Sunset @ Taipei

Beauty of Mother Nature

Opal Lives in Taipei

Holiday to Taipei, Taiwan 10 – 15 September 2005

10 September 2005

1230 board Jetstar 3K521
1715 reach Taipei Chung Cheng airport 中正機場
1730 Collect Luggage and buy bus tix. We took Free GO (飛狗) BUS to hotel...
1830 reach holiday inn asiaworld 環亞 and check-inn
1900 Asiaworld foodcourt makan and we met Laurie and she bring us to Raohe Night Market and we walk walk.. eat eat .. drink drink
2300 We took BUS Number 306 back to the hotel....before we go back hotel we went to HI LIFE (convenience shop) to buy tibits n drink.
2400 Tired & Sleep..

I spent about 800NT for DAY 1.... includes transport, makan, shopping...est.($40.00) DAY1 PIC

11 September 2005

0800 Good Morning..
0900 Yum Yum Breakfast @ holiday-inn cafe
0930 Walk to Jie Yun 捷運 @ Nanjing East Station to XinPu 新埔Station
1010 Reaached Xinpu station and we Met JS Li... He drove us to San Xia 三峽, 霛隱寺 Lin YIn Shi..i always want to go in my dream.. met many seniors and elders...
1245 Went to Ming Dao Su yuan and we had lunch there and met more elder and seniors.. we visited the place and saw many things we dun get to see in SIN...and we played water in the river..
1430 JS Li send us to Xinpu station
1515 we met Laurie at Taipei MAIN Station...and we went to CKS Memorial Hall
1630 we went to NTU...not Nanyang Technological University but National Taiwan University @ Gong Guan Station. we tried to walk into the courtyard of NTU but was too hungry and tired to continue the journey.. we gave up and opt to go 吃東西... so we went to catch some makan opp road...we 吃東西、買東西、吃東西、買東西、 again and was really really tired, we took a rest at the STARBUCKS.
2000 Took bus number 284 to Ji Long road and went to Ling Jiang Night Market...
2215 finished xia ping and we took BUS 282 back to our hotel...
2300 Home sweet Home ::DAY 2::

12 September 2005

0900 Good Morning..
1000 Breakfast @ cafe and came back to room and clear our emails....
1230 Laurie came and bring us out... we bought our easy card to we took jie yun
1300 We reached Zhong Xiao Dong Road and we visted SOGO... and we walk around the plc..and we saw this interesting restuarant.. all the things inside our very oldies.. maybe the 50's or 60's..?? we had our lunch there..
1600 After shopping around the area we took jie yun to SUn YAT SEN Memorial Hall and we went to a garden and we saw the Ah Pin GE.. knocked off work and the flag down ceremony... very interesting to see them marched..very different from the way SAF march...and we walk all the way to Taipei City Hall and to TAipei 101.. we met Laurie's friend who worked there and managed to get a discount tix up the 101!! thank god... we are so lucky..and we took many many pics and after that we took jie yun again to Long Shan Temple.. we went to the temple and Hua Xi Jie..we shop around and we find tat we dun like the place... we saw snake.. turtle..? and R-rated stuff... |||
2230 Opps we missed our dinner... we took a train to DAAn station and we had sweet potatoes porriage @ the nearby shop.. we chop chop eat cos we need to finish eating fast and catch the train back b4 12...(Cinderella) ::DAY 3::

13 September 2005

0600 Very Good Morning... we have to wake up early and meet laurie @ 0800 Jiandan Station
0800 We reached JianTan station and we took bus S15 to Yangmingshan...we went hiking. The place is awesome. the place is beautiful.. see the pics and you will noe..
1130 We took bus s15 and change 206 and finally 108 to to see sulphur at the 小油坑....
1300 finally we went hotspring!!! @ Spring Resort Hotel!!! it cost 900NT for unlimited hotspring wif hi-tea. i find the price worth.. we spent good time there...n watched the sunset too
1930 We took the shuttle bus and tranfer jie yun and we reached shilin night market...
1145 tired and home sweet home ::DAY4::

