Kelly, my colleague from SH needs a dress for our Aomen event. So with this mission on hand, we met Diana, Rosa & Lunchia for an afternoon of shopping in Taipei.
After hunting the entire afternoon, Kelly got her dress. She tried it on in the 1st shop we looked, but being women, we decided to KIV & looked in 10 more shops in the same area before concluding that the 1st dress was the best.
We made a brief stop at the 忠孝东路 （hope I got the Chinese characters correct) Starbucks & met up with my fellow SST-er, David. He was with a customer who is also happen to be his personal friend. The 2 of them kept us well entertained - listening to the 2 of them was like watching a Taiwanese variety show. Hilarious.
That afternoon, I bought NOTHING! None of the clothes I saw were really my style. The only shop that suited my taste was Mng & it's cheaper in Spore. Good!!!
We then met with some other colleagues (all guys - whom couldn't bear the thought of spending an afternoon shopping with 5 gals) for dinner at Shaoba, a jap bbq place. It's buffet style (with 6 flavours of Haagen Dazs!) & is apparently very popular. So popular that there are only 2 seatings for dinner: 6 or 8pm. The food is pretty good but you will have to love meat.. & be willing to smell of oil & smoke after dinner.
We took the 6pm sitting - check out the crowd waiting to go in for the 8pm slot.
From left: Lunchia (my team mate) & Rosa
Me, Diana & Kelly
The guys that refused to go shopping with us
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Got one more guy actually, but can only see part of his arm here...
To end the night, some of us decided to check out EZ5, a bar that is well know for it's live music
Here I must say: All the bands at Luna - go take a hike, fly kite or sign up for of 10 year of unpaid internship with any of the singers at EZ5.
"EZ5" is not exactly the hippest of names. It's an obscure looking bar tucked in the corner of... (I can't remember where. Will find out). It's cramp, smoky (no smoking in nightspots rule does not apply in Taiwan) & has a not so fantastic toliet (swatting ONLY. very unglam).
The bar's main attraction is the live band performance and I MUST rave about the QUALITY of the singers!!! This should how cheena bands should be!!! The 2 bands I saw both can sang AND have they have fantastic showmenship. They really really know how to rouse a crowd. It was like watching another Taiwanese variety show - this time with great singing thrown in.
Great way to end the night.
Day 2 - Healthy Living
I spend the night at my aunt's place as we intended to go hiking on Sun morning.
We ended setting off at 3pm (after a BUFFET lunch... I am surrounded by food-lovers... very bad...). It was a steep climb at the beginning & I think during this part, my aunt & uncle were totally regreting their decision to go hiking.
But we were rewarded by THIS at the top!!!
My 小阿姨 & uncle
Taipei city in the background
On my way back to UCL, i shopped a bit at the shops around Taipei Train station . And I finally fulfilled my stockings fetish.
I have always had a thing for "textured" stockings - now I finally have the excuse to buy!
These are more like SOCK-kings - great for short skirts
No need to shave legs for the next few months liao :)
2 comments:
the sockings i lurrveeeee...... i waaaaaaannnnttttt.......
Cool Right?! They have dark grey, light grey, brown, black, beige, navy blue... But u wear in Spore a bit bit hot neh??
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