourists.
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I CANT LIVE WITHOUT MY FAVOURITE CUPCORN!!!!!!

There are different flavours to choose from!
from buttermilk to spicy black pepper!!

we wanted to eat the tallest ice-cream but changed our minds, cos it was way tooooooo cold.

someone has vandalised the 'No-Entry' road sign.....
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...with his undying love, haha!


Bought some hair accessories and souvenirs along the way,
cam-whored and snacked.
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Mrt Station
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Walked to LaoJie and bought 铁蛋 to try, and i tell u, it's really good!!!
Taste abit like 茶叶蛋 but the flavour is much more intense. SLURP!
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Also bought a stick of 冰糖葫芦 to try.
They have strawberries coated with syrup too, but we bought the traditional ones that are haw-fruits coated with sugar syrup.
The sugar is frozen cos of the weather.
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It's the first time jayen's eating this. And from his pained expression, i know he obviously didnt like it.

I had to finish the whole stick myself.
And get my teeth all stuck with the frozen sugary syrup bits.
Blah!

Got on the train back to ShiLin Night Market again.
The same words, the same cross on the same building, at the same place we saw last year.
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I didnt have the intention to shop anymore but we came across this short flirty skirt that ah dear said was very nice. BUT it was super expensive!!!! It costs NT1400 (70SGD!) cos it was imported from Japan. Jayen said it's definitely a Must-Buy.
Photos next time, haaa.. We bought face masks for fun too :)

Dinner was at this Eat-All-U-Can Steamboat Restaurant in Shilin.
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The variety of food isnt great
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The waiter helped us to fry the onions and pork in before pouring in the soup.
He claims this would make the soup tastier.

But..
the soup..Yuks.

haha. Even the roadside fried chicken cutlet was yummier!
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Next, we took a shuttle bus to Mirarmar Shopping Mall! we wanted to sit on the ferris wheel like last time, hehe.
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ah dear is wearing his mask cos it was soooooo cold.
we were both shivering non-stop while waiting for the shuttle.

Bus was warm!!
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We reached! YAY
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Walked across the street to Geant shopping mall and i bought a warm furry coat from Net, hehe
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dear shopping for a jacket, but there wasnt any nice ones around :(
Poor him had to brave the cold wind alone..
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12°C again.

cute fuzzy animals do warm us up abit, hehe
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Bandit in taipei. haha
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walked to another NightMarket (dunno where one)..
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bought fresh strawberries coated with honey! YUMMY!
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Took a cab back to hotel around 1130pm. Their midnight charge was only NT20 (SGD 1 dollar niah).. so cheap..HAIZ

night was spent with me penning down the day's events in my diary and him watching cableTV till we dozed off
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1st April2008 Tuesday

Our 3rd day!

woke up slightly earlier, bathed, packed and checked out of Wonstar hotel.
cos we're going to Kaohsiung!!

Had lunch at KFC XiMenDing and went to shop for jayen's jacket. He bought this leather jacket that i think is damn stylo!! muahahaha....
Even the salesgirl said he look very 'fierce' -_-

Was crossing the traffic light when this ahma approached us from far, begging us to buy chewing gum from her. As usual, we were about to refuse her when she tugged on to jayen's clothes.
She said nobody wanted to buy any gum from her and she had a hard time trying to earn money.
And then she started crying!!
I was actually quite skeptical because i always had this notion that most beggars arent really poor and are out to cheat money, but Jayen felt so sorry for her he started consoling her and gave her NT100.

i somehow felt quite bad after that. I mean i never gave those people the benefit of the doubt.
:( even jayen is more compassionate than me.


Took the cab down to Taipei Main Station with our luggages to take the High Speed Rail trains to Kaohsiung.
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bought 2 tickets (NT1400 per pax, so ex!) from the automated ticketing machine. We were so lucky cos we managed to get on the train within 5 minutes after getting the tickets! =)

Spacious and clean!!!
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There were lots of seats cos it was a weekday afternoon =)

Baby's new jacket, nice!!!
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YAY!
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muahahaha....
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The ride took us 90 minutes.
Train was travelling at around 269km/h....
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TaiChung
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nothing much to see one leh..

