as im typing this entry, im munching on these biscuits from taiwan.
its called seaweed pig's ears.
[direct translation from chinese]

i think i better stop eating..
b4 ming hao kills me for finishing them up.
its his fav.

anyhow, went for the briefing at arrow com today.
robby gave me the directions to go there the night b4.
not bad..
his instructions were pretty clear.

saw carin and her bf on the bus.
haven seen her for like a couple of yrs le..

back to the briefing.
guess how old was the guy who told me what to expect and do for the roadshow?
FOURTEEN?!

my god.
so bloody young can??
and he really looks as if he knows alot of things man.

*sigh*

got to work tmr..
besides tt, i dun think the job is tt easy as i tot..
just hope nothing goes wrong tmr.
*pray hard*

pam and i are discussing what to makan when we meet up.
we came up with a list of places to makan in.

1. pepper lunch
2. subway [i love their turkey breast, ham and bacon melt... fab man!]
3. pariss [is tt the way to spell it?]
4. indochine
5. sanur
6. nydc
7. kenny rogers
8. billy bombers
9. secret recipe
10. ajisen
11. no signboard restaurant

**drool**

was educating zei abt french manicure just now..
haha...

showed sunya, pet n zei the pic of my fingernails and they said it's nice!
*beam*

i better go to bed soon..
dont wanna be late for work tmr!!

*i think im becoming a workaholic..
the power of money.
so as to sponsor me to go to those places listed above to makan.

today's happenings:

1. woke up relatively early to contd with my meteor garden..
how interesting it was man.
im on my last disc already..

2. prepared lunch on my own for ming hao n i.

3. went for tuition.

she just moved a couple of days ago to casablanca.
and i almost lost my way there.

called aud to ask for directions.
but as usual, she din answer the call..
ive gto no idea whats her phone for man..
si guan jiu hao..

so ended up taking a cab.
a maxi cab somemore..
and the stupid cabby took me round n round just becoz he couldnt find a place to u- turn??
wasted my money...

i really love this girl u noe..
shes really sweet lar..
all those little actions of her can really reflect her character ...
when i gave her the souvenir, she was very happy..

5. lazed ard in causeway while waiting for mrs ang to pick me up.
haven been there for quite sometime le..

6. had piano. again.
this time round --->1.5hrs.
on arual again.
on cadences again.
she's really drilling me on the 1st qns man!!

and she spent ard 15-20 mins telling me about this jap drama series..
and her eyes were glowing with enthusiasm when she was telling me abt it.

7. home.

8. gg to bathe and....
make a guess??

BINGO!
YOU'RE RIGHT!!
WATCH METEOR GARDEN!!!!!!

22nd Decemeber:

early morning, our 1st stop was some fruits stall.




just dropped by while on the way to Fo Guang Shan[ a buddhist temple].
i cant remember what fruits they're selling.
but shld be exclusive to taiwan ba.



next stop: some FOOD stall this time round.











kao di gua!
aka "bbq" sweet potato..





tiny yam on sale...
lei long lei long..





noe whats hei zhen zhu??
its jambu..
taiwan's ones are damn nice, sweet n juicy!!









we're recommended to makan almond tea together with yu tiao.
the yu tiao is super long lar..
but when u bite it,
it's hollow on the inside..
not shuang..



next stop: Fo Kuang Shan
[before reaching the temple, had lunch in a nearby restuarant.. and the most unlucky thing happened to ma. hahaha.. damn funny man.. beca, sunya n pam shld noe what it was... hahaha]
















* the stairs there kills!!! Freaking long man..
i just chi bao bao.. then u ask me to come n climb this freaking long fleets of stairs...
will nao chu ren ming one u noe??





behind me are monks gg for classes..
they have classes for monks k..
its like an institution..
and they're currently enrolling students.
interested parties can...mmm.. i dunnoe..





my brother has a talent for chinese dance..
haha..



next stop: Mei Non Ka Cha Village[ some hakka village]








this old lady makes paper umbrellas!!
amazing!





including this one tt im holding on to.



























next stop: 3 temples all at the same time.
[Spring and autumn pavillion and hsiuan tien shangti temple]








see this thing..
its very interesting..
all u have to do is to put in NT10 [if i din remember wrongly],
then the "fairy" will go into this temple, also inside the machine, to retrive a lot for u.
then, u can refer to this book hanged at the side of the machine to analyse ur lot.
i tot it was kinda funny..













oh man!!
look at my horrified look!
hahaha..





so qiao, yao yao's cousin is selling plums next to the temple.
yup..
bot quite a fair bit from her..
omg!!
i simply love the nai mei.. [milk plum]
n if im not wrong, they sort of water the plum tree with milk.. tts why the fruit is called nai mei..

the thing was, we were early.
so hang ard yao yao's cousin's cart..
and when no one is paying attention,
quickly stretch ur hand and get those samples to eat.
not to try.
hahaha..



next stop: dinner at some restaurant where we got lobster and abalone.
its not YI LI abalone each.
or YI ZHI lobster each.
its YI PIAN each!!!
damn niao leh....




geeeeee..



next stop: Sin Jiao Jiang Night

honestly, whenever we're gg shopping.
i hate it man.
my face will just change.

