Ex Taipei Walker II -- Day 04 Taipei LongShan Temple + XiMenDing

Ex Taipei Walker II --- Day 04 LongShan Temple + XiMenDing

Day 04 was rather relaxing and less hectic , Compared to Day 03 's travelling up Yangmingshan

We had covered most of the "siong" destinations that required lots of energy , like Taroko Gorge in Day 2 , and YangMingShan Nature Reserve in Day 3 .. So Day 04 Was Rest & Relax in Taipei ...

After Breakfast ...Zu3 Ren4 ( Hotel Manager) sent us to LongShan Si ( very very old Temple with long history.). We passed by the Presidential Building enroute to the temple

Everything was back to normal , compared to the "Red Army's Tian Xia Wei Gong movement in August . Then , the common people of Taiwan gathered around , dressed in Red , and surrounded the Presidential Building , Demanding that their Allegedly Corrupted President Chen Shui Bian Step DOWN !

Zu3 Ren4 was Forever So pissed and passionate whenever he talked about kicking Chen Shui Bian OFF his Seat. lolz ... He told us alot more stories of the Red movement .. and we were thinking How fun it would have been , to be in Taipei during August to Sept 2006. Lolz ... Go there be Kaypoh , Support Zu Ren and other Taiwanese , HOW FUN !

Security is less tight now ... only Military Policemen with their Taiwan versions of the M-16s ( TK-91) and other barricades. Zu3 Ren4 said that they used to ban vehicles from driving near the building and they used to have CCTVs and Snipers positioned @ strategic positions. Now the snipers relax in one corner ...haha .

Reached LongShanSi .. nothing Impressive on the outside ... But Nei You Qian Kun .. ( more than meets the eye) ... The interior of the 100+ Year Old temple was very majestic...LOoks much better than our WaterLoo Street Guanyin Temple ...

It was said that during the Japanese occupation In taiwan ... The Allied forces dropped bombs on Taiwan .. a 200kg bomb dropped on the temple .. but miraculously .. the main temple didnt suffer any visible damages ... I had wanted to come here during the 1st Taipei trip in July 2006 , but could only come here during the 2nd trip in December 2006... Finally got to See this Majestic temple near Hua Xi Alley where all the snakes are ...


They had a nice mini waterfall with lots of Japanese Koi ... and we took some nice nice fotos there ...

We then proceeded to walk down the streets of Taipei ... to Go Xi-Men-Ding ... Their Much more Hip Version of Our Boring Orchard Road ....

It Was Their Polling Day for their Taipei Mayor Elections. LoLz ... Taiwan Politics and Politicians are juz SoOo interesting ...

Caption on Picture above with Baby : Let the Taipei Women bear children without worries or Fear ( about being unable to raise the child ) ... Let The Taiwanese Mothers See the Future. Hidden Message ... Vote for the #17 Candidate ... See the #17 @ the right bottom Corner.

Hahah .. They focus on one particular issue that hits most Taipei Residents .. then promise to make changes to existing policies ... Juz to get that vote . SoOoo DiFFerenT from Singapore ??

Candidate #17 Du Shu Guan Calls herself " Tu Shu Guan " Library .. in order to get voters to remember her name .. and also uses The former President Lee Teng Hui to endorse her ... roflolz ..

The 3 girls were very excited ... as After our 1st Taipei trip ... They Decided that they must dress More "Hip Hip Hurray" the next time they come back to XiMenDing ...

All are Hiao Hiaoz liaoz ...Indeed Xi Men Ding is one of the most happening places to go in Taipei ...its one of their most trendy places to go , where Stars & celebrities hold their CD launches .. performances , where Taiwan hosts like XiaoZhu , XiaoGui , Wu Zhong Xian and some other hosts go to interview people ..and play games on the streets .. Indeed a very vibrant place to be in ...

We knew Xi Men Ding well ... And we went back excitedly to try out our Favourite TaMaGoYa " Dan Dan wu " TaMaGoYa Egghouse ... an egg-themed restaurant with lots of nice food.

