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2007-10-22

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GuGong + BeiHai

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from left: weiyang, wai kit and doreen, on board the pku bus to gugong!
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yingloong!
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doing a zipai
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weiyang and wai kit are the shao shu ming zhu: ie from rjc, but they are very nice and funny!
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balongzhi, meat, weiyang and yingloong, who's trying to take a pic of me taking photo of them.
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erms... is this the gu lou? (cant remember)
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weiyang and balongzhi, a chinese who migrated to jap when he was young. he is doing econs at pku now.
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meat and wai kit
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meat, weiyang, balongzhi and wai kit on tiananmen square
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tiananmen square!
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we got the guys to do funny faces, so this is no. 1 from weiyang!
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wai kit!
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yingloong!
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and weiyang again!
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the tourguide holding the pku flag
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me and doreeeeeen!
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yl in the very unglam prc squat position
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taking pic of TAMS amidst the suffocation crowd
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a pku uncle who's taking random shots of us on his video cam
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evil evil smile!
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meat looks funny here!
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erms....... weiyang managed to talk to a rather cute girl in the group! tsk
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tsk again
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wai kit this time round. tsk tsk
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inside gugong!
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the crowd is teribleeeeee
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bao he dian is where the emperor receive gifts on his birthday etc
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some of the halls in the forbidden city are under renovations to prepare for the olympics =/
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these stones were transported to gugong by spilling water on the road during winter n moving them on the ice tt was mad
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CROWDS! O.O
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jiaotaidian is the hall between the emperor's and the empress' hall.
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the words wuwei were written by kangxi
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a sundial, indicating the time accurately!!!
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an ugly shot of yuhuayuan
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me, dor and meat!
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i love this pic! everyone looks so happy!
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yl in the unglam position once again while talking to our tourguide
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we took pedal boats at beihai and thats meat, dor and weiyang on the boat!
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we gotta pedal and pedal and pedal while maneuvering the boat using this
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meat, dor and weiyang again!
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beihai is beautiful! but the sun was terrible.
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yl on the boat!
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me on the pedal boat!
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the citizens will gather and listen to snr citizens play CO pieces. it's a very beautiful scene!
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a common sight in beihaigongyuan: using a sponge maobi and write on the floor with ink
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this guy is damn zai! he can draw this beautiful girl in minutes!
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and a horse!!!!!
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amazing isnt it?
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zhong guo shu fa yi shu yuan yuan liu chuan
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a sign on the bus back to school
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a banner in school. cute eh?

Pulau Ubin 06082007

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leaving the main singapore island for pulau ubin...
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while the rest of the world started school on 6th aug, 4 jia bao bo dai ji girls went cycling at ubin!
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the rest of the passengers on board, who we guessed, should be going to the temples
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Ubin! (this is actually taken before we left, not when we first step onto the island, haha!)
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the number plate of vehicles on pulau ubin starts with PU!
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the first "landmark" we saw on our cycling trip: cookie monster!
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chek jawa: 190m to go! at this point, we were to get down from the bikes and walk the remaining journey.
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map of chek jawa!
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and we were greeted by this dog and its only companion: a poor ubin volunteer sitting in a pavilion handing out pamphets
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and then, we climbed up the viewing tower
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to enjoy the beautiful scenery of pulau ubin!
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the coastline
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and the lush greenery
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a group photo on the viewing tower!
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a tiny male crab with one huge pincer to attract ladies, haha!
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nipah, more commonly known as the fruit which bears attap chee (which are its young seeds)
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a whats-his-name lizard =/
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a mudskipper!
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low tide
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i thought these roots look like skirts of the lanky mangrove trees.
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the crabs are cute! they will line stones around the entrance to their homes :)
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a huge wave splashing against the bridge leading to the pontoon. it was the transition from low to high tide then.
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meat and georgia eating ma ti su at the floating pontoon.
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waves!
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chek jawa is reopened recently after these viewing platforms are constructed.
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a cottage, which is actually the visitor centre of chek jawa
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a quarry behind the fences. it looked placid and peaceful!
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yinghong's luohan zai!
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this bag of water hanging above the dinning table is supposed to scare houseflies away by reflecting light. cool eh?
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our yummy lunch! :D
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and soon, they are gone!
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a freaking funny sign outside a cold drink stall. that's a great business idea!
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it was really ulu (and quite eerie). there were still incense burning but the doors were locked when we reached.
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a banana plant! *thinks pontianak*
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the provision shop where we got our cooling coconut drinks! it looks old and sixties, haha!
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a mailbox, which erm, surprised yinghong and i!
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It's sad we didnt get to see the police post. i want to see how do the police posted to ubin look like!
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leaving pulau ubin~
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the evening of ubin
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a man who caught many many crabs near the jetty!
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yummy!
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the uncles manning the boats
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bill the dog! his owner ivan brought him to ubin for a run, cool eh? =D
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bill is so cute and clever! ^^
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goodbye ubin~

