Taiwan - Day 12

By now, I was at the brink of insanity with all the poo and vomit and the kids' crankiness. Alfee was perpetually suckling in the hotel room because he was so miserable and hungry. Sophie was always bored yet she couldn't find much energy to do anything. Also, she became very conscious of vomiting or diarrhoea so she refused to eat or drink. 

We tried traveling on our own but it was torturous and I was tempted to just cut short our trip and book our flight home. Papa insisted we move about a little because it was too depressing to stay in the room the whole day. I didn't feel well enough but I knew we had to keep our spirits high... or prevent it from dipping too low.

We then made it our mission to look for Chinese DVDs for the kids. I never wanted to get books because the prints are in Traditional Chinese. But DVDs are different. This mission proved to be harder than we thought. We went to many malls and found very few. In the end, we bought two sets of DVDs... The Penelope and Hooray For Fizz.

And when we see a decent bookshop, we quickly parked there for Sophie. Somehow, the books soothed her restless, angered soul. We also managed to get sound books with Taiwanese songs, which are quite adorable.

One of the best lunch place we had found ... California Pizza. Both kids were asleep so we had some rest. My poor kids were still not eating much but Alfee had better appetite and he didn't care if he had got diarrhoea after eating. Unfortunately, that meant he regressed in his toilet training.

The only food Sophie could eat (willing to risk diarrhoea or vomiting) was french fries. We had to feed her that despite our better judgement. Of course she felt unwell after all but we had to let it go... 

Back at the hotel room, Sophie just slipped into bed and watched TV until she was tired and slept. She looked really worn out. She would play with her doll a bit but she's totally not in the mood for anything. Meanwhile, Alfee just suckled all the way till the next day.