I have relinquish my laundry duties and pass them to Mr Love long time ago leaving onli folding and ironing of clothes in the whole cycle of laundry..
My cheeky husband wanted to try his luck last nite and thus when he notice I was dozing off on the bed, we had the following conversation :
Mr Love: “老婆,去洗衣了”
Me: :“Huh, 不要啦,我很累了,没力气这折衣服了啦。。”
Mr Love: “老婆,你听好,我是叫你洗衣,不是折而已。。”
Me (Awaken by then): “你讲多一次?”
Mr Love: “我明天才洗。。。”
Hehehe He tot I would not be alert to take note of what he is toking..whhaha But I'm well trained de leh, cuz he always try to smoke me while I am dozing off..
But seems like he is well trained too..hehehe
Marriage is not only a union of 2 person deeply in love, its a beginning of a long long learning process...
Friday, 23 December 2011
Saturday, 17 December 2011
World class transport system...
I used to proudly tell my relatives in Msia, we Singapore have a world class transport system..Unlike them, I dun need to haf a car to get ard here..Our buses and trains system are well connected to every part of Singapore and is pretty efficient..
However, recently, if you asked me to make this statement again, I would not be able to bring myself to do that..
Why is it so? In a span of 1 5days, our train systems which most plp rely on failed us 3 times..And on top of it, twice are on peak hours leaving plp stranded in the stations, creating jams on the road, chaos in the station...
I have fwens who posted online tat a 30min journey turned into a 3hr 1, plp in taxi nearly got a heart attacked from watching the meter jumped while being struck in the traffic jam on the expressway, some couldnt even get a cab despite willing to pay the extra charges of booking 1...
I was lucky to escape unscathed on all 3 occasions, becuz of the area I was staying was unaffected..but it does makes me wonder when would it affect the line I usually take? After all, I rely on the train to get to town before goin to office, without the train service, it is virtually impossible to get to my office by bus as there are no direct bus from my area to my work area...
Despite mounting public anger the same stretch tat was affected on thursday evening was down again this morning..I onli realised when i saw my FB...Many of my fwens were complaining..And I was slping..whahaha...
Did SMRT realli learnt their lesson? I dun think so...An apology, and full refund of the fares is not wat we need..Who needs ur apology? We want answers...Full refund? If it was me, I would even bother..80 or 90 cents and I have to go queue up and fill in some bloody forms and the whole process will waste my precious 20mins? Juz by thinking of it, I would rather treat it donation to u SMRT. Towards the pay of your useless CEO..
If SMRT is truly apologetic, they should have waived the mrt fares on all their lines for 2days, dun think it juz affect those who took the trains on the affected times..How about those who waited for those affected? How about those who found out in time about the disruption and avoid going to the stations? It affects the whole Singapore, not juz the few thousand who were present there during the breakdown..You are not looking at the big picture SMRT, and we are no fools either...
Our dear transport minister issued a statement saying something like he is concerned about the well being of the commuters blah blah blah and will look into this issue blah blah blah again..End of the findings? Fine SMRT and close case? Where does the monies goes?Government.Wat do the commuters get? Price hike due to the "rising operational cost"..Does it solve the problems? You bet it DOES NOT!
Why couldnt the LTA force them to decrease the price if the service is not up to the standard and they are not doing enough to maintain the system? The price hike in Oct 11 obviously is not justified when the service is disrupted thrice in 1 wk..LTA acts fast when SMRT raised their concerns over increasing operational costs and thus asking for hike but turned to a deaf ear over the commuters complaints on the inefficiency of the train/bus services...
This is totally unacceptable..And to apologised everytime an outrage occurred is useless..If no plans are made to keep the systems well maintained, tell me where did all the monies go? To the P&L and can be declared as dividends at year end issit? SMRT do not deserve to have a profit in their books with this kind of service!!! The onli reason they can is becuz they are well protected by the Singapore goverment and monopolized our transport system, leaving us with no choice but to take and endure the poor service they provided..
Juz take a trip to HK or Taiwan or even Bangkok, you will find a more cheaper, sophisticated subway system in place not to mentioned cheaper and more efficient..Our Singapore 1 pales in comparisions to them..
Excuse me why I go hide myself in shame for once declaring our transport system to be world class...
However, recently, if you asked me to make this statement again, I would not be able to bring myself to do that..
Why is it so? In a span of 1 5days, our train systems which most plp rely on failed us 3 times..And on top of it, twice are on peak hours leaving plp stranded in the stations, creating jams on the road, chaos in the station...
I have fwens who posted online tat a 30min journey turned into a 3hr 1, plp in taxi nearly got a heart attacked from watching the meter jumped while being struck in the traffic jam on the expressway, some couldnt even get a cab despite willing to pay the extra charges of booking 1...
I was lucky to escape unscathed on all 3 occasions, becuz of the area I was staying was unaffected..but it does makes me wonder when would it affect the line I usually take? After all, I rely on the train to get to town before goin to office, without the train service, it is virtually impossible to get to my office by bus as there are no direct bus from my area to my work area...
Despite mounting public anger the same stretch tat was affected on thursday evening was down again this morning..I onli realised when i saw my FB...Many of my fwens were complaining..And I was slping..whahaha...
