原来你也知道。。

I totally fell in love with the smell of Salvatore Ferragamo Incanto Charm smell when Cindy offer me her hand cream to use..heheh i tried to find the hand cream but to no avail..So in the end I went to buy the perfume..

Actually,when i came bak frm Taipei the other time, i tried to find it in the duty free shop but then i didnt noe the difference btw the different perfume and thus couldnt find the rite 1..on top of it, i was dead tired to try all, in the end, i juz came out...hehehe

it is till the other day when Cindy educated me on the different names, den i noe they haf quite a range of perfume...so off i went to Sasa to check it out..i found the correct 1 but still couldnt make up my mind to buy as i still haf a whole bottle of Chole on my shelf tt Val gave me as a weddin pressie...

2days later, i pass by beauty language at YTP and then went in again, this time as the shop was pretty empty, the SA have all the time in the world to serve me and answer all my stupid questions on perfumes..u see, i dun haf the habit of using perfume till recently as i did nt wan to waste the bottle Val gave me..heheh...

She explained patiently to me on the difference btw EDT & EDP..heheh and in the end i brought 2 lo..Incanto charm and DKNY delicious which is a EDP..heheh..

Okie, the thing is, yest i decided to use the DKNY prefume, which is the stronger 1 among the 2..hehe and while on the way hm in the life, hubs ask me izzit i changed my perfume..i was taken aback kk..whaha for 1,i didnt expect him to realise lo..whahah

To be frank, i was quite happie, happie tt he took notice of such small details for i didnt even noe he noes i am wearing perfume lo..wahahah..man, now i noe, hubs is secretly taking notice of me without me knowing..heheh uh oh.......

Incanto Charms- My fav at the moment...
DKNY---Recommended by the SA..
Chole-Gift frm Val...
From Body shop-dear dear gave it to me on xmas some yrs ago...

porcupine mode activated...

Juz had a chat with a certain person who i tink knew smthing about the whole episode..its juz my guess only as the questions posted to me was out of norm...call it my 6th senses but seriously i do believe n rely alot on 6th sense...

Yes, tt is why i refuse to divulge anything relating to the whole episode and also some other things tt i had presumed..i mean i use to trust this certain person alot, treating this person as a fwen in fact, confiding in this person the most hurtful things in my life yet since dunno when i started to lost trust in this person...

and you noe the saddest thing? is i couldnt tok to this person without guarding against this person, cuz i dun wanna get hurt, i dun wanna get betrayed...its maybe becuz i tink too much, i presumed too much but i believe its better to be safe den to be sorry...

i totally hate this kind of feeling when i lost the trust i have in a person for i will not be able confide in this fwen anymore and i will be putting on a mask and nt feel so comfortable with the person anymore..perhaps its juz a phase of life tt every 1 will haf to go thru, mournin the lost of a trusted fwen..but this, is the 1 of the mosted hate phase i ever wanted to face...

In the process of mourning the lost of this fwenship, i went thru a turbulence,in the process of self healing, i thought of things alot,although painful, but i manage to overcome it n emerge as nothing has happen..this took quite a while but i have since got over this loss..

Well, shits do happen isnt it?no 1 is suppose to be blame for the whole thing n i hope to haf peace soon...

Its been 113....Months...

Hubs n me have this habit of wishing each other happie anniversary on every 28th of the mth cuz we started dating on 28th May..During our early dating yrs, we will take a photo card on every mth anni..tat is becuz yr anni is too long to take e photo..heheh

Fast forward to a few yrs later, minus the romantic feeling, minus the photo taking, smtimes even minus the sparks, heheh we still will wish each other la, but tat is if we remember..whahah if like for instance, i rem it 1st today n wish him happie 113rd mth anni..heheh n he lost!!whahaha

So we r treating it as a game..whahah see who rem it 1st..anyway, as it is pay day, so we went for a meal today cum anni celebration..whahah an excuse to eat, my colleague to say me..whahah..

