Colorful Macaroon!

Yeah! Yeah! It's Macaroon~

So happy to see the macaroon. Because of its colorfulness. Finally I can lay my mouth on it after looking at its photos on the net and heard about it for months. I have been so curious on how it taste like actually despite of its beautiful colors.

RM2.50 per pcs bought from Hilton Hotel, Kuching. Oh my god, it's too sweet! I am a 'sweet' eater also can't stand its sweetness. So can you imagine how sweet it is?! Hmmm I really didn't find any special about it. It doesn't taste yummy too~

I have abandoned my blog for months because I am lazy and sick. No idea what had gotten into me causing me tiredness and my face is covered with 'acnes' and redness. My face looks tired and pale. I got a very deep dark circles and eyebags under my eyes. I didn't feel good and look good. I have try all the methods or prescription but to no avail. So I am giving up. On the other hand, I have lost weight as well. Not sure this is a good or bad sign. I can wear those pretty and S size clothes but my face really....fugly! Guess there is a gain and a loss~

This year gonna end soon. How time flies! My no.1 resolution this year is to shed some kilos. And I managed to achieve it in the last month of the year! So what is my new year resolution? No idea. I am so tired to use my brain to think. My energy is drained out. I am getting old. The work and life pressure and stress really making me feel so old. Life still goes on no matter how I complaint and hate it. This is life!

I should just go for a holiday, maybe.

Immortals

Immortals. Hmmmm. I am still thinking of what to write for my review on this movie. Something similar to 300, the movie. Crap! Of course it looks similar to 300 because same producers what~

The plot is about a mortal man, Theseus chosen by the Zeus to fight against the ruthless king, Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain the bow that can unleash the Titans and destroy humanity. The story ends. So there are lots of macho men, nicely build and tone body (drooling~). What I liked most in the movie is their God, Zeus and its other Goddess like Athena, Poseidon, Heracles and etc. They looked so cool! Wait, guess there is a sequel for this movie too. The story will be talking about Acamas, son of Theseus and Oracle.

Well, as guessed, all the "sexy", flesh and bloody disgusting parts were censored in the cinema. So yeah, you don’t get the chance to see all that juicy parts but still there are blood, fighting and heads flying off scenes. For female viewers, we can still enjoy the man’s tone body in the movie and sorry for the male viewers as there are no pretty ladies in it except Freida Pinto. I personally think that she is not pretty. Hmmm.

So the movie is either too good or too bad. It just hang somewhere in the middle. It lacks of something which I can’t find out what is it or where is it. The first half session is kinda boring, I would say. Just watch it when you really can’t find any good or blockbuster movie on the list.

Additional note which is unrelated to Immortals. I saw the trailer of Twilight: Breaking Dawn part 1. OMG, it looks so good and interesting! I am anticipated for its screening.

Niece's Birthday Celebration Dinner

On the last Sunday, we were celebrating my niece, Eugenia’s 2 years old birthday and the full moon of my second niece, Baby Euthalia. Weird name, huh! Well, my brother and his wife like the name so much and I wonder why.

Again, my same old favourite phrase. Time flies. Eugenia has grown up so much. All of a sudden, I miss her baby look and the way she crawls or looking at me innocently with her big round eyes. Now she is getting very naughty and keeps running here and there. Seriously, I was attacked by her numerous times. I should claim the medical fees from my brother. Her daughter is way too naughty and tricky! But still looks adorable at times and she’s very clever. When she knows that we are angry with her, she will pretend to be an adorable girl and call us with her sweet and innocent tone. She never fails to get what she demands. Kids nowadays….~

My family and I do admit that we show less affection towards the second born. After all, Eugenia is the first born baby and grandchild in our family so it’s normal that we adore her more in the first place. Now I understand why they will say the characteristic/personality for the first born, second born or middle child and the youngest one are different. I was a second born too but because the first born is my brother so I believe my grandparents and parents love us both that time. One boy and one girl. Balance gender in the family. So did my two younger brothers. There is 4-5 years old age gap between me and them. They are lucky to have brother and sister to adore them as well!

