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(Friday / 22:55)

All the research, effort, readings for this trip was worthwhile~ :) Again, I packed my luggage just a couple of hours before flying. Had training then went to Robertson Quay for Evon's 21. Wanted to go home after that to start packing but ended up at Helipad. I am glad I did though because I met Liqi there :`) Was checking on facebook status to see if she checked in but she did not so I thought she was not working that day but later I saw her at the ladies. Had countless hugs and did a little chat up. Funny how the last time we saw each other was in Jurong Secondary but now in a club. It never felt that long. :) Anyway! I went on with my training to shuffle in heels HAHAHA A pretty good night until they play house music - not really my kind of thing. Went to M hotel after that to tuck the birthday girl in before going home.

1st May

Had lunch at the food court at the airport before flying off. This is my first time taking the budget airline and everything really looks kind of budget

It was a flight slightly more than 4 hours and we managed to catch the sunset! I was feeling tired during the flight but didn't manage to catch any sleep so we played Monopoly deal instead A very useful tool no matter where we are and where we go.

Made transportation arrangement with the hotel so it was hassle free for us to get to the hotel. The hotel, Dandy Hotel, is located at Tianmu and it is a turn away from the main road. They uses a lot of white so it makes the hotel look really clean and pretty. We had the two rooms facing each other on the 6th floor. Our family room had a bathtub and a shower while the boys had only the shower head. And the toilet has no lock too. Thankfully I was not walked in while bathing haha The toilet had the thing that cleans your butt too but I didn't experiment with it.

So after we settle down, we took a quick cab ride to Shilin. We did not even wave for the cabs and they just stopped for us ha It was drizzling when we got there and the first thing we saw was the XL chicken. Bought two and then we seek shelter at the street that sells clothes. It was then when I realised a lot of the shops in Taipei have either dog or cat in the shop =/ And despite the street being really small, bikes are still going tru and fro. I think their bikers are really pro to drive like this. Makes my shopping paranoia.

Most of the time we girls were separated from the boys so we all have more time to shop our own stuff. We always met up somewhere along the street just before the meeting time so we do not have to walk all the way back to the meeting point. Weather was really hot then, so we went to 吃冰! One chocolate flavoured and the other peanut really really good~ At about 3am most of the shops were closing so we ate 面线 & oharjian before heading back.

2nd May

Breakfast at the hotel was provided and they had about the same thing every morning. Scramble egg, porridge, salad, yogurt, bread.. It was nice but wasn't good enough to make me want to eat it every single day when I was there. I miss that Batman's Hill hotel breakfast! Awesome hot dogs & scramble eggs.

After that we walked to the train station which was maybe about 20minutes away? The weather was rather cooling so it was fine. Bought the single trip ticket and it comes in the shape of chips! hehe how cool was that.

Stopped at Houshanpi which looked kind of far from the map but the MRT was really fast. Lines are drawn on the floor and all passengers obediently queued on the side, which was a better option than what Singapore have. Because the lines are only on one of the side of the door so the people alighting will not be blocked and there is no worry about being cut on the queue. (Y)

Find our way to Wufenpu and shop for the afternoon! Going on a Monday was a bad idea though, because most shops are doing wholesales only. We got chased out of the shop a couple of times :( I did read online saying that Monday is wholesales but didn't know we would actually be told that they are not selling anything to us. But still some shops are nice enough to allow us to buy.

Head back in the evening and drank my first bubble tea! I had less than 5 bubble tea altogether :( Damn fail. We wanted to try to take a bus back to the hotel but we came to know that there is actually a shuttle bus that can take us back to somewhere near. So we followed but we ended up walking a long distance before we got back. Not sure if we took the wrong turn or that it is that far. By the time we got to our hotel our feet were sore from all the walking. Filled the bathtub with hot water and bubbles to soak our feet in~

See how the girls looked so glamorous compared to the guys like as if they are having some scandalous moment

Had our dinner nearby after asking the front office for opinion. It was a small hotel so basically the staff there does everything. They are on the desk as the front office and concierge, they are at the breakfast area cleaning up, they do delivering to the room and they pick up calls and return emails.

We had our dinner at the restaurant that sells chinese food and dimsum. There was a lot of people who dine there as well so I thought it shouldn't be that bad. Beside the air conditioned seating area was an open kitchen so any take away were brought from there directly. I had beef soup and ordered rice that never came. I wouldn't finish it if it came anyway. The food wasn't exactly fabulous so I don't understand the crowd.

After dinner we walked back to the hotel and stopped at a couple of shops on the way. Just outside the Mac I saw a guy with a familiar hairstyle as 小鬼 hehe I was so looking forward to going to AES then :D When we got back to the hotel it was still early so the guys decided to grab drinks and crash our room. Played mahjong and monopoly and then went on to playing drinking game. We were so noisy I was afraid people would complained about us. One was down after being the champion loser for the games and we took pictures while he was asleep hehehe When we finished up, they went back to their room and we all went to sleep. When I toss around 90degree I felt like the world spinned 270degrees ha damn sucks we were playing 5 10 15 last and Sheila kept winning so I had to drink because she was sitting next to me ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

to be continued...

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