TaiPei 2008 ParT I

time to blog on the taipei trip. unlike the bangkok trip which we were quite late for checking in, we went to the airport super early this time for fear tt we wont get joint seats on the plane (which happened during the BKK trip, lucky the guy changed place with us!) went shopped at the DFS, took some pic at the december airport..
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the v expensive rice... abt $7 per plate.. and it's cold!!!! is tt the way to treat consumers?? really wanna 'dock' foreigners...

it was super cold in taipei. though i was warned it'll be cold, i only brought along 1 sweater and 1 long shawl and my clothes were all short sleeves. tt time went japan, i was also told it'll be cold, but then it wasnt all tt cold at all. in the end brought too much clothes. so this time, i learnt to be smart. but then.. it turned out to be smart aleck.. cuz it was really v cold.. and i truly regretted not bringing more..

the 1st place we went was ximending.. of cux since it's closest to the hotel... the smelly tofu which in fact was quite nice... and not all tt smelly.. mmm.. ~ yum yum

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2nd day at longshan temple and sun-yat-sen memorial hall....

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hey! a phenomenal sight! wad's tt on top of taipei 101 ?????????!!!!!

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take a closer look.....

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it's a plane? no, it's a bird!..... NO! IT'S A KITE!!!!!
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and yes, it's a kite! there were many children on school excursion i suppose... then they started playing frisbee and flying kite on the big space...... and this silly boy decided to buy a kite and 'showoff' in front of the kids and yes, he did it.. the kite flew real high till the kids came over and asked him for help to fly their kites.. but to no avail liao.. apparently gotta run super fast and far in order to set the kite flying and the boy was drained liao... lol

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freakish weather though... sunny and yet at the same time cold... mmm ~

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nxt was to taipei 101... paid abt sgd20+ to go up to the top levels.. tried on the world's fastest elevator as well. apparently take only a few secs to go up to 80+ levels..

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the sun-yat-sen hall from 80+ levels down..

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taipei from the top of 101..

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nite time was to shilin nite market..
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3rd day to cks memorial hall....

waited for the marching but in the end nothing took place. asked the in-charge there and they said there was no more marching ceremony at tt mmt.. diao.. then we went to look at the exhitbitions instead.. din know there were so many exhitbition halls in the building.. mainly abt cks...

after that was to wulai old street... quite a nice place. quiet, ulu, peaceful, cooling.... tried out the aborigines food as well.. the bamboo rice's nice!

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it was ultra super cold! lucky at wulai, managed to get something real cheap. hat + gloves + scarf = NT100 = SGD5. woohoo.. good deal. kept me so much warmer after tt. :)

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the boar meat... erm... tougher than the pork.. not all tt fanstastic..

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and the day ends v early in taipei. abt 4+ sun will set le. by 5+, the sky will be dark le, somewad like the 7pm sky in singapore. and.. it's superr cold! in the day got sunshine, but still v cold. really quite freakish.

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all rite, tt's all for now. when got time will continue with part 2..

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