Well, be it excuse or celebration, i felt blessed juz being with hubs..*muacks* luv ya hubs...

My ramen..Quite nice...
Hubs' set meal...
Our side dish..

男人，女人

Saw this off a magazine,it is quite interesting so decided to post it here..

女人的条件有很多种，但绝对没有十全十美的女人。
漂亮的不下厨，下厨的不温柔，温柔的没主见，
有主见的没女人味，有女人味的会乱花钱，
不会乱花钱的不会打扮，会打扮的不放心，
放心的肯定不能看。。。

男人的条件，有才华的长得丑，
长得帅的不会赚钱，会赚钱的不顾家，
顾家的没出息，有出息的不浪漫，
浪漫的靠不住，靠得住的，肯定是窝囊废。。。

Taipei 2010 Day 3-Part 6-Shida Night Market (师大夜市）/ Shihlin Night Market(士林夜市)

As it is time for dinner, we decided to check out Shida night market. Took the train to Taipower station（台电大楼站） and try to navigate our way from there. As we are unable to locate the place after much walking, decided to ask around.

Taipower station

Shida night market（师大夜市） is located next to Shi Fan University（师范大学）, this night market is popular with the youngsters and uni students.Thus the apparels sold there were more to the younger generation.

The 1st stall we saw is a 25yr old stall selling all kinds of finger food and I went to try their 盐酥鸡. Its just like popcorn chickie. As Mr Love is still not feeling well, he gave the food there a miss. I did not want to force him thus didn't buy other things to eat even though I very much wanted to.

Shida night market

while choosing wat to eat

We walked around the night market and found that the clothing there were too young for me. Didn't manage to buy anything from here except for an umbrella for mummy. The stall owner say the umbrella can withstand typhoon winds. Although there are no typhoons in SG, hopefully the umbrella can last longer.

Den Mr Love decided that he wanna go Shihlin again for the chickie cutlet. So we made our way there using the subway, transferring line at Taipei Station.

We went to queue for Hao Da Da chickie cutlet again and after tat walked around the food section of night market to search for more food to eat. Actually it was me who was in search of food, not Mr Love, he is contented with his chickie cutlet.

Queuing up for chickie cutlet again

In the end, I came to 1 stall and decided to try their oyster mee sua and cuttlefish soup. It was very nice though Mr Love only managed to eat a bit, with me finishing up the most of the food. I very much wanted to order the fried eel but didn't as I dun think I can finish.


Cuttlefish soup

Oyster Mee Sua

Hawker cooking cuttlefish soup

Fried eel tat I didnt get to try

We decided to go to the apparels section to walk again. And I managed to get 3 straw bags there for Val, Hy and me. The stall owner gave a huge discount due to lesser crowd because of the coming typhoon.

Check out Mr Love's pale face

We saw the vendors running away from the police and were amazed that how fast they pack up and reopen for business.

Vendors packing up when police is here

I also saw Mayuki while walking there and was excited.Went in to check out the clothes but brought nothing. I think their clothes are more suitable for small size gals instead of gals like me.

Mayuki :)

Mr Love got tired and we decided to call it a day and made our way back to the hotel. While walking to the hotel from MRT station, I saw a stall selling grilled corn. Brought 1 for supper. Mr Love went and buy the Taiwanese popiah to try and we went to get yakult in hope to get rid of the many food we ate these 3 days.
 

Taiwanese popiah

After eating, I started to pack up as tonight is our last nite stay here. Took out my purchases in Taipei and tried to squeeze into the luggage. I decided to go buy a big plastic bag in Ximending tomorrow to bring back the extra things we brought here. Since I have till 12pm to check out, I reckon I have enough time to go downstairs to get a bag early morning before doing the final packing.

Total loot after 3days in Taipei

Capturing Moments

I was tinkingwhether to get the polaroid camera or nt..heheh..been tinkin for quite long n saw a post on Jie's cousin FB thus went to the webbie to check it out..Camera was cheap alrite..but then the films was..super ex lo..1.15 for 1...

