Taiwan itinerary

Ohh I haven't upload my blog for almost a month I just realised! I've a busy schedule to follow the past few weekends.. like participating with my BF for DB Foundation care community work at Koi farm, indulging in good food and taking lots of photos (as usual), hunting for our photoshoot locations and not forgetting, scouting for my DIY materials. It is gonna be a busy period for us, especially with our Taiwan trip coming soon! I have been doing lots of research since June and coordinating with the minsu owners and private drivers for quote. Just last month, I have came out with our daily itinerary.

Noticed quite a few of my friends are planning their trips to Taiwan. For those who wants to glimpse my itinerary for reference, here it goes:

Day 1:
Arrive Taoyuan airport around 11am, proceed to See you Hotel for check-in. Price is around S$90/nite.
Places to visit: Wu fen pu, Taipei city hall underground shopping

Day 2:
Head to Taiwan Railway for express train to Hualien, check-in @ Hualien Sunrise minsu Price is around S$68/nite
Places to visit: Free and easy around Hualien (Zihciang road night market).

Day 3:
Pick-up by our private driver (小霈) Price is NT5000
Places to visit: 花蓮-->長春祠-->燕子口-->九曲洞-->慈母橋-->岳王亭-->天祥-->碧綠神木-->合歡山-->清境農場 (total journey: 8 hours)
arrive at Starry Nantou minsu around late evening. Price is around S$90/nite.

Day 4:
Places to visit: Cingjing farm for breathtaking pictures at a scenic wild greenery farm (think mountains, sheeps, horses..)
** check if the Starry owner can bring us to Puli town.
Free hop-on buses available. http://www.sunmoonlake.gov.tw/EN/03001846.aspx

Day 5:
board bus back to Taipei (est. 4 to 5 hours journey)
Check-in to TS hotel Price is around S$103/nite
Places to visit: Wego Funtel @ Miramar mall, Shilin night market

Day 6:
Check-in to Rainbow hotel. Price is around S$82/nite
Places to visit: Hello kitty cafe, Wufenpu, Shilin night market or XMD

Day 7:
Pick-up by our driver, Meeky in the morning. Price is NT3000.
Places to visit: Yehliu Jiufen Jinguashi . . . .Keelung.

Day 8:
Places to visit: CKS memorial hall, Beitou hotsprings, Fisherman's wharf, Danshui

Day 9:
Places to visit: Jay Chou cafe, last min shopping at XMD -> transfer to Taoyuan airport


Gonna forgo Taipei 101 as I had been there once and it isn't appealing to me, identical to Bangkok Baiyoke sky view.

It's just the beginning of our DIY project...

Some ideas to share below. The things we are hoping you'll get to see in our wedding... Hope it gives one a feeling of a different kind of wedding! Lawrence & Wendii JIAYOU!!!

loves anything vintage and beautiful...

I have been too busy to update my blog. Have been wanting to do so but I was kept busy during weekends.

Here's something that I have compiled, hope BF & I will be able to fulfill our wedding concepts. :)

Dinner treat for ET

A long-waited dinner treat for ET at Firestation Gastrobar. I couldn't decide where to bring him for dinner. Finally decided here as the place is serene and there is direct bus to and fro. :P

Personally I feel the servers were lack of attentiveness and friendliness. The food we had was just so-so. Here were some of the shots we took:

Long Champ bag from Paris!

Colour in beige

Thanks to Serene who bought this bag from Paris for me! BF collected it for me on Wednesday as I was unwell that evening.

The difference of the price at Paris and Singapore is ridiculous extreme. I could get two bags from the price selling in Singapore! Each time I tell myself it's gonna be my last "branded" bag but ended up I'm still buying! Well, I guess as a woman, its hard to control buying things we women like.

District 10 dining

Located at the premise of former Monk's Hill sec school (not far from Newton circus), District 10 has a nice outdoor dining area. It is a lovely place to spend your evenings here.

Food wise, is on the pricey side. We ordered two thin crust pizzas and buffalo wings, enough for four of us. I don't fancy their pizzas cuz they put too much vega on top and the ingredients were little. But it is definitely a nice place to chill out with friends after work.


After dinner, we headed to an ice-cream parlour called Ice Kimo located at Sim Ming road. Their variety of ice-cream is not plentiful and I don't think the ice-cream leaves that good impression on me. Pink is their theme colour and this parlour looks girlish.

