Saturday, August 30, 2008
So fast another day has passed. Realli Thank God for the ways he has helped us today. Earlier in the morning around 930am after we said our goodbyes to the Korean missionary in the Sanwan church, we are planning to take the bus to the train station. However, we found out one of the kids parents in the church can drive us to the train station instead. So God provided for us in ways we cannot imagine.
Later on in the afternoon, we walked around Taichung city, doing abit of shopping n sightseeing. Things are realli a bargain, and I bought 2 shirts n 2 pants at onli less than 20 Sing dollars. Another thing that I have learnt today is to always check the arrival of trains and buses. Reason being they come in 40minutes intervals. So today we wasted quite abit of time waiting for buses. The hostel I am staying in tonight is further away from city, buts its cheaper n quieter. Alright, will be looking forward to Alishan tmr. :)
Later on in the afternoon, we walked around Taichung city, doing abit of shopping n sightseeing. Things are realli a bargain, and I bought 2 shirts n 2 pants at onli less than 20 Sing dollars. Another thing that I have learnt today is to always check the arrival of trains and buses. Reason being they come in 40minutes intervals. So today we wasted quite abit of time waiting for buses. The hostel I am staying in tonight is further away from city, buts its cheaper n quieter. Alright, will be looking forward to Alishan tmr. :)
Labels: Taichung Stay
29th of August. 2nd day Im in Taiwan. IT was a packed but fulfilling day today. Early in the morning around 10am we went to visit our university at National Taiwan Uni of Sci n Tech. Before that, I heard the my uni was rather old, but it turned out fine. Its slightly bigger the the faculty of Engineering in NUS. We toured around the school and ate a prata cum meat for breakfast. Later in the morning, we went to put our big luggage at Jian Sheng frens place. This is so that we can travel around Taiwan with a more manageable load.
Towards the afternoon, we headed towards Sanwan in Miaoli County by coach. It was a nice and spacious bus. Realli thank God for that trip where we managed to rest for bout 1 hour plus and recharge ourselves more. We met my friend, Esther at the bus interchange and she drove us around the village and town area for sightseeing and market shopping. Enjoyed the town atmosphere of the area, a fresh change from the busy, noisy and hectic city area.
We had delicious beef noodles for dinner and after that went to shop around the Toufen area. Cant believe I had a real bargain as I bought 2 packet of tidbits, 3 packets of wet tissue & 1 bath foam for only less than 5 Sing Dollars. Soon, we headed back to the Sanwan church to rest for the night. Really thank God for providing us with nice weather, comfortable transport and helpful ppl all around us. Will post pictures up soon when I have more time. :)
Towards the afternoon, we headed towards Sanwan in Miaoli County by coach. It was a nice and spacious bus. Realli thank God for that trip where we managed to rest for bout 1 hour plus and recharge ourselves more. We met my friend, Esther at the bus interchange and she drove us around the village and town area for sightseeing and market shopping. Enjoyed the town atmosphere of the area, a fresh change from the busy, noisy and hectic city area.
We had delicious beef noodles for dinner and after that went to shop around the Toufen area. Cant believe I had a real bargain as I bought 2 packet of tidbits, 3 packets of wet tissue & 1 bath foam for only less than 5 Sing Dollars. Soon, we headed back to the Sanwan church to rest for the night. Really thank God for providing us with nice weather, comfortable transport and helpful ppl all around us. Will post pictures up soon when I have more time. :)
Labels: Fulfilling day in Taipei n Miaoli
Friday, August 29, 2008
Hey everyone I have reached Taipei safely le. Thanks for all the prayers n all. Right now staying in a hostel near a university. So far so good, transit been smooth n people are helpful. But I will stay vigilant as I am still in a foreign land n cannot take things for granted. After all our luggage were placed in our hostel, its already bout 8plus. So we took a walk down to the night market where he had our late dinner. Eat from different stalls in the night market for dinner. It was yummy. Had chicken chop pieces, Thai BBQ chicken rice and bubble tea. Was real full for it. Kk, I shall let the pictures tell my story so I can go rest soon heh :)
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
One more day to my departure to Taiwan. I have already packed most of my stuff. Thanks to the training in army, I have learnt the art of being compact and squeezing into one luggage. This is the picture of the main luggage bag Im bringing, besides 2 other hand carry bags.
Feeling a little excited, and trying to keep an open mind as to what I will experience there, be it good or bad. For the first 10 days of my time in Taiwan, I will travelling all around Taiwan, together with a few other fellow friends who are going there for exchange. Earlier in the day went to have a jog in order to build up my stamina for the backpacking around Taiwan. Heh. Yup, lets hope that I didnt forget to bring any important thing over to Taiwan :)
Labels: Pre-Trip
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
A map of the campus over in Taipei. Dont be mistaken, my university is not the one in the nice blue, pink colours haha. Thats National Taiwan university, the best uni in taiwan. Mine is the one Opposite, in white colour. NAtional Taiwan uni of sci n tech, also not bad ba, one of the better technology unis in Taiwan. I can actually walk to GongGuan MRT station in bout 15 mins time, from what i heard from senior who went b4.
Labels: Map of my school there, Rather small
Hello Blog n Everyone! This is actually a super old blog which i Created long ago but didn put in many entries. So, I have decided to use this blog as a travelogue cum updates on myself in Taiwan. I promise to at least post pictures onto this blog, and hopefully I will have the habit of typing details of my life n experience in Taiwan.
For the next 4 n a half months, my location will be in National Taiwan University of Sci & Technology hostel, Taipei, Taiwan. Yup, its gonna be interesting living overseas for a longer period of time than I have been b4. One of the main purposes of this blog is for friends, family and relatives like U back home in Singapore to read bout me and my latest updates from there. Feel free to post any comments, tags, suggestions or even advice of any kind.
Zhi Fei
志飞
For the next 4 n a half months, my location will be in National Taiwan University of Sci & Technology hostel, Taipei, Taiwan. Yup, its gonna be interesting living overseas for a longer period of time than I have been b4. One of the main purposes of this blog is for friends, family and relatives like U back home in Singapore to read bout me and my latest updates from there. Feel free to post any comments, tags, suggestions or even advice of any kind.
Zhi Fei
志飞
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