Reached ZuoYing Station (Kaohsiung) at 3.45pm. It wasnt cold anymore! Around 24°C =)
We took the new MRT line! We were quite lucky cos the rides were free cos they just started operation, think a few weeks back?
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darn high! heh...
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look at the crowd...
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reached their main train station and saw this very beautiful poster on their station's wall.
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We were like exclaiming,
"wahhhh... is this kaohsiung's night view?? awesome!!!"

and after awhile...
"aey? how come that stretch looks like our clarke quay........"

and after a long while...
"Really is clarke quay lar! This is Singapore lor!!!!!"

-_-
very strange.
They have our city's photograph on kaohsiung's MRT station wall -_-

Kaohsiung main station
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There were no direct buses or MRT to our hotel, so we took a cab.

Evergreen Hotel at HoPing1stRoad
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The building itself looks grand.. even the lobby is huge.

But the rooms.....
i still prefer Wonstar back in taipei
:(

This is the view from our room
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nothing much.

we were actually rather disappointed cos transport is a big problem and everywhere looks...erm, quite run-down and boring?
hahaa... but still, we tried to cheer ourselves up by having a sumptuous dinner just downstairs, opposite our hotel.

Japanese BBQ buffet! wheeee.....!!!
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wow... the ambience is really nice, and we sat on tatami mats!
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Service was very good and the waiters & waitresses were so very helpful!
Knowing that we dont quite understand those traditional chinese characters in their menus, they took time to explain to us each dish; and even taught us how to BBQ so that the food tastes at its best!
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We love the beef!!!!
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sizzle...sizzle.....
BEST!

i love their shrimp fried rice!!! and we had their local Tsingtao Beer =)
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FOOD WAS REALLY REALLLY REALLLY GOOD, definitely value for money!
and service was SUPERB!!

the waitress asked us where we were from and even recommended us nice places to go for sightseeing. She wrote all the places on a piece of paper for us!
=)

roamed around the streets after dinner for digestion to take place, heh....
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and
walked all the way to LiouHe Night Market which is a few streets away.
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our cross! hehe

im sorry im blogging slowly one day by one day, haiz..... wanted to blog the 2 days straight but it's 1.14am in the morning and i need to wake early tomolo :(
Update on day4 tomorrow then!

Nites peeps!!! =)

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i promise to blog 2 days of the trip today, heh...


2nd April2008 Tuesday

We planned to stay 4 days in kaohsiung, but looking at how difficult it was to go from one place to another (the Mrt is still under construction and some lines are not even in operation), and the frequency of public buses (or the lack of it), we have got only one choice --Taxi.

Morale also quite low, but we arent gonna let the situation bring us down, haha.. we had to make full use of our stay and visit ALL the tourist attractions at kaohsiung.

First stop was a nearby food stall for our lunch!
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Then we hailed a cab and went over to 寿山 (Longevity mountain) to visit their zoo.
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the view from the top!
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took lots of photos...
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we are going to the zoo, zoo, zoo.. how bout you, you you......

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The admission ticket was only NT40 per person. Two dollars niah, very cheap, YAY

but the zoo was quite old already. And there werent many visitors.
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see..... nobody one

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the animals also quite poor thing. cos the zoo looks so deserted.

the bear has a cat in his enclosure to accompany him.

more animals
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Huh? they have pigs in the zoo as well, heee

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jayen started talking to the animals cos he says they must be feeling very lonely.
-_-

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see what i meant?
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*slaps forehead*
omg, even the gorilla is shaking its head...

.....oh yah,
he talks to the ostrich as well
-_-
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were walking when we suddenly heard very very loud roaring!
ran over to the lion's enclosure and found the lion and its mate roaring at each other! It was damn loud!

didnt manage to capture them doing that in a photo.

Now the lion is calm
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Next were the HUGE tortoises feeding on corn, vegetables and bread.
There're also 2 rabbits in the hutch nearby.
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i love these!!!!
porcupines!
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They were gigantic!!!! like the size of puppies! and they have rabbit-looking faces, hehe.. very very cute

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Walked till we were quite exhausted so we took a rest at the nearby benches.
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ate ice-cream at its cafe
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It was almost 5pm when we left the zoo.


Our next destination was 西子湾.
It was a lovely place to see the sunset!
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Their university,中山大学, was just next to it.
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we love this place!
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it was very romantic lying down at there, listening to songs, enjoying the breeze, the beautiful sunset and each other's company.
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=) and we promised each other that we will always remember it. it was so sweet 8)
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it was soon dark after the sun has set and baby piggy-backed me all the way to another far end of the coast so we could take the public transport. wheeeeee.....

