Taiwan 01st - 06th Jul

Hihi...sorry pple fer e delay...wahaha...was kept biz wif mi yeye n all...aniwae here goes wif e details of mi taiwan trip:

1st day 01st Jul:

Went to e Airport wif mi sisters driven by mi jie's bf Mr. Gary Ng..(Thank You Very Much for FETCHNG mi on both trips). We immediately went to check-in upoin arrival...n guess wat? i met Tony (Support Manager) at e check-in counter. After which mi n my mei went fer sum snacks at Polar...used e internet fer a while n we were at the waiting area preparing fer boarding...soon after, we r in e AIR on our WAE to TAIWAN!

Upon arrival into Taiwan, after e LONG n SLOW queue at e immigration, we r finalli n officialli standing on Taiwan ground. Next is to find e driver fer our transfer to e htl - Delight Hotel

The long ride to e htl is exciting n scary at e same time...hmm, am i seeing question marks on all u heads n faces? haha cuz e driver is zig-zaging among all e cars in e heavy traffic, n along e wae we almost collide with other cars when he chnges lane (it happens too many a time). Was realli glad to get off e car man...Happy tt we arrive safe n sound!

After settling into our room, we went fer dinner, but due it's quite lte alreadi, we had dinner at Mac near our htl...e serving is larger than ours here man, n its cheaper too...woa! With tt i end my first dae n nite in Taiwan!

2nd day 02nd Jul:

We went to Ximen ding to meet mi mei's fren earli after hafing our breakfast n taking our baths! Due we arrive earlier than e designated time, we went ard on our own fer a while, n i end up buying lots of tings...hahaha...sure all whu noes mi will be nodding ur heads...cuz i can realli buy when i wanted to...especialli when im not spending in Singapore dollars! My mei is lke: no i cant buy, got to save up fer m upcoming Japan trip. N im lke: haha i can buy all i wan cuz i got no more trips aft tis...wahahaha....(In the background: Evil! ) "whu said tt?! kick ur butt!"

Spend almost e whole dae there, then we went back to e htl to put dw our "goods" n went to ShiLin Ye Shi fer dinner on our own! After making sure tt we shld get off at Jian Tan station, mi n mei set off fer good food...Yum Yum!!

But as im sure all whu noes mi n haf been toShiLin will noe...once again im steered off course again...haha...i end up buying tings again be4 mi n mei went to haf our dinner...(From the background: Haven u buy enough at Ximen?) "But e tings there r realli cute n cheap wat...summore im buying fer frens leh!" eh..whu's tt again? hmm...oh well..don care!

3rd day 03rd Jul:

Once again after breakfast...we set off fer our planned itinerary! We had a walk in the ZhongShan station underground shops...realli it's nuting (wat a waste of time!) Then we went to Taipei station's Xin Guang San Yue fer lunch n shop ard after tt...then we stop over at e Cheng Pin Bookshop located in e station itself...bought quite a few comics...as all whu noes i cant resist books...hee hee (In the background: "Again?! Why buy books?? Isn't it heavy to bring back?) "U again? whu u?" Angry tone..."aniwae cuz e comics r nice n cheaper than here...so if i don't buy will 对不起自己 get it now??? so mny questions!"

We went to Wu Fen Pu after tt to shop again...but other than e 2 cups of bubble tea, we didnt buy aniting else (From e background: "Finalli u neve uy aniting frm sumwhere") "Do u have to tok? So wat if i buy or neve buy? Also neve use ue money...so noisy"

Aniwae...where was i ? oh ya...neve buy aniting frm there cuz i feel tt e tings r almost e same as Ximen Ding but is more expensive than Ximen...so i neve buy...Next we went to e 3 storey cheng Pin...again we bought sum comics here...hahaha...we spent quite sum time in e bookstore...well i realli cant resist e books! Aniwae after tt we went to SOGO n all...then went back to ZhongShan station fer dinner, which i can loudly sae is e lousierest i had in e whole trip!

4th day 04th Jul:

Todae i brought my mei to BeiTou fer Hotspring...yes i noe...u all muz be tinkin i siao...cuz i juz had Hotspring in Japan, n now again in Taiwan..cuz mi mei keep complainting tt she wanna go,,,but can't...so i had to bring her there...Yea n realli it's not e season fer it in Taiwan...cuz it's already so HOT!! But aniwae she had fun can liao la...it's meant to be an experience fer her aniwae...

Then we went onto DanShui after tt...shopping again! Bought quite sumtings tis time by mi mei...n we took bus to Yu Ren Ma Tou...walked uo e bridge named as - 情人桥

Then we had e 好大大鸡排 n fries damn oily la...not good fer health sia! Spent e whole dae in tis 2 places...tiring sia...or maybe cuz it's too HOT! tt's y...

5th day 05th Jul:

Todae is meant to do last minute shopping at Ximen Ding fer mi n mei to buy tings n presents tt we had to but haven buy...but we still went to 101 building n New York New York first in e morning...then we went to Ximen in e late afternoon...n it was pouring lke mad...oh my gosh! ("Did u guys bring umbrella?") "Of couse! I'm not called auntie fer nuting u noe!" ("Huh? Auntie?") "Yea! Got sumone called mi auntie once cuz i always carri an umbrella in my bag" ("...")

Done our last min shopping, n met up wif mi mei's fren whu then bring us to the theme restaurant - Modern Toilet

We had great fun experiencing eating frm e toilet bowl! n bath tub! Haha...also had taken alot of photos while i was in e shop waiting fer mi food to be served. Realli wanted to try drinking frm e 尿壶, but didnt cuz still finds it kind if gross la...hee! My mei's fren keep tryin to get mi mei to do it, cuz she don dare to try...*__*''''

Aniwae, we each had written a card n drop it into e bath tub table...n mi mei is making sure a fuss abt her fren reading wat she had written...dotz sia! can't understand y...since we all had written sumting tt don make sense aniwae...haha...

6th dau 06th Jul:

Last morning in Taiwan...e transfer will be cuming to pick us up at 6A.M. didn't even have aniting to eat...reach e airport after e 3rd pair of pax is being picked up...

Blur as to where we shld be queuing up...cuz its very VERY messy here! There is no definite line as to where is e end n start of e mny lines tt seems to appear out of nowhere...Had to queue n figure fe more than half an hr be4 finalli getting our bags checked-in n getting our boarding passes...my GOD!!!! They realli can get MESSIER by e minute la....

Goin thru e not so long but a bit slow immigration...then finalli we get to e waiting area...soon after we are boarding e plane...n in e air on our wae back HOME! Home Sweet Home!!!

This is wat we bought frm tis trip!

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I realli had to sae i LUV Singapore after goin to Japan n Taiwan...cuz at least here is bery accessible n not so MNY STAIRS to climb...or r we singaporeans juz too SPOILT! n too LITTLE excerises??? Haha...here's e end of both mi trips! YEA!

Japan - 24th Jun to 29th Jun

Yeah...i'm back frm japan n taiwan todae...shall start with mi japan trip first...haha

First Day 24th Jun

Went to Changi Airport at 3AM...oh my gosh...so damn tired sia...but luckily we were upgraded inflight...im seated at 03C beside a cute jap guy, but e nice chief steward change YuJie n e jap guy's seat, so we ended up seated together...flew fer 7hrs...missed e bus to mercure...we had to take e keisei line to narita n finalli we checked-in to Comfort. Had dinner a korean style restuarant...i had noodle wrap in egg...it tasted great!!!

Second Day 25th Jun

After breakfast in the htl, we checked-out to move onto our next destination - IKEBUKURO.

We stayed in a house like Inn - Ikebukuro House is the name of the inn! Here's where we had our cheapest accommodation for 2 nites!

