Saturday, 30 March 2013

A SHORT TRIP

Travelled to Taipei for a few days - March 27 - 30.

This time I flew TransAsia 复兴航空.  Their Economy seats are far more spacious than Singapore Airlines.  The inside of the plane smells new, the seats look brand new, the seat-back monitors are definitely new.  There is only one flight a day from Singapore to Taipei and it departs at 12:55AM, arriving in the early hours of 27 March.  

My room wasn't ready when I checked into Dandy Hotel Tianjin.  The staff offered to hold my luggage in storage.  They recommended breakfast at Fuhang but I decided to go to 尚大娘水煎包 only because I was familar with the Fuxing MRT vicinity.  I bought two 水煎包 to eat on a bench in a nearby park.  I took a big bite out of the first one and the very hot broth in the filling scalded my hand and tonque - double ouch!

I figured it was too early to go to Eslite Bookstore so I killed time in a Starbucks.  I ordered a cappuccino and later dozed off - just for a little while.

While having dinner with Kevin and Cath, they mentioned that there was a quake in Taipei in the morning, at around the time I was inside Starbucks. According to them, the tremors were strong.  So strong, they said, that they were contemplating whether to leave the office building.  But I felt nothing!  Maybe instead of dozing, I was in deep sleep.  

I wonder if I snored?

No comments: