Do you know somthing your fren here woke up at 0630am to make breakfast! ON right?
I made muffins this morning..so you can imagine, my family woke up with the smell of muffins filled house. So nice and tempting right?
Anyway, it is a premix :P So just add water, stirred the mixture, pour into the cups and off into the oven. Simple right?
To tempt u, here is it:
Do your have any secret that is within you that you never let anyone knows about it?
I think when we are young, some of us might have some crushes on someone but had never let the person know. Well come to think of it, do you regret not telling?!?
Think you should let other party knows, maybe might turn out well...at least you have tried right? Now it can only be keep within your heart and as a childhood memories.
To someone I know, thankyou for your friendship and a passer-by of my life even though you are never my choice. I really appreciate it and hope whatever you are doing you are doing it well and happy. I am not sure if we would to meet again in life.
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不能说的秘密
flash
冷咖啡离开了杯垫
我忍住的情绪在很后面
拼命想挽回的从前
在我脸上依旧清晰可见
最美的不是下雨天
是曾与你躲过雨的屋檐 oh
回忆的画面
在荡着秋千 梦开始不甜
你说把爱渐渐 放下会走更远
又何必去改变 你走过的世界
你用你的指尖 阻止我说再见
想象你在身边 在完全失去之前
你说把爱渐渐 放下会走更远
或许命运的签 只让我们遇见
只让我们相恋 这一季的秋天
飘落后才发现 这幸福的碎片
要我怎么捡
冷咖啡离开了杯垫
我忍住的情绪在很后面
拼命想挽回的从前
在我脸上依旧清晰可见
最美的不是下雨天
是曾与你躲过雨的屋檐 oh
回忆的画面
在荡着秋千 梦开始不甜
你说把爱渐渐 放下会走更远
又何必去改变 你走过的世界
你用你的指尖 阻止我说再见
想象你在身边 在完全失去之前
你说把爱渐渐 放下会走更远
或许命运的签 只让我们遇见
只让我们相恋 这一季的秋天
飘落后才发现 这幸福的碎片
要我怎么捡
Heard this song over the radio. It was so meaningful and touchy. Wonder who would sing to me. I used to this feeling years back and wonder when would I have this same feeling again which makes my heart beats faster!
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LOST IN YOUR EYES (Debbie Gibson)
I get lost, in your eyes
And I feel my spirits rise
And soar like the wind
Is it love that I am in?
I get weak in a glance
Isn't this what's called romance?
And that's what I know
Cause when I'm lost
I can't let go
(Chorus)
I don't mind
Not knowing what I'm headed for
You can take me to the skies
It's like being lost in heaven
When (and) I'm lost in your eyes
I just felt
Don't know why
Something is there
We can't deny
Ooh, when I first knew
Was when I first looked at you
And if I
Can't find my way
If salvation
Seems miles away
Oh, I'll be found
When I'm lost in your eyes
(Repeat Chorus)
I get weak in a glance
Isn't this what's called romance
Oh, I'll be found
When I am lost
In your eyes.
Slots machines are my favourite when I was at Genting. But there need to pay $$ to play. Now I have gathered from my friend a online version, no cash invlove and yet still can have some fun to kill time.
Here is it : www.simslot.com
Finally after so long I made my snowskin mooncakes again.
Here is it for your viewing:
I use 1/2 the recipe and it yields 10 big ones.
All done within 2 hours. Including dough rest time of 30-50 mins.
Very happy waiting for it to be chill so that i can cut to eat it :P
Wondering how much exercise do I need to in order not to put on any weight after the mooncakes intake. Any advise?
Hi Hi,
Happy BELATED National Brithday!
Have not been blogging for quite sometime :P
Anyway, this week I had been to the zoo and sentosa with my family.
Never did I realise that our place of interest is that "interesting" with HIGH living expenses. If not for the complementary entrance tickets to the two places I would not even bring my son there!
