Day 2 - Jiu Fen & Danshui

Took a day trip out of Taipei city to visit Jiu Fen and Danshui. Jiu Fen inspired the set of Spirited Away. It is indeed pretty quaint and charming. I like it there. When we got to Danshui, we didn't have much day light left. Still it was fun just walking around the port town.

We went to see the changing of the guards and some famous hotel first before setting out. I think we used the hotel as a toilet stop. Ooops.

Beef noodles in JiuFen. How i miss the beef noodles in Taiwan! We are so greedy, when the stall is full, we can just stand outside and eat.

Jiu Fen is full of teahouses that have superb views. We were at this one for quite a while.

Danshui. Next time I will visit the place earlier and have more time to explore. Such a pity.

Dinner back in the city. We had Italian. It was a nice restuarant with very nice prices too. This is one of the rare photos of just the 2 of us. I can't remember the last photo we took as a couple!

Day 1 - XMD & Rao He Maket

She slept in the bassinet on the plane for just 15mins. I was hoping for at least an hour. She slept quite a bit, but I had to have her in my arms. Thankfully, she was alright, no crying no ear ache. Crossing my fingers that the next flight would be the same too!



When in Taipei, you got to go to Fong Da for its iced coffee. Very yums. Shiokadoos!


I may not look tired here, but believe me, I was! I didn't sleep a wink the night before! Thanks to leaving the packing to the very end. But I manage to pack all our stuff into 1 suitcase!

Rao He market. These 2 eating stinky tofu. Still can't understand its appeal. It smells like the drain.

Hapy New Year!

2010 has been a good year! Tiring but good.



Still a newborn. I miss her being so tiny sometimes. On her tummy during tummy time. She didn't like tummy time too much.


First time in the baby carrier. She struggled and cried a lot when we tried putting her in. She must be about 4 months old already. Bearing some weight on her legs.


Sitting on her own. Crawling finally at 8 months. I didn't think she would. She didn't show any interest at all. She only wanted us to hold her so that she could 'walk' on her own. One fine evening, she decided to surprise us by crawling.


When she could pull up on her 2 feet, she would climb up our pillows almost every time we put her on our bed. She is reaching for the remote. Cruising in the zoo.


Still cruising, a bit better. Walking finally!


Taking her shower.

I watched her rolled over, smile, laugh, giggle, pull herself to a sitting position, pull herself up to stand, babble, cut teeth, crawl, and walk! All in a year! There are plenty more that she has accomplished, but I can't possibly list everything. Well okay.. I will list a few more. She has graduated from taking baths in the baby tub to standing up having showers instead. I also learnt that her tantrums are of diva proportions. She understands more than I think she does.


We took 2 trips this year. A road trip to Penang and a trip to Taipei. This baby is made to travel! She was her usual bubbly self and more.


She was in a baby gym class for 3 months. She was more interested in doing her own thang than doing what the teacher wants her to. She enjoyed herself and it was great to have kids of her age around. This poor girl doesn't have any friends of her age!


This is how she thank me when I try to give her puree. Mess up and have a great mush fest. Most of it ends up on her, the table and the floor. Sometimes when I tried feeding her baby food or purees, she made a horrible face, gag and spit it right out, as if it was the most yucky thing she had ever tasted in her whole life. (Maybe that is true). She has finally finally begin eating more solids. If I didn't know about baby led weaning, I would totally be lost when she rejected the puree I wanted to feed her when she was 6 months old.

We had some renovation done to the flat. Added more cabinets and shelves. A baby does take up a lot of space.

I have been married for 4 years! We had a very good dinner at St Pierre, with a lot of good food and too much good wine! Still wondering if I should take a photo of the bill and shock the living daylights out of everyone. It sobered me up alright.

I do not know how much motherhood has changed me. I can tell you though, that it has made me really really happy. I love being a mum. I can remember a lot of the happy times I spent with her, and the not too happy ones, I can't really remember. My life revolves pretty much around her. I don't have time to do much else. This year, I will try to squeeze in more me time. My books are screaming out for some attention. I will pick up my camera more too. Yes, and I will get part time help more often to help with the chores.

2011 will be great!

The Little One is One

She has turned one! Time sure does fly when you are a parent. I never ever have enough hours in a day for all the things that I want to do! That is why this post is almost a month and a half late. We didn't have a big birthday bash for her since she will not know what the fuss is about and she doesn't have a lot of friends. So a birthday party full of adults isn't exactly a fun birthday for a child. Instead, she had 3 celebrations. One each at both set of grandparents and a getaway trip for just the 3 of us to Sentosa.

She doesn't know how to blow out the candle yet. She did try! next year, she will definitely know how to!

Plenty of gifts. She isn't too excited about them, again, she didn't know what the fuss was about. Once the wrappers came off, she had a field day with the presents. She had so many, she didn't know where to begin!

Second cake!

Checking in.

We have brought her to the zoo, the bird park so we thought, why not an aquarium? She had a wonderfully day checking out the colourful fishes swimming around. She was pointing and babbling quite a bit in there. The tunnel wasn't as colourful, that is why she forced a smile in the photo. By the end of it, she was getting a little sleepy already. We walked along the beach a little, found a spot to sit down in the shade while I nursed her. She didn't sleep for too long though.

So, off to the pool we went! This photo very healthy lifestyle hor, wear swim suit eat apple. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Dinner at a Japanese restaurant. She kept making funny faces in there. All the other diners were all kinda serious.. except her.

Hard Rock Cafe. The last time I was in a HRC was when I was 19 or 20. It was fun, especially after the serious Japanese dinner.

She loved the balloon the people at HRC gave her. I hated it. I hate balloons, they looked like they would burst anytime. The way she waved it around, the way she handled the balloon, I thought I might get a cardiac arrest. The balloon came off the stick a few times, The Husband helping her fixed it back, and she was so impatient, tucking at his bermudas, and babbled in a demanding and authoritative tone, as if telling him to hurry up and give it back to her.

It was a long long day and she wasn't about to go to bed just like that. She went walking round and round and round the room checking out everything. I am glad that she had a fun day.


The breakfast spread at the resort was really good. As anyone can see, she ain't too much a morning person. I love napping after breakfasts, and that was what we all did!

It was a great first birthday!