Taiwan Day 10

Date:29/06/12

Venue: CKS Memorial Hall, Long Shan temple, National Palace Museum, ShiLin Night Market

woke up 7.30am 2day~ Prepared to visit all those tourist attraction in Taipei...

Had my Breakfast in 7-11, the sandwiches is kinda delicious =)

Nav, Wynlim and I were sleeping throughout the whole journey to the Taipei Main Station... I just feel tired today =(

Anyway, from the main station,( i followed guidance by Marcus),

to go to the CKS memorial hall, you have to take MRT follow Tamsui line, you will get to there(about 2 station away from the Main station)...

Unfortunately, the CKS memorial Hall was closed temporary for renovation >< *sad case!!!

I only manage to snap photos outside of the memorial hall...

this memorial hall situated in between The National Theater hall and also National musical hall...

teenagers went there to practice their dancing because small speaker are provided for them to on their music and wider practice area too...

Behind me is the CKS memorial hall...

After the Memorial hall, about 11.30am, we went to Longsan temple(well known temple in taipei)... By shifting the Mrt to Ximen line and get down to Ximen station change to the Ban Nan line.... =)

Is a pretty temple and many people prayed here with joss stick that free provided here...

And some of them even try to ask the luck and some guidance from God to solve problems...

Had my lunch( a bun) in a bakery near underground market in Longshan Mrt Station... without wasting of time, we rushed to the next destination-- National Palace Museum...

Mrt to Taipei Main Station again and tranfer to TamSui line... get down from ShiLin station...

And there will be shuttle bus to the museum... =)

There is a small park outside of the museum, and the park is so peaceful for you to take a rest or enjoy the moment with your family~

Palace Museum is fulled with many tourist.... I met groups of the people from Korea and  from Japan as well, but then, I super don't like the packness of the Museum 2day.. Kids running around and is really hard for me to observe some monument because certain monument were surrounded by bunch of tourists

Wynlim and Nav seem like not very interested on the museum,

i wish i could spend more time on it, but I was too tired to do so,

backbone and leg muscles is pain...

This is the rubbishbin... Beautiful isn't it?

behind me is the administrative offfice

My ticket with student price again =)

Sorry people, photos/recording are strongly prohibited in the museum, so i only manage to get a snap shot on this thing~ the prosperity which from Ming Dynasty,(we often saw this in drama)

to protect the real monument, they duplicate it and show it in the museum.. so, you will find many duplicate of the real one in the museum..

About 5pm, we heading to the ShiLin night market.. Because WE WERE SO HUNGRY..

1st thing i bought again is the BUBBLE TEA!!! =) I am so so thirsty after the visit to museum~~

The night market is wonderful and the time we went, the shop lots/stall just open, and people started to gather here and to visit as well...

We tried on few food, sorry guys, my stomach just cannot fit that much of food,

There are so many things i wanna tried on... but at least I tried the 2 things that listed in my list: the pepper bun and also the Big sausage with small sausage...

fried milk

is kinda sweet~ I dunno that milk can be fried as well...

egg burger from wynlim... Egg always as nice as usual =)

This is the sausage that I mentioned 大肠包小肠~ pork sausage with rice sausage...

Pepper bun/biscuit~

Crispy outer layer with filling of pork and pepper..

Cheese potato which rating average and Nav tried it~

Finally i found New Era cap for the brother in the market~ Although the remaining days in Taiwan, I have to really really cut the budget and really have to plan well on spending, still worth to buy for him (NT$1600).... And I bought myself a dress too... *wynlim and Nav persuading me to buy it =)...

Back to trainee house, there are another 2 interns form malaysia too.. HuiYi and Soon Ning (HuiYi is Linda's fren in UUM) the world is so small ya =) and I wonder after vincent come back 2moro, the trainee house will be super pack~ ><  well, I got to sleep now, summer camp 2moro~

Taiwan Day 9

Date:28/06/12 

Venue: Trainee House,Hsinchu 

Nothing much i could update 2day~ because i stayed in the house for the whole day~ 

after so many days of traveling, kinda tired..

Let me recharge of my energy, then, I can enjoy more in Taipei 2moro =)

Ouya, 2day I slept till 10.30am and is being woke up by Ms Hoe, 

hopefully, we'll have s chance to long long 2gether....

Spend my day for watching drama< Shut Up flower Boy Band>

and cleaning the trainee house...

(phew, Nav and I can't withstand the dirtiness of the house already)

Due to the team work(Nav, Chau and I) we manage to make the living room clean =)

THANKS GIRLS...