Waited for almost half an hour but there were no buses or taxis in sight :(
So, we walked all the way and reached here...
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It's something like clarke quay, except no pubs or discos, heh..

This is so cool!
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a vessel that transport you to the other part of the island (Chi Chin Island) with your skippers/scooters!

Fyi, most of the people travel around kaohsiung in their skippers.. from young schooling students to old grandpas.
jayen was wishing so hard that we could also have one to travel around with, but haiz...

Anyway,
we decided to rest our feet at this eatery place.
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Not much of variety.. but we managed to fill our growling stomachs.
The staff there were very very friendly.
They chatted with us and asked us where we were from. They were so surprised that we came all the way from singapore to kaohsiung for sightseeing. I reckon they dont get many tourists eating at their stall. haha...

They told us where we could go for shopping and one of them even wanted to lend us her skipper! The girl, who was a student at the university, said we could borrow her vehicle for our remaining days in kaohsiung!
we were so pleasantly surprised by their hospitality!!!

wanted to pay her 'rental fees' but she turned us down. She said, most importantly, we can have fun in kaohsiung.
She gave us her name and contact number and asked us to come back to the place when it was time for her to knock off from work so she could go home and get her bike.
We cant believe there are such kind souls around!!! we both wanted to cry for joy, haha!

So jayen and i went off to Central Park (another place she recommended) to shop around.
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buy buy buy....
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we were all soooooo excited!!!! (not for the shopping, but the thought that we could drive round kaoshiung in a skipper!!!)
We even bought 2 cheap helmets for NT99 each (around 5 dollars =)

It was about 1130pm when we went back to the shop.
The girl drove her skipper from her house. She was soooo trusting! Imagine lending ur bike to a total stranger!
On our part, we decided to give her NT3000 as 'deposit' to assure her that we wont 'disappear' with her bike.
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The girl briefly explaining the different operations of the skipper to jayen.
It costs only 5 dollars to pump a full-tank!

We went riding all the way to our hotel and im sooooo proud of him!
we were so so so happy! We couldnt believe that all this good is happening true! If it's not God, then who else!! =) It's all awesome!

went back to take our jackets, credit cards and off we go again to Liou He Night Market. It's my first time riding on a bike and it was sooooo fun!!!!!!
Played till 3+am before heading back to our hotel for the night's rest.

=)



3rd April2008 Wednesday

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me in the reindeer pajamas he got for me last christmas, haha!

We woke around 10 and we soooo looked forward to travelling around in kaohsiung now we've got a skipper!
Jayen drove us to eat LuRouFan!!!!!!
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Drove to the famous 莲子湖(lotus lake) after that.
ALAS!!!
it was under construction??!?!!!
the
湖 was dry and the whole lake was cornered off, cannot see the spring and autumn pavilions!
:( damn sad!!!!

but luckily we could still go to 孔子庙 (Confucian temple)
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also nobody one....
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went into the temple and took some more photographs.

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baby examining the map to go to our next destination
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outside the temple...
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wheeeeeeee~
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me act only..
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next stop was 金狮湖 (Lion's lake)

we nearly got lost and had to stop by the roadside to study the map again, heh..
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saw a very cute robot
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it's actually a portable water-selling machine, heee

we reached!!! YAY
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took a short video of us and the place, haha

happiness is this.
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loved the lake! and the sun is gonna set soon at 5pm! SO EARLY!!!
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our fave 葡萄C!!!
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it was so easy getting to different places now and soon, we're off to our next stop, Love River!!!!

It was peak hour and the roads were really really busy! It was hazardous! The traffic was terrible and it was a real feat driving through the streets while trying to look out for the right turn at the right junction (since we arent very familiar with the roads), looking out for cars, other motorcyclists & pedestrians and keeping safe.

Rode a far distance before jayen stopped over at a shopping mall.
He said he had to stop mid-way cos the roads were too busy then. He said the last thing he wanted was any mishap to happen. He said he wont bother if he's riding alone, but cos he had me with him, and it mattered to him so much that nothing must happen to me.

He hugged me so tightly. I was really, really touched when i saw him near tearing while he said those words. Being an experienced rider who had rode a sportsbike for 4 long years almost breaking down at the mere thought of me meeting with an accident, how could i not be moved..
Thank you baby, i love you.
You dont have to worry, cos I have you by my side and nothing will i fear.

