My babies!

I've just realised I haven't made a post about my beloved doggies. I admit I have a favourite dog, but I love them all the same. All of them are mixed breeds. Meet Butter, Mocha and Maddie!

This is Butter, she is the oldest among them. She is around 5 years old, I think. She recently gave birth to two little pups, Scotch and Raisin. I have no idea what mix of breeds she has lol. She is the quietest among them. She's my mom's favourite because she's really well behaved and not hyperactive unlike the other two.

This one is Mocha. She is 3 years old, and she is the biggest and tallest of them all. We all got surprised that she grew this big and tall, when she was younger she was so itty bitty and her body structure was small. Maybe it was the vitamins that she took when she was a baby are what gave her a growth spurt. She's very playful and energetic, sometimes she scares me when she jumps on me because she's so big, haha.

And this is my baby, Maddie! She is half Shih Tzu and half Jack Russel. She is very much like me, even my mom says so haha. She is very playful and active, but get on her wrong side and she'll bitch and snob you like whoa. She's also very spoiled which is my fault haha. And just saying, I'm not spoiled. Unlike her. She knows how to manipulate people. She'll be so charming and sweet but once she gets what she wants, she'll ignore you. This dog has got some attitude and she's the most intelligent.

Maddie is my favourite of them all because she is the dog that is really mine. Butter is really the family dog, and Mocha is really my Mama's (my grandmother) dog. They're all very sweet, which is what I really love about them, because I love giving them hugs and cuddles and brushing their hair and whatnot. :)

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Taiwan - Day 5!

Our last day! We had time to spare in the morning as our flight was still in the afternoon, so we went to the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Plaza. Chiang Kai Shek is a former president of Taiwan. It was beautiful. And the weather was beautiful too. I loved it there. Again, excuse some of the camerawhoring. :)

The National Concert Hall

The National Theatre. Weeee

The Gate of Great Centrality andUprightness. Again weeeee

I really like this shot
erm, I chased pigeons haha
his turn :p

The building where the Chiang Kai Shek monument is
the monument
view from the topmy brother took this, in the MRT

Before we went back to the hotel, we passed by a bakery. Taiwan is known for its yummy pastries, cakes and breads, so we sampled them too. I bought a yummy danish, and a slice of black forest cake. We also bought tea eggs again.

the danish, I almost forgot to take a pic haha

tea eggs

It was time for us to go to the airport. We passed by the Grand Hotel, Taipei. It's supposed to be a tourist spot, it's the grandest (hence the name) hotel in the city. It is also known as The Dragon palace. It was built to accomodate foreign ambassadors who were visiting Taipei. Apparently there are secret passages all throughout the hotel made for Chiang Kai Shek. Boo that we didn't have time to check it out anymore :( Besides, it was too far from where we were staying.


We ate lunch at the Tea House, in the airport. Wonton noodles, siopao and milk tea for me. Then it was time for our flight home.

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Taiwan - Day 4!

Day 4.

It was cold again, 14-15 degrees with slight rain. Again, I didn't have warm clothes with me, lol.

Mom and I roamed the streets in search of good breakfast food, we were tired of the hotel buffet and McDonald's. We decided to be adventurous and tried every single food item we saw on the carts along the streets. We sampled different kinds of buns, dumplings and sandwiches. My particular favorite was this roast pork and omelette sandwich, with milk tea of course! Too bad I forgot to take pics of all the food.

We then went to the Taipei Zoo. I was so excited about the Pandas but I was very unlucky, turns out that the Panda exhibits were closed on every first Monday of the month. :( The zoo didn't disappoint though, there were still lots of interesting animals to see, and the landscape and trails were just beautiful. We spent a good 5 hours there just walking in nature and seeing everything.
Also, we ate yummy food again! We had siopao (pork buns), tea eggs (eggs cooked in a secret tea recipe - super yummy) and beef noodles.

