由於我們在前一天已經累壞了，這天我們只想輕鬆地過，就簡單吃些好東西，然後到藏愛把照片挑選完，就這樣好了。
計劃的確是這樣的，可是我們並沒有想到挑選照片共用了我們差不多五個小時，三時開始，到離開時已差不多九時了。大概因為我們拍的照片多吧，要從五百多張照片中挑一百張，每張都是五選一，很難吧。我們也只是複檢了幾遍便已經天黑了，只能怪光陰似箭吧...
照片挑完了還要修相，把拍得不好的東西都修掉，什麼眼袋、黑眼圈的東西都弄淺一些，諸如此類的。還要等兩個星期才能看第一次修相，檢驗完畢便要修第二次，修畢後還未完，還有相簿的編排，這麼看來，到看得見製成品時，可能已經是聖誕了。
台北四天就這麼過去了。台灣食物依舊保持水準，我們也依舊買了不少圖書，這次我覺得台灣的旅遊書籍水準不錯，很適合Candy的，雖然我還是lonely planet的fans...
下一個trip是法國、西班牙和葡萄牙，兩個星期，不錯吧！:)
2010年10月4日星期一
2010年9月27日星期一
台北pre-wedding行 - Day 2
今天是拍照的日，因為要拍外景，所以相約了造型師早上六點便開始化妝。我們今早五點便起床了，今天的節目編排也很緊湊呢。
有點兒可惜的是，今天的雨下得也蠻大，拍照出來的效果會打折扣，也有些景點因為太大雨而沒有去。雖然我們也考慮過遲一天才去外景，但是天氣難料，我們最後還是決定「去馬」！
於是，雖然天上間中會下傾盆大雨，攝影師也盡力為我們拍了不同的景觀，有花海，有樹林，有石灘，有歐陸式感覺的，也有入夜後的海灘，有點累人的，不過有甚麼比跟Candy拍一輯難忘的婚照更要緊呢？;)
拍攝完畢後，我們都累壞了。回到酒店後已經是十時許了，在西門町附近的夜店買了些台式炸雞排和涼拌麵作晚飯，就這樣便又一天過去了。
有點兒可惜的是，今天的雨下得也蠻大，拍照出來的效果會打折扣，也有些景點因為太大雨而沒有去。雖然我們也考慮過遲一天才去外景，但是天氣難料，我們最後還是決定「去馬」！
於是，雖然天上間中會下傾盆大雨，攝影師也盡力為我們拍了不同的景觀，有花海，有樹林，有石灘，有歐陸式感覺的，也有入夜後的海灘，有點累人的，不過有甚麼比跟Candy拍一輯難忘的婚照更要緊呢？;)
拍攝完畢後，我們都累壞了。回到酒店後已經是十時許了，在西門町附近的夜店買了些台式炸雞排和涼拌麵作晚飯，就這樣便又一天過去了。
2010年9月24日星期五
台北pre-wedding行 - Day 1 6pm
選婚紗的時間比選晚裝的快了不少呢！也許因為經驗，也許因為Candy也想快一點完成吧。
之後就到我選男裝了，相比起女生，男裝的款式選擇還真的少得可憐呢，大概因為男生們都沒什麼要求吧！沒辦法之下，我也盡量挑了兩套不那麼差的... 其實我已經試了很多套的了...
好了！大功告成！接下來就要跟攝影師溝通溝通，這樣就一整天的時間了。
之後就到我選男裝了，相比起女生，男裝的款式選擇還真的少得可憐呢，大概因為男生們都沒什麼要求吧！沒辦法之下，我也盡量挑了兩套不那麼差的... 其實我已經試了很多套的了...
好了！大功告成！接下來就要跟攝影師溝通溝通，這樣就一整天的時間了。
台北pre-wedding行 - Day 1 5pm
試晚裝終於到尾聲了，Candy都選到了幾件合適的晚裝，60% done! 現在到試婚紗了！乾等原來也很悶的... 我也算好耐性的了... 哈哈！
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這條裙有一個很長很長的拖尾，拍出來的效果不錯噢！ |
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這條裙我們沒有選，Candy一穿上身，我就笑她像電視劇「公主嫁到」中的宮女司徒銀屏一樣，她好像也是穿這麼的裙子的，呵呵…… |
台北pre-wedding行 - Day 1 4pm
原來挑衣服也是很累人的，尤其當我們還要站着來挑呢！幸好還是有些進度，看來Candy都找到了喜歡的款式和顏色了。＜Candy試身中＞
呵呵... 兩套婚紗和三套晚裝，不簡單吧？
呵呵... 兩套婚紗和三套晚裝，不簡單吧？
台北pre-wedding行 - Day 1 3pm
雖然颱風凡亞比才剛襲擊完台灣，我們還是照原定計劃在中秋節假期到台北拍婚紗照，因為今年也很難再安排時間到台灣了。還好今天天氣還不錯，只是有一點天陰，希望明天的天氣會更好！
Candy現在在挑衣服，我則在先等她自由發揮一下，之後才給些意見，一鎚定音吧。嘿嘿...