Had dinner at a japanese restaurant.
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It was already dark by the time we finished our food and the traffic was not that heavy anymore :)

went over to Love
River
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definitely a place for couples, haha!
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hmmmm, where should we go next....
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Kaohsiung harbour and Fisherman's Wharf!
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had some drinks while listening to singers serenading love songs by the river haha
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a fun fun sweet sweet day indeed! =)

*the last update of days 6-8 soon!
=)
meantime, happy weekends!


4th April 2008
Day 6

Breakfast was at this place where they sell famous cutlet rice!
Look at the number of people in that queue, most of them had take-away.
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my chicken-wings rice and jayen's fried chicken cutlet rice.
*YUMMY*

we've finished with almost all kaohsiung's sightseeing attractions the day before, so today was some time for shopping and miscellaneous stuff, hehe..
i so wanted to go this mega-shopping mall and sit on their hello kitty ferris wheel!

DREAM-MALL! yay
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they even have a carpark level for their motorbikes! LOOK at the number of skippers here!

fyi, they have more skippers than cars on their roads.

we bought the package that consists of 2 ferris-wheel tickets, 2 movie tickets and a pop-corn meal!
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went up to the deck while waiting for our movie to start...
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the games all like for babies one leh...

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we love the view from the top though!
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went for our movie 三國.見龍卸甲 (Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon)
it was very very nice and we came back to singapore to watch it another time again! haha

Time for our ferris-wheel ride finally!!!
look at those sanrio-inspired cabins, they are so cute!
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very girly, dont think jayen liked it alot, haha
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wheeeee~
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the city of kaoshiung
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after our ride, we went searching for a present for the kind girl who lent us her bike, cos we would be meeting her after that to return the skipper.

bought chocolates...
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and an Omega pen for her!
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it's so pretty and exquisite!
plus a nice card =) where we penned down our words of gratitude, haha

we rode back to 西子湾 and lay down at the same place again. By this time, it was already very very dark. Then we went around the place to enjoy the 'last' moments riding around with the skipper before returning it to the girl at around 8pm.

Then the 3 of us took a cab down to near our hotel cos we wanted to treat her to dinner at the Japanese BBQ buffet restaurant we went on our first night at kaohsiung.. very 怀念 the good food there haha!
But alas! The restaurant staff told us that their last order would be at 930pm, so it was too late cos by the time we reached, it was 9pm already :(
we were darn sad, but we went across the street to this chinese steamboat restaurant instead.

we had 鸳鸯火锅!
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also eat-till-u-full one, haha..

food wasnt as good as the japanese restaurant's, but it was nice catching up with a new friend we met at kaohsiung =)

after that, we sent her back to her house and went back to our hotel for an early night's rest..

*continue tonight with the last 2 days.... i gotta go out liao
stay tuned!

Hopefully this would be the LAST entry of the trip, haha..

5th/6th April2008 Saturday/Sunday

Days 7 & 8

we woke quite early today cos it's our last day in Kaohsiung and we're going back taipei.
Still, we didnt take the hotel's breakkie cos we cant wait to leave for taipei, haha
seriously, if not for the thrilling rides on the skipper, i think that place will be really quite boring, haha

a last photo taken at the very tiong kok lobby before we checked out of the hotel
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waiting for a cab to go to ZuoYing HSR Station...

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while waiting for the train.
We took the HighSpeedRail back again. This time, the fares were even more expensive than the last time cos it was the weekends. Weekend=peak period
It cost NT2600 (130bucks) for both of us :(

we were too famished by then and ordered a Teriyaki chicken Bento lunch set from the trolley-cabin crew each.
The food's super yummy!!!
*maybe cos we were toooo hungry by then already.
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didnt take many photos on our way back, caught as much sleep as we could throughout the whole journey.
We reached Taipei main station in 2 hours' time. The temperature was 30°C (the weather there is amazing! can be 12°C just 4 days ago on the day we first touched down at taipei)

XiMenDing... on our way back to the hotel.
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Look at the crowd on a saturday's afternoon. It was horrendous!!!!
sardined-packed with young and trendy people! and we spotted lots of tourists (the blur blur looking ones lor) haha

Checked in back Wonstar Hotel and we were given 7th storey this time =)
we simply love this hotel, haha
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had no time to lose so we dropped our luggages and went out again! It was our last night at taiwan cos we'd be going back to singapore the very next morning.
This last day was for shopping and MORE shopping!!!