its not tt i dun like shopping.
but becoz shopping there means tt da gugu n her husband will b tagging along.
damn pek chey lar!!!!
and she's so damn kpo.. keep asking what u buying n stuff......
GRRRR!!!





my lao gong's shop is in every major night mkt alright!







final stop for the day: Kaohisung Kingdom
not a bad hotel..
very spacious and stuff..
went out to the nearby 7-11 to buy my fav seaweed lays again..
haha..
oh! n the ic card.

this time round, successfully called pam.
she finally picked up her phone man!!
so stood at the public telephone booth[ which was just next to the lobby].
and talked for quite a while,
til the card had no more value..

din care if pple were staring at me while im talking loudly away to pam..
anyhow, they din understand eng.
so who cares??





posing with the ginger breadman's hse.


tts all for today folks. =)

went for piano the morning.
the lesson was 2 hrs.
-_-

the last hr she kept asking me about cadences and asking me to sing the lower part of the pc she played.
i think im really pro at identifying notes le man..

she must have such great satisfaction tt her student [me] noes how to answer the 1st qns for aural tt she decided to contd drilling me the same kind of qns for an hr.

had a short gathering with pam n pet this afternoon.
pam decided to have pet to join us for lunch.
yup.
so she got me to tell pet to come n join us for lunch.

chicken rice at far east.
-_-""

anyway, pam had to leave half way to have sth done lar..
couldnt make her stay.. so bo bian..
*sigh*

so left me n pet.
slept very late last nite and also woke up veyr early this morning.
so was super tired lar..
pet too.

so we went starbucks!
to have my fav rhumba frappuccino.
pet had some raspberry tea frappuccino.




stupid ass.. ask me if i wan whipped cream.
told him so firmly no, still give me.
then can i noe u ask for what??
I HATE WHIPPED CREAM!!!!
YUCKS!!!





theres an exhibtion of photos outside starbucks tts beside wheelock.
nice photos they have there.
i love the one tt depicts a rainbow n glaciers if im not wrong.
interested parties can go n take a look.


since pet n i were still very lazy to walk ard,
we just hang ard in starbucks.

got kinda restless so decided to spice up our life abit!
haha..
went to the counter n got a cup of ice.

then...
we prepare to pop the marble qi shui!




say cheese!!


below is a demostration how u're supposed to drink the qi shui.
or rather how to open the bottle.




step one: remove the pink tag.
step two: stick the pointed end of the "tag" into the hole at the top of the bottle. then use force and slam the "tag" downwards.
step three: pour the drink into a cup of ice.



in tt "transparent hole", theres actually a marble.
yup yup.





pet drinking it.

noe what?
the two of us couldnt finish the qi shui after finishing out frap,
so we decided to give it to zei!!!
hahahaha..
was supposed to pass him some stuff..

of coz we din tell zei tt we drank from the cup b4.
haha.
walked til far eats to meet him.
his gf was there oso..
this time rd his gf is much much friendier.
yup yup.

zei asked if we drank from the cup..
i kept assuring him tt we din.
hahaha.

after passing the stuff to zei,
we went to find deb.
shes working in town as some promoter.
talked for a while..
shes supposed to call me sometime at night..
but think shes too tired le lar..

made our way to tao..
and thats when there's gg to b photos of FOOD!

the staff there ware friendly.
great service.
u guys shld try their food.












starters: cheese and bacon gratin





enjoying the toast.





enjoying the salad.





appetizers
pet: fruit salad
me: seasonal cocktail





got prawn!
SMILE!!





on 2nd look,
howcome ONE only ar???





ok lar..
better than nothing..





mushrooms..
i dun like it..
so swept everything onto pet's plate.
tasted kinda raw..





see how happy she is man..





pumpkin soup..
nice..
but after a while, gets kinda sickening.









main course for pet: slow cooked pork back rib.
it's not bad.





baked cod fillet for me.
yummy.









drinks: ice rose apple tea for pet





iced grape mallow tea for me.
tasted slightly like ribena.
*thumbs up*





theres apple in the tea.
but pet looks like shes gg to explode if she eats somemore man!





i think im right..
we were both gg to explode le man.
we went to tao when we werent even the slightest hungry!
see!!! shes waving the white flag!
jiu bai qi le!!





desserts: creme brulee
omg!
its heaven!

one of the waiter saw tt we were really enjoying our desserts,
so asked us if we wanted to have one more share.

thicken our skin n say yes thank you.
and we got it!
FOC!

it was raining quite heavily when we left.
their service is really good lar.
even shelter us [using umbrellas, duh?] to the nearest shelter.

but so??
we still have to walk back to ps!
and its such a distance away and we'll definitly get wet.

refused to buy umbrella coz none of us wanted to bring it home.
so... braved the rain.

but after a while,
it was getting heavier,
so bo bian, went to the nearest bus stop.

decided to take bus home instead.
stupid bus majiam like crawling and it was freaking cold.
almost got bus sick man!
got home almost 1.5 hrs later.

zei just told me 2 hrs ago tt it was his bdae.
stupid lor.
nv tell me when we met this afternoon.
-_-""

anyhow,
happy belated bday zei!!

now off to watch meteror garden!
the jap version is sooo much better than the taiwan one.
momo is soo cute!!!