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Boba Milk Tea Phenomenon

noreply@blogger.com (ZacRie) — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 02:01:00 +0000

Boba Milk Tea isn't a new things in the market as what we know all this time. Just that it wasn't that too viral and trending like what happen in recent years, since they started introduce Brown Sugar Milk Tea most of Bubble Tea shop start selling their own version of Brown Sugar Boba.

Most claim Brown Sugar Boba or any boba drinks are unhealthy contain high sugar and tapioca ball (pearl) itself has almost zero nutriens other than carbohydrate. It is depending on how those boba fans out there how many cups consump per day. We can't stop people by sending those threat mentioning about how many sugar level it is and etc.

Photo taken from danielfooddiary.com

As for me myself I love to my own boba when I'm carving to drink Brown Sugar Boba. It isn't that hard to make one of those, more likey you might want to spend approx 2 hours to get it done by rolling those pearl hehe.

Approxiametly I took me 2 hours to finish up to rolling these pearls.

I know it colour isn't that dark or black colour cause I did not put any food colouring into it. Once the pearl cooked it turn out a dark golden colour then I fried it with brown sugar. It taste sooo yummylicious, with cold low fat milk along with caramelised brown sugar pearl it taste really irresistable. Imagine that if you are craving one of those in the middle of the night and by that hour most of boba shop already close, I ensure pearl is adequate enough stock up inside the fridge so I can cook it when I feel like want to take it. Hehe..

Boba also nice to eat along with Milk Tea Cake too. It isn't that something new since a lot of people alreay make one of those cake nowadays. Milk Tea Cake with cream cheese on top and pour with brown sugar boba on top pergghhh ... say goodbye to diet lol.

Moving On To The Next Chapter

noreply@blogger.com (ZacRie) — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 16:04:00 +0000

Year 2015 is kinda a rollercoaster ride to me, it wasn't that bad nor good. Just okay, this year plenty of my friends are getting married. Not to mention next year, I guess I might be left to be in a Singelacy Club after this. When the time has come, I will meet someone that is meant to be my life partner.

I was thinking of to start my new life at somewhere else, it just part of my plan. I've been staying in Miri for a quite long time, even kinda envy of my friend they have many years of experience living at other country and state. On which makes me wonder, that is how makes them more mature and their mind way aboard rather than stay at the same place or hometown by without taking any chances to learn a new experience.

I guess this pic took somewhere in year of 2009 or 2010. Abhoy, Zickry & Along ... 2 of them are already married and Along is coming soon ... hehe ... Singlelacy Club members are getting less and lesser year by year

Well this is a pic of mine back in 3 or 4 years ago lol

This is what I want to laugh about. We took this picture at Tanjong Lobang (Taman Selera), we all are very sarcastic and keep on doing crazy things hahaha!!

Friendship never ends

I have no further explanation onto this pic lol ..

Oh by the way, one of our friend gonna leaving soon on which is Abhoy (Firdaus). He's migrating to KL or Port Dickson something like that. Where it might kinda awkward for us to blend ourself without him into our group. Well as I said before, everyone has their own path and move onto the next chapter of life. We'll never be the same again, but there is a time we all will be unite together especially during Hari Raya or Holiday Break some sort of like that. Just that, am I destine to be start a new life somewhere else for couple of years then back again to my hometown.

We have to a risk and challenge ourself how to survive and moving forward.

Be positive.

Goodbye My Friend

noreply@blogger.com (ZacRie) — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 07:47:00 +0000

This afternoon we all decided to spend a lunch time with our friend who will be leaving soon on 17 December 2015 to Kuala Lumpur. He just get married with his wife from Port Dickson on last September or October if I'm not mistaken haha !! It was a rollercoaster ride journey, and we all gonna miss the moment.

But hey everyone gonna migrate to somewhere else when the time has come. The thing is we all still keep in touch with each other, no matter where we are. Things shall not forgotten.

Now I'm blur ... hahaha!!!!!

Rainbow Birthday Cake

noreply@blogger.com (ZacRie) — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 08:43:00 +0000

The heavy and tallest cake I ever made. I'm not that expert or professional level to make such a beautiful birthday cake. I'm still process of learning. This cake was ordered by my friend for her son birthday. Let me brief a little bit info on the cake, frosting and certain details. For the cake I made a 6 6 layers of Rainbow Cake by using Vanilla Butter-cake Recipe with 9 inches width and tall urmmm .. . I haven't measure it lol. For the frosting I'm using Swiss Meringue Buttercream and edible picture.

It cake kinda heavy might be weight of 2KG and above. I do need to have a large and taller cake box just incase in future new order are coming in. It took me at least about 4 hours to finish it. Hehe ... Few more cakes I shall put on my blogs.

Financial of Financial

noreply@blogger.com (ZacRie) — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 08:20:00 +0000

Everyone has their own financial problem and keep on finding away to get out from it. Especially during on the inflation crisis current moment everything goes too expensive, until we have to spend less and save more. But is it adequate enough on what we save, since cost of living rapidly increasing day by day? Some people say yes and the other say no.

I'm out of idea right now, tonight I shall continue on blogging.

Experiment ... Baking ...

noreply@blogger.com (ZacRie) — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 07:21:00 +0000

Most of people think that baking is a simple method to do, even kids can bake. Baking isn't all about dumping all of the ingredients without a proper measurement like cooking then you can get a beautiful cake. Nope, for me myself baking is more like a science experiment whereby you're playing around with measurement, experiment, ratio and etc. It wasn't easy as it looks especially when it comes into pipping, decoration it more likely crucial things to do if you are beginner.

Practice makes perfect, a lot of room for improvement actually. Mine that perfect and master much into decoration but hey, you need to balance on both things. Taste, texture and decoration. If it looks beautiful and stunning at outside but inside just typical sponge cake and tasteless for sure most of people gonna disappoint though. Like I said I'm not an expert, but I always listen ask for a feedback. Too sweet, sugary not everyone loves it though, especially the old folks.

I love brownies, at first my brownies isn't that chunky, fudgy, yummyliocious more like eating a chocolate cake. But after doing a lot of research, thanks to EveryDay Food on YouTube channel teach how to play around with the fat and how dense do you wish your cake to be. Alhamdulillah most of people loves it and of coarse I do certain modification on measurement, ingredients more likely my own momentum crazier experiment lol. I may upload the picture as soon as I transfer the entire things into my laptop. hehe ..

But hey don't be afraid to play around with the ratio and make your own experiment on which it can create the uniqueness and your signature.

Moving Forward onto The Next Chapter

noreply@blogger.com (ZacRie) — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 03:28:00 +0000

It has been a while on my disappearance that I not quite involve into writing due to busy schedule that is killing me. Now it's December, and sooner it's January 2016. Achievement? Yeah some part of it, especially on my pastry and etc. But still financially need to work on it whereby kinda typical to everyone nowadays.

To be honest, I am really getting sick and tired over most of the old folks or anyone out there keep on asking the same questions over and over again. When will you get married? Do you have any girlfriend yet? Do not wait too much longer your age is getting older ... OH WELL!! HELLO!! Marriage is not like you're shopping spree clothes during Grand Sales at Shopping Mall. When you're getting bored of it, you just simply toss it away. I know they're concern about me being single for a longer period of time, but duh .. like I never been into relationship before. It just I don't want to spread it to entire community, what for ... it won't gave any source of income at all.

