Taiwan 2012 - Day 14（3 Feb) -清境

After breakfast waited for driver to drive up to 合欢山. They drove us to a main gathering point and boarded a mini bus to 合欢山. Waited for few tourist to board bus then off we go.
The driver daytona up the mountain .
Then it started to rain. And the rain became snow!! Its easy to see snow but it aint easy to see snowing!! Its super cold and we are wrap up like 肉棕！after seeing snow the driver drop us at 青青草原. Its really like switzerland! The lamb are roaming around and we can feed them too! It started to rain again then we waited at the pavilion for almost half hour then we proceed to the show. The show is to exhibit lamb fur shearing and rounding of lamb then after that went for makan. An we waited for a bus to 清境国小 for almost an hour then went back to 白熊屋for resting plus makan. Played with their kiroko as they kept her in as its raining. She is so adorable. When you scratch her massage her she will put her paw on your shoulder... We booked the driver at nt300 each to fetch us back to railway for our next destination 台南

Taiwan 2012 - Day 13（2 Feb) - 台中-清境

Went to carrefour to buy instant noodle then went back to wait for driver to 清境. Went past the old english . The hotel itself is very very nice! Check in 白熊屋。it's quite sad as they place their dog outside the house rather then letting them run around . But the view is superb!! We went out to look for makan but made our way to 7-11! Hahaha had our dinner there then went back to our room to rest the air is very cold and the only place that is warm is the bed as it has warmer..

Taiwan 2012 - Day 12（1 Feb) - 台中

Change 2 trains to get to 台中. We went into the first hotel (plaza hotel) that is closest to the train station to take up a room . Went to 台中公园 then to 一中街 there is a new year bazaar going on. After that took cab back to hotel to sleep . zhengyang come over from Taipei to have dinner with us at Kiki sze chuan restaurant owned by 蓝芯媚 . Then went to 逢甲夜市

Taiwan 2012 - Day 11（31 Jan) - 台北

Took cab to paradise hotel to look for cousin. After they boarded the cab we made our way to the train station to a place to surprise our friend !

Taiwan 2012 - Day 10（30 Jan) - 台北

Took a cab and book the cab driver to yangmingshan at 1600 he brought us to lots of places. Stop at mrt, roadside, other places , hotels for us to take photo . He even manged to bring us to 中山堂 which require apply of permit 2 months ago. Hahaha he just show his reporter pass and we can go in already. then after putting us back to we went to look for Polaroid film and makan . After packing luggage we made a reservation for the train ticket but we went from our room to 7-11 and fro for almost 5 times!! Just to collect our ticket!

Taiwan 2012 - Day 9（29 Jan) - 台北

Went for makan at normal makan outlet then took train to 淡水 what amaze me is the service of metro station. Mil was ferried by wheelchair from station to station with their security waiting outside the train to fetch my MIL. Superb!! Ate ah gei (just beancurb stuff with tang hoon) and fried mushroom . saw a store that do figurine for dogs wanted to do one for snoopy and Kiki but realized I dun really have snoopy photo w me. Then went Zhong Xiao fu xing Lu for sogo but didn't wAlk much then took cab back to hotel. Place mum back hotel then went out to buy dinner.

Taiwan 2012 - Day 8（28 Jan) - 花莲 - 台北

Took taroke gorge train to Taipei quite spacious and took only 2 hrs + to get to Taipei
Then took cab to colormix but not able to check in so webt walk around and sit at subway till 1 then check in to room and slept till 7pm then went looking for food. Saizeraya then 鱿鱼庚。then brought ah zong main Xian and 葱抓饼

Taiwan 2012 - Day 7（27 Jan) - 花莲

Today is 自然醒 day. Keng brought 烤鸭三吃。 nice！we went for fruits plucking . There are guava, rose, sun flower and rabbits and ducks / goose!! So cute !! Then we went for steamboat and the veg are home grown! Then we went for massage then go home to pack

Taiwan 2012 - Day 6（26 Jan) - 花莲

Waited for keng then went 兆酆农场。went to bird , small animals, fruit tasting . Experience slight earthquake at night

