Taipei Day Three

Dropped by Wufenpu shortly to pick up some T-shirts for the Cow, hoping that I'll bump my way back to the shops I lost yesterday. Sadly I had to leave waving my white flag to the maze and empty handed without any bags.

Next stop, Ximending.
Picked up a cheap pair of jeans outside the Red House, ahhhh the Red House, the shops in there were just superbly zakka style (did I mention I love zakka?). The merchandises in there are pretty expensive, but every item is well worth the price. We came out with a bagful of items ranging from T-shirt to postcards, cell phone pouch and stickers.

Crossed the street and we've reached the heart of Ximending, overwhelmed with neon sign boards, eateries, hawkers and shops. Dishes we tried here, stinky tofu (臭豆腐), local pancake (車輪餅), local style kebab.

The stuff in the shops are reasonably priced, otherwise... cheap. Despite the low prices, bargaining with a bit of small talk, the prices dropped even further.

Once again, din't manage to grab any bags there, they are more for teenagers, PVC slings and haversacks doesn't really go for me. But I did bagged another pair of boots which is pretty cheap IMO, SGD 28.50.

Last stop, Shi Da night market.
Mainly food and cheap kawaii and girly stuff. Had high hopes for it since I've heard so much good reputation about it, rather disappointing in terms of shopping, but the food is pretty good there. We managed to try the cold salty chicken (鹹水雞), herbal duck vermicelli (當歸面綫), oyster omelette (蚵仔煎).

Taipei Day Two

Agenda of the day: Wu Fen Pu (五分埔), shopping arcades: NY NY, Neo 19 Shopping Center.

Started off the day trying to find the nearest metro so we could get to Wu Fen Pu for some clothes shopping. In our stumbling about trying to get to the metro station, we found Taipei's Suicide squad... investigation squad I should say.After a little confusion we made it there ok.So many shops to choose from and so easy to get lost. Mainly got boots and a few T-shirts and tops. Sadly only bag I wanted to get I couldn't find my way back to the shop once lost in the maze.

Rather than spend the whole day at 1 venue, we made our way to Taipei city centre to try find my beloved Daiso at the New York New York shopping centre. I've said before part of the fun of exploring a new holiday destination is the getting lost. As such we had a lot of fun making our way there. On the way finding out how to get to Taipei 101, currently the tallest building in the world.

Cow decided to make a note of the showings of "Avatar" in 3D as hopefully we'll be able to catch a showing while we're here. Also while at it, managed to finally activate our prepaid WiFi card. just SGD$20 per month for unlimited and pretty fast internet access!

Had to make a move before midnight in order to catch the last train back to he hotel and rest up ready for another day. Well that was the plan but I guess the excitement of being here got the better of us and we didn't get to sleep till way past three in the morning!

Day One Part II

After ranting on day one of our trip, the rest of the evenings once we reached our hotel, there's hardly any energy left to blog. Hence apart from the first entry, the rest are post entries.

Day One
We were pretty adventurous, despite this is our first trip here, we opted for a bus and finding our way to the hotel rather than taking a cab. It was a pretty long walk (and aimless one as well) to our accommodation from the Taipei main station.

With a map in hand, the two helpless souls finally reached our destination. Well, not forgetting to snack as we wandered along. The night market outside the station served the best BBQ squid outta all the ones we tried during our entire stay (damn do I miss it).

Dropping off our bags at the hotel, the two of us (still with plenty of energy left) headed off for more food. Walked for half an hour and we landed at the "Zhong Xiao Xing Shen Station" (忠孝新生). Yes, the rest of the night would bore you, more food, more spending on random shit, which I'll spare you the details.

Moodlessness

Bad idea to do your nails and type at the same time...

Sidenote, haven't been able to pick up the blogging mood, even as I "speak". Moodlessness, if there's even such a word.

Spent my last trip home goofing around with Pea as usual, and in between those goofing, I've managed to meet up with several friends. Friends who has just given birth, another leaving the country and last but not least someone whom I've totally lost contact for like five to six years. It has been fun catching up with them.

No, I'm still not quite in the mood to blog, so I'm just gotta dump another lot of pictures for you.

My Blah Week

This entry started with a burst of giggles in amidst of the ratting of machine guns and the sweet aroma of coffee. Haven't had the motivation to pen down all the thoughts this week, might be due to my soap opera obsession again.

I've to say, my life is still simple enough compared to many of my friends. As they hassle around their jobs, family, children and other errands, I'm sitting here blogging, sipping my coffee with my headphones on.
Chatting with one of my dear girlfriends the other day, unfortunate news arrived that her husband has been retrenched on that very same day. With a new flat and her baby princess who just started school, she hasn't lost a bit of her optimism. Back in school she's pretty strong, and she hasn't lost a bit of that virtue.
With recession floating around, many had asked about our well-being. Grateful that I'm still in their thoughts, yes I do worry at the same time I prayed and kept my faith.

Back to my week, it's been pretty blah, it would just bore you to death listening. Dog-sitting Pluto while the Lees were away was sadly the only highlight of the week and Cow's long gaming session with Ads. Other than that, Mr Mailman paid me a visit. I've been waiting for my parcel the whole week, and with fear that I might miss him, I've appointed Yumi as my faithful doorbell (Our cheap doorbell has been very temperamental). Fenced her up in the living room and left the front door opened, making it really obvious to Mr Mailman that we are home. Yesterday afternoon, her howl echoed the hallway, I flew down the the flight of steps and there he was, laughing. Throughout the signing of the parcel, he kept laughing and pointing to the door. Seemed to me that he found Yumi's weird whining noises entertaining (giggles).