Eric and Felicia's wedding

Attended one of my colleagues' wedding on 26th June. One of the nicest men I ever met at work :)

My colleague and his wife sang a duet song during the 1st March, followed by a solo song delication to his wife playing his guitar. A touching scene brought to the audience indeed! We applaused to his courage and singing.

Let's all wish them a blissful marriage.

LAVA ROCK Roxxxx

Again, another post supposed to be categorized in June posts.

After our final pre-marriage counselling, we headed to LAVA ROCK for dinner, this is through recommendation from my colleague whose polymate is working there. His friend is very friendly and we even add each other in Facebook. I guess the friendliness and food is appealing to us to patrol this place again.

The food is reasonable priced and so many choices to choose from. Let the photos do the talking!

LAVA ROCK GRILL HOUSE

Address: Guan Soon Cherng Coffeeshop, Blk 681 Hougang Avenue 8

Sunset Grill

I have been to Sunset grill twice and simply adore taking photos here. They have such nice blue sky and my mind seems to be blown away from the Singapore busy city.

We brought Des and Rain down sometime last month since they are also keen to try the wings. As usual we had their buffalo wings, except this time we ordered Level 2. We aren't those adventurous kind.

Here's some shoots that I have compiled. My PC is still down so the free time I'm left with blogging is during office lunch hours and at BF's house.

Here's a best photo for the day! Taken by me. :P

Two hearts that beat as one

The six lessons of pre-marriage course has just got over and I am very pleased with the whole course. Indeed, I have learnt alot and no longer a greenhorn. But things are say easier than done so hopefully, I'll bear this in mind when I meet with similar situations. Everyone yearns for a happy marriage. :)

I will update a little more on my wedding preparation next month because I'm going for my gowns selections next week! Yipee yeah!! A little excited, a little nervous...

"To have and to hold from this day forward, for better or worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish to death do us part."

A little vintage in a Park

Last month, headed down to lower Seletar reservoir very early in the morning so as to avoid the hot sun. (Or at least to me, it's consider early.) Took a stroll to enjoy the morning surroundings.

While walking to the reservoir, we chanced upon two kittens with the mother cat. The kittens were playing rascally with each other that we can't resist taking shots of them.

My First signed up run

I have adopted a healthy regime with my colleagues by going jogging on every Wednesday!
So far, this has been carried on for 2 consecutive weeks!

And guess why? I am taking part in the Standard Chartered Marathon - 10km run on 5th Dec. Hope to see familiar faces there! xoxo.

Way to go man!

bird cage for ring pillow

So many lovely things in sight! I have to curb my spending!

Oh my, it was love at first sight

Look what I have found online last night!

A fairytale AB box for rental! It was love at first sight! It's just so hard to resist for any girl! But the rental is not cheap and I can understand why, it can't be found anywhere in Singapore I suppose. I'm still trying to convince myself to learn to make something like this due to the high rental cost I have to swallow! But ultimately, I believe I will still get it rather than making one.

Alot more ideas are adding in to my wedding collection and I have so much in mind to DIY.. I got those lovely ideas from lovelylacey in case you are wondering where the ideas are coming from.

I shall TRY to put a stop to my shopping addiction and indulge in shopping for my DIY items. Good luck to myself in my DIY making.

Mommy's day celebration

Recently, we held a heartwarming Mummy's day celebration at Sembawang Yacht club with my family. Previously, it was either a simple fare at home or at a nearby coffeeshop but we decided to make down a trip to some nice place to chill where my parents haven't had a chance to go yet. But the food doesn't score that well as compared to Pearl River restaurant which we had dinner there some years back.

As it happened to be the durian fiesta, I ordered mum's favourite durian cake from Goodwood Park Hotel but I wouldn't have remembered it if not for my colleague who was ordering for her mum as well. I also ordered one box of their signature durian puffs for BF's mom though I have yet to try that and wondered if it's as good as what the verdicts mentioned.

We had a jolly celebration at home, sang the song "世上只有妈妈好" to mom that reminded all of us here of our sweet childhood days. I could see my mum's blushing face as we sang along.

Thank you mom for bearing our nonsense, laziness and temper. But in our hearts, you are the greatest mom!