Taiwan Trip- Day 1

[4th of August - 10th August 2014]

Day 1- 4/8/2014

Wootssss.

The day has finally come

I wasn't really excited at first.

But I was a little bit nervous because I'm taking plane 

Yes. 

The general way to travel from Malaysia to Taiwan is to fly.

I'm scared to fly in a plane after the three cases of plane crash

:S

*Deep breath*

We're taking 10 morning flight :)

Jian met at my house by 7.30am

Then the journey to airport took us 45 mins.

It's considered late because we needed to check in our luggage.

We quickly got into the queue for checkins. 

We bought 25kg for the luggage checkin 

Thanks god it's ngam ngam 

:P

We walked rapidly to the international departure hall because KLIA 2 is big.

We did not want to miss the flight.

Lol.

Something silly happened when we're pressed for time 

I'm such a scatterbrain D:

I found out that I've left my pillow at Mc Donald after we passed through the customs. (Bag-searches)

I requested the customs officer to allow me to go out for getting it back.

It wasted 5 mins for explaining and waiting :(

I was in a hurry. 

My plane was taking off in 20 mins

I ran immediately to the McD counter to ask 

I wanted to ensure that I could get in to the customs before the plane flies.

I couldn't find my pillow and I went back.

I zipped through customs.

Phew ~

And I saw my pillow was on the machines which is at customs 

Wtf.

I assumed that I left it there accidently after the bag searches.

I didn't have to run out all the way to McD just to get this because it won't be there.

.____.

My heartbeats steadied when I got to get into the plane on time. 

We landed safely at the time of 2.40pm

Zeann was waiting for us at the arrival hall.

The Taiwan 's customs were packed. 

The queues of non-residents were so long :/

The first thing we did when we got out was buying Taiwan Simcard 

Heeeee. 

It costed us NTD 500 for the SIM card which is 7 days unlimited internet and 200NTD credit. 

We would be staying at Zeann 's place for the first two nights.

Thanks to Zeann for taking us in and guiding us in trip.

Her place was near to San Xia.

It was only 20 mins drive away from Tao Yuan airport. 

We didn't know that she wasn't staying at town till the night before we came. 

Luckily we booked two nights hotel in Ximending for the 3rd and 4th night.

It was a last min plan.

Her place wasn't really convenient but it was big and comfy.

We had to take bus from her house to MRT station which taken 20-35 mins 

(YongNing, Banqiao and FuZhong)

And we had to make sure we reach MRT before 11.30pm because the last bus was 12.15am.

Can't imagine how are we gonna go home if we are late.

It seemed to be a 'curfew' to us.

These are our itinerary for 7 days trip 

:D

We wanted to make sure well-spent in various night markets scattered around Taipei.

I posted these photos here because I can refer to this next time 

I promise myself I would go back to Taiwan in three years time 

Teehee

I'm so in love with Taiwan. 

We took bus from 大学风吕 (Zeann's place) to FuZhong MRT station. 

Then we went to JianTan station by train. 

(Shilin)

We arrived there by 5.30pm.

Zeann wasn't following us as she had something else to do. 

We began our journey with Shilin night market.

We tried out most of the interesting and local foods at there.

Guess what? Taiwanese foods are cheap and nice.

Awesome is the only word to describe the foods there.

Woohoooooo~ 

I tried the Potato with Hawaiian pizza toppings topped with hot nacho cheese.

Ohm mom nom

All the people in Shilin NM were super friendly.

I was surprised on the manners and culture of Taiwanese people.

They were cool 

We got excited when we saw SASA and Watson.

Cosmetics are all women' killers

We were ready to spend on cosmetics 

:P

We spent nearly 5 hours at there. 

Believe it not! 

I know it was crazy but we did it 

Heeeee.

Fun yet tiring! 

We were happy kids because of the stuffs we've gotten from night market.

Both of us spent little on foods only. 

RM20 for each person for today's meals.

Isn't it cheap? 

This was just a draft.

I didn't really mention everything out

We left at 10.30pm.

I guess we didn't manage to walk every part of Shilin.

It was too big.

We reached home at 12am.

Taiwan weather was really hot.

There's not a breath of air

I felt like dying when it's so so so stuffy in the room.

I hate sultry weather 

We asked Zeann to turn on air cond as we couldn't stand with it anymore

I hope it was a gusty day :(

Taiwan Trip Day 2-3

[4th of August - 10th August 2014]

Day 2- 5/8/2014 & Day 3 6/8/2014

I wasn't really in a good mood this morning 

:'(

I was smothering in this stuffy atmosphere 

I felt oppressed with the sultry heat.

My face vegan to swell out.

I was freak out by my swollen face.

Guess it was the second time of swollen.

