23 May 2010

Updated Version 8 June:

Morning to Tamsui. Went to a missionary university. Oxford. It was constructed by George Leslie Mackay, a Canadian missionary. Made notes n sketches. The architecture is a mix of occidental & local features. For example the structure had a king post beam

with bracing and topped with a traditional Chinese roof.

It also featured coloured windows. We also went to Tamkang High school, also within the compound. It had a mini boulevard in front of the school linking the road, unlike Malaysian schools, which will have a field/basketball court in front of it. Further rain limited our journey.

Bus facilities is... not bad, but the driving is terrible.

Then we went to a 138ntd eat til full restaurant. zomgwtfbbq it is

awesomeness!!! had a LOT of great

food! =D

Then next stop was yet again halted due to torrential rain. Went to gugong museum @ 4.30pm. It was huge; designed to mimic the Forbidden City in

Beijing. Took some photos but it closes at 5pm. So we did not go thru it anyway. Then to taipei underground night market. It is actually a tunnel linking metro stations underground.

Then long journey back to Zhongli. Extreme

ly tired!!

22 May 2010

Updated version (7 June)

Now before anything happens, I would like to comment on the toilets. The concept of disposing tissue papers (stained or not) into the dustbin and NOT into the toilet bowl (sewer) is totally revolting! Besides that, everything seems good.

Set off very early.. 7-8am? Went to Huashan. Landscape architecture exhibition, by year 5 students of CYCU and other universities. I can see that they really use a lot of green and also polystyrene (and i really mean a LOT) to make contours. Details are very detailed and precise, and the presentation boards are much nicer, although not very straight to the point.

Kimmy even had an interview about our own university, televised.

Nearing evening we passed by a wall of motherboards, which was a 'memorial' for a pc fair.

Makan @ Vietnamese rest.

We then went to Taipei 101, but did not go up due to long queue.

Then to eslite 24/7 bookstore. Too bad them books are all in Traditional Han.

Very very tired at the end of the day. Feels like working.

Oh well. It certainly is quite a different world out here.

Travelling tomorrow!

Packing now, flying tomorrow!

New blog of Experiencing Architecture AA722