We went to Ueno for shopping n sight-seeing after leaving our luggages at the Inn. We went to the Ueno park visiting the shrines n went fer a half-hr motor-boat ride...damn tiring fer mi legs, but it was fun n a great experience...then when we were getting out of the park...back to e train station n onward fer shopping...guess wat?

WE GOT LOST...hahaha....We went around looking at their private houses before finalli finding our wae back to e station........

Had to climb lots if stairs before being able to have our dinner...then we went shopping...bought lots of items...heavy sia! Had to carry them al back to the Inn frm Ueno to Ikebukuro...wat a long distance when u had tings to carry...

Third Day 26th Jun

Disneyland is the word! Travelled fer abt 1hr plus minus to disneyland...spent haf e day shopping (again!)**once again i bought lots of tings...but its small tings lke keychains / handphone straps...etc etc!

Went on to the rides after we had lunch...the first ride tt we had was the snow white story ride, which e moment i got in, i started taking pics n ended up not knowing wat e ride was abt (it's the same fer YuJie too)hahaha...we r one of a kind sia!

We even manage to pursuade Jie's mom to take e splash mountain with us...bought e pic take when we were cuming down frm e slide...hahaha...wat a ugly picture! (I will not show it here...TO UGLY for pple *except mi* to see)

After tt we took e disney train n left fer Tokyo Tower (Jie lost her camera here *tt's wat we all thotz aft doing a back track*) In my opinion, Tokyo tower is beautiful on e outside, but realli nuting much when u get up there...it looks prettier in e outside...REALLI!

Fourth Day 27th Jun

Checked-out n on our wae to e beautiful HAKONE! Had a 2hrs ride before arriving at the Hakone station - on our wae in the ride, we manage to see e separation of the trains due to goin on different couse half-wae along the journey...(went all e wae frm 1st cabin to the 6th cabin just to c e separation *cum to tink of it..we r realli rather Bo Liao sia* - wat am i tinkin at t time?? wonder) Had a half-hr bus ride be4 checking-in to out Hot Spring Ryokan - 富士见苑

We stay on the basement near to the hot spring...after resting n planning e itin fer e next dae...we went ard fer a walk...taking pics of e nature (n Jie plucking e leaves tt r unique), we went back fer dinner at 7PM. I went fer e Hot Spring at ard 10PM due no one was ard at tt time...(haha - too shy to share e bath) *had to go naked* on my gosh...so shy!!!

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Fifth Day 28th Jun

We went to 大涌谷 - the famous mountain tt is always producing smoke...also known as the black hot spring...had to climb lots of stairs again before arriving at the place to see the blubbing of the hot spring...woa it's real HOT up here! Then we went on to other places...n had a cruise along Lake Ashi...wat a waste my camera went low...else i could post e scenery n i'm sure all whu sees it will LUV it!

Sixth Day 29th Jun

Checked-out of Hakone, took another 2hours train ride...seeing the joining of the trains again before arriving at Shinjuku station to change back to keisei line to the Narita Airport.

Wat a hectic dae we had...we almost didnt manage to get back due to full flight! But luckily fer mi...i got on with Jie's father due they onli left with 2seats (biz class which i onli know at e boarding gate)

Close to not boarding - due e counter staff onli issued us a writen boarding pass with our names n flt number on it, we were stuck at the entrance towards the immigration for almost 10 mins (plus minus) n almost couldnt make it fer boarding due boarding stops at 7PM but we were at the check point till 7.10PM.

The lady told us she called the boarding gate to verified n had adviced them to wait fer us be4 closing the gate, but still there was a long wait for us at the immigration

Jumping Queues - Lucky for mi, i manage to jump queues at the immigration n pass it within 2 mins...

Running - Mi n jie's father had to run to e gate fer boarding due it was quite a distance away...

Business Class - After all the panicking n running, finalli i had sumting nice cuming my wae...mi n jie's father actualli managed to get onto e last 2 seats fer business class....Thank God for it!

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With that i ended my Japan Trip! Tomorrow i shall continue with mi Taiwan Trip...