I'm impressed with my blogging speed this time round, haha. I am a weird person, its either i blog v v v fast, or i take years to blog, or might as well dont blog.

It's the last day. We checked out at about 11am, then went for breakfast cum lunch.


Went to have this famous dou jiang. Reviews all say that we should try their salty dou jiang, so we ordered that. Plus you tiao, dan bing and cong you bing. Ehh, both of us dun find the dou jiang nice. The food are too oily!


Went back to xi men ding for last minute shopping. I am only left with around S$40, and i spent all my money. Bought muah chee and hair clips, and hmm, a sunblock. Haha, i bought that bcos i am short of 1 stamp, then i can exchange for another gong zai at cosmed. I got a xiao wan zi this time round, happy~~~~~



This is random, i bought a coach wristlet at Taipei's airport.


And this marks the end of our Taipei adventure. Memorable points for this trip, hmmm, watching porn before bedtime, haha. Getting lost at Shida and Xi Men Ding. Bubble tea everyday.

Spending time with my bestie. Where shall our next destination be??

♥ 10:36 PM ♥

Almost nearing the end of our trip. Not much plans for today.

First, we headed to Hello Kitty Cafe, located at Zhong Xiao Fu Xing Station.
Read that its always packed, and its best to make reservations, but we were there early, so we managed to get seats.


A very sweet and cute place, reminded us of Sanrio Land.


This is our first decent meal in Taipei! Unbelievable right? This is already DAY 4!!! Wahaahaha. I had Seafood baked rice, Ping had Salmon Pasta. The set comes with soup, drink and dessert.



Next, shopping at underground malls. Great place to shop for shoes! i bought a total of 4 pairs, 2 @ NT 150 each, and 2 @ NT 350 each.

Hehe, i caught these 2 cute little bears. Looks exactly like the Rilakkuma which i like, but, the tag says its called tea tree bear. Haha. Quite easy to catch, both only cost me NT 70.


As we walked around, we saw this Havaianas shop, and they got this ti-kam machine. Each turn is NT 100. Haha, the minature slippers are too cute to resist. I spent NT 300, ping spent NT 200. N i broke my nail while opening the capsule, ouch~~~~


Visited Shida night market again. We had a deceiving man tou, followed by yogurt. Hmmm, that's bout all for dinner. Haha, Ping had an egg tart too. And i ate some sausages when i got back to xi men ding.


I think Shida is quite a nice place to shop. I like it more than Shilin now! After visiting Korea, accessories in Taiwan become so EXPENSIVE!!! The same pearl pearl earrings that i got in Korea for bout S$1, cost at least S$4 in Taipei! And that explains why i only got one pair there. Shida seems "BIG", the 2 stupid us kept turning round and round, no matter how we walk, we ended up at the bakery shop! Scary and funny, now that i recall, i still find it very funny. The 2 LU CHI! Hehehe

Loots for the day~~~~~


I like Day 4 the most!!!!!!!!

♥ 9:54 PM ♥

Day 3 is a scenery day. We were praying that the weather will be good, at least no rain, else it will ruin the whole plan! When i woke up, i checked the weather forecast, and its a sunny day. Yeah~~~~

We had our breakfast at 85 degree cafe, followed by Koi, warm bubble tea before embarking our journey to Jiu Fen.


At Taipei main station, according to the info that we gathered, we can either take a bus or a train. We wanted to take the bus initially, but after seeking the help of a local, plus i used to take a train to Ruifang for my last trip to Jiu Fen, we decided to give up the idea of taking the bus, and chose the train route instead. And i'm so glad that we made the correct decision, cos even with train, the journey is kind of long, i cannot imagaine the bus ride. Hahha..


At Ruifang, we need to take a bus up to Jiu Fen. Lots of Singaporeans... Hehe.


Finally there. Love the cooling air and scenic view.


When we got back to Ruifang, we saw a supermarket. And there we chiong for cup noodles and HI CHEW sweets. The staff must be thinking that this 2 little girls are crazy. Bought so many cup noodles and sweets. Ping kept saying that the beef noodles are a MUST-BUY! but i dont take beef, so i bought the pork one instead. Tried one yesterday, wah.... simply delicious, shiok ah, got real meat inside! regretted that i only bought 3.. Shd have bought more!!


Our next destination was dan shui. Actually i wanted to go to fisherman wharf as well de, but i forgot that we actually need to take a bus from dan shui, and we were too hungry! From morning till evening, we only ate a cake, drank a cup of bubble tea, plus sotong balls. Haha, so we hurried to find the shop that Jay Chou used to patronize.

This chicken drumlet plus wanton soup is called the Zhou Jie Lun's set meal, quite interesting hor. Auntie is so smart to use this tactic to attract customers. The chicken is yummy, think we're just too hungry bah!


