Damn outdated but going to post bit by bit about my Taiwan trip...last year :D
-Was supposed to reach Changi Airport at 1.15pm but was late because the taxi driver was so slow. Ok, not exactly the taxi driver's fault. Dily-dallied too long at home was the real reason.
-Short briefing by Victor, the Singapore tour guide.
-Laughed because the first hotel that we would be staying in had a really mafia-ish sounding name 'Taiwan Brothers'. Result of watching too much 'Yi Nan Wang'.
-Proceeded to check-in.
-The guy who led us to the check-in counter was fierce and I was damn scared of him. He reminded me of my strict Korean teacher.
-Luckily he wasnt our tour guide.
-Proceeded to enter the gate.The guy checking passports at the gate was so freaking cute.
-Sister was chased out of the gate for eating ice-cream. Apparently ice-cream is considered a liquid because it can melt and it might contain dangerous liquids. Seriously, would anybody be eating it if it really contained dangerous liquids.
-Waited for sister on the other side of the gate and had to listen to the lady who chased her out rant about people eating ice-creams.
-The same lady kept calling 'Mei mei, mei mei' for no reason at all.
-Realised she was calling me to siam to one side when she patted me on my shoulder.
-Flight was delayed so we had to wait among noisy kids.
-Saw this Singaporean guy who looked very Korean. Saw him a few more times on the tour although he wasnt in my tour group.
-Was sceptical about China Airlines because of the not-so-nice rumours I've heard about them.
-Pleasantly surprised by the service and the spacious seats in the plane.
-It helped that the air stewardesses were damn pretty.
-Sucked that I didnt see any cute air steward.
-Reached Taipei at 8pm.
-First thought was 'Shit, why is it so fucking cold? I didnt bring enough warm clothes.'
-Was diao-ed the whole time by this Malaysian woman who was standing in front of me at the immigration counter.
-Realised that Taiwanese are actually quite kiasu too because when a new counter for Taiwan passport holders opened, people from the other queues dashed there straight away and in less than 2 seconds, the queue was snaking already.
-Never seen middle-aged men dash that fast before. Da Kai Yan Jie.
-Met the Taiwan tour guide, Wen dao-yu (dao-yu here meaning tour guide in Chinese and not that the guy's name was dao-yu).
-Sister made 2 new friends Naina and Jimmy while I was still staring into space at the hotel lobby.
-Realised that my sister makes friends damn fast along the whole trip, unlike me. I've never made friends on any other tours I went on before. Yes, I am anti-social/shy, something that my friends scoff at when I tell them so. They keep telling me that I cannot possibly be anti-social/shy because I am so 'bagua'.
-Went to Raohe Street Night Market with the two new friends.
-Taiwan is like filled with dogs or something. Somemore is that kind of large dogs that are not cute at all.
-Of course, there were also cute little dogs too la.
-My Korean class classmate from Taiwan kept telling me about the wonders of Taiwan's bubble tea so I decided to try it.
-I think I seriously traumatised the guy selling bubble tea with my weird questions like 'Which is the most delicious item here?'
-Couldnt read the Chinese words of the drink I wanted and tried to point it out to the guy and he probably thought that I was an idiot or something. How do you read konnyaku in Chinese anyway?!
-Bubble tea was damn delicious. The guy who made the bubble tea looked delicious too. Fu-fu-fu~ :D
-Ate taiyaki there and felt like as if I were in Japan like that. Reminded me of Toukasan.
-Ate 'cong zhua bing' (some onion pancake that tasted like roti prata).
-Saw people selling cannabis. Or rather cannabis incense...Can meh?! Isnt cannabis a drug?!
-And this is Rilakkuma meh?
-Saw Victor eating with that funny tour guide that I never got to know his name. The same guy who told us not to go to Raohe Street Night Market...Why was he there then? :D
-Tasted my first chou dou fu. Smell was horrible but the taste reminded me of Thai sweet-and-sour sauce. Yes, my tastebuds are weird.
-Back to hotel to sleep. Hate bathing in hotels because everytime I do so, I get reminded of the horrible things John Martin Scripps used to do in hotel bathrooms. I should really stop reading real-life murder stories for leisure. It was horrifying to know that I knew almost all the murder cases that they talked about in Forensic Science class. Is this normal? Anyway, this ends my first day in Taiwan.