Did SMRT realli learnt their lesson? I dun think so...An apology, and full refund of the fares is not wat we need..Who needs ur apology? We want answers...Full refund? If it was me, I would even bother..80 or 90 cents and I have to go queue up and fill in some bloody forms and the whole process will waste my precious 20mins? Juz by thinking of it, I would rather treat it donation to u SMRT. Towards the pay of your useless CEO..
If SMRT is truly apologetic, they should have waived the mrt fares on all their lines for 2days, dun think it juz affect those who took the trains on the affected times..How about those who waited for those affected? How about those who found out in time about the disruption and avoid going to the stations? It affects the whole Singapore, not juz the few thousand who were present there during the breakdown..You are not looking at the big picture SMRT, and we are no fools either...
Our dear transport minister issued a statement saying something like he is concerned about the well being of the commuters blah blah blah and will look into this issue blah blah blah again..End of the findings? Fine SMRT and close case? Where does the monies goes?Government.Wat do the commuters get? Price hike due to the "rising operational cost"..Does it solve the problems? You bet it DOES NOT!
Why couldnt the LTA force them to decrease the price if the service is not up to the standard and they are not doing enough to maintain the system? The price hike in Oct 11 obviously is not justified when the service is disrupted thrice in 1 wk..LTA acts fast when SMRT raised their concerns over increasing operational costs and thus asking for hike but turned to a deaf ear over the commuters complaints on the inefficiency of the train/bus services...
This is totally unacceptable..And to apologised everytime an outrage occurred is useless..If no plans are made to keep the systems well maintained, tell me where did all the monies go? To the P&L and can be declared as dividends at year end issit? SMRT do not deserve to have a profit in their books with this kind of service!!! The onli reason they can is becuz they are well protected by the Singapore goverment and monopolized our transport system, leaving us with no choice but to take and endure the poor service they provided..
Juz take a trip to HK or Taiwan or even Bangkok, you will find a more cheaper, sophisticated subway system in place not to mentioned cheaper and more efficient..Our Singapore 1 pales in comparisions to them..
Excuse me why I go hide myself in shame for once declaring our transport system to be world class...
Thursday, 15 December 2011
I love Singapore but not our government...
Seriously, I do love this little red dot I am living in, even though been complaining about it endlessly..But hey, the fact that I complained is becuz I cared kk...I would have heck care if I dun give a damn about my own country..
But come to think of it, does our government cares whether we love our country or not? I seriously do not think so..Personally, I feel that our gov is obsessed with trying to clinch the No. 1 position in many of the world class findings rather than to concentrate on making life better for their citizens..I guess in their heart, they oredi made our life better as compared to 40+yrs ago when Singapore was juz founded..
No doubt we are indeed leading a much better life now, but hey, you cannot juz stop there n let us decline while you try to compete with the other big ass countries for the No.1 position rite??
You wanna make our country more competitive and hence opent the floodgate to foreigners reducing our wages in the process..Then on the other hand, inflation goes up..How is it that our life is gonna gets better with this?
You may attract foreign companies to invest and set up branches here, but at the end of the day, the bulk of the employees in these companies are not true-blue Singaporeans! They will be the cheaper FT..So you are juz providing the oredi limted space for them to come set up company and employ their own plp...Why do this?Why waste our land?
I used to be a loyal supporter of our government b4 this election..Books in sch taught me how the MIW make Singapore a better place to live in, how we progressed ahead of the other countries despite hafin a late start..I was convinced back then we had the best government in the world though there were complaints of being autocratic instead of like wat our pledge say "To bulit a democratic society", the high pay of our office holders were justified bak then to me as there will doing a good job, but these days, I feel its juz a waste of the taxpayers monies...
Had the quality of the office holders dropped as compared to the older generation or had the expectations of the younger generations grew higher as compared to our older generation? I dunno, it maybe both...
The policies that our government had in place were sort of secretive to us commoners, with us finding out when its too late (Floodgate incident), finding out by word of mouth (PRC telling me my gov sponsored their studies here), finding out in time but with no say (they went ahead with building extension line to JB where they cannot even managed the SG line properly)..
With all these disappointments, 1 cannot blame us for turning our backs to the gov and instead start to show support for the other parties..They, in turn are able to point out and relate to the everyday problem we faced instead of telling us to stop whinning and accept the fact..
If the gov cannot even bother to listen to their citizens and want us to listen to them onli, then I think its time for us to get some voices to go tell them to wake up their idea..
When the time comes, I hope it will realli be like wat is said in our pledge that I used to recite every day when in school "So as to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress for our Nation...
But come to think of it, does our government cares whether we love our country or not? I seriously do not think so..Personally, I feel that our gov is obsessed with trying to clinch the No. 1 position in many of the world class findings rather than to concentrate on making life better for their citizens..I guess in their heart, they oredi made our life better as compared to 40+yrs ago when Singapore was juz founded..
No doubt we are indeed leading a much better life now, but hey, you cannot juz stop there n let us decline while you try to compete with the other big ass countries for the No.1 position rite??
You wanna make our country more competitive and hence opent the floodgate to foreigners reducing our wages in the process..Then on the other hand, inflation goes up..How is it that our life is gonna gets better with this?
You may attract foreign companies to invest and set up branches here, but at the end of the day, the bulk of the employees in these companies are not true-blue Singaporeans! They will be the cheaper FT..So you are juz providing the oredi limted space for them to come set up company and employ their own plp...Why do this?Why waste our land?
