Well, i got the chance to come here early of August 2008 or on the 3rd to be exact, for business trip and i will here for the next 2 months at least, but going by on 1 month interval. Anyway, i took off from Penang airport on China Airline plane bound straight to Taipei which took 4 hour and 30 minutes. The plane was kinda small with no individual screens to look at movies or play games as this plan model, 737-800, was kinda out dated as well. Nonetherless, it help us to reach safely, so, all the thanx to it anyway.By the time we arrive, it was already dark, at 7.30pm, and to my astonishment, we were greeted by a high-class taxi which the company has chauffeur for us, a Mercedes Benz S350 which cost that guy T$5.5 million which makes up to RM550k. Fuhyo, damn big man and i was admiring it all the way till my apartment. I got a lot of story and pictures to show off below.
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At Penang Airport Before Departure | On The Plane |
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The Fancy Taxis | The Taxi That We Ride In |
Today is 8th August 2008, the day where Beijing will surely be remembered as one of the big city who manage to organise the Olympic with flying colors if not the utmost one. Today is also the day where i celebrated my first working week in Jhudong, a district in Taiwan. So, how was my first 5 days treated me if u may ask.......i would say quite enjoyable to say the least......but you have to remember, i come here to work and not to play ok.......but i play anyway.....kekekekeke.
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Front Road of Apartment | Front Road of Apartment |
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Breakfast - Taiwan Roti Telur | Breakfast - Taiwan Roti Telur |
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Front View of my lovely apartment | Side View of my lovely apartment |
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2nd Day Dinner - Steamboat | 4th Day Dinner - Famous Beef Noodle in Hsinchu |
Taipei Walkthru - 09-08-2008
We went out in the early morning to have a lovely breakfast before moving out to Taipei. We went to one of the bus stop in Jhudong and took a bus from Jhudong to Taipei which cost around NT$129 but from Taipei to Jhudong will cost us NT$140 instead. Anyway, the journey took us around 1 hour and 15 minutes. Below are the pictures and the caption. Do enjoy.....
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Bus Stop Notice | Bus Ticket From Jhudong to Taipei cost around NT$129 |
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National Theatre Under Construction | Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall |
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Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall | Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall |
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National Theatre Under Construction | Chiang Kai-Shek Statue |
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Presidential Office Building | Intersection to Presidential Office Building |
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Taipei 101 - On the way there | Taipei 101 |
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My Lunch At Taipei - Cost NT$140 | Base of Taipei 101 - To go up will cost you NT$400 |
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Performance at the Taipei 101 shopping complex | Inside Taipei 101 Shopping Complex - Its like the KLCC concept |
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Busy Road of Taipei | Taiwan Train Transportation - Cost Between NT$20 - NT$60 Depending on Destination |
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Fishball In Taipei | Fried Oyster - Taipei Style |
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How they prepare the food | The scene at the nigth market food court at Taipei |
Another thing that i notice while in Taiwan is that, the place is quite dusty.........and i do mean dusty and not dirty ok. Dusty in the sense of a lot of small debris and particles in the air that even the Taiwan people themselves can't stand it. Almost everyone here wear a face mask when riding motorcycle. Even I can feel the air is dusty.
Another thing is that, if you can see properly from many of the pictures, almost all of the motorcycles that they are using is from scooter model but i can sometime see a big motor bike as well but that's all. There is no Honda EX5 100cc or something similar to that.
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Sample of scooter in Taipei | The protest that was happening during our time there. There are protesting against the currect leader. |
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One of the menu in Hsinchu Restaurant. Famous Fishball dish | Hsinchu - The Famous Bak Wan and the Yong Tau Fu Dish |
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One of the dishes i eat for my lunch in my work place everyday. They change it everyday. | Another sample lunch in the company. Everyday they would have 2 different dishes but they change them everyday. |
Sunday 24th Aug 2008, mark another trip for me to Taipei and this time, i went there with only a colleague of mine as the rest has gone back to respective country or so called, hometown. Mine would be next week, so this week......partyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. Anyway, just like last time, we went to Taipei by bus. This time our destination is Ximending, Sun Yet Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei 101 and ....errr.....errr......that's all actually because we were damn exhausted as we have been walking all day long and we decided to go back by 4pm. Also, the weather at that time was not really on our side as it was raining cats and dogs and thus, we decided to head home.
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Ximending. A place in Taipei which has all the shops that suite the younger generation people. Shopping mall, fast food and many more. Not a bad place. You can arrive here thru metro train which stops at Ximen station | Ximending - Red House - A theatre house and now its a historical landmark |
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Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall - A nice place to get closer to this great leader and the admission is free. | Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall - External View - You can reach this place by getting off Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall Metro Train Station |
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Taipei City Hall - A few blocks away from Taipei 101 | Taipei 101 from City Hall |
Well, tomolo will be my last day here for the 1st month as i going to go back on Saturday (30th Aug 2008) with the morning flight strait from Taipei to Penang airport.
My stay here has mark the 1st month i've been out from Malaysia for the one whole month. The longest trip i was in was to Shanghai which only lasted for 1 week but that was one marvelous week to say the least. Anyway, my stay here in Taiwan, i can say not a bad one but to tell you the truth, i prefer to stay in Penang rather then here as most of the thing that can be seen or eaten here, i would say, Penang has most of it and i believe is better not to mention cheaper.
Well, i manage to taste their smelly tou-fu and boy, wat an experience.........the taste exactly like the smell.......terrible.......and i do not know why people here like it so much......you can see it every where you go. I was told my by colleague that the one i ate was the wet one which taste more .......err.....errr.....terrible but for the fried one, its actually taste better. Because of that bad experience, now i'm having nightmare whenever i see one tou-fu in front of me as i do not know whether its the smelly tou-fu or the normal one. You guys would say, how come this guy so stupid, u can know one just by the smell........i would say yes....you are rite but to tell you the truth, my nose kinda got defect a little bit after the smell......kekekeke........its unbearable to tell you the truth.
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The wet Smelly Tou-fu that i ate in a vegetarian shop | Smelly tou-fu up close and damn personal. Looks like any other ordinary tou-fu lads. |
