The Start

The last day of Angeline's long leave is also the start of a new hunt. Angeline and Albert have been on the hunt for the past week. They have been to Singapore Botanic Gardens, Fort Canning, Fairmont, Swiss Cafe and many others are still on their list. Those venues that are to Angeline's liking are not to the likes of Albert's pocket. This is indeed tricky and time is not with them with the overload at work.

As noted, the first stop is Singapore Botanic Gardens. Alan and Hazel were very kind to accompany them on the site visit. After walking around the ENTIRE park for 1 hour, the 2 couples decided to hitch a ride on the buggy back to the car park. Upon switching on the air-con when they got into the car, Hazel praised the inventor of air-con and everyone applauded.








P/S: Angeline and Albert decided that Singapore Botanic Gardens is not going to be the venue.

Before 2010

came knocking on Angeline's door, Angeline went to knock on the doors of IndoChine (Club Street) and had a taste of Asian Fine Dinning. All Angeline could say was the bonus came in time to pay for the dinner!

The bonus also came at the right time to pay for Angeline's shopping after dinner. Thankfully, the desserts at Ji De Chi was sponsored by Albert! Well, it could have been a better idea for Albert to sponsor Angeline's shopping actually. Is it too late to regret?
























P/S: Angeline, Albert, Alan and Hazel have a common New Year's resolution.
P/P/S: So, Angeline did go to Ji De Chi after all.

A Christmas without Snow

For the past 26 years of Angeline's life, she never had a Christmas with snow. In 2009, Christmas was celebrated with smoke. The clique decided to organise a BBQ Christmas Gathering at Alan's mother's house, as she was out of town on the eve itself. That was quite an idea. Think about it!

Angeline had her last BBQ when she was 20 years old. Freaking 6 years apart could do lots of damage, for example, the fire got started after 1 hour odd (with Angeline's contribution too). If you are thinking of the preparation work, the clique was smart enough to order EVERYTHING from BBQ Express, which includes mesh wire, tongs, paper plates, plastic forks, plastic spoons, butter, fire starters, ice, drinks, fried rice, fried bee hoon, chicken wings, chicken cutlet, hot dogs, crab sticks, marshmallows and more. Angeline thought it was rather a good bargain for only about S$180.00, which came up to about S$20.00 per person. Angeline was just thinking if they could help to start the fire too, she would not mind paying for the charges too.

In a nutshell, the BBQ Christmas Gathering 2009 was a BLAST!

































P/S: Angeline opts for steamboat for Christmas in 2010.
P/P/S: Christmas exchange took place at Alan's house.
P/P/P/S: Not forgetting Wii and Mahjong too!

A Gentle Reminder

Just in case you are not aware, the entries about the Taipei are in random and they are done!

Counting on...

11 years ago, a group of Convent girls graduated from St. Theresa's Convent and moved onto different directions in life. 11 years later, this same group of Convent girls met up for their annual gathering. The venue was decided at Orchard Central.

With everyone trying to outwit each other in remembering their classmates and teachers, Angeline realised that she has forgotten quite a significant number of names from her convent days. This is indeed worrying for Angeline.

Angeline always love bitching around with the convent girls because gossips are always meant for sharing. Angeline likes that last bit the best.






P/S: Angeline hopes that someone would be able to attend the gathering in 2011.

Beep! Beep!

was the sound that the indicator would made when your order at Xian Yu Xian was ready for collection. How cool is that right!!!

On the very first night in Taipei, Angeline and Albert patronised Xian Yu Xian. They were walking along the streets and feeling very (very, very) cold when they saw this shop serving hot desserts. Without hesitation, the couple walked in, took a seat and ordered a bowl of Almond Paste for sharing. It was indeed a good choice because it was such a big bowl of Almond Paste full of ingredients and it was only for NT$50.

