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Taiwan - 2008.12.09 - Taipei 台北逛逛～

2009-10-07T10:45:00.000-07:00

A day-out at the city! Wanted to do a lil' bit of exploration ourselves. And lucky for us, it was a bright and sunny day! (sunny days are rare cause it's nearing winter!) Took the usual buss and train route to the city.

太平洋 Sogo designed by Jac's dad! Which was located just beside the mrt.

The hidden backalley.

FuXing Road

aunty still very energized! haha. We did a lot of walking, and I can't really remember where did we go =S I'm only recognizing everything through the pictures. =P

Cosmed and 7-11 are EVERYWHERE here in Taipei! Almost on every corner you can spot either one of them. Believe it or not, 7-11 was on my top list on places to go in Taiwan. hahaha. Just heard so much about their convenience, the bento sets, and Open仔！

Anyway, Walking around the city made us hungry! Didn't really had a specific food in mind for lunch, we just popped in any restaurant that gave us the vibe. One thing good about Taiwan though, everything tastes really good! I mean, you don't have to worry about trying out a new stall or restaurant, cause they will definitely taste better than Malaysia food. lol. Well, not 100% though cause so far during our whole trip, we had one bad experience in a restaurant that serves western food. Bleak. So I guess the 100% taste good theory only applies to Taiwanese food?

Anyway, here is what we ordered. ru rou fan + beancurd for Jac

yum yum yum yummy beef noodle, again~! for me =D I'm just so addicted to their beef noodle! Cost bout NST100 (RM10). More expensive than what I've exptected (cause all the other Taiwan food here are just so cheap!) but worth it as it is quite a big bowl.

Was walking by Cosmed and saw My Beauty Diary Mask on sale! 5 boxes for only RM90, which cost around RM200 in Malaysia!

saw a lot of cute cafes around too

cool graffiti

i like the pervert doraemon. hahaha

so far this is the coolest! pixel-styled jack. Anyway, these graffiti shoud be considered as art and not vandalism, they totally pimped that grey ol' concrete wall! Btw, another thing that I adore about Taiwan is their street graffiti! I feel that it brings character into the street, as in, you won't only see shops, restaurants, things and so on, but something that inspire, a trademark left by human. Haiya all I'm saying is they are artists!

don't know why it looks so grayscaled here.

cramped street.

Jac wanted to find his previous apartment here. Took some time but we eventually found it! And there goes him being nostalgic again about his childhood, always skipping class so that he can play at the playground etc. It was nice that as he was sharing these stories with me, as I can actually see where it happens! Makes imagining what he was saying easier. =)

WE ARE SPAAAAAAAAAARTA!!!!! but we must have coffee first before going to war.

The best part of the whole night, Wu Fen Pu! (五分埔)!
This is truly a shopaholic's heaven! A wholesale retail area, and it's where you can get your cloths at a most affordable price! Saw short for around NST200 (RM20). >.< href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v666/cindyliew6/2008%2012%20Taiwan%20Trip%20with%20Jacky/2008%2012%2009%20South%20area/?action=view&current=IMG_9314.jpg" target="_blank">
INTENSIVE SHOPPING THERAPY!!! But too bad most of them are winter cloths -_-"

This is what Jac does when I go off shopping =P Don't know how many items has he won d -_- So far what I can recall was 5-6- assorted keychains, plushies, a monkey measuring tape, a zodiac bear, a spongebob bag, speakers, a teddy bear keychain etc etc

Barbecued corn. YUM.

But it's a bit big for me to finish it myself. NST80 (RM8) for this corn

'o-ah-jian' Oyster omelette. Not used to this

Beancurd. So-So.

Filled with red bean!

Seems like there's a lot of pics with me stuffing my face with food!

Sotong! But not as nice as Jiu Fen's

That's all the food for now, update next time!

Taiwan - 2008.12.08 - Errands

2009-10-05T12:04:00.000-07:00

8th Dec 2008

Waiting for No. 23 Didn't do much today. Followed Jacky to get his Taiwan IC renewed, and we did lots and lots of walking. This was the first time for the past 4 days I left my jacket at home, cause it's just too heavy! Luckily for most of the time the weather was tolerable!

Taiwan's MRT

Priority seats 博愛座. Very thoughtful o! There's two beside each doors.

Jacky taking his IC picture

Just did alot of waiting and walking and waiting. Everything was done around 5:30pm, and the sky was already dark. So we decided to just have our dinner somewhere near and go home. We ate at MOS for dinner which was our first time too! Both of our meals added up to NST 210. And the burger was delicious! And it looks exactly like the illustration on the advertisement.

Teriyaki Beef Rice burger

Self-disposal. Unlike Malaysia, you don't just leave your trash lying around. You have to dispose them yourself into the appropriate categories - leftovers, recyclable materials, regular waste and liquid waste.

Safety gates at Taipei City Hall Station. From what I heard, there was one time after New Year celebration, all the people were squeezing and pushing, and suddenly someone fell onto the tracks. So I guess that's the birth of the safety gates. lol

Well, that's all for today!

Taiwan - 2008.12.07 Jiu Fen 九份

2009-10-05T12:03:00.001-07:00

If I knew Jiu Fen was such a nice place, I would have definitely brought my dslr instead of my digicam. =( I was told it's gonna be real crowded and it would be inconvenient to drag a heavy dslr around. Oh if I have done my research earlier, it would have been all worth it. -_-

Jiu Fen is very, hrm, what word should I use here.. Quaint and very picturesque! I just love the old-style townhouses, and the winding pavements which leads you EVERYWHERE (in Jiu Fen only, of course). If you're adventurous enough, try a different off-beaten path, you'll be surprise how quiet it is compared to the busy commercialized pathways, and sights which you just can't appreciate when you're surrounded by crowds.

Passed by a beautiful teal gulf before reaching Jiu Fen. Was so excited cause I've never seen a gulf before! =D

Remains of the 13 levels 十三遗层 - an abandoned copper smelting refinery during the prime time of Jiufen and Jinguashi.

would make very nice scene for a photoshoot!

Map of JiuFen

香肠！- sausage 真的很香！哈哈～ smells nice~

深坑臭豆腐 smelly tofu~ wasn't as smelly as I expected =P

he likes smelly tofu!

the only thing I hated was the crowd. Seriously, packed! Pushed and shoved while you're eating your food.

Process of making ice-cream tortilla

薄餅包冰淇淋 Ice-cream tortilla - 用薄餅皮包着花生碎再加上雪糕
Combination of ground peanut candy, ice-cream encased in a spring roll skin

小强精神！

unique mini flutes

omg delicious! The sotong there is the best so far during my trip.

sotong with a hint of lime

publicity stunt to sell sausages? lol.