I used to be a loyal supporter of our government b4 this election..Books in sch taught me how the MIW make Singapore a better place to live in, how we progressed ahead of the other countries despite hafin a late start..I was convinced back then we had the best government in the world though there were complaints of being autocratic instead of like wat our pledge say "To bulit a democratic society", the high pay of our office holders were justified bak then to me as there will doing a good job, but these days, I feel its juz a waste of the taxpayers monies...
Had the quality of the office holders dropped as compared to the older generation or had the expectations of the younger generations grew higher as compared to our older generation? I dunno, it maybe both...
The policies that our government had in place were sort of secretive to us commoners, with us finding out when its too late (Floodgate incident), finding out by word of mouth (PRC telling me my gov sponsored their studies here), finding out in time but with no say (they went ahead with building extension line to JB where they cannot even managed the SG line properly)..
With all these disappointments, 1 cannot blame us for turning our backs to the gov and instead start to show support for the other parties..They, in turn are able to point out and relate to the everyday problem we faced instead of telling us to stop whinning and accept the fact..
If the gov cannot even bother to listen to their citizens and want us to listen to them onli, then I think its time for us to get some voices to go tell them to wake up their idea..
When the time comes, I hope it will realli be like wat is said in our pledge that I used to recite every day when in school "So as to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress for our Nation...
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Xmas songs..
After dinner at T3, we walked ard abit and came across some old uncles performing xmas songs for a crowd..
Stop by and listening to their singing..No doubt they were old, but their singing are realli good and they brought out the joyful spirit of Xmas..
Stood there to njoy their singing while basking in the spirit, for a moment I tot Xmas is here oredi...whahah
So happie to come across this little performance today, ends my day with a happie note..Merry xmas, hohoho
Stop by and listening to their singing..No doubt they were old, but their singing are realli good and they brought out the joyful spirit of Xmas..
Stood there to njoy their singing while basking in the spirit, for a moment I tot Xmas is here oredi...whahah
So happie to come across this little performance today, ends my day with a happie note..Merry xmas, hohoho
Thursday, 8 December 2011
A letter to Santa
Dear Santa,
Its the time of the year again!!!The time tat I will eagerly await for you to come and present me with my gift, though you have let me down for the past 26yrs..
This year, without failed, I am gonna wish upon a gift, who noes? You will bring the gift afterall..
I self professed to be quite a good gal this yr, going thru some up n down in the process but emerged stronger..
I have oredi used up my credits with my in-house Santa (Mr Love) so I am counting on you Santa...
Hope you will not let me down this year:)
Its the time of the year again!!!The time tat I will eagerly await for you to come and present me with my gift, though you have let me down for the past 26yrs..
This year, without failed, I am gonna wish upon a gift, who noes? You will bring the gift afterall..
I self professed to be quite a good gal this yr, going thru some up n down in the process but emerged stronger..
I have oredi used up my credits with my in-house Santa (Mr Love) so I am counting on you Santa...
Hope you will not let me down this year:)
My wish this year |
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
Talkative me
Many times, plp ard us always ask me how I manage to communicate with the seemingly quiet hubsband..
Dun ask me, I dunno, but seriously we do haf a lot to tok about, though it takes quite a long while for him open up to me...
But cuz I am the MORE talkative half, I always haf something to tok about at any time of the day given I am in the mood..heheh
To prove my point, here are some weddin shoots taken 3yrs ago, while we tok the photographer is not taking shots, we started chatting and end up getting captured..Their comments to Mr Love at the end of the shoot "Your wife is realli chatty"...
Check out these photos...
Dun ask me, I dunno, but seriously we do haf a lot to tok about, though it takes quite a long while for him open up to me...
But cuz I am the MORE talkative half, I always haf something to tok about at any time of the day given I am in the mood..heheh
To prove my point, here are some weddin shoots taken 3yrs ago, while we tok the photographer is not taking shots, we started chatting and end up getting captured..Their comments to Mr Love at the end of the shoot "Your wife is realli chatty"...
Check out these photos...
Luffing out at some jokes and the photographer snaps.. |
Chatting in the park |
While waiting, we chatted again..heheh |
Chatting while posing |
Chatting on the beach |
Monday, 5 December 2011
行到水穷处,坐看云起时。。。
Learnt this from a china TV serial I watched recently..Researched on the meaning and found it to be quite encouraging..
Many a times, in our life, we bound to met with obstacles..If we are not able to cross them, we can try to take a step bak, whu noes, there might be another way out.. In short, it's saying is there is nothing tat cannot be overcome..
True, there were many instances I got frustrated with the situation with no solution and got despair..But sometimes, if I took a step bak to ponder, and to leave things as it is, I would suddenly got the solution or a new insight to the problems..
Tat being said, its not a easy thing to do when you met with problems, your mind muz be clear and calm enuff to take a step bak, and I muz confessed I do not have this ability most of the time...
Looking forward to the new yr, I hope I will be granted more wisdom to face and overcome watever obstacles tat are thrown to me..Even I am not able to solve them, I hope to haf the wisdom to carry out this phase and lead a happier life..Tat, would be my new year resolution...
Many a times, in our life, we bound to met with obstacles..If we are not able to cross them, we can try to take a step bak, whu noes, there might be another way out.. In short, it's saying is there is nothing tat cannot be overcome..
