Let's go to kKk - Day 44 - June 18, 2010

It's been so long since I wrote a blog! I apologize!
I've been out pretty late, coming back, and knocking out when I get back since I had to get up early this past week. You'll know why when I continue my blog!

Snacks!



My supervisor gave me some snacks to try when I met up with her for work. The first picture's box looks pretty right? Inside there is a pineapple cake. This is probably the best brand of pineapple cake I tried. They're pretty pricey though! I saw a pack that sold each one for 15NT=$0.47. The second snack is from Japan. It had a weird texture to it, like really smooth but grainy to me at least. It was too sweet for me though.

What noodles?

60NT=$1.86


I read on the English translated menu that this was Pork wontons with noodles in soup. There was only five strands of skinny clear noodles. Wow lol, what lies! It tasted good though. I enjoyed the broth as well =) This bowl also had a lot of onions in there as well.

Ximen



I always enjoy looking at the huge advertisements at Ximen. Look at the second picture! Go go power rangers!



Theresa and I were craving for desert. We decided to split this strawberry ice thing. I wouldn't know what you would call it. It taste like water ice, but a little bit more frozen. It was really good, but it got really sweet after you eat half of it. It's definitely something you want to get to share.

The KKK



No not really, I'm talking about a store called kKk haha. It's a shoe store in Ximen.



Apparently they have a sister store. This kKk wants you to JUST WEAR IT!



I passed the Modern Toilet restaurant that I ate last year. It's a toilet/bathroom themed restaurant where your food served on toilets, squatting toilets, sinks, etc. The food wasn't good there and it was expensive.

Last Purchases

My shopping has come to an end since my days in Taiwan are limited. I can no longer splurge. These are my last purchases of the trip, at least I think so haha unless I have extra money towards the end.

350NT=$10.92


The smallest business shoes that I shall try out.

150NT=$4.68

I like to eat giant jipais - Day 41 - June 15, 2010

Mosquito Bites of the Day: 6
Total: 17

It's been a while since I got mosquito bites. I woke up with four bites and got my fifth one when I went to Shilin Night Market =( One on my face, one on my left arm, two on my right, one on my right index finger, and one on my ankle (from Shilin) -_-

Giant Jipai at Shilin



I went to the Shilin Night Market to eat my giant jipai! There is always a long line to get one of these babies.

50NT=$1.55


Do you see the size of that big? It's seriously the size of that big. It's HUGE. It's actually good, but I got tired of it once I finished a little over a half. It got salty and oily for me. It fills you up pretty up too.



This is a picture of a typical fresh fruit and vegetable stand. I got bored while standing in line.

Ximen

30NT=$0.93


I went to Ximen after the Shilin Night Market so Theresa can get her ear pierced. I found a drink place that had Almond Milk Tea! I've been looking for a place that has this and it tasted pretty good! The one I tried at Shida tasted like crap >_<

I also bought two tops for the winter since I don't have many winter clothes. I couldn't find any other colors that looked good aside from gray -_-

150NT=$4.66


150NT=$4.66

I love food too much - Day 39 & Day 40 - June 13 & 14, 2010

June 13, 2010

Kim chi & pork: 99NT=$3.07 Cheesy Bite Add-on: 30NT=$0.93


I enjoy weekends because I have all the time in the world for lunch. What does that mean? I order pizza hut! I love pizza for lunch. So delicious. I got my usual Kim Chi & pork pizza since that's the only personal pizza that sounds good to me. The rest of the personal pizza are usually seafood topping or similar to American style pizza. I also added cheesy bites =) I wished I had more of the middle part and not so much of the cheesy bites. It was still good though!

I didn't do much for the rest of the day except went to Gongguan Night Market and Shida Night Market since they're close by. Rainy days make me lazy. But here's my dinner!

Zhupai! (Deep fried pork) The plate was huge! Didn't like the tofu with salted fish. 65NT=$2.02


I did buy one thing though. A pair of shorts from Shida Night Market. Finally found a pair of shorts without weird stuff on the front and back pockets.