The first time was during famine 30 hours 

(Lack of sleep and drinking too much water at midnight due to hunger)

:( :( :(

This was how I looked like in the morning

I gave up on putting on makeup because my face was too BIG 

:P

Luckily we were spending another two nights in hotel. 

The hotel room should be better 

I hope.

We brought our stuffs along to the cafe shop for breakfast.

The breakfast gave me high satisfaction

I was falling for the 'egg pie' (蛋饼)

It's awesomely nice.

What a nice recommendation from Zeann 

:D

We took bus and train to Ximending station.

We were praying hard that the hotel wasn't far away from MRT.

We carried lots of bags and stuffs. 

And the hotel location was perfect.

It only needed us to walked 200-300meters. 

Heeeeeeee.

Tomorrow Hotel (明日大饭店) located at a very happenening place.

We left our bags at reception counters as the checkin time was 2pm. 

It's only 11 o'clock in the morning

We put on quick makeup.

The main reason is to cover my swollen face up 

:I

The first destination of the day was 国父纪念馆 ( Sun-Yat Sen Memorial Hall)

It was basically a simple museum for Taiwan and China histories. 

We went through every hall and Taipei 101 was next. 

We tried to catch the best angle of Taipei 101 building while we were on the way walking from GFJNG to Taipei 101. 

Here we go :P

Literally Taipei 101 was like our KLCC. 

It's luxury shopping mall.

We had our lunch at food court. 

We shared a set lunch of Ru Rou rice 

We went back to hotel for a short rest by train.

It wasn't in our plan actually.

We needed air cond to relief ourselves 

We took a power nap.

We arrived Wu Fen Pu at 5.30pm. 

(Hou Shan Pi station) 

The clothes here didn't really catch my attention. 

We took quick walk and skipped it.

And then, Rao He Night Market was the next.

This night market was more to Taiwanese foods. 

We had our dinner there. 

We went back to hotel early because we wanted to get in to the top club before 11pm.

We noticed that the club wasn't opening today after we're back to hotel.

Wow. 

Guess it's a chance for us to rest early tonight. 

Lol.

We just couldn't stop from eating.

We weren't spending much today. 

Here it goes 

The hotel room was good :)

We're highly satisfied with it.

Day Three - 6/8/2014

We did some changes for the itinerary because we wanted to sub the clubbing in.

Today's schedule was slightly packed

We tried our best to reduce wastage of time.

We got up at 9am.

We had our breakies at hotel restaurant after dressed up.

Taipei Zoo was the first place we went on today.

I forgot to apply sunblock before I went out :/

There's a light rain falling when we were walking inside. 

It's only spitting but we still used the umbrella. 

Thanks god we brought umbrella as a precaution. 

:D

We were adviced by Zeann that we must not expose to rain due to the high level of acidic. 

We spent 3 hours inside. 

The zoo entrance ticket was only NTD 30.

This was worthy. 

*Big thumbsup*

Mao Kong Gondola Taipei (猫空缆车) was the next destination. 

We walked from the zoo to the Mao Kong.

We went to the final station by cable car (gondola).

Mao kong is a small hill that famous for great tea and beautiful view above the city. 

The environment was good for short getaway and chilling.

We found a cafe and had a cup of ice cream.

Nothing can be better :P

We went back to hotel afterwards.

Ximending night market was the next. 

It was a modern night market more popular for shopping. 

It's fun to shop with young, fashionable and romantic crowds 

We didn't get much stuffs from here because we were in hurry :P

I bought three pairs of Birkenstock sandals.

One was for myself, one was for sister and the another one was for Yuzie 

:D

And of coarse, not to forget to mention about the famous Mee Suah in Ximending - Ah Chung Mee Suah

For oyster vermicelli, Ah Chung 阿宗面线 has always been the prime choice.

My cousin sis and auntie highly recommended this to me before I went to Taiwan.

I've been searching for this stall since the day one in Taipei. 

I would prefer to try the main branch which is at Ximending so I decided to have it here

We added a small spoon of chili and it was really lip-burning hot.

You would have no idea how spicy the chill is.

It's just a small spoon but I almost die for it 

Arghhhhhh. 

I'm craving for it while I'm writing this post 

:/

Take me back to Taipei 

D:

It's just walking distance from Ximending to our hotel. 

We dressed up for Luxy nightclub after showered.

Heeee. 

Luxy is Taiwan 's premier club and it's the buzz in Taipei 

Wednesday is ladies night therefore we got free entry but we had to pay for the drink we ordered.

We did not really danced because it's still early for being wild I guess

Teeheeeee. 

We left at 1am as we needed to take cab to go back to hotel.

Luxy worthes a visit and we had a great night over there.

At least we got to experience another country's night life

:D

That's all for day three :) 

Here's my spending on today.