Taiwan 2010 - Day 3

23rd May (Sun)

中正纪念堂 / 周杰伦 / 淡水

was raining for the whole day..sian..and glad tat din rain yest, else spoil the day.. at least today is kinda relaxing planned trip.. woke up late due to tiring yest.. 12+ set off to 中正纪念堂.. ready our windbreaker and umbrella.. took some pics and tk shelter under 中正纪念堂.. suddenly, to our surprise, we get to see the ceremony of changing shift of the guide soldiers, which held every hr.. woo.. but the ceremony takes a bit long..ard 9 mins..but is really different from the way they march..




woo.. gona 2pm le.. rush bk to 西门盯 to attend 周杰伦签唱会..just in time~ and i gt a gd position, thou blocked by one tree..but stil gd view.. haha..was raining again and umbrellas blocked the view.. and one special thing is theres one jay chou superman figure holding one bunch of balloons.. tats kinda cute..sang 超人不会飞, den tv interviews, den ready for autography session..



used this session to fill up stomach first.. went bk to the place we planned on 1st day.. 金园排骨@萬年大樓 basement.. ordered 排骨面(NT$100), 鸡腿饭 (NT$110), 炸豆腐 (NT$40).. wah.. the food quality stil as gd as i ate previously.. the meat is real tender.. and the dou fu is very crispy outside.. must try again nxt time~.. hee..


zoom bk to jay chou side.. stil gt pple queueing..and i was in the queue too.. and again, start to rain..haiz.. jacket, umbrella time.. at this moment, was thinkg hw long r we gona wait? like kinda waste time here? in the end, gave up..den went to the front there tk closer pics of jay.. den the host announced tat pple without the queue no. can start to get signature liao.. and i see the queue like.. damn fast.. den.. haha.. zoom bk to the queue..and indeed, fast..and i was excited liao! woo~ and think my smile is the happiest throughout my trip..duno y.. hmm~ haha! was nt allowed to tk pics when go out..k lor,, i tk video.. haha.. =X managed to catch a bit of him..and no shaking of hand! wah lao.. sad.. is juz 15secs on the stage~ so fast! or cos is raining? so they fast fast? haiz.. nm..waited for the whole session to end, and caught the ending part..and end of jay chou~~ heee.. really lucky to clash with his released album promotion session.. ^^



bk to hotel, rest awhile, and time for 淡水..quite few pple.. cos raining?? went for its 阿给，鱼丸汤，米粉 (NT$30 each), 阿给 - dou gan packed with dong fen and covered with fish paste.. must-try food when u reach 淡水.. 阿婆铁蛋 (NT$100 per pack)，阿妈的酸梅汤 (NT$25) must-try drink..




Next will be my 1st trip, out of taipei to kaohsiung and taizhong..

Taiwan 2010 - Day 2

22nd May (Sat)

野柳 / 九份 / 基隆

today will be gng for 3 places, and bus travel time will be long too..so i planned for the 2nd day of the trip.. hotel provides free breakfast and delivers to us by hanging the brkfast on the door knob..


early morn, went to get our Easy Card (NT$500), refundable.. took mrt to 台北车站. den realised something! i forgot that theres timing for the bus departure! planned to tk 815am bus, but if missed tat, the nxt bus will be at 1215pm! omg.. was rushing like mad, thou already past 815am le..but juz try our best..haiz.. and.. was kinda lost in this big mrt interchange.. we should exit at Z3 to 台北西站A棟 Taipei West Bus Station, den take Guo Guang (國光客運) bus no. 1815 <台北 － 金山> heading to 金山, alighting at 野柳 station. cost ard NT$102 per person one way, ard 1-1.5hrs journey.. pls take note of the bus timing.. was glad tat today is sat and more time schedule is catered for wkend..phew..else, plan spoil..


Reached there ard 1.5hrs later..had to walk all the way to the end of the street, along the way, will see fishing harbour, seafood resturant


Tada~ reached Yeliu Geopark 野柳地质公园. entrance fee NT$50. Opening hours: 0800 to 1800 (May-Sept).. spent ard 3 hrs at there..haha..so for photographers..can estimate ur timing spent at there.. =D was a nice place..and finally get to go there before the 女王头 neck breaks.. so better hurry~! weather is really hot.. haiz.. tried their local 爱玉(NT$30), 蚵仔煎(NT$60)




Next will be heading to 九份.. walked back to opp bus stop and waited for bus for <金山 － 基隆>.. journey ard 50mins.. den chg bus for <基隆－(瑞芳－九份)－金瓜石>.. journey ard 50mins.. reached there ard 4pm..crowded again due to wkends.. ate handmade fuzhou fishballs / sotong balls (NT$40 each), snail x 3 (NT$100), taiwan sausage (NT$40)..bought pineapple tarts (NT$420), egg rolls (NT$120).. saw one long queue for yam cake? curious abt it, so queue and buy.. hmm~ nt nice..haha.. spent ard 2 hrs there..