250NT=$7.76


June 14, 2010

36NT=$1.12


The student cafeteria is starting to grow on me. Mainly so I can eat Chinese sausage haha. I love Chinese sausage, it's not as good as my parent's but it's still yummy! I was really excited to get that and some greens but they didn't have my greens! I had to get these beans instead that was super salty. They brought the greens out about ten minutes after I paid for my food =(

Spicy Chicken Breast: 44NT==$1.37 Daan Tart (Egg Tart) with Mochi: 31NT=$0.96


You bet your butt this was good. I was surprised the egg tart with mochi was good as well. I love KFC chicken here <3

Ximen



Ximen are filled with illegal stands. They run when they see cops. It's funny. The cops came walking around so many times. The cops don't even do much, they just walk and the stands relocate themselves and hide. Then they come out with the cops disappear. It was a bad night for them, the cops were loitering around for a while.

A jean shop.


Ay Chung Noodle Shop



Apparently Ay Chung Noodle Shop is really popular. They're famous for their really thin flour rice noodle. There is always a huge line for these noodles (the line is fast though). I've been wanting to check this place out to see what it's all about. To my surprise, I was kind of disappointed. Maybe it's because I'm an Asian American or something but legit Asian people here love this shop.

A small bowl size for 45NT=$1.40. There is cilantro and thick chicken skin or something with the noodles. It tasted alright, not something I'll get again.


My new uber hat!

300NT=$9.31


Check it out! It has a mouth haha. my new uber hat! Buying this hat made my day.

More Good Finds - Day 30 - June 4, 2010

Someone tried to jack my flash drive!

The story I am about to tell you happened to me the day before this I believe. I think it was a Thursday then. I forgot to write it in my previous blog. But here is what happened...

I was in the computer lab during work and used my flash drive. I left for lunch and returned to the lab to work. I saw someone using the computer I used, so I went to the computer behind it. I went into my backpack to look for my flash drive and didn't see it. I realized I must have left it at the old computer.

Luckily, I spotted my flash drive still in the previous computer. There was someone sitting there, but I went over there anyway and just grabbed my flash drive. I plugged my flash drive into my computer and saw the other guy put his flash drive in. I thought he may have believed he couldn't use the USB spot since someone else's flash drive was already plugged in.

Well turns out he was going to jack my flash drive! I looked at what was in my flash drive and there was Vietnamese music already in there. He put in 235 songs! That punk wasn't even going to turn my flash drive in to the front desk. But whatever, I didn't care since my Books folder was still there. I went in my Books folder and saw he erased everything! That bitch was going to jack my flash drive and he already deleted all my files. I'm glad I didn't say anything like excuse me to him before I grabbed my flash drive.

That incident got me a little hyped for 15 minutes. It woke me up from my food coma though!

Exchange Rate went down =(

I also went to exchange money. The exchange rate went from $32.04 to #31.95. A slight change but it still makes a difference =(

Ximen



I went to Ximen to buy some Dragon Ball Z figurines for my friend. I also tried Mister Donut! I heard a lot of good things about Mister Donut and finally had room in my stomach to fit some in. But I didn't really pick a good donut =( Mine was a chewy donut, not much of a fan for that.

35NT=$1.09 - I wouldn't get this again.


Shilin Night Market

I went to Shilin night market after since Theresa really wanted to hunt for her dog tags. We also wanted to stay out as long as we could since we weren't going to bed until late today =)

Found a cheaper roubao (meat bun) for 10NT=$0.31.


Look how big they are! Domo!


What I bought

150NT=$4.68


Yay boots for 850NT=$26.53


Fail #17

The best thing about living at our hostel is there is no curfew. So keeping that in mind, Theresa and I thought we can stay out as long as we want. This is true, but we also forgot that the buses and MRT has a curfew.

We were heading back to the MRT and saw that it was CLOSED. I asked two girls what time it was (since none of us had our cellphone on us) and she told me 1AM. So my guess is the MRT stops running around midnight.

BIG FAIL!

Shilin Night Market is pretty far from our hostel. So we decided to follow the MRT tracks as much as we can to get back to our hostel. But we reached a dead end and the only road we can follow was a highway. However, there weren't any sidewalks on the highway.