The Food was still quite Yummy ... and we tried new dishes ... Hahah ... There was a cute cute weet U weet Waitress with a Damn "Cute Kawaii neh !!" voice ... soOOooO Damn Sweet that You could get Diabetes from hearing her voice. She looked juz like a anime Character + her sweet voice ... Oh ma god ... I think she fits well into a Hentai Anime ... will blur any guy silly ..

Updated a Video Clip on Youtube .. to Show how crowded XiMenTing is ... Uber Happening .. Uber Lively .. So many more videos to upload ... but lazy lah .

This Old Busker really really talented . He made his own musical instruments , tied the cymbals and drums via a string to his feet. With every tap of his foot , he danced to his own beats, with the Erhu , he entertained hundreds of us with old traditional songs.

REally Respect this old man ...playing non stop ..Super good stamina , dancing and singing in the cold cold weather .. Oh yes it was cold ... Yet he played on , to the requests of the audiences , who rewarded him with NT$100 notes. Tough job man...

** Btw .. the big sized guy in green vest in this video is siao siao one .. I think we saw him @ Shih-Lin one of those nights.. and he was smiling @ everyone , staring @ their food .

We walked around , stumbled upon a Drama Serial launch , by CLUB 183 + MingDao .. I recognised their faces , but dun know who is who , Who is MingDao ?

Anyway , the queue was damn short , numbered @ most 100 fans . We joined the queue easily... waited 10 mins and the "Stars" came. And in less than 5 minutes , We got ourselves into the shop to get their signatures.

Damn Bloody LOUSY celebrities .. So Hao Lianz ... They Juz Came ... Gave fake Smiles ... and waved to Nobody in particular ...

We purposely delayed til we were the last ones to sign .. but they still didnt allow Nana & WeeWee to Take photographs with them even though they said they were Singaporean Fans/ Tourists .. All they gave was a reason of "Copyright" .

What the Hell . I was so pissed that I told off one of their staff . I told her in Fluent Chinese ( haha ) that I can understand if We took photos of them as a group alone .. to sell to fans . But If The photographs INCLUDED the girls ... Who Would wanna buy the photo ? How to call themselves Artistes ? She got dumbfounded.

Anyway ... 2 happy girls with 2 CDs by a BooBoo Lousy Group .

Walked around in XiMenDing In search of the famous Ah Zong Mee Sua ... Finally found it and we realised Weewee's dream of Having Ah Zong Mee Sua in XiMenDing .

It was really crowded and the queue was long . Everyone was standing around the stall , having piping hot bowls of MeeSua ... Made a dare with Weewee to Squat and eat by the roadside if we found the stall ... and We SQUATTED !! Hmmz .. Not so bad .. but not that fantastic either ... hahah , I am not a fan of Mee Sua ...

The Night wasnT over Yet!!

Because ... Because ... WE WENT BACK TO SHIH-LIN NIGHT MARKET again !!

We have been to many night Markets in Taipei before :

But the best that we love is Shih-Lin ... Yeah Yeah Yeah ..

Went back to the Shooting Stall . The skinny ah lian Stall assistant had found what I had requested her to find a few days back ! In July ... I was @ the stall shooting down balloons , and won "Si Gin na" back for Sunshine ... and this time round , she recognised me and excitedly told me got new "Si Gin na " ... but I told her I wanted the popular MOnoKoroBo for SuNshine ...

And We got it !!! Hahaha ... the stall assistant happy ... we also happy nehz ...

Went around with Shawna's taiwanese friend Andy ..... Played some more games ..like trying to shoot balloons with bow & Arrow ... Baseball throw ... and trying to shoot down a toilet paper holding a NT$1000 note . LOLz ... Now u know why ShihLin Night Market is So fun ?

Day 04 Total Hours clocked = 16 hours .

I Miss Taipei !!

*boring ... CNY coming to an end soon ...

XiaoMaGe Signing out ...