decided to b a gd girl today by spring-cleaning my wardrobe.. it's in a Mess!! esp aft buying clothes back from taiwan.. my wardrobe is abt to explode!! anw while spring-cleaning, found a stack of tees stacked at a corner of my wardrobe.. it's been a long time since dey saw day-light haha.. those were tees bought since sec sch.. if u haf time spring clean ur wardrobe i'm sure u'll b able to dig out a big stack of sch tees lk me.. brings back memories haha.. there were suppose to haf more tees de, i've worn some as pyjamas le haha..

18th batch ODAC front/18th batch ODAC back/17th batch ODAC LTC front/17th batch ODAC LTC back/TPJC PE tee/Year 1 Fac tee/Year 2 Fac tee back/Year 2 Fac tee front

love e ODAC tee!! every batch will choose a colour for their batch using this one & only design.. & my 18th batch chose orange (forgot whether i was e mastermind to choosing orange) hehe.. nice leh... den e colours cannot be reused de wor.. tink by now all e colours haf been used le ba.. e nxt tee is designed by our seniors 17th batch for LTC (Leadership Training Camp).. my batch aso got design for our juniors.. it's a orange tee w black wordings.. i lk it alot but apparently i keep wearing at hme n it's cui le.. TPJC pe tee is ugly de lor.. dun lk e green.. yr 1 fac tee was printed on lousy dry-fit material (tink dry-fit is still ex then) wear le v hot!! yr 2 fac tee was designed by me (hate to admit this) wasn't suppose to look lk this la haiz..

NIE every-teacher-will-haf tee/July 05 Orientation Fligh Academy Tee/2006 NTU dragonboat experience singlet/Polwatta fund raising tee/Hall 11 tee/OG group Agents 2 tee/MME polo tee

'developing education professionals' was e very 1st NIE tee.. somewhat feel tt this tee officialises that u r a teacher haha.. ehh but wash lk will 'qi3 mao2'.. dun really lk e red orientation tee.. v song.. suitable for national day thou oh but it's comfortable for slping! haha.. dragonboat singlet is v comfy!! wear it at hme in e day (esp hot days).. oh & it's dry-fit cost $8 (i tink?).. aso haf e red 2005 dragonboat singlet.. it was in e midst of washing so it missed e photo-shooting hurhur.. polwatta is another dry-fit tee.. ya dry-fit material got cheaper.. bought from david for raising fund for sth lk CIP trip to polwatta.. nxt hall 11 blk tee.. i din realise i haf this hall tee until today!! totally forgotten abt it.. yup i once lived in NTU hall 11 blk 56 3rd floor.. it's lk soooo looong ago~! my v onz OG decided to come up w an og tee designed by jojo (rite?) w all our faces at e back.. haha.. lastly is MME polo tee.. dryfit & only $5..

total i haf a stack of 16 unworn sch tees!!

mom is getting me a new wardrobe!! hahaha..

da was craving for awfully chocolate Hei ice cream~!!


in a big bag...


with pretty green spoons..


me with hei


da with hei


ta da!!


yumyum

*sorry no more pics taken after coz we were busy eating hei haha* it's AWfully chocolatey~!

da brought me to haf spanish food at The Tapas Tree at Clarke Quay.. food was ok but they come in small portions.. is still filling thou..

To my dada,
it's been a year le dear.. thank you & sorry for tolerating me and giving in to me all e time hee.. may we haf many wonderful years to come.. love you loads beibei~! muaccks!!! =)

bought rainie's book too haha.. i forgot to include it in my mass-buys photo as above.. it's cheaper in taiwan.. interestin book with lotsa cute cartoons drawn by wan wan...

Day 6: 06-05-08

Wu Fen Pu
it's shoppin day!! but it's still raining.. took blue line to Hou Shan Pi station.. we spotted a shop call 胡须张 (Beard Zhang) with lotsa customers.. it was raining & e place looks lk a warm shelter for us 2 hungry pple so we went there for lunch.. it's only until we came back to sg le den heard tt 胡须张 is famous for its 卤肉饭 which i ordered haha.. da had slice chicken rice 鸡丝饭.. e rice comes in 大中小.. ordered 中 costs NT42.. e rice is fragrant but if u dun eat pork fats.. u prob wun lk it.. haha.. we aso ordered some xiao cai: beansprouts and gong wan soup.. there r other dishes lk e pig small & big intestines.. those hu lk 卤味 will lk e food there..

Wu Fen Pu 五分埔 is a huge fashion district with over 1000 shops.. it's lk a wholesale centre selling mostly women, men and babies clothes.. den u can see e clothes in huge stacks in front of e shops.. bought lotsa tees there coz e prints r v cute n of coz cheap! haha.. but u cant try e clothes there, usually e clothes r smaller size den sg, n most clothes r somewhat jap styled.. yup so bought mostly tees..




