Last Friday, on December 2th, My mom and I went to Taipei to see my grandparents and my cousin. I haven't seen them in months, so I was pretty excited. We got up around 6 a.m, and got to the train station around 7 a.m. We had a delicious vegetarian sandwich to eat on the train. We sat there for over 2 hours, but I wasn't bored since I had my MP5 and a book to read.We got to Taipei around 10~11 a.m. We stayed there for about 3 days and came home on Monday afternoon. Here are the pictures! (The picture on the top left is a calligraphy that my Ah-gong - grandfather - wrote.)
We got up too early....
.... Aargh, our sleepy-faces.
The train station at 7:20 a.m.
We arrived in Taipei and decided to buy Japanese sushi for lunch.
A wet day in Taipei.
For dinner we went to have vegetarian food. A vegetarian stinky tofu pot (but it's really good!).
Water spinach with mushroom.
Sesame ball.
Shredded vegetable with lettuce cup.
Pea sprout.
Mung-bean noodle with tofu pot.
Bitter melon with salty egg yolk.
On Saturday night, we went to the night market.
A local shop that sold all sorts of things. (My mom smiling in the picture.)
Earrings and other jewelry.
It was pretty crowded.
More earrings, bracelets, and necklaces for sale.
A clothing shop.
Hsian-tsao soup. Something to warm us up.
The biggest sesame balls I have ever seen. It expanded when it came out of the water.
The next morning we went to have breakfast...
.... never anticipating how crowded it will be.
That afternoon, my aunt took my cousin and I to see a movie, but we couldn't see it. It's complicated....
This is at Ximending ( 西門町), a young people's land.
We had this as a snack.
We went to see Tomboy, a French movie. It was pretty good with wonderful acting.
My Ah-gong's chops.
Ah-gong's chops.
The master stamps a chop on one of his calligraphy.
Ta-da!
My Ah-gong carved the one with flower and the hand himself.
Thanks for reading! I had fun, as usual. ;)
'Stinky' tofu pot xD Calligraphy sure looks interesting. What's Hsian-tsao? Looks like you had a lot of fun :)
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm a fan of cars. I love cars, especially the Honda ones.
Transformers rock! I really want to see Dark of the Moon, we missed it when it was released in theaters.
Rose is Rose is about a family and a cat. Croc is about a bunch of soldier guys who actually know nothing. Tiger is about two kids called Hugo and Tiger. Both of them are pinhead lazy gooses :P
What's Mafalda? And Blondie?
By the way, have you seen The Good, The Bad and the Ugly? It's a really awesome '70s Cowboy movie. :)
Peace ^^
Nivedha
The brown stuff in the picture is the Hsian-tsao, right?
ReplyDeleteI'm a girl alright :) A lot of people think I'm weird because I like: Cars, action movies, stuff like Ben 10 and Generator Rex, etcetera etcetera. But they can't go expecting me to like Barbie, right?
HAHAHA!! xD The Blondie one was so awesome!
Rose is Rose: http://images.ucomics.com/images/amuniversal/press_release/wholegrin.png
And there's a Tiger and Croc comic on my newest post.
The only other Western movie I've watched is For A Few Dollars More. It was long and dragging, but worth the watch.
Peace,
Nivedha