Taipei, Mar 2010

Finally managed to upload a lot of pictures from my taipei trip. Really took me a long long time to do it, plus I'm also just back over the good friday weekend from a road trip with family. Won't explain too much though, took a even longer time to load & just save the comments, got tired after explaining for the 1st few pictures.. So I let the pictures do the talking.. Yawn.. =_=

At the gateholdroom before boarding. Looking mighty happy cos its the first time I'm travelling with the rest.

Landed in Taoyuan airport, luckily its not crowded & we managed to clear immigration in a breeze.

Siang Hock boss & his taiwanese friends (Eric, Sam & Motor) welcomed us on arrival helping to load the luggage onto their cars.

Piddles taking her own sweet time posing for a picture while the rest waited patiently.. :P

Their infamous shilin night market. Lotsa games stalls from the past.

Crowded as hell.

Good thing we came in a group, this way we can share and sample more street goodies. Yoyo ready for her first bite, heh heh..

Their chicken chop was huge, very generous with their servings, unlike the ones here so miserable.

At one of the popular dessert stalls trying out their ice kachang style kachang, haha!

A suggestive picture hang on the wall, can you tell at first glance?

Their ice shavings are flavoured nothing like ours. Like thin pieces of cloth huh.

They are also crazy for stuffies from vending machines.

Actually I think our popiah taste better.. :P

Masks from Etude House. One for each night.

Using mahjong tiles to play bingo..

Can you spot the maltese?

Their herbal mutton soup.

They had a chihuahua at the shop, cute mascot. Plenty of pedigree dogs there, hardly see any strays.

At Danshui Fisherman Wharf near Eric's apartment. Sam taking picture with a stunt. Hee..

Arrived at Eric's apartment, its like a holiday house, with own garage! Over 40 bungalows, with security guards too. Damn rich. $_$

Me sharing room with Yoyo, spacious!

The next morning went down to the lving room for breakfast, big room too. Eric on the right.

A ryokan style bedroom next to the living room where the 3 gals slept.

Camwhoring in the room.

On the way the 101.

Can't resist carrying Eric's 7 month old baby boy. Eric say his head also as big as mine liao.. :P

Don't attempt to eat the black ink pasta if you are going on a date!

Ya, the bowl is bigger than Piddle's head!

Inside 101. Piddles has phobia of heights!

The long queue up.

Waiting & getting bored..

Observatory.

At the very top of 101, 2nd tallest building in the world.

There was sand storm in China and it affected the neighbouring countries like taiwan, japan & korea. So hazy and dusty.

Can't even see a thing. :(

101 tea break time.

Gerri's pills, so colourful..

Where is Piddles?

Shitload of motorbikes on the road.

Sam with the gals.

Their karaoke lounge looking very posh & highclass..

And each room comes with its own toilet.

And 3 touchscreen units.

After shower, saw leng & lindy playing pingpong on the dining table.

Piddles has a go at it too, not very good at it though..

What a big yard.

Typical taiwanese style houses where the main gate is one level down.

Smack!!

Piddles loves to try different angles of photography.

Love this pix.

At the subway.. Danny looks like he's lecturing SHock, heh heh..

Their fried octopus comes with different flavours like seaweed, plum powder etc where you can choose & mix yourself, mad tasty!

Black sauce preserved bird egg, looks gross but taste nice ley!

Potato rings, just like potato chips.

Beancurd with different flavours & peanut soup.

We also wanna leave a mark on their walls.

What is it??

Hee..

Dennis's favourite game.. :P

This one's for you, OB!

Yoyo & her bigass shades.. :D

Lindy looking cool..

Never seen my backview before, hot right? Hahaha!

Peach blossoms!

Maltese & poodle.

Jared would love this!

Bubble tea!

Smelly toufu!

This is the best fried mushroom I've ever tasted!

More photo stunts.. -_-

SHock dragging the dustbin to house the camera..

Lindy joining in the fun too..

Ximenting.

Messiest graffiti cafe I've seen.

White bitter gourd!

Their famous mee sua, crowded whole year through..

Went go kart at night..

Super windy

Look at our messy hair!

Skinnest racers you seen..

Yeah!

SHock's peeps.

Supper time.

In the dead of the night, not a oncoming car in sight.

This was my ride in Eric's car, Honda accord 3000cc. Super power & comfy. Dusty due to the sand storm.

Extra lane created just for motorbikers.

Arriving at Jiufen.

Ferns on the ground in the parking lot. My camera is super powerful!

Pant pant~~

Piddles loves Pug!

Old theatre in the background.

In a tunnel leading to a restaurant..

Dessert time again..

Tasted like tangyuan..

More chihuahuas..

Piddles, Roy & Jared..

Who likes this stunt? Haha!

Pig's blood, yucks..

Lindy said this pix makes her look naked.. Muahahaha!

Lady boss ok?!! With lotsa celebrities visiting her fishball stall..

We told her Danny is the ambassador to Zimbabwe, and wishes to take photo with her. She suddenly took off her glasses and viola!

And whipped out her own cammie for us too..

Whoever goes there please keep a lookout for Danny's picture! Hahah!

