Taiwan : TaiChung - Feng Jia in 12 Hours! 【台湾游】 台中之逢甲的十二小时！

Part 2 of Feng Jia, TaiChung!

In previous post, we had a "nice" experience with our brunch at 野澤三 "Ye Ze San" before we explored further about Feng Jia. 

Being the largest and happening destination of TaiChung, we will see and found so much of foods, cheap goodies, cheap fashionable items and whatever you might found interesting to bring home and as in, SO MUCH MONEY to buy ALL the nice tempting goodies!

I would like to describe Taiwan as "Shopping Heaven" in short, suitable for younger generation that favour shopping more.

- Adidas Outlet -

- Adidas Outlet -

FYI, we stayed at Feng Jia area, which we could find designers shoes hereby so much designs that Malaysia could hardy find. Nice to see and I bet the price does not cost cheap too. :S Limited edition some more!

- Arai Cha -

Compared with the beverage and prices with Cha Time of Malaysia (I never tried Gong Cha before), price are much cheaper in Taiwan. RM5.90 for a similar drink in Malaysia, only cost RM3.90 by Arai Cha of Taiwan and same applies to other Taiwan beverage stores/ stalls.

The drink I have shared with Meatball was refreshing with a kind of fruits that is good for digestion and cooling down the body heat.

- Bei Jing Barbeque -

So much food offered while we were happily exploring Taiwan, I found out that Taiwanese just love to eat food like fried, barbeque, noodles and less on rice a.k.a normal meal like us. May I say that they don't really have time for a normal meal, snacks of all kinds made them full (which it was true by referring to a local Taiwanese friend of Doggie's owner.)

- Local University - Feng Jia University -

I saw students walking pass by us at the stall where we were having breakfast on the second day before we leave to explore the tourist destinations! I'm loving Sun Moon Lake of Nan Dao, which I will talk more about it on the later posts.

- Buy all you CAN! -

- Shopping -

Ice Hippo's Owner said she love TaiChung more on their shopping which are much cheaper then Taipei. :P But I LOVE TAIPEI MORE! Oh... I still love the scenery of Taiwan. :)

- Street of Feng Jia -

It might look nothing special during the day, but the night... The whole place is CRAZY and flooded with human sea!!

So there's our after brunch with shopping and a little exploration of day time at Feng Jia before evening (the time we explored the night life), I bought few tops and accessories that I love! Quite happy though but I hate the weather.. It's summer and it was freaking warm when I visited there. :( Not cool at all~

We went back to the room that we have rented and had a short rest before we continue exploring the night life of Feng Jia, one kind of experience which not much of us could see!

- Welcome to Feng-Chia Night Market （逢甲观光夜市） -

Here I comes with a short teaser of my next post of Feng Jia.

- The well known Big Sausage cover Small Sausage （大肠包小肠）-

They love it, but I was not in love with it. -__- And yet, must try ALL FAMOUS LOCAL DELICACIES when we travel and act as if we are the locals too!! I like it feels.

After visiting Feng Jia Night Market.. My conclusion is, freaking awesome with varieties of foods (likes and dislikes), which I found them.... hmm... not much of us would love it. ;) So much of an oily food.

So okay, stop right there and...

Stay tuned for the next! ;)

Location : Feng Jia, TaiChung, Taiwan （台湾）
Photo credit : Most photos took from Carlos (Meatball's friend). :)

p/s : Join my Giveaway HERE, before 23rd December, 2011!

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Updates on Giveaway #2 by Withinmeitzeu

Calling all readers/ bloggers, have you entered the giveaway I have done on previous post? 

It will be ended on this Friday, 23rd December, 2011! 

Click HERE for more information!

State down your entries on previous post, NOT HERE! Anyone who stated here are not eligible for the giveaway. Sorry to be so hush. ;)

Cheer~

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Another Tea Session with Santola Bar Cafe, K.K.

