Monday, July 19, 2004 | 11:57 PM

caught super size me today.. oh man.. n it sent me freakin out till now.. or rather, grossin up till now.. tink e way he went abt doin it is so unbelievable.. bet he needed alot of courage to continue e expt when he found out tt his liver is failin him.. well, tink reality movies r interestin.. but i initially expected a comedy.. er.. 

yea yea.. noe u guys r still waitin for my TW trip update.. so here goes....

Day 1  

reached taipei chung cheng intl airport at 1+ in e aft.. e checkout at e airport was so super inefficient i tink.. n e customs ppl got AP lo.. erm.. but e flight was smooth.. SIA is indeed good.. haha.. watched win a date with tad hamilton on e plane.. stupid show i tink.. got transferred to Brother Hotel n reached there at 3+.. well, we chose Brother Hotel cos its e only 5* hotel near e MRT aka Jie2 Yun4 station there.. its lk rite outside our hotel lo.. super convenient considerin tt we'll b tkin e jie yun most of e time..  aft checkin in, bookin of our 3h day tour on day2 and throwin our luggage into our rm, we( i mean my sis n I if u dunno...) headed str out, gg acc to our plan, Shin Kuang San Yue aka Mitsukoshi shoppg centre.. its a super big shoppin centre.. frm B2 to level 12.. but e stuff were damn ex.. (jus a note: alot of stuff such as clothes r lk quite ex in TW.. frm my observation, their pasar malam clothes cost as much as clothes sold in shoppg centres while their clothes w brand[ n i mean clothes w any label] cost as much as FCUK clothes n their branded clothes r lk woah lo..) b4 shoppg, we went for lunch at tis jie bian xiao chi dian sellin chicken chop rice.. topped w bubble tea.. nice man.. (a note again: TW is super well known for their chicken chop.. those really big ones.. *drools*) aft tt, we went to e taipei observatory or wateva u call it to tk pics n stuff.. e view there was really scenic.. can see e whole of TW... 50+ stories i tink.. took alot of pics there... our final destination of e day was XiMen Ting.. dun really tink its an interestin place.. got lost there in a sense.. cos all e shops look so similar.. haha.. n i only managed to find 2shops out of e ENTIRE XiMenTing which sells posters n stuff lo.. got quite a no of nike/adidas shops n pasar malam style bag shops there but didnt really see anythg i lk.. n e pxs were unappealin.. went to e CD shops n e pxs were so appallin lo.. tink its more ex den spore lo.. no wonder piracy is rampant so there... ended our day w a drink n fries at McDonalds in XiMenTing.. well, its actually to rest our tired legs la.. dun tink tt we only walked v little lo.. cos we walked lk 8h liao lo.. pengz... n i really must say tis, MCDONALDS ICED TEA IN TAIPEI IS SO DAMN CHEAP N NICE!!! dun understd y spore McDonalds' iced tea differs so much...

Day2

woke up at 7 aft merely 5/6h of slp for our breakfast b4 embarkin on our 3h city tour.. went to places lk Zhong Zheng Ji Nian Tang aka Chiang Kiak Sheng memorial hall n their museum n temples etc.. well, e interestin part is there r 2 japanese amongst us n i tot tis might b e chance for me to put a test to my jap.. but nv speak much to dem.. spoke to dem in jap n they qns mark us lo.. so we jus remained quiet aft tt.. haha... went to Di Hua Jie aft our tour which ended at 1.. wat a place man... ppl, NV NV NV even tink of gg there tho its supposedly a tourist attraction.. they sell nthg there lo.. except dried gds such as mushrooms n stuff.. pengz.. n we got lost there... walked for nearly 2HOURS b4 reachin e jie yun station lo.. wat a waste of our time n energy... went to Eslite bookstore aka Cheng Pin Shu Ju aft tt.. its supposedly e largest bookstore in TW i tink.. looks lk Kino in orchard.. bot some stuff there for my frens... went Taipei 101 shoppg mall aft tt.. interestin mall.. got lotsa brands there such as nautica, mango, fcuk n branded ones such as burberry n stuff.. went Shihlin night market at night.. damn big.. ate lotsa interestin food.. includin dan zai mian n chua bing... tink we super interestin.. most ppl need 2 nights to comb e entire ye shi but we did it in 2.5h.. tink we're super man.. yes, no wonder our legs ache lk shit... --day2 is our longest day of marathon.. walked for 16h str...-- *ouch*

