台北 Day 2 & 3 (4th & 5th July 2012)

Day 2


We woke up at the ungodly hour of 645am to wash up and left for the photoshoot company. We had our make-up and hair done in two hours and off we went with the photographer, his assistant and our make-up teacher for our outdoor shoots! The scorching hot sun was merciless; poor us and the photographer who got sunburnt by the end of the shoot. 


Mel & I are both nature-lovers, so we thought of having a nature-themed photoshoot and requested for nature's scenic views as backdrop for our pictures. But I didn't take much pictures of the places we went and they were so breath-takingly beautiful! Regrets max. 

 

 

Sleepy b with the hair nicely done : )

 On our way to 陽明山. 

We had a total of 5 locations for the photoshoot, 陽明山 was our second location, and we were lucky to have passed by the 後山 of 陽明山, which was really beautiful. I still have a vivid impression of how gorgeous it was. Upon reaching the mountain top, we can't help but felt blessed that we actually had the chance to be there - the serenity in the mountains, the clear sky, bright green grass patch with a few wild cattles.

 The last location of the shoot. 

Tranquil blue sea and its horizon, and the beautiful coral rocks aplenty.

Our photographer called it a wrap at about 5pm, and we reached our motel and prepared to head out for dinner.

 Another BBT from Ximending. This was the bestest deal we had. It's charcoal roasted oolong milk tea from Preso Tea. Words have failed me, it was SO nice we finished it in 5 minutes.

 Yummy mango chua bing for only NTD60 (SGD2.60). Look at how generous they were with the diced mangoes. 

 We spotted MC Hotdog filming his new MV there too. There were lots of people crowding around, watching and taking photos. He's quite arrogant lol.

魯肉飯 for supper again! This time with 煎蔥蛋.

Day 3


After 湯面 for lunch at a streetside near Ximending, we went back to Lishe, the photoshoot company, to choose our photos. The photos turned out so pretty we had a hard time picking 22 from the 163. 


We left for Taipei main station at around 3 to catch our train to Hualien at 440. The ride took about 2 hours, very fast and comfy!

 

I booked our accomodation at Hualien with Sunrise Bed & Breakfast(BB). BB is just a term coined by tourists in Taiwan for 民宿. We stayed in a superior double room (NTD1599 - SGD70)  for the first night since there were no available standard double rooms. 

We headed out for dinner at 自强夜市 shortly after checking in.

 The famous juice store.

I had 綠豆沙牛奶, and b 柳橙蘋果汁. The 綠豆沙牛奶 was awesome.

 Another famous store.

Wide variety of skewers for us to choose from.

  

Behind the scenes: All the hard work put into grilling the best skewers.

Huge portion(enough for the both of us) of pork chop and spaghetti for only NTD100 - SGD4.30.

 Doll-claw machines excite b so much he kept playing and playing. NTD10 per play. He got me this 3 giraffes for only NTD20, thats less than SGD1.

*Roll all of our eyes at SG's doll-claw machines!!!*

That's basically our day 2 and 3 : )