Another tea session by Meitzeu. :)

It has been such a long time I didn't update about my tea session around places I went right? Just the same old reason with so much events and things to blog about. :P

Previously, I had read about reviews and went through friends photographs and found out that Santola Bar serving quality coffee and additional ala cart for cakes and Nasi Lemak. Well, my manager went to the place and found it quite interesting with their interior design with the cafe and the building. So, that's interest me more to visit it with my family on that Saturday.

- Santola Bar Cafe -

Located in the same building together with Cap Kuda, our local Coffee Brand here in Kota Kinabalu. 

At my first sight when I reached the cafe, I was a little surprised that the building actually is only a normal white building with the brand "Cap Kuda" from the main entrance. Look closely, we found the name "Santola Bar". :)

Get ourselves started, meatball, mom and Chloe sat down, "surveyed" the menu.

- The Bar -

Well equipped bar for coffee making, cakes and Sandwiches. That's really good. Surprisingly, it's so much different from the outside of the building.

-Coffee + Toast Combo Set at RM5.00 -

Reasonable for a simple breakfast during the day. We had two sets of it, black coffee drank by my mom and meatball. Coffee tasted well with pure coffee flavour.

 - Cappuccino -

 Amused me, I FOUND COFFEE ART!!

 

 - The Toast with their Santola Bar sign -

 - Cheese Cake -   

A nice cup of coffee and a slice of cheese cake, taste heavenly. :)

- Nasi Kuning -

Meatball had it and it was GOOD! Nasi Kuning smells good with it fragrant and I have tried it for one or two bite. However, it was quite a small portion for an individual to have it.

- Main entrance of Santola Bar Cafe -

That's conclude my short morning tea session. OH! No, suppose to be morning coffee session. :P A nice place to chill from the city. :) Nice selection of venue which many of us do not noticed that Kolombong have such a nice place for coffee. 

Location:
Kolombong Industrial area, same building as Cap Kuda.

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I Saw Little Sea Turtles in Kota Kinabalu (Turtle Conservation Campaign 2011)

Note : Don't forget to join my GIVEAWAY HERE (till 23rd Dec, 2011)! :)

I suppose to be at mom's shop on every Saturday (its a norms) but during the first week of this month, Meatball, mom and others went to the train station to experience the North Borneo Railway Steam Train which they have been planned earlier. 

Leave me no choice, but to tag along my eldest sister who got the invitation to attend the Turtle Conservation Campaign by Sabah Park which held at Suria Sabah for the first time in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah before meatball ended her trip!

- Turtle Conservation Campaign 2011 -

First of all, I want to ask how many of my readers are nature lover? I know I am most of the time and I hate people who destroy our lovely environment! Definitely I will nag friends who not supportive in protecting our environment.

Anyway, the event turned out to be a nice and meaningful event that I have attended, especially when we saw all the cute little turtle that have been given their "freedom". :)

- Booths for awareness -

Activities and games for the public to join in addition to the launching of the turtle conservation campaign later.

- Each block contains information about sea turtles -

For sea turtles species, their life cycle from hatching to mating, ways to preserve them, protect them, the news where sea turtles were caught by fishermen for personal gain and others.

- The Main Stage -

The logo of the campaign was a cute with cartooned sea turtle!

Launching ceremony started with invited guests made their speech, some of the speech was time consuming but with a lot of information on protecting our marine life, not only Sea Turtles. ;)

- Goodies Bag -

Environmental friendly recycle bag with cute Sea Turtle logo. I found a thin booklet of conserving the Sea Turtles, similar information like stated on the blocks on earlier photograph, Sticker and others.

- The Authority -

Speech ended and the VIPs whom officially launched the Turtle Conservation Campaign by giving freedom to the turtle and letting them being set free to the "sea" (as in an man made aquarium with sand and sea water).

- So cute! -

I never saw real baby sea turtle that crawled in front of me! They were adorable, not many of us could resist it. :P The funny thing is the turtle was crawling here and there before it swim in the water. I think it was blurred before they being set free.