Taiwan 2012 - Day 5（25 Jan) - 花莲

Went to taroko gorge then went to buy 3D & 4D and toto

Taiwan 2012 - Day 4（24 Jan) - 花莲

Cousin Xiao gu brought us to eat 秘密鸡地，its quite cheap with 2 fish and one whole chicken and 7 more dishes @ only 2200. Then went to 鲤鱼潭，a mountain ，sugar cane factory to feed fish then to 虎爷温泉 then to 涂妈妈肉粽to buy 20 dumplings . Then go back but Kenny wanted to bring us to go makan so we went 八
Then to prawn fishing then go home

Taiwan 2012 - Day 3 (23 Jan) - 花莲

At first thought they are going further but in the end after having lunch + breakfast at the baker , we are still at that orchard road and market again. We brought a lot of thing and handled the telco but it still sucks！ went poya and shop till we drop！ at night went to eat 米台目and goose meat!

Taiwan 2012 - Day 2 (22 Jan) - 花莲

Keng send us to market to experience CNY mood but nothing much then to their shopping mall to shop around then back home for 年夜饭
After went to a 夜市for some games but due to rain we didn't proceed further to put firework but went zhi qiang 夜市 to buy BBQ!

Taiwan 2012 - Day 1 (21 Jan) - 桃园机场到花莲

Was packing till 2.45 am . And woke up at 4.30am!!
Went to pick eddy and he will fetch my 小白back .
we took almost 1 hour to come out of airport. And we cleared the sim card registration as well took the 1350 and was given 2350 value. 5 days of unlimited data is 350 NT call back sg was around 8.4. However no hotspot can be usEd
We booked a van to fetch us to 花莲 at 7500 the driver switch w another driver in the end we took Mr Jerry Hu's space wagon which is more comfortable . There is wifi in the car too !! Jerry is a very nice guy though it just a journey from airport to hua lian he still bother to explain.
Stop at 石碇休息站。 the Yong tau foo was so ex! It's almost S$10 per plate!!
We took the car at 1.30 pm and we reached hua lian at 7 pm!
Had steamboat at keng hse . Went out for a walk at their 'orchard' area. Then back home for slp!

CNY trip! 台湾2012 1月21日 到 2月11日

Booked the jetstar ticket on aug 2011 for 6 of us to go . Us + MIL + Wan cousin + 2 girls. Since then have been looking into the details of Taiwan but did not make any conclusion! Hence we just came without making any arrangement for the accomodation in Taipei . So long as MIL have a place to slp can already

Batam - Harris Resort 12-13 Feb 2011

Went to Batam with HL & husband, Weng, for Valentine Day celebration. Brought the deals.com.sg's package at S$170 per room - 2D1N, ferry tix, 1 free pizza, 1 game of bowling, 1hr of massage, free shuttle to Nagoya.

It wasn't that smooth as Weng's boarding pass was printed wrongly however we managed to board on time. Reached Harris Batam, it was the same feeling when we went on 2005. All the staff are filled with smiles and you can hardly get it in SG.

We were staying in the new wing, which i think the old wing is better.. more cosy. Then we set off for SHOPPING!

Took the shuttle bus to Nagoya, but nothing much to shop and zw's heart was with DC Mall. hahaha. Had lunch and brought one tights. then we proceed on to DC Mall for RP 40K. DC Mall had detoriated quite a lot since we last went but the shop is still there. ZW was there 1-2 hours and tried a lot of shirts and jeans and he went back with 7 pcs of clothes!

After that had snack at KFC (the A&W there had closed down!), then went to the supermarket. Brought fireworks from the supermarket itself. Dinner at Godiva coffee. We saw the salon that we last went so we went for wash & blow service, and our hair like 60s like kena bomb!! hahaha then took cab back to Harris.

