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While browsing through my photos, I saw a couple of nice Taiwan food photos when Janice and I were in Taiwan last year which I have yet to share here. It was Day 3 of our Taiwan trip when we dropped by this famous night market in Keelung district. Better known as Keelung Miao Kou Night Market , the crowd there was huge with food available everywhere.  Keelung Miao Kou Night Market Taiwan " Keelung’s Miaokou Night Market is famous throughout Taiwan for its large selection of food.  The night market is easily accessible on foot for most travelers arriving from other cities. From the Keelung railway station walk east straight along the street following the harbor in the direction of the Keelung Harbor Bureau (identifiable at night by its large orange neon sign. The night market is roughly one block from the point where you cross a freeway overpass." Source: Wikitravel I was told the crowd that night was lesser than usual due to a slight shower before we arrived I...

Kek Lok Si Temple Penang , one of the "must go" place in Penang Island, where I have been to numerous times in recent years with friends and family. Now have you been to Kek Lok Si during Chinese New Year ? This is when the temple transforms into a scenery of lights while thousands throng the area every night. I took the opportunity to visit Kek Lok Si during this Chinese New Year, and it was beautiful to say the least.  Kek Lok Si in an Ocean of Lights Event: Display of Lights at Kek Lok Si Temple Date: 19th January to 19th February 2012 Location: Kek Lok Si Temple, Air Itam, Penang Phone: 04-8283317 "The Kek Lok Si Temple is a Buddhist temple situated in Air Itam in Penang and is one of the best known temples on the island. It is the largest Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia. " "In 1930, the seven storey main pagoda of the temple or the Pagoda of 10,000 Buddhas , was completed. This pagoda combines a Chinese octagonal base with a middl...

Remember last week on 27th Dec? Well, on that day I submitted my forms for approval at the JPN , That was the first phase towards getting my marriage certificate. On Dec 30th, I managed to complete phase 2: Form submission and to book the ROM (Registration of marriage) date. We chose Thean Hou Temple to be the place to register due to it being a beautiful temple and the fact that we could take lots of pictures for remembrance. We reached the temple around 3pm after lunch. It was a fairly simple process of submitting the completed forms together with the photocopied ICs and birth certificates. The area for registration was self contained, everything was available there, from the florists to the wedding accessories shops. Thean Hou Temple Just outside the registration hall Thean Hou Temple Registration Office We chose the date to register our marriage on the spot. The date was still available. However, we weren't the first couple to choose the date, in fact we were th...

Blue Monday. Very aptly named as I'm currently having the flu. Sneezing and coughing the whole day. But I already planned to have a visit to Thean Hou Temple today, so by hook or by crook I'll get there. I don't like not getting my plans done. It was drizzling with short burst of rain after work, I knew there would be a hell of a jam going to Midvalley area, but my determination to stick to my plan was strong. And so it began, picked up my gf from Jelatek LRT, and from then forth was stuck in the traffic jam for 1 and a half hour all the way to my destination. Finally! That's the thought that burst through my mind when we reached the temple. Oh, I didn't tell the reason I'm coming here yet, did I? Well, the aim is to check out the temple that my wife to be and I will be registering our marriage (ROM for short). It was dark already that time so just check out the temple's photo I managed to pull off the net. Thean Hou Temple 65 Persiaran Endah, Off ...