Yay! Here's our selfie for our first time on the HSR.

The journey down took about an hour and thank God the seats were comfortable!~
Upon arrival, we got up a taxi and booked the guy for an entire day at about 2500NT
The "tour" probably ended around 6+ 7pm so the cost kind of depends on how long the cabbie uncle is booked for (:
Our first destination was the Mushroom Farm!~

Of course, what's a meal without dessert right?

Here's presenting to you the first ever heard of Mushroom Flavoured Ice Cream.

It wasn't exactly my type of ice cream but c'mon how often do you come across flavours like this.

Our second destination of the day was Lavender Cottage.

We spent a total of 2hr in this little paradise cause we just couldn't stop snapping photos.

The place is simply gorgeous, well to me at the very least. 

On our way down, we managed to catch a glimpse of this rare sight of the sunset (according to our driver) whereby the sun and the horizon? are all in a straight row. 

It was simply beautiful and the photo probably didn't do justice to the actual scene.

We too had taro dessert at a place nearby which was said to be really famous (40NT/bowl) but I didn't get a shot of it cause I was just wayy to tired that it slipped my mind. 

(Oopsies..)

To end of our day 1 at Taichung, we had to visit the feng chia night market without a doubt.

Be sure to try the all time famous Da chang bao xiao chang (40NT) as well as the bear paw bao (55-60NT)

Heyy there!~

I know I've been dragging this since forever, my apologies.

I shall just skip all my excuses and get into it~ ^^

We didn't have much plans other than to explore the malls in that area on the 2nd day.

So the first few places we headed to were just small little shops along the way before we got to the Zhongshan Station. 

If you're there, go check out this extremely huge stationary shop which literally seemed to carry anything. From cartoon stationeries like adventure time to cartoon socks!

So, here's starting off the day with some toilet selfies 

in Xin Guang San Yue (新光三越) Shopping Mall! :D

BEST BUY FOR THE DAY!!

Definitely has to be this baby that I've wanted for months!

 Yay! Here's my #ootd for the day; Dressed down in all basics with my trusty Dr Marts.

Later on in the evening, we headed down to Shi Da Night Market (師大夜市）

You'll have to walk down quite a distance after you've alight at Taipower Building Station but I swear that it's definitely worth it.

If you're not sure how to get there, just follow the crowd or ask the locals there, you'll get there (;

Before we start our shopping spree part 2, we decided to get a quick fix at a beef noodle store which name I forgot, oops. I will be back to edit this!

 To end of our shopping there, we treated ourselves to some traditional bean curd (35NT)

We went for the original one though they have many varieties available.

If you're not a fussy eater or love almonds, do give their other variety a try. 

And definitely give this store a try, you'll come to understand why SOOO many people are holding a bowl of this around the area where the stall is located. 

YES!

I've finally got some time to sit my ass down in front of my laptop to get this started.

So here's the series of posts that I've been delaying for close to a month now:

(Disclaimer: The trip was an extremely last minute one so don't expect the best itinerary)

For those who didn't know, I was suppose to head to bangkok but cause of the current situation, there was a last minute change of plans. Which thus brings me to the some unhappiness i have about Airasia (which i shall mention at the end). 

We took a 2-3pm? flight so it was just the right time to catch the pretty sunset (and the mandatory plane wing photo) while we were still up high in the sky~

It was past 9 by the time we got there so we settled our hungry tummys before doing anything else.

We headed down (following the straight road) and there was this street whereby it's all food.

 Xiao Long Bao - 8 for 80NT 

which is about $3.50SGD

The skin wasn't too thick and the filling was really good. 

If only there was more soup/gravy? idk inside, it would have been perfect!

 The name of the stall is Alibaba Ladu.

And here's the full menu for you. 

 The guy was really friendly too and it was so funny when he found out i was taking photos.

I'm so thankful for the full length mirror right near the door where you can check your outfit and hair before heading out. 

So yes, this is the end to my day 1 at Taipei~

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Now why I was unhappy:

(Disclaimer: Everything stated below is my own experience and opinion, I still remember the exact day and time we enquired and still have the email we received from them.)

All the while, they have been my #1 budget airline choice so this came as a shocker to me.

So I'm sure everyone knows about what's going on in Bangkok now right, so my Dad being a typical Singaporean said to cancel that trip (believing that we can get a refund solely because the counter at the airport told us so).

They told us to just send an email and that's all, we can get it in about 2-3months.

With their assurance, we decided with our decision to do a change of plan and after a few days later they replied to our email saying no refunds.

So here's the thing, why are we told at the counter in the airport that we will get a refund but showed otherwise when we send in a request email?

In any case, whether it's the staff's fault for over-promising or whatsoever, I guess i can only say it's just a lesson learnt to get things double confirmed before going on with any other plans.

Cause who knows if things are just gonna backfire at you.