1 - FIRSTS IN KAOHSIUNG (Part 1)
Monday, 16 February 2015
First time in Kaohsiung! :)
Arrived safely and we cabbed down to our place! :) Realized that Taiwanese are relatively friendly, cause the cab uncle was talking to us and attempted to help us when we were saying what we were looking for and all - like when we wanted to look for bicycles that we can buy and travel around with, he said he can recommend a place for us :) But we didn't take up his offer in the end though.
Finally arrived at our place, and it's not that difficult to find cause it's beside Gushan Ferry Pier (鼓山輪渡站) But I realized we can only enter and exit through the back door; when we first arrived, we entered through his relative's shop because we had quite a number of luggage and baggage, and..... we have to carry them up to level 3. Thankfully the guys helped out with most of the luggage, if not Weishan and I would have probably died! Went to take a look around the level, and the guys chose their rooms cause they are each taking a room without their own toilet. Learnt of where are the common areas, electrical charges and settled the administrative stuff like signing the contract and getting our keys! It was so confusing for me at first cause... There are about 6 keys though we mainly required the keys to our room and at the gate. (I normally don't carry keys around in SG oops :/)
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| Gushan Ferry Pier! Had to google this cause I realized.. I don't have photo of it omggg! |
Remembered we bought a lot of stuff cause when we cabbed back, after putting most of the items in the boot, we still had a lot on hand while on our way home! Cleaned up our rooms, and it took quite a while! But I'm glad we were finally settled down after a super looong day!
First cycling trip to NSYSU / Cijin Island! :)
Decided to cycle around our place! Rented bikes from the shop opposite the train station. It's super cheap omg, NT50 for one whole day till 10pm!! That's like SGD$2 - 2.50?! In Singapore, the cheapest I saw was probably $6.50 per hour and you only get a free hour if you rent the bicycles for two hours :(
But I guess it's attributable to the culture here, where most people actually cycle or ride motorbikes compared to Singapore where cars are more prevalent and you actually cannot just cycle on the roads freely!
Had our first ever lunch at La Morning before starting our day! Hahaha its a place that was recommended by Bryan's friend, who managed to draw out the streets of Sizihwan omg damn zai!! I think I still kept the photos so that I can use them next time when I visit again! (I still can remember the streets near our place though, hopefully it wouldn't change much when I go back!)
But we managed to cycle to the area near the seaside; it's the area with a lot of rocks where most couples would gather around at night to enjoy the view/breeze/etc! We climbed past this "barrier"/gate to go to the far end where you can see people fishing! But the view was really pretty! :) Weishan & CK went ahead with snapping couple photos and have their own time, Bryan went to talk to the locals there cause he was interested in fishing hahaha. And guess he took quite a while cause there was a period of time when the three of us were sitting down and getting roasted under the sun!
Went to the 7-11 near our area - to have iced desserts cause we were dying from the heat! But it was located at the second level though, separate from 7-11 itself! Had shaved mango ice and fruit platter! :)
Headed to Cijin Island (旗津島) after that, took the ferry there! And the trip is really cheap - NT15 for a trip there with your bicycle! It's a relatively short ride there, and we decided to try cycle around the borders so that we can try covering as much as we can within a few hours.
Cycled to a few places, like the 砲台, 星光隧道 and the Kaohsiung Harbour! :) Don't have a lot of photos, mainly are those photos that Bryan took with his animal figurines hahaha. But it was fun cycling around a foreign place and glad to have the guys to help us navigate around the island while we were cycling! :)
Decided to cycle towards the lighthouse (旗津灯塔) cause we heard we can see the sunset there! :) And also to get dinner along the way~ Hehehe passed by this area where there's a huge crab statue and decided to take a selfie with it, but it was a failed attempt hahaha why didn't I take a landscape shot hahaha. But there were many cute seafood figurines around too, just that I wasn't really a fan to take so many photos then :X
We passed by this seafood shop and decided to have late lunch there! (think we ate at about 4pm?) But it's not very cheap though hahaha. (Didn't learn of the existence of 萬三 back then!) And so sorry that I'm a burden again cause I don't really eat seafood, tried a lil' bit only :S Thankfully they ordered meat, though it was ostrich meat hahaha. At least I still tried something new? :P
Headed back to the ferry terminal after that, by then it was quite late already! Hahaha realized that it turns dark early in Kaohsiung (sunset was at 5 plus!), but the night view on the way back was nice too :) :)
Weishan & CK went on their date after that, I remembered it was so difficult for them to voice out that they want to have their dinner together without us :S But anyway, Bryan & I had dinner together! Thankfully it wasn't really awkward then, if not Idk how I'll survive my exchange :S (Times like then when I was thankful I got to know him better in Hong Kong first when I could still stick to Weishan when I wasn't that familiar with the other two :P) But yeaps, we ate at the Japanese place near our apartment after walking around to decide what we want to eat. The food was really nice, and it's not very expensive!! Hahaha good dinner and had a nice time talking & learning more about my housemate :)
Hehehe really enjoyed myself that day, and sorry for being a burden most of the time guys, really #dangerouscyclistdebs :/ But it was quite funny cause after we got back I couldn't stop laughing at the fact that they all looked burnt! (I didn't really get burnt, just instant tan) And it's like 30%, 50% and 70% burnt - I was telling Weishan one Cijin trip and I earned a 蝦, 螃蟹 and 龍蝦 as my housemates HAHAHAHA.