Alright, back to the topic. We were having dinner at Kingwood Hotel, one of the reputable hotels in this small town. The dishes look yummy except that there are number of dishes I couldn’t consume due to my sickness. Some quick snapshot of the dishes (sorry for the poor quality) as they are too eager to eat and couldn’t wait for me to finish my photos snapping.

My Top 5 Most Visited Websites

The moment I step into the office at 8.oo a.m (okay, I am always 15 minutes late. I can’t help it. Guess it has become a bad habit of mine! Luckily there’s no punctuality card in my office), the first thing I do is to open some web browsers while I go make my morning tea or honey drink.

Come on, admit it. I do it, you do it. Everyone is doing it. We all feel sluggish in the early morning and when sit in front of the office desk. We need to surf around to jumpstart the mind again. My top 5 websites that are most visited during work hours are…..drum rolllllll…..ta dah~

Hotmail

I need to check mail everyday, whether there is a mail or not.

Blogger Page

A daily routine to check out the blog updates and read all the blogs that have bookmark in my favourites folder.

The Star

This is a necessarily and a must read to know what is going on around me and the world out there especially the celebrity news.

Online store/Blogshop
Ermm. This may sound unnecessarily but I need an update whether there are new clothes or new style coming in today and everyday. It gradually becomes a daily routine to check out these things and then I will waste my $$$ on it. Get cheated...willingly! =.=

Facebook

I believe everyone will be checking out their FB. It also becomes a daily routine to log in my FB and play my Sim Social. Tsk Tsk Tsk. (Shake head)

Is a multi-tasking job. I will surf around while working. It seriously did not affect my work productivity and efficiency. Again, I insisted that it does not divert my attention from work and I have my own time arrangement and see, I am an organize person so I am clear on what I am doing. In fact, I find it quite enjoyable to work like this. At least, it does not bore me to keep on concentrate on my work, typing, and writing report. So I really can’t stand to have a server down or no internet connection during working hours. It will drive me nuts and reduce my work productivity. No mood to work. No kidding!

Sssshhhhh. Shouldn’t let my boss read this or else I …………. can pack my things and go home!

Pet Peeves

Do you have any pet peeves? This is my first time came across the words (Excuse my poor english~). My definition of pet peeve is something or someone annoyed you to the max, disgusted you or until you puke blood (fake action). Okay, getting serious. According to the online dictionary, pet peeve is defined as a major or principal annoyance or complaint. It’s similar to my definition also what~

The followings are the list of my pet peeves which really get on my nerve (Warning: It’s a long list!):

· Someone standing over my shoulder reading the computer screen. If that person is a friend or someone close to me, I am still alright with it. But the boss from my previous employment is standing right over my shoulder looking at the paper work on my desk or computer screen and he is so close to me till I can feel/smell his breath on top of my head. Now that really makes me feel uncomfortable. In another serious word, that’s called sexual harassment.

· Ah Beng and Ah Lian. I am not trying to pin point that people shall dress up like a fashionista but at least in an appropriate way and looks pleasant or comfortable to the eyes. I really dislike guys who are dragging their foot jeans on the floor and girls who try to dress up like an adult while they are still bubbly young teens or imitating the Japanese street fashion which goes wrong. The way they talk and their attitudes also annoyed me. They like to talk loudly, laugh loudly, act childishly, boasting and adding foul words in their every lines regardless of the time, place and situation. Do I sound bias? Hopefully not.

· People who sit next to me on public transportation even when there are other seats available. I just don’t understand why there are so many seats available but you still want to sit next to me and our shoulders keep kissing. If you are a girl, I can still bear with it. But if you are a guy (not a handsome hunk or my friend) and with a body odour, then very sorry. Can you please move over?

· Guys never flush the toilet after use and leave the toilet seat up. Come on! I bet all the female out there agree with me on this. If possible, I try to avoid going to public toilet. It’s so damn smelly and dirty.

· Jerks who take up 2 parking spaces. Hello! Be more considerate lar. Unless your car is super super big size and it needs 2 parking spaces then I won’t comment any on it. If there are many empty parking spaces, then alright, I also won’t complain.

· Women who wear a thick make up. That’s look horrible with an extremely thick, white powder on the face, red lips, dark shadow eyes and a long, thick fake eyelashes batting there. Unless you dress up for some Halloween party or you are a geisha. A light and simple make up will look nice and pretty already.

· People with body odour or putting on a strong smelly perfume. It’s air pollution.

· People who invite me to somewhere then cancel at the last minute. This really annoyed me unless you have a very good reason to cancel the appointment. I am a busy man as well and besides, you are wasting my time. Because of that appointment, I am blocking the time slot just to meet you but you are cancelling it at the last minute without any good reason.

· Do you understand what I am saying? Oh my goodness. I am going to tell you my experience with a cab driver when I was in Taiwan. This uncle, okay, he is friendly, BUT he tormented me persistently with his ‘Do you understand what I am saying?’ on the whole way to Jiufen (if not wrong, it's around 20-30 minutes drive). I didn’t know how many times he repeated the words and my head really felt dizzy for hearing his talk. I just want to shout at his face saying that 'YES, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING!!' He’s actually trying to persuade us to take up his ‘cab travel package’ which brings us to the place of attractions along the way for some photos snapping. We had politely declined the offer and just told him to drive us to Jiufen instead. But he won’t give up and kept on explaining with every sentences ended with ‘Do you understand what I am saying?’. He charged us so expensive for the cab ride. Even we had to pay NT900 for the cab ride from Yehliu to Jiufen. We felt cheated. It’s so damn EXPENSIVE for a short distance ride!

· People with bad table manners. I am not talking about those traditional Kopitiam. More likely indicating those decent restaurants with an expensive menu.

· Drivers who drive slowly on the fast lane, and move slowly at the green lights and the motorbikes ride in the middle of the road. For your own and other people's safety, please lar, try to follow what you read or learn during your law/driving test. If intend to drive slowly, then move to the left and motorbikes also don’t ride in the middle of the road or on the fast lane. People who drive fast or didn’t see you might knock you down and then whose fault is it. The traffic is quite jammed with cars in a long queue but those drivers still move slowly at the green light like no other people business. #%$*@#$!% (*puke blood*)

· People belch without covering their mouth. That’s very impolite to belch without covering the mouth or excusing themselves. The sound of belching and especially long burp quite annoyed me. My dear always burp in front of me and is a long burp which really annoyed me to the max. I have told him numerous times to stop doing that but he thinks that it is fun. This totally deducted mark on my impression on him. He seems not understand this whole impression mark thing because he thought that we are together for so long already and that’s not a big deal anymore. Sigh. *Guys only leave a good impression on girls during the wooing period, once you are belong to him, he’ll shows you all his fugly habit and dirty lifestyle*

· Typical Malaysian’s habit to cut other people’s queue and continue pretend like nothing’s wrong. Don’t you hate this especially when it is a long queue? They are not even asking your permission to cut your queue. If you are a senior citizen, I mean real old, I understand and forgive you. We are all a busy man and rushing with time as well so not only you frustrate with the long queue. One thing I like about Taiwanese is they really queue up whether they are paying at the counter, waiting for the MRT, getting in the bus and etc.

Alright, you must be bored reading my list of pet peeves. Wait, it's not end yet. I'm still have a long list on hand but in order not to make my list of pet peeves become your pet peeve, I shall stop here. LOLZ. Anyway, what’s yours?

最熟悉的陌生人

当初
我们在一起的时候
从陌生人间间的变成爱人
又从爱人变成亲人
我们是多么的熟悉对方
以为对方就是那一个
可以手牵手走完这一生
陪旁在彼此之间
永不分离
我们说了很多的梦想，约定跟将来。

如今
但心变了
一切就变成没意义了
当初我们说好的将来，约定
也变成一场空
你也从最爱的亲人变成最熟悉的陌生人了。
也不能在听你的声音，牵你的手，拥抱你
几年后
我们在遇见也只是点头之交或形同陌路了。

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I am practising my chinese writing. My pin yin still quite poor. Some of the words I can't remember its pin yin and didn't know how to read.