Next will be heading to 基隆 庙口夜市.. last time din manage to go there due to rainy day.. from 九份, go to opp bus stop and wait for bus for <金瓜石 － 基隆>.. wah.. so many pple! actually there has 2 night markets, 爱四路 and 庙口夜市.. ordered one drink 纎珍珠, instead of 冬瓜茶.. nt tat nice.. haiz.. ate one bowl of handmade 豆花＋花生＋粉圆 (NT$45)..nt bad..but the dou hua nt tat smooth as sg's. finally reached 庙口夜市.. is rather cramp there, nt enuff walking space, esp during wkends..wanna eat also sian..and some food looks full..ate my 盐酥鸡 (NT$50) at stall 35, 鲁肉饭 braised pork rice (NT$20)＋ 肉羮 (NT$40) at stall 31..and their local fav 木瓜牛奶 (NT$40)..



after tat, took train bk at 基隆车站 from 基隆 to 台北 (NT$43).. on my way bk to hotel, surprised to see 50嵐, sg's Koi Cafe~ ordered 百香红茶 (NT$30) yummy~..

tonite is a sway nite.. i was abt to bathe..and suddenly i heard some noise, is from the bathroom curtain.. is PEELING off~.. omg! faster wear bk my clothes..and.. inform the hotel pple..haiz.. they offered us another room for bathing only and paste newspaper on the windows.. pengz.. is impossible, cos..next morn stil need to bathe, and no extra rooms for us too.. so in the end, they DIY by tking out the curtain roll? and roll back the curtain..to a standard length..and tell us try nt to adjust the curtain, leave it as it was..haiz.. they will call the technician to fix it.. well, nxt day stil the same~ but better than none.. no choice..

Taiwan 2010 - Day 1

21st May (Fri)

机场 / 西门盯

Going Taiwan for my 3rd time..hee.. taking Jetstar to Taipei..the flight timing really sux..reached TPE @ 1830.. at the right of the arrival exit, went get free Youth Travel Card for discount in selected places.. this is only for tourists aged till 30 yrs old.. so, better hurry~! at the left of the arrival exit, went for airport transfer by FreeGo!.. direct transport from airport to hotel.. one return trip NT$260.. this time will be staying at Neijiang Hotel 內江商旅 @ 西門町.. need to call hotel for reservation.. wkend price (NT$1580), wkdays price (NT$1380).



wah, reach hotel was like already 840pm liao..did some washup and zoom to 西門町. so crowded as usual..went to our 1st stop, 阿宗麵線.. ordered 2 small bowls (NT$45 each)..


and walked to where we planned for our dinner 金园排骨@萬年大樓 basement)..but reached there too late, shop was closed..no choice, went for small foods liao..went explore 西門町 and bought our fav bbq sotong (NT$110)~ missed tat since my last trip.. big and Q~ had my 1st bittergourd juice with honey (NT$45).. hoho.. nvr try b4 ba? the bitter taste still okie for me.. yummy~ next, followed by smelly smell~ yes! is 臭豆腐 time (NT$45)~! 4 small cubes of toufu with some cabbage.. so-so taste.. bought Starfruit juice (NT$30) and went to Sophisca, candy shop with cute funny shapes..


and my 1st try of 鹹水雞 chix in salt water (NT$130).. tot will be whole chix only, but mixed with some other veg..hmm..can give a try, but i wun get it nxt time.. haa..