賴阿婆芋圓 famous taro ball. A must eat in Jiu Fen!
- 北縣九份基山街 143 號

sorry for the expressionless face, tired from climbing all those stairs, but the view of Jiu Fen was beautiful!

quaint cottage

This secondhand bookshop was located at the top of the hill, climb all the way and it's cloooosed. Boooo...

aunty tired liao

imagine falling down the hill that way. so funny. hehe

i'm guessing it looks beautiful at night with the lanterns

stairs to a restaurant

pig oil rice. haha

abandoned cinema

drink from the boobs ha

view from the hill. a bit like brazil! hahaha.

Anyway, it started to drizzle, so we had to cut our trip short. But still, already full from all the food! So it's time to go home anyway.

on our way back, we saw a rainbow! =D

We dropped by the Sulphur Valley at Yao Ming Shan. The sulphur smell was so strong!

At night, on to the famous Shilin Night Market!

love it! XXL Crispy Chicken, a famous item in Shilin Night Market!

look at the queue -_-

just take it as one big piece, don't ask them to cut it up for you because that's not the way to eat it.

大香肠！When they say big, they really mean big!

Veggie dumpling

There's still more stalls inside!! Because of all the competition, when you walk in there will be a lot of aunty asking you eat at their stall. So stop and look at their menu only if you are really interested!

乳肉饭 Braised pork rice - a norm for Taiwanese

最爱的牛肉面！Beef noodle! my favourite~

shaved iced. okok cause they used frozen fruit instead of fresh

That's all for today, will continue with more food next time!

Taiwan - 2008.12.06 Museum of Traditional Arts 國立傳統藝術中心, Martyr's Shrine 忠烈祠, Miramar Entertainment Park 美麗華百樂園, TASTY 西堤牛排

2009-10-05T00:43:00.002-07:00

Spent the whole day with Jac's relatives. They brought us to the National Center of Traditional Arts 國立傳統藝術中心 located at Yilan, which was quite a distance from Taipei. They decided to bring us some where far because it'll be really tiring for us if we were to go by ourselves using public transport.

Anyway! We're here to learn about the traditional arts of Taiwan! From what I've learnt, their arts is separated into two categories, which are the performing arts ( music, folk songs, dance, acrobats, story-telling, theatre, puppet theatre and so on) and handcrafts (sculpture, weaving, painting, collage-making, ceramics and the gold-silversmith trade). These arts can be seen around the centre, and they even created a replica of historical buildings with shops specializing in promoting or selling their crafts. (Folk Art Boulevard)

National Center of Traditional Arts 國立傳統藝術中心

antique bicycle

petani at Folk Art Boulevard

opera puppets

cotton candies + soda pop

冰糖葫芦 (bing tang hu lu) Traditional candy made of caramelized fresh food, usually they'll use hawthorn (referring to the fruits she's holding beside me) but i prefer normal fruits such as apples, strawberries, grapes.. =P

paper crafting

glass crafting

jac told me this was a very famous puppet series back then but I forgot what's the name.

puppet performance. the puppet can pour his own beer wor, not bad~ hahaha.

While we were strolling along the streets, two 'fireflies' suddenly came out from no where with a gong, and annouced that the Fish Prince and Princesses will get married today! And ran off. We were like, what the...?

At the end, we found out there was gonna be a street parade and performance, for the 'newly weds' of the sea, or something. lol. I'm very lame at story telling ok. It's just some performance with ppl dressing up in animal costumes.

The 'fireflies' are the one in orange. They're too perky! Like, creepy kind of perky. lol.

the 'newly weds' aquatic animals. hahaha.

Our lunch! In my opinion, these food taste way better at the hawker stalls.

For desserts, 包心粉圆

At a temple, taking part in this ritual. They said if both are facing the same way, the answer is no, opposite face, yes. Correct or wrong ah?

orz. Don't climb on the wall dear.

While we were strolling, we stumbled upon this!

Isn't it cool?? Made of pretreated charcoal. You touch it and you won't have charcoal residue on your hands.

These are just sculptures to attract you into their gallery of charcoals, and at the end, they will try to sell you those charcoal sticks which are actually really good, but pricey. lol. They even prepared a stage to experiment with the charcoals to show how beneficial they really are.

Moving on to Taipei Martyr's Shrine 忠烈祠 on our way back. Just in time to catch the changing of the guards.

me and guard

process

hur hur very tempting cause there was a huge empty space!

plaques

lines are not drawn but stomped by the guards for 40 years. that's how straight they've been marching!

This is the most embarassing moment ever! My elbow accidentally bumped into the guard's rifle but I didn't notice, and he suddenly just like bang the rifle on the metal platform and made a really really REALLY LOUD THUD! and aaaaaaaaall the tourists were looking at me. ai. damn paiseh.

trees beside the road

Miramar Entertainment Park/Shopping Centre 美麗華百樂園

Killed some time here before dinner. This huge-ass ferris wheel really freaked me out, but I still wanted to try it! FYI, Jac's afraid of heights. loool.

70m tall ferris wheel.

do they come in a box?? Buy for jacky. hahaha

the view from the ferris wheel

he's scared shitless but u can't see it ey. hahaha. I was pretty terrified too but him freaking out made me calmer somehow. I kept laughing at him. hehe.

jac wasn't interested in gundam then. lol. if he looks back at this pic now, sure will realize it what he has missed out! lol.

dedicate to mousebear

Went to TASTY 西堤牛排 for dinner.
I think anybody who has time to spare, should definitely visit Tasty! Set dinner NTS 430 including appetizer, salad, soup, main course, dessert and a drink! Good service, good food, good price! ^^ Ate 2 times during my trip.

TASTY!

lots of choices for you to choose.

Fresh prawns + asparagus. The sauce is delicious!!

Sorry I only can remember some of the food only. Totally forgotten what this was. But don't worry, cause I remembered everything was good! hahaha.

nice!

nice!

Ceaser salad. nice too!

nice!

pumpkin soup. oooh I remember this. It reminded me of curry. lol. but still, nice!

Palate cleanser. Cause they know you'll be full even before you start with your main course.

my lamp chop. nice!

specialty - TASTY steak. NICE!!

dessert - custard. don't know cause not mine. haha.

Vanilla Creme Brulee. Fried melted chocolate. Very unique! + the chocolate was very rich

their colourful drinks

my sucky tiramisu drink. I think this is the only thing I'm not satisfied with. It tasted really wierd.