It's actually about a relationship that had broken up. Not mine. Someone close to me had broke up recently. I felt quite pity for their relationship to be so easily broke up. They are such a sweet couple and look compatible. But relationship thing is really hard to say sometimes.

Okay, translation of my thought. I was saying that once two strangers met and fell in love. Then from strangers become a lover and a family. They were once so in love and having lots of dreams together, promise to build a future together. And when the heart is no longer beating for you, everything become meaningless. Once a lover and a family become a familiar stranger again. They go on a different path. After few years when meet again, they are just a 'nod' acquaintance or totally a stranger.

Don't you think that all this relationship 'chemistry' thingy very unique? It's like an unexplainable theory. It pulls two strangers together and the bond between them is getting stronger as days passed. It took longer time to build the relationship but once the chemistry gone, the string that tied two person together also getting loose or just snap off with a brisk. They gradually become a stranger in each other's life again.

-Shi Fen-

If you happened to visit to Jiu Fen and have an extra time, you can pay a visit to Shi Fen township located along the Pingxi line.

I couldn't remember the name of the station, should be Rueifang Station, if not mistaken. We took the train from there and get off at Shi Fen station. Shi Fen is a small town and popular with its sky lantern. So in every shops there you will see the local people will selling the small lantern which is quite expensive, NT100 per piece. If you are lucky, you might get a NT90 per piece. I like this small town and its rail road. Very nolstagia feel and nice scenery for photo snapping. Many tourists came here to set the sky lantern that allows you to write your wishes on it. We didn't set the sky lantern. I didn't have any wishes and besides, to set one sky lantern also cost dearly.

The small sky lantern looks really cute and it's an ideal souvenir for your family and friends.

-Happy Birthday!-

Yoohoo! It’s my birthday. The born day eventually become meaningless except the age is growing each year. Birthday has been reminding us that we are getting older and we didn’t have much time left in this world. Alright, it sounds depressing but it’s true, what! So enjoy your life to the fullest and with no regret!

I was flipping through the old photos today. All the memories came flashing back to me. They reminded me of all the good times I had during high school and college years. There were once we were so close (I mean, my friends) and always hang out together, gossiping and laugh. Those days were always full of laughter. Now some of them we had lost contact and everyone is busy with their own life. We were falling apart as the time passed. I missed those days where we could talk about anything and always be there for each other. We could talk on the phone for hours. I missed those days.

How long did I not laugh anymore? I couldn’t remember.

Alright, stopped all those memories talk. One thing I realized was I was so fugly that time. I looked so naïve and innocent. Not to mention, my fashion sense. It was so so so unacceptable although now I couldn’t confidently say that my fashion sense is trendy. But at least has some improvement larrr. I couldn’t believe that I could wear those clothes and thought that it was pretty in those days. Oh my goodness! Looked at those skirt I wore. It's so long and over my knee. Looked at that shirt. It was so ugly. HOWEVER, I had a very good skin and slimmer that time. I didn't have pimples. I was so petite and ..... small in size.

A lonely birthday for me again this year. Nothing special except some dinner and lunch with family. Felt comfort and happy to receive friends’ wishes. That’s the best thing of social network. It connects you to everyone out there no matter where they are and makes you feel that you are not alone but actually you are alone.

Okie. Enough for all those ‘depressing’ talk. Happy Birthday to Myself!!! ^.^

-Organized Life a.k.a. Boring Life-

Dad: You are buying the flight ticket again!!! Don't forget that you have to get marry by end of next year arrr.

Me: ..........

Dad: Or you go for the 'wedding abroad'.

Mum: No. We should have a proper wedding ceremony and reception for the first two borns. The youngers one are up to them if they want a wedding abroad.

Me: ...........

Mum: *Looking at me* What?! You MUST get marry next year. You are not young anymore!

Their words were hitting me hard to reality. Ya hor, I have to get marry next year. Although we have been talking about the marriage issue quite often, but when there is an action going on or telling me the date, I am getting cold feet. Oh sh*t! Will I become a runaway bride??!! OMG.

