一気に終わりましょう....
1/3 美麗華信花園, 光華商場, 朋友婚禮
- Decided a couple days ago that we would try to find a hotel near center of Taipei, so we can take it easy on the last few days in Taipei and not having to carry all our luggages across Taipei to take the airport shuttle. As luck would have it, we heard from a friend that 美麗華信花園 has a weekend promotion going on, so we got to enjoy a large room with good view with just half the regular price. We got to the hotel a bit early, so we went to 光華商場 for some shopping. The new building is actually pretty neat. Was thinking about getting a netbook, but really didn't do enough research beforehand, and also thought I needed a more powerful one than a netbook. Instead I got a few PS3 games (English versions are EXPENSIVE in Japan) and that concluded our pilgrimage to the holy land of electronics in Taiwan. At night it was the main event of our trip. We dressed up pretty nicely, and took our camera to take a few shots of the newlyweds. Everything was nicely done, but too bad I didn't see anyone cry.
1/4 兄弟飯店飲茶, 麻將, 牛排
- had lunch with Vanocuver friends again. In the afternoon, got a sudden call for a quick boardgame and majong session with university friends. After getting security clearance, I was in the clear and ready to go solo for the afternoon. Haven't played MJ for quite a while, but I was still able to kick their asses and even cleaned out one guy. Boardgames weren't so lucky, but hey at least I earned my taxi money, Today also happened to be the 10th anniversary of the day we started dating (that's why the clearance took some effort), so I tried to find a nice restaurant for the occasion. We already had Ruth Chris a couple years ago in Taiwan. It was good but we didn't want to have the same thing again. So I picked a steakhouse in 華國大飯店. It had some good reviews so I thought we could give it a try. Turned it wasn't too bad. Not the Western-style grill, but the meat was pretty good.
1/5 消費卷. 回日本
- Final day of the Taiwan trip. Woke up bright and early to go to 戶政事務所 with mom for the 消費卷 issue. I haven't been back in Taiwan so my 戶籍 is suspended, and I need to reinstate it so I can get the free money. Turned out I needed to go into Taiwan with my Taiwanese passport, but I used my Canadian one. So goodbye my free money. I still manage to last contributed to the Taiwanese economy by buying 燒餅油條 on the way back to hotel. Then it is the packing, taking bus to airport, buying a Cartier cardholder at the duty-free shop, taking the flight, sleeping all the way to Narita, and taking the train back to home. You know, the normal ending.
Phew
2009-01-25
2009-01-19
Taiwan Trip III
從新暦新年寫到農暦新年還沒寫完...
1/1 漢堡店. Camper Shopping, 太陽眼鏡
- Lunch time was at a burger shop with MM's cousins. The shop owner was actually from Vancouver as well. Then we went to take a look at the Camper Sale nearby. Turned out there was a long lineup. Took us about 2 hours to get in. By then we pretty much decided that we had to get something to make up for the time spent on waiting (good strategy on Camper's part?) Fortunately there were still some good-looking shoes, and the prices were cheap too. Then on the way back, we dropped by 誠品 again. This time we stopped by a sunglass shop, and one sunglasses "called to" MM. It's a Vivienne Westwood one. Unlike its other accessories, this one is actually pretty well-made. Plus the other one MM's been looking was a LV one and maybe 2 times more expensive than this one. So we answered its call and took it home
1/2 清粥小菜, 咖啡店, 眼鏡, 日式晚餐
- Today was a relatively relaxing day. Had 清粥小菜 in the afternoon with some of my university friends. One thing interesting was that I remember all the 清粥小菜 are open 24 hours, but this one only one of the shops are open at noon... another indicator of the deteriorating economy? Anyhow, because we had another family dinner nearby, so we just tried to kill our time in department stores... this time, a glasses ”called to" me. I have been looking for a new frame for quite a while.. wanted one with a plastic, black frame, but never could found one that I liked.. This time I tried on one and liked it right away.. a little oversized, and the texture felt better than a typical plastic frame. Turned out it's made of something called celluoid. Of course I answered its call.... The dinner was just another family dinner... nothing special to note.
