My very first postcard!

I received my very first postcard last week from none other than Shi Hui!! Thank you Shi Hui you made my day!

Dear Jasumina, I think your letter has been lost in the pile of mail. :( But thanks anw.

Shu Hui's Birthday Part II

In celebration of Shu Hui's birthday, the three of us decided to have a girl's day out...

First stop... the Taipei Zoo!

The Zoo is about a 10 mins bus ride away from our school. Really near huh... not to mention the enterance fee costs NT30 (S$1.50) cheap as compared to the Singapore Zoo.

As it was a weekend, the place was flooded with parents with their kids. The kids are super kawaii. :) In fact I felt the kids were a greater attraction as compared to the animals. Maybe coz it was really hot that day, the animals were all hiding in the shade. So it was a test of our eyesight as we scanned the enclosures for them. Most of the time our efforts were futile. :(

One of the better shots we could take was an the Insectorium. People were allowed to mingle in the enclosure freely amongst the fluttering butterflies. The butterflies seemed to have acustomed themselves to the snapping of cameras, posing long enough for us to capture their on camera.

The Year of the Rat

Bear hug

我也要感谢长荣载我来台湾！

Wall of Poo

What really amused me was the wall of poo situated none other than outside the loo.

Poo comes in all sizes.


Don't you think this is a rather well-taken shot.
ll thanks to our little photograher featured below... 谢咯弟弟！
That concludes our Zoo Trip.

O well we can always visit the animals another day when they're not so sleepy.

The McDonald's where My MVP Valentine was shot.


火辣辣的SHE!!

Our dinner reservation wasn't until 740pm, so we went in search of food to pacify our rumbling tummie. We chanced upon a Croissan Chain Store offering various flavours of the pastry. It's called 牛角面包in chinese literally translated as Cow's Horn. It's pretty obvious why it's called so right.

I chose the original flavored one. Yum yum yum.. I'll be back for more. Too bad it's situated in such an ulu spot.

The highlight of the day for foodies like us was the restaurant 学姐recommended 古拉爵. I just have this to say.... おいいし。 ありがと学姐.

If you ever have the chance to come to Taipei, I recommend you try the food at this Italian restaurant. Great ambience, great food at an affordable price.

Guess where this photo was taken. The toilet! I'm not kidding. At first when I went in I was like WOAH. The walls were lined with red curtains and the toilet bowls are equipped with seat warmers with temperature setting. Such extravagence!

Decor is one thing, but food is always the main thing when it comes to an eating place. And we were not disappointed.... FEAST YOUR EYES!

Our appetizers.

Cream of Mushroom Soup

Stewed Rice with Chicken and Cheese

Strawberry Yoghurt Drink

Before we even dug into the main course we were already discussing when would be the next occassion we can come here to celebrate. 90th day in Taipei..haha just an excuse.

We ended off the day visiting 师大夜市's stationery shops, one of our fav hangouts. We love stationery. It's where you can cheap and pretty stationery.

谢谢你们俩位哦。。我今天玩得很开心。生日快乐淑慧！

Happy Birthday Shu Hui!

I know this photo looks kinda ghostly. But yeah we sorta surprised Shu Hui by playing paparazzi. It was hilarious how she tried to dogged our cameras.

It was a simple celebration with chocolate eclairs from 7-11. There's not much you can get around here after 12 midnight. Eh but the ecalirs are good even though they're not from some top notch bakery. After coming to Taiwan, I've become a regular of 7-11. I must say they're much more well-stocked than the ones in Singapore.

Back to the topic... HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHU HUI! Glad to come with you to Taipei. You've brought us so much laughter with your wit and humour. All the best to you!! Hope you liked the present. :)

Chiaki~

Tamaki Hirosi has a new show!! Sadly it's not a love story...more a sci-fi meets best friends movie. But still..... Haha I wasn't the only one going gaga over the movie posters. Yifan's senior posed with Tamaki...pouting her lips as if she were kissing him.

Haha... the charm of Chiaki.

Hello Kitty Sweets

Finally I've realized my dream of going to the Kitty restaurant in Taipei!

There you have it Kitty galore. :) Haha I know I know Kitty's not everyone's cup of tea. But don't you agree that the decor's cute? Even exquisite, especially the chandelier.

Kitty Princesses!

Haha oh well what should the caption be since we were all lying on the princess chair in the........... toilet!!

I'm not kidding. This is how the toilet looks like.

Gem studded tissue dispenser

Kitty dustbin

Kitty Soap

Chandelier in the toilet cubicle

You may be called a pervert if you're caught taking photos in the toilet.. Not in this toilet though. It' s totally understandable why you would want to!


Enough about Kitty... Haha almost forgot to introduce the people who went along. This is Yiru my Broadcast Journ groupmate. I'll intro the ppl as we go along.

The exquisite menu filled with exorbitant overpriced but of course delicious looking cakes! The set meals all had grand but weird sounding names. I mean how bad could it be looking at the price right. Think I was to adventurous for my own good...You'll see later in one ofthe photos later.

Cream soup was great though.

Cakes Galore

Meal Time

Can you tell from their expressions which meal was delicious and which was not? Think it's pretty obvious.

My meal for the day. Baked potatoes stuffed with tuna. (We were betting that the tuna came straight from the can)

The only two in the group of five who didn't suffer our horrible fate. .

The waitress described this as "很高的棺材板" with plenty of seafood stuffings. Definitely more worth it... choose this dish if you're going there

This is not bad too. I can't remember it's name. Something about lotus root strips. Though after trying it we were wondering where were the lotus roots.Taste a lil like pizza. It's bread with cheese, tomato and savory toppings.

布丁奶泡
At least I got a drink with a Kitty face on it. YiFan got the same drink as me. She challeged herself to finish the drink without disfiguring Kitty. She succeeded!!

Last but certainly not least delicious was 果冻.
Kitty Before
Kitty after her ears are bitten off!

The waitress are dressed in pink from top to toe! Haha I could just put on an apron and start work immediately.



From top left clockwise: Me, Yiru, Pudding, Yifan, LiuSi (Yifan's senior from the English Faculty)

We couldn't get enough of the toilet. So we went in for another round of photo-taking before we left. :)

Conclusion: It's not that I wouldn't recommend this restaurant but just remember you're there for Kitty.