Ok enough with the sarcasm thingy, some other time I keep on thinking, how long do am I gonna live into this kind of lifestyle I need to move on and do my own things. Yeah I do have spend a lot doing on my stuff but it just need to be more spectacular and stunning that makes the whole world LOOOK ATT MEE hahaa!! Yeah right, day dreaming much aye.

Okay enough with all of the muttering thingy I even do not have any idea what am I going to write about lol. Next gonna be birthday cake topic and so on ... stay tune.

Curiosity Kills The Cat, But Get A New Things To Learn

noreply@blogger.com (ZacRie) — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 08:42:00 +0000

Rhythm of curiosity kills the cat, most of people think that when you have that kind of curiosity you might end up trouble for most of the time. Nah, for my term it has nothing wrong to be anxious or level of anxiety to know about something. Why? You can dig in a new "gold" mine that you able to learn something on it.

Okay now I'm totally lost. My idea so sudden drip out from a super drive in my brain system haha!!

I shall continue writing and get out from this crap. I even did not know what sort purpose am I writing now lol.

Life Is Like a Cupcake

noreply@blogger.com (ZacRie) — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 04:28:00 +0000

Cupcake is a cake that most of people are dying into it. Sometimes people willing to fight and que just to buy a piece of it. How interesting.

That is how our life is, beautiful outside is it beautiful in the inside, does it taste delicious as the outside. Looks doesn't determine who you are, it is your personality and inner beauty determine who really you are.

This is my terms about cupcake.

Red Velvet with Cream Cheese Frosting - Red Velvet cake is red so same goes as our heart with a moisture and fragile too. Along with the nutella chocolate in the centre of the cupcake as it melt, the chocolate makes your heart melt when you love one start taking care of you and romantic. Comes with cream cheese frosting, creamy and full rich goodness of cheese shown how integrate how meaningful of that person to you. How comfort it shown love to you. With this three combinations of cream cheese on top, red velvet inside the cupcake protect by cupcake paper and nutella in the inside shown a complete LOVE between you and your love one. Inside out has to be balance, it doesn't matter it looks ugly at the outside but beauty in the inside and that person really loves you matter how do you look. If it beauty at outside but taste awful in the inside it nothing like LOVE on your appearance but not the inside. If beauty inside out, taste luxurious and beautiful at outside, shown a love that never break apart between two of you no matter how crucial situation that might facing in the long way.

Reckless romantic aye lol

First Time Into Photography #Throwback year 2013

noreply@blogger.com (ZacRie) — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 02:04:00 +0000

On last 30th November 2013, my cousin asked me to take a post-wedding photos. Oh okay, I seemly kinda new to me. Since I'm still a beginner so I'll take it as a huge and a first step challenge onto my photography. Slightly I weren't that newbie into photography it just all this while more likely onto digital camera, handphone camera and so on. Nothing much like DSLR thingy as I'm onto right now.

Here some piece of my works, but still there is a lot of room for improvement.

Let me guess, most of you might think it one of re-plan shot or whatever it is. Nah you're all wrong. Everything went just eventually pop-up onto our mind, ever since my camera was set it timer at 10 secs for 8 frames.

Story of My Life

noreply@blogger.com (ZacRie) — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 01:58:00 +0000

Nothing much personal.
So far in 2015 it's kinda a huge challenge for me encountering all of the obstacles that keep on hazard my way.
Love life? Nah ... I don't have any Love Story Fairytale to tell since I'm still single and I don't really have time to think about it now.
Yeah I do meet someone that I interested into but it isn't turn out kinda so well.
Choosy? Not quite but my past makes me more particular, careful and aware.

Sometimes it is hard to face a financial issue lately, might be a turntable on the financial board really gives me a huge challenge to face the real economic issue lol.
Business? As usual up and down and it all depends on my health conditions and more like a stock market lately.

Hot temper? Yeah, I admit that I'm a hot temper type of person but still I can control my anger for a certain limit. But still most of the time I explode like the worst than a nuclear bomb. lol.

Talking about LOVE life, urmm ... just let it be. I don't believe into True Love, other than Fake Love with Scandalism hahaha!!! In fact that's true though if you realize in our daily life nowadays haha!!

Okay I'll stop all of the sarcasm "word of wisdom" for now. I still digging in an idea out of my brain that been stuck for years.

Day 6 in Taiwan - Daan Park, Taipei Grand Mosque, Taipei 101, C.K.S Memorial Hall, Dansui, Bismilla Halal Restaurant, Shilin Nightmarket

noreply@blogger.com (ZacRie) — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 02:20:00 +0000

30 April 2015 - Day 6

It's coming to 6th day in Taipei, Taiwan. So far during my hospitality in Taiwan I'm enjoying myself a lot and of coarse by this time I started to get homesick and miss my mom so bad.

Alrite, let get down to story, since the first day I came to Taiwan first thing first my intention is to visit Taipei Grand Mosque where it located right in front of Daan Park. I used MRT RED LINE from Ximen Station to Daan Park. When I get out from the MRT, I wonder am I at MRT Station or somewhere around ecology park or something. Cause it wall fill with a unique piece of art and I can see a lot of greenish thing inside the MRT Station.

As I get out from the station, I'm heading to Daan Park. Consider it more likely Taman Bulatan some sort of like that. Once I was entering the park, I started to question myself. Am I inside a park or what, cause it surround with a beautiful flowers, a wild animal freely spree all around the lake. A group of duck, some other unique animal that I never seen it before. It feels cool and breezy, relaxing plus you'll might wanna spend your quality romantic time underneath the tree or somewhere in the park. Hey, no one even bother and mind your business here. As long you are doing something wrong or vandalism by no doubt you'll ended up in a local police station hehe.

Flowers at Daan Park

A beautiful lake .. residence with variety of animals even a swan too.

I never seen this bird before. And I take a chance to take picture of it.

Alhamdulillah, finally I arrived at Taipei Grand Mosque. Bila dah sampai terus kerjakan solat Zohor.

Seperti biasa, setiap tempat dipergi mesti dapat kenalan baru. Kat Taipei Grand Mosque terjumpa anak-beranak dari Singapore. They've thought I were studying in Taiwan cause they were asking me how do am I been study in Taiwan. I told them, this is my first time in Taiwan, cause I shared a lot of things with them, where to eat, which place to go, how does it cost seemly I've been there for so many times hehe .. Since they kinda new and first time visit in Taiwan, it is best for me to give some information which places that should they visit to.

Inside the Daan Park Station.

Since my schedule kinda free today, so I decided went to Taipei 101 again. From Daan Park MRT Station I travel to Taipei 101 Station.

It 3:00pm the sun so bright, but the wind freezing like a refrigerator doors open widely. lol. As I said before Taiwan's weather on April is pretty unpredictable. I totally getting used to it already so it isn't a big deal for me. Of coarse Taipei 101 one of my favourite spot go to.

I've met these gorgeous Japanese gal, like I said I've made a lot of friends in Taiwan hehe ... Still kinda windy ...

Enough selfie with the sexiest building alive hehe. I hop onto the MRT went to Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial, based on what my friend told this memorial is a statue of a person that fight for independence from China.

Lavender ...

C.K.S Memorial

Exchanging guarding ceremony.

Okay, here's the disappointment moment I've had. I thought I can reached at Tamsui before 6pm. I were wrong it took me 30-40minutes to arrived huhu .. as soon as I arrived at Tamsui Station, I searched for a boat to bring around under the Lover Bridge, but failed to find one though. Never mind maybe next time with someone special hehe..

