1st day @ Tainan We successfully arrived at our destination, Tainan.
Met up Teammate YG!!!
Been 4mths since we last met… joy x10 when I met her!
Really appreciate her that despite of her busyness at work, she still came and picked us.
Of course whether Teammate JI, Teammate YG or later Teammate JL, I did told them needn’t come to fetch, we will take our own transport to the hotel but none of them actually take my suggestion. Haha!
Teammate YG left to work after we checked and settled down in the room. She also briefly told us about the surroundings of our hotel, where to eat/shop and how to get to her church for service later.
The moment I have access to wifi, I saw Teammate SM’s msg asking whether have I arrive in Taiwan so then I gave him a call. He was excited but was shocked that we were left “alone” so he immediately offered to bring us around.
He was fast! After the call, he actually reached within 30mins!
Ever since we graduated from SOT, he been one of the overseas teammates who I'm very much in contact with - whether via facebook or whatsapp. So the feeling was awesome to be able to meet him up face to face after 4mths too.
Our packed and fruitful day started after we met up with Teammate SM. His intention was to make our every hour and every minute counts so he was fast in deciding/bringing us from place to place to place and from eating this to drinking that to eating this and drinking that.
Seriously it was really because of Teammate SM that we visited so many places and ate so many varieties of food in just few hours.
First up - we had the first bubble tea in Taiwan!
Nice choice! Think they are friends of Teammate SM too.
We grabbed our drink and off we went to next destination, Tainan’s Gold Coast - the place where we regretted not wearing thicker jacket. Haha!
But seriously I love the view there - basically anything that has clear sea and wide clear sky will interest me and catch my attention.
There are stalls at the side so we also had our many first try.
Rice Blood
Made of chicken’s blood and glutinous rice, difficult to describe the taste. Only can say we don’t quite enjoy it? Haha!
Rice sausage wrapped with Taiwanese sausage
The taste + the sauce = fantastic!
We don’t sit and eat but everything was on the go - eat as you walk.
Next stop - Lin Mou Liang Park
The wind there was strong! Haha!
We walked around, took some photos and left to the next destination.
Up next, a must when you visit to Tainan, AnPing Street.
This was where we get to learn about the stories of AnPing Bean Jelly & MaoQi Black Bean Jelly.
While majority went for the tourists’ choice, we went for the choice of the residents of Tainan. After we tried both, we were on the Tainan residents’ side. Their bean jelly tasted smoother actually - like those “melt in your mouth” kind.
Final stop (for the afternoon), AnPing Old Street which due to the time, we had a quick walk/shop.
Teammate YG called to ask where we were.
Not knowing we were with Teammate SM, she was shocked that we went to so many places.
This made me confirm that truly if not for Teammate SM, we wont be able to go to so many places on our own.
Teammate SM quickly but safely drove us to Great Light Church to meet up with Teammate YG to attend their weekly youth service. We feel young again! Haha!
We were given headset, just in case the pastor preached in dialect but overall ok, can understand his preaching in Chinese. The youth was on fire, very responsive to the pastor’s preaching too.
Though the service was pretty long but overall enjoyed myself.
Was blown away by some of their testimonies too.
Just before we left with Teammate SM who came by to pick us, we met up his mum who shared with us shortly about her health which we did heard a bit from Teammate SM.
I was given the great honor to pray for the mum. I prayed shortly in English then in Chinese - trust me! I was really depending on the Holy Spirit for words. Haha!
Really thank God, He showed up cause usually when I pray in Chinese, my tongue will get twisted and will pray in “parable” but this time I successfully prayed completely and fully in Chinese.
I’m proud of myself too! Haha!
Teammate SM then drove us to Tainan’s famous night market, Garden Night Market for a time of feasting! We literally ate from the moment we reached till the moment we left.
Nothing can stop us, not even the rain! Haha!
Is one thing to watch on television and from the mouth of others about Taiwan’s night market and is another to experience yourself.
Woohoo! Let the pictures do the talking to what we ate that night…
That night, Teammate SM really had a mission - to feed us all the famous and delicious food of Tainan. Haha!
After a solid ~1hr of eating, Teammate SM brought us to have crispy chicky. A must when you come Taiwan so you know what’s the real one compare to Singapore’s. But by then we were too, too full that we can only shared one though he brought each of us one.
The night of “Feasting Mission” ended with a soya bean drink from the famous breakfast/supper place.
That night we were blessed by the very thoughtful family of Teammate SM. Teammate SM knowing we were freezing cold in the day actually brought us more thicker jackets which really helped to warm us!
So for the night, beside our own shirts, we were actually wearing a thick jacket and another thicker jacket of his.
And his mum actually bought each of us a box of pineapple tarts.
to be continued...
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