Take zoo for an example:
Entrance fees (admission only):
Adult S$16.50
Child S$8.50
All prices include 7% GST
Parking charges:
Car/saloon S$3.90
Lorry/Van S$4.90
Tram & Train (unlimited rides for both weekdays & weekends):
The tram ride covers 2.2km with three stopovers.
Adult S$5.00
Child (3-12 years old) S$2.50
Take a family of mine 2 adults + 1 kid.
We would need -
Entrance fee: (16.50 *2) + 8.5 = 41.5
Parking : 3.9
Tram : (5*2) + 2.5 = 12.5
Total Basic expenses would be 41.5 + 3.9 + 12.5 = 57.9
Can you imagine the kind of $$$ spending there for 1 day in the zoo?!?
I would feel very heartache just to bring my son there to see those animals which he does not fancy that much as compared to my collegue's girls.
Anyway, for senotsa we are there just to go to the beach and play there for 1-2 hrs. Thereafter to the Vivo City to shop. It is for the 1st time 1 built small sandcastle like with my son. Anyway, he is a hygience freak that does not like sands to stick to his feet since young. Finally managed to convince him that all other children are doing likewise there baring their feets walking on the sand,
Day 1 –Thursday
Airport – Taipei: Taiwan here I come, Hotel
- Leave for Taiwan by Jetstar asia
- ETA is at 172500hrs
- Take GUO GUANG bus to Taipei Main Station, but instead we alighted at the ZhongShan MRT station as it was more convientent to walk mrt station with the luggage compared to Taipei Main Station. @565
- Get mrt card to take mrt to the CKS Memorial Hall station and then walked to Hotel73 (Should have cut through the CKS Memorial Hall instead of walking the parameter – passed by the National Concert Hall) @NT2000
- After check-in, walked to the Yong Kang Jie where DingTaiFeng stall is located for dinner. We have the ShuangShuang Guo instead (steamboat lar) @NT960
- Walked the Yong Kang Jie (suppose to be food street) to see see look look, lotsa of people ate at the ice stall there.
- Joel played at a playground in the small park there
- Tired went back to Hotel73 to rest.
Day 2 – FRIDAY
Taipei:
CKC Memorial Hall, National Concert Hall, National Theater Hall , Yang Ming Shan, Chiang Kai-Shek Shilin Residence, Bei Tou Hot Spring, Mangrove area (passed by), Fisherman’s Wharf, Lovers’ Bridge, Miramar Ferris Wheel, Shih Lin Night Market
- Walked to CKS Memorial Hall mrt station, passed by a garden within the CKS compound where a lot of old people doing exercise, the CKS Memorial Hall, National Concert Hall, National Theater Hall. – 9.30a.m (nearby hotel73)
- Took MRT to ShiLin station, take bus no 260 to YangMingShan. Walked 0.7km from the YangMingShan terminal to the YangMingShan gate. On the way saw lots of old people doing their walk too and they walk much more faster then us! At the YangMingShan gate saw the statue far far away hence decided to head back to the bus terminal.
- Took bus no 260 toward ShiLin mrt to the Chiang Kai Shek Shillin Residence. (alight 1 stop earlier)
- Walked to ShiLin mrt station and had lunch there. Worst lunch, bad choice! @NT500
- Take mrt to Xin Bei Tou station, walked to the Hot Spring Museum, Public Hot Spring (too bad closed for renovation open on 28 July ) , walked to the Thermal Valley as well.
- MRT to Danshui Station on the way to Dansgui passed by the HongShuLin station, beside it is the Mangrove Area (didn’t alight to see it)
- At Danshui station, take bus 26 (red) 15mins ride to Fisherman’s Wharf to catch sunset reached there around 5 p.m, but the sun didn’t set so nicely lei.
- Walked on the Lovers’ Bridge 6 p.m , but left before it get lighted up.
- To bus no 26 again back to Danshui station and head towards JinTan mrt Station to the ShihLin Night Market – We had dinner there. (Didn’t walk ShihLin much as my son is tired)
- Took the free shuttle from the JinTan mrt station to have a look at the Miramar Ferris Wheel. Joel played the merry-go-round there.