I even went to ask Val for her expert opinions lo..whahahah n she told me to buy..whaha...Seriously i am realli interested to buy lo..can take pics n keep them in a album instead of the digital form now..heheh aso it will be so interesting to take pics of our BB in future although i tink it will be beri costly...

Still, i am beri tempted to get lo although i noe i shd stop spending $$ like this n start to save up..but the thing is, its beri diff to take photos of the 2 of us lo..its unlike digital camera where u can delete the photos u dun like but we cannot use the polaroid films this way lo since it is so ex..perhaps i shd juz give up the tots...

how nice to haf a scrap book of all our memories together for it will be so meaningful to look bak once in a while...

i realli like to capture the precious moments at all times at every where lo..now with my iphone i can do it on the move..but with polaroid camera, it's much more interesting..but i cannot afford to bring the camera to all my gatherings since the films are so ex...aggrrrr..


but i noe even if i give up now the idea now, sooner or later i will give in n buy at the later time..hehe..should i still stick to my digital camera?hehehe buzz me to give me some suggestions kk?whahah

Taipei 2010 Day 3-Part 5-Taipei supermart Da Run Fa (大润发)/ Wufenpu(五分埔)

Following the directions of the shop owner we began our search for the local super mart. It was a long walk. Taipei's weather is really unpredictable, it started to rain as we are walking. We took refuge in a shopping centr0r and I saw that there is a money changer there.

Intersection at Taipei

It is pretty difficult to see money changer in Taipei unlike in HK, you will see 1 at every shopping center. We went to search for the money changer as we wait for the rain to stop. The funny thing about Taipei's money changer is, they only accept USD, Euro, GBP, Yen & RMB. All other currencies had to be exchanged at the bank which opens only 5 days from 8am to 3pm. Win already lo..I thought SGD is quite well accepted in Asia but then to my dismay I am not able to exchange. Well, gotta stick to our plan of buying a new luggage.

We continued our search for the super mart after the rain, it was quite difficult to spot but luckily the map was pretty well drawn and given my sharp eyes, we manage to find it without much difficulties.

Taipei Supermarket

It is just like Carrefour except all in Chinese and perhaps the goods are local not imported. We checked the luggage section but the luggage there is quite expensive as compared to SG, given the same model. After discussion, we decided against buying there as we didn't think it is worth it.

Know what idea we came up with? We brought masking tape instead and we intended to tape our luggage up after we had packed our things. And should the immigration wants to check, we will tear away the tapes and re tape it once checking is done. Thinking this is a feasible idea, we decided to go with it.

After that, we tried to navigate our way back to Zhong Xiao Fu Xing MRT station and made our way to Wu Fen Pu Wholesale market（五分埔）. Took the train to Hou Shan Pi（后山埤） and tried to walk there from the station.

At Hou Shan Pi station

It started to rain again as we stepped out of the station and although Mr Love is a bit hesitant about going there, I was excited!! So we made our way there sharing a small umbrella under a super heavy rain.. Mr Love la, never bring umbrella.

Heavy heavy rain

Actually, it was not very nice to walk about the wholesale market in the rain as every 1 is holding to an umbrella, making browsing difficult. Luckily, we went there quite early at 5pm, the crowd is still quite sparse. Thus we still can walked quite a bit. The thing bout the clothes there is, they are free size and no trying on. I find it quite difficult to buy but still, manage to grab 3 tank tops and 2 outer jackets.

Then, I decided to go off , hubs is getting restless while shopping in the rain. Its time for dinner and we decide to check up Shida Night Market （师大夜市）today.

很帅

The other day, while driving the other day hubs suddenly took off his specs to rub his eyes...I was damn freaked out..