Medical records

finally feel recovered from sore throat and gum.. thanks god..

haiz.. duno y like tat also.. din really eat alot of fried food? drank a lot of water also~.. but y? cos of bad weather ba? and body is damn heaty.. sore throat, let me think, sore almost 1 mth? on off..den happily lead to my gum sore~ more worse.. yup, i have extracted ONE side of wisdom..so swollen part is non-extracted side..and tis time is.. the top part swollen, and nt bottom.. (long tm no experience the pain.. =( pain till wakie me up.. hate this feeling.. mk me hv to tk one panadol in order to cont my sleep..

seen 3 docs for throat.. MAC lozenges..tats what i aiming for..
1st time see dentist for my gum.. $20.. for mouthwash~

and they cure me.. dentist said.. listerine is too strong for my gum? instead give me their clinic recommended mouthwash.. and still waiting for nxt yr for wisdom tooth extraction..

forgot to mention something..one fine day, was surfing omy.sg..then gt one portion on horoscope..and *ding ding* it said..for Aries, Gum will sore! wah pengz..where gt so zun one?

Jay Chou Concert 2010 Tic Queue

jay last concert in sg (18 jan 2008).. and nw he's bk again.. after few movies, drama making.. album is coming out in May, concert is coming in July.. woo~~ FInallY

tis yr is his 10yrs anni.. so shld be a special yr for him? duno.. but.. dun increase the concert price mah..haiz.. is getting more ex..and the price + seating category, so weird..haven seen one concert with this arrangement b4 also.. and of cos..the BUYING of the tic.. is.. *thumbs up* *shake head*

1st nite (24 jul) sold out in 2 hrs.. tat day 14 april, cant even login to Sistic main page, omg.. and i noe..sure sold out one.. and cfm will hv 2nd nite! shld i wait or try my luck by gng down sistic counter and queue?? tried 45mins refreshing the site.. useless at all!! maybe is the network connection? =X gave up.. went down and queue.. but queue less than 20mins? overheard pple say all sold out..else.. left single seats..well done.. and soon, the crowd disperse~ SOLD OUT.. sian.. wats next.. wait for the release date for 2nd nite tic purchase~

2nd nite (23 jul) sold out in 2.5hrs? today 22 april, din even wanna try login to Sistic main page, instead go queue!! overnite~ wah.. my 1st time.. given to Jay liao..1st time queueing overnite for tic purchase.. k la, i din queue, my frens did..i do shift.. =X din expect frens wanna go buy too.. so might as well..and surprisingly is 1st grp.. went indoor queue..and quite a num of pple already there when i reached to join my fren.. went bk at 11plus and bk at 6am plus.. omg, num of cars increased in the carpark, num of grps of pple increased~ so many pple!! and decided to upgrade my purchase..haa.. since i spent so much time in this, dun wan waste it by juz looking at small jay on the stage!! jay better perform well and mk us happy tat nite.. oops =X

9am starts!! Sistic counter haven open!! wth..901am.. 1st counter is open.. my fren went 1st..and 1st thing the Sistic staff said.. 228 no more available.. WHAT?! is ridiculous.. nt even a single seat..can imagine that?? every seat is been locked and reserved.. and.. stil hv to wait for another 10 mins to b released.. wah lao.. is really fedup..even Cat 2 also jialat.. at this time.. pple behind..starts to complain, tok, shout.. y tk so long?? hg sistic is moving, muz is selling at there! hw come here so slow~~? hey pple, is nt our prob, as if we wan to mk it slow.. we queue so long and yet a single seat also unavailable.. we more frustrated than u~~! Sistic pple cant even get the seats.. wat can we do?? WAIT lor! so sux.. and i duno y they stil wan to mk 12 more Sistic areas to operate at 9am??? sure JAM one mah!! and a guy from 2nd grp shouted back to the rest in the queue.. everyone silent.. and thanks to him for telling them is nt the 1st grp fault, dun blame them~ they cant even get the tic.. BUT the 2nd grp gt it!!! 7 tic of 228..and we stil TRYG hard~~. unfairrrrr... in total, took 1.5 hrs to get what we want, and.. some of our tickets cant even print out!! PRINTERS spoil also!! i gt nth to say.. nt the 1st time liao, and Sistic shld really think abt it and execute alternate ways..

think if frens no suggest queue overnite, i dun think i might get tic?? nt sure.. but glad i gt it.. heng sway ba.. JAY!!! thanks to him... -_-"

and even up to STOMP!! haha..~


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17 April 2010 - Mayday DNA Unlimited Edition Concert

yup, is MAYDAY concert again.. think almost every yr will have their concert at least once? hee.. to recall, think i went to almost every single concert they held in singapore.. and of cos one in TW, which is under a cool nite condition.. heee.. imagine wearing winter wear, singing their songs highly~ while grabbing the warming bag in the pocket..

at least this time is their 1st official outdoor concert. At NATIONAL STADIUM! *Hope nt the last one. When was ur last tm entering national stadium??? think is my YOuth Day marching in Secondary sch?? hahaha.. suddenly recalled my pri sch sport day is held in there too.. so fun!!

