wahahaha. it is such a funnnnn trip. it's really different going on overseas trips with friends. cuz everyone does everything together and tries all the weirdest stuff. anyway i lugged one stuffed luggage and 2 other boxes of purchases back. o.O but quite alot of them are gifts for people okayyy. =D
and i think we really need to thank our "carers" over there. they provide lodgings, toiletries, transport, and breakfast every morning!! they give in to our every demand, really. they even helped us box up our purchases. or else i really dont know how we're gonna bring everything back. wahaha.
it's such a detailed-full trip that i cant possibly blog everything out. so i shall just talk about the highlights. LOL.
Day 1: reached taiwan at 5+ in the afternoon. it was raining and there was a jam from the airport. we were hungry too. after about an hour plus we finally reached this buffet restaurant. eat until damn shuang lahhh. LOL. the food was not bad too. after that we shopped for a little while at some small night market. i tried my first bite of pig's blood cake. i almost puked!! forced myself very hard to swallow it. one word: YUCK.
Day 2: we went to visit this lane that's specially filled with those pottery shops. it was a pretty boring part of the trip actually, LOL. after that we went to jiu fen to shop around. there was alot of food to buy!! i bought sour plums, muah chee, biscuits, and some little gifts as well. but the bad thing about jiu fen is that there was this horrible stench coming from some mutton smell. i almost puked 3 times!!! gahhhh. it's the worst smell i ever smelt. EEYUCKKK. oh we also had tea at this traditional tea place. the tea smells pretty nice!! haha. after that we went to jilong night market to shop. it was a pretty small night market though.
Day 3: went to ximending to shop!! damn alot of things to buy. i bought alot of clothes!! we had soooo many bags at the end of it, and mind you, it was ONLY from ximending. after that we placed our purchases in lockers at a train station and went to wufenpu to continue shopping. bought alot of stuff as well. i bought shirts for my mom/sis too, LOL. after that we went to raohe to shop. it wasnt very big either lol. oh and it was my bday!! angie nicole queenie and jacq bought a cake for me! heh so sweet of them. =DD
Day 4: we visited national taiwan university!! tai da for short. the son of our carers and his classmates brought us around. one of them is named bagus and he sneaked us into his lab, lecture theatre, and his dorm!! coolios. oh and he sings really well hahaha. another guy is some czech republic national. both jacq and i think he's quite cute. muahahaha. we went to shop at taipei main station's underground mall too, but there isnt much there. that night we went to shilin!! mann shilin is great!! got loads of stuff there, and good food too!! i ate oyster-egg, something i used to think was darn smelly. LOL. we ate the famous fried chicken too, but i hate the fact that they dont remove bones. -.-
Day 5: we went back to ximending and wufenpu to finish shopping, LOL. cuz one day just isnt enough luhh. bought alot of things too. my legs felt like they were gonna break. -.- oh we also saw some celebrities at ximending cuz they happened to have some event there. we also went to shida night market. i thought it was not bad too.
Day 6: my favourite day!! we went to leofoo village, the theme park place. we all had our own fears. i was okay with viking and those overturn rides, but i was damn scared of the vertical drop ride lahhh. when the ride ended i just burst into tears, LOL. i know, lousy right. but really damn scary man. the water rides were fun. and my favourite ride was the screaming condor. it's just this ride that suspends you damn high in the air then rush down at a freakin high speed. damnnnn shuang. wahaha. we went back to shilin to shop after that. cuz it was the last day so everybody just kept spending money. buy until damn shuang wahahaha. ANDDDD. i actually ate the smelly toufu. it was the worst thing i ever tasted. smelly like hell man!! lol.
Day 7: last day! we went to carrefour to shop for pao mian, cuz taiwan pao mian all damn nice one lol. bought a whole boxful of food back!! hahaha. short day cuz we had to rush to the airport. my mom was so astounded to see how much stuff i brought back lahh. hahaha.
anyway taiwan is really fantabulous. maybe the "going with friends" experience made it all the more fun. we have loadssss of pics!! slowly upload, LOL.
i have some pics from my bday party though!! hahaha.