Xi Men Ding
shopped for almost 5 plus hrs.. went back to xi men ding.. had dinner at a teahouse.. cant rem its name.. food was okok.. rem e set meal was NT240.. da ordered teriyaki chicken hot plate w a mini steamboat.. i had seafood baked rice w bread soup.. den we went to shop ard xi men ding area.. went a v cute n sweet shop call Sophisca which sells a variety of candies with interesting packaging lk sanitary pad haha..



we then found Ah Zong Mee Sua 阿宗面线!! bought one da bao back hotel to eat.. e first mouth is able to make u love it!! it's really very yummY!!! even da hu dun eat mee sua also loved it haha.. y cant find such nice mee sua in sg... ahhhh....




Yummy-licious rating:
Beard Zhang: 3.5 stars
Teahouse: 3 stars
Ah Zong Mee Sua: 5 stars!

Day 5: 05-05-08

Shift to Rainbow Hotel (Xi Men Ding District)
on day 5 it started to rain.. we left khotel to Xi Men Ding district to rainbow hotel.. rainbow hotel was small compared to khotel.. n of coz no more big plasma tv... e main facilities remains la.. juz lower in standard.. realise din take any pics of rainbow haha.. we had our lunch at a korean restaurant.. da ordered seafood noodle soup.. i had spicy kimchi hotpot.. great to eat in e cold weather..




Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall
took e metro via e blue line.. 6 stations away from ximending to e memorial hall.. e whole place is very zhuang1 yan2.. ard e hall has many statues of chiang kai-shek.. n there is this grand one tink 3 storeys high in e hall & has guards guarding it.. real-life guards wor nt statues de haha..n we managed to catch e change of guards which starts at every hour...



when we left e memorial hall.. e weather became really cold... dropped to 16degrees! n i was wearing mini skirt la.. cant feel my toes anymore haha.. walked to a shoppin centre call New York New York to drink hot coffee n haf donuts at Mister Donut haha.. we sat at e window seat n watch e drizzle haha.. e coffee is free flow de wor.. n e staff will walk ard to help u top up coffee de.. gd service ba~




Taipei 101
ard evening we went up to Taipei 101.. cam die on us agn.. so nt much pics up there.. only had some exterior pics.. it's reeally high!!! e building has e world's fastest elevator of 1010m/min & it took only 37s to reach e top.. so cool~ wheee... at e top can overlook e mountains far far away.. too bad tt day was drizzling so it turned v foggy.. nt v clear.. tink it's better to go in aftern when e scenary will be clearer rather den night.. while we were on e world's tallest building.. sheng called frm sg to ask da 'go changi village exit from which exit ah?' hahaha pengz..



aft coming down frm 101, we braved through e cold weather n finally found e Taipei City Hall metro station.. by then e temp was prob 14degrees.. brrr... got back to ximending feeling cold n hungry resort to having mac.. hmmm somehow e mac there isn't as great as sg one.. e fries nt as xiang1.. n there's no chilli sauce... booo...

Yummy-licious rating:
Korean food: 3.5 stars
Mac donald's: 3 stars

Worth-going-or-not rating:
Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall: 3.5 stars
Taipei 101: 3.5 stars

Comfy rating:
Rainbow hotel: 3.5 stars

Day 4: 04-05-08

Leofoo Village
it's themepark day!! whee~~ we went to e nearest themepark to Taipei city called Leofoo Village or 六福村.. took 火车 to Zhongli station den cab to e themepark.. somewhr near Leofoo is also e Window on China aka 小人国.. but we din go there la.. haha.. entrance fee to leofoo is NT890..

e themepark is subdivided into 4 themes: African Safari, Arabian Kingdom, South Pacific, Wild West.. we started off with African Safari.. in here there are themepark rides as well as animals.. it's lk a zoo.. aso there is a carnivore's area where e lions, monkeys are not caged at all!! so there is tour bus that takes us in to view e animals n haf to go pass tall gates machiam jurassic park haha.. then there is aso a steam train ride to view e herbivorous animals lk sheeps, giraffes (goh we saw ur frens at jing4 ju4 li2 haha), goats n more.... e train is on level ground w e animals de so it's really cool~ haha.. we aso queued up for a open air above ground ride tt we'll haf to pedal on our own n tour e whole safari area.. quite scary for me tt one thou it's scary rating should b only 2? haha..



hungry us went to Arabian Kingdom n had lunch at e leofoo fastfood restaurant.. ordered chicken curry rice set and chicken wrap set.. nt bad.. oh den e staff hor wear different uniforms base on whr dey work.. e safari staff wear sth lk zookeeper brown de.. arabian kingdom is blue aladdin style.. cool man~ haha.. i lk a ride call sultan's adventure.. e ride is indoor and goes through a long dark tunnel with some twists n turns..




nxt was e South Pacific.. sth lk e hawaii style.. super disappointed coz e most fun ride was under reno... ARHHHHH.... e one tt comes splashin down into e water from a great height.. nevertheless we played e wine barrel one.. can get quite giddy!! haha





lastly we went to Wild West.. but my cam went flat!!!! so no pics on this theme.. but we had a drenching n fun ride at wild west.. played e Big Canyon Rapids Ride.. got super wet but it's fun!! wahaha.. we were lk luo tang ji lor.. haha.. spent e whole day at themepark till 5plus den took bus tt goes straight back to taipei..


