Fun TAiwAn!

Truthfully.. I have always feel that Taiwan has been over-rated. A lot of my frens and frens's frens are super crazy about this place, always telling me how fun it is over there.. how easy it is to go free and easy and how cheap and good it is... Well, they are all true!! I really like the place and will definitely go back again. It has completely replaced short shopping getaways best choice - Hongkong .Taiwan will be my first choice now!

We started off the trip hectic, with an overnight bus journey to Chiayi.
This is where we tranfer to make our way to FenQiHu, a little old village in the mountains of Alishan. With great company and a good guide, we really have a fulfilling and educational time in Alishan.We got to see the sunrise, sea of clouds and fireflies.. The place we stayed was awesome 5 star from me! Was really worth all the walking and climbing.. =)



We proceeded on to GaoXiong after spending 2 days in the mountains. Was really hot in GX. PX's fren's mum was the guide for this part of the journey. Really grateful for her hospitality and having to take time, effort and money to bring us around. With her help we were able to go sightseeing in Kenting, which was about 2 hrs plus drive from GX. It was here we did our first major shopping on masks and creams at Hanshin Shopping Mall and also got to know a great salegal - Yiting. She is really helpful and responsible..

Last stop of our trip is Taipei. Well is it really eat, shop, sightseeing and shop again here.. We stayed in the centre of XiMenDing which made us even more accessible to shops. We also splurged on a Gucci Bag each at Tapei 101 =p
All this while there was sales throughout major departmental store in Taiwan as Mother's day was around the corner..and so great buys for us too!



One big regret for me is that i really brought not enough cash ... regret for 3 of us.. no time for heart to heart session...
This trip has made me realise how much we have been missing out on each others life. Knowing each other for more than a decade and yet it seems a lot has change as we get busy with our own lifes.

To PX & XL:
May our friendship last till we are old grannies.. and still we can quarrel and bicker on stuffs. This only show we care for one another.. Frens 4 ever!~

DURian DUrian DurIAn....

Have been sometime since i last blogged..realy feeling lazy these days.. especially after coming back from Taiwan..

Perhaps I will talk more about my Taiwan trip in another entry.. for this entry, I would like to share 2 of my recent bakes with all of you..=)It has really been a while since i bake..

During my weekends, I decided to bake some durian puffs since this month is the durian season and I see ppl selling durian everywhere..and so..Hubby helped me to buy 3 boxes of durian.

I dunno whether is it due to me not baking for a while, my first batch of puff mixture was a total failure... I had no choice but to throw it away.. boohoo.. 16 puffs gone! I was not going to give up though.. well in the end i was still able to produce 16 beautiful puffs.. phew..if not my durian would have been wasted..



Well.. 3 boxes of durian was definitely too much for me to fill the 16 puffs.. in the end i decided to bake a durian cake as well.. since it was my mum's bdae. Truthfully, I was a bit reluctant to bake it since my mum has been coughing lately due to her overdose of rice dumpling which made her body "heaty". Anyways.. how can a birthday celebration go without a cake???!!

Woke up early the next day to finish all my house chores, and started baking the cake.. Viola within 2 days i've made puffs and cakes.. how efficient is that? Kinda of impress with myself.. heehee =p

One last thing to share before i end this blog.. Hubby treated me to a nice dinner in celebration to his new job.. *Sweet* Would like to wish him all the best in his new job! Thanks hubby for the sumptous dinner.. Love you! Muacks!