True, there were many instances I got frustrated with the situation with no solution and got despair..But sometimes, if I took a step bak to ponder, and to leave things as it is, I would suddenly got the solution or a new insight to the problems..
Tat being said, its not a easy thing to do when you met with problems, your mind muz be clear and calm enuff to take a step bak, and I muz confessed I do not have this ability most of the time...
Looking forward to the new yr, I hope I will be granted more wisdom to face and overcome watever obstacles tat are thrown to me..Even I am not able to solve them, I hope to haf the wisdom to carry out this phase and lead a happier life..Tat, would be my new year resolution...
Sunday, 4 December 2011
李式笑话- Dating or Married
The other day, after Mr Love had finished parking the car, as we were getting down, I saw the guy opposite us opening the door for his female passenger to get in before going back to his seat to start the car..
And I refuse to budge from my seat, insisting Mr Love aso do the same for me as he had neber done it before..
His reply is "Tat 1 is initial stages of DATING, we are Married, no need la"
=_=''
And I refuse to budge from my seat, insisting Mr Love aso do the same for me as he had neber done it before..
His reply is "Tat 1 is initial stages of DATING, we are Married, no need la"
=_=''
Saturday, 3 December 2011
Hot star has landed on our shores..
1 of the reasons why we like goin Taipei is becuz we r so in love with the Hot Star fried chickie from Shihlin Night Marekt..
Read in 8days weeks ago tat they are gonna open a stall in SG and decided we shd go try (No need to fly to Taipei every yr to eat it..heheh)
And so, we made our way to City Square Mall which is pretty out of the way for us but we were determined to go try..heheh
Well, the wait there was quite long, maybe 10min as they onli start to deep fry the chickie after we ordered to ensure the tastiness..
Unlike the stall in Shihlin, which have unlimited stream of customers, we did not have it here, thus explaining the slow service..If u have been to the Taipeu branch, they are able to serve it hot and fast as they can prepare alot due to the fact that there would be plp queuin up to buy the whole night..Maybe they will slow down as it gets later la, but while I was there till 10pm, the queue is still as crazy as it was when I reached at 6pm..
The taste is the same as there as I read in tat article tat the boss personally went to Taipei to learn the ropes so as to ensure the standards...They aso offered other items like fries and mushrooms which is non existent in the Taipei stall...I did not try them though, might do so the next time..
But as agreed by Mr Love, althought the taste is the same, the feeling is not though. Perhaps our minds have been preset by the ambience in Shihlin, juz dun feel the kick while eating here..
Nevertheless, its a good alternative to curb our cravings..hehehe
Read in 8days weeks ago tat they are gonna open a stall in SG and decided we shd go try (No need to fly to Taipei every yr to eat it..heheh)
And so, we made our way to City Square Mall which is pretty out of the way for us but we were determined to go try..heheh
Well, the wait there was quite long, maybe 10min as they onli start to deep fry the chickie after we ordered to ensure the tastiness..
Unlike the stall in Shihlin, which have unlimited stream of customers, we did not have it here, thus explaining the slow service..If u have been to the Taipeu branch, they are able to serve it hot and fast as they can prepare alot due to the fact that there would be plp queuin up to buy the whole night..Maybe they will slow down as it gets later la, but while I was there till 10pm, the queue is still as crazy as it was when I reached at 6pm..
The taste is the same as there as I read in tat article tat the boss personally went to Taipei to learn the ropes so as to ensure the standards...They aso offered other items like fries and mushrooms which is non existent in the Taipei stall...I did not try them though, might do so the next time..
But as agreed by Mr Love, althought the taste is the same, the feeling is not though. Perhaps our minds have been preset by the ambience in Shihlin, juz dun feel the kick while eating here..
Nevertheless, its a good alternative to curb our cravings..hehehe
The stall |
My piping hot fried chickie!!! |
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Hypocrisy at its best
Today, I witness a high level of hypocrisy...
Sounds like you are given a choice when in fact you are not..The decision had long been made..
Why dun plp juz go straight to the point? why go 1 big round and waste every 1's time?
I seriously dun mind the decision being decided by others, but I juz dun like it to be look like a democratic process while it is not..
Why do you need to do all these?
Thank you for the lesson given.
Sounds like you are given a choice when in fact you are not..The decision had long been made..
Why dun plp juz go straight to the point? why go 1 big round and waste every 1's time?
I seriously dun mind the decision being decided by others, but I juz dun like it to be look like a democratic process while it is not..
Why do you need to do all these?
Thank you for the lesson given.
Monday, 28 November 2011
An old fwen found me after 11yrs..
I realli muz salute the founder of FB...
Juz yesterday, an old sec sch mate who is from Taiwan found us in FB..Reuniting alot of our sec sch mates in FB and brought bak fond memories of our sch days..
He left SG after graduating from sec sch and had neber came bak since..All thanks to FB, he managed to find 1 of our classmates and then the rest of us...
When he tried to add me, I was still wondering who this person is till he msg me and told me his name..whahah realli cannot recognised him after 11yrs..And all of a sudden, FB became our little reunion platform...