14 September 2005

0800 wake upcall
we went xindian 新店 Bi Tan Scenic Spot 碧潭風景區...got boat ride too....
then went ximen 西門and to dan shui 淡水... fisherman’s wraft 漁人碼頭.... old st. 老街....supper ||dou jiang you tiao|| 豆漿油條 ::DAY5::

15 September 2005

Going back to Singapore today and will definitely miss Taipei. I will have to go back to my normal routine work and school.
We took Free Go Bus to the airport around one thirty for 135NT per pax. The bus tour us around taipei and reached the airport @ abt 2pm.
And now i'm writing the blog on the plane Jetstar 3K522 with my fujitsu laptop 6120... Singapore I'm back..

I love taiwan .. I love the People here.. they are 彬彬有禮 polite and friendly... and the customer service is BANG!! EXCELLENT!!! kids here are well trained too... EVERY THING IS GOOD!!!
Things i See in Taiwan which we don't get to see in Singapore...

Other than places of interest is different (of course).. the traffic is in another direction and way the people here lives are different too!!!

1. At the Train Station, everyone will take their initiative to keep right and the left lane will be "overtaking"...
2. At the Train Station, everyone will queue in the line to wait for train boarding and will let passenger alight first!!..unlike Singapore where everyone will squeeze all the way in.
3. And the customer service is Taiwan is way far better than us. They were polite. In the night market, we won't get scolded for not buying. and they will ensure we pay for the value. 服務周到， 笑臉迎人 .. serve with a smile.. customer will buy and feel happy
4. Teenagers here are well dressed and discipline unlike what i see in our country.
5. At the Train Station, there is even VOLUTEERS. They will make sure things is inorder and assist us (Tourist). What we don't see in Singapore.
6. The pace here is just right..not too fast..not too slow...
7. Safety was not a concern. at least i feel safe when i'm there and i'm taking public transport everyday... When is late, there is even security petrol at the train platform.

and more more more.... you will know when u by chance visit taiwan. When i was here i was so impressed by this place and think that we (singapore) still have many rooms for improvements..
I will be back to taiwan again and will bring my grandma along...

Acknowledgement:
Thanks Laurie for bringing us around and din even charged us a single cent and you even have to fork money to bring us around. ** Laurie has to spend money buy Swimming Costume @ S$40 just to bring us to hotspring and not to disappoint us. You bring us to good places, good foods and many many...
If Laurie din bring us around, i doubt we can cover so many places. We not only covered the places we want to go but Laurie brought us to unexpected nice places such as Bi Tan… xiao you keng… etc
many many thanks to you and 503 always... hope to see you again soon..be it Taiwan or Singapore or anywhere... All the best to you and good luck for your studies.

||I'm uploading my photos.. shld be ready soon||

Our Family

Family Photo taken on 31 August 2005

This is our last family picture. 31 August 2005 marked the last day of work for our CCE dad. We arranged a farwell lunch and celebrates his 60th Bday. I'm HAPPY for him cos he can retired and enjoy life with his family. but SAD to see him leaves us... Reminds me the days we used to work with/under him. .. will missed those days.....
Anyway..天無不散之宴席 .. lifes still continues on... and shall now being our steps to the NEXT mountain peak.....

more pics

Bite

It seems to be a usual saturday... we drove my grandma place and head towards the east. ::EAST COAST PARK:: But realised it wasn't that usual! Desmond forgotten his tools to build his sandcastle...so i accompany him back to the car to take his barang.. while this take place..i got a KISS... by someone i don't know and i don't even now i dunnoe who has gave me the kiss!!
the kiss was terrible... at first it was a small red dot.. i quickly go wash wif salt water and apply oil...but it doesn't help..it's getting itchy itchy n itchy...the night passed and next morning...
my leg became red and swollen... i cannot tahan until night i go see doc and was given injection!!! and as at today..i tink i running fever..but it's less swollen..haiz..what can be tat poisonous...??? i dun understand..who can tell me???
i want to go taiwan liao leh... don't let me be sick..k.... pray pray...