Back to favourite place - Taiwan!

Yes, I went back Taiwan again. Specifically Taichung and Taipei for this trip. What's going Taiwan without Taipei right! I wouldn't mind going back again but will want to go Kaohsiung and Kenting. Ended exam on 12th and flew on 13th midnight after attending Teng Hoi's bday party. #damnon

Flew with twj and his family so I helped with arranging transport and doing the itinerary. Basically, I booked Uncle Su again to make life easier. 

Pictures not in order. *winks*

 San yi sheng xing train station

 why the sky so blue, unfair 

with his gram n mom

 Sun Moon Lake

Very not appropriately dressed cause YOLO. nola. I came from chalet bday party so I wore shorts until I couldn't take it, I changed to jeans but my shoes were in luggage so decided to just get day one over and done with.

 It was sunny but cooooooool~~~~~

 Maple leaves!!! If u like maple trees, head to Au Wan Da Park. 

 At Puli Winery

Pls buy CARTONS of the ma you chicken mee, it's damn gooooooood! 

 I made him posed but I think he enjoyed hahaha

 what's SML without ah po tea eggs? hehe!

 SML

 Spot the cable car that leads to Jiu Zu Wen Hua Chun, the Aboriginal Village

 sun sets really early during winter, the sky turned dark at 5 plus and it became pitch dark at 7pm. 

A long journey back to Nantou and checked into our minsu Uncle Su arranged. Up at the mountain, we were FREEZING. Dinner was weng zai ji! I had it once at Wu She Talowan  in the noon and I swear the scenary was magnificent. We had a table FULL of food and it was YUMMY but I forgot to take namecard. I think goes to mid-mountain and u will see it. so twj volunteered to peel the chicken for us, u will be given gloves(cloth n plastic) and they taste so much better than bbq chicken hahaha!

Hotpot with so many ingredients!

 Breakfast at a shop in Tao Yuan that only locals go. Claimed to the better than DTF XLB! NOT BAD! 

Sakura prawns! Addictive shit. 

Reached Tao Yuan Int Airport at 6am. So the day began and we had a long long day. 

Breakfast at Tao Yuan

San Yi Sheng Xing Train Station

Puli Winery

Sun Moon Lake for lunch

Sun Moon Lake 

Nantou cingjing for dinner

Min Su (Starvilla) 

Happy 21st Shaun!

 Ready for Illumi run yo! Haha! Kenny gave me his light stick and twj gave me his orange wristband

 Since it's bright, so everyone started snapping haha 

 Heights no matter yo! =P

 Just fooling around with the light stick

 The aftermath

 Brought twj to town and treated him to whatever food he wanted hahaha I wanted to go Jade restaurant but it's ok we can save it for next time! 

 Dinner was spent with his family at seafood paradise and with his favourite cake, requested by him truely... the chocolate banana cake was yum!)

 :D

 As usual, the v awkward him with cake and camera. 

sorry twj, didnt plan anything else for u cause of the tight schedule with tests and exams. After my exams, I shall make up to it ok. I know ur 20th bday was more exciting but I just rmb last year I hadnt begun school! Last year bday lunch @ Ocean Restuarant.. dining with a magnificent view of the aquarium. 

We went zouk out too hahaha ur bday very happening uh! Ok la, this year got illumi run! :P

 Did u grow? Ur hair maybe.

 I had light sticks last year and I got them this year too!! 

 @ zoukout

too bad we are not going this year but since it doesnt fall on ur bday, we shall skip it and enjoy taiwan

HAHAHA forever same face n expression.. Last yr bday photo. 

Happy 21st birthday my dear. When u turn 21, I'm quite sad cause I gonna turn a year older soon. haha! I vividly remembered the first bday I spent with u together with ur softball team. I hope to make every of ur bday memorable and we are just done w 6 bdays of urs and I look forward to many more ahead! This year probably marks ur milestone in MMA and work hard, don't give up. 

I can't wait for my 3 papers to be over then we can finally hit the gym, gobble all the good food, go shopping and nua during rainy days. Sorry if I have neglected u but am really stressed over these few modules. 

Happy December!

Recently, Shaun put his training to the test when he tried out for the Evolve MMA Competition Team. His hard work was rewarded, and he was invited to join the team and train under the Evolve Fight Team’s Head Coach, Heath Sims. Since then, Shaun has continued to work hard, and he has shown the potential to become a future professional mixed martial artist. We believe Shaun has all the tools to become a great mixed martial artist. 
I got this from Evolve's web. hehehe! 
Then...
Fellow Singaporean Shaun Tay needed even less time, finishing his opponent by TKO in the first round.
I saw on Yahoo's sport article.
Well done baby. Please continue to train hard and hopefully no more injury. U don't know how happy I was when I saw the photo up on the fb page and I still asked my sister, hand up means win right! HAHAHA! 7 hours u were uncontactable was a bit worrying but glad u did it :D 
Spent my first day of the last month with the family. I had so much fun and love. It was baby niece's baby shower and baby nephew's 1st birthday. Dinner with cousin n siblings at Ice Edge and parents were on good mood probably, treated us and offered to ferry us to and fro. AND I did a crazy thing today. But it will grow back so I'm not really bothered just hope the new tutees' parents understand that I'm 21. 
Gotta start mugging alr.....................................................
***less than 2 weeks to holidays!***

Sister's 19th

We had YUMMY dinner! YEAH! Dined at AMK Boon Thong Kee the day before wei's bday w aunt and uncle so there were a total of 9 of us!

