Taipei 310113

Hi Taipei, this is the first Asia country that I am travelling (alone) with my bestie. So well, I have always wanted to visit Taiwan and now my dream comes true. I like Taiwan because of their dramas, the artists, the culture, food and maybe small little places where seldom people realised and wanted to go. I still remember I was rushing for 恶魔在身边 and 七年级生 etc. without having proper sleep till the next day to school. Acting like the actresses in the scene when I was in the school and so on also, rushing and being mad fans of singers following their tv programs. Well, I would say these are all teenagers' activities and I am sure they would like to visit to Taiwan too. I am basically inspired by these group of artists who I think they really gave out and putting some results for themselves unlike some now who are a fresh artist who came out for just a period and I don't even know what is his/her name? Hmm, I think working in this entertainment huge industry must really show something they are keen on at least they can play some song, composing or directing? 

Well too far far away, come back to my trip now, before I was searching where and which part of Taiwan should I go in order to satisfy my curiosity however, my bestie and I chose Taipei. So, the first day we arrived at about 4 or 5pm in the afternoon and we straight go back to the hotel BUT you can always find a 民宿 which is houses owned by the residents however they modified them into accommodation that they can take tourists to stay with them. I think staying in their house can truly realise how they live and meanwhile knowing more of their culture. I think, I will take their home-stay instead the next time if I would have chance to visit Taiwan again. Our hotel is right behind Xi Men Ding, em..not really pleasant but it was still all right for me though because what I always think is I am staying in the hotel for sleeping and cleaning up myself thus, I don't really mind staying in a small room, but well...who does not like a 5 stars hotel right? At night, we were so hungry after putting down our luggage, we straight ran to Xi Men Ding to find something great to fill up our stomach we found duck noodle, it was not my type haha but acceptable. After that, we shopped around Xi Men Ding for fashions and ladies' favourite nourishing face masks. What I would like to say is, Xi Men Ding is the street where you can find the latest trend of fashion and with reasonable price, try to bargain I mean in a polite and reasonable value of money (according to a Taiwanese friend). The street is quite huge and it opens everyday how I wish there is one like that in KL =)

All right and the next day, we came to this place near 龙山寺 to have our breakfast. This is kind of a "Loh-Mee" with seafood is their "snack" in Taiwan. It was 50NTD for big one if im not mistaken. LongShan Temple is quite a famous temple where people were praying, of course I did mine too because new year is coming. Following with this 自由广场 where you can see real big big space in the middle with national musical building and opera house for performing, it gave me a "waaao" when I arrived at the train station. Oh by the way, we bought this Taipei Tour train ticket I forgot what its called, you can reload into your train ticket when you do not have enough credit, the cashier was polite you can always ask them for further information about the train ticket. And then, we finally reached this Miramar shopping mall where there is "Taipei-Eye" over there, it was 150NTD about that to get up to the ferris wheel, worth a visit. That goes our day, the day at night we went Shi Lin night market for eating eating and I met my friend Marton who was having internship in Regent. We had fun, foot massage shouting and continue eating after the massage and shopping again. Well, I would say you must request for extra capacity for luggage if you are a female and you are coming with a purpose like me - shopping and eating. Haha. Remember to buy some 凤梨酥 (pineapple tart) on the way back. P/s: so you don't need to carry them when you are going along the shi lin street. 

This is the Long Shan Temple that I mentioned before.

This is the Xi Men Ding Red House where there are a lot of unique and great things in the building.

The Third day of Taipei
It was drizzling, cloudy and it seemed not happy, i mean the weather. We met up with a Taiwanese friend at first and we decided to go to Taipei 101 for a bet to see if we could get up for a good view. Unfortunately, the weather was not that pleasant, we took a picture or two and we headed to Yang Ming Shan a place where you can see almost the full scenery of Taipei. Quite windy and dull, we waited for a seat in the Restaurant The Top for about half an hour because we expected to get a table which will not wet us if the rain really comes. There was also the room where you can rent off they call it 包厢, additional fees will be charged of course, well, the view from the restaurant was fantastic while the food was just acceptable. So basically if you are going to The Top Restaurant try not to bring lots hope in the food maybe? You can still try....So yea, Yang Ming Shan was quite cool though for the sunset because it was really nice and i fall in love with the scenery like the picture below.

At night, we did not give up for the Taipei 101 and we again drove back to the building and bought tickets to get up. Taipei 101 was amazing i would say? The building does not matter the size and sculpture and inner and outer layer of the whole building. It was pretty good experience for me to visit Taipei 101, double good for Taiwan *smile smile. We were too tired on that day perhaps the weather? We decided to go back and walk along the street of our hotel instead of night life experiencing.

The Last Day in Taiwan
This place is called 九份 Jiu Fen, you can try checking website about this place and check how to get there by bus as I can see there were bus going up to this place. Well, I was lucky enough because my bestie's friend was the one who brought us up to this place. For me, Jiu Fen is like an Asian Santorini where you can see there were a lot of houses along the way up to the hill and meanwhile looking at the nice sunset again. This little town gave me a new feeling of vintage world where you can still experience the olden days with the culture and the setting in Jiu Fen, no wonder my bestie keep asking me to go. This is basically a street where you can sit down and relax the whole day, you can buy Taiwan's souvenirs in this place too. Try not to come during the weekends because it was so packed and stuffy when I walked along the street.

The Taipei 101.

Oh by the way, on the left the handsome was the one who brought us, thanks for the hospitality in Taipei hope to see you again when I come back to Taiwan.

Oh, this is another place we arrived at on that day when we were in Jiu Fen. Well, this place was a place where they find golds so basically, Jiu Fen is a place where it can be called as the gold mountain for olden days. We were happy to get up and see how it works and how they managed to bring golds from one place to another during our ancestors' time. This place is 金瓜石.

Well, so soon yet so fun. Reluctant to fly back home with 5 hours sitting up straight seat hmmm... After this trip, I think what attracted me most was the sunsets and the incredible landmarks that I have been. I am sure i will be going to Taiwan again next time whenever I have time to plan for my trip.
Ready for bed time story right now =)
Great night.

Disneyland Paris on Christmas 2012

Disneyland Paris I went with my good good friend last christmas. This is the second Disneyland I've been to. Paris Disneyland was great compared to Hong Kong one but I am sure they added more plays in Hong Kong Disneyland now. Everything ran smooth and efficient just some queue ups as that day was a Christmas Eve however, the Disney Dreams which people are looking forward to has delayed for an hour. Gosh, I really hate it because I would have gone to another plays before coming back but the staffs there only announced the technical problem ten minutes before the problem was fixed. Tsk tsk, and that was the day we spent in Disneyland Paris.

The next day, we went to walk around in Paris city center but obviously there were nothing much because I don't like Paris that much perhaps the surrounding area and the people I met in Paris, they seemed to be impolite and it was not very clean. Furthermore, it seems to be a very romantic place for couple and the advertisement tourism promotion stated it too. In fact, the surrounding area of Eiffel Tower was with mud and little holes along the way, it is a tourist destination and should be clean and nice I supposed? =\

Disneyland, a fantasy land where the girls would like to visit. =]

Istanbul, Turkey

Hi Istanbul, this was last 2 christmas when i was still in Switzerland having my internships. Since, there is nothing opening during the Christmas, I decided to fly 6 hours from Zurich to Istanbul for Christmas holiday.

Well, I can't supply a lot information for you travelling to Istanbul because me and my friends were somehow taking tour taxi but the picture below with the mosque behind, is a MUST to go. Nearby, there is a street where those travelling tv program always recommend. In the street, there is lot of stores asking and negotiating to catch your attention. Even though, i don't really understand what they are talking about, it was quite scary to walk alone if you are a girl, haha.

Turkey separated into two parts, a part in Asia and another part in Europe, however they use Euros. We stayed at the Asia part and we should get to the Europe part for the tourist destination, please remember to check properly before booking a hotel or else you will ended up to be like me taking taxi tour the whole time, which is quite boring as the duration to get to another part of Istanbul is about an hour. Their lifestyle is not very high, so you dont need to worry about the spending.

What is for souvenirs?
Turkey is famous for their sweets, you can actually see all these sweets with the above picture showed. All these sugar thing with nuts are really good to bring back as gift. Well, I personally is not very delighted with these tiny little desserts perhaps they are too sweet for me? hmmm, but they are real good in shape and pretty cool packaging.
I remembered my friend went to Istanbul before me, she brought me a liquid eye liner green metallic in color really suitable for Asian girls. She said, the eye liner pen is famous in Istanbul that's why she brought me that. hehe..
Hmm..what else to talk about? Oh, with the overall opinion, i would say be careful because it is not your own country where you know the surroundings because i remembered there was a man queuing up in front of me into the mosque was holding a gun, I MEAN....a normal guy. So, yea..you must remember avoid any problems, troubles stay safe whenever and wherever you are going.

