Monday, May 08, 2006

Taiwan Trip, Day 4

I know I owe my friends (plus myself) this piece. Yeah, report of the last day of my Taiwan trip. Had been busy with more important stuff, so kinda push it off . Furthermore, I had spent some time exploring the new free photo-edit software. But u see, I tried to compensate by putting more effort in my art work. (only for the ones on Red House. Hahaha).

Without further ado, let me present u this:

Day 4 (7 March 2006)

Last day of trip. Really 舍不得离开。

Had breakfast slightly later than usual. And even though the café is almost packed with guests, the 2 aunties insisted on their policy of frying an egg for each guest as they entered. “这样蛋才新鲜”. That was what I overheard.

So, even when we had almost finished with the other food, we still waited patiently for the eggs to “arrive”. 其实，我真的吃到腻了，但刊载是“最后一早”的份上；看在阿嫂们那么坚持为每个客人煎个新鲜的蛋的份上，就应酬她们。


After breakfast, took a train to 龙山寺地铁站，of cos to take pics of the temple.Din went in to pray though, as we do not have enough small notes with us.进去又不捐点钱昨添油费好像对神明不尊敬，况且，我们又不知道如何祭拜，所以我们还是站在寺庙外拍照就好。


Saw a fountain pool and the sign nearby stated “美人照镜池水舞喷泉”.

Such a nice timing that a few seconds later, we saw water spurting out from the fountain. Glanced at my watch and realized it was 9am (that’s when the 1st fountain show of the day starts) .

So here I present you the pics of 龙山寺 and the fountain show.





We also saw a “strange looking machine” which was not in operation. Actually it is a machine which generates your horoscope of the day and only operates from 6pm. I guess by pressing the buttons of which indicate your zodiac sign, you can get a view of yr daily horoscope.



Took the MRT back to Xi Men Station and had our Easy Card (悠游卡) refunded. Got back NTD$200+ in cash. Hahaha, with more cash on our hands, I bought some traditional muah chees and cute candies to bring back as souvenirs.

Before we walked back to our hotel, we went to 红楼剧场 (located opposite XiMen Station) to take some pics. 红楼剧场具有九十多年的历史文化价值。现在已被指定为第三级古蹟。 If you want to know more abt this Red House, you can visit this website: http://www.redplayhouse.com.tw/

It’s a pity that we didn’t manage to tour The Red House as they only start operating from 11am. Here I present you the pics taken. (spent quite some time on these “artworks”)



Went to the nearby Dante Coffee joint after we had chgecked out of the hotel. I had reservations in leaving the luggages at the lobby but was left with no choice to do so as there weren’t any seats available at level one of the coffee joint .

Dante Coffee reminds me of Starbucks initially, perhaps becos of the green colour they used in their logo. But then, Dante Coffee’s products are much cheaper, ard S$3.75 for a regular cup of ice-blended coffee.

This was what I ordered:




摩卡碎片冰沙． Ice Blended with Mocha and Chocolate Flakes .

As you can see from above, I spend quite some time taking pics of my coffee.
Now, let me show you something interesting. Dante Coffee has its own website, which give a very comprehensive listing of their products. Not only the prices are listed, the nutritional information of each drink are also given. See how much calories, fats, proteins my glass of摩卡碎片冰沙contained? Click here : http://www.dante.com.tw/Product_List.asp?ClassA=飲料類&ClassB=冰沙&Page=2#121



Anyway, I decide to show you all this pic since some friends had the "wrong impression" of it.




Well, it seems like someone had taken this pic of me sitting behind the wall partition with a small window screen right? Nah, I actually took this pic myself, what you see is just my reflection on the mirror, but the glass of Mocha isn’t. Go figure it out. Keke.


I liked the atmosphere of the coffee joint. 很难形容…总之，在那儿坐了一会儿，就莫名奇妙地开始深思一番。

Ok, if ou would like to know more abt Dante Coffee, you can find more info on their website: http://www.dante.com.tw



Next step: hail a cab to the airport. JQ had previously help to check out that the flat rate from the hotel to the airport is abt NTWS$1100-$1200 ( which is S$55-$60). Dun gasp, remember the journey is abt an hour, and we were in Taiwan, not Singapore. Anyway, our cab driver quoted us NTW$1000, which we agreed.

Whizzed past quite a few 槟榔stalls on the way. We were feeling rather chilly when the cab driver only winded down one window halfway (and we were wearing jackets). Can’t imagine how the 槟榔妹 can withstand the cold in their skimpy clothings.

Dun wanna talk much abt the journey back to HK airport then Sg airport, makes me feel moody. I dun wanna leave so soon.

So here’s the “moody moody” pics of the journey back home.




Having learnt my lesson, I requested we both check in our luggage separately at the airport. And as u can see, my return luggage weighed 10.4kg, up from 6.8 kg. And that doesn’t include the 5 bags of food stuff which I hand-carried!


Ok ok, I know some may be interested in the in-flight food. So here u go:




The plane landed in Singapore at 11.50pm. And I really started to feel “sian” when I heard the caption announced that the ground temperate is 27 degree Celsius. 10 degree Celsius warmer! I WANT THE COOLING WEATHER!

Ok. With that, I had completed my report of my 4D3N Taiwan trip. Not sure if I’d do a “post mortem” or write abt the “after effects” of visiting Taiwan. Better not promise any cos I still have not report abt my good pal’s wedding which had taken place on 12 March!

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