Christmas Gathering

Merry Christmas ! (:
Is the time of the year again.
Buying presents for the love ones and spending quality time with them.
This year met up with the girls at Holland V for dinner at Everything With Fries.
The ambiance and setting was not too bad but was kinda cramped.

MIKAYLA'S 1st BDAY

Sbd and I attended Faridah's daughter 1 yr old bday at Changi's bungalow chalet.

Sharing this because I think this is a well organized with fantastic decorations birthday party!
This is one of my favorite parties I have attended so far.
It is a Elmo themed party!

Elmo's balloon! There is a balloon maker (is it called balloon maker?) that are dressed in bright colors and in a very cute outfit! I bet all the kids will love her! She makes really nice figurines of cartoon characters (:

Goodies bag to be distributed to the kids

There is even customized water bottle, biscuits, cookies and lollipop chocolates.


Pretty birthday cake and cupcakes!


Then it was some art painting! You can choose to paint anything that you want.
They are busy discussing on what to draw on his face! Guess what is it?
It is a tiger! Quite cute right! He is a pretending to be a sad tiger. haha

And for me, I only drew a rainbow on my hand! (:

when all the animals gathered tgt! :D

Elmo mascot to end the day!
The elmo looks a bit fake thou! Somehow doesn't looks like how elmo should look like!

After the celebration, we went and catch the movie "Puss in boots".
I really love the expression of the puss! haha Super cute!
I am super proud of myself to be able to blog diligently! (:
Till the next!

Taiwan Day 1 - Jay Restaurant

Let me continue with the rest of Day 1 in Taipei !

After Hello Kitty Restaurant, we split our ways to the nearby SOGO to do some shopping!



SBD was really hungry since we only had dessert earlier on.
We then spotted this Ji Guang Delicious Fried Chicken!
We decided to get one and the interesting part of this shop is that initially we wanted to order the small packet chicken but the sales people will start singing some songs and persuade you to buy the large packet! So we got persuaded by them and bought the large packet chicken.
The chicken is really delicious and nice! Is a must try when you are in Taipei. I hope SG will franchise them in! They are really delicious (:

Satisfied and happy with the chicken he bought!

Sis bought a short from this shop that is very famous online.
Since it was a raining day, they provided us with a little plastic over the paper bag to protect it from the rain. It is really thoughtful of them to do that isn't it.



After 2 hours of shopping, we met up with kirk and sharon to head to Jay's Restaurant.
We took a cab there and the restaurant is located inside a local university.



the "secret" menu!


interior of the restaurant








Some of the food that we ordered! Nothing to rave about on the food.
Since there is a minimum spending of 300NT per pax, each of us got to order a main dish!
Do rem to make reservations if you are going! (:




one of the pose in the show that he acted. haha



The waitress over there are dressed in uniform!


You can skip this place unless you are a fan of Jay Chou.
There is a lot of Jay Chou's personal items over there and of course the only main attraction will be the grand piano that is used in the show that he acted. Sbd bought the note books for his colleagues. It is pretty nice and unique since it can only be bought from Jay's restaurant.
After the dinner, we decided to go to Shi Da night market but it was raining so heavily that we took a cab and head back to the hotel to rest (:

The last photo to end the day with the big clock outside Jay's restaurant!



be back soon with day 2 !

Taiwan Day 1 - Hello Kitty Restaurant

I decided to start blogging on my recent Taiwan trip.

This trip was supposed to be a yearly Bangkok trip but due to the flood we were to postpone the trip. After one week of observing the flood situation, we decided to change the location to Taiwan instead.
Ahem.. This is a good chance since I have been secretly wanting and wishing I can bring SBD to Taiwan :)

Taiwan Day 1

Woke up around 5am in the morning to head to the budget terminal for our flight at 8.30am.
Dad was nice enough to fetch mum, er jie , sbd and me to the airport.
It was mum first time taking budget airline as it was suppose to be my da jie who should be going with us. Due to some work commitments, she couldn't go and so mum went along with us. So I think is pretty exciting for her. We kinda pre-empt her what she should be expected of the budget airline.

Warning: Massive photos ahead!

er jie and mummy


Sleepy head early in the morning!

This is what we started the day with
Mac Big Breakfast


Us in the plane.
We are so lucky that we got free upgrade to wider leg space seats (:
There we are at the very first row.


he is so happy with his wider leg space seat!


After 4 hours plus on the plane, we finally reach Taiwan Tao Yuan International Airport.
We are greeted by those Chinese wordings everywhere we go.
So here is a little guide:

Look for signs that says : "Bus to city"
There are a number of bus companies and you just have to show them the map of your hotel and they will tell you which bus to take. Ours was about 250NT each if I did rem correctly.
This transportation bus is so much cheaper than taking taxi.
It will takes about 45mins to an hour to reach your destination and you will need to walk about
5 -10mins depending on the location of the hotels.
If you were to take a taxi, it will cost you probably cost you 60 - 80sgd.



We took Kuo-kuang as our hotel is very near to Taipei Main Station.



We stayed at Royal Hotel which is very near City Inn.
It was a last min booking as we couldn't find any hotels that have the dates that we wanted. Everywhere else was fully booked on the 12th Nov. Not sure why it is so! But luckily, my colleague Sharon who is there 2 days earlier than us managed to find one that is very near hers and moreover the price is quite reasonable. It was 2000NT per night which is about 86 sgd for 2. This hotel was not fully booked because they do not have an online booking website yet. It was a 7 storey high hotel, pretty small but it have a very nice lobby. It is quite clean and comes with free wifi and have all the necessities that we needed. Just a 5 mins walk to Taipei Main Station. The location is quite good too. So is not too bad since it is an impromptu trip. No pictures of the hotel because we are late for our reservations at the Hello Kitty Restaurant! We rushed out once we checked in the hotel.

waiting for the train




We had a hard time finding the Hello Kitty restaurant! Luckily the people there are really very approachable and friendly! Kirk and Sharon have been waiting for us!



The decoration of the restaurant are very nice! I think all Hello Kitty fans will definitely loves this place. Everything there are all so pinky and cute! There is a minimum spending of 300NT per pax and we are only allowed 2 hours there and it is a must to call and make reservations else you won't get a slot when you reach there! You can order the dessert set which is pretty worth it as it comes with a cake and a drink.





even the ladies toilet are nicely decorated with Hello Kitty!
I got sbd to see if the guy toilet are decorated as well but sadly it is not. haha

mummy in the princess chair!




cashier counter with pretty Taiwan gal.


even the waiter there are dressed in pink! isn't he cute? haha

comes with complimentary pudding

the holder that they use it to place the receipts.




pretty cakes that can't find in SG I suppose?




This is not the end of Day 1 yet!
Will continue the rest at the next post! (: