merchandise @ sodagreen '09

after beitou hotspring we headed back to hotel to get prepare for the big nite.... while on the way back to hotel, *vv* text me informing me the concert merchandise will be on sale fm 1.30pm onwards... so to avoid disappointment if the merchandise is sold out, SL and myself divert our route to taipei arena, bringg all our wet clothes and towel....

once we reached, there was a long q. i was too gan cheong so din take any pic of the stall..... cos *vv* told me tat the postcards are very limited. so i asked the staff whether the postcards are still available... they said 'sold out'... but can try at the other stall....

so there's another stall at the other side of the venue and q was very very short and thk " " the postcards is still available.

look wat they hv.. they have 2 group of concert tee; 1 by Converse and 1 by the band themselves, thou both are designed by them. the 1st 3 tees on this standee are by Converse & the 4th tee is by the band ~ same design in 2 colorways.

I bought the 1st 2 design on day 1 and bought the 3rd design on the 2nd day. But when i return home, I found I hv 2pcs of the 2nd design.... is my fault, i din chk after buyin :(

for the concert tee by the band, I bought the white version & bought both towels as well

the red printing on the white shirt is printed from the inside of the tee.

this is how the towels looked like in actual...

can u see the postcards clearly? not really i tink but i lazy oredi to take out and take pic :p

Converse tee came in this packaging

carrier for our merchandise

2 files is free if u buy over NT1000 and free water bottle if u buy more than NT2000. of cos i op for the files cos the water bottle, I can print the stickers and paste on any bottle myself.. haha...

on the 2nd day 9/20, I bought something and they gave me this lanyard. this is not for sale but free with the merchandise. Then i started to complain cos I bought a lots ystdy but din gv me this..... I made a lots of noise, keep saying i 'take plane come'... then the staff bo-bianz and gv me another one... hahaha... la la la... dun care cos i need 2 sets of everything.

after getting all the merchandise, we rushed back to hotel to get ready.

hotsprings @ beitou

back to xinbeitou again :D this time we are here to visit the hot springs... Jo visited before so she led us the way.....


a stream emerges from the Geothermal Valley


but unfortunately, the Geothermal Valley is closed for renovation.. so sad and this is the 2nd time Jo missed the place. tink the last time, she came on a Mon which is closed on every Mon... so remember to avoid Mon next time.


I muz come here next time.. hehe..... see more pic here

so we continue our search for a hotsprings to bathe.. so we stop by the stream along the way to soak our feet *hot* *hot*

we look ard a few places but they are either too ex or indoors... I wan outdoor hotsprings so I can look at the sky while bathing.. hehe... so we end up at Millennium Hot Spring which is an outdoor public hot spring. At NT$40 plus an additional NT$20 if you store your stuff in a locker.

actually photo-taking is not allowed inside but ... haha... but cant resist. can u see I labelled the degree of hotness in the pic

view fm abv... since this is a public hotsprings, so there's lot of local uncle and auntie... they are super friendly and tell us wat to do.. thou i oredi forgotten by now...1 uncle told us must go to the cold pool in between the hot ones. super shiok.... i wish i lived in beitou... hahaha....

this is the hot-test pool... see my label... i tink 1 is 39degree and another 1 is 40-41 degree, i can't remember cos it's too long oredi... only Wenli and me challenged the 40degree pool but for awhile only cos really toooooooooo hot. if not we really cooking ourselves.

a grp pic b4 leaving :D

fm left: Jo, *ee*, Wenli, Shulee and Waiching.

on the way out, saw this cool bldg and found it is... beitou library

Riverside Live House 西門紅樓展演館

so it's another year but im still blogging abt my taipei trip which I went last sept... hahaha..... i am really tooooooooooo slow....

so after 木柵動物園 we went back to ximending to catch a live performance @ Riverside Live House. thou in between, LF and me went to search for polka dot pj to wear on tmr's concert. haha....


b4 we left for Taipei, LF suggested to SL and me to catch a live performance while we are in taipei... just to get the feel of it.


thou i was hoping i can catch a performance by someone I know, eg 黃建為.... but not so lucky hehe, maybe next time.... and next time i wan go other live performance venue like The Wall and Legacy. wondering when my next trip to taipei.. hehe...