I was paranoid. All kind of feelings rushed to me at the same time - confused, lost, worry, scared, panic and etc. Okay, I need a plan. I need a proper schedule. %^*&$#@#*& Damn, I realized that I can't live without a proper schedule. At times, my emotion will go haywire when my life is not going as planned or given a short notice. Am I sick?? Something like a control freak. *Taking a deep breath and staying calm* Ya, I still need a schedule.....to make myself feel better and calm. So I took out my organizer and start jotting down all the important dates in 2012 while making some assumptions. Counting my annual leave whether is it enough for my travel, marry and honeymoon. See, I only have 14days annual leave plus the 7 days marriage leave. Always not enough for me. And not to forget, my savings. Quite a big hole in my pocket if the date is so close to each other. I have to cut down my shopping budget and stop visiting to the decent restaurant. Bla bla bla bla....... Another way to calm myself is talking to someone. But no one to turn to. So I go rambling in here.

Oh yeah, I know my life sucks! But just bear with me for that one moment when I was in a paranoid state. Once the moment gone, I am back to normal but I still need the plan/schedule in my life as in telling me what should I do next. I felt comforted in that way. If there is no plan, I will lost my direction. Seriously! So life with me is boring and at times, might fed up as well. I guess that's normal. Who will not? Well, I'm still trying to loosen up and there's a slight improvement.

One thing worry me, why am I still getting cold feet when it comes to marriage. I thought I was prepared for it after all these years. Ain't I? Sigh.

- Happy Mooncake Festival!!-

Happy MoonCake festival!

My mum always says that I was born after mooncake festival because I was greedy. Must eat the mooncake first before willing to come out to greet the world. So mooncake always remind me that my birthday is just around the corner. I love September. Mostly because it was my born month and it happened to fall on autumn. That’s why I love autumn more than any other seasons. Here I go again, rambling on some unrelated issue.

It has been years I didn’t go for the lantern walk which I did with my cousins when we were kids. We were so excited and having so much fun that time. But now, maybe all of us have grown up and all of these become meaningless. And so did our parents. Pity our young cousins and my niece because they didn’t enjoy the fun that we had last time. There is a huge age gap between us. You see, the kids nowadays really totally different from us. Last time, we played marbles, car toys, mud war, hide and seek, catch a thief, cycling, and sleepover at grandmother’s house. Now, the kids are playing iphone, pc games, facebook-ing, PS3, and everything is tech-related. A spoiled brat! Wait, where am I rambling again~! Anyway, I really missed those days when we were kids having so much fun with no worries. Somehow I felt grateful to be born in that less technology world as I had a chance to experience and have such a great childhood memory.

I didn’t like to eat mooncake. That is because I dislike eating the yolk and red bean paste. The only mooncake brand I like is Baker’s Cottage. I personally think that their mooncake is innovative and meet the 21st century consumer’s demand. Each year they came up with a new flavor such as Mocha, Cheese Oreo, Chocolate, Tiramisu, Green Tea and etc which targeted the youngsters. Quite successful because it has attracted me who dislike the mooncake, would buy and try their new flavor. It costed me a fortune as well buying their mooncake. The price is getting 'prettier' each year. Hmph. In another few years, I think I can’t afford to buy their mooncake anymore.

-New Beitou-

Ohaiyo! I sounded so excited. Good news for me, that is, my dear has bought a Banana Taipei –the eco friendly a.k.a. celebrity bag for me. Originated from Taiwan. Too bad that I had to wait till end of the year to obtain my bag. Sigh. Anyway, better than none. Giving credit to my dear for been so lovable to queue at Banana Taipei’s shop in the early morning. {Kiasu~~ } =)))) Proudly and shamely to say, he was the first one in the queue!!! Arigato gonzai-mass!

Oh my goodness, I was still blogging on my Taiwan’s trip. Lazy bug was attacking me again. Okay, next stop was Beitou. Needless to say, Beitou is famous for its spa and thermal valley. Actually, it should be New Beitou. So if you want to go for the spa and thermal valley, you have to get off at New Beitou station instead of Beitou station. New Beitou is a very quiet yet nice scenery neighborhood. Their library is using green concept and eco-friendly. There are variety of books and magazines. While amazed with their green library, I was wondering why my country or my town didn't have such an amazing library?! At least please update those books. Tsk tsk tsk.