And I napped for an hour! what a peaceful day...

=)

Dinner, a cup of bubble tea(this special bubble tea is they use the fresh milk to replace the condensed milk that commonly used in bubble tea)

 

Fat Cat outside 7-11

P/s: Teased by the Wynlim and Nick for my Malaysian slang pronunciation~ LOL

Taiwan Day 8

Date:27/06/12

Venue:西门町(ximen)

Yesterday was tired like hell~ but had to get up early in  the morning~ since i wanna do shopping~

Woke Wynlim up at 7.30am.. and woke Vagiz up as well, but he said he only will go taipei once he got his sim card from his manager, well, me and Wynlim went to Taipei Railway Station first around at 9am..

Coffee and bread as breakfast

My bus ticket~ 

Both of us took a nap in the bus~ and around 10.30am, we reached the main bust station in Taipei... still the surrounding is like complicated, since the MRT/THSR/Shuttle bus/main bus station is nearby which mean in different exit~ so, you have to really follow the direction of the sign board...

To XiMen from the bus station, you have to go to the 1st floor (there is an information centre at 1st floor if you not sure where should you refer to), follow the direction TRA( 台铁）, and then take MRT（捷运） follow the 板南 永宁 direction to the platform 4, you can get to XiMen station, and come out at the exit 6~

Here some pictures in the stations~so, you just have to follow the signboard~ =)

A weird model found before the entrance of the platform

Here is the platform towards the XiMen station

In case, you still lost somewhere, please do not hesitate to ask the people in the counter, They can give you a very clear direction/way

Exit 6 will bring you to the streets of shopping heaven.. 

Is like selling the fashion that youngster like, so, teenagers like to hang out here..

But the shop lots only open at 12pm... *I am so surprise, because usually, shops open at 10am~

This is Ximen area~ Is kinda big~ the symbol of Ximen is the Red House(西门红楼)

Since I was busying shopping, I just random snapped on the street, Not much pictures I can show =)

Malaysia flag =)

the dog is super adorable

and follow some information searched by my manager, Jerry, from wikipedia, this is the restaurant that quite well known in this area.. Duck/Goose meat..I had my lunch here.. Price, expansive, but, the food is Really nice =) NT$250 include a bowl of meehoon

And guys, there is a shop using Golden Retriever as the shop sign to attract more customers..

Awwww, look at it, so, CUTEEE~ damn huge the dog, and it has very beautiful paws!

again the bubble milk tea is the attraction of Taiwan.. everywhere you can get it, with big or small or even MIX pearl...

Below are pictures on the Red House

I am sure night view of Ximen is very nice, However, Me and Wynlim were too tired to walk and shop... So, we back to HsinChu around 6pm... We walked through almost every shops lots and also the mall in Ximen(the mall is like so SMALL compared to Malaysia, even smaller than Klang Parade).. Price isn't cheap in the mall, price of the outfit is like in Sogo.. So, we bought our items from the shop lots on the street..

I got 2 pair of new shoes! I kinda agree with ivy said, the sandals/heels here are very comfortable to wear and the price not that expansive~ You can get cheap +Nice +comfortable 1 here... I got my backpack(red pucca dots).. and some accessories..*i got some souvenir for few of you as well

While walking in the mall, I realize that there is a AKB48 official item shop... Han Jie, ur girls... seriously, I dunno who is ur fav member, if not, i could get you something special maybe....

We do feel tired after walking here and there... we bought a drink and sat in KFC... for 30 min, so that our feet could get some rest... =) agian passion fruit green tea...I am obsessed with it~

Before we back, I managed to tried the noodles that recommended from the website(again, my list of food can cancel one more item here...)阿宗面线... Long queue and seem like the tourists like to visit here, so, the food must be tasty~ I tried, and, for me, it was ok, taste something like Loh Mee in Malaysia(ACS loh mee the best XD)

Since 5pm-6pm is the peak hour, so, the station is packed with passengers.. Many of them were rushing,back home I guess....

Even the toilet is packed and have to queue up for that...

The LED show which slot of the toilet is available/in used/not using*convenient to check out*

There is a calligraphy exhibition on the way we got back to the bus station~ simply took few of the photos without look at the description card board beside the object*rushing back to take rest...

So, this was my day,... I spend a lot 2day, so, no outgoing 2moro or friday... Have to prepare the teaching materials and do my diaries as well... >< I wish to visit more places, damn I need more money!!!