Okay since it is my last dinner in Taiwan, I went to Halal Bismilla Restaurant just next to Taipei Arena. Guess what I order kinda a lot though. hehhe..

Hainan Meatball .. it meatball stuffed with tofu and cook with Chinese Soy Sauce yummy...

A fragrance Taiwan's rice

The funniest part is, I though the soup in a small bowl but when it comes wow .. that's huge haha!!

Complimentary in house dessert, a red bean dessert. Yummylicious.

About drinks don't have to worry, you can drink coffee, juice or plain water just for free.

After I finished up my dinner, I went to IKEA not kinda far away from Taipei Arena just across the road. OMG most of the stuff are so cheap haha!! I grab myself a wall clock gave for my mom. hehe.. Since I've forgot to stop by at Jed's market to buy some jed for my mom huhu ...

Finally, I stop by at Shilin Night Market .. where to crazyness shopping begun. Last day yo ... hehe ..

End of Day 6 .. move on to Day 7 a day where the amazing race begun hahaa!!!

Day 5 in Taiwan - Creative Expo Taiwan, Taipei Expo Park, Taipei Museum of Arts, Yanmingsan, Shilin Nightmarket

noreply@blogger.com (ZacRie) — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 02:57:00 +0000

Day 5 - 29 April 2015

I just can't believe that I still can survive travel alone in Taiwan. It's my fifth day in Taiwan. AWESOME!!. I just drink a French Cocoa Milk along with Pineapple Fried Rice that I tapau from Bismilla Halal Restaurant. While I'm having my breakfast, I were look through the map which places that I shall go next. Suppose I wanna drop by at Shilin and take a bus ride to National Palace Museum. But it turn way to the other round hehe.. spontaneous activity always rockin my trip hehe...

French Cocoa Milk one of my favourite since my first day in Taiwan.

Around 11am I make a move to Yuanshan Station and I went to Expo Park, to find some food to much on since it's almost lunch hour. I thought the Casablanca on this day, I was wrong. By no choice I ate something at one of Halal Stall Indian Cuisine.

Here is it, what do I can tell is that, it might look spicy but it isn't. The milk tea, gosh it taste awesome. I love the taste of aromatic Taiwan's tea it reminds me of Sabah's Tea. But this one has it own uniqueness. Slurrpp ...

Beef curry.

I do not have any idea what is this hehe ...

This is some part of Eco Park view.

You know what, there's an exclusive event Creative Expo Taiwan where for one or two days it only open those who has business card to exchange consider it as VIP passes only. I exchange my Public Mutual Business Card by filling in a form and guess what I get the Buyer passes. AWESOME!!!

Inside the expo, I can see a lot of exclusive fashion designer, it design wow massacrelly awesome. Even a unique design watch catch my attention a lot. I wouldn't go for a shopping activity just relax and enjoy the view hehe..

After exiting the expo, I walked around the park. OMG flowers .. since it's semi spring - summer, so wasn't so much flowers surround. But I can tell, these park are beautiful.

Oh cute little panda hehe ...

Taipei's Arts Museum, on my mind it just a piece of art and nothing really much special inside it, since I have a curiosity level rapid high until it explode the thermometer hehe. I decided to get in and look around.

You know what first I saw their technology invented in Taiwan. Speechless, the awesomeness on their technology amaze me a lot. Especially when one of the lady told me one of the machine you put SD Card inside it, and the machine will make the exact things that you want to, It does not made from plasic there one particular material they're using which environmental friendly and it isn't fragile enough. When I look at the latest laptop and gadgets, Asus Notebook has release it new Notebook for gamers where it hasn't release in our country yet. At here also I get myself to hold and use new Asus Zenfone 2. Super complicated haha!! but I like it. Now I owned a Asus Zenfone 2 as my 2nd phone hehe...

Now I am at the Arts Museum ..

As what you can see here, every single pieces on display made from chocolate. Would you like to eat it? I don't think so cause it looks like a toy to me and "sayang" mok makan haha .. kacak glak bah. Even the tank, helicopter oh gosh .. the person who made this has serious mastery into chocolate industry.

Those guns also made from chocolate.

This is not a real flowers, it just an artificial flowers.

If you might notice this table looks like an ordinary table has nothing special about try to stand next it. You'll be surprise hehe ...

After finished up touring the Museum, I was wrong, it was awesome dude. Totally awesome, I can a beheaded statue gives me creepy out of it and the art works amaze me a lot. Next stop is Shilin Station. At Shilin Station I have two choices either go to National Palace Museum or Yanmingsan National Park. I was confuse. The information center at Shilin Station gave me a direction how get to Yanmingsan. I have to use a R5 bus and it will bring you to Yanmingsan. To get a bus ride make sure you have enough money inside EasyCard cause it's more convenient.

Okay now at Yanmingsan. It way up some sort of a mountain like that. I've two tourist from China we became a friend and three of us walked together all along the mountain.

Here's the route map, where shall we up to. Along the way you can buy some beautiful flowers, I wish I could bought some giant cabbages to bring back home hehe ... we were on some of a lake I can't remember what is lake name is, but it has particular hours you can see it lake fill with a lot of water in it.

OMG!!! How cute this cat is ... so adorable ..

This what I mention about a water lake flower some sort of like that.

Cabbages oh gosh ...

Now we're heading back to bus stop waiting for a bus.

While waiting without further waste of time let's enjoy the scenic view of Taipei

Along the way to Beitou Station, I can see a lot of hot spring pouring all surround the mountain. As what my friend told me that mountain used to be a volcanic mountain. Okay, it's about 730pm arrived at Beitou Station. From Beitou I'm using a RED LINE MRT to Jiantan Station where's the Shilin Night Market is. It is the largest Night Market and one of most popular nightmarket in Taipei. When I arrived I can see a lot of teenagers, tourist from Korea, Japan n etc enjoying themselves on food hunting, shopping. I can tell this place you can find anything that you want to. Not to mention how cheap it is.

Since my stomach is playing a drum and bass music, it means I need to grab some food. I stop by at Yunus Halal Restaurant just next to Halal Bismilla Restaurant, oh I've forgot to mention that drinks are free flow. You can take coffee, fruit juice for free. How cool is that.

It almost 1100am, since the laundry station open 24 hours a day, so why don't I do some laundry again ... hehe ...

I bought a Meiji Milk Chocolate from 7E convenient store to gain back the energy.

That's all for Day 5 in Taiwan, merely I do not have any idea what to write might be level of enticement way on top haha!! ... 2 more days left ...

Day 4 in Taiwan - Beef Noodles, After Warning Siren

noreply@blogger.com (ZacRie) — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 16:16:00 +0000

28 April 2015 - Day 4

Let me refresh back my journey so far in Taiwan. Day 1 in Taiwan I can say it was a huge challenge and "dugaan". I never stop praying to Allah, permudahkan perjalanan dan segala urusan di Taiwan. I almost gave up because I couldn't find any of Halal Beef Noodles surround Songshan area as one of blogs mention about it. According on people at that area, that Ai Jia Beef Noodles were closed. Yeah I do feel a lil bit hungry cause it almost 2pm though. I never gave up, I keep on search and searching which restaurant that has no particular office hours. Oh I've forgot to mention that certain restaurant in Taiwan have their own office hours. So you need to be alert on it.

