Taiwan trip Dec - Jan2010 Part II

My pretty rings I bought at Shih Lin night market in Taiwan! I love to shop there, you can always find unique stuff at cheap prices! I bought these at about $15 each! I wore them too often that they looked so worn out now!
My girlie stuff that I bought in Taiwan! I didn't even unpack them 'til now! I bought lots of clothes too, but they are still inside my luggage.

Super tiny flowers that I spotted on the way to The Quest for Immortality exhibition in Singapore! I like to visit museums when there are exhibitions! I really do!


By the way, I like my new Sony camera more now, I finally know how to adjust its functions and and its performance is simply magical! Its sweep panorama function is fascinating! On my recent trip to the museum, it captured all the pictures under low light pretty well and I had a few friendly strangers who complimented on my camera performance. Those pictures above were taken with my new camera and I love it!

Pout! Heee...On the flight to Taiwan! Thinking about going to Japan in Autumn or Winter is not bad at all! Although I haven't had a chance to see cherry blossom there, but I can have maple leaves or even snow instead!!!

Boom boom pow!
Lately I like purple more than other colors!

My grand niece! Oops! I am already a granny! See how my face deceive my age? Hahahah!

Anyway, this 14-months old cutie is super mischievous and sassy, seems like me! She's not yet able to walk but once she hopped onto her car, she could drive it super fast like a bullet train! I adore her as much as my 9-months old niece that I'm going to meet soon.

Me and Lg on Lg's birthday! 24 of Dec!

Like a rose - Dark Chocolate with Strawberry Cream Cake for Lg's birthday! The best cake I've tasted so far!

I love going to afternoon tea with my sisters!!!

We went to the Taiwan Botanical Park to see wilted lotus, ^^ heeee because it's not the lotus season!

At Shih Lin night market! I love popcorn! ^=^

I love these big BBQ squids! ^~^

Queued up for these Taiwanese sausages! Super big and yummy!

I have a habit of walking into any pet shops that I saw! During my Taiwan trip, we walked into this pet shop in Shih Lin Night Market and saw lots of kitten! I like cats as well as dogs or even hamsters, rabbits...have to admit I'm quite a junkie person about pets! But one sad thing is that my Lg is allergic with cats!!! Why oh why???

That time, my desire to get a cat was super strong when I saw Maine Coon kittens, I like their fluffy face, fluffy tail, long whiskers...And especially I love one of them, the one that noticed me and played with my fingers! She's a female with a super cute face, her coat looked almost the same with the one in this picture, but cuter! I wasn't allowed to take pictures inside the shop! It's even cheaper than in Singapore to own such a cutie like that! But still the allergy problem!!! Why oh why???

We stumbled upon this super rare snow globe displayed at a jewelry shop! I love it to the max! It was love at first sight. I especially love Merry-Go-Rounds and Snow Globes!

I straight away asked the shop assistant if they could sell this snow globe to me! She told me it belongs to her boss and not for sale! I asked her is it very expensive? She told me it's not really cheap, but wouldn't be too expensive either! I then desperately asked her if she could do me a favor by asking her boss if he/she would sell it to me. She told me, this is her boss's favorite! She was so sure that her boss won't sell to me no matter what!!! I then asked her if she knew where else could I buy a similar globe in Taiwan! She shook her head!!! Ahhhhhh!!!

She was gentle enough to let me take a picture of it and listen to its music while looking at it go round and round! I didn't want to go away, until Lg dragged me away by force!

Now I set my goal that is to search for this item in my whole life!!!

Various Christmas trees in Taiwan! Tiffany, Hermes, Swarovski...

A pretty green house!

Caterpillar!

Chickens!
What is this? This is a Dan Shui local specialty called Ah Gei, crystal noodles stuffed in fried bean curd, served with a mild hot sauce! I quite like it! A recommended must-try dish if you go to Dan Shui old street! It's better to order take-away, as their shops are always too cramp to eat there!

I miss my stay in Taiwan, miss going to the spa early in the morning too! Nothing is more relaxing than going to steaming hot spa in winter!

Yay! I'm going back to Vietnam for Lunar New Year soon! \(^0^)/

Taiwan trip Dec-Jan2010 Part I

I came back from Taiwan for quite a while but I was too lazy to update my blog. I don't have much photos this time anyway as my camera went dead after a week in Taiwan. I dropped it several times before and after that all the pictures taken became blurry!

We sent it to the Sony service center and they quoted me $400+ to change the lens! That's ridiculously expensive! So I bought a brand new camera, the latest Sony DSC-TX1! I really like its new features, especially Sweep Panorama and low-light performance.

These images were taken without flash and in low-light conditions, the quality is satisfying but somehow the images are still soft and lack sharpness...This is what you would expect in a compact camera. I was very tempted and considered buying a DSLR, but I really hate carrying heavy and bulky stuff!

Without a camera, I still had a good time in Taiwan. It's great to see our sisters and their families again!

I really like to go for afternoon tea with Da Jie, I also like the trip to the Golden Egg mountain with Er Jie's family. Even though Allen was so busy with his work schedule, he still managed to bring us there.

I enjoyed strolling along the Dan Shui old street with San Jie's family, eating at an old seafood restaurant that recalled David's memory of their dating days. Their dishes were delicious!



At Golden Egg farm.

Making salted eggs and drawing our own eggshell paintings. Guess which one is mine?

Strolling and eating at Dan Shui old street.



That's all for now! I'm actually quite moody these few days, because my Japan trip has to be postponed until Autumn or Winter 2010 due to Lg's work schedule! Ahhhhhh!!!!

Off to bed now! Sleepy!

Random pics

Went to "Once upon a milkshake" and fell in love with it! I was drinking Cerious Maple milkshake - maple syrup with crunchy maple cereals! Super duper nice!

A new yummy place added to my favorite list! It is The Handburger located at Raffles City!

Look at their mouth watering burgers! A work of art I tell ya!

Christmas light up at Orchard road this year! Love those pretty ribbons!

Some pictures from my little garden:

I grew this plant for less than 2 months and it's blooming so lovely now!

A flower from my ginger plant.

I often get visits from caterpillars, I usually don't like them chewing on my plants but this one is really cute, so I let it stayed on and considering keeping it as my pet!

My coming holidays!

I'm going to travel again!!! Our destinations are:

Taiwan

When: December to January.

We went there last year but I've not had enough of Taiwan. Moreover this time we are going to explore other parts of Taiwan, besides Taipei!

Vietnam

When: Lunar New Year period!

I miss my mom's cooking!!! She is the best chef! I'm also eager to hug the newest member of my family, my adorable niece! She is only 6 months old but she has the sweetest voice ever!

We have already booked tickets for our Taiwan and Vietnam trip.

After coming back for these two trips, we are going to Japan in March or April! After Japan, I would like to visit Thailand!! After Thailand I would like to go to Genting casino again!!! I'm so happy!!!!

These photos are taken last year in Taiwan, at Lg sister's house.
I love cold weather! It makes my cheeks rosy and my lips red, like natural makeup. But if without my lip balm, my lips would really hurt!