7 May 07
Day Tour and I Guess X3

Wakie in the morning to found that I have almost lost my voice! Already made plans with Panny to meet her tonight but in my condition, I can barely speak a complete sentence out loudly. Hence, I left her gift in the hotel and sent her a text message, hoping to meet her when I'm better. Talk about ox in their suay luck this year and I'm one of them =(

The first stop of the day tour is C.K.S. Shilin Residence Park. Quite a boring place so we had our fair share of nonsense like titanic with Suhui haha. Oh, we saw an actress filming there but she's someone whom we didnt know so we sianz half le.


C.K.S. Shilin Residence Park

Next stop is Zhong Lie Tang, where the soldiers will be doing an elaborated ceremony of changing shifts. Jun Ming filmed most of the 'NDP' down. The marks on the pavement are the results of their daily marching. Seems like a must visit place for tourist over here.


Group Shot at Zhong Lie Tang

Headed to Wu Jiao Chuan Ban, a unique restaurant design by a lady. Too bad we were too early so the restaurant was closed.


Wu Jiao Chuan Ban

Its lunch time so we headed to Miramar Shopping Centre for lunch. And not forgetting to stop by Cheng Pin bookstore for Soon Fatt to sweep their books off the counter heehee. Followed up is a visit to the Mao Princess House where we were introduced to their culture and products. And the tour guide brought us to a place to 算命.

The highlight of the tour has arrived. A visit to Jacky Wu's I guessX3! Previously the internet forums gave different views about the filming dates of I guess. Thought I wont be able to catch it in Taiwan but heng heng they were filming on that day! Not sure why the gate was closed, we had to stand outside and waited for quite a while before they ushered us in. We were like the last bunch of people to arrive at the studio and its really interesting to look at the way they host and everything.

The studio is much much smaller than expected. I think they always seem to enlarge it on TV but the actual studio is actually just some furnitures. We were anticipating who are the guests and luckily some of them are those that we heard of before, like Vanness, Song Xin Ni, Xin Xiao Qi and some great hunks and babes. We were all waiting for Jacky to appear and I was practically rotting away in the studio. Other Singaporean gangs were there as well and saw Marcus. When the show finally started, we get to see the NGs, and how audiences were encouraged to clap and cheer haha.

All the waiting and everything means the whole afternoon is gone! Tried to suppress my cough as I do not wish to add in additional music in the recording itself. Probably there is too much waiting time, probably coz i'm ill, I GuessX3 didnt meet my expectation. Its not as fun as I thought it will be, but at least I get to see how it works. I think the next time i watch it on TV I will have a different feeling bah. Still, its fun to attend with a bunch of friends and this kind of thingie you can only do it while you are young. You cant expect me to go I GuessX3 when I'm 60 and cheering bah... I think they will need to give me priority seating bah haha.


Selina, Hebe and Jacky Wu!


Group shot at the tunnel prop


Another group shot of us. The studio is freezing cold!

After the recording we set off to Wu Fen Pu, which is a cheap shopping area. It used to be very cheap, but as tourists begin to flood there, prices are slowly increasing. Before we begin shopping, we set off to the pharmacy and I got myself cough medicine. Finished the whole bottle eventually and it was no use to me. We headed for dinner and its ru rou fan again. Not as nice as the one we had last night.

Its shopping time so the group splitted again. Not only do we need to take care of our barang barangs, we have to constantly be on the lookout for motorist too. Just when we thought thats about it, out came a truck trying to squeeze its way through the narrow streets. So we conclude their roads do not have segments for pedestrians and vehicles. Its all combine together... talk about the air polution tsk tsk.

In the end I met Panny in Wu Fen Pu as she said that she has more time this week. So much things to say to her but yet my voice isnt there =( She's a friend that kaka and I met in New York. Super friendly and a great host! Show us around in Wu Fen Pu, sending text messages to me to assure that I know the places to go and food to try. Too bad that she's starting work soon if not it will be great fun to have her around with us too. But its okie, when she has the time to drop by Singapore kaka and I can show her around heehee.


Panny and us in the train ride