Tianmu (天母) trip, 01/16/2011
Photo by Peter.
It's an on-going joke in our major (at least among the freshmen) that Cathie (詹愷欣) is our ‘公主’ or princess. She lives in 天母, which is the more "countryside" area of Taipei City. At least, the amount of people on the MRT gets noticeably smaller as we get closer to 天母. She's been offering to take us there for a day trip for months now, and we finally got to do it, on our very first day of winter vacation. The plan: lunch and a movie. Sounds like a date! Unless, of course, you go with nine~ten other people, in which case, third wheels everywhere!
On the MRT on the way there. From left: 胡仁恩，孔祥珂，黃馨儀，詹愷欣，雙雙. 霍魯恩 is missing, but that's for a good reason. I ought to post a picture of that haircut. Photo by Peter.
We had pasta/pizza for lunch, in a charming little basement restaurant, and it was delicious. What was originally deemed "too much food" no longer held true when 黃怡諶 joined us at the table ... and it soon became "just right!" One of the funny jokes behind this picture is the spoon. 孔祥珂 asked 黃馨儀 to get her some of the gratin, and she did—only, she left the spoon on her plate by accident, and in her hunger, 孔祥珂 accidentally ate her share with the spoon. Everyone asked "Where's the spoon?!" and all of a sudden, everyone's eyes were on 孔祥珂, the spoon halfway in her mouth, and going ... “嘎?”
It's no Paris cafe de terrace, but it's a successful and cute recreation. Wines, that we obviously couldn't afford. Photo by Peter.
After lunch, we went out to walk around before the movie. It was rather chilly, but thankfully, it wasn't raining, which made it much more bearable.
Photo by Cathie.
After walking around for a while, stopping in a cafe to buy cheesecake sticks (awfully good!), not really knowing what we should do, 孔祥珂 was suddenly halted in her steps by a sign in a cafe window that read "草莓牛奶 (Strawberry milk): 60 NT!” For $2, that's not a bad offer. So we went in, sat down, and called ourselves "歡樂天母吃吃團” because we found that all we'd done during the day was eat.
Look at the hair!!! Anyway, not the point, moving on... (Photo by Peter)
And... bam! Cream puff! Looks good, doesn't it. The strawberry milk, disappointingly, came in plastic containers and weren't exactly ideal subjects to photograph. I do remember that they used fresh strawberries, though, which made the milk really tasty!
After that, we went to a movie at 新光三越. One of the best things about Taiwanese movie theaters is that you can bring food from outside in to eat. Surprising to me, a person who's hidden Jamba Juices and other food items in her suspiciously large bag to sneak into the movie theater for years. So first, we went to the Seven across the street to buy popcorn: they pop it for you once you buy a pack. Taiwanese Sevens are awesome.
Cathie has good taste... she chose 借物少女艾莉媞 (The Borrower Arrietty) which is Hayao Miyazaki's newest film. I think most of us agreed the movie had the aura of Miyazaki's older work, the same feeling as Totoro or Castle in the Sky. All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed it, to the point of tears... and of course, no one understood why I was crying. The guy was really cute, okay!
Our princess left us at the bus stop to go home, but a few of us decided to continue... so off to 士林夜市 we went!
Photo by Peter.
Food, Doraemon sweaters, and getting lost included... we finally decided to go home. On the MRT on the way back, we shared stories of our experiences with the priority seats on the metro.
Overall, it was a wonderful day together, a perfect way to start winter vacation. Thanks 愷欣 for being our tour guide... and here's to the memories we keep on creating!
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