Yeah, I do feel kinda stressful for past 3 days, because I have to go that certain places according to the plan. I can tell, it cost a major stressful though cause I need to rush go one place to the other places as I planned. Even worst, I do not how to withdraw cash money out from ATM machine at the local bank in Taiwan haha!! As I said before I never gave up, I'll kept on trying and figure out how to withdraw some cash out of the Taiwan's ATM machine. Guess what? I manage to make withdrawal though hehe.

People surround in Taiwan are friendly and I feel safe walking all around the Taipei City. Oh yeah, I suppose went to Hualien, Shifen, Jiufen and I can't remember what is that place call as. Since it cost me NTD7000 for hired a taxi on the whole day, so I decided not to go. When I checked on YouTube channel one of the V-Logs, eventually I can go there by a train in cheaper cost. OMG!!!hahah!!

On day 4 I decided not to do planning wherever I want to go. Just follow the trail hehe. I woke up kinda late though around 900am since I have my own privacy so I don't have to worry about waiting for a turn to use washroom and bathroom.

Oh I've forgot to mention that I've met a group of Malaysian at Taipei 101 on Day 3. They were quite shocked though, I've said I were all alone and that is my 3rd day in Taiwan. They've asked me, am I have been to Taiwan before and I replied them that "Nope this is my first time". I asked some question to their guide where to find Halal food surround the city and Ximending. His name is Ismail and he's Taiwanese, he recommended me go to one of beef noodles surround the Ximending area, he gave me the shop name in Chinese and he translate it where it's location.

I guess I forgot to mention about my shopping trail inside the Taipei 101 shopping mall. I can tell damn exclusive though if you're looking for a branded stuff you may shop til you drop. The supermarket, more likely Tai Kiong Supermarket to me, surprisingly I saw a giant durian at that supermarket. 3 times larger than our local durian hehe. I just grab some milk, bread, potato chips, chocolate for me to much on. Some part of Malaysian food also you can found at that Supermarket but do not expect it to be cheap you know it's a imported food. Hehe...

Okay let me get back to the story on Day 4. Sorry for that, coin laundry just next to the hotel that I stay in Ximending. As usual everything is in Chinese hehe. I found it convenient to me because that laundry shop has a dryer machine so that I won't have to worry about if I have inadequate of clothes to wear on.

Keep on spinning and spinning hehe...

While waiting for the dryer done, so let me take a selfie.

Here's the Halal Beef Noodle at Ximending area. See everything goes smoothly as is not been planned.

What shocked me a lot, I've thought the beef portion kinda small and just enough for 1 person. When the owner came by with my order, OMG this is not for 1 person meal, it's for 2 or 3 haha!! 3 times a lot than in our hometown Miri, Sarawak. I recommend you to eat spicy beef noodles though, no need to worry I even can't taste any spiciness in it hehe. I'm not a type of person that eat spicy food.

Luxurious amount of beef

I can't remember what is this call as but on picture it does look small but you see it in 3D it's huge hahah!!

Consider it as my brunch of the day. Hehe ...

Here comes the scariest moment, after I done my brunch, I wanted to find some pants around the Ximending area since it's soooo cheap and branded too. You all know right when the Warning Alarm Siren has been alert in city it means something not right. Am I right? I never heard that such of siren before, so I just ignore it since everyone acting normal as if nothing happen. But I noticed that most of the shop packed their thing and close the shop. That's makes me wondering what is going on here. By the time I wish go to the other places, 2 guards on the street put on their whistle and scream in Chinese saying that, do not stand over there go under building and do not across the street. From that moment a lot of question mark started popping up on my head. Oh God, what is happening right now, I asked people next to me they even did not have any clue what is actually happen because they're not local people though same as me a tourist haha!!

By the time, my friend text me that actually past few days ago Taiwan were attacked by an earthquake. I started to pray deep inside my heart hopping that nothing happen. Imagine that the city that seems so busy you can hear motorcycle and cars turn up so silent. I just follow what the security asked us to do. Standing under the building until the next following instruction. I guess we were stucked there about an hour. Right after the 2nd time siren been alarmed the guard allowing us to cross the street I guess I means the situation is safe I guess. Kinda scary though, cause I never been experiencing such moment before.

Here's the video shown what is going on that day.

As I continuing on my journey, I found this hotel building Amba. F,Y.I AMBA Hotel served Halal food, if you're looking for a Halal Breakfast this is one of the best place for you to stay.

At night time, I'm going for a food hunt. There's plenty of Halal Restaurant nearby Taipei Arena. In order to get here, you need to use the Green Line MRT and stop at Taipei Arena Station. Taipei Arena where's you can see the athletes working out, people do some jogging, tai chi and many more. Imagine at 800pm a lot of people are flocking around the fitness area and do their exercise.

Alrite here I am and again do not rely on google map much, it won't help much. This restaurant just next to Taipei Arena but it gave a direction go circling around Taipei Arena and there I can found this restaurant. Gosh. I were entering the Halal Bismilla Restaurant. But one thing I've forgot to mention as soon as you enter any 7E or restaurant or whatever it is, do not reply if you listen the shopkeeper more likely saying that "GOOD MORNING. It isn't good morning haha!! They said Hello Welcome in Chinese it more sounds like good morning. So keep aware on it. hehe

If you're happen to order some food, one thing you should aware that each portion of isn't for one person. More likely for 2 or 3 person hehe..

I ordered a Pineapple Fried Rice (damn a lot, with fresh pineapple, chase nut, fresh prawns oh gosh) and some vegetables. Can I finished up all of those meal? NO! Damn a lot though haha. I have to tapau so I can eat it for my breakfast on the next day.

She does look alike my sister heheh ...

Some list of Halal Restaurant in Taiwan where you can get it from Taipei Grand Mosque, at Muslim's Council.

The air so fresh .. makes me feel easy to walkby

Ice-hockey?? This my my favourite sport. Inside it feels like freezing as if you're in a North Pole haha!!

Am I lucky or what. Katy Perry is performing in Taipei Arena yo ... I've met these two lovely gals, they're selling some Katy Perry merchandise outside of the Taipei Arena where Katy Perry's concert is.

My tapau ...

As a fan it's must to buy Katy Perry's merchandise hehe. When the concert was over, everyone started rushing out from the Taipei Arena and running somewhere else as if like Katy Perry was one certain point of places hehe..

I have a blast and enjoyfull moment on my fourth day in Taiwan. So stay tune for my fifth day. hehe.

Day 3 in Taiwan - Ximending, Taipei 101

noreply@blogger.com (ZacRie) — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 03:11:00 +0000

Day 3 - 27 April 2015, Sunday

Now comes to the third day I'm in Taiwan. So far it feels like a blast in Taiwan, today I'm going to move out to the other hotel somewhere in Ximending where the main attraction is in Taipei City. My friend call it as "Bukit Bintang" hehe.

About 800am in the morning, just take a simple breakfast. Porridge, tarmar cocoa and MAMEE Monster snack hehe ...

As usual I'm having breakfast all alone at the lounge hehe.

Before I check out from Main Inn Taipei, I'll leave a not for a complimentary for their hospitality. The best thing about this hostel I can do my laundry for free hehe.. I don't have to worry about my clothes caught by dirt or wet. Washing and dryer machine are available to use, but everything is in Chinese on it button. hehe.

I took a MRT from Taipei Main Station to Ximen Station. As usual Taipei Main Station always full crowd of people, I'm totally getting used it now. When I walked out from the Exit 1 of Ximen Station, it feels in Tokyo (eventhough I never been to Tokyo before but my friend did shown a pic).