Caught up with him abit on his recent happenings and made a pact to meet up if he shd come to SG or when we r going Taiwan...Hopefully if he shd come bak here, we will be able to hold a big scale reunion with all the sch mates, after all, we have not see each other for 11 yrs..whahaha all we did is to see each others' updates on FB...
Happie to see you again Ting Jie, after al these while..and Thank you for igniting the flame of reunion among all the classmates...Hope to see you all soon ;)
Juz yesterday, an old sec sch mate who is from Taiwan found us in FB..Reuniting alot of our sec sch mates in FB and brought bak fond memories of our sch days..
He left SG after graduating from sec sch and had neber came bak since..All thanks to FB, he managed to find 1 of our classmates and then the rest of us...
When he tried to add me, I was still wondering who this person is till he msg me and told me his name..whahah realli cannot recognised him after 11yrs..And all of a sudden, FB became our little reunion platform...
Caught up with him abit on his recent happenings and made a pact to meet up if he shd come to SG or when we r going Taiwan...Hopefully if he shd come bak here, we will be able to hold a big scale reunion with all the sch mates, after all, we have not see each other for 11 yrs..whahaha all we did is to see each others' updates on FB...
Happie to see you again Ting Jie, after al these while..and Thank you for igniting the flame of reunion among all the classmates...Hope to see you all soon ;)
Sunday, 27 November 2011
Taipei Revisited 2011- Lunch in Mao Kong( 猫空)
We continued our walk around the mountain, this time towards the other direction. Came across a kiln, not sure what its previously used for and didn't really read the introductions and thus moved on.
It was a hot and sunny day though grateful that it didn't rain, its was not pleasant to be walking under the hot sun. Hubs was near his limits and I knew I had to act fast, since I suggested this place of interest that he had no interest in.
We walked a bit more in search of the Tea museum that I was looking for, couldn't find and finally gave up and walked back to the gondola station.
Along the way, I saw this restaurant(龙门客栈) and suggested to stop here for lunchie. My treat. Ha. Cause I made hubs walked so long for nothing and truth to be told, I am also baking under my long sleeve t shirt and my leggings. Should had dressed in these. 活受罪。。
There was this big dog at the entrance of the restaurant and I was having 2nd thoughts bout going in, but then hubs convinced me that it is sleeping and I tip toed my way pass the dog.
Its near lunch time and the restaurant is pretty packed, didn't managed to get a place near the side where we can look down the mountain. Was arranged to sit in the middle of no where..zzz...
Wanted to order tea initially as hubs is into tea-drinking but then found out that its pretty expensive and they charged by the hour. This is to cater to those who want to sit here for long hrs, drinking tea and chit chat. We will love to do so, but time is not on our side. Still have other places to cover after 猫空 and thus we proceed to order lunch and some cold beverages.
Hubs ordered a tea-leave fried rice, I order a Sesame oil rice flour noodle (麻油面线) and also a Kung Bao stir fry chicken (宫保鸡丁) to share. We also ordered a caramel milk tea for hubs and a ice rose tea for myself.
Hubs' fried rice was served 1st and I tried a bit of it, tastes nice! Not sure which kind of tea leave they used to fry the rice with but it has the fragrance of the tea leaves mixed into rice. For some1 who loved roast tea, this is 1 that will suit your taste buds.
My 麻油面线 came last after much chasing, guess they forgot this order. And they had waited for quite a while to serve after cooking, resulting in the 面线 soaking up the soup, making it a big disappointment for me. The 面线 was all soggy and have no taste to speak of. I only managed half a plate before giving up.
Their 宫保鸡丁 was good too! Chicken meat was tender and sweet and they had throw in a generous share of cashew nuts which adds fragrance to this dish.Polish of every bit of this dish except the chilli.Hehe.
Hubs never had a sweet tooth like me so it kinda surprise me that he ordered a caramel milk tea this time. Tried a bit and it is realli sweet. Not sure whether is because of the weather, he finished up the whole drink! whaha..
Loved having rose tea in Taiwan, not sure why. I will never failed to buy 1 when I visit 九份。 Hehe It is especially cooling to have 1, not only it quenched my thirst, it cools me down by at least 2degrees under this hot weather.
Bill came up to around SGD30 bucks which makes it the most expensive meal we had in Taipei. Didn't have any complain except for my 面线. View will be greater if we are seated by the side of the restaurant. Ambience is nice, would love to visit again when we have time to sit there and drink tea. After lunch, its good by 猫空 as we descend down by cable car.
The Kiln |
Instructions that we were too lazy to read |
It was a hot and sunny day though grateful that it didn't rain, its was not pleasant to be walking under the hot sun. Hubs was near his limits and I knew I had to act fast, since I suggested this place of interest that he had no interest in.
We walked a bit more in search of the Tea museum that I was looking for, couldn't find and finally gave up and walked back to the gondola station.
Along the way, I saw this restaurant(龙门客栈) and suggested to stop here for lunchie. My treat. Ha. Cause I made hubs walked so long for nothing and truth to be told, I am also baking under my long sleeve t shirt and my leggings. Should had dressed in these. 活受罪。。
There was this big dog at the entrance of the restaurant and I was having 2nd thoughts bout going in, but then hubs convinced me that it is sleeping and I tip toed my way pass the dog.
Its near lunch time and the restaurant is pretty packed, didn't managed to get a place near the side where we can look down the mountain. Was arranged to sit in the middle of no where..zzz...