So immediately I told him off, cuz he took out his specs while driving, n told him "老公，很帅hor？驾车驾到一半，眼镜托掉。。。"

His answer to me? “你嫁给我这样久，现在才知道我帅啊？”

Beri nice..

Taipei 2010 Day 3-Part 4-Shoes Madness!!!

According to the shop owner, shoes in SG are all supplied by them thus buying in Taipei saves me around 30bucks per pair. Tat is also partly due to the promotion they are having. I was having a hard time choosing what not to buy instead of what to buy..

I wanted flats, I wanted heels, I wanna buy another pair of my mousey flats but they dun have my size. Then I wanted a pair the piggies shoes. Hubs was all along sitting on their sofa resting after a long walk under the hot sun.

While choosing the shoes, I chatted with the owner. It turns out that the shoes are designed by taiwanese designer not japanese as I was told my the SG store owner. She said that the Japanese design were more outrageous and not many people can accept the design thus they use taiwanese designers but with the japanese brand name. I guess there might be some collaboration.

She showed me some examples of the Japanese designed shoes and true enough, I find them too "hip" for my liking. On the other hand, the taiwanese design were more to the cute and sweet side which is much more acceptable.

Meanwhile as we chat, I was relating to her how our luggage was damaged. The locks couldnt lock, I suspect it was damaged when it was unloaded at the airport but I didnt realised till when I reached hotel. Anyways, we wanted to look for a new 1 but I did not have enough cash and we are not willing to buy those high end priced 1 from the dept stores. So I asked her whether there is any super mart like Carrefour that sells luggage and at the same time accpet credit cards. To our delight she introduce us to "Da Run Fa" a local super mart which is of walking distance from here. Taiwanese people are so friendly and helpful. She even drew a map for us.

My loot from this shop? 2 pairs of flats, 1 pair of wedges, 1 pair of strap heels and a wallet. This is the 1st time i brought their wallets. I had hard time choosing the designs. All were so kawaiii. Unlike shoes, I seldom change my wallet so I can only buy 1. Hubs commented that the medium size 1 look better and it is the middle sized 1 I brought. Total damage was 320SGD. Which was considered cheap. Back home, 320bucks can get me maybe 3 pairs of flats only as heels costs more.

Hubs is shocked by my purchases. Turns out to be 2 big bags and is wondering how are we gonna lug it back to SG given tat our luggage is spoiled and we had no other luggage. Also  he took back the comment he made earlier in the day tat he noticed I hasn't brought any shoes in Taipei. He now knows I am saving for this visit to the No Concept shop...whahah

Wonderful shopping here and I am contented already. Makes this trip worthwhile :)



小马

My fav of all- Piggy and Panda flats

Hone bee and flower flats

Cow cow wallet

Strappy heels

Taipei 2010 Day 3-Part 3- SOGO,No Concept Shoe store

Next, we hop on the train and travelled 3 more stations down the line-Zhong Xiao Fu Xing Station（忠孝复兴站）. There is a very big ass SOGO departmental store located here. But the real reason to come here is of course not for the SOGO store but to search for my No Concept shoes.

I am feeling super hungry and thus decided to search for food to fill our stomach 1st. We went thru the underground shopping street tat links 2 MRT stations together, Zhong Xiao Fu Xing, Zhong Xiao Dun Hua（忠孝敦化站） stations.

The travel guides state till very nice, says that it is divided into 7 theme sections selling different things. But but but,there is practically nothing there lo. Erm nothing interesting to look at. Anyways towards the end of the mall, I was on the verge of fainting and I saw a shop selling award winning beef noodles. Went in quickly to get our lunch.

The noodles were indeed very nice, the thick soup base was a gem. No wonder it had won so many awards. We finished our noodles without a drop of soup left in the bowl. Bill came up to 20SGD. It was the most expensive meal we had in Taipei. But I didn't regret giving it a try.