Next up, we went to have our protrait drawn. I always wanted to do so, hehe, so finally got chance lo, the black and white one is NT 100, but i chose the coloured one at NT 350, plus frame NT 50. Haizzz, the frame cracked when i reached home. Sad.


Ping's turn. Herself plus bf. So sweet~~~~~ It's meant to be a gift for him!


The drawings took quite some time. After which, we hurried back to hotel to put our loots, then proceed to Shida night market. We reached there at about 1130pm, yet we wanted to take the last train back, so we only managed to shop for awhile. Despite the short time frame, we bought somethings, hehe, happy! Shida is a nice place to shop, so we visit it again the next day.

And yesterday, i mentioned about the nice dumpling from xi men ding. As we're still hungry, we had that for supper.


And we went to Cosmed for more mask. We buy masks on a daily basis.
I love Taiwan's stamp collection system to exchange for gifts. But cannot choose de, so i got an ugly one. Yeeeeek...

My loots for the day.

♥ 8:15 PM ♥

Day 2 is the most demoralizing day of the entire trip. It's raining and raining the whole day. Really makes us feel like going home. I even bought a pair of slippers and changed into it immediately, cos my pumps cannot take it le.....

We had Ah Xiong Mee Sua, and i bumped into Melissa there. We wanted to have huo guo together, but our schedule just cannot fit, so we shall meet in singapore instead.



After eating and shopping around xi men ding, we proceed to Wu Fen Pu. 3 years ago, when i visited that place, it was raining too, and as you know, it is a non-sheltered place, so it is really very irritating. I think we opened and closed our umbrella for hundred times that day. Haha.


Our lunch was super budget, NT 10, ru rou fan, cheap yet delicious. Slurps.


Despite the rain, we still endured and stayed at wu fen pu for a few hours before walking over to Raohe night market. I must say, it is really fortunate of us to have i-phone with our unlimited data plan! it is with the help of the map, that we managed to get to our destination with the heavy rain. Raohe night market is a boring place. I will not go there again.

Bought nothing, we had mango ice, yes, in that cold cold rainy weather, and hu jiao bing.


Went back to xi men ding. We had the yummy meatball plus melon soup. We used to have this almost everyday in my last taipei trip. Hehe. I like it, but i think ping dun really like. This shop sells nice dumpling too!

Then, I bought a corn from those pushcarts, looks delicious, but looks can be deceiving. Cost me NT 70, and it is not nice at all. Only ate a bit.

As we're too bored, we went ktv on our second night, nice and big room, with private toilet. I think their sound system is quite good. But duno y, we just cannot figure out how the singing rating thingy works.



That's the end of our day 2. My loots for the day.

♥ 12:31 AM ♥

I just feel like blogging about my Taipei trip. Hehe. Perhaps bcos we do not have that much photos as compared to my Korea trip. For Korea, the thought of collaging the photos just put me off.

My thought of this 5D4N Taipei trip. It's relaxing, no tight schedules, we woke up at 10am every morning, its a pure shopping and eating trip, plus some sceneries. Even though we ended up eating VERY little, and the both of us lose weight!! and for shopping wise, never shop much too. Haha. But i do enjoy the company of my travel mate, my second time travelling with ping, after Tokyo.

We started our trip with Wei Ming, sending us to the airport, and having our lunch there together. Wanted to have Popeyes, but it has closed down. So sad..... So we ended up with Killiney. Sian, i see that everyday, and even before my trip, i had that for lunch. Boooo....


We took Jetstar, and our tickets was booked in October last year, it was only $217 nett per pax. Super duper good deal!! Finally, we are on our way to Taipei. But got this crazy man on our plane, i duno what exactly he did, but apparently he blocked one of the emergency exit, and for safety reasons, the plane nearly got to u-turn back to changi airport. Phew... but in the end, never la! When we touched down at Taipei, he was arrested. Haha. What an experience!


We bought our calling card at the airport, then took freego bus to our hotel.
Love the location of our home in Taipei - Futurestar Hotel. We only paid $98 per pax for 4 nights. It is really very accessible, just 1 min walk from XiMenDing exit 6. Decent and clean hotel, with friendly reception auntie, cheap and good. Highly recommended!


After settling down, we set off to Shilin night market. For our dinner, we had the big famous chicken cutlet, bubble tea and shanghai fried bun.


Somehow, this time round, i dun feel Shilin is that nice to shop. Not anymore, unlike my first Taipei trip. So, for the entire trip, we only visited Shilin once.
And this is my day 1 loots from Shilin. Pathetic.

♥ 11:29 PM ♥