Wanted to order tea initially as hubs is into tea-drinking but then found out that its pretty expensive and they charged by the hour. This is to cater to those who want to sit here for long hrs, drinking tea and chit chat. We will love to do so, but time is not on our side. Still have other places to cover after 猫空 and thus we proceed to order lunch and some cold beverages.
Hubs ordered a tea-leave fried rice, I order a Sesame oil rice flour noodle (麻油面线) and also a Kung Bao stir fry chicken (宫保鸡丁) to share. We also ordered a caramel milk tea for hubs and a ice rose tea for myself.
Tea leave flavoured fried rice |
麻油面线 |
宫保鸡丁 |
Hubs and his Caramel Milk Tea |
My rose tea |
The big dog, dead to the world |
Desending from 猫空 |
With the mascot |
Brought a soft toy for Hubs' sis |
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Saturday, 26 November 2011
Tai tai wannabe...
An lazy afternoon, armed with a cup of ice Relax Choya, a half read book and listening to Kenny G's music...
If only I am able to do this often..Life will be so perfect...
An wonderful way to spend my sat afternoon...
Anyone going overseas?Help me buy more choya from duty free...hehehe
If only I am able to do this often..Life will be so perfect...
An wonderful way to spend my sat afternoon...
Anyone going overseas?Help me buy more choya from duty free...hehehe
Taipei Revisited 2011-Tea break at Mao Kong(猫空)
While exiting the station |
Mao Kong Station |
The sun is coming out and shining brightly, luckily that this is on top of a mountain and we do get occasional breezes, else I think we will be roasted!
We followed the path along the mountain and walked aimlessly, passing by tea plantations along the way. There are a number of tea houses which are closed as its only 10am and thus we walked further down. Along the way, hubs saw a vendor selling 香肠 and brought 1 to eat.
Random 香肠vendor |
Hubs feeling happie with his purchase |
The thing we loved about Taipei is, you can buy food from any random vendor and it tastes just as good!Realli!
We come to a point where we decided enough of walking and decided to turn back. Its seems like we are walking down the mountain and there is nothing much to offer along the way. I recalled passing by a cafe earlier and we decided to go there for a quick tea break.
Random tea plantation |
Hubs pouring chocolate over our pancake |
Ice milk tea |
Looking down from where we are sitting |
As this is a tourist spot, prices here are a bit on the high side, though still cheap as compared to Singapore cafe, sat there for a good half an hr before we decided to carry on with the mountain tour.
The cafe we stopped at |
Random pic of a dog blocking the drive way |
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Taipei Revisited 2011-Long Shan Temple(龙山寺) & Going to Mao Kong (猫空)
1st Stop today is Long Shan Temple (龙山寺), located right next to Long Shan Temple station which is 1 stop away from XMD station. Long Shan Temple is for worshiping Guan Yin Buddha(观音菩萨) and other divine spirits. This is labelled as a 2nd degree historical site in Taiwan. Am not sure whether its 1st or 15th day of the month when we visited but there seems to be a huge chanting session going on.
As we were did not dare to disturb the prayers, we just went in and walked a round before going off. I did not even get to offer the jossticks as it was pretty crowded, instead I just prayed to Guan Yin Niang Niang, asking for a smooth and safe journey and made a small donation.
After which, we proceed with our journey to the main attraction today- MaoKong Cable car (猫空缆车).
From Long shan Temple station, we took the MTR towards Nangang to Zhong Xiao Fuxing station where we transferred to Muzha Line going towards Zoo. This is quite a special station as along Banqiao line, its an underground station. But for Muzha line its a above ground station. I remembered seeing the tracks when coming here last year all the while still wondering whether this is a LRT or MTR. Too Singaporean I guess, there is no LRT in Taipei.Hehe
The journey there is pretty long, around 30mins while passing by many residential areas of Taipei. This is the 1st time we venture so outskirt as we are always struck in Taipei City during the last trip. The train is also pretty packed due to the fact that today is a Sunday, guess many of them are going to the same place as us.
When we finally reached the Zoo station, the sun is shining brightly and hotly already. Somehow regretted my choice of shirt today. There are 2 exits there, 1 leading to the zoo and the other leading to Mao Kong cable car station. We followed the signs (and crowd) and started to make our way there.
The walk to the cable car station is ard 10min away from MRT and we are glad that its sunny not rainy.
As it turns out, some company has decided to held its family day here and the cable car station are crowded with people!! Left with no choice as it will be closed tomorrow for weekly maintenance, we then joined the crowd in queuing up.
The cable car is situated at 4th level of the building and the queue starts from the 3rd, by our judgement, the queue is moving pretty fast.
A bit of facts about Mao Kong Gondola(猫空缆车):
http://gondola.trtc.com.tw/eng/index.htm
1). The tickets costs NTD 50 from Zoo station to the Mao Kong station.
2). There are 2 kinds of cables, Crystal cabins/Normal cabins. Both cost same juz that there are only 31 crystals cabins, thus waiting time is longer.
Crystal cabins are cabins with see through bottom.
4). Each cabin has a max capacity of 8 passengers.