Mr Love's beef noodles

My beef noodles

We then walked back to Zhong Xiao Fu Xing station to start my search for my shoes. Decided to make a stop at SOGO. I remembered years ago, we used to have SOGO in SG rite? I can still remember their bags but they pulled out after that. The things in SOGO here were super expensive can??

A normal looking blouse cost 70bucks. Fwah I prefer the 1s in the night markets. But there are super lots of shoppers here. We took a quick tour here and proceed out to look for my shoes.


Entrance to SOGO

Armed with my very poorly copied map, we set out to look for the No Concept shop. We walked up and down the main street twice, trying to look for the said house number and couldn't locate. Tried asking random people on the street for help, they were friendly alright but the directions they gave are useless. More often than not they gave the wrong directions, making us walk even more.

I nearly gave up under the hot weather and Mr Love was getting more upset. He didn't say but I can sense. I told him to let me try 1 last time and I will give up. And that I promised to treat him to fried chickie tat night. Easy to cajole...

I suddenly got this idea of turning into a side street as I saw it had the same street name that I was looking for.And viola! we came to the said house number. I was so happie to see the mail box hanging outside the door. But then, it was a old looking, a bit run down building. I had my reservations going up then. I told hubs what if the shop is a "黑店" where they will rob us if we go up? Too much imagination..heheh

Random pic of a Pig outside the restuarant beside the No Concept shop

The mail boxes of Taipei

Mr Love told me to go n give it a try since we went thru so much trouble to get here and besides I have got a commando to protect me. With tat, I rang the bell to the unit. I rang 3 times with no answer. Just as I was giving up, the door open and we proceed up to the unit.

The shop was a bit old it seems but the selection of shoes makes me go gaga. Shop owner was a nice lady, who was friendly and didn't mind me trying on every other shoes that I set my eyes on. She knew deep down I would not buy as many but dun mind to keep going to the store to get my size for me to try on.

I was the only customer there. She told me that they usually do online business and once in a while, they get customers popping up like me. But its mostly locals, I am 1 of the every few foreigners who manage to find my way.

Marriage is not only a union of 2 persons deeply in luv, its a start of a long long learning process...

i was posted this question some times bak by a married gal fwen no less.."did you ever regret getting married? especially at ur age?" hmmm, the question came abit of a shock to me, for it came frm a married fwen, i mean i can understand if the person is single, but married oredi?hmmm, perhaps becuz the more shocking revelation came after the question is she did regret...

My ans was quite fast, "No, i did not regret"despite all the differences we have, despite my complaints about him, despite sometimes feeling helpless over certain issues yet i am certain tt i did not regret for i noe i luv hubs deep down...all the differences, all the issues can be forgiven n forgotten, for I have luv for him..this is my exact ans to my gal fwen...

Be it i married at 24 or 34, be it i was married for 3 yrs or 30 yrs, the reason tt we got married is becuz we were in love, our marriage did not occured becuz we need to get married but is becuz we felt we can get married already..

Though marriage life is quite different from wat i visualised, yet i still njoy it..the differences that we have, we will sort it out, the complaints we have for each other, we will try to work it out, the unhappiness we have, we will try to trash it out..it all boils down to communication and learnin to live with each other..Like i say, its a long long learning process, everyday we are learning new things bout each other, even though we have known each other for 10+ yrs, we discover new things about each other nw n then for human will change over time..dont they?

Of cuz, it takes 2 hands to clap, marriage cannot work if any 1 of the party refuse to cooperate, it cannot work, if 1 party puts in more effort than e other, it have to be equal, the 2 of them muz pace themselves, 1 to slow down while waiting for the other 1 to catch up...

Its easier said than to be done, but if u neber put ur heart in n try, u will never get it done..i am no expert in this, till nw, every now n then, we will have issues to quarrel, squabble but its my rule tat we dun leave things unsolved b4 we turn in for the day..we will start every new day, feeling the love for each other, not the resentment tat we have the day b4..this is my policy..