Overall I'd give it a 9.5 out of 10! 0.5 because of the sucky tiramisu. lol. Jac's relatives knew I like taking picture of food (quite obvious cause i kept taking picture of my own dish lol) and they offered me their dish too for me to take before they started. so considerate~ hahaha. of course I paiseh lah but still, very considerate. =D

So that's all for day 3. If there's any wrong information pls let me know, cause this trip was so long ago, and I'm kind fuzzy with the facts and details.

byebye!

Related:
Taiwan #01 - 04.12.08 First day
Taiwan #02 - 05.12.08 Taipei 台北信義區

Taiwan - 2008.12.05 - Taipei 台北信義區

2009-10-05T00:43:00.001-07:00

5th Dec 2008

Woke up at 9am today which was so excruciating. Tried to sleep early yesterday night but failed, all due to my late nights from the past few days.

Around the area we stayed. Aunty came soon after I woke up for breakfast, brought us to a market nearby. My first day exploring Taiwan and I went with my out-of-bed look. @_@ Anyway I didn't know that the place we ate at was actually a market (Only found out after reading Jac's blog) cause it was so clean! It didn't occur to me what kind of category that place was, it's like a foodcourt, but then there's stalls that sell meat, veggies etc etc market food. I still can't adapt to the weather, kept on shivering and cursing when a chilly wind blew past me. I saw alot of girls who wore MINI shorts/skirts with stockings (sometimes none!) and walked around like the weather is 30. And me with my super thick coat -_-

The bus we took everyday.

101!! Only then was I fully aware that I'm actually in Taiwan! =D

Our first stop was Eslite Bookstore 成品書店 (I don't know what to make of this place, I thought it was suppose to be a bookstore, but then when I went in, there was a food court at the basement, and a shops at the floors above, so I guess it's a semi-department bookstore? lol)

4 levels of books.

THIS PLACE IS HUUUUUUUUGE!!! I wanted to spend the entire day there, but at that time I was so moody because the stupid sweater I had on was so uncomfortable and itchy. Totally spoilt my mood for book-browsing. I vow I will come back at a later date with comfy cloths and no luggage.

This is just half of all the archi books. They have 2 whole levels just for design books!

We were browsing the hot picks, and suddenly something caught our attention.

“内附安籐忠雄的親筆簽名和紙”!

Tadao Ando's signature and paper included. Wha wha whaaat??

They're not kidding!! But it was just too expensive. RM380+ for that book.

After the bookstore, we dropped by the Taiwan Discovery Centre 台北探索舘. There was an overall history of Taiwan, but I was distracted because of the freakin' itchy sweater. -_-

Inside the Centre. Free admission.

Oh and I had my first infamous 7-Eleven takeaway 便當! Haha. Really jakun lah me.

Many choices.

After purchasing, we found a spot outsie Eslite to eat. It just feels so relaxing in the midst of the chilly wind, with your warm takeways and milk tea.

Tadaa~! So creative.

Mine's the Japanese Curry on the left, Jac had 排骨飯 Next stop was Vieshow Cinemas 新光三越, Hsin-Yi District.

Viewshow cinemaS. With a S, cause there's sooooooo many cinemas to choose from here!

I know la, a very tourisy photo. Jac wanted the tree to be my 'hat' -_-

Bamboo Christmas tree.

On our way back, I spotted this.

omggg. They have so many breads to choose from!! And it's not just this particular shop, most of the bread shops in Taiwan are like this! Haaaaaaaaaa.

Went back home with a bacon bun in my left and a cup of milk tea on my right. =D

Taiwan - 2008.12.04 - First day 第一天！

2009-10-05T00:41:00.000-07:00

4th Dec 2008

Hello Taiwan! Reached here about 7:30am, the weather was still bearable then. Jac's cousin and his wife came to pick us up from the airport. Before that, we went to collect our Youth Tags and 'Digital Travel Buddy' which basically's just a cellphone. The best thing is, they gave us NST200 free airtime! The condition is to return everything when you're done.

*found out from Jasonmumbles's recent trip to Taiwan. Thank you!*

KLIA in d morning. Oh before I continue, I so love MAS right now! Because they served us Magnum ice-cream after the meal. This is my first time eating ice-cream on an aircraft. I'm so easily satisfied. =D

clouds everywhere.

And there was this really ugly/rude stewardess and I am so skeptical as how she got this position in MAS. She's not even tall, and looks like a 30 year old grumpy mak cik. Maybe MAS has to cut cost in those area too. We didn't do much after we reached here, HY (Jac's cousin, and we were staying at his place too) brought us to buy some food and bubble milk tea incase we got hungry. omgomg i don't know what are these called (updated: Yan Su Ji, Taiwanese-style fried chicken nugget), but it tasted delicious! The only thing that made me felt ugh was when he dropped a bean curb on the floor, he picked it up and throw it back

And I just found out they have Chicken Skin too!!! Wuhuu~~ Been craving for them since the first time I ate it at Penang. =D Well, that's all for now! I really have to sleep now, it's already 3am! 晚安！

Langkawi - 2008.08.14 - Day IV - Chenang Beach

2009-10-03T03:05:00.001-07:00

Last day! (finally)
It's almost 1 month plus already. hahaha.
okok let's continue.

Last day just left few of us in Langkawi, decided to stay back and enjoy more of the beach.

guys so mesmerized by the sand

mud spa

sunset

Frankie wanted DD size. I did the right boob! Very big and roud kan. wahaha.

a tourist passed by and took picture of frankie

dismantling his thang

sun setting

look at the last person.

i love this pic so the very much

We moved from Crappy Citin Hotel to a lodge just near the beach. So it's convenient for us to change and everything. And we've prepared alcohols in advance cause those in Pantai Chenang are damn expensive.

macam clubbing. hoho.

The next day all of us went our own ways, some continued on with their trip to Penang, some back to their hometown for a short visit, and us back kl.

FYI, dun buy any perfume in the airport! No matter how low they claim their prices to be. Tipu wan! Luckiliy I didn't buy. (There's a perfume shop in lowyat which have the best price for perfumes.)

So habis dah! View of my previous days in langkawi pls click here:

day1
day2
day3

I heard next year's site visit we're going to bangkok, or cambodia?? Hope it's gonna be another fun trip =P

Langkawi - 2008.08.13 - Day III - Cable Car Adventure.. Failed!

2009-10-03T03:03:00.000-07:00

Langkawi Day 3!

Seeee. I didn't forget. =D

boat ride

dip in the sea

dipping in the sea

the crew

boatride

me and chien ling

awkward hug

jiwang

we saw jellyfish!

waiting at the lobby

beach grafitti

black sand

black + yellow sand

jump!

looks like it's looking for something

dissapointed cable car close liao

Class photo! haha

banyak monkeys

cool house

cute twins

pantai cenang

sunset

lobster

brian so cute. hehe

they order lobster, no money liao

chun wei

another group pic!

tiger prawn

with our xian huang, da hong and xian hong

byebye

Langkawi - 12 08 2008 - Day II - Site Visit - Fish Farm

2009-10-03T03:02:00.000-07:00

Nope I haven't fogotten about my langkawi travelogue!
Day 2 Day 2! Wahaha.