Orientation day!
Went for orientation on the very next day! Hahaha we didn't have our bicycles yet, and it was sooooo warm thus we decided to cab to school! And it's quite cheap, about 110 NT only!! Got a bit lost, and we just followed the crowd to find the auditorium! Luckily we were all in the same orientation group, if not I wouldn't know what to do if I'm alone!
Went touring around the school areas in our orientation group! Hahaha I made a very funny mistake that 害死 Bryan - Cause we were saying the group leader (in white shirt and bangs) looks quite pretty/cute, but oops I guess someone from our group heard us, and she happened to be in white shirt and bangs too... so I guess she thought we were talking about her omg. So it seemed like all along Bryan referred to her as the pretty/cute one HAHAHA I'M SUPER SORRY UNCLEEEE. It was sooo funny/embarrassing when she kept glancing at us omg. But Bryan kept talking about his 韓國妹妹 who was also in our group! Tsktsk!!!
Ended orientation by having dinner together at Banana Pier! Hahaha free food before heading back at night! And omo, realized many people whom I know were also in NSYSU! Like Jiayi and my LWP friends :D :D Really mini NBS there!
Headed back and we had our first Bridge/Asahi gathering in our room! Hahaha but we didn't play very long or drink a lot though, cause Bryan had plans to go club with his friends that night! Decided not to turn in too late as well cause Weishan & Chongkai decided that we should wake up early and head to school to exercise - our landlord was saying that the electricity would be down! & Bryan managed to make it back home alive at about 4am? Hahaha.
So we went to school as planned without Bryan - the gym wasn't opened though! Ended up jogging a little at the tracks instead and we almost died from the heat. Headed back aft that to realize that the electricity wasn't down afterall; no wonder Bryan still managed to sleep in after his hangover lolol.
Had my first Wan Bing (丸浜) soft serve handmade ice cream in Kaohsiung in the afternoon hehehe! :D Tastes really good omggggg!! And they have different flavours everyday - not the specific days have specific flavours kind, but it's really the unpredictable kind! Like normally you will only know the flavours on the day itself unless they pre-release them! That day the special flavours were Rose Milk and Coco!! I like the rose milk cause it tasted like Bandung :D
First KTV session!
Cannot really remember when (I think it's the next day after we had Wan Bing), but we also had our first KTV session in Partyworld! Hahaha singing KTV in Taiwan is relatively cheaper compared to the outlet in Singapore! But Teoheng still cheapest ^^ Still remembered the last time when I went Partyworld with my ex-colleagues at U-Ventures it cost us about 200+ for a few people omg (thankfully it was staff welfare so it was a treat!:) ) The place was quite nice, we had our own toilet somemore. And my housemates aren't bad singers, from my very honest opinion! :)
Enjoyed singing those older Chinese songs; I've been into Kpop (and only Kpop) for so long that I don't really know the newer songs!! If I can even hum or sing a few lines that's because I've heard it on the radio once or the melody pattern was easy to grasp such that I can sort of sight-sing haha! #bestatfluff. But it's nice to remember the times when I last sang some of the songs with people then! Like how WS, Kary and I loved Jay Chou's songs, I really really liked 擱淺!!! & How the choir people like Joyce, Kary and Jiaying would sing 不能說的秘密 during choir breaks! :) We even printed the lyrics to sing along to it. Yay to more K sessions next time!!
