雙十節快樂！

10 October 2012

Public Holiday! because it was Taiwan's National Day.

On that day, Xinrong and I travelled to Taipei for the show we had been waiting for~ ShinHyeSung Music Show in Taiwan!

Because Xinrong had a makeup class, we left Hsinchu at 1 plus. Chiong like mad to the TICC... after which we realised we walked a longer way. zzz. Anyway, the show was awesome! Totally melted listening to Hyesung's singing. And interaction time was so funny! I'm so glad I had the chance to watch it :D The translator and the emcee was so good. (much better than the ones in sg I feel).

When the show ended, we saw this when we stepped out of the building:

The words on taipei 101 are actually moving. Haha, wishing Taiwan a happy birthday.

After that, we went to meet Xinrong's friend and headed to 師大夜市! We were so hungry by then so the first thing we did was to find food. Well, if you are in Taiwan, how could you ever miss.... 滷味！

basically, it's a bit like yongtaufoo. You choose the ingredients (THERE ARE A LOT BY THE WAY. TOO MANY TO CHOOSE FROM) then give it to the owner to cook in the 滷汁 (gravy). It's very affordable. Such a big plate for only 140NTD (~SGD6). And it is super delicious! I finished almost everything. Although I ate until I was so full my stomach could explode.

After that, we did a bit of shopping before going to 士林夜市 for more shopping! It was autumn already, so there were shops holding their summer clearance sale. Which is so beneficial for people like me who live in countries that has summer all year round because they sell their clothes there for really cheap!

After walking around for quite some time, we were all so tired so we went back to Xinrong's friend's house to spend the night.

The next day, I had to go back to school already because I have a lesson in the afternoon :(

那些年，我們一起～～ 逛彰化！

6 October 2012

We decided to go to 彰化! Where the movie 那些年，我們一起追的女孩 (you are the apple of my eye) was set in.

We took the TRA. It was around 1+ hours and we stood all the way. Okay, almost. :/

Once we reached, the first place we went was...

okay doesn't say anything. But if you have watched the movie, there is this scene where the guys were eating 肉圓. This is the shop they ate it at!

doesn't look like 肉圓 I know, but it is! and it is damn yummy!!! :D

plus our 貢丸湯.

Then after that we went to...

永樂觀光夜市商圈. Okay it wasn't night when we went, but still there are actually places to shop. But, we didn't go there to shop, so not much money was brought. T.T The things are actually quite cheap there.... Anyway, this is the place where 沈佳宜 and her friend went to buy the red bean cake after school haha. But you won't see the stall here, because according to my friend, that stall was specially set up for the movie.

Our next destination, the place where the vampires appeared~ 八卦山.

To go up to the main attraction we actually walked the longer route. ZZZZ. But we saw many other things as well!

and here we are!

the view from up here is amazing:

The actual main entrance:

Our next destination was 扇形車庫.

This is where they store their railway carriages. :D Because pictures say a thousand words,

and... a somewhat 'artistic' photo of me XD

It was too late to go 天空之橋 and 鹿港小鎮 because we had to catch the 830pm train, so we decided to have dinner and then walk around the area nearby the train station before heading home...

Week 2 and 3 of SCHOOL~

It has been a lot of weeks since I updated. Haha. School has been quite busy I would say, there's already homework! And I have tests in two weeks time.

So let's see, where have I gone and what have I been doing?

27 September 2012
Since I only have class in the afternoon, Xinrong and I decided to do our hair. She wanted to have it cut and I wanted to have it dyed. Found a salon near our school. At first I was quite worried how the service and the quality of the outcome would be, but I guess it is not bad! What is best is it is really worth the money. I had my hair dyed plus treatment for 1340NTD (~SGD 50+)

The colour was much brighter when I first had it dyed. But still nice now! Although at the moment is laksek until cannot.

Then at night, Hyunmin brought the three of us to 東門市場. Which is actually the city area. There is a mini shopping street there, but I was too out of the shopping state to buy anything. For our dinner, I had 魷魚羹米粉 while Xinrong and Shirlynn had 炒米粉. Conclusion: 新竹米粉 is damn nice.

30 September 2012
Typhoon passed, so we decided to go Taipei once again! This time, we went to Taipei 101 building! Although I went before last time, always can go again! Haha. Ate at the food court downstairs. The food is not bad! But kind of expensive. (like duh~)

After that, we went to 師大夜市. The clothes there are really fashionable, and I bought my jackets there, since I needed them for the cold season. Recommended for youngsters I would say.

Oh, forgot to mention. That day was Mid-Autumn Festival. At first we thought we would not be able to see the moon because of the typhoon, but we saw it! It was so round and big and bright :D

3rd October 2012
It's october! Yes time has passed so fast. Anyway, as a dancer, how could I bear not dancing for so many months! So on this day, I mean, night, I went in search of my dance studios in Hsinchu. There are 2 so far, that I knew of. MIX dance studio and MerryMonarc.
Decided to try MerryMonarc's class, and realised that in Taiwan they kind of focus more on techniques. For a 1.5 hour class, 30 to 45 minutes will be spent on warming up and stretching. It's super thorough. And the remaining will be teaching the choreography, but the length of the choreography is not very long. I suppose I will be able to train my basics and techniques here....