-Instagram-

Instagram is definitely not a stranger to you if you are a vivid Iphone/Ipad user. Since I had officially became an Apple user, I really can't leave the house without Iphone on hand. It colored my life because of its applications especially the photography and games. Well, it was my newfound passion to snap photos using the photography apps. At least it makes me look busy when I am alone.

Okay, one of my favourite model is 'myself'. I love to snap my own ugly portraits and apologetically appeared on your facebook profile, twitter or whatsoever social media. I am not a self-obsessed type of person but I would say, more likely self-examined. Something like a habit or routine to keep track of my own look whether am I getting fat or aged. *See, I am a Libra - a perfectionist and appearance means a lot to me. I couldn't help it so I just let it be as long as I am happy with it although some people might misunderstand my intention*. An act to boost my confidence and self-satisfaction. Forgive me, I am quite emo sometimes. Anyway, recently I love snapping photos on food or stuff because of the instagram. It is so much fun!

*I felt guilty to abandon my White Knight - Lumix GF-1*.

Sharing some of my Instagram photos:-

-Conan The Barbarian-

I went to watch it during Raya holidays when both me and my dear had nothing to do in town. Well, the movie turned out quite entertaining. I like the movie despite of the unknown male lead actor. I have no idea who is he. The only celebrity I knew in that movie was Rose McGowan who potrayed as a witch in the film.

Hmmm at least this film was far better than Final Destination 5, I think. But do not pose a high expectation from the film which might disappoint you if it turns out other way round.

- TaiPei Zoo + MaoKOng -

Am I too old for the zoo?? Yeah, I guess so. Even my dear said that we were too old for the zoo and besides, it was boring and smelly. But I insisted of going and kept persuading him that there are two cute pandas, 'Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan', coming all the way from China. It would be a waste since I was in Taiwan already and tried to reason with him. It's not like I am rich enough to buy a ticket and fly all the way to China to see the panda. Bla bla bla bla....till my dear finally agreed with my logical explanation. lOlz....~ The entrance fee is cheap whattttt, only NT60 for two person, if not mistaken.....or maybe NT30 only?? Aikss, I couldn't remember already. They were having some sort of school holidays promotion, 50% off of the normal rate.

Anyway, I was like a small kid, jumping up and down.....Wait, I didn't really jump but feeling excited? yes, I was. I was so excited to see the koala bear, Kangaroo, camel and of course, the cute panda. Seems like I never saw these animals before. Bingo! I never been to Australia or a desert out there to see the camel and kangaroo aside from the photos. But my dear was feeling bored and kept complaining because of the hot weather and the long walk. Couldn't blame him as his whole shirt was getting wet and he felt very uncomfortable in it.
After a cursory glance at those animals, we went to MaoKong. MaoKong is located near to Taipei Zoo, around 15 minutes walk. Both of us love the name of MaoKong. We first came across the name of Maokong was from Hiyawu's novel. So we were curious what's actually in store up there in Maokong since the name itself sounds very romantic. The cable car ride to MaoKong took longer than Genting's cable car. There are few stops on the way to uphill. Nothing interesting in MaoKong except tea tasting and scenery viewing. But many couples went there for dating. Maybe because of its romantic name and scenery, I guess.

Will I go there again? Nope. I hate the long hours cable car ride and long hours of MRT ride to Taipei Zoo station. We need to change the MRT routes and yeah, Taipei Zoo station is at the last stop. Please get off at Taipei Zoo station if you are going to MaoKong.

-Yeh Liu-

Yeh Liu Geopark is another attraction in Taiwan that you should pay a visit to. Why? Because of its great geological formation. It is famous for its stunning coastline, unusual rock formation, rolling hills and *drumroll* ...... the most recognizable landmark in Yeh Liu Geopark - the Queen Head's rock. Pardon me, I am not really interested in the whole formation process and geological. So it's better for you to visit there for a better understanding. I was amazed with those geological formation and of course, God's creation.
If you are going during summer time, that is between June - August, you MUST bring along your sunblock (strong UVA/UVB protection or high SPF) and umbrella. Trust me, the weather was scorching hot! Plus those sea breeze! I was getting so dark and sweat profusely there. But the breathtaking scenery really worth it all. Wait, it was also enlisted in the '100 places must visit' and heard the rumours saying that the Queen Head's neck is getting thinner and going to drop in another few years so better be fast to visit the Queen Head before its gone. They even made a fake Queen Head (you'll see the fake Queen Head in there too).

