And so she made this rather expensive porridge, which really wasn't what I had in mind. But I didn't have the chance to do much for dinner as I had two lessons of tuition before rushing back home to join them for dinner. Our main purpose for meeting up was to settle the accomadation for our trip. After going through the many hotels that were available, we chose Neijiang Hotel, which was recommended by Wee Hong, who was there barely a week ago! We made a call to check the price and then a really weird thing happened. Daniel was repeating what the receptionist told him about the hotel, "Ximending, Hong Lou..." when the exact words came out of the mouth of the MTV VJ on TV! We were stunned and then ended up laughing like mad.
After a bit more contemplation, a lot of food (I made that with my sis!), and entertainment in the form of a variety show hosted by Jacky Wu, Daniel gave a call to the hotel to book the rooms. His proficiency in the language made him the natural choice to make the phone call!
After the important stuff were done, we spent the time flipping through brochures and going online to check out the attractions that Taipei had to offer. If anyone has any recommendations, I'd like to hear them! We decided to meet up again to settle the itinery. They managed to sleep in my bedroom as my brother went to sleep in my mother's room and my other brother didn't come home till much later!
Can't wait to go overseas again! And a big thanks to Wee Hong for giving us all that information, without which we would've been at a lost as to what to do!
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I went to Taipei earlier this month and stayed in Royal Castle Hotel (along Chengdu Rd) in XMD!
Places u muz go:
1. Shilin Night Market (makan & shopping!!)
2. Danshui (Old Street) (shop for native food & sight-seeing)
3. Lovers' bridge
4. Taipei 101
5. Museums & Memorial Halls (if u r interested)
6. Wu Fen Pu (shopping)
7. Yang Ming Shan (sight-seeing)
8. Xin Bei Tou (muz try its hot spring!)
Food that u MUZ try:
1. Shilin Night Mkt - Super big chicken cutlet, teppanyaki (the stall owned by married couple and their mother), chua bing, fen(3) yuan(2) (their ice kacang), basically all the food!! Lolz~
2. XMD - Ah Zhong Mian Xian (opp. a row of Nike, Adidas & Puma shops), Ba Fang Yun Ji's dumpling & gyoza (juz beside XMD MRT), bubble tea (much nicer than S'pore), Fei(1) Tian(1) Ma(2) La(4) steamboat, Ya(2) Rou(4) Bian(3)'s duck noodles.
3. Danshui - Ah(1) Gei(3)
For transport from the airport to hotel, there r a few private bus companies tt offer to transport u to the hotels. U can find them easily at the airport terminal. It's much more affordable than taking a cab! Dun ever try taking cab in Taipei! Very ex! The meter starts at S$3.50 and jumps very fast! MRT and buses are the best transport to get u around Taipei. Very convenient too! U can buy an Ez-link card for ard S$20 at any MRT control station and u can use it for many train n bus trips!
People - The ppl are definitely more friendly and helpful than S'poreans. Haha.. if u need directions, u can try asking them. They are really nice peeps! They'll tend to ask u where u are from as our accent does sound different from theirs. If u r shopping, I feel tt it's better not to let the shop owners know tt u r a S'porean coz they mite think S'poreans r filthy rich n hence charge a higher price. U can try to bargain price with them! Speak Mandarin! =)
Kherray
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