-Was supposed to reach Changi Airport at 1.15pm but was late because the taxi driver was so slow. Ok, not exactly the taxi driver's fault. Dily-dallied too long at home was the real reason.
-Short briefing by Victor, the Singapore tour guide.
-Laughed because the first hotel that we would be staying in had a really mafia-ish sounding name 'Taiwan Brothers'. Result of watching too much 'Yi Nan Wang'.
-Proceeded to check-in.
-The guy who led us to the check-in counter was fierce and I was damn scared of him. He reminded me of my strict Korean teacher.
-Luckily he wasnt our tour guide.
-Proceeded to enter the gate.
-Sister was chased out of the gate for eating ice-cream. Apparently ice-cream is considered a liquid because it can melt and it might contain dangerous liquids. Seriously, would anybody be eating it if it really contained dangerous liquids.
-Waited for sister on the other side of the gate and had to listen to the lady who chased her out rant about people eating ice-creams.
-The same lady kept calling 'Mei mei, mei mei' for no reason at all.
-Realised she was calling me to siam to one side when she patted me on my shoulder.
-Flight was delayed so we had to wait among noisy kids.
-Saw this Singaporean guy who looked very Korean. Saw him a few more times on the tour although he wasnt in my tour group.
-Was sceptical about China Airlines because of the not-so-nice rumours I've heard about them.
-Pleasantly surprised by the service and the spacious seats in the plane.
-It helped that the air stewardesses were damn pretty.
-Sucked that I didnt see any cute air steward.
-Reached Taipei at 8pm.
-First thought was 'Shit, why is it so fucking cold? I didnt bring enough warm clothes.'
-Was diao-ed the whole time by this Malaysian woman who was standing in front of me at the immigration counter.
-Realised that Taiwanese are actually quite kiasu too because when a new counter for Taiwan passport holders opened, people from the other queues dashed there straight away and in less than 2 seconds, the queue was snaking already.
-Never seen middle-aged men dash that fast before. Da Kai Yan Jie.
-Met the Taiwan tour guide, Wen dao-yu (dao-yu here meaning tour guide in Chinese and not that the guy's name was dao-yu).
-Sister made 2 new friends Naina and Jimmy while I was still staring into space at the hotel lobby.
-Realised that my sister makes friends damn fast along the whole trip, unlike me. I've never made friends on any other tours I went on before. Yes, I am anti-social/shy, something that my friends scoff at when I tell them so. They keep telling me that I cannot possibly be anti-social/shy because I am so 'bagua'.
-Went to Raohe Street Night Market with the two new friends.
-Taiwan is like filled with dogs or something. Somemore is that kind of large dogs that are not cute at all.
-Of course, there were also cute little dogs too la.
-My Korean class classmate from Taiwan kept telling me about the wonders of Taiwan's bubble tea so I decided to try it.
-I think I seriously traumatised the guy selling bubble tea with my weird questions like 'Which is the most delicious item here?'
-Couldnt read the Chinese words of the drink I wanted and tried to point it out to the guy and he probably thought that I was an idiot or something. How do you read konnyaku in Chinese anyway?!
-Bubble tea was damn delicious. The guy who made the bubble tea looked delicious too. Fu-fu-fu~ :D
-Ate taiyaki there and felt like as if I were in Japan like that. Reminded me of Toukasan.
-Ate 'cong zhua bing' (some onion pancake that tasted like roti prata).
-Saw people selling cannabis. Or rather cannabis incense...Can meh?! Isnt cannabis a drug?!
-And this is Rilakkuma meh?
-Saw Victor eating with that funny tour guide that I never got to know his name. The same guy who told us not to go to Raohe Street Night Market...Why was he there then? :D
-Tasted my first chou dou fu. Smell was horrible but the taste reminded me of Thai sweet-and-sour sauce. Yes, my tastebuds are weird.
-Back to hotel to sleep. Hate bathing in hotels because everytime I do so, I get reminded of the horrible things John Martin Scripps used to do in hotel bathrooms. I should really stop reading real-life murder stories for leisure. It was horrifying to know that I knew almost all the murder cases that they talked about in Forensic Science class. Is this normal? Anyway, this ends my first day in Taiwan.