Free & Easy Taiwan Trip

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Taipei Key Mall (Kmall), this is where our warm and cosy hostel is!
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Our first dinnner. A huge Japanese Curry Pork Chop Set that I shared with PJ. Yummy~
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Kmall Traveler's Hostel, with very nice uncles and aunties and cute angmohs :)
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Toilet!
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Our room..
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Shoes
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MESSY! thats the consequence of squeezing 6 people in one room
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The bed that PJ and I shared
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Other beds..
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The hostel's counter
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Letters of gratitude and appreciation from all over the world!
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Boon Pin using the laptop
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The Hostel Lounge, where we sit around to have breakfast and chit-chat with the people
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Kitchen! Breakfast is DIY =D
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More letters...
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Kitchen again...
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and again...
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Eating our breakfast
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Toasting our bread
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Washing up the utensils. Everything is DIY at the hostel =)
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First day in Taipei. The city is messy but nice =)
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A looooong queue of yellow taxis
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A plastic bar that I received when I paid the bus fare. Strange huh?
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haha I love the way they name these seats
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On the treacherous route up Yangmingshan!
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Cute sign~
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The green and healthy and exhuasting forest route!
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Shell and I, on the way to zhuzihu (bamboo lake)
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Beautiful green maple leaves
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3 pink girls in classtee, eating pink luoshenhua ice creams D=
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As we approach zhuzihu, the surroungding trees changed to bamboos only! They are soooo beautiful!
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A weird tree with curly feelers (?)
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Some other signs on Yangmingshan
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An interesting sign...
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Taken on top of zhuzihu guan jing tai
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A hairy caterpillar of a moth called qing1 ku1 ye4 e2
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We spotted a squirrel!
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The spectacular xiao3 you2 keng1, which was emitting sulphur gas, so the place was actually quite smelly
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Sulphur accumulates around the opening where the gas is gushing out
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Small puddles of water boiling at xiao you keng
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Smelly rotten egg odour
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Our sushis and fan tuan!
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Our picnic at xiaoyoukeng!
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At 811m above sea level, we are touching the clouds! yay I love it :)
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A cloud floating nearby. It will rain for around 5minutes whenever a huge blob of cloud floats across our heads.
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the hot spring at leng3 shui3 keng1
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Big juicy and spicy squids! They were delicious!
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ZX and my looooong ice cream
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Yu ren ma tou's qing ren qiao. Beautiful!
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The single trip journey tokens (instead of a card). Cute eh? =D
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The new MRT tokens can be inserted into the machine like coins! so cute!
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Shell, me and ZX with our MRT tokens!
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At Fengyuan (Taichung). We were pushing our bicycles up to the bicycle lane
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The long bicycle lane that attracts many citizens to go during weekends and holidays!
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Tombs we saw on the journey. I have a fetish for them :)
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PJ, ZX & TJ couldn't cycle, so they got these cute bicycles instead. The tent was terribly useful in the hot sun!
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as above...
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A spectacular artpiece that is made from bicycle parts.
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This lane was a railway before the train was eliminated as people begin to own their own transport.
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So this is one old and abandoned train that is kept as a monument.
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The inside of the train
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A bridge that was destroyed by a typhoon.
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The river, with beautiful water rushing down, and the fine blue sky!
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Great xiancao baobing! (notice the number of ice kachang that we'll eat later, hehe!)
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ZX's peanut baobing. Fantastic treat for a hot summer!
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Juicy tomatoes
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lizi + ginger powder. We had a ultra-healthy day at taichung since our lunch consists of fruits and corns only! =D
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Zhanglaoban, the boss of the muji dian we visit. He is explaining the procedure of making wooden clogs in this picture.