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| Our room!! Looks super empty but it's so clean and tidy... for a day HAHA |
Headed down to Hi-life for supper with Bryan cause he was hungry, and that was when we first met 邱先生 and I had my first 茶葉蛋! Hahaha he was really friendly cause he came to talk to us first, and also gave us mooncakes since it was Mid Autumn Festival then! :)
(I was wondering what we did the next day cause there were no photos but in the end it was the day when we wanted to open bank account but we couldn't cause we went to the wrong City Council place to do up our 統一證書! But we went to our first IKEA that day.)
And I had my first solo trip around our area on the third day! Haha who says I cannot travel alone lor!! But it's quite fun, I had a really hard time remembering the streets and all cause they look the same!! They all look like this:
Had my first bubbletea - Stupid Ice Tea (傻瓜冰茶) HAHAHA, and my first waffle at Tribbiani Cafe! The place is really nice!! But sadly I only went there once cause... I can't find people to eat waffles with me T.T When you have a super healthy housemate and a couple... I don't think I want to disrupt their dates/diet hahaha!
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| So pretty!! |
First cycling trip to NSYSU / Cijin Island! :)
Decided to cycle around our place! Rented bikes from the shop opposite the train station. It's super cheap omg, NT50 for one whole day till 10pm!! That's like SGD$2 - 2.50?! In Singapore, the cheapest I saw was probably $6.50 per hour and you only get a free hour if you rent the bicycles for two hours :(
But I guess it's attributable to the culture here, where most people actually cycle or ride motorbikes compared to Singapore where cars are more prevalent and you actually cannot just cycle on the roads freely!
Had our first ever lunch at La Morning before starting our day! Hahaha its a place that was recommended by Bryan's friend, who managed to draw out the streets of Sizihwan omg damn zai!! I think I still kept the photos so that I can use them next time when I visit again! (I still can remember the streets near our place though, hopefully it wouldn't change much when I go back!)
Hehehe decided to cycle to school from La Morning to tour around before school starts! Found it so cool that we can go to school via a tunnel, I remembered when I went to the cafe a few days back the shop owner gave me a map around Sizhiwan and I thought we have to walk through trees and all 'cause the school is located on mountains. :S
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| The tunnel entrance to our school :D |
Toured around the school - cycled to the Gym, our Management College, the Family Mart nearby (as well as the clinic/post office etc) but didn't get to cycle to the hostel area cause the slope up was so steep. Sorry but I'm a huge burden cause I can't cycle properly and I really cannot cycle up slopes :(
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| Hahaha it was so hot!! Could barely open our eyes except Bryan |
Headed to Cijin Island (旗津島) after that, took the ferry there! And the trip is really cheap - NT15 for a trip there with your bicycle! It's a relatively short ride there, and we decided to try cycle around the borders so that we can try covering as much as we can within a few hours.
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| Cijin Island harbour view from the ferry |
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| After cycling past 星光隧道! Hahaha can see we all looked a lil burnt already! |
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| At Kaohsiung Harbour! :) |
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| Hehehe the view is so pretty! But it was only around 3pm that time |
Continued cycling towards the lighthouse, and it's not as near as it seemed hahaha. Was cycling for pretty long (think this was my second longest cycling experience following the Carrefour one cause we had quite a few breaks for this trip!) before we finally reached the foot of the entrance. Had to park our bikes before we can walk all the way up, and sadly we didn't really manage to catch the sunset because it was quite misty up there! But the view was really not bad, just that there were a lot of tourists hahah :D
Headed back to the ferry terminal after that, by then it was quite late already! Hahaha realized that it turns dark early in Kaohsiung (sunset was at 5 plus!), but the night view on the way back was nice too :) :)
Weishan & CK went on their date after that, I remembered it was so difficult for them to voice out that they want to have their dinner together without us :S But anyway, Bryan & I had dinner together! Thankfully it wasn't really awkward then, if not Idk how I'll survive my exchange :S (Times like then when I was thankful I got to know him better in Hong Kong first when I could still stick to Weishan when I wasn't that familiar with the other two :P) But yeaps, we ate at the Japanese place near our apartment after walking around to decide what we want to eat. The food was really nice, and it's not very expensive!! Hahaha good dinner and had a nice time talking & learning more about my housemate :)
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| My dinner :D :D :D |
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| Bryan's food! |
Orientation day!
Went for orientation on the very next day! Hahaha we didn't have our bicycles yet, and it was sooooo warm thus we decided to cab to school! And it's quite cheap, about 110 NT only!! Got a bit lost, and we just followed the crowd to find the auditorium! Luckily we were all in the same orientation group, if not I wouldn't know what to do if I'm alone!