I sincerely wish for this fwen to be able to sort out her issues, for no 1 can help when it comes to matters of the heart, but 1 have to rememeber that yrs ago, we made this choice to start this r/s, yrs ago we made this choice to be in the union, yrs ago we were deeply in love..With this in mind, hopefully things can be resolve n be bak to normal...all the best to u pal..may u be more enlighten in ur learning process....

李式笑话- Heart to heart tok...

Hubs been neglecting me ever since he got the super kick ass PC to play his warcraft game.. ROAARRRR....i will go disturb him in btw the games cuz he is seriously not listening to me when i am toking...ROOOOAAARRRRRRRR.....

I got fed up the other day n told him i wan a heart to heart tok with him n of cuz with his full attention, instead of eyes n heart on the game, ears with mi onli..even with this last ultimatum issued, it took 2 games later for him to able to tear his himself away from his PC..

By then, u can imagine my "fire"..i was already half aslp frm readin my book while waiting for him..He, sensing my anger immediately did smthing tt makes me luff so hard tt I couldnt stayed angry for long..

He gave me a big bear heart n crushed me closed to his chest while say "Lao Po, u want heart to heart tok rite, now our hearts are together le, u can start toking now"

Tell me, how am i suppose to tok to him when all the while he is crushin me?? End up, i juz gave up n went to slp after luffin all the while when he was bear huggin me..

My Hubs, have this ability to make me luff while I am so angry with him..

2nd time in a week...

Been working ot for the past few days and since hubs is on reservist, i had to settle dinner on my own after OT...On tues nite, since i ate too much during Terence's bday celebration, i didnt feel like eating much during dinner..

Den these 2 days, i dropped off FM 1st before goin back hm..so i've got plenty of time to tink of wat to eat on the way hm..n on both nite, i was actually super hungry lo...but then, for once, i realli dunno wat to eat lo...am super hungry but dun feel like eating..damn...

even as i walk ard in the food court, i couldnt find something i feel like eatin lo..end up, both times i juz buy the 1st ting tt caught my eye, eat half way den dun eat le..

Am realli wonder wat is wrong with me?I am actually feelin quite down recently, n i tried to hold it down inside me...it doesnt help tat at work, plp who cannot control their emotions took it out on me n i haf to endure it...

i totally hate plp who took it out on other when they are in bad mood n after tat act as nothing has happen..i mean hello, every 1 got their bad days n moments, not onli u...i aso got lo..the fact tt i neber take it out on u, is becuz i noe is not becuz of u tat makes me moody so i will nt take it out on u..but for the same reason, i hope u will not take it out on me too..

i guess some plp are not capable of doin this arent there, so i rather stay away frm this kind of plp...cuz i am not an outlet for them to vent their fustrations..

perhaps, is the presence of this kind of plp tt makes me even more moody than ever thus affecting my mood to eat..hopefully, i will revert bak to normal by tmr cuz hubs is bringing me to shoppin..whahah...

God bless me not to required to work OT tmr...

the best of my sch years-part 2

Mon lunch was spent eating with Papa, its been a super long time since we last met..the last time was last yr i tink, after Kai wen's dad funeral, we met 4 dinner..after tat, we seldom keep in contact till recently when we chat on msn den settle on the lunch appointment...

Seriously, i forgot y i address him as papa..but i can vaugely rememeber i dun haf a good impression on him n his gang when we 1st noe them..we werent in the same class, but was in the same sport 4 PE lesson-Volleyball..their whole gang of guys were better players den us, n all we did is monkeyed ard the class, hoping to pass time...I rememeber findin them hao lianz cuz they can play better den us...whahaha

To the extend of when papa tells me about him being in the national team, i refuse to believe him..i tink i still make some smick comments...whahaha duno is who told me tat it is true den i believe..hehe

N the most shitty happens, we were being placed in the same class the next yr..whahaha n i realli cannot recall how we became fwens..n on top of it, good fwens..i rem papa was in the same class, hmmm i tink the others are we hang out together b4 the lectures...whahah..with the age gap of 6yrs, its a wonder how we all became fwens..we were the childish kids to them n always clown ard..whaha...