Piccys! I practiced my skillz with the camera again. I hope I'm improving. I only chose some. Ok there are a lot, but there are way too much more. And I, uh, camerawhored a bit, haha.

cute squirrel

the grizzly black bear was lazy :(
hello there Mr. Owl

one of my attempts using the macro lens (whatcha think?)
and another one
just because I love butterflies and wanted a pic with it on my palm

just because I love my hair in this pic haha
another attempt
and another one
this black butterfly was just too beautiful
sleeping koala!

because I was desperate to see the pandas I had to make do of the giant stuffed one
my brother and I goofing off
lemur! I like to move it move it (it was really hard to take pics of them, they kept on moving)
hippo conference
hello camels
white rhino bum
king penguins! *squeee* (I had to choose only one or else I'll end up posting them all)
more of them, african penguins this time (stupid glass panes)
I had to console myself with the red panda who was too shy
again excuse the camerawhoring, I like my outfit
I loved the lamp posts, too cute

It was almost dinner time when we finished our trip to the zoo so we decided to eat at this yummy Chinese fine dining resto at Shinkong Mitsukoshi to celebrate my dad's birthday. :)

meet my family :)
some of the food

And then we went to the Shilin Night Market again for more shopping. There were more street food there and I tried these yummy candied strawberries on a stick. They were fresh strawberries dipped in strawberry syrup candy. My mom, dad and brother found it too sweet, but I didn't. I loved it. We also bought more cuttlefish. I guess its obvious by now that we love to eat, no? :)

walking around the night market

the candied strawberries <3

Back in the hotel, I couldn't help myself and ate some custard again. And also fresh strawberries. And vodka! Wooo! And then I remember Valencia killing me with joy. I was watching the highlights of the game, with Silva and Mata killing me with their teaming up on that goal. Also Albiol's goal and celebration. Guh. Sweet.

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Taiwan - Day 3!

It was so cold that day, at 14-15°C. Clearly I did not bring warmer clothes. (And I partly blame Nandia love for saying that I should go with all the minis and shorts, haha).

This time, we went to Guanghua, another part of Taipei. We tried to look for a church so we could hear mass, but we couldn't find a Catholic one. So we just walked around. There was this pretty neat street market with all these Taiwanese products, so we checked it out. We didn't buy anything though. And then there was this electronics and gadgets district. We went to check out more stuff but still no luck with finding my camera. :( My mom got a really good bargain for a Philips digital photo frame though, it's amazing.

the market in Guanghua

random pic of the faraway Taipei 101

It rained that day! It didn't exactly pour down, it was more of a hard drizzle with really strong winds. And I did not like it one bit because I was freezing already. I like the cold, I really do and I love being out in the wind but not when I am wearing clothing made of thin materials, haha! And the rain and wind just added to the cold.

Anyway, we went to the Taipei City Hall district afterwards. We rode the MRT again (well we always do because the places we go to are pretty far from each other) and I was in the mood for camerawhoring so I got my brother to take some pics. These two are the ones I really liked:


And this one while waiting for our bus going to Taipei 101:
We went to see the Taipei 101, which is the tallest building in the world. It's pretty, but for me, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and the Empire State Building and Chrysler Building in New York is far prettier than it. And again, more camerawhoring, haha :)

that is my brother :)
I really liked the walls.

the wind was blowing really hard, my hair kept flying, haha

The mall was amaze though. It reminded me of Siam Paragon in Bangkok. We ate a very late lunch there. Everyone wanted something different so we ate at the food court. I ordered Singapore chicken rice! Haha, I know I should have sampled some other Taiwanese dishes but I was craving so much for it. We also ordered some noodles and soup and some beef dish. Everything was so yummy. And then more of milk tea, yay. I ordered it with what they call magic jelly but in reality it's a kind of coffee flavored jelly.

yummy food!

We didn't go to the observatory anymore because the tickets were a bit pricey and we won't be seeing the sights that well anyway cos it was raining and was fogging up a bit. We went around some more, bought souvenirs and local delicacies, and went to another mall. Shopped for a bit. And just before we were about to leave, I found Coldstone again! Squeeee. I ordered Our Strawberry Blonde which was strawberry ice cream with graham cracker pie crust, caramel sauce, fresh strawberries and whipped topping smooshed together.


And yes, I did have another pic taken. I wanted to have a pic taken at every Coldstone store I went to just because. Ahahaha. I really cannot hold back when it comes to ice cream. And chocolates. Oh well.

Anyway, the tower at night:


We then went back to the hotel and I figured I'd relax with a long bath in the whirlpool jacuzzi which was amazing. I got to watch the United game after, and I was pleased with the result, we won thanks to new kiddo Kiko Macheda. Valencia was also playing that night but they were to play at 3am Taiwan time. I really wanted to watch it but I was dead tired and if I stayed up, I wouldn't be able to last touring around the next day. When I woke up the next morning, I found out that they won, yay :)

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