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

Looking forward to celebrating more with you ^^

I took this photo. Simply because it will make an awesome souvenier for the boys and seems less perverted for a girl asking for a photo from a girl like that compared with asking Mrsmallface to ask for it. haha

Before we had the Arashi Ramen, we already shared a bowl of the famous Ay-Chung noodle. At first we couldnt locate the place and we were wandering around for at least 30mins before someone allow me to ask for help.

We were quite blind for not noticing the crazy queue and crowd. Must be the heat!

Verdict : Okla.. Not a big fan. Tried it once, cross it forever on my “tourist” must-eat list.

http://www.ay-chung.com/en_info.htm

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

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

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 ~ ❤

I think starting from this year I’ll be expecting to hear more and more wedding bells. Am I really in that stage of life already? Where people in my circle are marrying off 1 by 1 ? #notold #selfdenial

This is how most of the photos I’ve posted of me and MrSmallface looks like. #Normal

And this is how we are most of the times. #Natural ! ahhaha.. My face scowling after he says something and me retaliating  =.=

Anyway, i do find the photo very amusing..  Whats with the funny caption/scripts that friend made up in facebook…

#10 Lake of the Returned Sword, Hanoi –  First ever oversea family trip or anywhere for that matter since I’m 3years ? or something like 20 years! More on that when I finish blogging about bali *if that ever happens -_-|| *

#11 Went back to penang to witness MrSmallFace’s only sibling signing away his bachelorhood and entering into another phase of life. Congrats to Rachel and Ian, wishing you both the very best in life

#12 outing to the Hot Air Ballon show at Putrajaya with the gang It was so crowded and there’s only a few creative balloons that we saw. Ended the weekend in Klang for bak kut teh and realising something that’s I’ve wanted to do for almost 10yrs! woohoo!!

#13 Went back to Penang again! and it’s rained from the highway to penang until the next day. T__T only 1 sunny day in penang.  Pretty Jazz after rolling around the rugs..

Since i’m doing project 52, might as well blog about this week before i procrastinate any further. haha!

#14 Was a week of ups and downs. Mostly very down during the weekday, human can be so selfish and manipulative it’s so scary. Was a very negative weekday and so in dilemma. Hope things will get better :(  Because of that, I’m so glad I have a group of awesome friends ^^ People I can hang out with all day or rather whole weekend, talking nonsense and laughing ourselves silly for hours.  Went shopping and got myself a new blackberry :D Had Japanese food twice, and attempted to eat Snowflakes for dessert twice. Fail one, success 1 after a very healthy walk in the park! hahaha… We ate more than whatever calories we lost from the short walk -______-

Looking forward to the weekend again, but it’s only Monday today……..

Already a few have been teasing me for being a failure -__________-

For the month of February it’s all about love. Love for family, friends and mrsmallface

#7 2nd mega gathering for Colistrian class of 2002 gathering. I missed the first one so it’s officially my first gathering. It’s a headache but successful in the end. So glad so many turn up! Catching was so much fun as I haven’t seen some girls since then. Can’t believe it already been 9 year i left school o_O am i really that old??

#8 Annual Chinese new year lousang for those in KL. Some new addition, some that had moved back to Penang

#9 MrSmallFace birthday cum Valentines Day spend together with all our friends. Best way to escape the commercial trap of V-days. Had so much fun.. but sadly time was short.

Super yummy burger made by MrSmallface hahahaha! First time he cooked anything for me!

some of the pics we took on our bali day 2 which was spend sight seeing.

Random local kids

I would say Pura Taman Ayun can skip if you lack of time. Entrance fee required.

After about an hour drive or so, we reach Bedugul area further up north of the Bali Island. Lake Bratan was very nice! Should visit and the weather so cooling like Cameron highlands.

Had a lunch at a non-tourist place – Ayam Bakar Taliwang. As we wanted to try something new, we got our Super nice guide to bring us to a place HE would go himself. Superbly recommended. One of the cheapest and satisfied meal we had in Bali. The restaurant is just opposite the carpark of Lake Bratan. Walking distance.

We headed towards Tanah Lot after that. No sunset for us again :(( It was a cloudy day. They have a market there and the price are cheap.

Tips: Get your souvenirs or Bali Bintang t-shirt here.Me and Gisele got a tube dress for RM7 each! The bintang shirt are like RM3 each here too. Kuta shops are pirates!

It was a very nice stroll around the market before heading towards the super crowded Tanah Lot temple or the floating temple.  The temple is behind us and the scenery from here was amazing. Locals was surfing as well!  Thanks to our superb guide for bringing us. Too bad it was a very cloudy day and all photos doesnt turn out really well :(

Oh well, I’m sure I’ll be there again someday..

Infront of the temple already. If you notice, there’s people braving the waves to get over to the temple and had the holy mens blessings. At that time, the tide wasn’t really that high. Probably a little above ankle.

By the time we decided to go over, the water level rises way above our knee and it was a very scary experience actually. See the sexy legs behind me

I was being the scaredy cat and rushed to go over to the safe side as soon as possible. Not wanting to risk getting soaking wet. The tide was really scary and all of us were soaking wet by the time we wade back. Hence buying pants/dress on the spot -_-

It was almost waist high and the wave was so strong, I had to hold on to the temple helpers in order not to be swept away by the waves!

Leaving you with a photo of the temple and the temple helpers who had to swim back.

Last weekend, my friends decided to be adventurous and we started to drive few hours towards Sepang Gold Coast.

Our top priority for any road trip needless to say would be to fill our tummies!! No matter where!

First stop: Famous Pau Shop in Tanjong Sepat. Hai Yew Heng. The town ain’t big at all. You’ll deff find it.

Old Dame hand-making the infamous pau while watching Astro..

Some uncle before us bought like 100 pau of the same flava? o_O We see them pushing few trays out within the few minutes we are there. RM2 per pau.. can you count how much they are earning per day.. $_$

You see all the auntie and uncles came by bus load hoarding in front of the pau shop buying pau. Because pau seems like the only famous and THING to see/buy here.

After we had bought some of our paus, we head over to a nearby jetty to feast. Not much photos, busy eating. Most of the finer images you see in this blog was taken by Duckie.

This is raw from Lx3. Unedited using the Dynamic Black & White.. I think it’s quite nice but then again, it’s my opinion only..

Lepak at some restaurant.

After that we went to Sepang Gold Coast only to get denied entry for not being a guest (reasonable) So we lepak at the beach next to the water chalet for about an hour before we got chased away by the guards again. This time not reasonable because he just picked on us. The other people loitering around was not being picked on. Reason? We are blocking the view of the patrons.. Duhh…

The said patrons are sitting above the patio. hmm.

One of my favorite photo of the entire day. Thanks Duckie! MrSmallface look so cheeky…

I look like a lollipop here… Round face and non proportioned upper body.

Tired after prancing around so I just squat there for the rest of the time while the guys continue on snapping away.

By 7pm, everyone was famished again! We went back to Lover’s Bridge, Ocen Seafood for dinner and it was so packed. Waited and waited.. until we had a table and the storm just threw a huge fit!

We were like eating while soaking our feet in a pail -__-

Everything was not bad, the famous oyster fried egg was bigger than my palm. Haha! The clams in beer sauce was great and couldn’t remember the other dishes as we were eating in fear the whole place would just crash into the sea.

Did i not mention the restaurant was built on stilt above waters -__-

So gonna be a busy week. Actually halfway through, and I’ve already pulled my head bald already with the craziness at work.

Have a good week ya’ll!