As Angeline was typing this entry, she was thinking of visiting 'Ji De Chi' at Jurong Point for some hot desserts. It is so obvious that she could not fly all the way to Taipei to eat the Almond Paste. Therefore, the Almond Paste at 'Ji De Chi' should do the trick for the time being.








P/S: Angeline did not go to 'Ji De Chi'.
P/P/S: Instead, she went to IndoChine.

Believe it!

Wu Fen Bu was a shopping paradise for Angeline. In contrast, Xi Men Ding was a shopping paradise for Albert and Angeline was not so fascinated at Xi Men Ding. Given Albert's spending habit, he actually bought 1 pair of Nike shoes, 1 pair of Adidas shoes and a bag at Xi Men Ding. For Angeline, that was something to remember about.

At Xi Men Ding, Angeline and Albert walked past a row of 'Zua Zua Le' machines. Honestly, Angeline did not know the name of those machines and it was given to them by Angeline herself. Just like 4 years ago, Albert went to Taipei, caught a dog, brought it back to Singapore and gave it to Angeline. 4 years later, Albert went to Taipei, caught a turtle and gave it to Angeline in Taipei. Angeline just told Albert that he is good with such machines. Albert seems to believe Angeline.

Did Angeline mention that Albert has a liking for CURRY? He had been eating Curry on every occasion that he could have. Without a doubt, Albert saw the 'Curry House' at Xi Men Ding and wanted to eat there. Angeline became the photographer during his dinner. You could guess as much that Angeline is not a great fan of Curry as compared to Albert.

P/S: The pink TURTLE is sitting on Angeline's desk now.
P/P/S: Angeline and Albert did not eat at the Toilet Theme Restaurant.
P/P/P/S: Angeline just thought that it was cute and wanted to take photographs of it.

Clouds Nine

Angeline was literally on clouds nine when she went to Wu Fen Bu at Hou Shan Pi. Wu Fen Bu was a shopping paradise for Angeline. How could it not be when Angeline bought 15 pieces of clothing, 6 bags, 5 hairbands, 4 pairs of shoes and some miscellaneous accessories (belt and earings)? Angeline even went to Wu Fen Bu again on the very last night to spend the remaining NT dollars.

Bring Wu Fen Bu to Singapore, as Angeline could not go there very often. This seems like a better way. Angeline is so smart!






P/S: There is really no wholesale shopping in Singapore.

The Kick-Start

of visiting the Night Markets in Taipei was Tong Hua. The first packet of Chicken Cutlet was bought at that night market. The first pot of internal organs was eaten at that night market. The first bag that Angeline bought in Taipei was purchased at Tong Hua. Thus, Tong Hua should have left a deep impression on Angeline. Due to certain unknown reasons, Angeline did not remember anything else other than the 3 mentioned above. Angeline did not even know how to write 'Tong Hua' in Chinese. Angeline wonders what actually happened. Angeline would like to clarify that she is not getting senile.

P/S: Angeline gave up wondering.

Farewell 2 Taiwan!

Angeline is still wondering how on earth did the 5 days seemed like 5 hours in Taipei. Before Angeline knew it, she was back at Tao Yuan International Airport departing back to Singapore.

Just before she boarded the departure gate, she kept on breathing the last bit of Taipei's cool air as she knew there would be none in Singapore. Maybe she could turn the air con really cool and keeps on breathing whenever she misses the cool air. That's right!








P/S: Angeline has not done that act yet.

Welcome 2 Tawian!

After 2 years of planning (and procrastination), Angeline and Albert finally arrived at Taipei on 30th November 2009. WOW!

When the couple were picked up at Tao Yuan International Airport, the tour guide suggested to them that they might want to wear their coats as the weather was chilly. Angeline and Albert thought that 19 degree Celsius (as reported on SQ876) was just like air-con room temperature and it was unnecessary to wear the coat. WRONG! The moment the couple stepped out from Tao Yuan International Airport, they wore their coat and Angeline zipped it up because the tour guide was right after all.








P/S: The weather was chilly throughout the 5 days stay in Taipei.