Yenny's X & Ys

Monday, June 09, 2008

台湾之旅 - 3。天空篇 /The Sky

台湾之旅 - 3。天空篇 /The Sky

1。 The morning sky 早晨的天空

We flew through pretty, fluffy white clouds.... the contrast of white and blue is pretty...

2. Sunrise at Alishan 阿里山的日出

Beautiful and amazing. Waking up at 3am and enduring the cold morning (9 degrees C！）was worth it. So much anticipation, trying to set the camera appropriately and trying to get a good spot, looking intently at the red sky, finally seeing the first rays, and before you know it, the sun's already out, at full shine.

3. The fireworks at Hualian minsu 烟火绽放时
It's just like the sunrise... very beautiful, but it lasts less than 5 seconds each time it bursts into the sky. but still worth it.

4. Sunset at Danshui 淡水渔人码头的日落

5. Sunset - view from the plane

Thursday, June 05, 2008

Hana Kimi OST

台湾之旅 - 2。住宿篇 / Accomodation

台湾之旅 - 2。住宿篇 / Accomodation

1) TAIPEI - NEIJIANG HOTEL 内江

Was quite satisfied with Neijiang. Although a bit small, but it was clean and bed was comfortable. The receptionists and aunties also very nice and helpful. Moreover it's very near the Ximending station (5min walk), very convenient. Breakfast was sandwich with packet of juice or milk tea, but everyday the same type of sandwich heehee.. 没问题啦, as long as I'm full.

entrance at Neijiang hotel

lift lobby

bedroom

2)ALISHAN - GREENHOME 绿野仙踪民宿

Alishan has so many minsus! Saw a lot of forums recommend, so we decided on this minsu. Really has a homely feeling, and all of them very nice, then send us to and fro a lot of times. 刘妈妈's cooking's superb too! It was a pity there were only like 2 groups of us on the 1st nite 3)and our only group the 2nd nite! the young couple we saw on the 1st night quite friendly also la, although initially we didn't talk at all.

bedroom

view from minsu

3) HUALIAN - STONE 石头的家民宿

Likewise, Hualian has countless of minsus that are very beautifully decorated, but since this is highly recommended by many forumers, we decided on this. The nicest accomodation of the 3. The room like showflat room haha.. and very comfortable too! Also 刘妈妈, but very friendly, outgoing and experienced in bringing us, especially Singaporeans， around. There were about 16 Singaporeans staying at her minsu that night!

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Hana Kimi Japanese

Just finished watching Hana Kimi Japanese version in 3 nights. I'm so slow la, it's already been out for abt a year... now then watch. But enjoyed it a lot! 12 episodes only so not as draggy as teh Taiwanese version. I laughed so much while watching, esp the squabbles between the 3 dormitories, the confusion of Nakatsu Shuichi as to whether he's homo or not etc..and the Ou Yang Fei Fei part...wa.... can't believe it haha...Plus the cast all quite good-looking one. And supporting cast is really funny too!

The character played by Ella, the Japanese version girl,Horikita Maki, is more girl-ly, and very pretty! AS for the character played by 汪东城, the Japanese version played by Ikuta Toma is very funny and cute too, but less exaggerated ... as for Wuzun's character, played by Oguri Shun (who acted as 花泽类 in Hana Yori Dango), not bad la, quite cool also, and prob more manly? haha..

The one thing I like about Japanese dramas is they always touch more about the "humanity" side, the relationships between people, between a team etc.. always seem more touching and meaningful to me. Less romance and wishy-washiness as compared to the Taiwanese dramas.

Nice nice! Can't wait to watch the special episode!

a youtube link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzF_4Efs-Yo

Saturday, May 31, 2008

台湾之旅 - 1. 交通篇 / Transportation

台湾之旅 - 1. 交通篇 / Transportation

1) AIRPLANE

Our Cathay Pacific plane to Taipei via Hong Kong. Food's quite good! Rather turbulent sia..

2) FREEGO BUS

The interior of the Freego bus 飞狗, to bring us from Taoyuan Airport to Ximending area, where our hotel is located. Very comfortable seats.
two-way ticket: NT 120

3) TAIPEI METRO
Interior of the Taipei Metro. Thought the seat arrangment was interesting. Like the fact that there are plenty of handgrips, 3 rows in total.

Impressed with the presence of "priority seats" 博爱位 reserved for elderly, pregnant women etc... very obvious, and lots of big big signs. Many people usually don't take up such seats.

Also like the LED display system, indicating what stations the train will stop at, as well as the present stop.

4) TAIPEI BUS （客运）

The "destination" ticket card, which we have to return to the driver upon alighting. We took the 新店客运 from 乌来 to 公馆. NT 57. Such buses usually require paying by coins. Not sure if can use the Easycard 悠游卡 (similar to our EZlink card).