LLAMAS!

They're the cutest things ever. They wrestle with their necks and spit at one another. Haha. Check out the dude in the top-middle still chewing on grass!

toy cameras + film photography!

My sister and her bf gifted a silver toy camera to me for my twenty first birthday and I absolutely love it! It's the Silver Kumagin from the Superheadz Ultra Wide and Slim series.

Light, plasticky and shiny, it wasn't my first choice actually. I had first fallen in love with the Usagi Colourful (and still think it's the most gorgeous thing ever) after setting my sights on a couple of these cameras at Page One in Vivocity many months back. That evening, I returned home raving to my sister about the pretty lomos I saw.

Usagi Colourful

But when searching for a picture of these cams online just now, I found out that my Kumajin is a limited edition version with only 2000 sets available worldwide. Oh wow. *Cries tears of happiness* T_____T

Kumajin (Silver)

So anyway, I took the Kumajin along on my trip to Taiwan and it's the first film camera that I have personally owned and handled. It's surprisingly easy to use, which is why calling it a "toy camera" is really apt. To take a photo, you simply point and shoot. There's really no other buttons for you to make use of other than the shutter button. Haha.

As I had brought the film overseas with me, they were subjected to security checks and scanning at the airports. Some of the images (1/4 of them) got affected by fogging and were unusable, which is pretty sad. But I'm sure the next roll I take and develop will turn out a-okay.

Here are some of my favourites from this batch. I think they look better IRL though. Scanning does funny things to the photos and the quality was compromised. Take a look through 'em and enjoy!

At the fishing port in Ye Liu.

Random shrub of grass by a hillside.

Used taxis for sale- spotted while on the local bus!

Manicured grass depicting the name of the area.

Cheap ice-cream in Dan Tsui!

Families taking photos by the Taipei Zoo sign

Candid shot of me using the digicam.

Beloved stuffed llama enjoying the view.

welcome 2 taiwan~

Here's a look at the highlights of my trip to Taipei, Taiwan.
From 26 Apr - 1 May :)

台幣!

Unlike other overseas trips I've embarked with my friends or family, this trip with the dino saw us pooling all our money into a single purple pouch. All expenditures such as gifts for our family memberes and collegues were thus shared. And this system actually worked!

Birdwatching spot atop a hill

Had to climb the monstrously-long stairs up this hill which was meant for birdwatching. But in the end we didn't even see any birds, just other old people. Haha. The breeze from the ocean was lovely though. Made it all worthwhile in the end.

Us with Taipei 101

This was during the second day of the trip while the weather was still deliciously cool at below 20 degrees celcius. Didn't want to enter the Taipei 101 building so we took a picture with it instead and walked around the area.

Sightseeing at 野柳

Daringly took a public bus (1.5hr ride) to this tourist attraction. Was pretty clueless throughout the entire journey there but it turned out well in the end. Lots of pretty scenery along the way and when we headed to Dan Shui on another public bus (1hr ride) after that. Even saw a lady who boarded the bus with a big rabbit in her bag :)

鬍鬚張魯肉飯

For most proper meals I had, it was eaten with 魯肉飯. As a person who enjys gravy on my rice, I was a really happy camper during mealtime! Formosa Chang's is my favourite. This picture was taken near 五分埔, a commercial shopping area similar to Bugis street. 

Microwave lunch from 7-11

This picture of our lunch comes with a funny story. For some reason, we decided to venture out to look for a popular biscuit store in an area we've not been to before. And so we had no idea there wasn't any proper food around there. During that particularly hot day, we decided to stop by a small 7-11 to grab a quick lunch which came in this microwavable box.

We took the container and tried devoured its piping hot contents. All whilst standing by the roadside in the hot sun! You can imagine the scenario: One person holding the container and the other person feeding two mouths.. A young couple got on their scooter near us and drove off, but not before commenting, “好恩爱啊！” I wanted to dig a hole and hide in embarrassment..

Random snapshots

Caught from the prawning session previously~

King of the catch, the largest prawn! I caught it :D

And yes, it's instant noodles cooked in a saucepan. Hardest thing to cook in, ever.

Hellooooo owl phone casing!! <3