We ended up taking a taxi home that cost us 200NT=$6.26. Taxi here charges by time and in a combination of speed. We didn't want to spend extra cash =( So we told the taxi driver to drop us off at Shida Night Market and walked the rest of the way to our hostel.

So sad, we were so happy with what we bought, then got sad with what we spent for the ride back.

Oh well, lesson learned haha.

Let's start shopping - Day 18 & Day 19 - May 23/24, 2010

May 23, 2010

I woke up late as usual on a weekend. I stayed up until 6AM and woke up at 3PM. It felt GOOD. I just couldn't sleep! So what happens when I wake up really late? I take a shower and find food. But I'm too lazy to walk to the night market (even though that takes 10 minutes) I rather walk to 7-Eleven that's a minute away for lunch.

Sandwich 35NT=$1.12. Half the sandwich was regular ham, cucumbers and mayo. The other half was the same but with smoked ham (at least it tasted like it). It was yums! Wish they had cheese in it though.


Triangle Rice Ball was 18NT=$0.57. It was pretty good and fulfilling. The meat had a lot of flavor.


After lunch was done, I went to visit my landlord Mic's new clothing store. It's located near the Zhongxiao Dunhua MRT stop on the blue line. I didn't take a picture of the store though. There was a lot of people, would have felt awkward haha.

Can't go wrong with chicken



This is the meal I usually get if I want something pretty healthy or get my rice intake of the day. I enjoyed their side dishes that night =) Noodles (w/ bean sprouts ew), green beans, and tofu!



I was also craving for snacks. Decided to buy the coconut cookie. I love it so much! It's a little more expensive here though.

I think it was about 45NT=$1.41. It tastes exactly how it's suppose to =)


May 24, 2010

I couldn't sleep until 3AM last night. Getting up 9AM is a pain! I can't believe I woke up at 8AM during the school year everyday >_< I ate lunch in the student cafeteria, got the same Chinese sausage and a different vegetable. The food wasn't as oily as it normally was =)

I also went to the bank to exchange some money. The exchange rate went up! It was 31.33NT per $1USD, now it's 31.89NT! Woot woot! The cents to make a difference!

Ximen

I went to Ximen with Theresa to shop for some clubbing clothes and other things. I had really good luck finding some stuff. But let's start off with food, I love eating at places in Ximen =)

First tried this oyster noodle thing. It was pretty good, but it got too seafoody for me. The meat stuff in there was good as well. 45NT=$1.41


This small bowl didn't fill me up at all. Which was a good thing because I wanted some deep fried chicken!



A small bag for 55NT=$1.72. It was very tasty =) loved it1




On the way back, stumbled upon a clown making things out of the balloon. I couldn't tell if it was a guy or a girl. But the clown made a flower for the boy. The clown told the boy that he should give it to the girl. The clown even hummed the wedding bell songs. It was entertaining and cute. Then the clown spotted Theresa and I and told us to come. So I just went up there and the clown made me a little bear =)

The red bear is now chilling in the living room of my hostel greeting people.


I love shopping

So for some reason, I got really lucky with finding things I wanted. I was doing so well not buying a lot of clothes. I lasted for two weeks and I caved in. These are the things I bought. The only thing I didn't take a picture of were my jeans. I got a pair of jeans for 900NT=$28.22. The store that I got it from even altered my jeans for me for free =) It only took five minutes too, they did a great job.

I really liked the stores I went to. The workers were really friendly. I bought a top at one person's stand. She knew some English and was pretty good at working the customers. She thought Theresa and I were noobs! Theresa wanted a belt that was 390NT. So she told us she would give us a 10% discount that came to 351NT. But since we were foreigners, she would sell it to Theresa for 300NT. But most people just say 300NT if an item was 390NT. So it wasn't new to us. But I give her props!

Two pieces together for 450NT=$14.11.


The new style in Taiwan is to wear the zipper in the front. I put this on top of my clothes in front of the mirror (since you're not allowed to try on tops) to see how it would look like. The worker said I had it on backwards, but putting the "back" as the front looked a lot better.

This top/dress was only 390NT=$12.23! And I can't fit it =( Giving it away to my roomie or my cousins if she can't fit it either.


Belt for 200NT=$6.27


That's all for today! Wait until you see the other clothes I got from today (May 25). =)