Nixi's Comback!
wow its been a long time since i logged in!!
its May and soon to be June! half a year past..

okay so this half year has been a time of soul-searching.. muahaha too deep huh..
basically just to find back the real nixi
yes will the real nixi stand up!
if anything, i know there is this purest form of nixi deep in me that i have to bring to surface..

detox..
but how long?
hmm

this season for me.. ive been just doing alot of the things i enjoy..
thou bimbotic.. shallow.. waste of time to you maybe.. but to me i love it! :p


DRAMA.MOVIE.KOREAN VARIETIES
cheers to funshion, youku, tudou and youtube.. 

 
BOF
yes i caught only just and durin exam period
 
We Got Married
woohoo! my love for hyun joongie starts here! my top 3 favorite show/love story of all time!
 
My Sassy Girl
i know so passe rite.. i caught it only because hyun joongie cried watching this

Brilliant Legacy
Lee Seung Gi, what more can i ask for.. heh.. an all rounded show

Cooking Korean Food

due to all the food scenes that forever fills korean shows.. i started cooking again!  
hoddeok(korean street food pastry), samgyeopsal(hot sauce marinated pork belly), samgyetang(ginseng chicken), japchae(transparent noodle w beef and veg), various banchan (side dishes), bimbimbap, panjeon (seafood pancake), soojunggwa (dried persimmon in cinnamon & ginger tea)

 
 

Me Time

Day 3 - Day 5

• Wulai for Hotspring! did i mention we woke up 3 hours late?!
• on our journey there, we met a samaritan! she looks like a hk veteran actress that always acts in ghost show rite?! she basically just approach us and took us 'under her wings'! well her kind soul led us to her hotspring that she frequents, giving us 2 coupon for a private bathhouse (U.P Nt900+) but we only paid NT180 each! The scenery up there was awesome.. lovely place. we felt like we met an angel! taiwanese are really really kind at heart. unlike singaporeals.. ouch.
• places visited: wulai old street, wulai waterfall via a rustic tram ride (fun fun part), we then rushed to explore the aboriginal museum
• the whole feel up there is just breath taking.

• next up shilin NM
• food wise: variety not really fantastic, almost repetive, not many much raved about food here
• shopping: good, many many lanes of shops and the crowd leaves pretty late which i like

• Start of our out of taipei, county trips.
• yeliu was first. we went on the wrong day!
• maybe partly it was at a higher altitude.. but we were freezing cold! and it was just drizzling in a very irritating way! like its there but its not there
• and so.. we didnt take alot of photos and all so at least i was pretty bumped bout it
• but definitely a place worth visiting! ferocious waves! we almost got all drenched for standing too close.
• an old korean visitor was passing by and requested to take a picture with us.. aww!

• took a 40mins bus ride to Keelung
• main thing was to see the miaokou street (all the good food supposedly there)
• but our itineary took for a turn when elena went to a super ulu toilet.. as they have toilet for old ladies and one was waiting outside as the cubicle was apparently taken up by some young aunty talking on the phone! so i felt it was unfair for her and mainly the old lady outside looks like she's fainting! so i hurried the young aunty.. then when she finally came out, the old lady no more strength to go toiley already! so i decided to help her through.. engaging the help of another taiwanese aunty that passed by.. together we helped her.. not complaining in any way but hey i literally touched her faeces and snot! at the moment i wonder why am i here in taiwan doing this.. but i know i couldnt leave her all alone.
• miaokou- nothing much, weather spoilt our appetite but pretty bumped that i didnt try their you fan (oily rice)
• lunched at some lu wei thingy.. not bad nice nice. here again they served free dong gua cha!

• jiufen next!
• by the time we got here.. it was dark, filled with tourist and even more freezing cold! totally ruin our scenic view and atmos! its an old town rustic feel.. too bad :(
• first thing we did was to have their warm yam red bean kinda dessert, famous in jiufen.
• tried bittergourd juice..superfood and a detox drink! 2% bitterness
• leaving her also another drama mama situation, hailed a cab, wanted to negotiate pricing but he just drove off and quoted us a super high price so i told him to stop but he started raising his voice saying that he queued for a long time but i DEMANDED he drop us now. and when he did it was FAR away from the bus stop. mind you it was pouring! and THANK GOD the bus drove by and stopped for us (i think we looked too pathetic la) by now my mood is downright black. haha

