Cupcake count..10,12,15?

The New York library!

A place you don't go to when you want to study!

I cupcake New York!!!

My cupcake journey in New York...
Sugar loading!

Welcome back home HSINI!!!!!

In Taoyuan airport waiting for my parents...
my dad sorta forgot about me...
It's okay..
At least I am..home!

I got a feeling..today's gonna be a good day~

My last day before China departure was very eventful..eat eat sing and see bands play and dancers dance and then eat some more!
Thanks Nancy & Jen for blunch!

After blunch, we went to Holiday and booked the smallest KTV room I have ever been in!


Video of Nancy swaying her butt and making my day!


After 1 hr of KTV, I finally arrived at the Breeze Center for ICRT's Battle of the Bands but two hours late (Tis was a two hours event). But it ran late, so I still got to see the last band play and winners announced.



Yogurt Art with Danny! Yogurt by weight. ..pick any flavor of yogurt and then choose from a buffet of garnish to please your taste bud!


My art: I took three flavors of yogurt (Berries, Macadamia white chocolate and plain), garnished with chocolate and colored sprinkles, fresh blueberries and oreo crumbs..

Waaaa

I heart Wal-Mart

Normally, when you see something ugly, you don't buy it..but for Q, she felt the need to buy it and ship it half way across the world... Just for doing that, I shall wear it!
"Mirror Mirror On the Wall, who is the fairest of them all..."



"Friends are like stars, you don't always see them, but you know they are always there"

DYNAMIC YUNNAN!!...it's really, dynamic!

The peacock princess!
"Ever since Yang Liping won first prize in a national dance competition in 1986, she has been delighting Chinese audiences with her signature dance, Spirit of the Peacock




Country of Daughters...pic FAILED


The stage..



DYNAMIC YUNNAN!!....you guys have to find out a way to get them to tour Canada and then go watch it...get the most expensive tickets too!..Their last world tour was in 2006 but I can't find info on another tour. They came to Taiwan to help kick off the DEAFOLYMPICS...THe Blue Man Group was in Taipei last week...anyway, the show was OMG... I am speechless about the show...SPEECHLESSsss..and filled with permanent goosebumps! You're gonna have to carve these goosebumps off!! And watching 'Country of Daughters' live was soo fun! It was like seeing MCCCA on stage but not really...hahahaha not comparable at all...The costumes, the sound, the color...wowie

I sat at the cheapest seats in the house but it was really good for me cuz I was really close to the stage but on the side! My parents bought tix for 8$ more but they sat further away but center..they enjoyed it alot..MY dad tried to do the peacock dance afterwards...

I did try to take pics and was so tempted to take videos however, they wouldn't allow it during the show...Also. I sneaked into an autograph signing session for the VIP seats so that I can get a peak of Yang Li Ping in person...but because security was so tight and wouldn't let me get close enough, someone took pics of her for me!

Yang Li Ping...wow..her arms are like jello..and her moonlight dance..i just watched the video on youtube but nothing compares to seeing her move in person...she's so skinny too!

Yang Li Ping! She's around 5o years old now but still moves like she's 20...18..16...15!


Some of the male dancers were outside taking a smoke and let me squeeze between them to take a pic..Hanyue, i know you would have loved the way these guys danced..remember those New Zealander dancers..these guys were like that but 10X better..AUTHENTIC YUNNAN MEAT..!! rarr


ummm..I'm a peacock!

Glimpse of some stuff I ate last week: This is why I'm chubby-faced

Monday I had a big hot pot but I didn't take a pic of it. Wednesday I cooked at home. I didn't take pics of every meal but here are the pics of meals I did remember to take...I'm trying to eat lots of good stuff before going to China to eat MORE good stuff!

Tuesday
Hakka lunch 120 nt


Thursday
Korean lunch 200 nt


Friday buffet in Denwell


Saturday dinner
This is the worst thing I had all week...


Sunday lunch/dinner
Home made dishes by my mom's friend. She took orders and single handedly cooked these dishes up in her tiny kitchen for everyone!

Happy Chinese Valentine's Day!

7 of the seventh month on the lunar calendar is Chinese Lover's day!

Pin Lin: A day filled with everything TEA!

Pin Lin is a little town 30 mins south east of Taipei.
We visited a tea museum, garden, tea degustation and tried local delicacies which were all infused with tea for a one of a kind taste experience!
The caffeine made me uber hyper by the end of the day...weeee

Tea pots everywhere...this could be a scary place for teapotphobic people..., tea pots ornamented everything from street lamps to bridge decorations...



I'm a little teapot short and stout..


Pin Lin old street..


You want to try tea drinks, candies and snacks, noodles, rice, pudding...she's got them all!



Tea pork stew..yum



We enjoyed our tea pork stew rice by the river...


Tea sticky rice with taro or carrot...



Fried tea leaves...crunchay



At the tea museum...this is how they cultivate tea...


We tried a couple kinds of tea from Pin Lin and high mountain oolong as well..I think! I just drank whatever that was given to me!


A beautiful tea garden where people enjoy their tea in serenity..