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Tuesday, November 10, 2009 6:18 PM
Took some shots for what I had bought from Taiwan. Taiwanese likes to describe shopping as 败家, sounds like BUY.
I guess girls go to Taiwan will more or less buy some facial products back. I bought popular BB cream and saw this cleaning deep pores mask so bought back to try. Not bad. It did clean quite thoroughly.


I bought this brand which I read from magazine is the first brand to have BB cream. I used and the effect is good. Plus this brand is cheaper bit than Hanskin. Bought from Taiwan is overall cheaper compared to price in Singapore. There are a lot of choices in Watson.

This pair of ceramic owls (toothpick containers) were bought from Sun Moon Lake souvenir shops. Heard that owls are their protectors, auspicious sign.

And this bottle of rice wine is very cute and elegant.


After back from Taiwan, CW has addicted to all stuffs related to COFFEE. He bought this manual coffee beans grinder. He even thought of buying an expresso coffee maker from Taiwan because was very cheap, only SGD80++, but no more stock. But, he managed to buy one in Singapore, with another brand and costed higher too. So I had converted the dining hall area into a cafe, see more pictures below ! Ha ha.

Got coffee maker, must have cups. Bought from Taiwan's Starbucks

Starbucks bear !

This little wooden train is very cheap and very original. Bought from a shop selling traditional toys at 淡水, Taiwan. Only SGD2.

Scented wood bought from Daiso, Taiwan. Daiso = 大创 in Taiwan. We bought 41 items from 大创, was the highest record we made. Blah, in fact you can find this from Singapore Daiso too. But Taiwan Daiso is slightly cheaper, NT$39 only = less than SGD 2. This can be a nice deco too.

Did mention we bought a stack of books and magazines from 诚品. This is magazine stack.

This is a wooden box. Hand drawn graphic. Very special. Bought from the shop I liked in Taichung. The little black monster was grabbed by CW from a toy grab machine. Was first time he played. In fact there was another red color monster, but I lost it. *sob*

Below are photos for our 'newly launched' cafe at home. Kee kee.
These photos displayed were taken during the trip. Just keep them in PC or album are too wasted, just use a piece of wood and some thumbtacks, creatively display them.

Used little box/shelf to place some cute collections, make it a beautiful picture. Furthermore, all these are not expensive, little wooden boxes are bought from Daiso.


3-4 types of sand from Aegean Sea, Greece !

This little snail was from Europe. A gift from sista. So after back from a trip, headache to find a suitable place to display all your souvenirs from travelling? This is a good way too ! Not only can 'show off' to your guests, is a natural deco as well !

Menu for the cafe.


Overview for our cafe at home.

This wooden pot was one and only one piece in the world, because was handmade + handpainted by my mum. She is much more talented than me !

I used all stuffs bought from Taiwan to deco my dining hall and also some in study room. Just so matching to my new cafe theme for dining area. It creates great ambience and appetite too !
2 comment(s) so far...
Re: What I 'buy' a.k.a. 败 from Taiwan...
Haha I think both you and your hubby are very creative people! Can make simple things look so nice lor! Nxt time "hire" u come do interior design for my new house hor? :P
Btw, the name "SnailCoffee" don't sound very attractive hahaha~~ like super slow coffee.
By Fiona on
Thursday, December 03, 2009 2:37 PM
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Re: What I 'buy' a.k.a. 败 from Taiwan...
kee kee, actually those design parts all in charge by me, my hubby only knows to buy but he will not think too much on how to arrange... anyway he will give comments whether nice or not nice. So I am 'coolie', he is boss.... ha ha.
Sure, no prob. In future if you need my help, definitely will help out de. Just share some tips la, not expert also. ^^
Snailoffee, actually should be Snailafe better. Nope la, should be interpreted as enjoying the coffee slowly, slow pace to relax. ><
By Qiao Ting on
Thursday, December 03, 2009 11:33 PM
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