Oops… This is a long overdue entry…. I am supposed to do this entry centuries ago… but only recently when I install Picasa… (I know… late boomer… but not because I don’t know, but I don’t want to… but I guess for the sake of blogging and to kill many birds (ie photos) with 1 stone… That would be the best solution.

Text adapted from Jane’s blog. (Jane… in the end.. I took your text… not your pics… lol)
From the Asia Pacific Regional Rotaract Conference, I got to know Yi Hsing from Taoyuan. She was so nice to host us for our trip this time.

When you are in Ximending, how can you not miss the famous Ah Zhong Mian Xian? In a nutshell, it’s rice vermicelli noodles, with pig’s intestines/oyster in a thick brown gravy. After taking a mouthful… Woah! It’s heaven!!!! Singapore’s Mee Sua cannot compare to the original Taiwan’s Ah Zhong Mee Sua! Although over the shop, we have to stand and enjoy since there is no chairs or tables…but hey…who’s complaining when its such a delicious food. Be Warned..the Queue is long!!

There is so much food in Ximending as it is quite a hugee area..so be prepare to have enough room to stomach. List of food that I consumed to be tabulate later.

After in the afternoon, it’s the obligatory tourist trip to Taipei 101! Damn it, it’s damn tall! As you can see, I have to lie on the ground in order to take a full view of the building.. But what the heck… no one knows me anyway!

To go up to the highest level of Taipei 101 which is also the viewing gallery, we took the life which could take us up within 40seconds. Even taking the life is an entertaining experience….

Dinner time! How can you not go to Taiwan’s famous night market? So makan, makan and more makan! We ate sweet potatoes, taiwan sausages, fried food, donuts before settling ‘dinner’. Actually, not much of dinner, but more snacks! So, we had Spicy (Ma La)Smelly Tofu! Surprising, it is not as smelly as I had eaten before in Singapore… in fact, I enjoyed it! *lol*
After visiting Taipei 101, we stopped by a donut cafe and Macs for a snack. After that, we went to one of the night markets of Taipei…woah …more food….As we walked along the night market…we snacked on taiwan sausages, fried snacks and finally settled down to a tiny eating place that specializes in Smelly Tofu. I was surprised that the smelly tofu here is not as pungent as those I had in Singapore. It is more palatable and it taste quite good. We ordered a normal tofu and spicy tofu. After walking a bit more, we headed to Cheng Ping, a 24 hour bookstore and that’s where i got a jap 3d book as a belated birthday present.

After that, we headed back to the hotel for a good night rest.

Thanks to Ellen from LTB/LTM, I finally had a chance to taste the famous, legendary KRISPY KREME!

And after trying it, I had finally understood the fuss and the popularity of this famous donut. It is DAMN delicious~! (Even though the dough nut is 1 day ago. Whatever.)

Imagine: The moment you bite into the donut, the sugar rushes through the brain, giving you an immediate adrenaline rush and making you ask for more! Fortunately (or not), there’s only one for everyone.

However, thank goodness there’s only one. Think of the calories! (Just checked krispy kreme website. 1 original glazed dough nut contains *ahem* only 200 calories… Which is still acceptable. As long as you don’t eat 10 in a day. Which is the daily maximum calories intake for an adult)

Meanwhile, I shall settle for local doughnuts. Which is NOT DONUT FACTORY. Which I heard from friends who queued (longest record, 4.5 hours, *hey hey* you know who you are ;P), mentioning that it has been over-rated. As for my source of dough nuts? Why should I tell you? I don’t want to risk the possibility that I would need to queue for the donuts. I love my donuts, and I am intending to keep it a secret. *bbbbwwwwaaahhhaaa!!*

Meanwhile… enjoy the donuts I had in Taipei!!!!

Hey folks~~

I will be out of town from 21 December to 31 December~~

Would check my e-mail regularly (that is, me@limyishun.net), or you can contact me at my mobile (auto-roaming… but don’t abuse it folks!)

Meanwhile, Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year 2007!

It has been a long time since I have been there.

However, due to a twist of fate (or rather, a twist in the eccentric weather during December), Max and I went to The V Tea Room for some relaxation.

And ended up with my all time favourite, the Turkish Apple Tea, and the melt cake!

However, instead of having my usual mango melt cake today, I tried another favor with contains 2 of the fatal ingredients that can ‘kill’ me: Chocolate and Cheese!

Wah!!! This chocolate cheese melt cake literally melt me~~! The thick dark chocolate cake with the dark chocolate melt, and having cheese cubes in the cake~~ woah~~ this is so sinful that I will willing to die for it! However, I forgot the name of the cheese that is inside (but what I remembered that it is some sort of creamy cheese) but it is F-A-B-ulous!

As usual, the store manager (I guess) Amy was there with her megawatts smile and excellent service which makes your day~! I was so impressed with her where she can actually remembers the likes and dislikes of her customers despite of the number of customers she has everyday! GEMS should present her an award for setting the standard, or rather exceeding the standard in the service industry!

Anyway, had a haircut by Max, which was, in my humble opinion (I was telling a friend how I wanted to put this phase down, so fun *lol*), excellent and wonderful! However, forgot to take a photo of my hair, which I shall do it in due time soon.

Anyway, was a great day, at V Tea Room, and talking nonsense and bickering nonsense with Max today. It was a damn great day especially when we had not meet up for sooooooooooo looooooooooong.

Anyway, *8* mooooooooooooore days~~~~~

It’s finally here!!

I have been waiting for 1 whole %&%$#$ %&%$#$ year for this show!

It’s the tenth year anniversary for Chestnut series – FORBIDDEN CHESTNUTS: PORTRAIT OF A BROKEBACK GEISHA. I was waiting for their show this whole bloody year! Finally, it’s here….

Ok, any takers? It’s 10-20 January! Trust me! You will not reg regret watching this show.

To know more, here’s the link : http://www.nowstagethis.com/events-chestnuts07.html
To invite me to go, SMS me! *lol*

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This is so funny! Xiaxue Vs Steven Lim! They can be the next new comedy duo…

Although today is my bird-day, I had an early ‘birthday breakfast celebration’ with the JKL team yesterday morning at the Botanic Gardens.

Ha ha! Having breakfast at Botanic Gardens sia~~ When was the last time I did that? If I did not recalled wrongly, there was 1 time when Uncle Adrian brought us there for breakfast too! Although I forget what was it about… (something about Rotaract if I am not wrong!)

Well… As usual… photo gallery!

Part 1 of the breakfast! Tempted you more below….

Lilian and Me. I told JKL that I will put this photo up delibrately!!! Ha ha!! Those who know will know the reason why!

More food! Imagine – 4 sets of Western Breakfast, consisting of hot buttery croissant (I luv the butter smell), multi grain toast (smeared with butter(!) and jam), grilled tomatoes (My only complain is that the serving is too little), grilled bacon (I was watching Will & Grace the night before and Grace was savoring on fried bacon. And I had grilled bacon! It was grilled perfectly where it is not too oily but with the appropriate amount of fats), sausages, hash brown, scrambled eggs, toss salad, fruits, orange juice and tea! It is a huge spread!

Lastly, a photo of JKL & J! Ha ha~~~~~

That’s all folks for the updates… will add more photos once I got from Jane!

This is very touching story… Thank you Clarence for the story… lol

*Kleenex on standby*!