Helloooo everyone!
so...
Here's a massive posts that consist of my Summer 2012/2013 in Malaysia and Taiwan! Uni has been great!! though the contact hours are a bit of a killer!! (25 hours) :( but hopefully 7 more years and then I can set my own working hours!! :D
New Years 2013
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Getting ready for NYE celebration in 'The Junk'
With a primary school friend, Marissa!
and this is Aaron, I've known Aaron for 5 years now, he's my bestie :3
Had a great night catching up with old friends as well as meeting new friends.
OOTD : Topshop lace peplum top, Future State skirt, Vincci shoes
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While we were in Kuching, there was this kitten that kept wondering around our compound, we soon took him as our own by feeding him everyday. We called him cat, he's so affectionate but sometimes he really meows too much :( we also didn't dare carry him just in case he had bugs since he was a stray cat.
My aunt loves cats and has quite a few herself and she supplied us with some cat food.
Nawwww meow! :3
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I also managed to catch up with my 2 besties from high school! May and Ellie :D
May
Ellie
We went out to 3rd mile for bbq chicken wings and a soft serve after, what a treat hehe.
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I also went adventuring! Perks of living in Borneo. Mark drove my sister, me and my little brother to the beach and stopped by a sweet home stay!
Village House, Santubong, Sarawak.
artificial waterfall at Camp Permai
Streams in Camp Permai
Such a beautiful day out!! Very rare for Kuching! It was so pretty I just wanted to stay there all day!
Puddles of water running from the mountains making its way to the sea! sometimes, you can find prawns or small fish in these puddles, the water is really cool as well!
Sister walking towards the beach
Jumping in joy!! it was actually a slow motion capture but i liked this screenshot haha.
am I a model yet? *derpette face*
Mark and Little brother, Ewan.
Saw some monkeys as well!! they're cute! but they're known to be very aggresive and have been known to snatch tourists DSLR cameras hahaha. Beware!
My sister, Eva and Mark :)
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Our impromptu holiday to Taiwan! We flew via Malaysian airlines and Eva Air RM1500 return KL-Taipei
Short 1 hour and 45 minute plane ride from Kuching to KL. We had quite a long transit in KLIA so we had some DOME chicken pot pie. oooohh.. it was good, haven't had it in so long.
After 4 hours of being in KLIA, we finally boarded our KL-TPE plane. Eva Air was amazing, the crew, the service, the food, and the seats!! Wow! super impressed!! hah and this airline is only supposed to be a side business!
I think we arrived in Taipei fairly late but luckily the night market close to the apartment we stayed in was still open!
but first, we stopped by 7-eleven! I kid you not, there is a 7-eleven on every single building block, and they have food and snacks like buns, or ready made meals ready to go! they also pay their parking there (super convenient)!!
also! they call 7-eleven, 7 for short.
All dat cup noodles
ok. off to the night market!
Skewers all day err-day!
Saba, they were the bomb, so fresh and juicy!!
Dad was loving it!
Famous smelly tofu!! smells so bad but actually tastes fine!
On the way to the night market, we were walking along this street thats famous for having a whole row of pet shops, all the cats and dogs there were so ridiculously cute! Many taiwanese have dogs as pets!
Midnight snacks from 7. to our surprise... the xiao long pao was actually not bad!!!!!
Common scene in Taiwan, everybody uses scooters to get around!
Another common scene in Taiwan are good bakeries!!! everywhere!! they looked so delicious, we tried one that had olive ciabatta, and woah. it was amazeballs
me and my sister! selfies at the traffic light, hehe we were walking from our apartment to the original DTF, Din Tai Fung on Xin yi road.
so close to my chinese name but yet so far :'(
Xin yi road, lots of construction because they're building their MRT
We have arrived!!!
The beest Xiao Long Bao ever!!!!
I was expecting it to be better than the chains in KL or singapore but it tasted the same, I guess they have maintained their standard throughout all their branches. The only thing that was different was that they had brown rice fried rice and it was really delicious!!
Veggie Starters, so yummmm
went walking after lunch, woohoo! Taipei 101!!
escalators to the MRT
soooo clean!!!!
the famous Ah Zhong Mien Xian! it was pretty Yummy!
Freedom square
Xi Men Ding at night.
The famous shilin market! we had really yummy chicken chop there, the line was pretty big but it was well worth the wait!! 55 NTD for one!
Skewers again
dem sausages so big, didn't try it though
On another day, we went to look for the best beef noodles in town (according to numerous blogs and friends)
and the noodles there was well and truly amazing!!! prices ranged from 200 NTD to 220 NTD for a bowl of red braised beef noodle soup!
the kitchen!
their menu,
starters again!! they were delicious!!
we went there another time because it was just too good!!
dad also ordered braised pork nuckle, oh gosh.. it was amazing
I don't know why but I didn't even take pictures of the beef noodles!! they were so mouth watering that I didn't even bother!! but trust me on this one, they have amazing beef noodles, I think they're better than the ones from DTF!
While walking around after our meal, we walked past this bakery that sold this pastry 'su bing'. wow it was so delicious and yummy!! and workers there were so friendly too and they told us where to walk around and everything!!
we bought two boxes! wish we got more!!!
Well that's half of it, I think I'll have to do the other half the next time I have the chance :) IT WILL COME!!!
Pictures taken with: Nikon1 J1, Samsung galaxy note 2 and fujifilm instax mini 25
Village House, Santubong, Sarawak.