During the yrs, we all worked together closely to get thru sch..with papa rendering his help during out practical lessons, me doing his japanese hw cuz he simply hates it..whahah..the onli 2 japanese words i ever hear him say is "hai", "iie" to partner..whaahha Oh, n c-programmin, they always got ways to find answer before hand de..whahaha

during exam periods, he will dunno go where n find those past yr papers n share with us, so tat we can practice on..yesh, this papa helped me alot durin my study yrs, including helpin me to find a vacation job..yesh, i am beri grateful to this fwen,who saw me thru my sch yrs...

Even after so many yrs, till nw when i see him, i will always remembered the help n how he took care of me during the few yrs...thank you papa...cheers to our many yrs of fwenship n cya soon...

Taipei 2010 Day 3-Part 2- Taipei 101

To get to Taipei 101, we dropped off at City Hall station（市政府站）, which is 1 station away from Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall station. I read somewhere that there is a free shuttle bus from City Hall Station to Taipei 101 but the it didn't stated where to take the shuttle bus.


Next Stop- City hall station

And so I thought there will be a sign upon exit to show us where to board the shuttle bus but after walking quite a distance, we didn't see any signs to direct us to board the bus. So I tried asking around the bus station but it seems like no on knew.

So we decided to walk outside of the building. And then I saw a life saver!! A sign that points to the direction of Taipei 101!! So happie can?? We followed the sign and started walking towards Taipei 101. As the tower is tall, we are able to see it from far and we keep walking towards it. But then, it look damn far can?

The Sign tat stop half way

As we walked, the skies gets more and more grey by the min. On top of it, the stupid sign suddenly stopped and we lost the directions to Taipei 101. The only thing to do is to follow the building in sight and keep walking . The worst happen just as we are 10 mins away from the building. Suddenly, it start to rain heavily, is not gradually kind. Is those sudden downpour type. Damn, there was no shelter in sight, only a long pavement ahead of us leading to Taipei 101.

See the dark dark skies

As we ran in the rain, I struggled to find my umbrella within my bag. Mr Love did even better, didn't bring umbrella. So we 2 squeezed into the small umbrella of mine and walked as fast as we can. We are considered lucky as there are a lot of people around us caught off guard and did not have an umbrella with them and thus need walk/run in the heavy rain.

We reached Taipei 101 and started to walk around, the shops here are those upscale shops and thus we did not shop here. Mr Love took a look at the Tag watches which he always joked he wanted to buy, and got freaked out by the price tag. I think is 10k SGD...whahaha

We then went in search of the lift to the top observatory floor and saw a queue forming .Quite put off by the high price they charged 40bucks for 1 pax. Therefore decide to give it a miss. Instead, we camwhore outside the lift area and went to the gift shop. Nothing to buy there also.


Mr Love with Taipei 101

Me with Taipei 101

I decided to leave here as there is nothing much for us to do. I noticed the sign to the free shuttle bus to the MRT station and joined the queue there. Turns out that the bus is right beside the MRT station, just have to turn right when we exit from the concourse area, but we turned left. Damn.

The free bus

Next stop will be Zhong Xiao Fu Xing station（忠孝复兴）, where we are going to SOGO and to search for my No concept shoes which I totally have no idea where the shop is located. I only have on hand a hand drawn map copied down from there website.

李式笑话- Dense head...

i was relating to hubs today on a pro tt a pal of mine told me..he said tt he has been goin out with a gal n last nite when he sent the gal hm, she suddenly asked him "Do you have anything to tell me?"
My pal caught the hint, but did not give her a direct answer, causing the gal to walk away angrily..

When hubs heard tt, he told me if it was him, he would ask "No leh, what makes you think I have anything to tell u?"......