The Red House one of the main attraction in Taipei at Ximen area.

Okay, here where am I going to stay until my last day in Taiwan. ColorMix Hotel recommended by one of my friend. I does look colourful to me. hehe. It wasn't that hard to find, the convenient store surround the area. 7E also nearby, and not forget Belgia Waffles omg .. it is a must to try hehe.

Here's my room looks like at least I have a privacy of own my own, compare to live in a hostel. Hehe. Might be I'm not getting used to stay in hostel I guess. hehe. It wasn't look that small though, still can moving around and do your own things.

Here's are some of the facilities provided, I can watch TV anytime I want to, and I really satisfied staying here.

Since I'm too lazy seeking for lunch so I just take a simple meal for my lunch, a salad, snacks and mineral water I bought from 7E nearby. It is not matter of harder to find Halal food surround Ximen, it just I don't have an appetite yet to eat something heavy HEHE.

After having my lunch, I'll decided to walk all around Ximen, and the most important place to go is .... TAIPEI 101!! hehe..

From Ximen Station I used the RED LINE to Taipei 101 World Trade Station. I bought a single journey token just for fun hehe..

As soon as I arrived yeah of coarse, like other typical city tall building all surround but here, totally amaze me a lot. The city is so clean and a lot of trees too.

Plan to watch Avengers Movie in Taiwan?? Urmm I don't think so cause Avengers isn't my thing hehe..

Can you see that TAIPEI 101 ...

Taipei 101 is a must to go.

Inside the Taipei 101 Shopping Mall

It cost me NTD 500 only for the entrance .. awesome!!!

I'm inside the fastest elevator in the world. It only took a few minutes only from Level 5 to Level 89. And I can say you even did not feel anything when it goes up and down.

View from observatory Level 89. Apa boleh kata, kalau bertembung dgn dari Tanah Besar, tahan jer lah telinga sebab macam Fish Market teramatlah bising.

Okay, now let's go to outdoor observatory at level 91

At Damper section, this damper made from a gold and it can hold about urmm I can't remember haha .. but all I know is it can hold the building from collapse by the attack on monsoon and earthquake.

One of the unique engineering been made in human history.

Here's some part of Taipei Main Station.

As for dinner, I'm having a KrispyKreme doughnuts hehe..

Fridge magnet for my sister. When it comes into souvenir family comes first.

It's been an enjoyment day, I'll just lay on my bed and watching Transformer movie inside my room.

Day 3 isn't so much though cause my brain kinda freeze out, something blocking idea out of my head haha ... Day 4 BEEF NOODLES hehehe.!!! Well thanks for reading my blogs, sorry if it isn't that entertaining much hehe!!

Day 2 Part 2 in Taiwan ( Taipei Zoo - Maokong )

noreply@blogger.com (ZacRie) — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 15:08:00 +0000

Alright, here the story continue again. After done circling all around the Taipei Zoo, it is a must go and visit Maokong Mountain where they plant one of tea farm is and a lot of beautiful scenery surround it. In order to get to Maokong Station (Cable Car), I need to hop onto this Zoo Shuttle Train, it was awesome dude, reminds me of my childhood. I miss this ride hehe.

Now, I have arrived at Taipei Zoo South Station on which I have to choose either I want to get into crystal ride or an ordinary ride. Since I am not quite familiar with this I though I'm hopping into a crystal cable car, it isn't. Oh gosh, that's okay at least I can enjoy watching the whole scenery surround the beautiful mountain. Not quite that expensive though, I can't remember how much it cost me cause I'm using EasyCard hassle free to purchase a single journey coin. hehe!!

Now we're waiting in the line, and the workers at this station asked us in Chinese, how many person. Cause they do not want to split the entire group unless you're into a major huge amount of person in one group lol.

Oh I've forgot to mention that, this is Hello Kitty Ride ... Hello Kitty is pretty damn famous in Taiwan.

Here's some part of the view surround the mountain, Sorry about not taking a great picture what to expect since I'm squeezing with strangers inside the cable car hehe. Unless is I'm all alone inside it lol.

Finally I have arrived at Maokong Station .. Don't be so surprise if you're seeing another Hello Kitty's surround here.

Temperature at this Maokong Mountain kinda windy and breezy plus cold though. Since the weather in Taiwan is kinda unpredictable so I won't be bother to bring any sweater. Cause it environment kinda cold and awesomeness ...

Red Line is where you wish go on a long journey on foot. You can choose a ride by bus but I like to go by own foot. I took me for a hour to reach at the end of the checking point. In order to circle the entire Maokong, I recommend you go a rid by bus hehe ... Each and every number that you saw on this pic at bottom, is a place for to stop relax and enjoy the free tea.

Since I'm here, why shouldn't I try a Black Tea and Green Tea Ice-Cream. Delicious and yummylicous. It isn't too sweet and not that tasteless, just enough I really like it though.

Here the journey begun, all along of my journey, few of historical like the old charcoal mine and etc you can find here.

Now I'm at the Tea Farm, this is my first time visit tea farm.

It's about 550pm, it almost getting dark I thought it's going to train but it isn't hehe ... thank goodness, cause I'm not bringing any umbrella along with me .. hehe

On the otherside there's plenty of small restaurant, food stall and drinks to stopby at.

Here's the Maokong Station, almost time get back to the Taipei Zoo's Station. Please take note, cable car service hours is end at 900pm and they closed for maintenance on every Monday.

If you're seeing this sign, this is not a piece of art hehe.. It's a Male & Female toilet in Hello Kitty male & female version hehe .. creative aye ...

Okay, I guess Hello Kitty is really really really snatch my attention a lot until I want to get a picture with it hehe ... take the cuttest pic as you can hehe ...

Now I'm at Taipei City Mall (Underground Mall), I've never seen this piece of LEGO in Sarawak or anywhere else at shopping mall as it display model except for Toy R Us or Toys World any related into it. I found it interesting.

Picture on below, I forgot to jot down what is thing all about, my bad ..

For your information there's plenty of underground shopping mall that you want to visit at. One of it an exclusive Eslite Underground Mall.

My 2nd day had end and I manage to visit 2 places in a day. Awesome!!! As soon as I reached at my hostel, after I get my shower, make a phone call to my mom in Miri, Sarawak via Whatsapp, do a laundry and I just go to sleep. Because tomorrow I'm moving out to the next hotel at Ximending area. hehe ...

Solo Traveler in Taiwan - Chapter 3 - 2nd Day in Taiwan ( Taipei Zoo )

noreply@blogger.com (ZacRie) — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 08:44:00 +0000

26 April 2015, I'm stil check-in at Main Inn Taipei (Hostel). Early morning I woke up, I'm enjoying myself with a hot porridge and tarmar cocoa for breakfast. I can tell I have plenty of Maggie Mee cup stock inside my closet haha!!! But I ain't eat it all cause I'm not a Maggie Mee fan though. Oh by the way today I plan go to Taipei Zoo and Maokong Mountain. I've heard from my friend that Taipei Zoo is damn huge. Oh okay, I wonder how huge is that, hehe ..

The scenery in morning day in Taipei spectacular, I can see a lot of people are ridding bicycle, some of them strolling their luggage seemly like they're moving from one place to the other. Since Taipei City Mall (Underground Shopping Mall) is the most efficient way for me to reach Taipei Main Station, so I just walk through all the alley full variety of food, clothes and etc. Damn cheap, I can tell you gonna shop like crazy, but my main focus not to shop in day light focus on the places that I wanna go.