Went back to room to put things then went down for fireworks. Was accompanied by their security guard to the beach for the fireworks. next time have to buy the bigger ones hahaha... small one no kick... hahaha... then went back to room to bath and indonesian massage at HSpa at 11pm.

the massage was very good. 2 in a room, almost all of us fell asleep. the atmosphere is very relaxing. though we were their last customers for the day they are still professional enough making us as cosy, comfortable as possible.

Woke up around 8.30 for breakfast. Breakfast wasn't as good as before, average ... stil had our eggs hahaha. then played GoKart for S$15 per 10 mins, Battlefield pinball for $25 per pax for 200 bullets, Pistol shoot for $15 per pax for 50 bullets, foot reflex for 1hr for $17 per pax, bowling free with package. A lot of activity but Expensive!

Had our pizza when waiting for their shuttle bus back to terminal. The pizza is nice. not very 'flour' .

We were the 1st to enter the custom and look for the best seat in the ferry! The spirit of ME!! hahhaa

Think we spent almost 800 SGD for these 2 days! faint...

In Loving memories of Snoopy (25 Feb 1997 - 4 Sep 2010)

Snoopy has left peacefully to another world at 4 Sep 2010 0545hrs at Mount Pleasant Hospital (Whitley). He was weight at 6.05kg.

He has been with us for 13 years and in this 13 years, he has brought us happiness, jitterness, gan cheongness, comfortness, sadness... Though the cause is not very clear but what we know it has to do with the brain. He was cremated and place in The Pet Hotel Columbarium #3102. He has neighbours surrounding him and is at the 1st level with his favourite snack, food, leash and his handsome photo with him.

Honeymoon - Kao Hsiung to Taipei- 6 Mar 10

Our bus took the expressway back to Taipei, along the way we saw Sakuras!! who say only Japan have... And they are beautiful too!!

Reached Taipei at around 1plus already too hungry!! ate Dan dan noodle. nothing much... like zha jiang mian.. We had to stay at 台北故宫博物院 for 2 hours... went walking for a while then went to the cafe for tea and had Haagan Das. ZW say its cheaper in TW then in SG. The toilet signs are so cute! they feature those 公公 and 宫女 hahhaa.

It began to get colder as we are into  middle of the day... we went to the Taipei 101 for window shopping. Went to the 小南门传统豆花 as recommended by 小杨. the beancurd is very smooth and the red bean is nice!!! We went into DKNY shop and saw 1 bag which seems nice!! but its around SGD 600!! expensive... hahaha.. 不舍得买. i can go for another holiday with this 600 ... u know!! hahaha.. Went to Coach to help eileen to see her wristlet. but we didn't buy cos its about 100. so we have to try our luck in HK.

小杨brought us to the tibit shop, vigor kobo, to buy souvenirs. its quite high class and cater to mostly tourist. so we didn't buy much.. think outside is cheaper. Last thing in our tour schedule is 士林观光夜市. And we begin our MAKAN venture again!! wanted to go to the mutton soup that 小杨 recommend but too many ppl so we skip that and went to the BBQ stall!! SOTONG!!! NICE!! 微笑碳烤 everything $11 only sotong is more expensive. Next nice one is 家乐鱿鱼大王。。 walking through the shops everywhere seems to sell almost same same things. We went to one of the souvenir shops to buy those confectionary items and sepnt almost $100 SGD!! 恐怖!!

中源大饭店 http://www.nc-hotel.com.tw/pricelist.php  Our Hotel seems nice and just beside it is 24 hours supermart le. So convenient and nearby also have 宁夏夜市. The room is quite new but we are given 2 single beds... but its already full le so ew just have to stick to it...

Honeymoon - Tainan to Kao Hsiung- 5 Mar 10

Woke up quite early for breakfast. Its only when boarding the bus then we know that there are caravans around too. :) next is travelling again ... along the way stopped at fruit store for toilet and buying of fruits. the fruits there seems very fresh.. but didn't get a chance to eat lychee though... Next we reached 美浓民俗村 for hakka tradition. Didn't do much there as there is nothing much!!

佛光山 is the next place we went, makan there as well. We just went to one of the temple then the tour guide told us if wan to wait at the entrance can proceed to walk on our own and meet up then. We directly went to the wishing well and try our luck. I did hit one of the bell!! then we went down to the meeting area to see see look look around.

