Thursday was the day before Hamy arrives. The only thing I remembered was that it was the first time I was able to try sibut (chinese medicinal soup) and that it was my first full 10-lap run since I came here in Taiwan (due to Jamie's encouragement).
Hamy arrived on Friday and we were able to meet each other at around 4pm that day (I brought him fried dumplings which he absolutely loved). Jen waited with me just to be able to meet him, then she had to go home. We had dinner with Heidi, Jamie, and Michelle. Hamy was finally able to meet my Taiwan friends. Oh, and we ate at the Goon's chou fan place for dinner. Weirdly enough, he was also able to meet all my housemates that day. This isn't usual, I usually don't get to see all my housemates in one day!
Saturday was our foodie and lucky day (It was also Taiwan's Mid-Autumn Festival). I had breakfast with Hamy in the hotel, since he got two free breakfast stubs from his room. We wasted the rest of the morning doing my laundry and talking. For lunch, I took him to DinTaiFung to try the famous xiaolongbao. We had to wait for around 45-60 mins before we can get into the place so we went to a roast duck place nearby and shared a plate of mixed roasted meat (duck, pork, chicken). When we got back to DinTaiFung, we ordered two orders of xiaolongbao.
Me, waiting for our turn to come up in DinTaiFung! Things we do for good food...
Hamy's approval face after we finished off the first batch of xiaolongbao. This is the second batch.
Below is a sad me when one of my xiaolongbao's broke and the soup leaked out. So tragic!
After the food trip, we walked aimlessly and found ourselves in ChiangKaiShek Memorial. We explored the place a bit since the weather was so nice and windy for strolling. :-)There's a mini forest trail behind the memorial hall.
And these are our individual photos since we didn't bother asking other people to take pictures of us.
After ChiangKaiShek, we went to Kenneth and Beth's place (Hamy's High School friends). They were very very very nice and treated us to fried chicken fillet and fried shrooms from 2Peck. We also watched Star Trek on their very large TV. :-DAfter the movie, we rushed to meet Kenneth and Beth's FilChi friends. We had kao rou or BBQ at Zandy's place and played pwationgchu which I found out was not being played (and not even known) in Taiwan. I tried to explain the game to my teacher at school, but it ended up sounding like a gambling game. Hahahaha... Anyway, to cut the story short, I met a lot of very nice people (Special mention to Jo, since I instantly liked her. I think people named "Jo" always has a special place in my heart. Naks!). Hamy won chiongguan (NT1200), I won a 4GB Flash Drive among other things. :D
Photo below grabbed from Bernie. Thanks!!!
Sunday was shopping day, Hamy and I had lunch at sliced beef noodle place. Then we went to Guanghua to look for my laptop. I've already found my laptop (Acer Aspire 5738ZG) but I didn't buy it yet because Hamy won't let me use my credit card (because of the lousy exchange rate). Anyway, I'll get my laptop when I have proper liquid NT$. Aside from finding my laptop, we bought an i-river mp3 player (because I lost my player last week Tuesday) and a fuji instax camera. Love!!!
After Guanghua, we headed for Ikea (got a bit lost along the way) and ate at the Ikea restaurant/canteen. The sausage and the salmon were awesome! Next time I go back to Ikea, I'm gonna try their meatballs. :-D
After our dinner, Hamy made me wear his jacket and made me hide my hands in the pockets. When I slipped my hands into the pockets, I felt a weird box shaped thing inside it so I had to take the thing out. Lo and behold, I now have an engagement necklace. ^^ Thanks Hamy, it's awesome!!! ^____^
We shopped around in Ikea, I bought a pillow, a mirror, and a scented candle. Hamy bought pasalubong food. :-D
Monday was Hamy's last day in Taiwan. We ate our last breakfast together (yes, we don't say no to free hotel breakfast food.) then he was off to the airport. I had a normal school day after the Hamy-days. I think I've forgotten what I did this Monday... I think I ate biandang for lunch and hotpot for dinner. It was also a very rainy day - I bought my third umbrella after breaking my first umbrella last week and breaking my second umbrella during the weekend.
Tuesday was my relax day. The rain stopped and the weather was so cool and comfy. Michelle and I had medicinal soup and chao fan for lunch with Eli and Hanni (Japanese and Indonesian classmates). We had to call back-up because we can't finish the food (Eyes bigger than our stomach). Thanks for coming to the rescue Jamie! Hahaha! After lunch, I slept. Hahaha! The weather was too nice!!! For dinner, Jamie, Heidi, Michelle, and I had Viet food and then headed to Shida Road for shaved ice desserts.
Today Wednesday, we tried out a new xiaolongbao place. I think DinTaiFung has a strong competition with this one. I don't remember the name of the place, but I certainly remember how to go back there. Yuuum!!!
I ran 12 laps today, then ate like a pig during dinner at a Korean BBQ place with Wayne, Keryl, their 2 friends, Jen, Heidi, Michelle, and Jamie. Tomorrow is Keryl's birthday (Happy Birthday Keryl!!) so we got her a chocolate cake to celebrate her day. Tomorrow's another cool fall day here in Taipei. I love this weather! :-D
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