Saturday, June 24, 2006
I'm back!!
7 days just zoomed past like that. Am i missed by anyone while i'm away?? I bet no one..
This is my first visit to Taiwan so we (del, dora and myself) actually decided to join a tour to go around the whole country and visit those well-known places of interest. Will post the photos here when i'm free one of these days.
From this trip, i realised that there are quite a few differences between Taiwan and Singapore. For example, the driver sits on the left side of the car. And so they have a different road structure and way of traffic. Haha.. till now, i still couldnt quite figure out how to look out for the oncoming cars. All this while, i've been dashing across the road. Also, in those convenience stores like 7-11, they dun pack ur things in plastic bags. You actually have to pay a dollar for them. Not quite used to that system. Haha.. i actually waited a few secs for the store assistant to pack my things then remembered what our tour guide, Steven told us.
Besides that, taiwanese loves to bring their pets out for shopping. I always get a scare when i see there is one in a bag or walking just beside me. Most restaurants even allow pets to be brought in. A lot of strays can also be seen on the streets, very scary.
What i like about Taiwan is that there is no communication breakdown. The salepeople there are very friendly and polite. Even if we end up not buying their things, they would still say their thanks to us. Dun think i would get this kind of service here in S'pore. Besides that, food is everywhere. There are a lot of makeshift foodstalls which sells tasty 'xiao chi'. But when u wanna buy, must first make sure there is no signs of police ard. Cos they need to flee when they spot there is one coming.
I find this trip enjoyable cos we could actually see the nice scenery and have time for shopping too(not very enough though). The past few trips i had were free and easy so we only managed to shop around and din manage to go to those places of interest which i find it quite a pity.
Arghh.. How i wish i could stay there longer. By coming home, it would mean that work is gonna start soon and there are so many things for me to get it done..
* my dreams_
11:16 PM