But first I need to buy some food, kira untuk bekalan ke Taipei Zoo since I'm not quite familiar when the restaurant at Taipei Zoo. I take MRT from Taipei Main Station to Yuanshan station where the Farm Expo is. I'm so crazy on the Morocco's food, I buy ala cart of that chicken wrap and the owner guide me what train shall I use go to Taipei Zoo, she's really friendly though.

Here's my MRT itinerary goes from Yuanshan to Taipei Zoo Station.

From Line 2 (Red Line) Yuanshan > Minguan W.Rd > Shuanglian > Zhongshan

I'm going out from the MRT at Zhongshan Station go for the other MRT to Nanjing Fuxing.

Line 3 (Green Line) Zhongshan > Songjiang Nanjing > Nanjing Fuxing.

Get out from MRT at Nanjing Fuxing Station and take the Line 1 (Brown Line) MRT.

Line 1 (Brown Line) Nanjing Fuxing > Zhongxiao Fuxing > Daan > Technology Building > Liuzhangi > Linguang > Xinhai > Wanfang Hospital > Wanfang Community > Muzha > Taipei Zoo

What a long ride right? Hehe ... actually there's optional for you to choose go to Taipei Zoo either by bus, MRT or taxi. Don't forget to get yourself a copy of MRT route map guidelines where you can see which station to use go from one place to other places.

This pamphlet really useful though.

As soon as I arrived at Taipei Zoo wow, it's looks stunning and the entry ticket is so cheap cost about TWD60

Tarmar Cocoa Yummy ....

Down we go to Taipei City Mall (Undeground Shopping Mall)

Eco Park .. full variety type of food to choose on but of coarse I need to look for Halal stall

Casablanca my favourite ..... look at that Chicken ... yummylicious ....

Remember to que ... hehe ... waiting for MRT to arrived a ride to Taipei Zoo Station

Before you reached at the main gate all of the way you can see a beautiful and stunning banners

Since it's Saturday, yeah of coarse a lot of parents are spending quality time with their family at the Zoo ...
tapi kalau bertembung dgn mereka dari Tanah Besar, memang sungguh "best" hari anda hehe ...

Here's at the counter to buy a ticket

This is what I like most ... Public phone ..

Main Entrance of Taipei Zoo

Before I'm entering the zoo .. but first let take a photo with this monkeys hehehe

Told ya .. NT$60 only . so cheap...

View of surrounding the Zoo ... You can find a restaurant, McDonalds, 7E and a lot more ...

Taipie Zoo Route Map

Feeding hours

Oh Owl.. why are sooo shy ....

Sunny Bear ....

Bugs ....

It is time to take my lunch ...

Koala House

There it is KOALA!!!!

Oh ok .. how dare you turn back on us ... hahah

I'm doing my meditation please do not disturb .. lolz

Souvenir Shop

Bird Station Entrance

I can't remember what is that bird call .. but I call it as Angry Bird lol

Peacock always be an arrogant peacock hehe

I'm taking picture with one of Angry Bird character it does look like one hahaha!!

Why do you look so serious ....

Penguin.... OMG!!

Red Panda

Lnyx

I hasn't finished the entire zoo yet, cause I'm rushing go to Maokong Station. Taipei Zoo is a must to visit at. A lot of type animals you find there, worth for every single sweat, penny, energy to spend on there. But I can tell Taipei Zoo is damn huge, beyond over of my expectation.

Next topic gonna be Maokong Mountain journey.

Solo Traveler in Taiwan - Chapter 2 First Day in Taiwan

noreply@blogger.com (ZacRie) — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 02:57:00 +0000

Here's my journal goes ...

Day 1 - 25 April 2015 (Depart from Kota Kinabalu International Airport Terminal 2 to Taoyuan International Airport, Taiwan.

Consider as my first day fly to Taiwan is more likely I were into Amazing Race competition. Cause I woke up kinda late though. Supposely woke up at 4am lucklily my mom call at 5am, thank goodness I already packed all of my stuff. I just rush to the toilet and put on my shoes check-out like I was chasing by a ghost haha. Cause my flight depart at 610am hahaha.. luckily I did an online checking, kinda relief on it though. Phew... it took me about 10mins from Celyn City Hotel to Airport. As soon as I arrived at airport I ran as fast as I can to Departure Hall. It seems kinda funny though, and I make a phone call to my mom that I already arrived at airport and immediate boarding rush into the aircraft. I I thought I was late, nah i'm not the only one there is still of people still queing up go inside aircraft.

I can't remember what my flight number was, but all I know is that my flight departed at 0610am, kinda early though, but in KK 0600am it almost like 0700am at my hometown Miri. You can tell how well do am I do a race in Amazing Race of my own version haha!!

Good Morning .. took a selfie post it on Instagram and send it to my mom via Whatsapp .. I forgot to take a picture with two beautiful dentist who sat next to me.

As usual everytime I booked a flight I usually bought window seating hehe. Cause I love to watch the view and took a stunning picture above the sky around 30,000 feet above of the ocean.

I think you can't see it clearly though our flight passed by Palawan Island, Philipines before it move to the left of to Taiwan.

Breakfast ....

How cute and adorable of this mini burger is ... with a smiley face. It makes me SMILE looking at it hehe

Yummy .. .Mini Chicken Burger ... mamamia

Let's muching it ...

Are you laughing at me hahah!!

This is what I like most "Be Kind to Mother Earth" keep GREEN ...

It's a must to take shoesfie ...

At 915am our flight touched down safely at Taoyuan International Airport Taiwan... OMG
this is my first time travel to overseas all alone heheh

I found out Taoyuan International Airport is damn clean I even did not see
any spot of an ice cream or any sort of liquid

Shinny through ...

This is my favourite part, Orchid are everywhere inside the airport.

Hey mom, look at this your favourite orchid

Guess who I've met, my ex-lecturer Mr Leong & Mrs Jasmine along with their son ...

Bound to buy a bus ticket to Taoyuan High Speed Rail Station

Before I'm going much further, here some information for you guys if you're coming to Taiwan for first time. Halal restaurant are available in Taoyuan International Airport Terminal Aiport you can find it at some around the food court, I did not took any picture of that restaurant cause I was super excited much hahah ... If you're planning to experience a bullet train, you can take a UBUS or this green colour bus it cost around TWD30 or 90 I can't remember how much it cost. It will take you to Taoyuan High Speed Rail Station.

Oh don't forget to purchase yourself a EasyCard for MRT usage and Taiwan's Unlimited Data Prepaid cost me around TWD500 for 7 days.

Here's my ticket to Taipei Main Station

Here's the bullet train is coming.

Here's some funny story happen to me on first day arrived in Taiwan. Actually I used the wrong High Speed Train hahah .. cause I even did not notice there's a train number on each destination. I was hopping into the train bound to South haha!!! Thank goodness, Taiwanese are so helpful and friendly, one of the lady told me I used the wrong train and I have to stop at one station and take a ride from there back to Taipei. At least I was going a places that isn't on my list hehe ... About the weather situation it kinda unpredictable though, even it stated 28'C but when the winds blow

This is view out from Hsinchu Station ...

Well of coarse selfie is a must lol

Okay I really arrived at Taipei Main Station.