- Then take free shuttle service back to JinTan mrt station and to Taipei Main mrt station to avoid walking to Hotel73 from CKS Memorial Hall mrt station. (Bad decision, as we need to walk as much to the main road, ended up took cab as no one knows what bus no goes to Hotel73 area – thought of doing reverse engineering instead as bus no 22 does travel from Hotel73 to Taipei Main mrt station area according to the hotel73 staff) @ NT85
Day 3 – SATURDAY
Taipei: Zoo, MaoKong, WuFenPu, City Hall area (passed by), Taipei 101, New York New York (passed by)
- Check out of Hotel (Hotel73), bring luggage to CityInn took cab there NT105.
- Left luggage there, proceed to train station to buy next day ticket to HuaLian, however unsuccessful. Was advise to buy it 40 mins before the departure time next day!
- Took Mrt to MuZu to Taipei Zoo @ NT 60 per person, children FOC, walked around the main enterance area
- Took internal shuttle in zoo @NT 5 per person to the Kola area and walked around there
- Took internal shuttle in the zoo @ NT 5 per person to the MaoKong Zoo South Station
- Took the MaoKong Cable car, very adventurous as it was stopped in the air for 2 mins before proceed to the next station. Happen that at the next station, the announcement was the cable car service was HALTED, we all are asked to alight. Luckily my cable car had not left the station and head towards the 3rd one, else would have stuck in the MaoKong station (up in the tea plantation area).
- MaoKong cable company provided free shuttle to the Zoo Main Station.
- Had lunch there.
- Took mrt to Hou Shan Pi, shopping @ Wu Fen Pu
- Took mrt to Taipei City Hall MRT Station, take free shuttle to go Taipei 101. On the way there, passed by the Elite bookshop and New York New York. Had dinner at the Taipei 101. Nice food there!
- Took free shuttle bus from Taipei 101 back to city hall station and then to Taipei Main station for hotel check-in – 9p.m
- Left for train station again with hubby to buy train ticket to Hualian ended up unsuccessful again and this time was told to come next morning to buy after 4am as the train seats information will be out then.
- We shopped at the underpass and I brought 2 pairs of shoes.
- Being Kaisu, typical Singaporean, we woke up early at 4am to go and buy tickets! Managed to get hold of 5 seated tickets…Yeah! All streets are quite and cooling when we are out also saw people sleeping around on the floor in the underpass as well as the train station.
Day 4 – SUNDAY
Taipei – Hualian: Tarako National Park, Qi Xin Tan, Fisherman’s Wharf, Cultural Show
- Train to Hualian @8.25 am reach @11am
- Stone Misu auntie – Mrs Liu and Mr Chen came to pick us up. Aunite went off to purchase the next day train ticket for us while we left in Mr Chen MPV taxi @ NT2500
- Not enough cash, so Mr Chen sent us to their “money changer” which is a jewellery store! (You can guess how good their ex rate can be)
- Had lunch as a restaurant where Ah Bian also had his (Just like a normal coffee shop with only 1 stall)
- Toured the Tarakp Nation Park (need to mentioned that we had been to this Qi Lai Shan as we had walked across the wood bridge, I am so scared as I walked – Joel as usual happy and want to run on it. This wooden bridge can only hold 8 persons on it at any one time!)
- Went to the Qi Xin Tan (seaside) to have a look.
- Mr Chen brought us to HuaLian Fisherman’s wharf to ate Sashimi and Salmon (rather fresh), fishballs.
- Dad brought some cuttlefish (rather expensive NT330 for 2 small pack) and pineapples (very sweet) there.
- Mr Chen recommended us to eat the Pa Gu Mee, which is of no interest to us as their Pork smell is too strong for us. So he recommended us to eat their version of Shan Ji (mountain chicken) as the chicken in Singapore is too soft. Hence, he brought us to their market to buy their cooked “mountain chicken” @ NT250. We too brought their corn which is purple in colour! The people in HuaLian are allowed to bring food along to dine at the restaurant or eating place one. Funny culture.