Went touring around the school areas in our orientation group! Hahaha I made a very funny mistake that 害死 Bryan - Cause we were saying the group leader (in white shirt and bangs) looks quite pretty/cute, but oops I guess someone from our group heard us, and she happened to be in white shirt and bangs too... so I guess she thought we were talking about her omg. So it seemed like all along Bryan referred to her as the pretty/cute one HAHAHA I'M SUPER SORRY UNCLEEEE. It was sooo funny/embarrassing when she kept glancing at us omg. But Bryan kept talking about his 韓國妹妹 who was also in our group! Tsktsk!!!
Ended orientation by having dinner together at Banana Pier! Hahaha free food before heading back at night! And omo, realized many people whom I know were also in NSYSU! Like Jiayi and my LWP friends :D :D Really mini NBS there!
Headed back and we had our first Bridge/Asahi gathering in our room! Hahaha but we didn't play very long or drink a lot though, cause Bryan had plans to go club with his friends that night! Decided not to turn in too late as well cause Weishan & Chongkai decided that we should wake up early and head to school to exercise - our landlord was saying that the electricity would be down! & Bryan managed to make it back home alive at about 4am? Hahaha.
So we went to school as planned without Bryan - the gym wasn't opened though! Ended up jogging a little at the tracks instead and we almost died from the heat. Headed back aft that to realize that the electricity wasn't down afterall; no wonder Bryan still managed to sleep in after his hangover lolol.
Had my first Wan Bing (丸浜) soft serve handmade ice cream in Kaohsiung in the afternoon hehehe! :D Tastes really good omggggg!! And they have different flavours everyday - not the specific days have specific flavours kind, but it's really the unpredictable kind! Like normally you will only know the flavours on the day itself unless they pre-release them! That day the special flavours were Rose Milk and Coco!! I like the rose milk cause it tasted like Bandung :D
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| That day's special flavours were Bandung and Chocolate! :) |
First KTV session!
Cannot really remember when (I think it's the next day after we had Wan Bing), but we also had our first KTV session in Partyworld! Hahaha singing KTV in Taiwan is relatively cheaper compared to the outlet in Singapore! But Teoheng still cheapest ^^ Still remembered the last time when I went Partyworld with my ex-colleagues at U-Ventures it cost us about 200+ for a few people omg (thankfully it was staff welfare so it was a treat!:) ) The place was quite nice, we had our own toilet somemore. And my housemates aren't bad singers, from my very honest opinion! :)
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| The only photo we had... just a candid shot lolol |
Enjoyed singing those older Chinese songs; I've been into Kpop (and only Kpop) for so long that I don't really know the newer songs!! If I can even hum or sing a few lines that's because I've heard it on the radio once or the melody pattern was easy to grasp such that I can sort of sight-sing haha! #bestatfluff. But it's nice to remember the times when I last sang some of the songs with people then! Like how WS, Kary and I loved Jay Chou's songs, I really really liked 擱淺!!! & How the choir people like Joyce, Kary and Jiaying would sing 不能說的秘密 during choir breaks! :) We even printed the lyrics to sing along to it. Yay to more K sessions next time!!
First time at Xin Jue Jiang :)
Got introduced to this place thanks to Bryan's buddy - they met up on the first day of school when we went school to "beg" for modules. Tagged them for lunch after my badminton class and I went to ask where we could shop HAHA (cause the atmosphere was a little awkward also, so just ask questions heh) and she recommended Xin Jue Jiang :) Went there with Bryan in the evening, and also to get my prepaid card settled so that I can be contactable.
Tried 天使雞排 for the first time and it was nice though it was a bit too spicy HAHA - Still remembered when I had to go back to Chunghwa Telecom to fix the prepaid card Bryan was drenched from eating half of it hahaha. Had the huge 1000cc cup of milk tea after that! And also some Japanese fried noodles which was not bad too! :) Did some shopping as well!! If I remembered correctly this was the time at Xin Jue Jiang when we bought a lot clothes from a shop cause it was quite cheap!! But somehow some of Bryan's clothes shrank in size after washing so they ended up looking a bit like cropped tops ooops. Nonetheless it was a good evening spent shopping and eating :D
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| What we ate that time! Feat Bryan as the model cause I don't have other photos of the food itself ooops! |
To be continued! :D
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