I am back from my Taiwan trip, in fact, I am back for almost 10 days...but yet I have yet to get back to the momentum to work, still basking in holidays mood. Heehee...already dreaming of my next vacation.
I had my many 1st time in Taipei, Taiwan.
1. my 1st time doing so much walking, really overworked my feet..everyday ended up feeling sore with blisters
2. my 1st time drinking so much water in a day. i know we had to have our daily intake of water...but i am a camel, i don't have to drink much back here in our sunny island
3. my 1st time taking so much public transports. the roads were winding and bus was jerky the whole time, i had to hold on dearly to the pole in case i flew off (i miss my little blackie so much back then)
4. my 1st time speaking in full mandarin (singaporean always converse in rojak language)...think my mandarin improved quite a bit
But...albeit the sore legs and sticky feeling (the sun is shinning at its full force in Taiwan), it was a fun trip. My impression of Taipei, it seemed like time had decided to stop in the 60s one second, but fast forward into the millenium the next. What I meant was...you notice a row of old shophouses...then out of nowhere, a skyscraper. That's how Taipei is. And the people? Very friendly. I remembered we got kinda of lost and we approached this young man who offered to walk us to the night market. The service? Having compared with our very own, I guess we still had much to learn from our chinese counterparts. They have so much pride in their service..I'll be more than glad to pay for the 10% service charge.
It was nevertheless, a food paradise for food lovers, a shopping paradise for shopping fanatics...and definitely a haven for girls alike. There seemed endless of things to buy..only if you are patient enough to dig through bags and bags of merchandise and through endless streets of shops.
I will write in more detail about each of the places that I set foot upon...and hopefully this will inspire you to visit Taiwan.