- Jiu Fen -

Walking down the old street is like walking down the memory lane. Bringing back all the old memories and nolstagia. Jiu Fen is known for its old street and shops, located at uphill. It’s a small ‘lorong’ with rows of shops on both sides. Then you need to climb up and down the stairs. You wouldn’t get lost in there because it is only one street and damn crowded with tourists. How do you know whether you have reached Jiu Fen or not? Easy, when you see the big crowd and a 7-11 convenience shop, then you are in the right place.

Jiu Fen is famous for its fish ball soup. Trust me, it’s really damn nice and if not because of the crowd, I might want to have another bowl. I like Jiu Fen and thinking of going there again but my dear said, “It’s damn far. Need to take bus and change bus again. It’s a tiring trip to Jiu Fen.” Okay, I agreed with him on this. So if you are first time travel to Taiwan, Jiu Fen is definitely one of the attractions that you should pay a visit to. Despite the big crowd, Jiu Fen is actually worth to go as it has lots of nice food to eat and things to shop. You can take pictures with the tradition style of shops and their old street which will give you a feeling of nostalgia. Don't you think that spending an hour is enough in Jiu Fen? Wrong. It almost took us around 3 hours in Jiu Fen. You need more than 3 hours if want to explore in depth of Jiu Fen. We only managed to have a cursory glance at Jiu Fen.

- Taipei -

My dear kept insisted that we should visit to Parliament Office, C.K.S. Memorial Hall in Taipei and Taipei 101. He said if didn’t visited to these places in Taipei, it was like never been to Taiwan because they are the famous attractions in Taiwan, something like a landmark. Alright, since he had been so eager to go then I mahhh went with him lorrr.

Is understandable if you say Taipei 101 is a landmark of Taiwan because it is widely known for its height and the lift is moving like a lightning, *puffffff* and there we were, in 89 floors! It took like 1 minute or 2 minutes to reach up there. Somemore, there’s a pretty Taiwanese girl whom they called them “Miss Lift” spoke in three different languages, Chinese, English and Japanese. I only know that there is a Miss Lift in Japan but surprisingly, Taiwan also have. Actually, there’s nothing fun or things to see up there except the view and experiencing the height. You need to pay around NT380 per person (if not wrong, I kind of forget the actual price) for a round trip up there so the most recommended time to go was at night where you can have a pretty night view of Taipei. This damper is so damn cute!!! I want to bring one back home ~

Parliament Office!! Why I put an exclamation behind? Because we walked around 15 minutes to reach there and ……… took the photos of the building! That’s all. =.= My dear said the building looks so pretty and MUST visit there. I gave him double =.= look. But comforting myself, I happened to meet ‘Ma Yin Jiu’, the President of Taiwan. Actually, we didn’t meet him in person lar. Just saw his car and the escort cars drove into the Parliament Office. BUT I saw the President coming to work at such a late hour. Already past 9am! Tsk tsk tsk. *shaking my head* Lolzz. Okay lar, who is he after all? Even he is late, no one will complaint also.

I didn’t know the whole story of Chinese history. Just heard a bit of the stories here and there. Heard of their *BIG* names but didn’t really know who the heck are them. So we went to C.K.S. Memorial Hall to snap some photos and the sunset view. I only knew that the monument man sitting in there was someone great and famous in history. So I just continued my photos snapping and glad to meet three cute Japanese girls asking me to help them take photos. They couldn’t speak English and I couldn’t speak Japanese so we were like a mute person using hand signal. It was funny when I tried to speak English to them and they only understand one word of vocabulary in there. It was even funnier when they saw my ‘White Knight’ – Lumix GF-1. I understand their Japanese, ‘Sugoiiii dess ne’!!! *I added the last two words myself* That’s because they were using digital camera. But I was surprised with their reaction because Panasonic is a Japanese brand so they supposed to know or see Lumix GF-1 before instead of looking at my white knight like first time seeing it. Another thing surprised me; they didn’t want to take photos with the scenery behind. They just want me to zoom and focus on their faces only without the background scenery. I was like ‘huh’ and lots of ????? on my head.

