day 3 was really exciting because we are embarking on our road trip. we check out of tomato rooms in the morning and took the 922 am train to zuo ying train station, collected our rented car at 和运 and off we go!
the two drivers.
the vehicle commander and the entertainer/deejay.
hw was the first one to drive. it was a long scenic journey from kaoshiung to kenting. we stopped over at this place for lunch:
eat at 猪脚店 of course must order the 猪脚.
pig intestine.
炒板条
炒山苏. darling we ate this at hualien before. remember? :)
红烧豆腐. the compulsory tofu dish that hw wants. *how apt that he likes to eat tofu*
the whole meal cost NT1000.
i took over the wheel after lunch, and drove to our 民宿. our 民宿 is minimi inn. very convenient location. downstairs is the night market. and it is very cheap. each of us paid 25 sing dollars, for both nights. the only disgusting part is that we cannot throw our toilet paper inside the toilet bowl because the toilet bowl will get choked. so we can only put our stained toilet papers inside the bin beside the toilet bowl. yucks. reminded me of my overseas training camp at taiwan.
quite nice right? hahahahaha. well worth the money.
we put our things in the room and continue to explore kenting. it is super convenient to have a car.
i took a picture of this 民宿 because got my chinese name. hahaha. 岩手.
some lighthouse thingy. we couldnt go in because it was closed at 4 pm. we reached at 415. boo hoo hoo...
you can tell for yourself which photo is from me and which photo is from nzj.
out of the blue, we decided to do a dance photoshoot. the theme for the photoshoot is to recognise nzj's stature and efforts in nuscd, hence the theme is COOLIE.
the original coolie.
coolie xuehong.
coolie yy. (hw was busy eating his sun biscuit and din bother to do the photoshoot)
both xuehong and yy fail. let the original show us how it is being done.
nzj win! *clap hand clap hand* support original! no piracy!!!
we had early dinner at this nice bistro called 香蕉湾沙滩小酒馆. i found this place on a taiwanese local's blog.
the dinner also cost us NT1000. the 3 of them thought that the dinner was more worth it than the lunch. :p
drove back to our 民宿 and we explored the kenting night market! our 3rd consecutive night of night market action. zzzzzzzzzzzzz...
tomato rooms give each of us NT25 breakfast voucher. at that price you can eat a strawberry or chocolate toast, with a cup of red tea or soya bean milk. if you want to buy more expensive items like 蛋饼 or burger, you just need to top up the amount. the food is really quite cheap and can see alot of uni students buying breakfast.
our first destination of the day is 东海大学!
东海大学 got a very famous landmark called 路思义教堂. it appeared in some taiwanese drama. forgot what is the title.
after 东海大学 we shopped at SOGO, which really had no shoppers at all. and we were super impressed with the courteous 电梯小姐/先生.
and then it was another round of eating and shopping at 逢甲夜市.
fyi, all the places we went to were by public transport, thanks to mr nzj's ipad. :)
reached taoyuan international airport and it has changed alot. the bus terminal is now located at basement 1. took bus 705 to taoyuan high speed railway station. it is about 15 min ride.
had a quick meal at a cafe, because we were all super hungry. and we took the high speed railway train to taichung! travelling at a max speed of 234 km/hr, we reached taichung in 40 min!
our accomodation: tomato rooms
toilet tap endorsed by derek seong. hahahahaha.
although tomato room is a bit far from the train station, but the location is very near feng jia night market. feng jia university is right beside the night market, so the food around that area is very very cheap.
this plate of noodles cost NT55! around 2 dollars??!! super cheap really.
ahhhhh darling!!! my favourite!!! scallops!!! come in all sorts of funny flavours. got wasabi, natural sea salt, seaweed, lemon pepper, thai sweet and sour, etc etc.
if you buy 5 sticks or more, they give you a very nice gift box.
delicious!!! how i wish darling can eat this together with me. :)
learning point from feng jia night market: fen really has lots of energy when it comes to shopping!!!
hello readers, i will be going to taiwan tomorrow, taking tiger airways that is departing at 855 am. coming back on 14th june at 715 pm.
i did not announce on facebook that i am going to taiwan, because i will get requests from relatives (especially those that i am not very close with) to buy the taiwan instant noodles for them.
but anyway, i will be buying lots of facial masks for darling and my two sisters, lots of instant noodles back home, and of course the local specialties!
and if you still dunno who i am going with, let me reveal the answer:
the person in the ipad is included.
so here's our itinery: day 1 - taichung day 2 - taichung day 3 - taichung to kenting day 4 - kenting day 5 - kenting to taitung day 6 - taitung day 7 - taitung day 8 - taitung to taipei day 9 - taipei day 10 - taipei to singapore
my first flight on tiger... dreading it... can i sleep well on the flight a not... :(
the wallpaper that you always see on computer desktop. and my dad is wearing the blue adidas sweater that i bought for him in japan! :)
my mum is wearing the rainbow colour jacket that i bought for her in japan! i remembered i bought this on the last day of the trip. was frantically searching for a souvenir for her and i walked into this clothes shop, saw it and bought it!
my younger sis + bf
envious~ one day i must go to old trafford!!!
my father can be a model. hahahahaha. taken in holland.
woke up at 515 am today and drove from woodlands (i stayed over at darling's house) to changi airport because my parents' flight from amsterdam is touching down at 545 am!
as i had mentioned earlier, my parents, younger sis + bf went to europe, and the countries they covered are france, england and holland!
they also went to old trafford, the manchester united stadium! because my younger sister's bf is also a manchester united fan. i will definitely make a trip to old trafford in the near future.
my dad bought two manchester united jackets for me from the stadium's souvenir shop and my sis bought a tshirt for me. my sis said he spent 2.5 hours in the shop just to choose what to buy for me. happy and touched beyond words~ :)
time flies fast. term 2 is over just like that. i have survived semester 1 of year 2012!
today started with something good because my house won the Kindest House. in conjunction with Singapore Kindness Movement, the school organised a series of kindness related activities. the most prominent activity is producing a kindness video, and obviously this prominent activity is designed for me to win because i am the special effects coordinator. hahahahaha.
presenting to you the video:
and the workplace made a school newsletter. not black and white ok. is coloured ok!!! very professionally done. and i wrote one of the articles, on 'Metamorphosis'. :)
the article is on the centre page of the newsletter! *proud*
after school i gathered my Metamorphosis dancers to take photo with the newsletter. its a pity that not everybody can make it.
the metamorphosis article on the centre page. :)
xuehong, our cny item is also on the newsletter! :)