1/1 漢堡店. Camper Shopping, 太陽眼鏡
- Lunch time was at a burger shop with MM's cousins. The shop owner was actually from Vancouver as well. Then we went to take a look at the Camper Sale nearby. Turned out there was a long lineup. Took us about 2 hours to get in. By then we pretty much decided that we had to get something to make up for the time spent on waiting (good strategy on Camper's part?) Fortunately there were still some good-looking shoes, and the prices were cheap too. Then on the way back, we dropped by 誠品 again. This time we stopped by a sunglass shop, and one sunglasses "called to" MM. It's a Vivienne Westwood one. Unlike its other accessories, this one is actually pretty well-made. Plus the other one MM's been looking was a LV one and maybe 2 times more expensive than this one. So we answered its call and took it home
1/2 清粥小菜, 咖啡店, 眼鏡, 日式晚餐
- Today was a relatively relaxing day. Had 清粥小菜 in the afternoon with some of my university friends. One thing interesting was that I remember all the 清粥小菜 are open 24 hours, but this one only one of the shops are open at noon... another indicator of the deteriorating economy? Anyhow, because we had another family dinner nearby, so we just tried to kill our time in department stores... this time, a glasses ”called to" me. I have been looking for a new frame for quite a while.. wanted one with a plastic, black frame, but never could found one that I liked.. This time I tried on one and liked it right away.. a little oversized, and the texture felt better than a typical plastic frame. Turned out it's made of something called celluoid. Of course I answered its call.... The dinner was just another family dinner... nothing special to note.
2009-01-12
Taiwan Trip Part II
12/29 宜蘭 Day 1.
- Another eating trip... one of my friends was kind enough to plan the entire trip. We only had to make sure we have money to pay him at the end... we took 雪山隧道, then went to 溫泉魚.. basically, it's a hot spring tub with tons of small fishes nibbing at your feet... sounds gross, but it was actually pretty fun. My feet were really smooth for one day... after that, it is non-stop food... 窯烤雞, 民俗技藝館， 羅東夜市....
12/30 宜蘭/基隆 day 2
- Eating trip continued... after a staying in 宜蘭 for a day, we took the route around 基隆 to come back to Taipei. We first stopped by a small fish harbor to have some seafood, then it's to 九份's 黃金博物館, and then we stayed at 基隆廟口 for dinner. Of course it was another massacre... after that we just took our big bellies and went back to Taipei to rest...
12/31 牛肉麵, 新光三越, 遊戲店倒數
- New year's eve was kinda of weird... wasn't gonna plan anything, since we figured all our friends had plans, but it turned out our friends weren't thatpopular busy at all... we first met at noon at a beef noodle shop for some casual chatting, then it's to shopping again. One of my goal was to get a pair of camper, and as luck would have it, a camper sale is happening in the new year, so we decided to wait til tomorrow to take a look. In the mean time, we managed to got some clothes from 新光三越. Then we tried to get out of 101 area before the traffic restriction started. We got home and was going to just say home for the night, but then without TV and only a crappy internet connection, we really couldn't do anything. It was too sad even to my standard. Then I figured that one of my most important tasks for this trip is to get rid of my trading cards... I decided that I might as well just try to get it done today and have a friend try to sell it for me. So I did it and we spend our New Year's Eve at my friend's game shop, playing boardgames and surfing the web... a little less sad, but not by much...
- Another eating trip... one of my friends was kind enough to plan the entire trip. We only had to make sure we have money to pay him at the end... we took 雪山隧道, then went to 溫泉魚.. basically, it's a hot spring tub with tons of small fishes nibbing at your feet... sounds gross, but it was actually pretty fun. My feet were really smooth for one day... after that, it is non-stop food... 窯烤雞, 民俗技藝館， 羅東夜市....
