Day 19 -- Reunion at Taipei!

Ok, I'm late in posting again because I was so tired last night. So this is what I did yesterday!

Stop 1 -- Shin-Chan exhibition and Taiwan Design Museum
I spent the day at 台北文创园区 visiting the Shin Chan exhibition, some interactive exhibition and the Taiwan Design Museum! I had so much fun for the first 2 stops, especially the Shin Chan exhibition because Shin Chan was part of my childhood! And I love how mischievous he is!! Needless to say, you would have imagine how happy I was the whole time there.
After which, I went on to some free exhibition around the area and it was some interactive games. Not too bad, but the plot we were to follow was too childish for my liking.
As I still got some time left and I was too lazy and too cold to get out of the place, I went to the nearby Design Museum and I'm glad for the impromptu decision! Saw sone really nice art pieces and some were quite thought-provoking! To end my day there, I walked about 诚品 for another 2 hours, and that's so therapeutic (I don't know why though).

Stop 2 -- 中文系在台北之大团圆!
So a few of us who were in / near Taipei met for a steamboat dinner last night! There were much catching up and knowing how each school operates. This interaction was interesting and enriching since we don't hace much other interaction with the other universities around!
After dinnner, KaiQi brought Minyu and I to Shida night market and to visit her apartment and the other Chinese major who didn't attend the dinner.

In all I must say the night was fun. And pictures will be up soon!

P.s. I'm feeling so sleepy now as I embark on the 5 hr coach ride back to KS :(

Day 18 -- Foodie day!

I finally get to the renowned 九份旧街 today! But the weather wasn't that good. It was so foggy we couldn't see much of the scenery and the crowd was MAD! Nonetheless, I did enjoy myself there because of all the really awesome food like the 阿婆芋圆 and the really nice 牛肉面 HY introduced us to!

To soothe our disappointment of not being able to go to 十份, we then went for some retail therapy at 五分铺! Though the clothes are relatively cheaper there, BKK is still my No.1 choice! #justsaying

Finally, we went to the nearby 饶河夜市 before heading back to 士林 for the awesome 阿宗面线!

Looking back at how much I'd eaten today, I really think I need to detox soon.. This is getting too out of hand!

Day 17 -- Hello Taipei!

Greetings from Taipei! It was such a crazy day today!! To start off, the 5 hour coach ride was a torture because my tailbone was hurting thru the ride. But thank God for the travel pillow my BFF gave me. At least I managed to get some decent rest during the overnight ride.

Just like how we did it when we first reached KS, we walked a crazy amount around again! First to the Sun Yat-Sen memorial hall, then to the famous Taipei 101. After which we went to try the original Ding Tai Fung which was so out of the way, on contrary on what we first thought!

After lunch, we went to our hostel which is situated just behind the Shilin Night Market (how awesome can this be!!) and took a short nap.

For the night, we went to Ximending and Shilin Night Market and needless to say, I did a little too much of shopping again..

So after walking so much today, I'm finally in my bed, while blogging thru my handphone (which I will be doing for the next few days) And this explains the temporary lack of pictures in my blog.

As for now it's bedtime cuz I'll have abother crazily packed day ahead! Nights! :D

Day 16 -- Out of KS!

I'm going to Taipei today!! Oh yeah!!! (Ok, this is actually posted when I'm in Taipei... I forgot to blog yesterday -.-)

Day 15 -- Running about

Went to get my coach tickets to Taipei in the afternoon with the girls. Yes I am going to spend my 228 holidays in Taipei! Woohoo! It has been 5 years since I was last there! I wonder how much had changed in the city.

Ok, in short, the earlier part of the day was just plain, running around to get things done. But I finally utilise my sports pass! Went to the gym today and it turned out to be much better than what I'd expected! Other than the equipment being a little old, it is rather well-equipped, so no complaints. And I am definitely going back to gym soon!

Day 14 -- Impromptu dinner

Just as I thought the day is going to end uneventful, my classmates decided to have an impromptu dinner after our lesson, and they're kind enough to ask me along! I was just sitting in my class (dozing off actually), when one of the very little classmates I have for this particular module, Dennis, asked if I want to have dinner with the rest. I mean, why not! I have loved this kind of gatherings all along! So after class, we went to this really atas looking restaurant for 肉脞饭, yet the price was unbelievably cheap! Like all gatherings there were small talks here and there and I'm glad I'm slowly starting to know more locals. Got to know Dennis a little as we went to Pier 2 after dinner.

Sometimes I'm really envy of the locals here. They are not afraid to show their talents. Be it Pier 2, be it the locals I'd met. They are mostly proud of their gifts and never shy away from them. This is certainly something I want to learn from them!

Day 13 -- First project discussion

Yup, this is just the first day of week 2 and I just had my first discussion for one of the group reports. Seriously speaking, it just feel so surreal having project discussion with the locals. Seems like I'm back in Singapore doing my project discussions just that this time round I don't know any of them. But it doesn't mean I felt alienated. In fact they are all so easy going and accommodating! Like all discussions, it is inevitable that we share our viewpoints and thoughts, but being a 半桶水 Chinese major, my sharing was very Singaporean style. I tried really hard to convey all my thoughts into mandarin, but in the end I gave up and was back to using mixed languages. Thank God, they didn't show any form of discern (ok, at least not in front of me), and even assured me that I can do my report in English (well, I seriously need to consider this option, for now). 

I guess this really pulled me back to reality. Yes, my modules are now on pass/fail grading but it doesn't mean I shouldn't regard my work seriously. Time to get my lousy report churning skills into system and stop idling around like a sloth. 

In all, I really enjoyed the discussion tonight and I'm really looking forward to more of such interactions in time to come!