***

The next morning, we head back to our site to do more analysis. Here's a few pictures of how our site (fish farm) looks like.

That's the entrance to the fish farm. The fish are also provided for the restaurant just beside us.

I forgot how long was this bridge. 1.5km maybe. Lots of broken planks.

If you squint your eyes really hard, you can actually see skulls.

The fish farm. I didn't dare to walk on the planks. Holding very expensive cameras leh! (and got sharks inside wor, and crabs, and all sorts of pinchy sea creatures lurking underneath)

Doing the final touch up for our boards at the restaurant.

At the Eagle View Hotel, few minutes before presentation starts.

listening tentively

listening to derick presenting

this is so cute *coughsogaycough*

Orkid Ria! We ate here for 3 consecutive nights!

Lobster. RM80.

Everybody got nice fingers oh.

Hadn't had such a good meal in a long time.

asam fish.

steam fish

tiger prawn!! THE BEST PRAWN I'VE EVER TASTED. It's RM20 per prawn, bit pricey. But how often do you get to eat tigerprawn in Langkawi ya?

group pic! Satisfied smile.

mervyn kept filling our glass to the brim!

seeeee!

After dinner, we drove along the shoreline, ending up at an unknown hotel at the waterfront.

I wondered why the guys suggested this pose. Cause, you know, I can feel their legs trembling when I stood on them. hehehe.. I know lah have to keep fit!

group pic

this'll be such a good spot for a romantic walk, kan?

I still suck at taking night pictures. Even with the help of tripod! Sigh. So sakit hati to say this but I don't have time for photography! =( This one I digress next time lah.

The day ended with me at the lobby with nothing to do. Just watching a bunch of friends playing some mathematical card game. So I went up to check what the guys were up to, I can hear their laughters from the lobby, and they were 3 floors above!

So I went to check out what they were up to. Just as I've guessed, there's alcohol involved! lol. Playing blackjack, loser has to down a tequila shot in one go.

They were kind on me because I'm a girl~ Bwhahaha.

Not drunk, just tipsy! 10 got away vomit-free.
Fun =D

We should do this more often. Haha.

Langkawi - 2008.08.11 - Day I - Site Visit

2009-10-03T03:01:00.000-07:00

Our site visit this time was to Langkawi! I've never been there before, so I was super excited! But come to think of it, majority of the class have never been there before, so I'm not alone. =P

11 Aug 08 - 'Cloud-full' Monday!

Our flight was 8:10am in the morning as we have to reach Langkawi before 12 for briefing. But of course as usual, the whole thing started around 3pm.

This is the second time we all took Airasia together! Syok >.<
AA looks so much better after changing their seats to semi-leather.

Just for illustration purposes. Might not be same as the real food.

P-P-P-Peeenny! Few seats in front from us, but still can hear their voices. lol.

The sky that day was just breath-taking! It's like we're sailing on the clouds.

No end to it.

This one's really cute! Everything's flat and suddenly there's a huge lump of cloud in d middle!

close up

the sea of clouds + the awkward protuding clouds + another layer of clouds at the top! Sandwiched!

more pwetty clouds!

Reaching Langkawi and we're decending underneath the clouds.
This one looks like we're floating upside down!

our seatings never change. hehe.
I remembered our previous flight to Kuching we also sat the same place taking the same kind of pictures. =P (aeroplan taking off/decending phobia pictures.. hehe)

After reaching Langkawi, there was a coach waiting for us to bring us to our 'hotel'. Looks so like the road to Layang-Layangan in Labuan. Lots of wooden houses and trees and cows.

on the bus

Before I continue, the place we're staying is at Citin Hotel (budget hotel). I don't think it deserves the label hotel lor, motel is more like it. So misleading. I cannot eleborate how *cringes* the hotel is. But, can't complain cause it was considered the cheapest among all our options, and also it can house 100+ of us.

When me and baoxin checked into our room, omg. We were absolutely speechless. The paint was peeling off the walls, and there's a hole at the ceiling where you can stare into nothingness (which also makes ur imagination goes wild), the toilet is dingy and creepy cause there's filthy handprints on the wall and there's this unrecognizable stain on our bedsheets which.. I don't wanna think about it.

At the end, we requested to change to a nearer room with Penny and Angugu so we can have midnight chats or something. The room was, hm.. better than the previous one in some ways. The bedsheet is stain free.

*Mr. Class Rep if you're reading this no offence. We still love you! Just not the 'hotel'*

Before breifing we have another 3 hours or so to kill. The guys went to rent the cars and us girls just laze around at the hotel. 1 hours later they, came back with 2 QQ's! lol. omg. I heard of rumours that QQ can't go uphill, and woah. after this trip I can tell you that IT IS NOT A RUMOUR! -_- More about that later.

For lunch, we had KFC cause ALL THE SHOPS ARE NOT OPEN! Oh my their KFC is really nice, and it's tax-free! Their price are cheaper actually round figures like RM10, RM3 etc. =P so suka.

After that we went for briefing at Eagle Square (damn we totally forgot to take picture with the humogous eagle). And onwards to our actual site (which the lecturer changed numerous times -_-)

look at jac's bottle. hahaha~

Ok about the 2 QQ cars. The journey to our site was not exactly straight. Uphill downhill curves and all. And for those who do not know, QQ only have 0.8 CC. And there were 5 passengers at that time. So we were happily heading uphill when a call arrived saying that it might be the wrong way, so we stopped, right there on an uphill road! And when the driver pressed the gas, it would not move! Even wanna U-turn back down also cannot cause it doesn't have enough horsepower. -_- So everybody had to get down from the car THEN only it can turn. Very slow summore. And the driver said already press till the max tim.

And after that glorious incident, one of our friend told us that the road to the cable cars also have to go through lots of slopes. damn! But don't worry, there's a solution to this. All you have to do is just 'chong' all the way to the top without stopping or braking. Only way for it to have enough power. DANGEROUS!

So what I'm trying to say is, NEVER RENT OR BUY QQ CARS.

Ok back to the topic. Reached our site and it was a fish farm. The whole area basically is a fishing village. And our project is to propose a fishery museum and site office here.

crabby

boats

idling.

xiao huang! The not-enough-horsepower-but-very-cute-QQ car.

bridge to the actual fish farm.

so many sharks.

Anyway, our site analysis presentation was suppose to be on Wed but the lects suddenly move it till the next day!! So everybody was rushing like mad sketching and compiling the boards.