As soon as I arrived in Taipei Main Station, I saw a lot of people moving like an ants, they were moving too fast and there's no time for you to do a catwalk or control "ayu" berjalan k, ada jak korang kena siku haha .. cause everyone is chasing time and don't worry you won't get lost but it's soooo hugggeeee ... until I need to figure out where's the exit hahaha ... won't get lost much aye hahaha!!

Walking on foot from Taipei Main Station to Main Inn (Place where I crash for two days)

Here I am ... Main Inn Taipei ...

I asked the reception counter at Main Taipei Inn a place where do I stay for 2 nights,
a location to one of famous beef noodles in Taiwan too bad when I reached there according to people
that I asked at that area they've said it CLOSED. So I just look for another optional Halal restaurant.

All I can say is during my first day in Taiwan I'm facing a lot of obstacle in term of finding where is the location of Halal food surround Taipei area, but I'll never giving up. Actually there's a lot, but every shop sign are in Chinese so it's pretty hard for me at first. Local people are friendly and they gave me direction where should I go. Hehe ...

Consider me as lucky though I get to see Farm Expo at front of Yuanshan Station. I took MRT from Taipei Main Station to Yuanshan cost me around TWD45 only. Isn't cost me much. I can see a lot variety of fruits and some other stuff.

The information centre person gave me this map a direction to find a famous Pineapple Cake ...
It's a must for you to try it.

Remember ... everywhere you go don't forget to get a postcard or a notebook for you to stamp on.
Cause they'll provide a stamp and stamp pad it means you'll already arrived at that certain places. How cool is that.

In Taiwan, you can rent a UBike for you to circle all around the area, it won't cost much and I found it so cheap though.

Alhamdulillah finally, I found this Halal Restaurant at Taipei Expo Park. I don't have an issue about what to eat and etc, cause I don't really look for rice though. I can survive if my whole day meal based on bread, chicken, fries, salad and some sort of like. Enough with it .. hehe .. As what you can see here it cost me TWD180 for a set of I can't recall what is this food name is all I know it's a Morocco's Cuisine. Delicious though. This is a quite huge, when we talk about spicy don't worry it isn't that spicy much and I even can't taste the spiciness in it. The stall name is Casablanca you can find it on Facebook I'll share you the link later on. hehe

It wrap with pita bread and fill with luxurious amount of chicken that you're dying for ...

This is the owner, she's very friendly.

Caution this is not a cotton candy ahahhaa!!!

How fluffy is this looks like .. so adorable. Apa yang boleh share kucing n anjing fluffy haha!!!

Some part view of Taipei's Main Road

My first experience staying at hostel, on which kinda new to me. At first it is hard for me to blend in cause most of the time I have to silent cause most of my room-mate were spending their quality time on bed. Hahaha!!!

At night time, I thought it weather not too cold so I decided to wear a tshirt. I was wrong, it turn up like someone just open a giant freezer door .. damn cold and it's kinda a long way to go back get my jacket hahaha ... At Taipei, what do I found it shopping mall kinda unique though. It build underground, just name it what do you want to find here. Eslite Underground shopping mall is the most exclusive I've enter to. There's plenty of food stall, oh by the way if you're looking for a Halal food variety of stall open at Underground Taipei City Mall.

Underground Taipei City Mall

View at night somewhere around outside of Beimen Station

I'm of to Songshan Station cause I'm going to Raohe Night Market.

Where's everyone heheh

About the MRT, I was damn surprise though .. at outside it looks kinda simple, when you're stepping inside all surround inside the MRT are super clean and it looks like a brand new MRT. There's no funny smell and has an aircond too. Observe ...

I'm here at Raohe Night Market ... if you're looking for food, night market is the places for hunting on food. A lot of variety foods sell in a so cheap, but for me I have to choose which do I can eat and can't. In term of shopping I'm much prefer Shilin Night Market, a lot of cheap gadgets, clothes and etc that I like to buy. About Raohe Night Market as soon as you are exiting from Exit 2 if I'm not mistaken when you're stepping out of it Raohe Night Market just next to the temple.

For Halal food, there's one Halal restaurant located at Raohe Night Market Ali Baba or some sort of like that, it's a Indian Cuisine. Where I feel bloated though, cause it portion wow ... they've said it for 1 person but for me, that kinda of portion are suit for 2 hehe ...

Just random group of girls to selfie wih hehehe..

Shop Shop Shop ...

Don't forget to get yourself a Taiwan's Prepaid Mobile at Airport with Unlimited Data Usage and Airtime for you to make a phone call. Since it's unlimited and the internet speed damn super fast, makes me easier to upload video, make a free phone calls, whatsapp and etc 24/7 hahaa!!! EasyCard is a card where I top up certain amount inside it and tap it at MRT station so I don't have to purchase a single journey or two journey coins.

Mamamia ... look at it beef and rice ... on pic it do look kinda small but when you look at with your own bare eyes, you'll be surprise ahhaha

History of Taipei Main Station

Bus Stop

Yeah of coarse .. everywhere I go .. stamp is a must ...

I bought myself a BATMAN Monopod at Raohe Night Market .. hehe ..

A lot of funny things happened to me during the first day in Taiwan, did you remember I told earlier that I took the wrong bullet train bound to South and night time, way the other round. Until it makes me to tell myself "DO NOT TRUST GOOGLE MAP" hahaha!! Why? Imagine from Beimen Station to my hotel Main Inn Taipei it only took 15 minutes walk on foot. But it turn up almost an hour lost somewhere around not quite far away from my hotel. Luckily I knew a lil bit of Mandarin so it is easy for me to conversate with the taxi driver where am I heading lol.

About the Halal food, my advice is "Jangan Rasa Was-Was". If you can't find any Halal restaurant surround the area try to look for vegetarian, seafood or maybe Subway some sort of like that. Do not stick to your plan too much cause it will cost a major stress if you can't go to that certain places on time or miss out. Yes, first and 2nd day I made a planned a journey where am I should heading to and so on I can tell, it truly a major crucial stressful idea haha!! Just go for it, without any plan have fun.

It hasn't finished here yet. 6 more chapter still to go on. So far on the first day in Taiwan I LOVE IT HERE. It feels like home in Sarawak, you'll never feel like in other people country. Take note do not be afraid to ask if you are lost cause people in Taiwan will assist you as long as they can. Communication barrier it isn't a major problem here, eventhough they're not so fluently spoke in English but they will try to help you on it. For me myself, I have a basic knowledge in Mandarin just basic k, I still on process of learning on it hehe.

About the culture, I learned something new here. Whenever you want go to into the MRT, bullet train or bus, you have to que up. You can't simply pushing the other to get into the ride, follow the line. Even going up and down on escalator you also need to que hehe ... When you're going inside the MRT or Bullet Train, the rules is simple let them inside the MRT went out of the train and you can slip go into the train either left or right not entering the middle part cause middle part if for people inside to go out of the train.

Inside the MRT, you have to be more manners, you can't talk kinda loud, handphone on silent mode and keep on mind a dark blue seat is for senior citizens and disable person. Cyan colour is for normal people like us.

Okay the Chapter 1 ends here ... Chapter 2 is more all about Taipei Zoo, Maokong Mountain and Taipei Arena ...

#ILOVETAIWAN

Solo Traveler in Taiwan - Chapter 1 in Kota Kinabalu

noreply@blogger.com (ZacRie) — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 16:10:00 +0000

It has been a while I did wrote any stories or sharing on my blogs. Kinda busy recently. Now I'm back. Hehe. Ok, enough with the crappy intro let's jumping into what am I going to share about.

