having afternoon coffee with geraldine...this is soooo relaxin...
waiting at the bus stop to go to HARRODS...hehhh
TAAAAdAAAA!!!!! we found HARRODS!! it's just on the left to my thumb...hehh
yummy king prawns with rice and some orange coloured sauce
i finally hugged a HARRODS bear....so cute...
it totally matched!
LONDON!!!!!!!!
i am tired from all the walking....so i had to drag my shopping bag in PRIMARK
too much.....too much CILLIA
we have to wait another 17mins before the bus arrivewhen it's too hot to hold the cup.. u just have do what the animals do...lick....lick....lick...
party outside bays water station.....our night time entertainment
Saturday, August 25, 2007
i had a really fulfilling week man...wake boarding..belly dancing...manicure and pedicure...clubbing with the girls...meeting up with my dear friend shimei...
wish i had more pictures though when i'm cutting the waves....but these are all i have at the moment...must bug my dar friend perkin to give the pictures to me...hehh...
gerri and i on the boat
the sun and view was fabulous on this part of the island
nooo more pictures pls....hehhh
huimin and celest outside zouk
i love Lush nails....i love sitting there on a lazy after noon having my nails pampered...
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
in the bus to our hotel....
our first meal in taipei....yums....stewed meat rice...fried oyster omelette...carrot cake...stewed eggs...thick soup...and most importantly...my fave bubble te with yummy pearls....
i am satisfied!!!!!!
we went shopping around in ximending...it was whole lot of fun.... but it was raining..really damped our mood by alot....but we managed to get what we wanted....gerri got her photo album...and i got tons of shoes...from just 2 hrs of shopping...hehhh i've beat my own record le!
my mango ice!!!
after shopping...we decided to head to some nail parlour to get our nails done...and finally not in red....hehhh....we totally enjoyed the experience..but.... i was sooo tired from the morning flight... i dozed off halfway during the manicure....hahahhaa.....while gerri watched transformer while having her nails done....
after our nails....there was even more shopping!!!!!!cos it rain finally stopped!!!! while i was indulging myself into more shoes....i saw the cutest thing on earth besides charcoal,beibei and susu.....it was XIAO HUA!!!!!!!the brown poodle.....my fave....
after much shopping we decided to head back to the hotel.... but before we do that ...we cannot miss out on the ZHeng Zhong Mee Sua..yummms....and other taiwanese delicacies....yums....
our spread!!!!!!!
day2:
started our day with yummy lunch at Mr. Brown....hehh....i had nice chicken thigh with rice stuffed in it....cool eh....and gerri had curry spaghetti....and our yummy....soup bread....with stirred eggs inside....yummmsssss....
after lunch ....we walked to the nearest train station to take the tube to Wu Fen Pu....the best shopping place in Taipei ....not forgetting shilin tooooo!!!!!!
this is the new token i've seen... guess what is it for....hehhh u'll nv guess it right....
it's the train ticket.....hehhh.... tricky ehh.....hehh
yea!!!!!!! on our way to WuFenPu.....yippeee!!
after WuFen Pu...we heard from the locals that there is a nice food market nearby....so we searched and searched...and we found it....LAO HE Night Market!!!!!! it was really good....stufff.....hehhh....yums...we had ma la huo guo....yums....and followed on by ice cream muah cheee.....wooooohooooo!!!!!!
yeah!!!we found wu fen pu....and this was only the beginning!!!!
our steam boat with unlimited flow of wintermelon tea and red tea....which pretty much tasted the same.....and for the first time i had smelly tofu.....ew....and it was by mistake....i tot it was some tao gua....but it was not....it was damn potent... i spat it right out.....ew......sad....i can still smell it in my breathe....hahahaha.. i am so good at exaggerating stuff....
yumssss ice cream muah cheeeeee
day3:
we started our day really late....cos of all the night markets....
but first we must satisfy our stomach with yummilicious pork chop noodles soup...woohooooo.....it was really good... one of the best i've ever had...=)))
hoping my food will quickly come...hehhh
after singing we headed to Shilin Night Market....yeah!!!! shopping and eating again.... but when we reached the station it started pouring like nobody's business....sob sob....
bumped into ZHANG DONG LIANG halfway shopping....how can i not take a picture with him....
but we had fun though....and another night of pigging out....yumsss...with all taiwanese street delicacies....
day4:
started out day really late....cos we heard of the typhoon..and it rreally dampeded all our spirits...so we decided to go to TAIPEI 101 shopping mall to check it out..since it's gg to rain anyway....hehh...we will just stay indoor....
taipei 101
satisfied....
i had to do this.... i am just a self-entertainer.....hehh
writing a postcard home
done!!!
dropping it into the mail box
day5:
sighhh....it's time to go home....we really had a good time in taipei..on our way in the cab...gerri and i had this conversation about our whole trip and how we felt about it... i tot it was really nice....finally heading home to face my music.....anyway we had another drama at the airport...cos we might not be able to catch the plane...and the plane might not take off...cos of the typhoon...anyway everything went smoothly...but it was a really frightening experience....the plane almost couldn't take off....and the plane was shaking so badly even before it started taxiing....goshhh....and when it finally took off....there were several drops during the take off....super scary.... but we were really glad we landed into Singapore safe and sound....a wonwderful trip indeed...high five GERRI!!!!!!!
home sweet home...