We didn't have enough space at the hotel so we moved our stuff to the mamak nearby. Luckily they're still open since it's past midnight.

Had supper. The mee goreng and roti canai nicee.

blur monkey

ok lah that's all for the 1st day. 2nd day coming up hopefully within next week. hehe.

Penang - 2008.07.25 - Day III - Sleeping Buddha & Fort Cornwallis

2009-10-03T02:56:00.001-07:00

Ok I won't procrastinate anymore! Gonna get Day 3 over and done with so I can blog about other stuffs at ease. Hehe. Fell asleep halfway when I was writing the previous post. Hehe.

25th July 2008 - Friday

Today's weather was surprisingly quite cheerful! And our first destination was the Burma Buddhist Temple where the infamous Sleeping Buddha statue lies.

Sleeping Buddha

I was left behind again cause I was SLOW. I couldn't help it! The place was just filled with details, so many that I can't help but stop at each of them as not to miss anything.

Here's just a few of my fav pics from the temple. More in my facebook's albums if you're interested.

Standing Buddha

My fortune for today which I totally don't get it.

Everybody reading their own fortunes.

Entrance

For lunch, Baoling recommend this placed called T-Bowl. T-Bowl, you know, Toilet Bowl? We sit and eat off toilet bowls there. Hahaha.

T-Bowl Facade

Figuring out what to eat

Drinks

Eel spaghetti

Cheese-baked curry beef rice. Now this is nice!

Chicken boxing. This is just ok-ok~ Like Chilli's better. =P

Nice pic =)

Our next visit is the Pinang Peranakan Museum

Last stop was Fort Cornwallis for us. It was kind spontanous cause we were already on our way back. But I spotted this really tall lighthouse and decided to just check it out, and we ended up at Fort Cornwallis. Haha. Another tacky tourist spot. Entrance fee was RM2.

Entrance

Hands up.

Spices

We're innocent!!

Modern day living ey.

Just took a few pictures there. Pat the horses. And around 5pm it was time for us to go cause there's gonna be a massive traffic jam at the Penang Bridge. But it wasn't as jammed as I expected, reached KL around 8:30pm.

Oklah that's all for my Penang Trip! Haha sorry for the pics but no word post, already don't have the mood liao. Sigh should have blogged.

Well anyway, will update soon!

To check out post from my previous days in Penang pls click here:

day1
day2

Penang - 2008.07.24 - Day II - Kek Lok Si Temple

2009-10-03T02:55:00.000-07:00

24th July 2008 - Thursday

Luckily today's weather was happy! Haha. Hopefully it'll stay that way until we set foot of the island. Baoxin decided on where we will be going for today, which is Kek Lok Si Temple in the morning, and Batu Ferringhi in the evening. So we had to somehow fill the time in the afternoon, which was decided somewhere during breakfast. =P

dim sum!

I wasn't that hungry cause I already had my breakfast in the hotel. We only had 3 coupons so why waste it I say? Haha. I really love breakfast buffet, especially when there's freshly-cooked omellete. Dunno why, maybe I miss my family or something but breakfast buffet always make me feels warm and fuzzy inside. Wahaha. Reminds me of familiy gatherings. =)

Ok back to topic!

you know lcd screen also can be used as a mirror too? hahaha.

Ok no lah, seriously back to topic.

Our first destination would be Kek Lok Si Temple.
I did some researching and found out that the English name for this place is The Temple of Suplreme Bliss. Fuyoh~

To get to the temple itself, we can either choose to walk or drive to the top of the hill. Of course we chosen the first to experience the journey even though it was very VERY hot that day. (the car's aircon was so tempting. but no! we do not succumb to petty air-cooler!)

we had to pass alot of stalls before we reached the temple.

The Liberation Pond.

I saw lots of people holding veggies and feeding them to the turtles. Don't you think that throwing veggies to the turtle looks like you're liberating something? Letting go of the veggie as sign of liberation? Maybe the veggie you plant for so long leh, and now you can't eat it but have to give turtle summore. So I assumeeed that by throwing the veggies to the turtle was a sign of liberation. Haha. Until I read this.

'The turtles are believed to be a symbol of longevity, strength and endurance. It is an act of spritual liberation when a turtle is captured and set free in this pond.'

*blinks*

Letting go of the turtle oh and not veggie.. Makes more sense.

And if you can see clearly, there's like a gazillion turtles there!!!!

Temples and gardens.

Entering the Pagoda of Ten Thousand Buddhas.

Camwhore with one of the Buddhas. Hahaha. Actually wasn't camwhoring lah, Jac took this pic for me and I just held my hand up. Macam SS loh. haha.

Was too lazy to climb the pagoda. Very hot and sweaty and sticky.

Incline lift to the hilltop. Got aircon inside wor~

The statue of Guan Yin under construction. =( But the scaffolding looks very magnificent itself lah.

龙的传人！Hahaha.

There was a broken toy at the middle of the stairs and it was so kesian~

For lunch, Kenny introduced us to this bali cuisine restaurant, Passion of Kerala. And I tell yoou, they really very PASSIONATE like fire with their food lor. DAMN SPICY!! I mean like, SERIOUSLY, feels like acid going through my tastebuds. But then it tastes so so nice especially the masala chicken! I want to eat but my mouth says no. Sigh.. this would be my first love hate relationship I guess.

after finished eating.

Entrancce of the restaurant.

Our next stop is the Toy Museum. Claims to be the largest in the world. (Largest as in collection and not building ah)

Tim Burton's Nightmare before Christmas and Corpse Bride collection

Child's Play Collection. It's so creepy, can't help but imagine what happens if one of the dolls blink their eyes. *goosebumps*

Johnny Depp~

Johnny Depp~

and more Johnny Depp! I think this is the most realistic.

The Spawn also had it's own super cool collections.

FF

Oklah won't post too much on the Toy Museum incase toys are not your thing. But if you want to view them all I have 'em on my facebook =) (+ all my other inappropriate Penang pics!)

It was already evening, so that means.. beachtime!! We sneaked into Holiday Inn's beach and woah was it happening there. Horses, volleyballs, motor-car, parasaling etc etc. Stupid us forgot to bring a change of cloths! And the waves were so tempting! Getting bigger and bigger by the minute. So we decided to rush to the stalls in front of the hotel to buy some cheap tourist cloths with the word 'I love Penang!' on it. Haha.