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His shop. That HUGE pair of wooden clogs is 1300+ kg O.O!!!
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Zhanglaoban fixing our DIY wooden clogs.
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My wooden clogs!
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A cute pair of Japanese clogs that ZX and I almost bought. It's freaking cute! =D
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A small wooden clog, a handphone holder in actual fact.
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Zhanglaoban's shop. He even drove us to our next destination! So nice of him! :)
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Miao4 dong1 (Temple East). A bustling street with many delicious food.
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or-wah mee sua. Kinda forced myself to eat the hao2 =/
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or-wua mee sua and or-wua jian, in our stomach!
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The busy fengyuan street
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Our little wooden hut at Dong Shi Lin Chang, up on the ulu mountains!
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inside of the hut, beautiful isn't it?
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Nice, soft and springy beds!
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On the firefly night tour, we saw two fireflies mating!
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The enthusiastic guide went down into a well to catch different species of frogs for us to see :)
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Juicy Peach given by Huanwei's Aunt!
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Sharing the big packets of food and fruits sponsored by HW's aunt
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Took a 1.5hr walk in the forest at 8am! Phytoncid released by trees can strengthen our immune system and kill germs
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A small waterfall with a Guanyin statue on top. Graceful!
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Nice pink flowers!
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Huanwei doubled as our guide and introduced the different types of trees
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Tall trees standing neatly
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An interesting plant. When someone inflict a fatal injury on it, it will bloom and reproduce quickly before it dies.
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We are immersed in a sea of phytoncid and negative O2 ions, hence the name green forest shower. :)
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This zhangshu slided 80m downslope during the 921 earthquake...
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... and managed to survive!
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A section of the forest route we took...
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Busy busy bumble bees!
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more of them...
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and more...so cute!
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Little bees that brought home pollen grains (the yellow balls on their legs)
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Honey can be extracted by spinning these wooden layers of the articifial beehive in this machine
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We cld put our finger on the tap & sweep the honey up to taste. Some pitiful bees got stucked in viscous honey as well:(
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Selling balls of pollen grains that the bees collected
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Foot hotspring! :D It was a luxury!
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Full view of the hotspring
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Where they introduced the life cycle of firefly and many other insects
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Vaguely familiar huh...
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A pair of styrofoam pigs that were badly corroded
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My DIY windchime! cute right?
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Train ticket back to Taipei
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Bye Bye fengyuan!
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ONION HEAD! kawaii~
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Messy hostel room
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Breakfast at lounge
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A hostel staff teaching Andrew how to buy a handphone in Taipei
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Andrew is a 22-yr-old American who came to Taipei alone to study Chinese. He's so diligent!
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Taipei MRT station
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Taipei MRT station again...
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Longshan Temple, a first grade historical site
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Qingshan Gong, where we met a hospitable lady who brought us around the temple and introduced the gods they worship.
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Map + Camera strung around the neck + fisherman hat. TJ is so touristy!
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XiMenDing!
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Green apples dipped in chocolate are a pleasant visual feast.
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A cute bouquet of chocolates with a cute lamb!
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Desserts we had in one of the many old and famous shops we visited during the trip.
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Mee sua lunch at yet another old shop
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CKS Memorial Hall - The place I've been ranting to go!
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Because the taiwan government wants to change its name to this
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A model fo the CKSMH. cool~
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New name. hrmph.
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Lv Xiu Lian and Chen Ju when they were young.
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Calligraphy by Sun Yat Sen!
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SYS and CKS on a train, this is a magnificient drawing!
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XH is always fascinated by the life of dictators, so she took a lot of random photos on the life of CKS...
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such as this...
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this...