Pork, fish, sharkfins, octopus balls..

Sleepy baby..

Grilled mushrooms..

Resting our tired feet.

Mua chees..

Ice cream popiah with peanuts shavings.. Taste weird though..

Piddles is a sucker for vintage stuff.

View from the top.

Yoyo new brolly with lace!

On the way the Yeliu.. Tunnel in the hill, fascinating..

Family of 3 sitting down for a break, so relaxing..

Goofing around again.. Piddles so bad, always make the rest try out silly actions..

Poor Yoyo too, being blown again by Lindy..

Now she's being squeezed by Piddles, ahahahahaaa! Looks real right!

The so called Queen's head, looks like Cleopatra to me..

Along the coastal road..

So interesting.. There's this little corner for girly photo taking in a accessories shop. So good right?!

The rest went for a haircut so Piddles has to call Gerri to rush over to help her take photos, sweet of her!

Can tell?

Yoyo wearing Danny's hat.

More goofing in the cabin.. Think the rest think we are crazy..

Notice the middle finger?? Heh..

Piddles misses their company already.. So fun together..

Yoyo's legs look very long here! Gerri engrossed watching Lovely Bones on my iphone..

Checking out their mos burger.

So cute right? Just like in Japan, they really take the trouble to present their products to attact gullible gals like.. (see below).

Yoyo loh..! She has soft spot for them. Cute bottles of cream brulee in cold pack in the form of the cutest handbag.

See, crazy over mos burger.. =_=III

Ghostly figure relaxing on the sofa, at 3am in the morning!

Keeping a straight face, trying very very hard not to burst out laughing!

Just look at Lindy on the right, can't tahan. I want to laugh now..!

All packed and getting ready to move off at 4 for airport. Sniff..~

Groupie shot.

Eric is one of the nicest guy Piddles encountered. Thanks so much for your hospitality & comfort ride!

Hugz to Boss SHock.

Bye bye guys, who're continuing their 2nd leg of the trip.

Overall trip was good, but the company's the best!

Everytime in the car, where it's bright & sunny outside, Piddles will always pull down the car shades & put up the blind for her side of the window. Her thrash for bright lights are really quite low actually, just that she couldn't be bothered to wear sunglasses.

Until she went for the taipei trip, the rest all wearing nice shades to keep the sunlight out while she's still squirming or using her hand to shade her eyes. So pathetic.

So after much consideration, she decided to invest in a pair. And what best than a pair of Oakley shades? She must've tried on at least 10 pairs (thank god the optician is so patient, but maybe cos Piddles is a potential buyer, ha!) before settling for this one. Not overly sporty nor feminine, best of all, Roy can still wear them. Ha!


Polarized Flak Jacket (Ex ah!). At least it's made in usa, and Yong says it's way cheaper to get it in portland. Too bad I didn't figure that out last sep.. =_=


She better be careful not to let Jared boy lay his hands on them!!

Just back..

Hi everybody!

Piddles just came back from a trip to Taipei over the weekend. Loads of work to catch up on.
The rest are still holidaying there, will gather the rest of the pictures next week. Please stay tune.. :)

ps: Maybe I should load the "safer" pictures in FB first, what you think?

Crabby Day

Short Post.

Had a dinner date with sis & bil last tue cos Piddles wanted to eat crabs. Can order more dishes to share then..
They have not been to Melben crabs in Ang Mo Kio together since gotten married, like 5 years ago! And the stall has bought over the kopitiam, that's how good their business are.

I bet those staying one floor above the restaurant must be pretty miserable, specially when night approaches.. noisy mah.. :P

Looking very cheery & waiting in anticipation for the food. Must be thousands of crab shells displayed above mann..

Yeah, the famous crab mee hoon. Ordered extra soup & mee hoon too.. Crab looking up at us, inviting us to eat him! Haha! Simply mouthwatering..

Black pepper on the left & butter crab on the right. Already busy eating, then forgot to take pics of them. My favourite is the butter crab, so aromatic!

Overall still nice, but maybe cos I've not eaten for so long since I've got J. Good dinner.

To date, mom & J still staying in sembawang taking care of Cyan, not until bro comes back from chengdu. She's getting bored being cooped up at home so when she's free, will munch on the kwa chees. Nothing to do mah.
And J, upon seeing Grandma munching away happily, demanded to try too. =_=

He will run up to her, wait impatiently for her to peel out the seed & open his mouth earnestly for it. Just like a little bird opening his mouth for mother bird to feed him the worm. After that, he will run away to play, and come back again for more.

Jared boy also getting bored there, and limited space for walking. He'll keep himself entertained by spinning round & round or walking backwards sometimes. I caught him walking on fours that night using my iphone but the angle looked wrong. Looks like spiderman right? Haha!

Cyan is 6 weeks old now, and looks chubbier. Mom felt accomplished that he's weighing 5 kg now. :P
Love his mohawk hairstyle.

Finally had some time to sit down & gathered J's angpows. Need to deposit into his account. Little bugger actually has a few Ks already.. Kids nowadays are so having a good life.

Only daddy wrote something on his angpow - Good health & grow up tall. Something like that..