Orh, the National Art Hall also located nearby of C.K.S. Memorial Hall. It is just beside of C.K.S. Memorial Hall. If you are taking MRT to C.K.S. Memorial Hall, you’ll see the building when you walked out of the MRT station. There you know that you are in the right place to go C.K.S. Memorial Hall.

-Hello Kitty Sweets-

Oh no oh no!!! I want to scream my heart out ~

Waiiiiitttt, I was excited not because of Hello Kitty. I am definitely not a Hello Kitty fanatic, for your information. But but but.....their pastry, cakes, decoration and their whole Pink color restaurant gave me an adrenaline rush. They are so cute and adorable and ..... kawaiiii dess ne~!!! I felt like a little princess and brought me all the way back to childhood times. The kids nowaday are so blissful. I saw many tables at Hello Kitty Sweets Restaurant, where the parents brought their kids there to celebrate birthday or just to make them happy. My first impression on this restaurant was "Okay, it is a hello kitty theme restaurant. *shrug* No big deal. Besides I am not a fan to hello kitty. The food might not taste good too. It is famous because of its decoration and a cat without mouth." And it had proven me wrong on the food part. The meal served not only looked so cute and pretty but it tasted GOOD too!!! Especially their cakes! So if you are travelling to Taiwan, you really got to visit to this Hello Kitty Sweets Restaurant. The girls will love it and the guys, hmmmm, will love it too when seeing so many cute, pinkish in there. lolz. The meal comes in a set, from appetizer, main course to dessert with free drink. Price?? Ranging from NT330 - NT600 per set.

I dropped by the restaurant twice. Yes, you heard me right. TWICE! I need to take the MRT back and forth. First time went there was around 11am and I thought "so early and the restaurant just open, so impossible to get crowd at this hour." I was wrong! =.= There's a queue at the entrance already. Most people had made their table reservation while we did not. We were not used to make table reservation at other country or when we were on travel. So I told my dear just give up and let's go. I didn't want to waste my time queuing. I am sort of impatience person.

Then after travel to other places and taking MRT back to Ximending, I turned to my dear and asked him, "Do you think we should try other theme restaurant since we are here? Because the whole trip wouldn't be perfect if we didn't go to theme restauarant in Taiwan." Okay, he agreed with me so we looked through the guide book to search for other theme restaurant located nearby. After few minutes discussion, my dear was getting impatient with my indecisive so he suggested to go back Hello Kitty Sweets see whether it was still crowded or not. I gave him so many 'possibilities' comments like "what if it was still crowded?" "what if the food not nice?" and continued what if what if what if there......"I didn't fancy Hello Kitty after all" He was kinda fed up and suggested other theme restaurant. And again, I continued my 'what if what if what if' there.....He tried to assure me that we could tried for one time and if it was really not up to expectation, then there won't be next time also. So after few moment of thinking, I said to him "Okay lor. We go to Hello Kitty then~ =)" He gave me this look, =.=lll .... I know he must be sworing at me inside his heart! Lolz *typical me again*

Thanks goodness. On our second visit, it was not crowded anymore and we only waited like 1 minute then being escorted to the table. Out of curiousity, I explored their ladies see whether it was decorated with Hello Kitty or not. Yes!! It is!! *Faint* So many hello kitties~ Everything was in pInk color! *Faint* Their spaghetti cabonara taste so good till I didn't want to give it back to my dear because he ordered it. My chocolate cake set also taste delicious! The total bill came out was around NT800++. Worth it, right? =))))) The waiters also being very friendly and helpful by helping their customers to take photos. But because of my exhausted and ugly face, I didn't took many photos with hello kitty~ That's sad!