Taipei-Day 1 (19.12.2007)

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! It's my 1st entry in the year 2008. I'm going to share my experience of my trip in Taipei and Hongkong with u all in these few entries...with LOTS of photos! =D Took mi 2 days to organise,upload and narrate them! But it's all worth it...can serve as a memory if i lose my memory one day, or...if i left this world one day..life is unpredictable u see...=)


Ok, shall start off now! Ready?!

Woke up at 3.30am on 19 Dec 2007 to get ready for the trip. Im supposed to wake up at 3am, but over slept! End up rushing doing some last min packing! Coz we r supposed to meet at 6am at airport.

Boarded the plane at 7.30am plus. Our 1st stop is Taipei, but got to transit in HK 1st. Everyone is so excited about the trip..=D I think im d most excited one coz i have never been to these 2 countries before! Hahaha...

After 4 hrs of flight, reached HK around noon time. The above pic was taken at HK airport transit launched. It was soooo cold in there! Luckily got my long john ready in my bag! Almost frozen...=X

While waiting for the gate to open, yx already made her 1st purchase in HK! A chinese story book! So fast..haha..Angela also bought the same book. HK airport is quite nice. Even nicer than Spore...big space, very bright! I like it!

After another 1 hour plus of flight from HK....finally arrival in Taipei. It was raining then. But the temperature is not that cold, still ok. After checking in the hotel (Flower Hotel), we had a quick lunch nearby hotel before heading towards Ximending..which is only walking distance from our hotel!! The above was taken from my room in Flower Hotel.

My 1st reaction upon reaching there is WOW!! Is a place that i always heard seen tv and wanted to go soooo much..and right at that moment..I'm actually in there! So happy!! =D

The place was filled with youngsters but luckily, still not very crowed. Maybe becoz it's not weekends. Really nice streets selling cute stuff and nice food!!

Pic taken outside Ximending MRT station. Although the time is only like 7pm plus, but the sky is already very dark.

Saw the above famous oyster mee sua in Ximending along the way. Wanted to try but too long queue!! Smells nice!!

We settled our 1st dinner in Taipei at a "Min Ge Can Ting" in Ximending. According to yx, there is only 2 singers per night. 1 person in charge of 1 slot. Wow..tat is really tedious for the singers! The 1st slot was a guy, 2nd slot was a gal. Quite powerful singers! But singing a little bit old fashion.=p

I ordered a grilled fish set dinner...not knowing tat the fish contained bones!!! *Faint* Had a hard time shorting out the bones and the meat. Hai...

But overall...it's a great experience to see how Taipei's Min Ge Can Ting is like...*Happy*

After dinner, we shop around Ximending a while and bought some stuff in 7-eleven (See above). Loved their 7-eleven coz they got a wide variety of dessert and drinks, unlike spore. Thats all for the day...Slept quite early tat night coz very tired!!