As usual, we woke up early just to pack our luggage and enjoying our last beautiful view from our window! Simply loves the view, but too bad that the weather wasn't good enough to let me take great pictures. Its a pity BUT I am still enjoying the sea breeze and listening to the waves of it~ =)
Went down for breakfast after packing up~
Now~ The pictures of our room~
And of course pictures of the minsu~ =)
Requested to take some pictures with the Lady owner before going off for our next tour~ Which was Dolphin viewing~The van came to pick us up and once we set off, i realized that I forgot to pass the room key to the owner!! hahaha! So i called her and she said just pass it to the driver~ She too, forgot about the key~ keke~
Reached the bay and listened to all those safety instructions before setting off~
Came up to the second deck, it was all so good at first.. Didn't get any sea sick AND we were so excited..
BUT...After 1 hour of ride in the ferry and the waves were BIG! So the ferry was really shaky.. I felt sea sick coming.. plus! We didn't get to see ANYTHING except for flying fish and a side fin of a famous fish of Hualien.. Which was “曼波鱼” , direct translation would be Mambo fish or something.. Okay, whatever it was.. I managed to see that fin for mere 1 minute.. And that's it!
Yep, this is the fish that i was talking about... Only the fin! Not even the whole fish of this! =.=No dolphins and no whales at all!!
The ferry captain was saying that we didn't have any luck to see them!! GRR! I was pissed off by then.. Because i had sea sick and we were out to the sea for like 2 hours!!
Sadly, we wasted both our time and money, of course they did compensate us free tickets to view it AGAIN, which is like the next time? But the ticket is with our name on it.. And I don't really think we would ever go back.. Well, at least for me~ I would love to give it away BUT its with our names on it, so i guess not..
Didn't get to take pictures of the real ones, so how about a statue of killer whale? =XSo after that long ride out to the sea, we took the van and headed down to the train station.. Bought the tickets and gotta wait for like 30 minutes before the train come.. So we went to buy some food to eat ~ Some tidbits and snacks too~
Its like super HARD boiled egg~ Tasted like "Tea leaves egg" in Singapore, but its hard~ And its yummy! =)
Bought this rice wine~ I believed this is what its called in English.. Well, i dont know, anyways, didn't try this before soo.. I bought it~Only tried it on my last day of this whole trip! haha! 12% alcohol~ Well, its not bad, quite yummy~ This is a very small bottle, suppose to drink it real slowly~ hehe~
Laopo bought this~ Yam milk! Yumms!!! =)Once again, we were lost on which platforms we should take the train from, but we can always ask~~ So we did!! =)
Was bored in the train, so this is just a short clip of the train~~
We were hungry and they said that its a must try for the lunch box! So we did!
Laopo's vegetarian lunch box, because other lunch box consist of pork.. So yep.. But she finished it all! So i assume that it was really yummy~ Mind you, Mary don't really eat much, so if she finishes it, its either she is really hungry OR the food is really good~ So i guess, its both? hahaha!
Mine~~ I wouldn't say that its fantastic BUT its still tasty~~ It really satisfy that hungry stomach of yours, and it doesn't cost much~ 
This is how the train looks like~~Once we reached Taipei station, we found our way to take their MRT to Ximen station, which our minsu was and Ximending as well~
We went out from Exit 6 which Norman said, and Norman was lazy to pick us up!! hahaha! So while we were figuring where the hell was the minsu, one guy knew we were lost and was nice enough to tell us where the address..
But still, we can't find the minsu..Called Norman and asked us to look for a comic shop and clothes shop, the lift is in between.. Luckily i saw it!! Seriously, you won't be able to find it unless you are a local.. The lift is really small, so its very difficult to spot it~ Went up to fifth floor~ Saw Norman, checked in~
Told us the rules and regulations~ Like if we wanna wash our clothes or whatsoever~ If we needed help, we can always knock on his door~ haha~
Once we opened the door with the key, we went WOW!!
WE LOVE IT!! How i wish my room look like this!! =X
Aint it cute?!?!I love it sooo much~~~~ It might be a lil small for 3 of us BUT we found it cosy and nice~~ =)
Gotta love the bed, the designs, the concept of the room! EVERYTHING! Nothing you can complain about! None at all!!
What else, Norman and his wife were so nice to us, and everyday we will be so happy to joke with Norman! haha!
The minsu's name~ JoggingBear~!
And if you like the rooms and want to stay there, just let me know~ =)
So anyways~ we settled ourselves and went to shop at Ximending for awhile, less than an hour~
Because we were going to meet my Taiwanese friends!! I knew them since last year through a Application that you can use in Ipod and Iphone, its called IPPT ~ Told them that i was going to Taiwan during that time~ So decided to meet up with Maggie~ But didn't expect so many to come! =) 
Of course, we had to buy our Easy Cards~ Its like our E-Z Link card in Singapore~ NT 500 per card~ We have been using for the past 5 days and trust me! Its more than enough, we didn't even need to top up! Plus we had some balance money in the card too! haha!Figured our way on how to get to Shilin Night Market~
This is how the MRT looks like~So how did we get there, from Ximen station to Taipei Station, and change it to RED line~ Alight at JianTan Station, which was nearer to Shilin Night Market~
Tadahh~Met up with Jon and Ah Ming~ Waited for the others to come, more than 30 minutes! haha! I was starving!! =X Anyways, met up with the rest near the night market and we went for our dinner!! =)
Smelly toufu! YUMMS! =X Its really smelly, you can smell it from far~ But when you eat.. No smell at all! Its so crispy on the outside and soft on the inside~ hehe! And some marinate vege to go with, taste like pickles or something~
Instead of Oyster omelette , changed the filling to Prawns because laopo don't eat oysters, but in the end, she didn't eat any of those because its all cooked with lard.. sad.. 
Tempura, no fillings inside, just plain flour, but it tasted like fish cake~ =) 
Maggie and us~
Me , Ah Ming, Xiao P, Jon and Maggie~
This is how their food market looks like~ LOTS of food but too bad, i didnt get to shop for long because laopo wanna go shopping! So we left after a while, i went with my Taiwan friends to meet Ren-ge~ While Laopo and chin went for shopping!
Maggie treated us this~ It was really good ! BUT its too heaty, i didn't get to eat much because when i ate half of it, i had sore throat.. But its still yummy~~ =) 
Met Ren-ge and went to this cafe~ 
Nice Ambiance~
See how big that cup is ?!Hanging out with them was kinda fun~ But they were mainly talking bout Apple gadgets and stuff like that, so i was chatting with Maggie most of the time~
Group picture~ Thats Ren-Ge in the centre~ =) 
Maggie and me~ I felt that we knew each other for a long time!! haha! Thanks for Everything Maggie and guys!! =) I felt warm and happy to meet up with yall! =)Called laopo and met up with them, we shopped from 10pm to 12am~ I bought quite a number of stuff, mainly beauty products like make up and masks~ =)
Its a good thing that we shopped on a Thursday Night~ that's when its less crowded! And trust me! I believe that we didn't finish walking the whole market.. But because we are too tired.. So we decided to go when it turned 12am..
The shopping area and food area are separated.. So you gotta like cross to another road to get to shopping area~
Reached the minsu and hit the sack after that ~ Exhausted!!
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