Thank you ;)

Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein is one of the smallest country in the world using Swiss Franc and speaking german language. If you are going to Liechtenstein from Switzerland. Well again, I went there with my friend from Zurich main station (Zurich HB) to Sargans. From there, you will take a bus to a place called Vaduz. Again, you can always download the SBB app or checking the train schedule via www.sbb.ch because i think this website is really useful if you re travelling from Switzerland does not matter intercity or inter-country. Vaduz is the place where you get down the duration of getting there is about one and an half hour. Vaduz is the capital city of Liechtenstein you actually will not know if you have arrived the place because this country is situated in between Switzerland and Austria and the structures, buildings most likely similar to each other. Therefore, be sure you get down at the right station.

There is a castle situated on top of the hill where I think you have to take another bus or by walking up. I didn't get up to the castle on that day because that day was a holiday. Also, please stay close with the train schedule because there is only a train per hour if i'm not mistaken and the latest train would be about 6 or 7pm.

Liechtenstein may not be an attractive destination, however, it is the place where they create and sell world stamps which is a pretty cool place you should stay for a day, just a day! =)

Matterhorn, the chocolate mountain Zermatt

Me and my friends went to this place which called Matterhorn in Switzerland during our internships' off. It was in south of Switzerland near Geneva or Lugano part. It is always easy to travel around if you are using smart phone. Download the app called "sbb" or via computer type on www.sbb.ch from there, you can always find the place, location, duration, and schedule to get to your destination. Switzerland is unlike like other parts of EU. They don't use Metro instead, they have their own transportation with their own controls.

The mountain is about 4477 meters height, we were managed to get up to the station called Gornergrat. We departed at Zurich HB (the main station) to Zermatt. From there, we took another small train up to Gornergrat. From this area/ region, you can really see the mountain of "Toblerone". The best time to get there with my personal point of view would be during September till the beginning of November because it is still a bit warm and sunny when you get up to the mountain. Furthermore, you don't need to be worried about daylight as normally December time the sun will go down at about 4pm or 430pm.

Remember to wear good attire for hiking up the hill, please don't wear high heel boots just because you want to look nice in the picture because the mountain road to get up to the top is narrow and slippery. There is actually a restaurant up on the mountain. Unfortunately it was closed when we were there.

Hope you will have fun in Klein Matterhorn, enjoy Zermatt mountain =]

We actually found this pretty cool cafe down at the Zermatt town. There is actually a place where you can walk around, there is a small street with unique cafes and shops you can get some souvenirs over there. Well, come back to the cafe we were obsessed with, this cafe is double-storey and it is really a small little invisible cafe along the shop lots. I don't really remember the cafe's name, but you will find it because there is only a small little street in Zermatt and it is called Bahnhofstrasse, the main street. We ordered a hazelnut coffee, caramel coffee and hot chocolate. Their hot chocolate is using this little "froze" on the stick chocolate so whenever you want to consume it, heat up the milk and put the chocolate stick into the cup and it will eventually melt and mix up together.

Had fun, thanks Jess and Cyrus. <3 p="">

Kay Kay wishing you a Prosperous New Year

GONG HEI FATT CHOI

All the BEST to all of you doesn't matter you are overseas, domestically, indoor, outdoor, upstairs or downstairs.
I am here wishing you a great great brand new year ahead, wishing you dreams come true and getting as well as keeping the handsome/ pretty faces as always.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!

The Heidihof in Maienfeld, Switzerland

The first picture i took after i get down from the trains. It was quite a nice walk as the weather was real good, not so hot though. Remember to bring bottle of water and wear a nice pair of shoes as the road to the Heidi House was quite a distance.

This is a part of how the Heidi House looks like, this was the space they "so-called" kitchen which used during the day. I didn't really take pictures from inside because I think people who is interested should spend sometime exploring themselves in this "wonderland", its worth to tour. Furthermore, there were lots people walking in the house, i couldnt get a proper image :\

The Heidi House from behind.

We didnt manage to finish the whole Heidi-land but we had fun there. Remember to get the stamp from the souvenir shop and the certificate of Heidi visits, it was 5CHF if i was not mistaken?!