• by the time we reached taipei, we were literally shivering coz our clothes were soaking damp. went back hotel to changed and headed out to eat ah zhong meesua (nice man.. its not just a hype thing) before going shida NM
• shida is goood.. young people place.. its near a uni thus. clothes are more bangkok-ish also..
• the baked potato with cheese is heaven
• zhua bing w extra egg is WOW.. simple thing impresses me heh

• woke up early and we took a 2 hours bus ride to taichung!
• ate their bian dang.. cheap(NT50) and good spread!
• walked to jing ming yi jie, nothing much there just that the atmos is different. got approached by a reporter from ping guo re bao!
• went on a hunt for taiyang bing and pineapple tart but failed ( we were mad)
• in the took a cab and asked the driver to send us to the most famous one.. is called jun mei (divine cakes;buttery and moist fillings) driver also go the extra mile, wanted to pick us up when we're leaving fengjia (we even arranged a place to meet), gave us name card and in the end we painstakingly called him to tell him we're leaving late lol accountable rite?!

• fengjia nm! in my opinion is really good.. probably the best NM i went.
• unique food and many variety. mexican, shanghainese, taiwanese, western, japanese.. international fare!
• met the cutest dog here! her tag says, "don't feed me as im dieting"
• ate our choudoufu here, its delish!
• shopping is also good.. cheaper than shilin!

elena and nixi went on a trip... T-A-I-W-A-N
18th to 24th November of 2009

Day 1 & 2

• flight delayed for 5 hours
• CKS airport really nothing fantastic.
• took free-go bus direct to airport..clean and comfy. (NT260 2 ways)

• stayed Neijiang hotel, 5 mins walk away from Ximen Jieyun; besides the red house only
• to book: Call in advance and they will give you reservation #, by trust basis
• payment done daily, NT1380 Mon-Thurs, NT 1580 Fri-Sun
• 7-11, eateries, Cosmed (their watson) all within 2 mins walk
• Hotel's service A++
• Cleanliness A+
• Breakfast - Sandwich and Juice B
• TV with 100 over channels A+++
• Boiler, Hair dryer, toothpaste etc A+
• Recommended!

• 24hr eatery below our hotel
• popular among locals
• cheap and good
• love their xiao cai
• bought back our finds from 7-11, i could shop there for hours!

• Breakfast: Hotel's sandwich, shui jian bao, dou hua shui, cheese dan bing

• Sogo
• take train to Zhong Xiao Fu Xing and exit accordingly
• went to get elena's jill stuart fix
• both of us got their MUA to doll us up (they are really willing and polite to the max)

• Ate at the famous yongkang beef noodle stall.
• not really a fan of beef noodle so i cant judge much but the beef's good thou
• most eateries serve free and xiaocai you can choose yourself

• walked 15mins to breeze centre
• not really worth it but oh well for the sake of it
• supposedly the mecca of nu ren wo zui da products, apparently we cant find it!
• some old town walkabout

• headed to wufenpu
• shopping wise it was good, bought quite a few things there.. just gotta slash prices thou
• tried their famous formosa chang (hu zhi zhang)
• their famed lu rou fan is heavenly! fatty meat mixed with the rice.. drools. super unhealthy thou.
• a meal so superb cost only 4SGD each! What?! How to find in SG!!!
• ps: i love their portioning of rice! just nice for you to eat more other side dishes. SG please learn from them!

• raohe NM
• actually can miss it if you've no time but its just behind wufenpu so..
• pepper pastry thingy is nice and filling! moist and peppery.
• yummy papaya milk
• dorayaki
• wild boar sauage.. sweet and juicy
• weren't that adventurous the 1st day to eat more food.. wasted
• ran after the last train at houshanpi (12am+)
• asked for directions and met a freaky guy that asked us to follow his direction when obviously we knew it was wrong.. quickly left him after that
  
• after wu fen pu we were dead beat but it was thursday, their ladies night so we decided to go their famous but not that on par club Luxy
• reached there at 2am, crowd was still there, but mostly street dancers parring with each other kinda scene.. interesting.
• highlight of it all, freaky situation #2: we met a drunkard but we didnt know until the end of it all, he asked to take a photo with us when we asked him for directions then after he even offered to send us back to the hotel, thats when we immediately stick our hand out for a cab. freaky. wonder why i agreed to take a picture with him?! NIXI?!