Without doubt, there are always gonna be pictures for your persual!
So i left on a jetplane, checking in with me a 6kg luggage (play the guessing game for the weight when it comes back. secret prize for the winner! haha!)
DAY 1
Lemme start by saying that i didnt fly SQ. omg, the saddest part would be when one discovers that the difference in air tickets would only be $60 and she didnt fly SQ because her relatives wanted to save that $60 per person for more shoppin =.= seriously, that $60 not spent made sharmaine a very very VERY unhappy person because first she had to have disgusting curry fish. im lactose intolerant and im not a fish eater. and i have horrible plane sickness (ok, fine! motion sickness) i felt it the moment i got onto the plane. haha! ok, this paragraph stays here. i literally have no comments. i think the only consolation is that i brought along my medicated oil and my oh-so-comfy eye mask! and oh oh, that i finally caught the Sex & The City movie ;) i focused hard throughout that to make it through the flight. pity i already caught Forgetting Sarah Marshall else trust me i would have finished it tooooo!
Moving on, so... the plane ride was a torturous 4 hours and i arrived in Taiwan! (: there are no photowhoring pictures (yet) because i look like shit upon touch down. i had little sleep the night before and you guessed it right, i had not much sleep on the plane itself. so upon touching down and all that jazz about checking into the hotel and all, we went food hunting!!
Ximending is surprisingly near my hotel - like a 10mins max walk! so, apparently, this is recommended....
(: pretty decent mee suay. i dont eat mee suay though but i figured that since ive eaten this one and it taste rather nice then... either this one has high standards or its just me. haha! obviously this one has high standards ;) the concept is old school, you pay, go to a corner and take your bowl, sauces are in another corner and after flava-ing the food to your liking you jus stand outside the stall with your bowl and eat! thankfully my relatives and i make up 7. a wonderful number for trying out all sorts of different foods without getting a tad too gelat and full!
Now this was pretty yummy too. sotong fish balls (there are two flavourings one can use, chilli and some saltish thingy. the saltish thingy is the nice saltish thingy you get at crystal jade and what nots to dip your chicken into :p yumm for those who get me, congrats!)
And of course... smelly tofu! (: it was SO not my cuppa tea. haha, apparently this is pretty mild already. i say that because the surrounding wasnt smelly. you know smelly tofu is good when its smelly and theres a queue for it despite the stench. wahaha, i swear i could taste that smell instantly when i bite into the tofu OK :\ ewww. haha, but its my aunt's fav so we're going smelly tofu hunting.. (we're still on that hunt btw come day 2..)I did light shopping at Ximending - 2 bracelets and alot of window shopping. as a newbie, its always good to rackeee the place and check out whats the norm price yar? plus i was saving my moolah for some kickass wholesale place that we were going on day 2 (: weeee.
We also checked out this night market, nothing fanciful though (: my heart awaits ShiLin (thats like day 3 or 4) the food in this night market was pretty scary - we had some sorta cuttlefish and all sorts of weird stuff that my relatives eat like pork's heart and whatnots. i know, ewww! (p/s: i found out my mum loves pig's blood :S) my tummy got a little upset - almost fainted on my way back to the hotel and was in great pain but im fine now, if any of you are concerned. haha :)
Sneak peek of my hotel room!.. speaking of which, i need to hit the sheets now because im waking up for hot springs or spa or whatever tmr morning. hehehe :P DONT BE JEALOUS. i'd blog about day 2 tmr or something, no worries ;) day 2 is more exciting with the food as my photography skills seem to improve. nvm, let me delude myself!!
AND WITHOUT DOUBT - ME! (: xx
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