The final city that we went is 高雄. the day before it had a earthquake of 6 plus but when we are there everything seems normal. We had to go to the 'so-call' must go places for tourist!! 台湾水产试验所！What place is this?? a place where they sell all those pearls and powders!! 小杨says that the govt actually make it a must for tourists to visit these type of place.. hai.. waste of time. Next is 莲池谭. basically its just 1 tiger and 1 dragon in a small lake... and nothing much le... heard form one of the tour mates that the clouds can actually alert the people whether would there be earthquakes coming.. Earthquake cloud!!  Next is shopping!! 梦时代. We went for their ferries wheel, Hello Kitty & Sanrio Friends 摩天轮， and my section is Sanrio!! they even have plush figurines of them in the car itself.  It was only 6 plus where its also quite dark le... nothing much to shop at 梦时代. heard from one of the waitress that they are having lantern festival at 爱河 and have FIREWORKS!!

Luckily we managed to get there on time and saw the fireworks. after that we took the 爱之船 to tour around 爱河. Thanks to the lantern festival that we actually saw the decorated 爱河. We had to walk back to our coach as the road are block already. 高雄信宗大飯店 is our hotel in Kao Hsiung. We were so tired that we didn't went out to explore...

Honeymoon - Hualien to Tainan - 4 Mar 10

Earthquake early in the morning!!! I felt when we were having our breakfast but zw didn't feel it. Nervous, kan cheong, watching out for signs of running... i held on to our bags in case we need to run!!After a while, it just stop. then the waitresses came out to have a look... We also carry on eating our makan. In the bus, we told 小杨 that there was a earthquake and he didin't feel it too. Then i was just thinking am i the only one who felt this?? but some of our group mates also say they felt it... luckily i'm not the only one. then we went to Taroko National Park 太鲁阁国家公园。 Recently there is a case of a falling rock hitting a tourist causing his death hence we were not allowed to roam far... but the mountains were very very nice, scenic. We do see the devastation of the 8 Aug Flood that had made to the environment as well. The coach went passed a small expressway (东西横贯公路） the statues of the lions were place along the road and were very cute, each of them have different expression. Next is makan then a visit to the local jade/granite factory 石之屋. We were shown how granite and jade surfaced and also talks on their jade.

鹿野溪游季温泉 is our next destination! we were travelling along the road where greenery of their rice plants welcome us. It really amazing to see a whole patch of land with plants planted in a well-organized manner. We stopped at a traffic light when i felt it again. 小杨 rush up to tell us that its shaking again. We could see the lamp post are shaking.. then he told us that 高雄 and 台南 area hit by 6 magnitude earthquake and the destruction is unknown... the one that we had experience is about 3 magnitude... so scary... cos we would be heading to 台南 shortly. When we reached the hotspring its already almost 6 le. We quickly go for the individual rooms to have a dip. To me, hot bath is not my kind, so i needed cold water as well. The place is quite run down which is why there isn't alot of ppl there.

小熊渡假村is the main highlights of the tour. We are the ONLY group in that resort. Makan again but the rice is very very very nice. This is the best rice that we had taken in our trip. hahaha... then we were told of our rooms. We share the cottage with a "mother & son" but in the end we had to change room as the ground level room was full of ANTS!!!! so suay... We were change to another cottage of 3 rooms but we only utilise the ground level room. Then we out for their so call "welcome party". Played few rounds of BINGO then some games then they had display of fireworks and launching of 天灯. We wrote "早生贵子， 天天开心， 身体健康， 发大财！！"

After that is own time own target, so we went to buy 2 rounds of firework to play with. This is the second time that we release firework on our own but i still dun dare to fire it. hahaha... so zw have to do it and i just stand there and film it!! hahaha... and its not expensive at all, only S$20+. Played basketball machine, arcade games, then bed is the next thing we head to... these few days the travelling had drain a lot of our energy, i didn't travel tour group before, so its quite taxing on me...