- Reach Stone Misu, Joel very happy running round with the dog and trying to catch fishes in the pond using the net. Luckily we stopped him in-time when we saw it as he might fall into the pond while catching the koi in the pond.
- Left misu with auntie to go for dinner at the quite nice look restaurant – dunno what chao“炒 “ . The dinner portion there is amazing a lot! We ordered 3 dishes and plus the mountain chicken hardly able to finish the dishes. Total cost for 3 dishes is only @NT320!
- Aunite drove us to watch the cultural dance, there got stalls selling stones, so asked my mum if she interested in getting the tian yan. Spent quite sometime there choosing and matching.
- Went back to the misu to rest for the night @9pm
- Stone Misu for a night of 4 person room cost @NT2200 www.netete.com/stone
Day 5 – MONDAY
Hualian – Taipei (Jioufen)
- Morning went to cycling to the seaside with dad. Nothing much only see people fishing.
- After breakfast @ 815am, we left for the HuaLian train station to go to RuiFang. Took a risk by no getting train ticket for Joel, luckily got a seat available! Train to RuiFang is at 9am @ NT1450 for 4 adult tickets
- After alighting from the train at the Ruifang Station, you can walk in the direction to Mingdeng Road (in front of the station) around 2 minutes. Cross the road, there you can take the bus of Keelung Bus Ltd. to Jioufen and Jin-gua-shi. @NT22 per person.(Didn’t go to Jin Gua Shi as it was closed on Monday) Alight at the stop where the bus drive announce Jioufen (alot of people alighted there at the 7/11) There you can have a view of the area to downhill (there is a viewing gallery).
- Shopped the old street and then walked down the steps is in Jioufen
- Initially planned to go to KeeLung and Yehliou, however need to abort the plan as my family members are too tired. So travel back to Taipei from the Jiufen via bus @ NT90 per person. The bus will alight at the MRT Zhongxiao Fuxing Station.
- Checked back to CityInn hotel @ 3pm and then rest before dinner time
- Slipped out with hubby to walk around the hotel area.
- Ate at the foodcourt in the ShinGuan building (12 storey shopping centre).
Day 6 - TUESDAY
WuLai Village, Long Shan Temple
- Took MRT to Xindian Station, then take the Sindian Bus to Wulai @ NT 40 per person.
- Walked towards the old street and then to the WuLai public spring and the train station. However, the train was under service (Joel was so disappointed) ended up we didn’t get to see the culture dance show, waterfall, cable car and get to the lover’s bridge as well. It was like 6km away the water fall and the taxi is charging like NT200 for a car per way!
- Instead we spent some time in the WuLai public hot spring. It was indeed HOT, none of us are brave enough to get it. Instead we just soak our feet in the warm water. Some area the water got smoke come out of it!
- Ate KFC around the Xindian station. Finally 1st time it was raining in Taipei and we are caught in the rain :P
- After lunch took mrt to LongShan mrt station. Walked the underpass shopping area and visited the LongShan Temple. Very happening in the temple, got people chanting and giving out those tao buns. A lot of people are praying as well some florists were delivering the flowers in stands as offerings!
- My parents went back to the Hotel with Joel while me and hubby went off to 101 there to shopped at the Carrefour there. Brought lotsa of food there as treats to friends. @NT 1250
Day 7 – WEDNESDAY ( Back to Singapore)
Taipei: Children Transport Museum, Back to Singapore
- Saw on the TV advertisement there is a Thomas the Train exhibitions. Contacted the hotel staffs and get the information to get there. Went for the exhibitions adult NT200 each; children NT250
- After exhibition travel back to hotel for check out (12pm) and then proceed for lunch at the Pepper Lunch. Total NT940
- Shopped at ShinGuan building (12 storey shopping centre) and Joel brought his High Speed Train toys @ NT 480.
- Collected luggage and proceed to the GUO GUANG bus station (opposite hotel) to get the bus to Airport @230pm.
Taiwan - Jul 07
