was still nursing my conjunctivitis when i left for taipei,
and i went on board contact lens-less
so it was all a little blurry.
but i didn't bump into anyone, or anything,
so all's good.
still, touched down pink-eyed,
and the 2-hour bus ride to the hotel didn't help my aching body.
traffic jam all the way,
no thanks to it being a friday night,
and also to the anti-ah-bian protests that were going on.
managed to make it to the shi ling night market though,
and it's quite interesting to see a sea of red-shirted taiwanese on the train,
all pumped up from their rallying.
the shi ling night market didn't disappoint.
we stopped by the hawker centre nearby first,
to fill our empty tummies with local delicacies
like frog egg drinks and orh lua with funny pink sauce.
didn't buy much as we trooped down the shopping strip,
mainly coz we're rather tired
and we spent too much time looking for the ji pa (fried chicken).
still, it was an interesting first view of taipei
and i'll definitely see more of it (and actually do some shopping)
the next time i'm there.
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the boy was in transit at chiang kai shek airport
when i was sleeping in the taipei hotel.
thought that was fairly amusing.
he got my macbook a lovely new traveling case
from the apple store in the states.
it's black and custom-fit,
slim and still with space for accessories,
and it has a lovely velvety inner lining.
so sweet he called me twice from the store,
just to make sure he got the right one,
and also coz he couldn't decide on the color haha
ok. end of blackperiod paragraph. quit puking. =P
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