WOOOHOOOOO! zyy's finally back in shanghai in the comfort of 2404. tmd.some sway things happened on my way back but i shall not dwell on it. finally the last installment of my hk and tp trip. huats! got a feeling this gonna be quite along post so i shall just urhh. screw the grandfather grandmother stories and jump straight to pictures! hohohohoho. :)))
next up's this place called 九份.woohoo! uber cool place with the shops built and aligned on cliffs. did i mention its quite freakin cold here? wah piang. and i went there in short and slippers can.but heng ah. the glorious food made up for everything. hahah. wildboar lupcheongs.xiaodingdang snacks.fuzhou fishballs.chickenballs.and damn loadsa zyy-wandering-around-checking-out-funky-stores! :D. streets of 九份!like what i said. the entire town's built on cliffs high up the mountain and from there. u get to see the northern-most portion of taiwan! someone told me u can swim over to japan from there. but yeah. risk getting chased by sharks on the way. hurhruhur.
woohooo! thats my uncle five. i seriously wonder if its something that runs in the family! BOTH UNCLE FIVE AND MY MUM ARE CRAZY OVER WINDMILLS! SIAO ONE LAH!!!! and they have like so so so so so many at home. hoisted at the windows, at the potted plants. everywhere!YESYESYES. for those zyy-wife-wannabes. take note of that please. u need such things to por my mother. buy her a uber big windmill and she'll prolly force me to marry you. HAHAHA.fresh seafood at the harbour! thats where u pick the freshest seafood (READ: LIVE SEAFOOD). and you find restaurants behind which will cook for u on the spot! yummyummyummy!:D oh hohohoh. i found a long lost friend. mcflurry with oreos :D. damnit. why dont they have it here in shanghai!
AHAHAHAHA. the moment u have been waiting for . the night markets. AHAHHA. night markets aint just about food but also shopping! but yahlah! after cheonging around china for so many months. things are still relatively cheaper in shanghai and thus, zyy bochups those stuffs. HAHAH.heading to the food. just a roundup of what i got. i fulfilled my wish of munching one octopus tentacle! HAHA. ordered one. bbqed. and tadah! there it goes into my tummy. yumms :D. and we have softshellcrabs.tempura.freshbutterprawns. and NOTE!!!!THIS IS FUCKEN WICKED SICK!! PORK CUTLET WITH CHEESE OOZING out TOPPED WITH PREMIUM TARTARE SAUCE! AHAHAHAHAHAH. :D
hurhurhur. the wharves!! took a train down to 淡水 and headed to the fisherman's wharves. point to note here! icecreams are like freaking humongous, check out uncle five with his killer-wannabe look. HAHAH.and yess. we get really nice views of sunset here. the lover's bridge.a mysterious random 狗狗.and MORE FOOD.
some nice views of 淡水渔人码头!sunset rocks! and i so gonna compile a collage of the most beautiful sunsets in the world.HAHA.WISH #128329472 of zyy. i want to see the sunset from the top of the pyramid. i wonder if that's possible :). roxxoe.
enough of taiwan ler! zyy jetted off from taipei to hongkong and hurhurhur. cheonged the streets the moment he touched down.things you see. large LV outlets at the Landmark.Pedder building with Shanghai Tang. the busy hongkong streets and yes! nice food. AHAHAH. :D. that curry's pretty wicked sick too lah. totally owned me upside down. pwnage. :D
waltzed around central, exploring places like SOHO and lankwaifang.zyy loves lankwaifang alot! :)))!ahahah. and i think its coz of the ben&jerrys u find there.triple caramel chunk makes me feel guilty.cake batter rocks and they have my all time favourite chocochipcookiedough + cherrygarcia. however. keeping in mind i have to watch my diet. i only picked triple caramel chunk. :D after exploring the night markets in taiwan. hongkong night markets are no longer that appealing. prolly the things u find there are made in shenzhen and you can get them cheaper in shanghai. nothing much . so just popped around the shopps. snapping pictures and hahah. indulging in takopachi :D yumms. :D wanted to make a trip up lantau island to catch a glimpse of the giant buddha. fwahhhhh. typhoon alert hoisted and it was drizzling. taking into consideration there might be a chance i will spend the night sleeping with buddha the majestic, i decided to give it a miss this time round.:) pigged out a tungchung and ooo! random thought #213871298371. i seriously wonder how people can fling up giant banners like this all around. condemning the chinese government and promoting falungong.hurhurhur. aint hongkong part of china and wudnt mr jiang round these falunpeeps up and 五马分尸 them? hurhurhur. shrugss. its hongkong.:) AHAHA. who can ever resist 50% adidas sale at tungchung. a must go in hongkong and hurhurhur.finally zyy bids goodbye to hongkong with some cheecheongfun and beefhorfun :D. byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! :D i really like these pictures alot. hohohoho. allan goh!!want to give me how many points for photography? :D! my points high enough to handle ur dslr anot! :D. new hobby found. sunsetting :)
posted by deschutz. on 10/05/2008 04:52:00 PM