Piddles has already given him a big smuaks on cny day itself liao. Heh..

Jared boy has ditched his own stinky & tookover Piddle's one!
Argh! Originally she has 2 of her own & Roy has snatched one away from her.. And now J too!
The men in her life are pillow snatchers!!!

Just enjoyed watching Dennis with J. He will always talk softly into his ear, teaching him things. Not sure the boy understand or not? Heh..~

:) :) :)

J's two daddies, in a good way (like what yong says). Piddles can step back & relax a little.

Looking forward to our road trip soon! (1st Apr)

Piddle's New Baby

Yup, she's finally decided to get her. Contemplating between a dslr & semipro but in the end got the latter cos she simply don't have patience to go figure out all the functions of a dslr and to use effectively. She just wants a more advance one than her present ixus to take better shots of J. Plus her G11 is light & handy, still can put inside her handbag, that's the most important factor, haha!

Her new baby, taken from her old baby.

And her old baby, taken from her new baby. But of course she won't abandon her ixus, still love her just as much. :)

So anyway, she attended the complimentary product training to learn more about her G11.
Sit at the 1st row, not realising that she's the "center of attraction" on the projector. =_=
Very conscious and sitting proper.

Took a pic while waiting for Roy after the lesson. Her 1st night scene pic. What you think?

Went to Bedok North hawker centre for dinner. Love the oyster omelette, just the omelette though. Piddles don't eat oyster & Roy could'nt be happier to finish them up for her.

And the infamous soup bak cho mee. Still nice & not overrated. Parking was a nightmare, even during weekdays. They were lucky to find a lot after 2200hrs.

Not sure if the xing ji & seng hiang stalls were related but the taste of their mee were exactly the same ley.

But she still enjoyed the dinner very much that night. Yums!

*JARED TIME*

Piddles thinks you guys will be more interested in Jared boy then her, so here're some random pics & clips for your enjoyment. Hee~

Piddles & daddy took him for his 18th month jab, booster for his immune system . He's so brave, didn't flinch at all. Just looked on Dr Koo with wide eyes, so brave. Piddles so proud of him!

But he developed a slight fever that night, due to reaction to the jab. So sad, Piddles couldn't bring him to SHock's gathering that sat.

So anyway, she kept testing his temperature, just to be sure he's ok cos they already experienced that time when he had high fever and they were so stressed over it. @_@
The cheeky boy decided to help himself to test though, haha!

So we moved his gym session to sunday instead, let him rest more. He doesn't show any signs of discomfort though, still hard at play leh.. =_=

February this year was sooo hot, that Piddles had trouble staying at home over the weekends. Felt like oven at home unless on the air-con. So they decided to head to airport again, cos shopping malls are just too crowded. Very sunny & bright in the car, so she put daddy's shades on J. Heh..

Went to T2 this time, not as crowded as T3, and J just walk & walk ahead, occasionally will turn back if we call him. Din bring stinky cat along so hang my airport pass around his neck, haha. He just held on and trooped ahead.

J sleeping with Yoyo as company. He duwan Piddles & Hoops leh.. -_-III

Sis & Dennis got some educational toys for J cos wanna improve his motor skills. But the boy's only interested in the hammer instead, and wherever he goes, the hammer follows.

We were playing MJ and he insisted on sitting with us & wanted a piece of the tile. Dennis chucked the hammer behind him but its drooping down, so funny.

Stinky cat on the right & hammer on the left. Hee..

Even when he cried for his milk, still holding on the hammer. What a funny & impatient boy!

15 days of cny, just passed by like that. So fast.. Anyway, put up some pixs for the rest of the cny makans..

We had a simple dinner at the kopitiam under SHock's block so that we can go up for a game of mj, so convenient! Everybody surprisingly managed to reach on time at 7pm.

Getting ready to lo hei the yusheng.. Didn't have time to take anymore pixs cos busy eating!

But managed to remember to take a group shot though, with a table full of plates.. :P

While waiting for the lift, saw the cctv so took a shot of that too. Nothing better to do huh.. Heh..

Can't see what I'm taking but still asked them to pose for me.. All looking satisfied after a good meal.

Serena invited us to her place last friday for gathering. So kind of her to still remember us even though she has retired last year. Cos I think she wants to see J lah.. Haha!

J looking smart in the striped polo tee, must specially thank cousin Shirleen, who bought them from old navy in US. So sweet of her. At least Piddle's showers of love on Shirleen when she was little was not made in vain. Haha again! :P

A lot of senior citizens at the gathering so what best to do but sing karaoke? Jared walking all over the house, and dancing to the music. Cute..

J walked into the kitchen & daddy follow suit. Asked them to pose for Piddles, and she couldn't resist taking a shot of the kitchen too. So white, neat & clean right?

Much betta! :D

Does J looks like girl girl? So many have ask Piddles if he's a girl. I think its his hair, or maybe his face.. Feel like cutting his hair botak. =_=

J walked & walked the whole house until Piddle's tired of following him so she plonked him on the cushions at the balcony.

So nice right? The little cozy corner by the balcony & Serena made the effort to put lightings on it.

J engrossed in his world & poddy.