木柵動物園 (下)

we continue our journey.....


im quite impressed that the animals is actually quite near


me and the elephant is only separated by a narrow 'longkang'. i can juz jump over hehehe....

we skipped this area...no time

wat a cute a sign

next stop is the reptile house... we stil din figure out whether this is a real turtle or not

is my post getting.. scary... haha... do not read on if u feel uncomfortable. haha ...

snake skin hehe..peeling...

from this snake

hiding inside...a really green snake

more green.. really kind of scary when looking into its eyes

tis is not insect for display... is the food for the reptiles

ware's my food?

i really getting into taking close-up eh

look like a lion

and there's lots of turtle/tortoise species being display here

next up..the penguin house

going in to the freezer.. looks more like Flintstones house rather than a ice house

No Hubbub - i really duno wat's tis

is this my 1st time seeing a penguin? i really cant remember. anyway, i've only been to KL zoo only which i dun tink they hv penguin 20yrs ago...

having a meeting

we hv walked to another side of the penguin house

act kids

wat the sxxx

a spongebob sxxx

tat's the end of my taipei zoo trip... i love it so much, it was so fun and pls dun tink zoo is a place for kids. thks to wei2 for highly recommend to me.

木柵動物園 (上）

from wiki:
The Taipei Zoo (Chinese: 臺北市立動物園), sometimes referred to as the "Muzha Zoo" (木柵動物園)
i ill call the taipei zoo as 木柵動物園 cos some1 refer as so :) find out on my 9/19 post.


from NCCU, we took a bus down to the zoo. even the bus sign is in panda... sooooo cute.


zoo here i come!!!

footprints as seen on the ground @ the entrace

oh yeah!!!!!!

excited *ee*

the entrace fee is only S$3

even the lockers are soooooo cute

2 sides of the passageway

pic by LF

the panda house :D

btw, there's a limit of visitor to see the pandas everyday. i tink is 15,000person per day.. so @ the entrance the staff will gv u a numbered tic until used up quota of the day. it's fri 9/18 today so i guess is 'less crowded'

the entrace fm inside

FYI.

lookg ard

we r pandas too

still too crowded so we hang ard a bit 1st

thou it's fri but still quite crowded with lots of group tour kinda of tourist and students on expedition, the ppl keep coming in. i wonder how it is during weekends...

i can't differentiate which is tuan tuan and which is yuan yuan; obviously... hehe...

lazy bum

zzzz..zzzz.....

posing with the panda

dun disturb me eatg my lunch, u ppl

a few shots on the panda

LF, *tramy* and *ee*. thk u to *tramy* for especially comin down to accompany us :D

i wan to eat this ice-cream but when we finis out zoo tour, the shop oredi closed. so sad... i muz come again next time....

木柵動物園 to be continued....

國立政治大學

fm Mao Kong, we took a bus down to NCCU... our schedule today is very packed cos @ one area we hv to cover so many places :D


am i lookg for a sch to study in taiwan? y do i keep on visiting U here. haha...


another place i wanted to visit since last Dec trip... hehe... the U tat sodagreen study (not last time cos still got ppl still not graduate)


Jia Kai's psychology studies building

a water fountain @ the entrace

i cant label anymore cos i duno wat building is this

we juz walk around the U area

tis is a much bigger campus than the one i visited earlier

so big that there's another area uphill

pic taken by LF

ive read on the Mao Kong's intro page tat there's a hiking trail fm this U up to Mao Kong. wonder whether tis is the trail...

we finally walked up

classroom

very hot

on the way out

wat is this?

basketball court ;)

is tis the library? i dun remember. hehe...

we met some sporean student and i tink they heard us talkg in singlish and they came up to us and asked whether we're fm sg. we told them yes and they asked wat are we doin here. I told them we're sodagreen's fans and came here to visit their sch... haha... they ran away very quickly b4 i can ask more.

i miss my 貓空貓

fm wiki:
Maokong (traditional Chinese: 貓空; pinyin: Māokōng; literally "cat empty") is located in Wenshan District of Taipei. It used to be the biggest tea growing area of Taipei. There are many intertwining footpaths which have been used to transport tea. Now, it's a popular place for tea culture and viewing the night scenery of Taipei city.
The name comes from "jiâu-khang" (皺孔, also similar 皺坑) in Taiwanese, which means "crease aperture" and refers to pothole formations. During Japanese rule it was changed to the similar sounding Maokong (貓空, Taiwanese POJ: niau-khang)


we set off in the early morning and took the MTR (or MRT, watever la) via Muzha Line to Taipei Zoo stn. and chg to a bus.. can u see the road is very narrow...


tis is the cable car stn but not functioning now cos heard there was some techinical fault and the cable car fell down... errrr.... scary.


view fm the cable car stn


*ee* with SL, LF and WC :)

*ee* with 貓空貓, so cute rite? i mean the cat statues ..

this is one of the teahouse and of cos they are close. these teahouses only open fm evening til nite for ppl to drink tea while enjoyin the nite view. but of cos we dun hv any nite time to spare.

walking into this teahouse

nice pond

act drinking tea and enjoying the view

then we proceed to further uphill

the scenery is actually ok only... hehe

is this ad film here?

fun time with 貓空貓

both of them found a real cat to play with

貓空貓 also a fans of *aa*