I accompany Marie Jie to the tea party of Secret 不能說的秘密 promotional event today at Dragonfly.

Although I'm no Jay Chou's fan, I still hoped that I'd a better glimpse of him on stage, which deem nearly impossible considering his worldwide popularity. Marie Jie was kinda upset that she wasn't one of those lucky fans to be picked on stage, well, this is all down to one's own fate I guess?

I think I may not wanna go to such event again (unless it's Ella on stage) 'cos it kills me to be tip-toeing throughout the whole process while trying to catch glimpses of Jay Chou. Unfortunately, I could only catch him on the screen of my camera. How pathetic is that?

today is bad... real bad
my biggest fear re-surfaced; a fear which I've been suppressing for years
i realize that no matter how optimistic I am, I'm unable to shake it off
what should i do now?
i'm really confused...
should I continue pretend that it is not present?

is there a medicine out there which will numb my feelings?

i think i need that badly now...

sighhh

too much tears today. i'm gonna sleep now and forget about it after tonight...

Day 3 at Taipei (Tues, Jun 26th '07)


Leo Foo Village at Shin Chu [六福村@新竹]
That funny little thing is Leo Foo's mascot - Mr. Monkey!

Despite me trying to figure what is so hilarious about the picture above, I still could not come out with an answer.

eeeww... see that ass of the Orang Utan? Someone please pass him a bottle of hair loss tonic please

this is the exciting roller coaster ride we always watched on TV. But I was down on luck that day because this particular attraction was down! Boo hoo...

We went treasure hunting and look what I've found??? Dozens of jewels and pearl necklaces! Yippie!

Unlike the normal teacup ride we bypassed in amusement parks, this one here is a giant beer barrel!


May I ask who are you trying to imitate?

Our lunch! Ahhh I find it super delicious, especially the prata!


ST's 黑馬王子...






Shihlin Night Market - 士林夜市


The famous oyster cake. Though I've never watched Show's latest drama 'Corner of Love', but there are plenty of Corner o Love posters around the stall. Reason being Show had learn his culinary from the boss here.


My favourite dish of the day - Guan Cai Ban 棺材板! Gosh just looking at the pictures above is causing me to drool...
I love the fruit ice here. They added lotsa fresh fruits onto the snow ice. I doubt I would be able to find similar dish in Singapore. By the way this stall is famous for celebrities too. I recalled spotting Rainie Yang's picture on the wall.
The luo mi sausage (the one in white) is definitely a must try should you visit Shihlin NM.


The famous 'Big big chicken filet'!

Soon after we filled our empty stomach with scrumptious meal, we gone shopping at the second part of Shihlin NM. It was raining heavily before that and was still drizzling when our shopping spree kicked off, thus, it kinda dampen the usual buzzing atmosphere.

Day 2 in Taiwan (Mon - Jun 25 '07)

Initially we assumed that our planned itinerary for today would be unlax, however it turned out not to be so. We'd spent hours and hours winding in and out of Taipei Main Station just to get to the famous houchezan 後車站. Alas, it certainly isn't worth the drops of sweat we've shed and the hours spent on searching for it. Nobody gave a proper direction and the accessories ain't cheap either. We could have left early to catch the brilliant sunset at Fisherman's Wharf instead =(

KTV Cashbox 錢櫃
The picture above is the grand entrance to KTV Cashbox @ XMD. It looks like we're entering a hotel lobby, isn't it? However, this is the lobby of Cashbox @ XMD, which consists of eleven-storey in total!

We had lunch buffet. The buffet was grand and there's a restroom in each of the KTV room. One word - COOL!

Tamsui 淡水老街
Tamsui old street - Night market

Being a first-timer, St suggested we settled our dinner on Claypot smelly beancurd. I agreed immediately. I thought she would enjoy but she almost puke at the taste of it. It tasted like pungent sewage, St said. -.-'' Miss St indirectly killed my appetite.

EE Hostel Room

After a tiresome day, we're so glad to be back at our room. 'Home sweet home'
Was ST digging gold? oh well I couldn't really be bothered with her anyway as I was way beyond exhaustion!

Oh and before I bid good-bye as of now, I'll show you a glimpse of the neighborhood we had been living for the past six days at Taipei.
Ta-da, it comes along with ST's luscious backview, with no strings attached =P

My current mood: empty...

Reviews on So You Think You Can Dance 3 [Round 6]



I am crushed! A familiar gush of sadness swiftly replaced the apprehension I was already feeling. Why am I not surprised that Hok is the one who got elmininated on the 6th round. Perhaps, just as what Hok said, "Just from the critiques I got from the Waltz and from this week's piece and just sort of figuring out the math, I kind of started getting the picture of what the judges wanted in their top 10, and as sad as it may seem I just didn't fit in there. I already just knew it was coming. Yeah, it was really sad." Believe it or not, the judges do have a picture of what they wanted in their top 10 (or rather top 4) dancers! They're just trying to eliminate dancers who ain't their favorite. Hmm... do I sense biasness in the judges? Are they playing favoritism? *shrugs* Who knows?

But I gained a complimentary satisfaction when the judges' decision on eliminating Hok set the whole audience in an uproar! That was certainly rare on SYTYCD. The camera subsequently rolled over to the contestants and I'm kinda shock that Lacey was tearing. Yes, I'm aware that Hok gets along with everyone really well because he has such a great attitude, but Lacey just didn't cross my mind. Whatever, I'm just so glad to know that he has such a great impact on everybody!

Hok is a great all rounded person. He's a real talent! Being artistic, he paints fantastically. Being a genius, he plays the violin so amazingly and he dances uniquely!!! I know he'll be successful in whatever he pursues. He's an inspiration!!!

After an exhausting 4hrs flight to Taipei, we finally reached Tao Yuan Intl. Airport. From my pic on the left, you should know how tired and haggard I looked. Bleah~

This is our first free & easy tour outside Singapore + M'sia so basically we have only each other to rely on. We decided to take a Guo Guang bus to Taipei Main Station before taking metro to Guting Station, where EE Hostel is located. Just imagine us dragging our baggages along the streets and in the metro station. Nobody suspected us not being foreigners. But living in a hostel is again part of the excitement 'cos our hostel is located in a residential neighbourhood, so we are able to assimilate with the Taiwanese for the next 5 days.

After checking into the hostel (by the way the hostel is full of Caucasians, I gauged the total percentile to be around 85% of Caucasians), we decided on a change of our original itnenary for that night. Shi Da Night Market is too far from our hostel, thus, we've decided on Xi Men Ding for dinner 'cos we were really famished!

西門町

This is the night view of the buzzling Xi Men Ding. We didn't stay there for long though. After getting Ah Zong Mian Xian (we were sweating profusely while slurping the noodles along the crowded street. It's Summer for goodness' sake!)+ Bubble tea, we headed off to the huge 24hrs Eslite Bookshop (誠品書店) at 忠孝敦華 station.

By the way, Miss ST was getting excited over the enormous Harry Potter banners. -.-''



"Ehhhh... Miss ST, why ain't you smiling at the camera???"











Oh yeah and before I forgot, Miss ST and I came across this unknown singer's autograph session at XMD (Pics on the right). Apparently I think Miss ST recognised that particular singer, whom seems distant to me.

Anyway we didn't linger at XMD for long as time was ticking so we headed off straight to the 24hrs Eslite Bookshop.

I was too excited about visiting the bookshop that I totally forgotten about taking pictures of it. We stayed until 2+am and I can assure you that the 3-storey bookshop was crowded as usual even though it was way past midnight...