5). There are 6 stations in all (4Passengers and 2 angle stations)
We opted for the normal cabins namely because queue time for crystal cabins are around 1hr 30min, and also, I do not have the courage to take the see through cabins. Hehe. Payment of the tickets can be made through your Easy card (优游卡) and thus you need not queue up for the tickets, just tap & go :)
We boarded the cable car after 20mins and shared it with another couple. This is my 2nd time taking a cable car (1st time in HK Ocean park). And man, how nervous can it get. I am afraid of heights and thus I am not very keen to take cable cars.
As it moved out of the station it jerked a bit, making the cabin sway left and right. Its pretty normal I guess but it does scares me. As we moved along I tried to focus in taking pictures and looking out far so as not to be too nervous, it does help a bit.
I find MaoKong gondola to be more stable than the Ocean Park 1. At least it is moving on smoothly, unlike when I 1st took the HK version not sure whether because of strong winds, it is sway so badly that I nearly broke into tears. This, however I can sit back and relax after a while.
Not sure how long it took, but it was maybe around 20mins and we reached Mao Kong station!
Main gate of the temple |
As we were did not dare to disturb the prayers, we just went in and walked a round before going off. I did not even get to offer the jossticks as it was pretty crowded, instead I just prayed to Guan Yin Niang Niang, asking for a smooth and safe journey and made a small donation.
After which, we proceed with our journey to the main attraction today- MaoKong Cable car (猫空缆车).
From Long shan Temple station, we took the MTR towards Nangang to Zhong Xiao Fuxing station where we transferred to Muzha Line going towards Zoo. This is quite a special station as along Banqiao line, its an underground station. But for Muzha line its a above ground station. I remembered seeing the tracks when coming here last year all the while still wondering whether this is a LRT or MTR. Too Singaporean I guess, there is no LRT in Taipei.Hehe
ZhongXiao FuXing Station-Muzha Line |
We are going to the ZOO ZOO ZOO |
When we finally reached the Zoo station, the sun is shining brightly and hotly already. Somehow regretted my choice of shirt today. There are 2 exits there, 1 leading to the zoo and the other leading to Mao Kong cable car station. We followed the signs (and crowd) and started to make our way there.
The walk to the cable car station is ard 10min away from MRT and we are glad that its sunny not rainy.
Saw a park while walking towards Mao Kong |
Camwhoring while waiting for our turn |
A bit of facts about Mao Kong Gondola(猫空缆车):
http://gondola.trtc.com.tw/eng/index.htm
1). The tickets costs NTD 50 from Zoo station to the Mao Kong station.
2). There are 2 kinds of cables, Crystal cabins/Normal cabins. Both cost same juz that there are only 31 crystals cabins, thus waiting time is longer.
Crystal cabins are cabins with see through bottom.
4). Each cabin has a max capacity of 8 passengers.
5). There are 6 stations in all (4Passengers and 2 angle stations)
Credits from MaoKong Gondola website |
We opted for the normal cabins namely because queue time for crystal cabins are around 1hr 30min, and also, I do not have the courage to take the see through cabins. Hehe. Payment of the tickets can be made through your Easy card (优游卡) and thus you need not queue up for the tickets, just tap & go :)
Cabins entering the station |
Crystal cabin |
While moving out of Zoo station |
We boarded the cable car after 20mins and shared it with another couple. This is my 2nd time taking a cable car (1st time in HK Ocean park). And man, how nervous can it get. I am afraid of heights and thus I am not very keen to take cable cars.
As it moved out of the station it jerked a bit, making the cabin sway left and right. Its pretty normal I guess but it does scares me. As we moved along I tried to focus in taking pictures and looking out far so as not to be too nervous, it does help a bit.
I find MaoKong gondola to be more stable than the Ocean Park 1. At least it is moving on smoothly, unlike when I 1st took the HK version not sure whether because of strong winds, it is sway so badly that I nearly broke into tears. This, however I can sit back and relax after a while.
Soaking in the greens |
Part of the zoo-Right after exiting Zoo South Station |
Down we go |
Not sure how long it took, but it was maybe around 20mins and we reached Mao Kong station!
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Taipei 2011-Breakie in Wonstar Hotel Ximen 1
Started the day early at 7am (wat's new) as I wanna make FULL use of our time in Taipei.As we tot it would be somehow cool today, I chose to wear the new shirt I brought in Raohe Night Market last nite.
Breakie at the hotel was pretty simple, porridge with condiments, ham,hotdogs, fried noodles and 1 fried veggie..Well known for not taking veggies, I attacked all the meat that was served. I always emphasizes in having a hearty breakie, so as to have more energy later.
Thus, here goes my menu for today's breakie
1). 6pcs of ham
2). 2 bowls of porridge with whatever condiments I liked
3). 2 cups of coffee
4). Half a plate of noodles.
Hubs had somewhere the same portion as me, but he took more noodles as he did not fancy porridge.hehe Lucky for us, it was pretty empty this morning, else I think other guests would have been shocked by the amount of food we ate..hehe
The thing about breakie in this hotel is, for the 3 days we stayed there, they served the same for breakie. On the 2nd day, I overheard some ang mo commenting that he could not take it anymore and decided to venture out for breakie.
We preserved on though as I didnt see any breakie shop in XMD and I do not know where to get breakie and thus we went down for breakie everyday faithfully. It was not that bad la, juz got no choice only.Hur hur.
After breakie, we decided to camwhore abit outside our hotel before proceeding to our 1st destination. It was indeed cooling this morning with abit of sunshine. Weather looks juz nice for going to outdoor today which is where we are going.
