in the morning, we ate the mediocre breakfast provided by the hotel. our stomachs dun feel satisfied, so we decided to find other stuff to eat at ximending.
西门町红楼
this place is for performing arts. at night, it becomes very happening, cos there's a pasar malam. the vendors at the pasar malam design and make their own stuff to sell, ranging from tshirts, earrings, keychains, stationery and many other stuff. very affordable and very nice.
and then we stumbled upon this restaurant:
recognise the symbol? my ex-workplace in sg. haha. btw there's no more of these restaurants in sg le.we still haven eat anything yet, and so we go to this restaurant which have very special seats.
we went up to the restaurant at 11 am, and we were the first customers. so we asked the waitress whether the restaurant is open for business, and she said yes, so we sat down and ordered our stuff. we were really looking forward to eat the food cos we were a bit hungry, but at 1130 the food is still not here, and our bus is coming at 12 pm, so i asked the waitress whether is the food coming, then she said is coming very soon.
one of the dishes that i ordered is mushroom spaghetti, and then at 1140, the chef tell the waitress: "喂，帮我开蘑菇罐!"
wah biang that's the last straw for me already. i decided to be the bastard and tell them that i dun want the food already cos i have to catch the bus. i worked in the service line before, and i noe that is a shit job, so i always very nice to waiters/waitresses, no matter how cock up they are. but this one i really buay3 lun4. waiting for my food for 40 min is seriously too much.
the chef explained that early in the morning they need more time to prepare the ingredients, but all these they should tell me right at the moment i entered the restaurant wat. i told them that i will pay for the food, but the manager said nvm. ok that makes me less angry.
in the end we bought 葱油饼 from a roadside stall, and it taste very nice! ok makes my mood a bit better.
1150 pm, we checked out of the hotel, and walked to the bus pick-up point. at 1215 pm, the bloody bus still haven come, so i get a bit stressed and pissed. i was so scared that we missed the bus, but we reached the pick-up point at 1155. so i walked back to the hotel to check if the bus will reach early. the woman at the counter called up the bus company and then told me that the bus haven reach yet.
so she walked with me back to the pick-up point, and at 1225 the bus came. and there were quite alot of pple in the bus.
AND THEN HOR, the bus nv send us straight to the airport. the bus still got drive to a few other hotels, picking up tourists like us. no wonder the bus took so late to come to our pick-up point.
AND THEN AND THEN HOR, the bus still nv send us straight to the airport. instead it drove us to a central location, get all of us to come down the bus with our luggage, and then another bus will send us to the airport. wah damn jia lat.
and when all of us got into the bus, some pple do not have seats, then the bus driver tell them to get down, cos cannot have anybody standing, and the next bus will come ten min later. wah then those standing refused to go down, said that they cant catch the flight on time. the whole situation was so tense that i thought there will be a fight. thank goodness dun have, cos the bus driver relented and get those pple standing to either sit on the floor or squeeze with other pple on the seats.
wat a negative experience, and it has to happen on the final part of the trip. :(
so next time if you go taipei, and you want to go to the airport, see if you can negotiate a good price with the taxi drivers. if one person have to pay NT250 or lesser, i will be more than willing to take their taxi.
when we reached the departure hall, we found out that the flight will depart at 345. and then when we reached the boarding gate, we were told that the flight will only depart at 430, cos either got some cock up at changi airport or some thunder god in the sky, which made the aeroplane arrive late. damn screw up.
luckily nothing goes wrong throughout the flight. and now china airlines also got in-flight entertainment service, so the 4.5 hours of flight is 很容易度过.
this taiwan trip has been a really nice and fun trip. most importantly, its my first "honeymoon" with darling, and for 24/7, we can be with each other, and i think its really great. thank you darling for all the fun and company. hope you enjoyed the trip as much as i did. love you~
