袖珍博物馆
YES! Finally fulfilled my wish to visit this place~
I wanted to visit this museum in 2007 but due to our tight and tiring schedule, we did not visit this museum in the end.
What can you see at The Miniature Museum of Taiwan?
Dolls House + Miniature art pieces of interior furnitures & designs . . . .
(there were also barbie dolls on display with its family tree)
Before entering the museum, we went to the lobby to purchase entrance tiks:
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It's not the photo of the lobby! It's actually a miniature artpiece of the lobby!
It looks so real, exactly like the lobby i was at!
Different style of miniature houses of different countries were on displays which includes their inner room displays. Owing to my camera's limited ability (with glass reflection and lighting issues) and its loss of battery towards the end, it was hard for me to capture the delicate intricate details of each artpiece.
A French House
A musical room
A Tudor place in Canada
A cosy bedroom
The Playroom~
A miniature doll room within a minature doll room
Here's the zoom in photo of its the super miniature framed doll room:
A working tv inside a miniature room!
My favorite photos: A bakery & kitchen~!~!
Towards the end of the exhibition was a display of miniature pieces from a competition .The theme was to build a magical space which they truly hope for.
Some were really creative.. there were a batman room, sea room, converse shoes room, room with pillars decorated with $$$ and so on.
Before we head to 五分埔，my mum and I had a wonderful meal at a Japanese restaurant. (As my dad was not feeling too well, he did not join us on this day of the trip)
It's was truly a delicious meal that does not match up to its price!
I order the above set which includes the beef, the whole basket full of veggies, mushroom, dumplings, tofu & Prawn! There were also beancurd skin with udon.....all for just a price of <$14.
五分埔
--Shopping Time--
--No Time to take photos--
(:P)
西门町
It's was evening time when we headed back to XMD to meet Dad for dinner..
We walked different street to find something which 3 of us will like to have..
My dad was telling us abt his nice and cheap korean lunch in XMD with free drink and unlimited rice top-up ! Seems like all of us had delicious lunch in Taipei today.
Finally we decided on a eatery which sells mini steamboat and 臭豆腐 which my mum was a bit afraid to try when she heard of it.
I get to try duck's blood (which tasted abt the same as pig's blood) !! Actually i wanted to eat a steamboat buffet in Taipei ~ but my mum said:"no" cos she will not be able to eat the amount worthy of its price. So.. this will at least satisfy my steamboat craving~
不是很臭的臭豆腐。。。
2 May 2010
If you are planning to visit Taiwan, please remember to go to Taiwan Visitors Association in UIC Building! If you go there with your air & hotel ticket booking confirmation slip, they will give you a free gift~If i'm not wrong, their free gift changes every 3 months. I was given a free Easy Card with a value of NT50 (akin to Singapore's Ezlink card) and free entrance ticket to National Palace Museum (故宫).
故宫博物馆
In order not to waste the ticket, we went to National Palace Museum in the morning. I bet my parents must be bored to death... (i know they are bored to death especially my Dad) It's definitely not a place where everyone will appreciate going. A place which displays imperial collections from 新石器时代 to 清朝... explaining the different types of carving used in different dynasties.. etc
Amazingly, one of the most famous pieces there is a cabbage (with an insect on it)! Carved on a jade, part of the description of this jadeite cabbage goes like this: "it embodies a perfect 3-in-1 union of intrinsic nature, human creativity and symbolic significance."
No photography is allowed inside National Palace Museum so i won't be able to show photo of any imperial piece.
But here's the exterior view of the whole place (it's like a palace!!):
Even the dustbin looks like an imperial piece (@_@):
it makes me wonder if this dustbin will accumulate rainwater if it rains heavily one day?
Underground Mall
Today was some sort like a R&R day because it's the last day before our departure day. My mum and I headed for some last minute shopping at underground mall in Taipei Main station. You can find tons of cheap shoes here! And we fell into the shopping trap and bought more shoes! We also tried more local foods - 葱油饼 and 红油抽手
葱油饼 is surprisingly not bad.. although i didn't wana try in the first place
BUT 红油抽手 is a great disappointment.
I missed the one i had with my sec sch clique at 花莲 which our tour guide highly recommended and brought us there................
We ended the day with a simple dinner at the Korean eatery which my Dad likes~
I ordered this. The meat are on top of a dome-shaped pot and are to be bbq-ed there. The 'stream' around the dome shape is used to cook the veggies and tofu..Yummy~
Interestingly, both eateries which we visited provides free flow of drinks and tissue (self-service). The lady boss is also very friendly. Definitely worth the price!
3 May 2010
The day of departure from Taipei back to my Home Sweet Home. My mum and I had a hard time squeezing all our new clothes, shoes, food, souvenirs into our own bags (with help from my Dad).. but we managed to do so! Making use of all the available space.. boy! There was not a teeny weeny single space left in our bags~
Not wanting to drag our heavy bags up the tram and travelled to another place to catch the freego bus to the airport, i decided to splurge my left-over $ on the hotel car service. I also hope that my parents will have a comfortable ride to the airport. The car driver was a chatty guy and told us that a family from Singapore has booked his service for their entire trip! it's def not cheap for a full day service in Taipei where everywhere is so accessible by public transport .. must a rich family sia
Here i shall end my Taipei trip post with a cat ornament from Jiufen~
I love it and it makes me cheery whenever i took a peek at her from my work desk =D
Hehehee..
and ur cat is lookin at me everyday~
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