On the last 25 April 2015, I was traveled to Taiwan all alone. I can tell, at first I feel kinda nervous though cause I never been travel to overseas before except for Singapore and Brunei that consider as the nearest country I've been so far. What do I can say is Taiwan is a lovely country, people are polite and I feel like back home in Sarawak (Borneo Island).

24 April 2015 - MASWing flight of MH3218 from Miri to Kota Kinabalu. Cause in order get to Taiwan I have to transit at KK, cause KK is the nearest flight and took about 3 hour and 15 minutes to Taoyuan International Airport, Taiwan.

During the flight they serve us a Milo, where I found it really, really, really okay since I've got something to drink or munch on rather than nothing hehe. Our flight stop over at Labuan for about 15 minutes, I even did not have any idea at all that the aircraft gonna stop at Labuan (transit). I've never been to Labuan before, so it's kinda my first eventhough I just stare it out from a window inside the aircraft. hehe.

Remember to fasten your seat belt ... heheh

Flip flop .. hehe .. as soon as I arrived in KK I bought some shoes for me to travel in Taiwan ever since KK is so damn cheap though, clothes, shoes just name it ... This is not my first time went to Kota Kinabalu, I can say you will love it there.

Yeay ... welcome to Kota Kinabalu International Airport Terminal 1 ...

Looks like I become a backpackers aye heheh

There's a taxi .. what I can say about Kota Kinabalu International Airport Terminal 1, the architecture of it building I really love it, cause it's kinda unique and hardly to describe it.

As soon as I arrived, I'm crazy into donut ... hahaha!!!

The hotel that I stay just opposite of Centre Point easy for me go for shopping ...

Yea I bought new pair of shoes ....

This is my late dinner at 7E in KK cause I do not know what to eat, cause this is my first time travel all alone and kinda homesick hehheheeh!!!!

Alright let's move on the next day, is a day I'm going to TAIWAN for the FIRST TIME!!!! #fireworks yeah right. Chapter 1 ends here. Chapter 2 begun .... I shall continue on writing tomorrow on Chapter 2 my first day in Taiwan though hehe ....

noreply@blogger.com (ZacRie) — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 14:43:00 +0000

Few of cakes I've done in couple of months ago. On which it could be another phase on moving forward onto the next level.

November

noreply@blogger.com (ZacRie) — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 14:35:00 +0000

Hello guys, it's been a while I hasn't update my blogs, kinda busy lately with some stuff. Oh by the way we're already in month of November people and next month is December, and say hello to 2015. November is such a blast month for me, cause can't wait for my upcoming birthday. I'm turning into 30 on this upcoming November 15, 2014. Can't believe it, 30 haha!! Age is just a figure.

Here we are .

Miri Next Top Model??? hehe

Spectacular

Tanjung Batu, Bintulu

Kampung Lajong Niah - Pic Along with my aunts

Let the picture tells the story, what has been going on past few months ago ... :)

A Massive Challenge Onto Photography

noreply@blogger.com (ZacRie) — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 08:01:00 +0000

On last 25 January 2014 my friend and I did received a job as a photographer by one of offshore company on when they're going to organizing 25th Annual Dinner at Kampung Sukan. The hear beat goes raising up like beyond over the par, nerve breaking hardly to imagine at. A huge thank you to my best friend Along (Fazriey) joined me onto the event as 2nd photographer. Both of us still an amateur not a pro yet hehe. Cause we still new into this.

This is us .. from the left me ZacRie Hanz (Photographer), DJFazz (Photographer) and two of committee members on the event.

Tricky Photography

noreply@blogger.com (ZacRie) — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 06:25:00 +0000

It has been a month I'm using a DSLR camera on which I still a beginner into it. My DSLR still using the kit lens cause, I'll taking everything slow and steady not to grab everything at once otherwise burden me much.

Meet Nemo. She looks kinda freak out though lol. In fact I love shooting those animals, cause I found out the uniqueness and fun has come out naturally. This picture, I tend not to edit on it so much, just adjusting on it contrast and the others.

This is Coffee. My mom used to call it coffee since it's brother call Milo lol. Anyway, my camera put on focusing onto that plant instead of my cat. But still I found out it kinda unique though. Blurry on it sight and focusing on it plant might turn up an amazing photo.

Every single editing I'm using Lightroom cause that time I hadn't any Photoshop yet. hehe.

Light Painting is what I love to do. I can create a piece of arts that words can't describe. By pointing on creativity, other than food photography, this is is what do I like most. Cause lights has it own symphony may blooms people away.

Does it look familiar to you, yeah of coarse it one Shaklee's product.

So that's all from me now, until next time ..

2014 Where It All Begun - Food Photography

noreply@blogger.com (ZacRie) — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 15:00:00 +0000

It almost wanna to get the end of January, another new chapter in our life has been open up to be write on. This year, I'm not focusing much on my job which is I tend to likely more on work is work, I'll finish my job and that's it. After work, I'll focusing on my business on which I won't be wasting any of time thinking of paperwork at workplace after I leave the office. It won't bring anything other than stress haha!!

Okay, I manage to came out with variety of menu onto my bakery this year. An applause and credit to myself and also not to forget Alhamdulillah all of the research I've done last year it totally paid off.

Rie's Cadbury Choc Cupcakes, is something new that I had on my mind. First attempt it doesn't work so well, and I tend to modify a little bit on the recipe. Most of my friends used to call it as Valentine's cake. Nah, I'm more likely to call it as a chocolate lover cake. Love symbol means love into chocolate and since I'm using Cadbury brand so I had no idea at all how to create it, so I'll just pop on a chocolate onto it.

As for most of my friend and family members, do knew this cake has been introduce on December 2013. For the first time, I venture myself onto a Mini Candy Buffet to promo some of the products that I can portray with. Red Velvet Cupcake it more likely kinda rare in town, cause not much people like to bake it I guess lol. Might be because of it cost. It won't stop me from making it raise up onto the next level. Hey everyone has their own signature dishes.

Alhamdulillah so far I had received various of orders onto these two new menus and most of them are given a positive feedback. Something that keep on goes onto my mind, to make an Oreo Cheese Cupcakes. On which I already been drag it into my menu. And it price hasn't come out yet.

For Red Velvet Cupcakes & Cadbury Choc Cupcakes normally I sell into 16, 24 and 36 pieces. If you wanna know about it price please do not feel hesitated to leave your comment below. InsyaAllah I shall reply you as soon as possible. :-)

Happy New Year ... and it is not too late to greet Happy New Year since it still in January 2014.

Boosting Over Photography

noreply@blogger.com (ZacRie) — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 15:42:00 +0000

Oh wow, this is a minor comeback for me I guess. It has been a while I did not updating my blogs ever since some major issues that run me into a wacko and devastated much, nah just let it be. Oh yeah, I almost forgot, I would like to show you guys some pieces of my art works that hasn't went onto pro level yet. A beginner onto photography with a standard equipment it will not stopping me to step up ahead onto the next level.

Photography, it isn't all about taking a great photos but it also boost up on your creativity level. Do not even dare to try something new and experimenting things that could brings you more precious and famous. Perhaps.

Here 3 photos of my niece and nephews .. all I can say is, kids isn't that easy to a picture on. Cause their movement beyond over of control, that I wish had a remote control to freeze them for once haha.

Skipping on about portraits pictures, getting back onto other stuff ought caught plenty of attention but not much. I