12/30 宜蘭/基隆 day 2
- Eating trip continued... after a staying in 宜蘭 for a day, we took the route around 基隆 to come back to Taipei. We first stopped by a small fish harbor to have some seafood, then it's to 九份's 黃金博物館, and then we stayed at 基隆廟口 for dinner. Of course it was another massacre... after that we just took our big bellies and went back to Taipei to rest...
12/31 牛肉麵, 新光三越, 遊戲店倒數
- New year's eve was kinda of weird... wasn't gonna plan anything, since we figured all our friends had plans, but it turned out our friends weren't that
2009-01-06
Taiwan Trip Part I
First trip back to Taiwan since moving to Japan...
12/25 飛機到達臺北， 移動到內湖
- it took pretty much the entire day to get to Neihu. First thing is to get an internet connection. The apartment is pretty bare since no one has lived there for about 6 months，so of course there wasn't a fixed internet line. I had decided beforehand to get a 3.5G modem, so that I could use it outside too. Only after getting the modem had I realized that I couldn't get an 3.5G account... because the provider needs 2 piece of local identification for application, and I only had one...
12/26 信義誠品, 燒肉晚餐
- spend the afternoon (yes we slept in）near 101. did some book shopping and delivered a Sony cybershot to a friend who in turn helped paying my salary. Then went to a nice yakiniku at night with some Vancouver friends. One friend helped me get an account so I could use the 3.5G modem. Turned out the reception at neihu sucked....
12/27 單眼鏡頭, 天母新光, 士林夜市
- the most important shopping of this trip is the DSLR lens. It's the Christmas/new year/anniversary/valentine/birthday present for the other half. I have no idea about DSLRs so a friend who's well-informed helped us locate a shop and tested the lens. Since the shop was near 天母, we hung around there for a while. Some other friend was planning to go to 士林夜市 at night, so we met there, and started our eating trip. Needless to say, we overate, a LOT.
12/28 家庭聚餐, USC聚會, 快炒
- Another busy day. It started at noon where we had a family gathering. Basically everyone at my mom's side was there to see the newly weds (that's us). Then we rushed to the USC information session for new MBA applicants. Helped out talking about my MBA experience and persuade (dissuade?) them from going to MBA. Also met some of my MBA classmates. Then it's eating time with friends again...
12/25 飛機到達臺北， 移動到內湖
- it took pretty much the entire day to get to Neihu. First thing is to get an internet connection. The apartment is pretty bare since no one has lived there for about 6 months，so of course there wasn't a fixed internet line. I had decided beforehand to get a 3.5G modem, so that I could use it outside too. Only after getting the modem had I realized that I couldn't get an 3.5G account... because the provider needs 2 piece of local identification for application, and I only had one...
12/26 信義誠品, 燒肉晚餐
- spend the afternoon (yes we slept in）near 101. did some book shopping and delivered a Sony cybershot to a friend who in turn helped paying my salary. Then went to a nice yakiniku at night with some Vancouver friends. One friend helped me get an account so I could use the 3.5G modem. Turned out the reception at neihu sucked....
12/27 單眼鏡頭, 天母新光, 士林夜市
- the most important shopping of this trip is the DSLR lens. It's the Christmas/new year/anniversary/valentine/birthday present for the other half. I have no idea about DSLRs so a friend who's well-informed helped us locate a shop and tested the lens. Since the shop was near 天母, we hung around there for a while. Some other friend was planning to go to 士林夜市 at night, so we met there, and started our eating trip. Needless to say, we overate, a LOT.
12/28 家庭聚餐, USC聚會, 快炒
- Another busy day. It started at noon where we had a family gathering. Basically everyone at my mom's side was there to see the newly weds (that's us). Then we rushed to the USC information session for new MBA applicants. Helped out talking about my MBA experience and persuade (dissuade?) them from going to MBA. Also met some of my MBA classmates. Then it's eating time with friends again...
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