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A weekend of celebration

MrSmallface just got older and we passed another milestone together  :))

Looking forward to celebrating more with you ^^

Taipei – Ay-Chung Mee Suah

Bonus photos from our day in Ximending. Probably one of the main reason WHY so many people throng here

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Tags: Being a Glutton, epl2, taipei, taiwan

Taipei -Ximending

A day before we leave Taipei. And a day spent only with MrSmallface.

It was probably one of the best day of our trip and the schedule is empty. We just do whatever we want. Particularly it wasn’t so hot compared to the other days and such a great place to people watch(my fav past time!!)  MrSmallface like it so much we spend the ENTIRE day there. We went back to the hotel to drop our stuff and went back again.

Ximending Red House Theater (紅樓劇場) house to shops that sells plenty of interesting trinkets. I love these kinda stuff. Small and cute stuff. Plenty of opportunities to spend money without realizing it. Danger! Danger!

This shop sells lots of things I would buy and I did buy! hahah

CKCS as pillion rider ! So cool to have such cart attached to a bicycle. The entire family was biking around..

After loitering around, MrSmallface buying some shoes – we went back to drop the stuff and return to Ximending again! The Starbucks is really huge and people were queuing up all the way until the pavement. Hype  -___-

Main reason we went back is to dine at Arashi which was highly recommended by Yao.  It was indeed one of the best Ramen we had! Not expensive, robust enviroment in restaurant, friendly waitress/waiter who reads everything off the Chinese-only-menu to the two banana ..

YUMMY!!!! No wonder so highly recommended and super packed!! Waited for almost 40mins for a table for 2.

Ramen Kagetsu Arashi: らあめん花月嵐
http://www.kagetsu.co.jp/index.html (Japan)
http://www.gbj-tw.com/ (Taiwan)

We actually went to the famous Ahchung Mee Suah but thats for another post.

Perfect dessert for a hot and humid summer night!

The very elaborately  decorated MRT stations

 

Being the last night in Taipei, we decided to roam the streets of DongChu, hoping to bump into any artist that might be singing in one of the cafe [ we met 神木与瞳 - Yuming Lai one of the nights when we were out with my cousin. But too bad the cafe was too pack we have to leave :( ]

Tired, we just settle down in a very cozy looking , homey cafe in some lane.

MrSmallface always have the nicest portrait photo because *I* took them. Can’t say the same for myself :(

Anyway, it was a very nice evening, spending “connected” to BBM and whatsapp as our phone came alive with the free wi-fi in the cafe. Main reason why we stopped there anyway     -_____________-

The trip was to celebrate our 3rd year being together. We had our fair share of ups and fierce down in the time together. BUT to get through all that, always remember

Things fall apart so better things can fall together

Tags: epl2, taipei, taiwan

Taipei City – Day 1

I procrastinate long enough. 1 month to be exact

Seriously considering to abandon the project 52, doom to fail from beginning? haha!

The trip initially cost us RM400 per pax for a return trip from KL – TPE. But the genius me forgot the whole part about PG -KL until 1 week before departure and obviously the “most affordable” airline doesn’t seems so affordable anymore -__-

Adding salt to the pain, I forgot about luggage allowance for PG-KL. Who can remember that part ? I always have only 1 backpack with me for domestic flight so that cost Mrsmallface again at the airport – hehe

Tips: Taiwan Youth Club gives free sim card with credits about TWD100 for foreigners which both me and MrSmallface finds handy. You can also apply for a phone loan with no cost.

From Kimmie’s email –

Also apply for 青年卡 (youth card) from the counter, whoever below 30 years old can apply… u will get a lot of discount when u purchase tics to Taipei 101 / 故宫 and most of the tourist spots… ( some 20% some half price )

My uncle and cousin was so nice to wait for us at Taoyuan Airport for more than an hour as the flight was, yes you guessed it, delayed. Pick us up and zoom off to watch the last session of “changing of guard”

Top right corner photo  shows us at Gu Gong which have more China antiques/artifact than China itself. The displays are rotated once every three months, which means 60,000 pieces can be viewed in a year and it would take nearly 12 years to see them all. Talk about collection.

Martyr’s Shrine

Can I strike off China in my to-travel destinations? I feel like I’ve already visited china.

We rented this small room from DayRentKing . It was so difficult to lock down on accommodation because there’s so many nice and creatively designed rooms available to be rent.

We were very happy with this one, as it’s SO Convenient!! Less than 5 mins walk from ZhongXiao Fuxing Station, directly opposite the new Sogo Mall and there’s convenient shop just below. The only downside was, the exterior of the studio was quite dodgy, run-down apartment. However, that doesnt bother us much as we were out of the entire day anyway. It even comes with a washing machine. hmm

Here’s a few others which Kimmie and myself had researched on.
http://shidarental.pixnet.net/blog
http://www.y3.com.tw/ –> Very nice but over my budget this trip

Nightmarket #1 – Shilin, so damn humid and hot.

Super famous Big Fried Chicken Chop, i love it!

Long Q as with all the yummy snack! As you Q, they will pass you big paperbag and once it’s your turn, they’ll just shove the piping hot chop into the paperbag. So be alert!

Taiwan Sausage – how could one give this a miss when you are in the birth country. YUMS!!!

Loosely translated will be “Frog laying Eggs” , another version of the traditional bubble tea, this is abit like Penang Lohan Kuo nata de coco, so thumbs up from me! Had this equal times as bubble milk tea throughout the trip. The bubble are white in color and more chewy top with snow ice.

Fried Potato Flooded with cheesseeee top with your desired topping. You can find it in a few of the night market.

I believe this will taste 100x better in winter.

My taiwan extended families which I haven’t seen some of them for close to 10 years! Hospitality are superb and appreciate them for spending time with me

Tags: epl2, taipei, taiwan

3 Years ❤

Who would have guessed we would be here today? Seems like yesterday when all started. There were even times in our life that we drifted to far apart. Nonetheless,I had so much fun together with you.

To me – Knowing how to have a good time together is the very basic of a relationship.

When you stop to have fun together, you stop to laugh together.

When you stop to laugh together, you stop smiling

and you stop wanting to be together.

So here’s to many more fun time together ~ ❤