My travel journal - Final installment
Day 9 (Sunday, 24th Sep):
- Tian Mu: Went there around mid-afternoon via MRT. Had to walk quite a distance before i reach the true shopping district. It's very peaceful over there. As you cross over the bridge, you can see a real stream flowing underneath you - with real mini rapids and water that flows down from the nearby mountains. Wow!!!!
- Went into one of the shopping malls and bought my Astro Boy watch (around S$150). I'd been eyeing for it when I was in SG. But that costs abt S$200 in SG. Hahahha. The mascots from "The Opening Season" were there to promote the movie as well. The bear mascot was soooooo huge that it occupied the entire escalator width. Watching it clammer the escalator from teh ground floor to the sixth was a really a funny sight. Well, you might be asking why it didnt take the lift instead. They (the mascots) couldn't! They had to lure the crowd up to the sixth floor right?
- Had eel soup for lunch. Quite nice, except that there was quite a fair bit of bones too. Went around shopping and head back to the MRT station. Decided to just cut and dye our hair there and then at a nearby salon. Damn cool. They had a TV screen embedded below each dressing table and they're all connected to the cable stations. So I was happilly dying my hair as I watch CSI. My hair cut + dye + treatment costs S$150 in total. A lot cheaper than if I had done it SG.
- Headed down to XimenDing. Things were expensive over there than Wu fen pu. Ended up having dinner at McDonald's instead as it was late and the stalls had closed.
- Next stop: 24Hr book shop - Chen Ping @ DunHua street. Spent about 2 hours there before heading back to the hotel.
Day 10 (Monday, 25th Sep):
- Oh! Did I mention that I discovered a fresh milk brand and fell in love with it? I had it for breakfast everyday ever since (until I came back to SG that is). :)
- Went to the post office with PC so that he could arranged for the Slum Dunk comics to be sent back to SG. They weigh a hefty 16KG!!!! Heavier than your normal pack of rice btw. Spent abt S$35 to have it sent via sea and he'll have to wait for about 25 days. Air parcel would cost more than S$100 but would reach prob abt a week.
- Headed for SOGO & Breeze ccentre before I finally had my Mr. Donut there. Too tired from all those shopping the night before and headed back to the hotel (btw, we'd changed to another business hotel due to budget constraint) for a short afternoon nap.
- Went to Shilin night market again for food and bought 3 pretty hairbands. It was too hot for us to eat outside. So we decided to bring the food back to the hotel and eat them in the hotel room.
- Past midnight. Decided to venture out to find a cyber cafe. Came out of the lift and bumped into 3 businessman and 2 girls. It was definite. They were there to do 'something'. We stepped out onto the streets and realised that it was very lively. Apparently, our business hotel was situated in the midst of some hidden night clubs and etc. So the shops around were opened from late afternoon to early dawn to cater to the alternative crowd. No wonder most of the hotels there displayed two rates: Daily room rate vs. Hourly Rest rate (literal translation).
- Saw a sign board that read something like comic cafe. Halfway walking up the stairs, a well-groomed man (rather big size though) came out and ask "May I help you? What are you looking for?" We asked if it was a cyber cafe and he said no. Then he stood firm in his path and we knew - it was just another shop, one that is decent in the day and different by the night.
- Finally found a cyber cafe and spent 1 hour there clearing my emails before trotting back to the hotel.
Day 11 (Tuesday, 26th Sep):
- No time to go anywhere. We had to check out in about 3 hours' time. So we decided to check out early and leave our stuff at the hotel reception area. Went in search of another cyber cafe and surfed for about an hour before we head to nearby MOS burger for lunch.
- We's asked the hotel to arrange transport for us as we were carrying too many things. Spent NT900 (abt S$45) on that. It was a good choice even though it was a bit costly. We could have chosen to take the public transport to the airport at only NT150 per person (abt S$7) but we had to walk a distance before we can reach the bus stop.
- Spent another NT2140 on snacks to bring back to office and family.
- Lousy jetstar. Ran out of meals (on an evening flight!!!) and we had to survive on 2 small vegetarian cup noodles. And heck! We were sitted at row 15. How about those poor passengers behind us???
- Touched down at 11pm. So damn tired yet so awake. But what to do? Got to work the next day!