Day3 

woke up late n missed e hotel's breakfast.. went for lunch at tis food court near our hotel.. well, we really couldnt stand e temp lo.. 35d.. imagine tt.. much much hotter den spore i tink... went shoppg at e shoppg centre n went to tis lian suo shop to buy local foodstuff back for relatives n frens.. spent lk 100bucks there n we carried e bags back to e hotel will our hands break lo.. ... ... ...

went to their famous book street aka shu jie aft tt where a whole stretch of road has lotsa bookstores... stayed there for lk 2h b4 e brave us decided to tk TRAIN n i mean huo che to another place which is not in taipei city but within taipei province where e transport driver highly recommended.. its called Rao He Night mkt at Song Shan Train Station.. interestin ye shi.. went to tis pl called Wu Fen Pu which is within 600m frm Rao He Ye Shi.. Wu Fen Pu is a clothing wholesale mkt.. but it looks more of lk a night mkt too... well, its supposedly cheap but i dun really tink so.. pasar malam clothes sellin at 20-50 bucks.. cheap????

aft comin back to taipei city, we went to another night mkt called Tong Hua Jie Ye Shi.. well, i lk tt night mkt.. small but e thgs r quite ok n e street is not so crowded.. tink we siao to go to another night mkt at 10+ when we were tired n our legs were breakin.. but tts e fun of holidayin w sis i tink.. cos both of us can really shop.. oh ya.. smthg interestin happened at e train station.. got a guy who tried to tok to us but we didnt really tok cos we were rushin to our train which was leavin in a min's time.. well, dunno wat was his intention lo.. go fig.. but he's not bad lookin.. haha.. many guys whom we saw in taipei r quite gd lookin i tink.. much better den spore guys for sure.... 

Day4 went to look for jay's shop early in e morn.. credit to kit tt i managed to find his shop.. hehe.. saw his tt pink antique car sittin in front of his shop in some alley.. took pics there till e residents nearby qns mark us lo.. hahaha... main pt is we actually wanted to go into e shop one.. but they only open at 2... ... ... but well, tkin fotos is satisfyin.. haha...

proceeded to New York New York n Warner Bro shoppg malls aft tt... wanted to catch a movie at warner bro but e tix was lk damn ex.. S$12.50.. didnt mind e px if e movie was in chi.. wanted to watch mean girls but it was in english w chi subtitles.. so wats e diff? might as well watch in spore.. save money somemore..

went to another famous bookstore aft tt.. tink its interestin how we can b so infactuated w bookstores.. had been gg ard everwhere to visit all e famous bookstores.. lolx..

in e evenin, we went to Hua Xi Jie Ye Shi n Gong Guan Ye Shi.. nthg much at Hua Xi Jie except for all e snake soup n wat not which we didnt dare to try... Gong Guan was interestin.. not e night mkt tt is interestin but its location.. its located opp NTU(National Taiwan University) aka Tai Da... well, we went back to Shihlin considerin tt its our last day in taipei n we wanted to get some more stuff there.. so in total, we went to 3 night mkts on tis day.. imagine how our legs were feelin den...

Day5

home sweet home w 2 luggages each... smthg tt i must comment was e meal onboard.. e apple crumble on our way to taipei n e haagen dazs icecream on our way back was nice.. yum yum yum..

in all, i wld say tt i enjoyed e trip v much.. if only e weather was not as hot.. tt wld b perfect... but tink hot weather is gd la.. at least i didnt put on any weight frm all e bingin.. haha.. -PS hope tt all of u lk e stuff which i bot for u.. cos it really wasnt easy to buy souvenirs for so many of u.. wat a headache... anyway, its e tot tt counts rite? hehe...