We tried to jump a few times but I choose this pic cause my hair looks super freaky! Hahaha. And I love playing by the sea! (I can't say swimming in the sea cause I don't know how to swim... sigh)

Stupid me buying white t-shirt, it's all see-through now! And I'm wearing black bra! -_-"

Our beachtime was cut short cause a storm was brewing ahead. When I was showering it started to rain like elephants and pigs or something. And I 'accidentally' took a towel back. hehe. The towel very big leh! And warm and it's green! =P

At night, we had dinner at Obake-Ya Japanese Restaurant. I think it should be called a CONCEPT Japanese Restaurant. haha. Cause their theme was eating in prison and it was so cool! When we went in, we had to take our own utensils in a plastic cup, and then made our way to the criminal offense booth and they'll lock us inside. Hahaha.

The entrance.

you see the plastic cups not at the right. hahaha.

they use those appratus for mocktails.

I'm always invisible to the camera =(

He ate my sushi so off with him! MWHAHAHA.

Somewhere outside the restaurant.

Didn't really take pics of the food cause the guards outside warned us that pictures are not allowed. (And how did we take so many pics ey? Hahaha)

And that's all for Day 2. Stay tune for Day 3! Tata.

Penang - 2008.07.23 - Day I - Gurney Drive

2009-10-03T02:52:00.000-07:00

Before I start, I just wanna tell you guys that I LOVE PENANG FOOD. Especially the Fried Chicken Skin. Hahaha. I think I've told almost everybody I meet how much I miss this 'delicacy'. Hehe. Yeah I know it's unhealthy, but come oooon~ It's sooo addictive!! And it's not even available in KL... Is it available in KL? Are there any here?? You know something don't you?? If you know someone selling it here you HAVE to tell me!!!!

*breaths* okok.. =P

I hope I finish this travelogue. (Unlike my Shanghai's, I don't even remember if it's done,probably should get back to it soon. =P) Really have lots of pictures to upload! Hope it won't add the the 'lagginess' that has befallen my blog. Everything after my Plurk section won't load on explorer, been using Opera often now. (Oh btw notice the new header!! Suddenly had the inspiration to do it... Or maybe it was out of boredom lah I dunno. =P)

On with our journey! Of course, we'll start with day one!

Penang - 1st day
2008 07 23 Wednesday

The journey took us approximately 4 hours, it wasn't as unbearable as I expected. To tell you the truth, I'm not very good with long car rides. I'll always feel sore everywhere and awfully bored when everybody stops talking. But the day before I slept at 4am tidying the vacant room (used to be my room but now it belongs to another 2 housemates), and did some packing. So I had a good sleep somewhere at the 2nd hours. =P

1: Why I never look this fair in real life? =(

2: A passenger's view

3: The only thing different would always be just the view, and two heads as the frame. hahaha.

4: This is my favourite drink of ALL TIME! Sarsi! But not just any Sarsi, this is specially imported from China and tastes NOTHING like our local too sweet Sarsi. Jac bought 3 bottles back for me but now all finished dah. =(

5: Long car rides without music, now that's really unbearable!

6: Toll super expensive lor! Each toll have to pay 2-digit leh, like RM38, 27 etc.

7: Penang bridge! It's so funny, before this I thought Penang Bridge was a really long bridge, connecting Penang mainland to the island is the Penang Bridge. But manatau, actually very small lor! Hahaha.

Hahaha. Omg this incident I have to tell you! We were around Georgetown area and couldn't find our hotel (Bayview Hotel), kept turning round and round. Finally we decided to stop at a gas station to as for directions. Jac and Heng went down whilst me and Ying stayed in the car. Just as they were about to ask the worker there, I suddenly saw this in front of me!

8: Bayview Hotel Car Park!

The hotel's car park was just right in front of us! We quickly winded down the window and shouted at the guys to come back before we embarrass ourselves! Hahaha.

After checking into our rooms, it started to drizzle. Not sure if the weather would get better or worst, and it wasn't wise to walk around town with our dslr when it's drizzling.. SO, we went to a Gurney Plaza instead! Hahaha. My god, came all the way to Penang and half-day all wasted at a typical KL mall. -_-

Well, at least we caught a great movie! Red Cliff. I thought it'll be all gibberish to me with all the Confusious-talk and 4-chinese-worlds-but-have-alot-of-meaning-talk. Haha. Come to think of it, it was all that but at least the storyline and graphics made up for it! Love it and can't wait for Part 2 in November.

Oh oh and another funny incident I just have to tell you guys cause it's just so wierd! We were rushing to the cinema to see if we can make it in time for any movie. Red Cliff was available at 3:35pm and it was already 3:30pm and we quickly bought our tickets and popcorns cause everybody around us was rushing too. And when we gave our ticket to the ticket collector at the entrance, he gave us a really wierd look and said 'You want to go into a 5:35pm movie.. now?' And we were like 'Huh? 5:35pm??'. We double checked the tickets and it was really a 5:35pm movie. Paaaaaiseh. And the wierd thing is, nobody realized that it was a 5:35pm movie eventhough when everybody was at the counter, and 3 of us bought tickets -_- Well actually I saw that it was 5:35pm but then I thought it was already 5:30pm at that time.
Swt gau gau..

9: All the movie food we bought. Sigh. Have to walk around eating it.

10: Gurney Plaza

Since we had like 2 hours to kill, we went to G Hotel which was located right beside the mall. We supposedly wanted to stay here but it was abit pricey. I've never seen hotel like this in my life. So modern yet alluring.

11: g hotel's toilet

12: lobby

Lemme skip all the way to dinner, cause it was what I was waiting for the whole day! Penang's infamous hawker food! I don't know why they can't make it delicious everywhere. Like the hawker food here, seriously only eat it cause I'm hungry, not because it's nice.

13: time for hawker food!

14: can u see the fried chicken skin or not??

15: lok lok

Wanted to take more pictures but was so excited with the numbers of hawker stalls and people there!! (and lots of begger too).

Ok lah that's all for day one! Jac's pestering me to log off and go bath now, he's hungry. haha. byebye!

Shanghai - 2007.12.12 - She Shan Basilica 佘山进教之佑圣母大殿

2007-12-30T01:34:00.000-08:00

My last day in Shanghai. Was a sunday and I wanted to go for mass, and I saw this nice church on the hill. Little did I know that this church does not have mass for quite some time already, and the actual mass was in a smaller church beside this one.

And guess what, when we wanted to enter, they actually ask us to pay a sum of RMB30 to enter. like, WTH?? I know that the park is kind of like a tourist attraction, but I mean, to pay for mass?? Ok nvm, then we argued abit, saying that masses are suppose to be free, and the person that answered us said she never heard of such thing. .. WTH???

Ok, nvm. At the end, she asked us to use the side gate which was 500m away. We wanted to walk but got conned by a trishaw cyclist, saying it's VERY FAR, and have to go UPHILL. Okay lor, we took the ride for RMB5. Who knows, it's actually quite near! And because he said in the beginning have to go uphill, we assumed that he'll take us straight to the church's entrace. WHO KNOWS, he just dropped us off at the foot of the hill!! -_- Damn conman.