Casa Della Pasta
got ourselves changed n we had a splendid dinner at a pasta restaurant jus at e back of our hotel hahah.. it was under e recommendation of our hotel receptionist.. me n da gif 4 big thumbs up!!!! e ambience is nice is lk those english cottages built w bricks.. n it has 3 levels.. this restaurant business is really gd always super long queue.. it operates for only 5 hrs a day! 2 hrs for lunch & 3 hrs for dinner from 6-9pm... so aft we came back from leofoo n wash up it's already 8 plus... e queue no more le so we got a table effortlessly hehehe... da ordered a seafood pasta (NT160 nt ex at all!) which has prawns & sotong.. me ordered spicy chicken (NT155).. e chicken is nice de lor it's grilled de so e skin is crisy n inside tender hurhur.. oh we also ordered a calamari.. e pics r quite dark coz inside is dimly lit de.. dun dare to use flash abo everyone will turn n look at us haha..




Khotel I
hehe it's still nt e end of today's post! i've yet to talk abt our hotel.. e first 4 nites (includes daily breakfast for 2) we stayed at Khotel I which is at Zhongshan district.. e hotel is v up n recept is super helpful... excellent service v impressed! our rm is spacious n has a super big plasma tv (i dunno how many inch but it's BIG) with near 100 channels.. it has a minibar.. bathrm has bathtub & they also provide a hotspring packet haha.. truly enjoyed our stay there!!



Fun rating:
Leofoo Village: 3.5 stars

Yummy-licious rating:
Casa Della Pasta: 5 stars!

Comfy rating:
Khotel: 4.5 stars

Day 3: 03-05-08

Jiufen
e 3rd day we set off early as we are gg further out of Taipei city to Jiufen.. it's in Keelung city.. we took 基隆客运 aka bus from 忠孝复兴站 all e way to 金瓜石.. e journey was quite long.. tink took an hr? btw there r many bus services in taiwan unlike sg only sbs n trans island.. hence there are many names such as 新竹客运.. 台北客运.... yep.. anw 金瓜石 is e last stop n it's high up on e mountain.. e bus drivers there r super zai at making turns on such narrow mountain roads n dey drive at quite a fast speed! summore there r oncoming vehicles lor excitin man.. haha.. anw there wasnt anything much at 金瓜石 jus scenary.. so juz took some mountain top pics and we took bus back to probably e 山腰 to Jiufen..

Jiufen was interesting! it's lk e olden days market street.. v 古早气息.. it's a narrow alley that turn and wind around which leads u to unknown exits haha.. there r some staircases and up-slopes here n there.. n there r many many shops along this narrow alley.. some r 精品店.. saw many stalls selling 芋圆or 粉圆 (yam balls).. we took lotsa pics there hurhur..



we then settled our lunch at a shop tt sells a variety of balls haha.. 鱼丸, 鲨鱼丸, 贡丸, 雪鱼丸... tink there's still more cant recall le.. e shop was patronised by many taiwan artistes as the lao ban niang put up all e pics she took w e artiste la haha.. indeed it was nt bad! e soup no msg de.. then we went to other small stalls n had many light snacks.. there's this special potato chips chuan4 on satay stick which come in different flavours.. curry, seaweed... u pick ur choice.. da bought e curry one.. we aso bought cuttlefish.. grilled taiwan sausage.. pearl milk tea.. it's all delicious!!



Keelung
around 4 plus we left for Keelung.. n we took bus agn to 下山.. haha at keelung we went to Miaokou night market n had 芒果冰!! Mango cubes on crushed icE haha.. e serving was big n e mango was fresh!! den so farnie there were 2 stalls selling mango ice which r side by side.. e lao ban niangs were v mai4 li4 to la1 ke4.. aso dunno which stall is nicer.. but still e one we had was nice.. eating e mango ice under e warm weather was shiok.. plus e condense milk 淋 over e ice.. slurpss.. but e crushed ice was too much la couldnt finish haha



aft tt we took 火车 back to Taipei.. was pretty tired n dozed off on train.. haha we den went to a shopping centre 欣欣百货 near our hotel n had Subway for dinner.. e subway wasnt tt nice.. haha.. in e end we bought mo si han bao agn for supper!! haha

Yummy-licious rating:
Jiufen fishball stall: 3.5 stars
Potato chips on satay stick: 4 stars
Cuttlefish: 3.5 stars
Taiwan sausage: 4 stars
Mango ice: 3.5 stars
Subway: 2.5 stars

im back from taiwan~!!! (more than a wk ago hurhur) overall it's been a great n fun trip.. we went to lotsa places thou we were on our own hurhur.. taiwan is a place of great food superb customer service n friendly pple!! summore e weather there is cooling de lor.. thou it rained for some days n the temp dropped to 15degrees!! *brrR* shall start blogging from day 1...