taiwan/japan day 2-3
Saturday, November 25, 2006
mused @ 6:07 PM
tis day 3 of taiwan. well, yesterday... we did a bit of house cleaning in the morning. we are after all stay in our own home in taipei. we had lunch at home and headed off to this place called B & Q and Hola, where they sell wholesale furniture and nice stuff on the whole. they sold very zen-like plants in testtubes in Hola and other whacky furniture ideas there. we had a tea-break at this coffee house near the shops and walked back the rest of the way to shilin metro before taking a mrt back to jiantan where we live. my chinese is failing me horribly here and i am dead scared of people asking me complicated chinese questions, to which i answer: 'shi', even though i don't know what in the world they are saying. damn, should have studied harder for chinese.
today, woke up earlier and went to a road side store to eat Authentic Oyster Mee Sua. And yes, it is cheaper and better then the one you get at the Shilin Night Snacks Store in lot one. elections are around the corner for the provinces of Taipei and Kaoshiung and everyday we see cute little green/blue/orange trucks with speakers driving around saying why they are the best (the candidates, not the trucks) will never get this kind of thing in sg due to the election policies set in place. got a few candidates flags and tissues with their faces on them...
did my hair; not dyed just steamed and washed, at a place near the Mee Sua road side store called Xiao Ti Hair Salon, whose owner is a guy called Jason. the service there is excellent (free drink before wash, choice of magazine or papers, nice people doing your hair etc) he even cut my hair a bit for free! definately going back there for my dye.
went to gongguan station for lunch and went to a jap restuarant azabu sabo (4th in 2 weeks) where i had some funky mushroom/crab/egg food with redbean and ice cream dessert. got new brown leather shoes for general casual wear at the streets along the national taiwan uni which i will call NTaiU.
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