Browsing the blog archives for May, 2009

The Charming Place That Is Danshui

Danshui, a smaller city north of Taipei. On our last full day in Taiwan, the 3 of us took a train [red line] to Danshui, the place made famous by the highly-popular Taiwan drama series ‘Meteor Garden‘. It took us about an hour to travel from Xi Men Ding to said place. “Somewhere in the [...]

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Birthday Wishlist

*Update*: The commenting system has been rectified. I wasn’t aware people weren’t able to comment on my blog until someone notified me today. Sorry, peeps! So my day of the year is arriving very soon and I have no idea what to do. Last year, I had helluva time celebrating with different people who made [...]

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Fail: Safety Instructions

This was in the box that was shipped over from Europe. Laughs. *mind boggling* I think it was manufactured in China.

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Fail: Hilarious Toilet Instructions

Before returning back to Taipei for the evening, sister and I went to the Ladies at Leofoo Village and were tickled pink by the instructions on the toilet cubicle doors and by the sinks. Words I never knew exist.

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Silent Suffering

The price of sunlight and heat is the pain of my body. Suffering. I have been exercising my will over my body and it has been so so difficult.  Not many will know what I am referring to. The pain is almost unbearable. I can’t sleep. I can’t function properly. I can’t touch people. I [...]

Secrets

Back from the island of….. somewhere! The colours are so brilliant!!! How did boyfie managed to capture such a shot?! Oh, pardon the flabby me.  I drank enough water to drown an elephant, but it felt like it wasn’t enough.  I slept at every chance I got, but it felt like it wasn’t enough.  I [...]

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Fail: Yes, Please Throw The Dust

This was in our hotel room and Fernie was very amused by it. Other Taiwan posts: Welcome 2 Taiwan! What A Load of Bull Randomly Taiwan The Biggest Bookstore in Taipei & Meeting Jay Chou The Theme Park With Nobody NSFW Nor Home Nor For Anywhere Actually

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NSFW Nor For Home Nor For Anywhere Actually

I don’t even know how to name this Taiwan post because the experience we had was is so wrong on every level. Once upon a not-so-long-time ago, there lived a monkey in a zoo. he was bored senseless and frustrated as there was nothing to do… Right, let’s put a nice, innocuous picture first to protect the young and [...]

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The Theme Park With Nobody

The Leofu Village, that is. The things I do when I travel…. On our 4th day in Taiwan, Fernie, sister and I went to the theme park somewhere at the edge of Taipei, or out of it [that's the thing - none of us could figure out where exactly the theme park was in the [...]

Foodies Day

I pronounce yesterday ‘Foodies Day’. Boyfie was off yesterday ‘cuz of last Saturday’s public holiday and we decided stop lazing around at home as per usual, and got our butts out to town with no plans in mind save for grabbing lunch somewhere. It then became: 1 pm – 2.30 pm – soup, meat and pasta, drink combo lunch [...]