 Family. I should stop getting tanner. =X

I know wei loves the present hahaha 

So yummy! Treat from dad. 

Hope u are doing well and HOPE u win the fight, hopefully u dont get injured. 

November is coming to an end... Leaving the last month of the 21st year... I am really very broke. My jaw literally dropped when I looked through my bank history hahaha ALL THANKS to the Vegas trip. I still have birthday parties to attend = more $$$ to spend haha but it's a form of blessings to the birthday babies! Focusing on studying now, putting everything else aside. After exam and I will have my share of fun. My yoga lessons are ending soon and I had so much fun. Yoga is different from acrobat, do not force ur body for a nice posture cause u are harming it instead of boosting your well-being. I have a lot more to improve but my teacher is toooooo kind and she is a vegan so she is a very holy person IMO. 

MID-NOVEMBER

This is my chaota pancakes hahaha ok not burnt but I don't know why it turned out so brown

I used organic apple cinnamon pancake mix and added a lot of others! I rmb putting in oegg,flaxseed,oatmeal,almond,peanut butter all organic. The only non-organic item is the maple syrup but it's sugarless so I think it redeemed itself hahaha! 

 I use annie's organic mac & cheese low sodium and topped it with an organic scrambled egg (with rice milk added to replace milk)

 I like pasta but I only have kamut+quinoa twisted pasta at home. Those colorful shells are my sister's organic pasta hahaha! Dad seasoned pork chops and it's been so long since I eat (^@^)

 My happy pills! Did i grow shorter or they grow taller hahaha

 Kenrick's 21st 

Honoured to be the only HTM-ers there hahaha and managed to catch up with pri/sec sch friends. 

1 more month to Taiwan trip! Embrace myself for the last month of Winter sem! Tests and Exams, leggo!!! 

Finally settled air ticket for Vegas. It's mind-blowing. 

thanks to sihui alot alot for the help offered hahaha so I guess network makes the world goes round 

I have decided not to stay overnight in Seoul cause I chose to save money...

If I want to have fun in Seoul, I will save money for a trip there after graduation since Vegas gonna cost a NUCLEAR bomb. hahahah! So I am gonna be just satisfied with a day trip in seoul. 

THENNNNN I need to go hospital to take my vaccines... HORROR pls. WHY IS STATES SO BOTHERING UH?! Half a year to go but there are so many damn things to settle. It's exciting to know that u gonna explore states but I know for sure even 5 weeks are not sufficient hahahah 

November and December gonna be my relaxing months to study and prepare for exam since those tuition has toned down during holidays and I can spend more time on yoga and hopefully have more discipline for meditation. hehehe I have gotten my secret life code!!! ^.^

Hola November!

Meet this organic vegan dumpling soup w brown rice meehoon!

$8.50

 my didi is growing up hahaha helping mum at the stalls

 Waiting for food to be served!! 

 Practising bridge after Yoga and Meditation 

Makisan with the usual girls yunkay n huiying after school! I love my colorful bowl! Hehe! Cha soba salad w asparagus, tamago, tempura onion, grilled peppers, grilled eggplants, jap sweet potato and pine nuts!! $9.90 but it's soooo filling!

Last weekend went to help mum and I couldn't even recall when was my last time there. My weekends had been spent giving tuition and working at Dunhill and I actually neglected mum. HAHA I bet she hopes I don't even rmb so she can save $$$ Wanted to have dinner w family at Hai Di Lao since it's been real long since we had a nice dinner but HDL was fully booked. SOBS. Yeah, sep-nov we have no special occasion till wei's bday so that explains the time spent w family is so little hahaha My dad thinks he is a superman he can work from 4am to 10pm and he is really busy for the past one month haish I really hope my las vegas trip is not one of his reasons why... Anyway, I had decided to bring them to Canto kitchen at Chinatown. twj n family brought me there and the food was not bad and not expensive but the only prob is that the restaurant is hidden near to carpark of people park complex. I love to do nothing but walk around talking w them cause my parents are too adorable and my siblings are too annoying hahaha! 

Some time back, I got psychoed by Andy to join newton run 32km. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED HIM DOWN hahahahah but he persisted and I gave in... but only registered for 18km. So I got two nice guys ws and John to accompany me and they did hahahaha! I have been spending a lot of money on runs and my parents didn't nag at all muahahaha This year's runssss can buy one ticket to taiwan alr... It was scary cause I have nv nv run for so long before and flu and cough bugs chose to visit me during this time thanks to my sister!!!! I choose run according to dates haha I will nv register for run during my period week *blink* And I have nv liked running in park!!! I tell myself to keep going cause after the run I can go home and have a nice sleep, I was so nervous I couldn't sleep well and I survived w a few hours of sleep. At the mark of 13-14km I really felt soooo bad I couldn't even cough properly hahahah #weakisme but seeing those 32km runners really motivates! I kept pushing, my two legs were sore, I sweat a few buckets, the sun really no give chance, my eyes almost go blind, blood is not circulating to my arms hahahaha  BUT I did it. I completed it within my 2hrs target without any walking... I almost vomitted after the run I think I drank too much Pocari hahahahah! And then I suffered from bad muscle ache for the next 4 days till yoga. HAHA I walked like a duck but it was so satisfying.