- Photo Session -

I wanted to touch them, but the aquarium was surrounded with the red belts and NO TOUCHING anymore. :( I saw other people hold them before. :( The turtle can't turn itself over (not moving either) and I thought it was died when I see it closer) -__-

 

- The crowd to see the baby turtles -

Everyone was excited but do they play a roll in conserving the marine creature?

Cut down those consumption of sea turtle eggs people! Be supportive.

Thus, we need to protect our environment, it's the cycle of this earth. Safe the creatures of this earth, increasing number of them are facing extinction issues, let our children to see this beautiful world with unique living creatures that left until their generation. :)

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I Found Bak Kut Teh 100% Klang （口香巴生正压肉骨茶） in Cheras, KL!

Before I start my food trip in KL, Readers, don't forget to join my GIVEAWAY HERE (till 23rd Dec, 2011)! :)

During one of my night in drizzling rained KL, another friend of my mom brought us to try the/ one of the famous Bak Kut Teh (BKT) at Cheras. Interesting food trip eh!

BKT seems famous now-a-days, even many new stalls are newly operated here and there!

- Bak Kut Teh 100% Klang （口香巴生正压肉骨茶）* NON HALAL * -

Uncle (Mom's friend) said that their BKT was surprisingly sold out within few hours after their daily operation starts. And luckily, we managed to try out the nice Bak Kut Teh within KL (and its raining, so less people eating there) and not by traveling as far as Klang (from Bukit Bintang, KL) to eat the authentic Klang Bak Kut Teh.

I heard awesomeness reviews about BKTs at Klang though, I would really love to try it out some day.

- List of Meats and Bones of every part on a boar and other choices -

Others such as Mushrooms Chicken Feet and Vegetables which normally will be attached together with Bak Kut Teh sellers, even in KK. :D

- Bak Kut Teh 100% Klang （口香巴生正压肉骨茶）'s Stall -

- The Ribs of BKT -

- Various meat we had during our dinner ala local style -

How to know BKT nice or not. :/ The remedies is in the SOUP!! When the bowl of soup is good, every bites we had will be good! About BKT 100% Klang, its quite good actually, especially during a wet night.

In facts, I knew West Malaysian eat BKT during the day too, which a bit odd for us here in KK. haha :D

Location:
No. 2, Jalan Cerdik, Taman Connaugh,
Cheras, 56000 KL.

p/s : Do anyone know about the origin of BKT? I know oo~ :P And only Malaysia have BKT!

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A Kiss and a Walk at Coastal Area of Blackpool, UK (Part 2)

Second chapter of Blackpool and First chapter is HERE!

Walking along the streets, enjoying the scenery of buildings, I do like it and after a while we reached the coastal area of Blackpool. Second chapter is all about the Coastal area. :) Enjoy.

- #1 Approximately 12.00pm -

Rough sea with sea water covered the sand. And never knew it will become the other way when the day getting darker. What I meant is for the last few photos shared. :)

Don't get anxious, just enjoy reading my words and photos one by one to the end.

- The Sea View of Blackpool -

- Street along Coastal area -

It is an interesting part of Black Pool whereby the authority beautified it into an entertainment place for tourists and locals. And after years till now, I saw juniors who visited Blackpool had great fun with all the great entertainments there with all the games, activities and entertainers.

- The Blackpool Tower -

Where we could see it from almost every corner of Blackpool's main City.

The first part of exploring the Coastal area while it was raining, without further delay we went to shopping, lunch and explore the City of Blackpool. We went to Stanley Park and one of the interesting outlet in town and further in depth story will be updated in the future. :)

Beautiful flowers, naughty pet dogs and etc. Quite an interesting experience that we actually WENT TO THE GREEN PARK where flowers and trees were there. :D Old times. :') Walked so far from the town to Stanley Park and its raining. I don't know how I did that.

-  Coral Island (Entertainment Centre) -

Its almost time to return to Liverpool and our train will be departing at 9.55pm. We do have a little spare of time and we walked slowly along the coastal area, visit the jetty and took awesome photographs with friends for remembrance. 

