What it feels like to be Rich Part II / 4 Days in Taiwan for S$25

Honey, I'm home!

This was a good trip! If nothing else, the colleague with whom I was travelling was great (it's a male, in case ure thinking there was something else going on), as compared to my regular one..

Also the first time I "flew first class"... heh... what happened was that the flight we took out of Singapore was so late that we theoretically only had 15 minutes to hop out of the plane, check-in for our next flight and get on the plane...

After telling the air stewardesses, we were offered seats "in the front of the plane so that [we] can get off first"! See Lynne, that's some mental activity and initiative on their part ok? Tho I think the suits made a difference on whether they would have done it for us...

Anyways, first class hauls-ass! You get to keep your luggage in front of you, and the beds really go flat, and horizontal. They also feel like a throne... all that's missing is the air stewardess kneeling down to, errrr, place the crown on your head as you take your seat...

Irony of the whole episode is that, after getting off the plane and being buggy-ed to the check-in counter and the boarding gate, only to find that the next flight was postponed for 45 minutes... duh.. but I'm not complaining..

Kaohsiung's really boring! Tho it didn't get so bad that I had to get the ladies on the picture on the right to make the time pass... haha..

Taipei was quite a bit better tho... the shopping malls are nice and new and actually really look like KL! Tho things are more expensive than in Singapore.. they've got some really good restaurants tho.. we had dinner both nights at Taipei 101 - "Shanghainese" and Japanese.. if you ever intend to go, it's on the 4th floor.. the Chinese food had "Kong Bak" which was so well cooked it really melts in your mouth..

Between company-paid meals and being chauffuered around most of the time, I only had to spend S$25 for the entire trip:
War insurance for internal flight: S$8 (company pays in due course)
Taxi fare from hotel to Taipei 101: $10
Chewing gum: $2.50
Today's breakfast (cos the flight was 0700): $4
Being "propositioned" by local office staff whether I could take her back to Singapore, and she'd wash my clothes and cook my dinner: you guessed it - priceless...

What I dislike about travelling is that you are alone a lot of the time. Even if you're at home alone, at least u have your regular tv programs, can get on MSN and stuff... as you can see, it's a little sad sleeping only on half of a big bed... maybe next time I'll be able to get that local office staff to spend the night and come test my goods (see? I so nice....) before she decides whether she still wants to come to Singapore with me...

Ha ha ha.