Candy現在在挑衣服，我則在先等她自由發揮一下，之後才給些意見，一鎚定音吧。嘿嘿...
2010年8月29日星期日
Singapore Trip - Day 3 & Tips
On day 3, it was just a very relaxing morning, compared to day 1 and 2. We were supposed to get to the airport for check-in at 2pm. Thus, we just took our time in the morning to enjoy more food and do shopping at the supermarkets.
We went to a nearby cafe, called the coffee connoisseur, for breakfast. The environment at the cafe was excellent. It was something like a designer cafe with a unique and peaceful atmosphere, especially when we were the only pair of guests there. :)
For the third time, we went to Maxwell food centre to ensure we left no regret at Singapore. We tried Tian tian chicken rice and bak kut teh again. They were the main reason we went there again. That time I also tried an iced drink made from soursop. Quite good wor!
That's roughly our 3-day trip!
Here are some tips I can think of:
1. It takes about 30 minutes to travel between the airport and the Sinapore city. For 1-2 travellers or night arrival (50% charge will be added to the taxi fare at late night), hotel shuttle should be a better choice. It costs S$9 per passenger and can be summoned at service desk at each terminal anytime. For more travellers, you can consider taking a taxi. It costed us only S$18 to get to the airport on a Sunday afternoon.
2. To take MRT, you can buy single trip ticket at each MRT station. Every time you need to pay S$1 extra as a deposit for the ticket. You can get a S$1 refund by returning the ticket at the ticketing machine.
3. Singapore offers free wifi all over the city as long as you have a local mobile phone number. You can register your local mobile phone number for free wifi access. However, if you do not have one, like us, then just enjoy a 'wifi-free' vacation in Singapore!
We went to a nearby cafe, called the coffee connoisseur, for breakfast. The environment at the cafe was excellent. It was something like a designer cafe with a unique and peaceful atmosphere, especially when we were the only pair of guests there. :)
The food quality was also far above expectation. The food served was what you would expect nomally at a five-star hotel. We loved that cafe. To me, it was a great morning, with a long forgotten feeling, that I could read my newspaper quietly in a nicely decorated cafe on a Sunday morning. I used to do that quite often when I was living in Prague...
In fact, apart from the existence of that excellent cafe, the environment around Robertson quay was really nice. I suppose it's regarded as a top-notch residential area. There's also a nice cake shop, as recommended in our travel guidebook. The blackforest cake was outstanding. I told candy that she should look at living near Robertson quay if she would have chance to work in Singapore one day :P
For the third time, we went to Maxwell food centre to ensure we left no regret at Singapore. We tried Tian tian chicken rice and bak kut teh again. They were the main reason we went there again. That time I also tried an iced drink made from soursop. Quite good wor!
That's roughly our 3-day trip!
Here are some tips I can think of:
1. It takes about 30 minutes to travel between the airport and the Sinapore city. For 1-2 travellers or night arrival (50% charge will be added to the taxi fare at late night), hotel shuttle should be a better choice. It costs S$9 per passenger and can be summoned at service desk at each terminal anytime. For more travellers, you can consider taking a taxi. It costed us only S$18 to get to the airport on a Sunday afternoon.
2. To take MRT, you can buy single trip ticket at each MRT station. Every time you need to pay S$1 extra as a deposit for the ticket. You can get a S$1 refund by returning the ticket at the ticketing machine.
3. It could be less costly to exchange Singaporean Dollars (SGD) in Hong Kong than in Singapore. We compared quite many local money chargers and banks (using USD) with the Fx rate we got for SGD exchange in HK and found that it was still cheaper to exchange in Hong Kong. Surprisingly, ICBC was offering the best rate, even cheaper than the 10 money changers we visited.
3. Singapore offers free wifi all over the city as long as you have a local mobile phone number. You can register your local mobile phone number for free wifi access. However, if you do not have one, like us, then just enjoy a 'wifi-free' vacation in Singapore!
2010年8月25日星期三
Singapore Trip - Day 2
Thanks largely to the overwhelming schedule we had on day 1, we, our feet especially, were pretty worn out. However, we didn't let our energy to die down. On the contrary, we started our day quite early. We planned to replenish our body with great food at Chinatown....