And I do remember the Coral Island, where I have lose my 1 pound (About RM7.00 during Year 2008) on the "gambling machine", I called it the machine for non gambler (lol).

- Beach of Blackpool (The Coastal area at 8.00PM) -

By looking at these photos, I'm sure that it's impossible to make you believe that it was approximately 8.00pm. And I, myself never knew I had my dinner at 10.00pm when it was STILL BRIGHT (like evening here in Malaysia).

Remember the #1 (picture) I have shared? It's actually the same coastal area during the evening and it was Blackpool beach! Unbelievable! They told me that during the evening/ night, they will be using it for entertainment usage for events and others. Creative concept ei~ :) Definitely the concept is ready now since I took the photos years ago.

- Low Tide of the Sea -

I think I saw couple walking, people jogging when there's low tide.

- Low tide until that extend -

That was my first time to experience such a low tide in my whole life. And becoming the beach in the evening is interesting. :)

- Eye on Black Pool -

It's a Merry-Go-Round which is an usual activities around UK. Places like London and Manchester do have it, especially in the main City. Hmm~ I wonder Liverpool have it or not? I didn't came across with it when I was there on that period of time.

- Breathing -

One of my favourite piece of photograph took by my friend Eunice. :)

- Sunlight and Smile -

The Sunlight, the Sandy "beach" and of course, my smile. :P

If only my camera (Sony W55) have the correct setting (I didn't realised that my setting was wrong until I was returning to Liverpool).

- Beautiful Blackpool City -

By comparing with Malaysia or Borneo, UK just different with their unique ways. :) Every shoot I took, its like a postcard, unbelievable scene.

- Having fun with Blackpool Tower -

- Loving this photo -

Quite a calm destination to visit there.

- The air certainly looks fresher after the rain -

It's time to get us a dinner and especially IT WAS 8.00pm ++.

And off we go to the train station and that's how we say Bye to Blackpool.

Bye Bye Blackpool. ;)

- Blackpool Sea -

Its difficult to imagine, feels and know how was Blackpool Sea with all those photos sharing right? 

I have never shared these videos since years ago, it is the amateur videos of mine that I wanted to save it for myself at the fist place, but... so what if I kept it for myself and never share to others. So here's the edited one I have done! ;) 

p/s : I'm not good in public speaking back then as compared with now, I guess. :P and I felt horrible with my Chinese language, not that convincing. (Youtube : Meitzeu's Channel)

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I've Experienced the Lunar Eclipse on 10.12.2011 from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Happened last night, approximately starting from 8.45pm when the Moon was covered a bit of its corner.

I thought it was the cloud covered it, but its getting darker from a corner of the Moon after a while.

At first, I was foreseeing the eclipse since 7.45pm (which has been told earlier), I was a little disappointed but after an hour later after my short Yum Cha session, I saw the Moon slowly eclipsed.

It was amazing and the thick and cloudy sky did not stop me from shooting the ECLIPSE!

 - Approximately 8.55pm -

Everything went wrong with my G12, I took it without setting the right mode, I've forget which setting that I suppose to shoot it with while I was at my house's garage shooting it.

Warm weather turned off me, I almost forgo the chance of experiencing the lunar eclipse and after I had a look outside my bedroom window and the Moon was at the correct spot! And there goes my eclipse photos shooting again. :) A few attempts with my G12 setting, everything were getting better and better. 

Enjoy!

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I'm quite lucky that I managed to shoot photos of it while friends around might not experienced it like I do. 

Yes. Indeed the cloud last night was so think and we could hardly see the Moon in clear vision, especially when the cloud was moving.

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- Approximately 9.30pm -

The moon almost "disappeared" by that time and I had my rest too. :)

It simply a beau last night but I wonder why I didn't see the Moon became red? :/ I wonder. I took a peep around 11.30pm and I saw a bit of the moonlight, it was on top of my house's roof, which I can't view it like before. :(

Anyway, it just AMAZING! How was your night hunting with the Moon?

More similar photographs was shared in my page HERE last night! Thus, do click like on my page too! :)

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