(Monday / 15:37)
19th
Visited the Miniature Museum of Taiwan. My iPhone GPS got to be my bestest friend throughout the journey!
Funny that the museum is located at the basement of a office building (?) but the displays were amazing! Just think about the amount of effort used to make the furniture and figurines!
Took me less than 2 hours to finish exploring the place but this is definitely worth your time!
Caught Resident Evil: Retribution 3D at Miramar. Not very impress with the plot. Felt like this episode was made for the sake of it. Please do better for the next one!!! Oh, and the ticket costs about SGD$12. D: That is a little high, no?
When I came out of the cinema it was raining pretty hard but still I managed to see the ferris wheel. Maybe it was the wind, the rain and the music, the ferris wheel look gorgeous! I was so amazed by its beauty! I even took a picture of myself with it alone.. it's a common sight in Taiwan okay.
20th
九份!
We shared a cab to this old street at NT$500. He proposed NT$600 initially (and says that the normal price is NT$1000) and said that taking a bus will cost about the same. As a tourist I kept doubting his words though haha Luckily he is not really taking my mean words into heard :x
It was a Thursday and it was pretty crowded. Cannot imagine the crowd on weekends!
Took a bus to Keelung night market and slept so soundly I almost slept on the shoulder of a student :o I swear I did not do it on purpose. A lot of foooooooooooood! But we did not eat a lot. Tried braised pig trotter and crab and.. I think my mum do it better. Maybe it was just the wrong stalls to eat at.
21st
I stayed in the hotel for the whole day in preparation for my Korea trip. As some of you know, Felicia will be heading back to Singapore while I continue my trip to Korea. I am very glad that I made the choice to go even though I am freaking out. As of now. hahaha Hopefully the trip will be good!
And! I almost miss my chance to watch Mr Huang's first concert! D: I read about his concert on 11/28 online but failed to notice that the ticket is already on sale! During one of the night, I had a hard time sleeping so I woke up to watch Yubai and 蝴蝶 said that the tickets were almost sold out. I almost screamed.
Found the booking website but they need a address to mail the ticket to! :o In the end I waited for the next day to book because I asked if Ruby could help me out by 'loaning' her address to me. THANK GOD FOR FRIENDS. I also emailed the company to ask if I could get the ticket on site but it seemed impossible because they kept asking me for a address..
(As of now, 9/24, the ticket have already arrive at her place. Thought it would take longer if not I could have gotten them to mail it to the hotel I am currently staying to save troubles. But who am I to complain about efficient service! lol really want to complain about everything ah)
22nd
Went to a place near Taipei 101 called Simple Market. At first I was really lazy to go out because its a Sunday! Sunday = Crowd. D:
On the way there I thought I would see Eddie Peng (Taiwanese actor) because they were promoting some movie he starred in but instead I saw three members of Lollipop F because they sang the OST haha Okay la better than nothing.
The place was so cool! It is like a flea market (picture below) but all the items are handmade/organic. There is also a shop and cafe by the side selling more organic stuff and also a museum which I think is about the land in the older days.
All the D: were gone haha
Had our early dinner at a Japanese restaurant that Singapore has too but it was so much cheaper! I ate only the vegetables (and a few slice of meat. i swear a few slice only) because I was too full from the breakfast. I ate two meals okay. After that I went to Gongguan night market and returned back early because food turns me off.
Yeah maybe after 20 odd days surrounded by glorious food in Taiwan I am getting sick of the sight of food. How can?!
When I returned to Ximending I heard Mr Huang's 搞什么鬼 and I went towards the direction immediately. Turns out to be Fun4 performing on the streets. They are a bunch of talented boys who wrote a couple of Mr Huang's hits!
They mentioned that one of the member was not there due to a recent accident :( But I salute to their spirit! It is actually quite a common sight to see people singing and performing on the street but I believe it is not an easy task. How thick must their skin be to perform in the streets and receive silent treatments and passerby who do not stop to appreciate their effort but still continue performing. How much time they had to put in to give the best possible show for people. These people (Y)
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