YAY~ness!!!!!

XiMenDing was way too crowded and the prices were much higher, so we went back to WuFenPu @ HouShanPi!!! The clothes are all at wholesale prices!

It was also quite crowded....
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we shopped like mad!!! hahahaa.. look at the gigantic shopping bag we bought to hold our loot!!

It was soooo fun! I bought so many clothes and most of them, baby helped me to choose! wahahaha.... i love guys who can shop as much as me! Thanks baby!
we even ended up withdrawing NT4000 out from a nearby ATM after that to buy more, haha

After that, we carried our big bag of loot and took a cab to Taipei Zoo MaoKong Station
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baby very much wanted to sit on the cable car (they call it the 'Gondola') for the night view of Taipei.
You can choose which station to alight at and we bought tickets @ NT50 per pax ($2.50 niah) to go to the furthest!

The ride took half an hour. It was actually quite scary cos it was sooooo high up and the gondola moves quite fast!! But we couldnt see a thing cos there were no lights underneath at the mountains.
Finally when it moves over the lighted streets and buildings.... breathtaking!
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fwah....

Reached the other end of MaoKong Station!
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Bought some traditional snacks to bring back singapore for our folks and a bottle of isotonic drink to quench our thirst there and then.

We didnt know where to take the shuttle bus from so we walked along the winding road down...
It took us very long before we realised we should stop over at some place to ask for directions, but there was no one! and the cars just drive past us. It was very dark and we reckoned it would be dangerous cos the motorists on the road wont be able to see us.

finally walked past a bungalow house where some children are playing badminton with their parents. We asked the dad about getting downhill and he advised us to wait for the shuttle bus instead, cos it would take 40 whole minutes(!) to walk down slope.

so we sat by the fence and waited for around 30 minutes before the bus came and we waved frantically for it to stop, haha cos we werent waiting at the bus-stop (in fact, there wasnt any bus-stop in sight)

The bus ride was so bumpy that we were both trying to hold back from puking :( it must be the isotonic drink that created more 'gas' in our tummies.
It was torturous!!!!!
The ride took us almost 45 minutes and when we alighted, i vomited out all the puke at this huge dustbin..YUCKS
jayen tried to hold back his while we took the MRT back to XiMen station.

Most shops were closed by the time we reached.

Tabao KFC back to our hotel to eat, YAY!
while waiting for the food, jayen took more photos of the XiMenDing street through the windows of KFC...
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some illegal push-carts sellers profiting from the late-night crowd..

suddenly there was a huge commotion and we saw all of them running towards the other direction! Even aging aunties with a horrified expression on their faces, running as fast as their legs could carry them!!
we got a shock and found out that the police has come to arrest all of them. The lucky ones managed to escape but there was this poor girl who wasnt as lucky. Saw her packing up and surrendering her suitcase-full of wallets, pouches and accessories to the police officers.

walked back to our hotel and had a wonderful dinner together while watching cable tv!
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and i think i enjoyed this meal the best, haha 8)

Next, we displayed all the loot we've bought earlier on in the afternoon from WuFenPu on the bed, haha!
and tried them on, keke..cos most of the clothes were not allowed to be tried on at the wholesaler.
70% of the stuff are mine, muahahaha!
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our new buy-buys, hehe

packed our luggages after that. It was around 1+ when we caught some rest for only 2 hours cos we had to wake up at freakin' 4am :(
(our flight back to singapore was 740am in the morning and we were advised by the hotel staff to leave around 5am)

woke up groggily, washed up and prepared to leave.

In the lift... our half-awake faces
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We booked a private limousine 私家车 through the hotel staff to come at 5am to send us to the airport.
The chauffeur damn tok-gong one, haha.. wear a business suit and tie! keke
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Reached the airport at 530am, checked in our luggages before going out to take photos and to have some light snacks. Bought more stuff for our folks back at home.
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sleeepy sleeepy us...

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our breakkies on the plane..
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i think i prefer the aircraft's breakfast to their lunch/dinner

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reaching singapore at around 12 noon!
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yay, Home Sweet Home!!!
i love this trip alot!!!! and i love baby more!!! wahhaha


~the end!~

YAY, i've finally finished updating!! HURRAY!!!!!

haha..