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this...
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and this!
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CKSMH looks awkward with all the scaffolding and barricade.
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A TV reporter interviewing a man!
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Security guards sealed the stairs up the memorial hall. sigh.
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A banner with the new name was covering the paibian initially.
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But it was cut off by a guy who protested against the name change on the day we reached Taipei
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This reminds me of Tian Tan in Beijing, since they are both white with blue roofs
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A musician performing on a street concert!
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My SALMON HEAD! it is the mascot of a sushi company endorsed by hei se hui mei mei. haha!
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Taipei 101!
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A cat sleeping on a table that was supposed to attract people to buy the sunglasses! What an interesting sight!
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The traffic came to a halt to let the train travel. Interesting...
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BP and I blended into the MRT seats. hah!
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Di Hua Street, which sells many chinese herbs
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Taiwanese love to rear dogs. This uncle even brought his dog into 7-11 and feb it there.
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Wu Dao Cheng, near Di Hua street
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Yummy red bean and almond baobing, from an old and famous shop as well!
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A cute shop~
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Gugong museum was quite boring, since the artefacts were similiar to those in Beijing
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Falungong members holding a protest in front of Gugong Museum.
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I thought it looked interesting... It's the first time I see FLG members protesting.
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There was a HUGE crowd at the museum, since it was the last day of the British Museum Exhibition.
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urgh the crowd...
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Mr Chin! The mascot of the Gugong Museum which ZX and I adore :D
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Shilin!
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Shilin again!
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Hao da da ji pai! There was a long queue waiting to relish the juicy chicken meat!
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Our very own ji pai!
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Lemon tea + pearls (fenyuan) + jelly (aiyu) = qing1 wa1 xia4 dan4!
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Guan cai ban!
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Da Bing Bao Xiao Bing!
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Yummy baobing! the ice was as fine as snow!
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A group photo with Uncle Joe (boss of the hostel) and Andrew!
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Uncle Joe and Andrew
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A group photo again, with another obasan managing the hostel
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Uncle Joe insisted on wearing sunglasses when taking photos. he's really nice and took care of us!
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Andrew! He came to taipei alone and wasn't afriad of using broken Mandarin when speaking. Very admirable character :)
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Andrew's healthy diet - nuts!
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Another cute guy that we saw. We thought he is a Japanese until he spoke Mandarin.
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The change I receive when I paid a $100 note for a $35 MRT token. Hah!
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Taiwanese stand on their RIGHT instead if the LEFT when taking the escalator. It took me sometime to acclimatize to it.
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MRT!
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Since it was a Monday, there was barely any visitors to the zoo. =D
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Tj the pirate!
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A cute koala named Pearl
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Monkeys...
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Camels..
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Giraffes in the African Zone
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These Hippos reminds me of pork...
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We guessed that he is the laoda of the herd, since everyone going into the water has to rub its head against his butt.
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more hippos...
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And a hippo buttock! so cute!
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An African elephant
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i don't know what are they doing, but they look cute!
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An endangered White Rhinoceros
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American Bison, they look sei =D
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A stick insect!
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Pere David's deer, otherwise known as Si bu Xiang
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This reminds me of hana kimi!
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Emperor Penguins!
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Cute Plushies at the Zoo merchandise shop
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Cute owls!
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Cute Elephant!
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and cute horse! XD
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An interesting sign that we saw at the Zoo MRT station
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Last but not least, our last dinner!

Marina Bay Countdown 2007

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Miss Ong's Farewell

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J1 Orientation 2006

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