Came with 3-tonnes, 9 metres? height of Transformer and 2 mins of fireworks for concert closure. woo.. Did they have firework in their TW concert b4? hmm...
At least gt something new from their usual expected style of concert ba.. hee..

But stil, everyone is singing happily almost every song. Me, stood throughout, but sat down for one song.. cos bit backache le..and somemore im stil in recovering stage.. but indeed, sweating can mk sick pple feel better.. Cool~










我给你自由。。我给你自由。。我给你全部全部全部全部自由~
Ends with Fireworks~

Wisdom Tooth Extraction

19th Jan.. my big day to stop one part of my pain when i get heaty..

ya.. gona extract my wisdom tooth..finally! ever since i said tat for yrs..haiz.. was really sad whenever i get heaty..cos gum will start to get pain, and swollen til cant even close my teeth, cos of the swollen gum.. and directly causing me nt to enjoy my food everytime.. and worse stil is.. cos one side is in pain, so hv to use another side to chew my food.. and den too much of chewing process will also mk the side in pain soon! thats the worst part.. and can even happily switch the painful-to-painless and painless-to-painful side, immediate effect.. cool~ and counted.. it took 1 mth 1 wk to fully recover for both side.. haha..

so extraction is the best thing.. 2pm visit my dentist in Aljunied.. 1st thing, dentist injected my gum to mk it numb.. pain..but no choice.. but the numbness took quite fast to get effect.. and..mouth numb is really quite an interesting feeling..haha.. half tongue will get numb too..and need force and strength to swallow saliva too..after tat went for tooth xray..din expect mouth numb will cause a bit of dizziness..but juz try hard to be strong.. den dentist asked me to bite on one thing, face in front of the mirror, and the machine will juz go round my head to get the tooth xray.. den go to another room for another xray? and asked me bite something again..wah sian.. mouth numb liao leh.. no strength to bite leh.. =( finally get a rest on the chair..and ready for extraction at anytime

decided to extract my upper and lower left wisdom tooth.. duno wat the doc did..and can only feel the pull and push..den was closing my eyes for awhile..feel some thread feel on my lip, opened my eyes and saw the thread~ dentist is stitching my gum.. and oh, man.. saw the needle head~! den closed my eyes again..no thinkg of anything.. juz curious hw he stitches.. hoho.. and tada~ done! rinse my mouth by tilt my head to my left a bit.. den saw my tooth on the tray.. wah.. in complete shape sia..so big..

lie down again..and feel pain.. dentist injects on my upper gum again.. numbness once again~ more worse.. den pull and push moreee.. and tats it.. so fast.. dentist informs me nt to rinse my mouth for the rest of the day.. thread will dissolve, if not, come bk and remove the thread.. and 4 days mc.. woo~~

face swollen.. and numb feeling of mouth.. hoho.. so funny feel.. keep touching and poke lightly on my face.. but few hrs ltr.. in pain!! wah sian.. the pain making me feel v sad.. and duno wat shld i do.. no mood at all, cant concentrate at anything.. and the gauge in my mouth mking it worse.. juz wanna remove or change it.. while changing, also feel dizzy.. haiz.. heng no faint.. glad tat no longer bleed after changing for 2nd time.. thou feel better without the gauge in the mouth, but pain feeling is in torture.. nw..only wish to eat my porridge and eat painkiller.. took ard 1hr+ to get effect..so longggg... den go zz liao..

woo~ 2nd day.. no more pain~ was v happy.. BUT! face swollen~ the jaw there.. sian.. izzit normal? but rather see my face swollen than dun wan pain..can feel the muscle v tight and heavy~ 3rd day also swollen, but less tight muscle.. 4th day also bit swollen.. but at least each day getting bit better.. hope can recover til i go bk to work on mon! no more V chin~

3D2N in KL 2009

Took Jetstars to KL for 55 mins journey for 100bucks. weather seems bad in there? as v v cloudy. and scare tat the next 2 days will hv thunderstorm. pray hard.

