"Call me Pilot Kitty"

This trip is different to me.

First, I flew to Hong Kong and stayed one night there before off to Taipei. I took two luggage with me from Malaysia to Hong Kong, to cut some slack I checked-in one luggage immediately when I arrived Hong Kong station. There was a in-town check in counter for several airlines, and sad to tell Air Asia is not one of it. Technically the in-town check in service is free of charge, but in order to enter the check in area, I was charged 100HKD. The service is complimentary for passengers who are going to the airport using Airport Express service. In short, you pay for the ticket and the check in service is for free.

Anyway, the next day I took the Eva Air Hello Kitty Jet from Hong Kong to Taipei. Time flies, and it was time again to fly to the-busy-Hong-Kong-City again.

With Takeshi Kaneshiro at Taoyuan International Airport

I posted a photo compilation of Eva Air Hello Kitty in my Instagram and Facebook, surprisingly some friends asked me about it, such as how was the flight, the return ticket prices and so on. I never thought that anyone will actually interested to know more about my experience with this kiddo flight.


As what I expected, there is only one self check-in counter for Eva Air x Hello Kitty passengers. Believe me, the kiosk was crowded! People taking pictures in and out of this cute counter. I've waited quite a long time to take this photo. OMG these people are so annoying with bad photography skills! I don't know why a selfie in front of the kiosk (just a fucking selfie) could take up so long until I feel like want to break their neck.

Self Check-In Counter in Taoyuan International Airport

These merchandises not for sale (not that I aware of) . These merchandises aren't in the in-flight shopping magazine. Pillows are for sale thou and I have the pink one!

The fleet models are expensive and I couldn't afford it with my emptied wallet

Time to check in!

Check-in kiosks

After the immigration check, these are what I saw on my way walking to the gate. Too cute and I can't even! If I have a baby, I'll force feed him/her in the breast feeding room even it's not time yet for breast feeding, lol.




I shouldn't spent all my Taiwan dollars. I can't afford anything from Sanrio shop. Took me forever to decide not to swipe card otherwise I won't be able to enjoy myself in Hong Kong Disneyland.

OMG! I wanted this Mahjong set so bad! Anyone can help me to buy?

Waiting lounge before the gate opens. It excites me!

In case you don't know how I look like

Taipei - Hong Kong takes about one and half hour. I didn't make pre-booking for kids meal thus my meal is just a normal set without Hello Kitty tupperware and so on. The in-flight entertainment? It sucks to me. Old and outdated movies, but I shouldn't expect more from a flight that less than two hours, no? Pillow and blanket are not provided, I requested for it during both of my flights with Eva Air.


Tips to make your Eva Air x Hello Kitty Jet worth the price you paid : Request for the poker card. There's nothing to hide thou, I requested for poker cards and also the shopping bag which is exclusively for in-flight shopping only. And I got two for free, the flight attendant volunteered to give it to me when no pillow is available the moment I requested for it.

If you are a souvenir-stamps collector, get a Hello Kitty Jet ground crew to stamp your stamp book too! Talking about this, the crews are very helpful. I told them that I want to take the cabin without any passenger and they let me in first although I was just a economy class passenger! Besides that, I had 3 hand luggage but they let me in, I feel loved, lol

Taipei, till then!

Yes, I love Taiwan.

My most favourite visited place during my Taiwan trip is Jiufen 九份老街 (also known as Chiufen). There was an interesting story about this place. Long time ago there were only nine families. They have no road access and it was inconvenience to have grocery shopping. Thus, the families took turn to go down hill and nine pieces of every items are bought as reservation.  Jiufen means "nine portions".

Ruifang Train Station

Today, Jiufen is one of the must-visit-places. I went on a one-day trip, I should have pick a nice inn operates by the local for the night view and fishing! Anyway, don't worry about how to get there. I took the train heading the Ruifang station (瑞芳), from the station I took the connecting bus to Jiufen. It's very convenient and surprisingly cheaper than I thought. Let's see what you can find there.



Jiufen Old Street, the most prosperous shopping district. It goes through the village and you'll find many famous local delicacies and country snacks here. Many tourists walking in the street, and to be frank some of them were annoying. Blocking the street, rain drops dripping from their umbrella, talk loudly and 'abused' the food sample. Can tell most of them are from the mainland according to the accent. Despite that, I enjoyed my one-day trip in Jiufen!

Crowded street

Rainy days in Taiwan

my first buy in Jiufen

Old couple selling ice-cream with peanut wrap

100TWD for 3

A shop that I would recommend you to go

A bowl of warm yam soup during rainy day, awesome

This stair leads you to a Jiufen Elementary School and several cafes

Handmade calligraphy brushes

The famous hand crafted ocarina

From the tradition oval shapes to animal shapes

He's an artist and owns the shop. He played us many songs before I bought two

Before Jiufen turned into a tourist attraction, this place used to be a gold mine. During the World War II, Allied Force soldiers (mainly British) were forced to work in the gold mines. After the war, the gold-mining activities were declined and soon Jiufen fades. After years, a Taiwanese film named 悲情城市 (City of Sadness) choose to shot here and won several international awards. People started to know Jiufen and it has became a tourist spot since then.

Many great writers gathered here to find inspiration, as what I've been told

Jiufen is heaven with nice scenery, local delicacies, historical buildings and friendly dogs!

This one enjoy himself laying his head on my lap

feel free to feed cats too (buy few packets of cat foods for them)

Chilling weather for dogs to chill out!

I will definitely visit this place again! On a side note, get the souvenir stamps from Jiufen Tourist Center. I sent a postcard from here to Malaysia and it only costs me less than RM5. Also, catch the last bus from Jiufen to Rui Fang Station at 5pm. Otherwise, you might need to get a room or take a cab. Jiufen, till then!