(Tuesday / 13:35)
12th
Moved to Taichung and stayed in a homestay. Did not know that a cat lives there too! 0.0
Peter
When the owners knows that I am afraid of cats, they put it in a room. I was so thankful for that until I realized Mr Peter knows how to open the sliding door.
While Felicia was in the toilet and the owners were somewhere else, I stayed in the living flipping through books when I saw the shadow of Peter by the door. He stood up against the door and the next time I realized the door was creeping open. I was telling Felicia about it and she suggested that I should sit down on the couch. Did as I was told but the cat slowly make its way towards me. He stopped to sniffed our bag, which is about two human steps away from me and then looked at me.
I awkwardly said Hi.
Our room was not ready yet at the moment because they had yet to receive the mail from hostels.com But good thing the room is vacant! They suggested that we can go visit the night market first and return later.
Went to Feng Jia night market and it was not very crowded. Heard that the crowd is crazy during the weekends. A lot of students though because it is situated just next to a university. Did not eat much because a lot of the food available are repeated but queued for 'big intestine wrap small intestine' because of the queue. That has to be one of my favourite food from night market ^^
13th
Visited the National Museum of Natural Science. Took a bus but we missed the stop so we ended up walking again haha Anyway the museum is really huge! We spent more time there than I thought :D Pretty fun because they do not only display artifacts but there were also some interactive machines. There were dinosaurs displays too! Never seen so many dinosaurs at a place before
Was at the museum until closing time and left for Yi Zhong night market. It was peak hours so we could not get onto the bus. Felicia and I was like B1 & B2 and decided to walk in the end haha
When we went back to the hostel the cat was chilling but his owners and I gave it a pat voluntarily as a proof that I am no enemy of his. But later when Felicia was bathing, he decided to have a showdown of staring competition with me D: He stood outside of the glass door and stared at me for an entire of 15 minutes!! I tried to pretend that I do not really care about him and used my laptop but HE.JUST.KEPT.STARING. Even when Felicia came back he still continue staring at me WTF :'( I almost not want to step out of the room and bathe that night ughs
14th
Met with Felicia's friends and they brought us to a well known eatery near the train station.
After that we went to Sinshe, a town outside of Taichung. When we told our friends that we are taking a bus there they were not convinced. In the end we all went together with Poppy driving. hahah When we tell our walking and transportation methods to Taiwanese, it always seem like crazy to them. Guess that is what we get in a country that heavily depend on cars and bikes as their transportation.
Went to Sinshe Castle and the air feels so great because it was somewhere on a mountain I think? ^^ Felt like we were in some European country too.
Spent the whole afternoon exploring the place and then went to a small night market. Finally tried street side pig knuckles! Taste better than I thought ^^
Went back to our homestay early and changed to get ready to play ball at 11pm! Cool right! Apparently the university court are available during weekends for 24h? As long as you pay NT10 the lights will be on for 20minutes. It is very crowded too! Guys on the court, girls with dogs by the side haha
Taken at 2am when we were about to leave.
After that we left and went for supper. There was this guy who is Poppy's friend who seem to have absolutely no clue what Singapore is like. He kept wondering if we have those dimsum back home or not haha But one thing that is different about us is that we eat xiao long bao with vinegar while they have it with soy sauce. Nothing I say could convince them to try our method.
And Felicia took the water for soaking the ginger instead of vinegar over HAHAHAHA
15th
Left for Hsinchu and met up with another friend of Felicia haha And gawd THEY WERE SO HOSPITABLE I CANNOT STAND IT (in a good way). :')
Ruby and Xiaoliang took us to a cute cafe as a start. On the way there it was raining because of a passing typhoon I think? They also told us that Hsinchu is well known for being a windy town and we managed to experience it first hand haha
Pancakes with fruits~
Interior of the cafe
After the meal, they took us to cycling despite the strong wind and slight drizzle heh We rent the bike that is for four people! First time for us all and it was crazy because we had to coordinate and we ride around pretty recklessly and stopping anywhere we want haha
We took pictures too but our hair were flying at every direction so... None with me!
After the crazy ride we went to a Thailand restaurant for dinner with their family. At the beginning we were afraid of awkwardness but their family is so fun to be with! All of them were making sure we were well taken care of and fed us a lot~~~~! We also stayed at their place because they were also going to the Sun Moon Lake Annual Swimming carnival.
When they know that we were initially take a bus there, they were also shock hahaha They were going by a company bus and just nice there were slots available for us because three people dropped out last minute. :`)
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