Again, we walked to the Chinatown to make sure we wouldn't miss out any sights. Chinatown is less than 20-minute walking from our hotel and around 10 minutes walking from the Clarke quay mrt station. Quite close indeed, especially for a morning walk.
It's the breakfast time! We visited the main branch of Ya Kun Kaya Toast, now an international breakfast and coffee chain, for the best kaya toast in Singapore. Seriously I don't think Kaya toast is anything really special, but the experience of having kaya toast, together with soft boiled egg and 'kopi' (local coffee with condensed milk) is a must-have for a trip to Singapore. We ended up having Kaya toast at 3 different places during our 3-day trip.
In fact, the Chinatown of Singapore, called 牛車水 by locals for reasons I am yet to find out, is located right next to the central business district. I find it quite strange because a typical chinatown is usually old and a bit under-developed. It could restrict the organic expansion of the CBD.
According to Candy, the look and feel of the Chinatown of Singapore is similar to the one in Vancouver. To me, it is also similar to the Chinatown of Kuala Lumpur. It's like everywhere you could find all kinds of family-own trading companies with a chinese-style 'signboard'.
Also, there is an interesting feature that quite many buildings in Chinatown were either built or rebuilt in Victorian style with windows or facade in various bright colours. According to wikipedia, the style is called the 'painted ladies' style.
Anyways, as we approached the central part of the chinatown, we found the Chinatown feeling grew stronger and stronger. Pagoda street and Sago street are lined with small shops selling traditional Chinese and Indian style antiques and clothes. Smiths street is labelled as the Chinese food street where you can find chinese, Malay and Singaporean food stalls. There's a food centre complex at the end of Sago street with a whole floor of hawker stalls too. Essentially, it's impossible to leave Chinatown with an empty stomach.
What were our choices of breakfast food?
Our destination was the Maxwell road food centre. Everyone must remember to visit there for the best Hainan chicken rice in Singapore!!! No Hainan chicken rice I had before was even close to the quality Tian Tian was offering. Simply top quality. Their chicken were just different, even better than the one we had in chatterbox - for a pric of S$3.5... Amazing, right? I ended up visiting Tian Tian 3 times in total. The second time I went there at 6pm realizing their chicken rice is normally sold out every day before 5pm. We also tried bak kut teh, literally meat rib tea, a strong flavoured soup believed to be invented by Chinese in Malaysia (or Singapore as Singaporean claims). Again, great taste for just S$3. What more could you expect?
The morning session was over. We went back our hotel to prepare for our wedding photo shooting session.
It took candy more than an hour to put make up on and put on the wedding gown, which we purchased for photo taking while we travel.
That was our first pre-wedding photo taking. Next time I am sure we will be more professional with the learning we picked up in Singapore. We will get better each time... :)
After some rests, we took off to visit the sentosa island in the evening. The harbourfront station is located just 3 stations away from Clarke quay on the purple north east line. It was easy and quick to reach VivoCity, the largest mall in Singapore. We took the sentosa express to get to sentosa island. The fee of S$3 is quite reasonable as it also includes island entry fee and return transportation.
We got off the train at the harbourfront station together with most of the crowd. I thought they would lead us to the Sands, the newly opened resort and casino so widely reported. It was a fairly anti-climax when I realised I made a mistake by mixing up sentosa with marina bay. The Sands, or the Marina Bay Sands more precisely, is not on the Sentosa Island!!!!
Damage done was done. We continued to explore the resorts on sentosa anyways. It turned out it wasn't a bad decision to visit sentosa at all.
Hershey's Chocolate World was the first cheering us up. Although I like hershey's chocolate a lot, I had never heard of Hershey's chocolate world before. We had great fun there taking loads of pictures with those gigantic choco bars. Of course, we also bought ourselves some chocolate souvenirs. :P
We didn't plan to visit the universal studio originally, but thanks to the observant candy, we found out that the entry ticket of universal studio costs just S$5 after 7pm on Friday and Saturday. With such bargain, we jumped at the chance. At 8pm, only the sections of hollywood, new York and Madagascar were opened. It was a bit disappointing becuase we thought we could take picture with the dionsaurs in the lost world and take an exciting ride in the sci-fi world. Anyways, we still enjoyed ourselves very much. We were told that there were fireworks at 10pm, but we couldn't wait until then for the best use of time. So, we left.
We spent the remaining time walking around the shopping mall and appreciated the water fountain performance.
Another great day in Singapore. Tired, again...
Again, we walked to the Chinatown to make sure we wouldn't miss out any sights. Chinatown is less than 20-minute walking from our hotel and around 10 minutes walking from the Clarke quay mrt station. Quite close indeed, especially for a morning walk.