Ok NVM, when we wanted to get in, there's this.. person guarding the gate, say we have to pay. And we're like, no, we're not gonna pay so just let us in! And he said we have to give him the password.. 0_o This is the most troublesome mass I ever attended... sigh.

At the end, they let us in without paying after much negotiation. By then the mass was all over at the lil church. But luckily I missed it, cause what I saw was during the whole mass beggars were going round and round asking for money. And when u don't give them they'll curse you to hell.

-_-

church on the hill

faulty cable cars.

close up

inside

yinyang

chia!

One last time at the city.

I love their road system. Electronical signboards. If the there's traffic jam on a particular road, it'll be red in colour.

japanese soda i had during lunch. very cool lor! Have to pop in the glass ball then can drink.

kept this as souveneirs for kataks like me.

sasasasa!!! >.<

SMT. World's fastest bullet train? i dunno. i saw it on national geography.

Hopefully I can visit Shanghai when the weather's more warmer. (can buy cheap summer cloths lor! =P) Really appreciate the hospitality from Jac's family, really made me feel like home. =)

To read about my previous post on Shanghai, pls click these links here:

Shanghai - 1st day - 徐家汇,上海最繁荣的地方
Shanghai - 2nd day - 麦当劳有猪肉！
Shanghai - 5th day - Mr. R 陪我去买小笼包~
Shanghai - 6th day - 新天地 Xin Tian Di District
Shanghai - 7th day - 城隍庙 chenhuangmiao & 田子坊 tianzifang
Shanghai - 11th day - 朱家角+泰晤士小镇
Shanghai - 12th day - 人民广场 + 南京路步行街 + 外滩

Shanghai - 2007.12.07 - 城隍庙 Chen Huang Miao & 田子坊 Tian Zi Fang

2007-12-30T01:33:00.000-08:00

Another day of blue skies! Today will be a shopping day, in 城隍庙 chenhuangmiao!

zig-zag highway

very tall oh

Our destination is ChengHuangMiao. It's kinda like an old style shopping district, where you can find silks, jade, tapestries, swords, and other traditional Chinese crafts and trinkets. But the place I'm shopping is d building beside chenghuangmiao, something like a petaling jaya warehouse. lolz~ That's where most of the fashion accesories and trinkets are.

aerial view of chenghuangmiao - photo courtesy

the actual entrance of chen huang miao - photo courtesy

I thought chenhuangmiao was a district, and there really wasn't any temple (because I didn't see any!). But after doing some research, there was actually a small temple at the end of the district. lolz. I didn't really care cause i somehow knew that there will be an entrance fee. *RM15*

oriental KFC, I ate there! - courtesy photo

cheng huang miao

all lit up at night

down this road is where i do my shopping!

At night, we met up with one of aunty's good friends. Surprisinly, she was quite young and very hip. lolz~ Then we head off to 田子坊 tianzifang.

oh don't let this fool you! the street is inside there! - courtesy photo

I had to find photos from other sites cause I didn't have a chance to go there during the daytime, where everything looks different.

hidden street

This is what I love.. exploring. =) The feeling u get when u discover something new is amazing.

ever-cosy cafe

When they say it's time to have the best delicacies in town.

I was expecting something like this...

And it never occured to me in a million years that d shop would be located here!

here! can u even spot which one is actually the shop? and nope it's not the one with the yellow lights.

heeere

the space inside is soooooooooo cramped, just 5 tables

The lao ban liang quite rude lor. Because we were a group of 5, usually we're given first priority *because we'll order more! lol~* So there was a 3-ppl group outside, and when the tauke ask them to share table with another group of ppl, they started complaining and said why we can have our own table and they can't. Then guess what the tauke replied..

'Don't wanna sit then don't eat lah!' And just continue taking orders and bills.

=\

ppl business good bah..

the food. cost RM100+

I didn't think it's worth RM100, but the food's really good. Not something u can taste everyday.

They said that the shop was famous for their pork legs, but I didn't know! I ate eeeverything except the pork legs. And I only knew AFTER jacky gobbled up the last one...

The night was still young, so we continued to yam cha at a dessert shop. I didn't notice the name -__- But the snow shake/ice kacang there was fantabulous. The ice is very fine, but not till it turns watery. The pearls are chewy, and the beans are sweet and rich.

So to end the post, tadaa~~

sweet~ with that very young n hip aunty there. haha~

Shanghai - 2007.12.06 - Xin Tian Di District 新天地

2007-12-28T01:32:00.000-08:00

Another day ahead! Today we decided to visit the museum we saw the night before. lolz~ Had to walk most of the way because parking here is very expensive, bout rm5 per hour.

i love the yellow trees

story of shanghai

During winter, you must wear a hat! Keeping ur head warm is a must because when u enter and exit from a building, the temperature changes drastically, which might cause headaches. I always thought that my hair was thick enough to keep my head warm, but well.. i was wroooong... I bought this hat right after my 2nd headache.

my new hat!

liuli art museum in d morning, totally different rite??

the wall is made from liu li, flower from aluminui steel.

Cameras were not allowed in the galleries. -_-" The only place where I can take picture to show the concept of this museum is the washroom and staircases. =S

the toilet's wall

Their main material is liuli, it's like a kind of glass, and somehow a picture was etched in the glass. And they use the concept of illusion and reflection for most of their exhibition.

the basin is made from liu li too, so are the taps.

liuli at the side of the staircases.

around 4pm when the skies are getting dark

After the museum trip, we went to 新天地 (xin tian di) just opposite the museum. Considered as the hottest new entertainment district in Shanghai. It has the city's finest clubs, restaurants and boutiques. I took the longest time to write this post, because I reeeeally really really love xin tian di. And I'm figuring how to write so i can let you guys understand why i love this place so much. =P

aerial view - courtesy photo

xin tian di is surrounded by normal shoplots, so if people just passed by, the won't know that there's a gem behind these buildings.

tai chang road in xin tian di - courtesy photo

To me, this place is like when d east meets west. There are Italian cafes, German cuisine, western-styled bars and so on. It's like stepping into a foreign place, but they still manage to have elements of east, which suddenly pulls you back to the realization that you're still in Shanghai.

like this

PAUL - a really expensive bakery

starbucks - very very cosy

supersize please!

like doreamon coming back from school =P

high class boutiques. upper level.

help help i'm trappeeeeed

even though it's chilly, they still prepare heaters for outside tables.

an old house

vidal sassoon upstairs

yellow leaves

visage - bar - courtesy photo

coffee here would be great!

i like this pic

sets off the christmas mood

berposing

me n jac

golf balls on xmas tree!

On our way back, we saw this really reeeeally long pipe, just scattered on the roadside.

it starts here..

and it continues...

and continues..oh it's turning!

and it turned left.. and i never saw the end of it

Stop the car at the side for more strolling cause we had to wait till 5+ to pick up Jac's bro from school.

roadside food stalls

lets try the corn

saw alot of neobritish style houses on our way

all we do is walk

roasted jagung is d best!

We passed by Shanghai Conservatory of Music (上海音乐学院) too. Students there look so happy~ lolz. They love what they do, and they can have like jamming sessions during free time, and the grand hall is always open for those who wanna perform. Damn~~

public university

we were lucky, this person is really good.

the founder

super long hummer

The street in front of the university is called Music Street of some sort. lolz. Alot of music scores, instruments for sale. I went into one shop which has a wide range of classic piano scores. I bought the Beethoven's sonata for rm40 (i think it's selling rm100+ in msia)

beethoven

i love all these drinks with chinese words =P no more boring nestle or season brand.

To end the day, let me present you with Yao Yao 明卡！

拥有名卡，拥有明天 - 支持 Yao Yao 明卡！哈哈哈哈哈~

Shanghai - 2007.12.05 - Fry Dumpling + Qi Bu 生煎包 + 七浦

2007-12-27T01:31:00.000-08:00

Didn't do much today, went out 4 days in a row, so actually wanted to rest today. But the weather was just too damn good. You can actually see blue skies! hahahaha~ By far the best weather in my 3 weeks stay here. Other days would either be overcast, foggy or wet. So we decided to just go out for a drive, and maybe buy some dumplings known to be the best in town.

best weather ever!

This is where d dumplings are *and so are the queues -_-*

Yang's Fry Dumpling - queues of impatient punters.

food food glorious food!

jac got bored...

shengjianbao dumplings

to our next destination!

old side of shanghai

i hate motocyclists.

driver

Our next destination was 七浦 (qi bu), this is where almost all the shops in Shanghai got their goods. Alooooooooot of cloths and shops, but very crowded too. People rushing to export their goods. Didn't buy many cloths cause most of them were winterwear, but I bought a really cool pair of boots for rm30! =P

七浦 - photo courtesy from www.asoboo.com

inside 七浦
my first pairs of boots.. ever!

Didn't take pics of 七浦 because it's just too crowded and ppl keep shoving everywhere, mostly i did some research on d net for pictures =P . once u take ur camera out, might disappear in a blink of an eye. =S

Shanghai - 2007.12.02 - 2nd day - McD + Carrefour <麦当劳有猪肉!>

2007-12-26T01:30:00.000-08:00

Purposely wake up early because wanted to have breakfast at McD =P cause u know why??? they have....

猪！pork!!
first mcd breakfast in shanghai!

Very delicious lor. See what a big difference it makes if they use pork?? Msia leh.. -_-"

pork burger~ yum~

Oh and I ate at KFC almost every other day~ They have the best tasting BBQ chicken EVER. EEEEVEEER~

I miss having breakfast in McD. =( After that went to Carrefour to buy tib bits and snacks, cause have to try them first before buying back Msia~ =P

variety of yorgurt!

which one which one?
small~
biiigg~! haha that was so stupid.
but this milk candy very nice eh~ i bought back 1 big box, so if any of u guys wanna try come over for CNY lah! lolz~ hope survive for 1 more month in my house.

day dreaming

i so sakai lor when I saw this at carrefour, i was so amazed that it blew warm air out! then i ask jac help me take a pic, cause I've been wowing at alot of things and i think alot of ppl are secretly staring at me =S

gas heater - my best friend fo this 3 weeks while staying at jac's place
i miss the comfortable living room
That night aunty prepared a steamboat for us! yum~ Since my stay I had almost a different meal every other night. keng~ and me of course, have to return the favour buy cleaning up the dishes~

steamboat

Went out at night just to stroll around town, and we saw this cool museum~

琉璃中国 - liu li zhong guo

magnificent red at night
At first I thought it was a club! lolz~ it would have been a really good place to go clubbing =P Anyway it looks totally different in d day, will post it in my later entries lah. =)

Shanghai - 2007.12.01 - Xu Jia Hui 徐家汇 <上海最繁荣的地方>

2007-12-25T01:25:00.000-08:00

omg took me how loooooooooong to update~ i had to unpack *2days*, then get ready for christmas *2 days*, then go out yam cha *1 day*, then cut my nails *few minutes* before writing this post! lolz~ so that equals to 5 days and a few minutes! =P

During the first day, we went to have a quick site seeing of the whole shanghai, mostly around the city center area. My first reaction was 'Zzzzz...' cause I was still so beat out from yesterday's flight, and was so not used to the cold there, which made me feel lazy 24/7! Haha~ But still everything was so new to me. I wanted to explored every street here! Whenever we past through a really nice looking street or area I would be like 'Remember to bring me back here ah!' and because all the streets are in chinese, so at the end when I

wanted to go, I also forgot which street I wanted to go d. =S

strolling~ we had a pretty weather today =)

徐家汇 (xujiahui) is where all the shopping malls are. Branded stuff, which is not so cheap. sooo d only thing i've ever bought here is a cup of mocha shake! =P

徐家汇 (xujiahui) - the most flourished area in Shanghai.

xujiahui subway
At first I thought this was an art piece, cause it was hung almost everywhere at the mrt station. Manatau, Jac say actually those light coloured places suppose to have some metal piece of some sort, then all got stolen. -_-"

art?

lolz. I kept MY distance!

mr. r!

best buy! we went here for tv browsing. they're planning to get a new plasma tv :O
At night, Jac brought me to Bull Fighter for some steak. Stupid lor I go order medium, then at the end I don't like it at all, and secretly switched plates with Jac when he went to take some salad. >=) .. of course he found out...

you think i'm stupid ah?
After that, we went for a walk at a park nearby. It was already 9pm and there's stil alot of people in the park, mostly doing power walks. And there's dancing, and also a film crew working on some lame China drama or sth.

filiming

in d park old record burner
fee fy fo fum~At the end I witnessed those scene were the cops came and all the salers quickly ran off and their goods drop all the way while they're running leaving a trail =S

this one got caught!

The cop was saying in chinese: 'Oi! This is the sixth time I've saw you! You better not sale anything here or else next time I won't let you go! Faster keep everyething!' the guy: *mumbles and sloooooowly, one by one put his goods into the bag.* the cop: *continue standing and staring at him* the guy:*continue to pack as slowly as possible*

Yawn.. boring eh. So totally not like on the tv.