2022/7/14 @ 45th floor

Meet at 2pm at Exit 2 of Taipei City MRT station, surprisingly, we all are on time and proceed to 45th for High Tea. Janny has the pleasure of ordering as she is the only person who has been here and highly recommend this place for gathering.  

Each order coffee and I am the only having a cold one. French Fries and only one cake, believe me, its a huge size enough for five of us. Enjoy the chatting session with friends. 

 

A1 curry from Janny Koh, July 2022

Janny is very nice, knowing l like curry. Prepared a portion for me, which I ate for three meals with French loaf bread. Lots of potato makes the curry more thicker and nicer.

Catchup with Seetoh 2002/7/2

Meetup with Seetoh, together with Janny at Janny's Curry Shop near to DongMen.

 

Hiking with friends on 端午節 2022/6/3

Hiking at 橫領古道 with Jenny, WLY and Janny. Followed by visit at 青山溫泉區 for afternoon tea time.

Follow by a High-Tea at nearby Leisure resort 青山露營區。

 

Suzanne “Let’s meet

Suzanne officially open her Makan shop on May 21, 2022 on a beautiful Saturday. Guest of HK our is Mr. Yip from SG Trade Office.

Doreen Ng and Cindy are very nice to organise fellow Singaporeans to send Suzanne bouquets of flower for her shop grand opening. 

KC birthday on May 10, 2022

Hoon actually contacted Doreen Ng in Singapore for MingKai's contact and specially ordered the birthday to be deliver to me on May 10th. Make whatsapp call to Hwei and Hoon in the evening and catch up with latest happenings back home. Great to hear all are well back home. Misses you all.

May 2022 Video calls

COVID has disrupted all travelling and social gathering with families and friends. Video call using Zoom or Google Meet is perhaps not perfect but an useful tools allowing people to meet virtually with ease.

For the month of May 2022, Hwei has link up with me while visiting 3rd Auntie living at Redhill. Happy to see she is happy and healthy. 

Also, we managed to arrange a Google meet for high tea with fellow Singaporeans living in Taiwan. It s a different experience gossiping online, hahaha . With Janny still quarantine in hotel travelling back from Singapore.

Date at Hyatt Hotel cafe for breakfast

Thanks Jeslyn Chua for the 50% discount voucher at Hyatt Hotel. Met up with GohLeeEng and Janny Koh for a cozy meal at Hyatt Cafe. Foods are reasonable good but the company is great. Follow by a visit at Costco Neihu.

An after-thought on the colour combination. 把不同的好東西湊在一起，將會把他們變成「無敵」更優秀的人們。

 

2022 MaoKong trail hike

貓空步道歡樂健行

MaoKong Trail Hike

1] 集合時間： 2022/4/4 (星期一）上午9點，貓空龍門客棧 。

Assembly time: 2022/4/4 (Monday) 9am , LongMen restaurant front door.

2] 配備： 舒適止滑鞋， 水， 登山杖 ，雨傘，帽子。

Suggested equipments: Comfortable shoes with good grip, water, hiking sticks, hats, umbrella.

3] 交通：開車到「貓空龍門客棧 」台北市文山區指南路三段 38巷22-2號

Transportation: Drive to meet up point at LongMen restaurant.

Kindly provide your car license number so that we can provide restaurant operator. 

Constance : BNU0505

KC : BBH1603

Janny: 6368-EK

Elvin : Rcq8966

LeeFang: BKQ0536

Eunice : RCW1813

Susan: RBR8217

Raymond : RCV2262

Carpooling: 

LF pickup Jun

BG pickup James&Mee

KC pickup WLY@8am and Ann-Marie@8.15am.

4] 樟樹步道Hiking Routes

Leisure Route about 1.5hours.0

Mostly flat stone laid pavement. 

     

5] 健行後中午吃貓空餐廳

餐廳名稱：貓空龍門客棧 

台北市文山區指南路三段 38巷22-2號

https://www.facebook.com/%E8%B2%93%E7%A9%BA%E9%BE%8D%E9%96%80%E5%AE%A2%E6%A3%A7-105743136168799/

Tel: 02-29398865

Lunch place: LongMenRestaurant

Estimated expenses : lunch about NT$500 per person (kids half price, Plain water included).

Note: Maokong is known as a place for tea, but it’s not cheap, per glass $200+/-. Due to the price and considering not all drink tea, hence lunch cost not inclusive of drinks.

6] 參加者 Participants： 

Hiking and Lunch 

<Table one> 8 pax

Janny & Derek (2+2kids)

KC (2) 

Rachel (2)

<Table two> 10 pax

Philip (1)

WuLeeYing (1)

Lee Fang (1)

RongChang (1)

Susan (2)

Jun May Cheng (1) 

Ann-Marie (1)

BG & Constance (2)

<Table three> 9 pax

Elvin & PeiPei (2+1kid）

James and Mee (2)

Eunice & WeiKiat (2)

Raymond and Angela (2)

Total =   24 adults  , 3 Kids

Makan Meet at BG place

Very nice of Constance and BG always thinking of us and invited us two for the makan party at their place. Pickup WuLeeEng on the way and met new friend Ann-Marie and Jun for the first time.

So touch that BG specially takes time rushing to do marketing for 刮包. The 包 itself is tasty, plus the specially selected pork. Somemore can also TaBao home too.

 

Year 2022/2/28 Hiking trip

Dated a group of Singaporeans friends with their family for a hiking trip at 翠山步道 at 中社路二段。 We met at 9am on a Taiwan’s public holiday 228 with 20adults and kids. The leisure walks takes about 2 hours with two rest stops. Followed with lunching at a restuarant name 山農小吃, which Janny has helped to coordinated for the best deal.

Personally, the soup is the best and had a few extra bowl. Constance said the meal ball named as 黃金餅 sound interesting and easy to remember. I think everyone love this dish that came last on the meal list. Good choice.

 

Year 2022 Chinese New Year visitation

CNY house visit by Janny, WuLeeEng, Constance and BG. Thank you for bringing the Hokkien mee from Suzanne’s newly open store at 忠孝東路。Very delicious and it taste like home.

 

Singapore Round Island Route

First announced in 2012, the Round Island Route will be the longest recreational connection that loops the island when completed. It is also part of NParks’ overall plans to curate a 360km islandwide network of recreational routes, consisting of eight different trails, by 2035. 

Christmas 2021 at Constance

Thanks BG and Constance for inviting us snd fellow friends to their house for BBQ. WuLeeEng came very early to help out with BBQ stick of satay. Looking at the restaurant style setup with tables and chair, must have taken them huge effort to get prepared.

People are kind enough to bring goodies for the occasion, we have fruit cake, Christmas tower puff cake, charxiubao, cheery fruit, lots of liquid and wine, maoshan durian, mini-oranges and most of a full size turkey set for the special occasion. 

 

Sandy & Zac return to SG 11/11

Meet up with Sandy and Zac, went for a simple lunch at 鬍鬚張。Thereafter, travel to TamShui for them to say good bye to MK. Touching moment and friendship.

 

Ming Kai Filming 10/10 - 稀遊記

YouTube link:  https://youtu.be/Q0w_c81IJR8

Received a request from MK saying he will Singapore TV is shooting a documentary about Singaporean living in Taiwan. He shall need to gather Singaporeans to organise an outdoor or Potluck event to fill the shooting scene. After discussion, cycling the best option and decided on Taiwan double ten day.

We end the day by meeting at Constance place for a potluck party. Janny is kind enough to source for the Asian foods from Mr,Chee and MIT. Plus cook foods from fellow Singaporeans.

 

Heard the TV programme will be shown next year 2022 in March period.