It's the breakfast time! We visited the main branch of Ya Kun Kaya Toast, now an international breakfast and coffee chain, for the best kaya toast in Singapore. Seriously I don't think Kaya toast is anything really special, but the experience of having kaya toast, together with soft boiled egg and 'kopi' (local coffee with condensed milk) is a must-have for a trip to Singapore. We ended up having Kaya toast at 3 different places during our 3-day trip.
In fact, the Chinatown of Singapore, called 牛車水 by locals for reasons I am yet to find out, is located right next to the central business district. I find it quite strange because a typical chinatown is usually old and a bit under-developed. It could restrict the organic expansion of the CBD.
According to Candy, the look and feel of the Chinatown of Singapore is similar to the one in Vancouver. To me, it is also similar to the Chinatown of Kuala Lumpur. It's like everywhere you could find all kinds of family-own trading companies with a chinese-style 'signboard'.
Also, there is an interesting feature that quite many buildings in Chinatown were either built or rebuilt in Victorian style with windows or facade in various bright colours. According to wikipedia, the style is called the 'painted ladies' style.
Anyways, as we approached the central part of the chinatown, we found the Chinatown feeling grew stronger and stronger. Pagoda street and Sago street are lined with small shops selling traditional Chinese and Indian style antiques and clothes. Smiths street is labelled as the Chinese food street where you can find chinese, Malay and Singaporean food stalls. There's a food centre complex at the end of Sago street with a whole floor of hawker stalls too. Essentially, it's impossible to leave Chinatown with an empty stomach.
What were our choices of breakfast food?
Our destination was the Maxwell road food centre. Everyone must remember to visit there for the best Hainan chicken rice in Singapore!!! No Hainan chicken rice I had before was even close to the quality Tian Tian was offering. Simply top quality. Their chicken were just different, even better than the one we had in chatterbox - for a pric of S$3.5... Amazing, right? I ended up visiting Tian Tian 3 times in total. The second time I went there at 6pm realizing their chicken rice is normally sold out every day before 5pm. We also tried bak kut teh, literally meat rib tea, a strong flavoured soup believed to be invented by Chinese in Malaysia (or Singapore as Singaporean claims). Again, great taste for just S$3. What more could you expect?
The morning session was over. We went back our hotel to prepare for our wedding photo shooting session.
It took candy more than an hour to put make up on and put on the wedding gown, which we purchased for photo taking while we travel.
Since none of us is professional or highly skilled photographer, the photo taking part, to me, was more of a fun and sweet experience than a productive and professional activity. Quite casually, we took photos along the quays and the Singapore river until we reached the Fullerton hotel. We should have entered the hotel to take some photos in such a nice hotel! We dared not to get in in wedding gown... Perhaps... Next time? ;)
We finished taking photo after 2 hours as the heat was killing us! The taxi ride back to Robertson quay costed only S$6. What a relief for the sweat soaked couple!!
That was our first pre-wedding photo taking. Next time I am sure we will be more professional with the learning we picked up in Singapore. We will get better each time... :)
After some rests, we took off to visit the sentosa island in the evening. The harbourfront station is located just 3 stations away from Clarke quay on the purple north east line. It was easy and quick to reach VivoCity, the largest mall in Singapore. We took the sentosa express to get to sentosa island. The fee of S$3 is quite reasonable as it also includes island entry fee and return transportation.
We got off the train at the harbourfront station together with most of the crowd. I thought they would lead us to the Sands, the newly opened resort and casino so widely reported. It was a fairly anti-climax when I realised I made a mistake by mixing up sentosa with marina bay. The Sands, or the Marina Bay Sands more precisely, is not on the Sentosa Island!!!!
Damage done was done. We continued to explore the resorts on sentosa anyways. It turned out it wasn't a bad decision to visit sentosa at all.
Hershey's Chocolate World was the first cheering us up. Although I like hershey's chocolate a lot, I had never heard of Hershey's chocolate world before. We had great fun there taking loads of pictures with those gigantic choco bars. Of course, we also bought ourselves some chocolate souvenirs. :P
We didn't plan to visit the universal studio originally, but thanks to the observant candy, we found out that the entry ticket of universal studio costs just S$5 after 7pm on Friday and Saturday. With such bargain, we jumped at the chance. At 8pm, only the sections of hollywood, new York and Madagascar were opened. It was a bit disappointing becuase we thought we could take picture with the dionsaurs in the lost world and take an exciting ride in the sci-fi world. Anyways, we still enjoyed ourselves very much. We were told that there were fireworks at 10pm, but we couldn't wait until then for the best use of time. So, we left.
We spent the remaining time walking around the shopping mall and appreciated the water fountain performance.
Another great day in Singapore. Tired, again...
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