wah, feel tat can be lost in KL airport..even hv to tk aerotrain to check out..den tk express train to KL Sentral station


in order to reach our hotel ParkRoyal Hotel by Monorail to Bukit Bintang.. finding monorail location is a big challenge.. nt gd direction is shown.. haiz..and really finding our way there..and yeah, we r proud tat we mk it! haha.. anyhw one. hee..


as stil early for check-in, we went for lunch 1st.. so hungry..and went nearby and had Bak Kut Teh.. one bowl for 14RM.. ex?


den came pass one stall selling Hiong Piah, cool~ noe where to buy food for my dad liao. back to hotel, tot can go in room le.. who noes we were directed to have a free fruit punch while stil waitg for our room.. so phototaking again.. room seems small..den realise twin bedroom even bigger than queen one.. nm, at least gt a nice view of outside..



went shopping ard Sungei Wang, BB Plaza..den blur blur go out of the building and decided to go find wheres Jalan Alor, so tat at nite wun get lost! haha.. Jalan Alor, a street for Makan at nite! Bk hotel for free shuttle bus service to KLCC (KL City Centre) for twin tower and Suria KLCC for shopping.. so crowded on sun + sch holidays.


so today took day and nite scene of Twin tower.. nite scene of twin tower indeed v nice.. the brightness of it..



FOr dinner at Jalan Alor.. u will find many Zi Char stalls, pple shouting for u to come eat at their stall.. tink almost selling the same food, juz see which stall u like.. for our 1st dinner, we ordered stingray, Kangkong, and frens-recommended hokkien mee.. stingray realy hot! even i requested bit chilli pls.. terrible..haha.. but eat until shiok, i can say.. den gt one standalone stall, displaying many raw food, and service is - pls cook by urself.. diff sauces are provided - sweet sauce (those for zhu chang fen), chilli sauce in hot and spicy type.. price ard 3-4RM.. well, when walking, juz tk care of ur belongings, and look ard the pple near u.. bit scary.. haha.. =X





2nd Day
715am for shuttle bus for Skybridge free visit! who noes, every monday is their maintenance day~ so PLS! dun go on MON~ SKybridge visit is closed on MONs.. haiz.. waste our sleeping time~ =( so tired.. haha.. but at least the clouds today is nice! and thus phototaking again!~ hoho..


as stil early, planned to have our brkfast at Suria KLCC foodcourt for Roti Canai (Roti Prata),


den go visit KL Tower, den bk to KLCC for Little Penang, then to chinatown.. walking to KL Tower from KLCC, was tiring.. is a long way along Jalan Ramlee.. and will hv a free shuttle service to tower at the basement in 15mins interval. din go for observation deck (38RM for adult). so juz walk ard..


and bk to KLCC again..hee.. we waited for Little Penang for its Nasi Lemak and Assam Laksa for 9.80 RM each..


after tat, bought one Rotiboy bun.. wah.. tats really gd food.. crispy and nice taste.. din noe tat sg has it previously, but has been closed down. took RapidKL line from KLCC to Pasar Seni.. heng quite near to Petaling street. is KL's chinatown, in a form of '+' shape.


den walk to Maharajalela station bk to Bukit Bintang. Bk hotel rest awhile, den go Times Square..and to their Theme park inside.. yeah. is indoors.. from decent shopping area to far-east-plaza shopping area to theme park~ within one shopping mall.. really big.. y all the shopping mall so big one? can get lost again.. haha..


after tat bk to Jalan Alor for dinner.. ordered Fried oyster, La La, salted egg with Sotong, hokkien mee again.. end of 2nd day




3rd day
as usual, bk to queue for Skybridge free visit.. so many pple already start to queue liao, b4 8am, thou tic only issue after 830am.. took tic for 945am one.. quickly had Nasi Lemak at foodcourt den go for visit le..


Starting, we were brought to one room for video watching which is in 3D form. after tat, were brought to level 41 and allowed only 10 mins on the skybridge for photo taking~.. so little time..haha.. queue up early morn for 10mins.. hee.. ya, can see the KL landscape..but maybe too early liao, sun was too bright..anyway, free one mah.. no complaints..


last phototaking with twin tower again~ den go for A&Ws Rootbeer float! and RotiBoy~ and bk to hotel for checkout.. went Jalan Alor for lunch.. 龍記 for its wanton mee, roasted duck mee, fried wanton. the mee nt bad wor.. v nice..


den had last shopping and off to airport liao.. had a slurp at Starbucks Coffee


and bye KL, hi SG~

updated slide

hoho.. uploaded some pics for my slides 2009~.. heee