New Minnie mouse shirt :) |
Thus, here goes my menu for today's breakie
1). 6pcs of ham
2). 2 bowls of porridge with whatever condiments I liked
3). 2 cups of coffee
4). Half a plate of noodles.
Hubs had somewhere the same portion as me, but he took more noodles as he did not fancy porridge.hehe Lucky for us, it was pretty empty this morning, else I think other guests would have been shocked by the amount of food we ate..hehe
Condiments for porridge |
Ham, this is wat I ate most during my 3 days there |
Noodles and hot dogs |
Round 1- FIGHT! |
We preserved on though as I didnt see any breakie shop in XMD and I do not know where to get breakie and thus we went down for breakie everyday faithfully. It was not that bad la, juz got no choice only.Hur hur.
After breakie, we decided to camwhore abit outside our hotel before proceeding to our 1st destination. It was indeed cooling this morning with abit of sunshine. Weather looks juz nice for going to outdoor today which is where we are going.
Empty street early morning in XMD |
Starting the day soon.cool! |
Friday, 25 November 2011
Taipei Revisted 2011-Raohe Night Market (饶河夜市)& Artist uncle in XMD
Rao He Night Market is easily 1 of my favourite night market in Taipei though not as big as Shihlin, but it is exactly the smaller area makes it easier to navigate as compared to Shihlin.
To get here, we took TRA from Taipei Main station to Song Shan Station. After which, we followed the road signs to here, its around a 5min walk :)
The stores are lined up in the middle of the road, with shops on the 2 sides too. But the interesting ones are the 1s in the middle. Consisting of food, clothes and misc items, you can be sure to find something to interest u as u walk in the market.
Twice I came here, I manage to buy some clothes. Not much, but still manage to buy even w/o going to Wu Fen Pu. Of course prices are not comparable as this is not a wholesale market. Then again, I am only interested in that 1 pc only.
The food selection here is great too..Finger foods like pop corn chickie, fried mushrooms/veggies/squids/crabs, cook food stalls like Fried Oyster/ Herbal pork ribs soups, the ever famous stinky fried tofu..The choices are so overwhelming that I do not know what to start eating with.
In summary, this is what we ate..
1). 1pc of fried crab each..Which is not fantastic at all in our opinions..
2). A bowl of herbal pork ribs soup which is super nice. The only downside is, the pork ribs are pretty meatless.
3). A chickie cutlet shared among us and a pac of fried squid. We took quite a long time to finish this as we were too full from the snacks earlier..
After all the eating, we proceed to find the vendor selling the shirts tat Mr Love want..We had no trouble finding her as she once told us her stall will be always in front of the big cross. There is a Catholic center inside the building behind her stall. Mr Love brought 3 from her this time. Which is consider a lot by his standards.
We decided to call it a day and head back to our hotel. After all, we did not have a good rest since last nite.
Upon reaching XMD, we came across the spray paint painter tat Uncle C mentioned. Stood there for nearly half an hr to watch him paint..We were both very impress by his skills. Brought 3 paintings as instructed by Uncle C. I was actually thinking whether to get 2 for our house. But did not in the end..Oh well…
I was searching for the tasty grilled corn I brought the other time here in XMD but to my dismay, I think the vendor come here any more…sad, we retreat bak to our hotel after tat to prepare for tmr’s activity.
To get here, we took TRA from Taipei Main station to Song Shan Station. After which, we followed the road signs to here, its around a 5min walk :)
Raohe Night market w/o Sign board |
The stores are lined up in the middle of the road, with shops on the 2 sides too. But the interesting ones are the 1s in the middle. Consisting of food, clothes and misc items, you can be sure to find something to interest u as u walk in the market.
Twice I came here, I manage to buy some clothes. Not much, but still manage to buy even w/o going to Wu Fen Pu. Of course prices are not comparable as this is not a wholesale market. Then again, I am only interested in that 1 pc only.
The food selection here is great too..Finger foods like pop corn chickie, fried mushrooms/veggies/squids/crabs, cook food stalls like Fried Oyster/ Herbal pork ribs soups, the ever famous stinky fried tofu..The choices are so overwhelming that I do not know what to start eating with.
Crab legs |
Pork ribs soup |
1). 1pc of fried crab each..Which is not fantastic at all in our opinions..
2). A bowl of herbal pork ribs soup which is super nice. The only downside is, the pork ribs are pretty meatless.
3). A chickie cutlet shared among us and a pac of fried squid. We took quite a long time to finish this as we were too full from the snacks earlier..
After all the eating, we proceed to find the vendor selling the shirts tat Mr Love want..We had no trouble finding her as she once told us her stall will be always in front of the big cross. There is a Catholic center inside the building behind her stall. Mr Love brought 3 from her this time. Which is consider a lot by his standards.
We decided to call it a day and head back to our hotel. After all, we did not have a good rest since last nite.
Upon reaching XMD, we came across the spray paint painter tat Uncle C mentioned. Stood there for nearly half an hr to watch him paint..We were both very impress by his skills. Brought 3 paintings as instructed by Uncle C. I was actually thinking whether to get 2 for our house. But did not in the end..Oh well…
Uncle painting |
Final touches |
1st painting I brought |
2nd painting-Serenity |
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