Merry Christmas to all today! all e best for year 2009 !

back from taiwan!

OMG I HAVE TO SAY TAIWAN = SHOPPING HEAVEN! The things are super cheap as compared to singapore! Especially in the night markets!! i want to go back to taiwan again, the weather there is really nice, between 8-22 degree celcius so cool! i made new friends too : sarah, jesslyn,pei li,qin ai . i m trying to look for them, jesslyn got my email but i dont have hers waiting for her to add me in friendster and facebook. when she adds, i will ask for sarah's email add and the rest. there's also one loner guy in the tour group with his father and mother. his parents are Ok, quite fun, but he doesnt really talk to anyone in the group unless someone asks him a question. it seems like we want to make friends with him but he doenst. so no one bothered. LOL. but well still trying to look for him. LOL . well be nice to ppl , at least ppl answer ur questions ! LOL LAME SIA.


Lets see what we did during the 8days trip:

Day 1- assemble at singapore t1 airport at 11pm ++(china airlines LOL )
-check in then go to departure, then 1am must be in the departure area
-take off at 1.30am (wees! OFF WE GO TO SHOPPING HEAVEN! )
-and there goes day 1 haix.


Day 2- reach taipei 1st
- went for breakfast at some hotel in tao yuan
-went to tamshui fisherman's whard(dan shui ma tou) to see love bridge
-then a little shopping in the dan shui area ! YAY SHOPPING cheap sia the things.
-then lunch at some restuarant where the design was so cool
-then went to "taipei 101"
-then went to HOTEL! its called " Brothers hotel" its a 5-star hotel, went to rest for a while
sleep for like 2hrs then off we go to shopping at night market(free and easy after checking into hotel)
-walked for like 1hr from hotel to "rao he jie night market:, the walk was expected to be only abt 20mins, we knew we walked for an hour!!
-shop and eat shop eat, then took taxi to XI MEN DING!!!!
-ximending rules man! so the young ppl stuff all there!! bought things there too!
-tired le, go back hotel sleep !

I BOUGHT : a pair of slippers(from Rao he jie),6pairs of earrings(from dan shui ma tou shopping area), a fashion tie(from dan shui ma tou), 1 handphone chain( from taipei 101) 2hoodies and a long selve shirt (from ximending), a handphone strap(xinmending), a belt(xinmending) ON THE 2nd day of my trip!


Day 3- went to Ye Liu to see the queen head stone(scenery of the sea so so nice )
- went to chiufen(pronounced as jiufen) to do a little shopping and have lunch
-then head to Hualien(took e 12.9km tunnel which took 14yrs to build.
-went to temple at Su Ao gang kou
-dinner at parkview hotel(5star)
-went to room to sleep at parkview hotel!

HERE'S A REALLY GOOD JOKE : HOW DO U PRONOUNCE "PARKVIEW"? THE NATIVES IN HUALIEN PRONOUNCES IT AS "FCUK U" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I bought: 4handphone chains thats all so sad aint it?


Day 4- went to some linzi tea centre
-some national park
-some memorial building
-then went to some temple
-then HOT SPRING!!! YAY!
i didnt buy anything that day.

Day 5- head for kaoshiung
-go to some temple and mountain(fo guang shan)
-went to some granite and jade factory
-went to the Asia's largest shopping mall with all branded goods-Dream mall with some stupid hello kitty ferris wheel that no one would take.
-dinner @ dream mall
-went to love river to take some stupid love boat, so super boring and the place stinks LOL
-went to hotel check in
-then went to liu he ye shi nothing de. so boring . i only bought 3 fashion ties and a ring for me and my mum

Day 6- went to ri ye tan(sun moon lake) scenery super nice there
-went to wen wu temple
-went to niu zhu wen hua chun ( formosan aboriginal culture) there got theme park!!! i went to play "space mountain and jurassic cruise". jurassic cruise damn boring dont go take. waste time only.
-headed to taizhong and check in hotel 1st
-then went to fong jia night market(bought alot of things from there , well not alot but quite a number)
-i bought: a new pair of specs with degree, a pair of boots, a pair of short pants, 2keychains
-after shopping off to hotel we go to sleep we stayed @ hua wang hotel


Day 7- went back to taipei
-went to the national palace museum to see all the artefacts, super boring i hate history.
-lunch
-then went to some place to get some tian lu jade thing to protect u if u are not christian
-went to rose garden(history again dont bother talking abt it) at the bottom of yang ming shan
-then went to see some changing shifts of some marching soldiers .
-went to shi lin night market there got alot of things to buy also, eat also
-i bought : a sling bag only i think forgot le lar.
-went back to brothers' hotel again

Day 8- flight is at 8pm back to singapore so from morning after breakfast, its free and easy time for u to shop.
-went to Sogo a nearby deparmental store in the morning
-then went back to Ximending again to great birthday presents for friends.
-i bought another wristband, a bracelet and 2 necklaces for myself.
-and one VERY IMPORTANT THING : I saw da jing gang ( a taiwan show host ) shooting a tv show there! OMG OMG OMG OMG!!! so cooL!
-back to to brother's hotel before 4pm
- took bus to taoyuan airport
-went to check in blablablabla
-8pm off we go back to singapore. 4hrs flight. BYEBYE TAIPEI HELLO SINGAPORE!

thats the end of my taiwan trip! made new friends, trying to get in contact with them! where are u ppl!!! i had alot of fun, really , where are u ppl??

xoxo,
cynthia