YangMing Mountain - A live volcano behind.
At Chieu's home in Taipei City
Palsar Makan
A great occassion to celebrate together for christmas
Christmas dinner
<< Hwei and Gee Min family trip to Taipei Year 2010 Updated on Dec 3, 2010 >>
Date/Day , Proposed Activities , Transportation , RemarksDec 11, SAT Tour landed in Taiwan
First location is Keelung. CAR Meet them at Hotel, EVA hotel@Keelung
Dec 18, SAT Last day of the guided tour
Chieu will pick you from Taipei 5 star hotel. CAR @ Taipei Hotel
Afternoon: Weekend Flower Market Bus
Flower Market only available during weekend, starts early and ends at 6pm. Hundred stores selling thousand of flower and plants. You can buy back to Singapore, if you want. At the end of the Flower Market, there is a JADE market too. Dick might like to get one for his Mother.
http://www.fafa.org.tw/
After Dinner : ShiLin Night Market Bus Dinner – ShiLin Night market
Back to the old Singapore, lots of local Taiwanese dishes and street hawker, crowded into the night. Just the crowd of people will make the atmosphere interesting.
NightTime - Tour Briefing and Quiz game Brain Fun, Prizes for winner who manage to get the answer to the quiz.
Lunch – ShengKeng Area Dinner -絲瓜小籠包館
Dec 19, SUN Yang Ming National park Hiking Trip MRT/Bus Leave b/f 7am
Unique National Park within a half hour ride from Taipei City, its our backyard during weekend. The mountains are high and continuous, imagine lying on a green pasture after a short hiking trip and having our breakfast. Remember that last trip, the whole family hike up there, I think all has enjoy the trip very much. Suitable for all ages. Healthy living lifestyle.
At a height of 200 to 1120meters above sea level, in the middle of the Tatun Mountain range, covering 11,456hectares, is the volcanic rock formation which is Yangmingshan National park. Each spring cheery, azalea, and camellia bushes blossom and bud. In the summer, butterflies and birds unlikely to be seen elsewhere can be seen here. In the autumn the white pampas grass covers the slopes, and in winter their color is the red of maple trees. Yangmingshan National park charms in any season.
http://www.ymsnp.gov.tw/HTML/ENG/INDEX.ASP
Local Yang Ming Mountain Lunch, CAR, Temperature very Cozy.
The chicken meat is great here and many special dishes. We can visit the Flower Garden just next door after the meal
Breakfast – Picnic@YangMing Lunch – 陽明山的冠晟 Dinner – 粽子(中興百貨)@Taipei
Dec 20, MON Taipei Int’l Flora Expo Bus 11
Full day at the expo, best if we can queue for the special entrance ticket @ 7.30am
Breakfast : western style (麵包+牛奶), Lunch – Inside Expo, Dinner – Inside Expo
Dec 21, TUE Morning: Visit to ShengKeng Old street CAR
TaoFu food and traditional gift, old street.
Afternoon : National Palace Museum Bus
The Palace Museum definitely contains the finest of CHINA history, only the best artifacts is displayed in Taiwan. The museum has been renovated completed in Year 2006. One can spend a full day there if you like Chinese History. You then know what’s Emperor toy in the olden days, JADE toys! Entrance Fee @ S$8 per adult. Follow the guided tour and you will know the greatness of CHINESE culture.
Covering an area of 19.4hectares and built in Chinese vernacular, this building house treasures from Chinese history, including ceramics, bronzeware, oracle bones, porcelain, enamelware, jade, Ching dynasty costumes, carving and caginets. http://www.npm.gov.tw/en/home.htm
Breakfast – 永和豆漿, Lunch –丸林滷肉飯, Dinner – Palace Museum restaurant
Dec 22, WED Morning : Taipei Zoo + Cable car + Tea House MRT See brochure
The Zoo is comparable to Singapore Zoo, although not as beautifully landscape. The Cable car station is within Zoo and it cost very little for a Ride S$3.
Afternoon - 板橋林家花園
National Heritage, the classic Chinese-style building one owned by a very rich businessman was donated to the state and open for tourist. English tour guide start at 2pm
Breakfast –豆漿早餐@ShanTao MRT Stn, Lunch – 大腸麵線+香腸 , Dinner –頂泰豐(忠孝東路booking needed)
Dec 23, THU
TamShui Night Market and Fisherman Port MRT Reach by 4pm to see Sunset. At the northern Tip of Taipei County, very popular Night Market near the SEA/River outlet. The night scene is much better than going during the daytime.
Breakfast : western style (麵包+牛奶)
Dec 24, FRI
Breakfast –, Lunch –, Dinner – At home
Dec 25,SAT Time to depart from Taipei to Airport XXX hrs
Departure from Taipei
Most likely will order a Airport Taxi. SIA
TPE -SIN, SQ XXX
XXX hrs – XXX hrs
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The solving session @ iStore MBS.
Our Trade reprensentative, Mr.Stanley Ho celebrating the Singapore 45th birthday in Taipei, Taiwan together with a crowd of 170 guests and friends. Off course not forgetting the nice foods and Tiger beer. Cheers. 
Bingo draw, the fifth prize - SQ A380 jocket cap and A380 model airplane.
Yes, Hainanese Chicken Rice is on the Menu every time. Couldn't miss it, also the chilly and black sause.
Plan C: LonMen Camping site , 
Waterway Terraces commands a prime location next to the proposed town centre, near the Punggol MRT/LRT station and right along the waterway. This landmark waterfront development consists of three 18-storey blocks, joined together in a hexagonal arrangement to form three intimate courtyards. Choose from 1,072 units of 3-room, 4-room and 5-room Premium flats. The application is now almost 12times over-subscribed. WAH! I am just lucky to be one of the almost 7000 applicants. 
The wide range of facilities within Waterway Terraces include an eating house, a supermarket, shops, a Residents’ Committee Centre, a student care centre, a child care centre and an education centre. With the development’s unique interlinked block layout, residents can enjoy sheltered connection to all these amenities. Drivers will also appreciate the convenience of having direct lift access from all blocks to the basement car park 
Head over to the landscaped common green along the waterfront promenade to use the range of playgrounds and fitness facilities there. You can also choose to enjoy a breezy riverside jog or a leisurely stroll. Besides these, there are also intimate hexagon-shaped courtyards framed by the residential blocks. These courtyards offer garden spaces where you can relax and unwind. 
The 4 rooms layout is the best of the two layouts without odd corners. Take in splendid views of the waterfront as you relax at you four room flat's balcony facing the river and amid the lush green surrounds.