- Tian Mu: Went there around mid-afternoon via MRT. Had to walk quite a distance before i reach the true shopping district. It's very peaceful over there. As you cross over the bridge, you can see a real stream flowing underneath you - with real mini rapids and water that flows down from the nearby mountains. Wow!!!!
- Went into one of the shopping malls and bought my Astro Boy watch (around S$150). I'd been eyeing for it when I was in SG. But that costs abt S$200 in SG. Hahahha. The mascots from "The Opening Season" were there to promote the movie as well. The bear mascot was soooooo huge that it occupied the entire escalator width. Watching it clammer the escalator from teh ground floor to the sixth was a really a funny sight. Well, you might be asking why it didnt take the lift instead. They (the mascots) couldn't! They had to lure the crowd up to the sixth floor right?
- Had eel soup for lunch. Quite nice, except that there was quite a fair bit of bones too. Went around shopping and head back to the MRT station. Decided to just cut and dye our hair there and then at a nearby salon. Damn cool. They had a TV screen embedded below each dressing table and they're all connected to the cable stations. So I was happilly dying my hair as I watch CSI. My hair cut + dye + treatment costs S$150 in total. A lot cheaper than if I had done it SG.
- Headed down to XimenDing. Things were expensive over there than Wu fen pu. Ended up having dinner at McDonald's instead as it was late and the stalls had closed.
- Next stop: 24Hr book shop - Chen Ping @ DunHua street. Spent about 2 hours there before heading back to the hotel.
Day 10 (Monday, 25th Sep):
- Oh! Did I mention that I discovered a fresh milk brand and fell in love with it? I had it for breakfast everyday ever since (until I came back to SG that is). :)
- Went to the post office with PC so that he could arranged for the Slum Dunk comics to be sent back to SG. They weigh a hefty 16KG!!!! Heavier than your normal pack of rice btw. Spent abt S$35 to have it sent via sea and he'll have to wait for about 25 days. Air parcel would cost more than S$100 but would reach prob abt a week.
- Headed for SOGO & Breeze ccentre before I finally had my Mr. Donut there. Too tired from all those shopping the night before and headed back to the hotel (btw, we'd changed to another business hotel due to budget constraint) for a short afternoon nap.
- Went to Shilin night market again for food and bought 3 pretty hairbands. It was too hot for us to eat outside. So we decided to bring the food back to the hotel and eat them in the hotel room.
- Past midnight. Decided to venture out to find a cyber cafe. Came out of the lift and bumped into 3 businessman and 2 girls. It was definite. They were there to do 'something'. We stepped out onto the streets and realised that it was very lively. Apparently, our business hotel was situated in the midst of some hidden night clubs and etc. So the shops around were opened from late afternoon to early dawn to cater to the alternative crowd. No wonder most of the hotels there displayed two rates: Daily room rate vs. Hourly Rest rate (literal translation).
- Saw a sign board that read something like comic cafe. Halfway walking up the stairs, a well-groomed man (rather big size though) came out and ask "May I help you? What are you looking for?" We asked if it was a cyber cafe and he said no. Then he stood firm in his path and we knew - it was just another shop, one that is decent in the day and different by the night.
- Finally found a cyber cafe and spent 1 hour there clearing my emails before trotting back to the hotel.
Day 11 (Tuesday, 26th Sep):
- No time to go anywhere. We had to check out in about 3 hours' time. So we decided to check out early and leave our stuff at the hotel reception area. Went in search of another cyber cafe and surfed for about an hour before we head to nearby MOS burger for lunch.
- We's asked the hotel to arrange transport for us as we were carrying too many things. Spent NT900 (abt S$45) on that. It was a good choice even though it was a bit costly. We could have chosen to take the public transport to the airport at only NT150 per person (abt S$7) but we had to walk a distance before we can reach the bus stop.
- Spent another NT2140 on snacks to bring back to office and family.
- Lousy jetstar. Ran out of meals (on an evening flight!!!) and we had to survive on 2 small vegetarian cup noodles. And heck! We were sitted at row 15. How about those poor passengers behind us???
- Touched down at 11pm. So damn tired yet so awake. But what to do? Got to work the next day!
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