Well done, this dense head neber change after all these yrs...whahahah

the best of my sch yrs-part 1

been meetin up with poly mates recently..whaha dunno y..fri was with partner, who came out for a chilling session with me..the 2 of us, although from different classes onli till the last semester, are close fwens thru out my poly yrs..


She understands me more than others, for maybe we went thru the same things at home..the way we handle things, the thinkings we haf, the sturggle we have within us, we both noe it beri well n can feel each other's pain, happiness, sorrow, helplessness...


Yesh, she is understand me far more better than hubs..beneath our happie exterior, there is a layer of feelings perhaps not many can understand n we may nt want plp to noe..its onli infront of plp we trust den we will let our guard down n let them walk into our little world..other than tat, we will shut out every 1 n upkeep our happie exterior, tt's us, the 2 partners, not tat we want it to be like tt, but we juz dun wan to bother every 1 with our problem n nt many will be able to understand us..


which is y, she can relate to me whenever i haf things that i cannot figure out, she may nt have the solutions for me, but hafin her as a listening ear, as a supporter no matter wat, is a great stength to me..I am grateful to haf meet her n haf her as a dearest partner, sister in my life..

My partner n I....

Taipei 2010 Day 3-Part 1-Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall (国父纪念馆)

We were greeted with grey skies on Day 3 as we stepped out of the hotel at 8am. I have this rule when overseas during F&trip, I will not go to bed early but will wake up early to fully utilized my day. Want sleep can stay at home, dun need to pay air fares and hotel fares to sleep rite?


New outfit all brought from TPE

Anyways, we did not know a typhoon is on its way since we didn't watch any news. Today, is more of a walk walk see see day, with me deciding the venue just last nite. Don on the new tank top and skirt I brought last night, cause the weather is still pretty hot there. Mr Love says I am vain, instead of wearing the clothes I brought over, I wore my new clothes ;P

Started the day by visiting Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall (国父纪念馆), it was not on my list initially but since we are travelling along the blue line (Nangang line) today, must as well go rite? Besides only this kind of attractions opens this early. All other shopping centers are still closed.

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall station

We alight at the Sun Yat Sen Memorial hall station and took a 10min walk to the memorial hall, the sky is getting greyer by the minute and we were pretty worried. Took a few photos outside the memorial hall and we proceed inside to view the exhibition.


Mr Love with the sitting Mr Sun statue

The oil painting

Its a huge memorial hall with pictures of Mr Sun Yat Sen（孙中山先生) and the history and also some artifacts being showcased. Tried taking some photos but failed as my camera cannot take decent pictures of things in showcases. Damn. Then we found out that there is also a guards changing parade here and decided to stay and watch the parade at 9am.

We parked ourselves at the 2nd level to get a bird's eye view, I don't wan to squeeze with the others like yesterday. The guards here were from the Navy if I am not wrong. They even have 1 colleague who will go around massaging the arms for the guards on sentry. And even help to wipe off their perspiration. So sweet, haha.

Guard giving his colleague a massage

The parade is similar to the 1 at Martyr's Shrine except they marached in a smaller compound. We stayed till the whole parade is over before going down to take a few photos with the huge statue of Mr Sun Yat Sen.

The Parade

We went to check out the gifts shop with me in hope to buy something back for my bros .Didn't manage to get them anything yet. Think my piggy bro will be happie to get some thing from Sun Yat Sen Memorial hall as he is into history.

Then I realised there is a carnival outside and decide to go check it out. Its a company event I think. There a whole length of stalls selling food from different ASEAN countries.. I think we need coupons to buy from them. So end up, we just walked through the carnival and got out of there before any 1 finds out that we are not from the company.


Before checking out the carnival

From where we are, we can clearly see Taipei 101, which is our next stop. Took a pic of the building from here. Think it will be more difficult to take the pic of the whole tall building as we got nearer to it.

Taipei 101 from Sun Yat Sen Memorial hall

So, next stop, City hall station------ to Taipei 101