taitse and taipei
(lucky no taiphoon)
was in nicky's land for a day
so was his mailman and bringer of felicity.
he met me at taipei 101
where we had yummy korean bbq,
bought a piece of rock for breakfast,
waited damn long for two cups of watermelon juice,
got money from funnily-named banks
and bought the first wine we tasted at jasons
before finally making it to the taxi "rank".
he bundled me into a cab
and told the driver to drive off to a faraway mountain.
green man running, drive-in love motels,
one grumpy cabbie, terrible driving,
"er si wu" and "er shi wu", and several wrong turns later,
we got to his americano friend's obscure, old-school chinese villa
near the top of yang ming shan.
there was an especially lovely corner in the backyard
where we parked ourselves for most of the night,
picking things off the barbie
for a second dinner lit by mosquito coil.
the gigantic mozzies forced us into the sitting room sometime later
and we joined the rest in watching a mad tenacious d movie
until a taxi managed to find us.
onward to shilin night market thereafter,
and we only managed a few steps before being lured by a long queue
and big bright signs at a dessert place.
tried their "zhao pai" which consisted of gui lin gao and taro balls,
their soya bean curd with peanuts, and taro balls with barley.
interesting, and the taro balls were nice and chewy,
but it was otherwise not very spectacular.
two hours of walking aimlessly (on my part at least) ensued.
i hunted for ikuro,
bought little rubbishes like cheesecake and sparkly "anna s" makeup,
and a pair of little socks that nicky said looks like tiny underwear.
i also got a sheet of stickers with cartoons and my name made -
i'm going to go on a sticking spreeeeee!
(the first one went onto nicky's berms,
but i can't post that picture
coz he said he had four chins and something else in it.)
(lucky no taiphoon)
was in nicky's land for a day
so was his mailman and bringer of felicity.
he met me at taipei 101
where we had yummy korean bbq,
bought a piece of rock for breakfast,
waited damn long for two cups of watermelon juice,
got money from funnily-named banks
and bought the first wine we tasted at jasons
before finally making it to the taxi "rank".
he bundled me into a cab
and told the driver to drive off to a faraway mountain.
green man running, drive-in love motels,
one grumpy cabbie, terrible driving,
"er si wu" and "er shi wu", and several wrong turns later,
we got to his americano friend's obscure, old-school chinese villa
near the top of yang ming shan.
there was an especially lovely corner in the backyard
where we parked ourselves for most of the night,
picking things off the barbie
for a second dinner lit by mosquito coil.
the gigantic mozzies forced us into the sitting room sometime later
and we joined the rest in watching a mad tenacious d movie
until a taxi managed to find us.
onward to shilin night market thereafter,
and we only managed a few steps before being lured by a long queue
and big bright signs at a dessert place.
tried their "zhao pai" which consisted of gui lin gao and taro balls,
their soya bean curd with peanuts, and taro balls with barley.
interesting, and the taro balls were nice and chewy,
but it was otherwise not very spectacular.
two hours of walking aimlessly (on my part at least) ensued.
i hunted for ikuro,
bought little rubbishes like cheesecake and sparkly "anna s" makeup,
and a pair of little socks that nicky said looks like tiny underwear.
i also got a sheet of stickers with cartoons and my name made -
i'm going to go on a sticking spreeeeee!
(the first one went onto nicky's berms,
but i can't post that picture
coz he said he had four chins and something else in it.)
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