Wednesday, 13 July 2011

Ah-gong's Birthday

On Friday, my mom and I went up to Taipei to celebrate my Ah-gong's (grandfather) birthday on Sunday. We left early in the morning and arrived around 10 a.m. On Friday night, we went to eat at an Indian restaurant. On Saturday, my two other cousins arrived and that afternoon, we went to the C.K.C Memorial Hall to go to an Egyptian Exhibition. That night, we had dinner at a hamburger place called KGB (no idea what it stands for.) On Sunday, we celebrated my Ah-gong's birthday at a vegetarian restaurant. We ordered about 20 dishes, which broke the restaurant's record.

Friday:

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In the train.
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On the way to the Indian restaurant to eat for dinner.
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Inside the restaurant.
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Chicken Curry.
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Yogurt salad with cucumber.
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Chicken Tikka Masala.
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Vegetable curry.
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Naan.
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Indian Saffron rice.
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Roti.
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There was a long line of people waiting for seats for the Korean restaurant.
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Sunday:

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On the way to the C.K.S Memorial Hall.
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We arrived.
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My two cousins walked ahead of us.
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Inside the exhibition.
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Standing in line, thinking of a conversation.
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Necklaces were shown on the side.
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The long line.
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My cousin finally thought of something to say.
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The huge line of people.
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An Egyptian statue.
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Still waiting...
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A model of the C.K.S Memorial Hall.
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Our feet were incredibly sore after standing for almost two hours.
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Unfortunately, we weren't allowed to take pictures inside the exhibit, so I have to remember them all by memory. What I saw, however, was beautiful Egyptian carvings on stones. There were also tools, silks, small statues, mummy cases, and mummies. (I'm not sure if they were real, though.) On the walls were descriptions and the histories, both in English and Chinese. Inside the exhibit was pretty dark, and the walls were red. It was crowded, but the exhibit was nice. We were inside for almost two hours. (I want to thank my aunt for buying the tickets.)

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We were talking about exercises while resting.
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We went to KGB, a hamburger restaurant, to eat for dinner.
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We came back around 7 p.m.

Sunday, July 10:

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On our way to the vegetarian restaurant.
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Inside the restaurant.
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My mom and my aunts.
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My Ah-ma and Ah-gong.
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Water spinach with mushroom.
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Three-Cup-Mushroom.
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Orange flavored mushroom.
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Spicy eggplant.
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Fried vegetable.
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Fried rice with pesto walnut.
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Fried rice with dill.
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Tofu pot.
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Vegetarian eel.
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Bamboo shoot soup with winter melon.
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My aunt and my mom chatting.
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Fried water lotus root.
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Ooh, too much to eat.
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We cousins took a picture together.
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Bitter melon with salty egg yolk.
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I loved this dish. Shredded vegetable with lettuce cup.
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This is how you eat it.
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Vegetarian fish dip in orange sauce.
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Corn soup.
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Pineapple with shrimp ball.
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Water spinach.
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Almond cheese roll.
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Spring roll.
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Watermelon.
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Mother taught her daughter how to use the cellphone.
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I love this photo!
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While the adults went home, we cousins went to the bookstore.
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On our way back, we had ice cream.
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At night, my aunt, my mom, my cousins, and I went to the night market.
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It was very crowded.
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My aunt and my cousins ordering something.
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My mom was shopping for clothes.
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My cousins watching the stand curiously.
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My aunt ordering some Japanese snack.
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Here it is!
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My cousin having ice cream.
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A man concentrated on his work.
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Now we order my dinner.
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Vegetable with meat wrapped in spring roll wrapper.
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We stopped by to have some ice.
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We waited a long time.
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My cousin's half eaten ice.
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We stopped by a store to get my cousin some jeans.
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My cousin decided to try on my other cousin's shirt.
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My cousin finally found something she liked.
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Glasses and sunglasses.

Monday, July 11:

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On our way to a breakfast shop.
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My cousin waited for the traffic light to become green.
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The cooks were hard at work.
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This is a famous breakfast shop.
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We ordered our breakfast.
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My cousins were drinking cold soybean milk.
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Mine: frie bread wrapped with Shao Bean.
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Hot soybean milk.
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My aunt and my cousin looked at the prices.
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It's all plastic.
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Resting again.
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My Ah-ma made delicious lunch.
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My cousin played a card game.
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We played Cluedo. It was easier than I thought.
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At 4 p.m, my mom and I took the train and came home.
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As usual, I had lots of fun. :)

2 comments:

  1. Mmmm... Korean food looks so scrumptious! I've only had Chinese before. And by the way, that's not a roti, it's called a Dosa. I know because I'm Indian. I'm guessing you know that already :)

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  2. Hey!

    I haven't been on Blogger in AGES.

    I always love looking at all the pictures on your blog, especially the food. It makes me miss Asia so much.

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