2017May28 • Sunday Vancouver, BC, Canada • Day 2 Weather: sunny and hot 11:44 “The true beginning of a holiday, is knowledge that one can sleep in till whenever.” Em, yeah, quote by Da. Because of our laziness and self proclaimed excuses, we left the house much later than planned. We piled into Joanna andContinue reading “2017May28 • Vancouver Day 2”
Category Archives: Travels
2017May27 • Vancouver Day 1
2017May27 • Saturday Vancouver • Day 1 20:20 The plane starts taxiing, our long awaited trip is finally rolling! The first conceptualisation of the trip started the end of 2016, upon hearing Claudia’s wedding date, how can I not go support my sister (well 堂妹 to be exact, but, same difference!). It wasn’t as easy,Continue reading “2017May27 • Vancouver Day 1”
TPE 2016, Day 1
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台北 2016.04.05 Day 5
台北 2016.04.05 Day 5 05:30 Morning call 06:16 Breakfast at their included breakfast buffet on 3rd floor. They had a range of everything such as salad, cereal, porridge and rice, even desserts, but nothing looked really appetizing nor particularly tasty. 06:26 Taxi to the airport took 5 minutes, as there was not much traffic. 06:30Continue reading “台北 2016.04.05 Day 5”
台北 2016.04.04 Day 4
台北 2016.04.04 Day 4 11:16 Check out 11:26 松江南京 → 忠孝新生 (中和新蘆線, 1個站) 11:29 忠孝新生 → 大橋頭 (中和新蘆線, 5個站) 11:40 大橋頭 出口1 稻江商職 11:53 江記華隆 招牌杏仁豬肉紙,黑椒杏仁(最脆的),櫻花蝦 12:31 The Chronicle of Daqiaotou Station 大橋頭站記事 Daqiaotou Station on the Xinzhuang line is located at the east end of Taipei Bridge where Chongqing North Road and Yanping NorthContinue reading “台北 2016.04.04 Day 4”
台北 2016.04.03 Day 3
台北 2016.04.03 Day 3 09:30 早安! 10:44 Leave hotel (和逸 台北忠孝館) 11:08 善道寺站 出口4 (後來發現 出口5 其實更方便,出來後直接在隊尾) 11:11 早餐 阜杭豆漿 Fu Hang Soy Milk Address: 100, Taiwan, Taipei City, Zhongzheng District, Section 1, Zhongxiao East Road, 108號 在 台北市華山公有零售市場。這個本身是昨天想要吃的不過來不及。今天想說無論如何也要常常台灣早餐啊~至於為什麼選他們啊,因為旅遊書上的照片最吸引我啊,哈哈,我完全沒有看到下面一行介紹說:六點前也可能要排半個小時以上!驚! 11:57 排隊排了46分鐘耶!閃閃旅遊書說要排半小時以上,和剛好碰到朋友們說他們排了一個小時!雖然餓著肚子排那麼久,不過感覺還好,因為人龍有一直往前。雖然有一直想放棄吧,隨便找個附近的吃,不過還算高興沒有這麼做。他很好吃,不過也許排那麼久,就買了太多,都吃不完。 Although the quoted line up was 30-60min even at an early hour of 6AM,Continue reading “台北 2016.04.03 Day 3”
台北 2016.04.02 Day 2
台北 2016.04.02 Day 2 11:35 出發 離開Leofoo Hotel 11:45 購買 觀光護照3天 NT$440 可以無限乘搭捷運和公車,蠻划算的。 Purchased a Taipei Pass for 3 days, which allows unlimited access on metro and bus services. Up to now, I’m still unsure as whether all buses are allowed? Because it beeps like their regular EasyCard 悠遊卡 but it technically doesn’t have anyContinue reading “台北 2016.04.02 Day 2”
台北 2016.04.01 Day 1
台北 Taipei, Taiwan 2016.04.01 Day 1 10:00 Leaving PY, and on the way to the airport. My first trip to Taiwan, a last minute and conflicted decision made two days before the long weekend. I could already foresee a very physically exhausting trip, because not only am I leaving straight after a night shift, IContinue reading “台北 2016.04.01 Day 1”
✈️Osaka’15 • Jun 18 • じゃあね
2015 • June 18 See you soon • じゃあね 04:00 Because of a splitting headache, my packing is still barely finished at 4am. Bad thing is, my flight isn’t exactly in the morning, and I have quite a few last minute shopping to complete before leaving. Oh, and i was way over-confident in thinking IContinue reading “✈️Osaka’15 • Jun 18 • じゃあね”
✈️Osaka’15 • Jun 17 • 嵐山
2015 • June 17 Arashiyama • 嵐山 13:45 Leaving house for some quick souvenir shopping! 京都京風 ¥5724 two box one bag. 14:30 Hello Kitty shop, spent 6 minutes and bought two hello kitty cellphone ornament and one hair elastic bow. 15:00 Leaving the house after putting down my souvenir shopping, wow, that’s one heavy bag. Continue reading “✈️Osaka’15 • Jun 17 • 嵐山”
✈️Osaka’15 • Jun 16 • 祇園
2015 • June 16 Gion • 祇園 10:15 Got woken up by the contractors. I really do admire Japanese people for their insistency in speaking Japanese regardless of the recipients Japanese level, however, they do very politely and patiently repeat and repeat. 11:50 Hair cut and color. You know how so many Japanese people haveContinue reading “✈️Osaka’15 • Jun 16 • 祇園”
✈️Osaka’15 • Jun 15 • 梅田
2015 • June 15 Umeda • 梅田 Today’s another shopping day. ¥54 white bean paste cake, sweet ¥150 mash potato ¥650+¥ ¥6255+183 ¥1288 飯糰🍙 ¥580 Subway Restaurant サブウェイ. Ever since our first trip in Tokyo/Yokohama, when we walked into a Subway restaurant (to shelter from a sudden downpour) I’ve been wanting to try their JapaneseContinue reading “✈️Osaka’15 • Jun 15 • 梅田”