Articles tagged with: Taipei
Say “I Do” in Year 100 & The Wind Journeys
I don’t have a big story to go along with these few images. It was just a nice Sunday afternoon concert and a movie. The concert took place at Zhongshan Hall here in Taipei. I wrote a bit about that beautiful and historic hall here.
The concert was put on by the Taipei Symphony Orchestra and the Taipei Symphony Orchestra Chorus. The concert was called Say …
Haircut Vending Machine
I was hanging out at an MRT station in Taipei last week waiting for my ride when I saw this little cubicle. I love anything that’s automated, so I wandered over to check it out. It turns out it’s a little barbershop. You purchase a haircut coupon or ticket from a vending machine. I believe it costs NT$100 for a basic cut. You just insert …
Ultimate Beethoven & School Contests
I went to two school events this week for my company (an ESL publishing firm in Taipei, Taiwan). I was sent there to serve as a special judge for school English contests. The first was a drama contest at a junior high school here in Taipei. If I had written about it directly afterward, I’d probably have been inspired to write like a madman. These …
Taiwan Latino Film Festival – To the Other Side
The Taiwan Latino Film Festival titled “To the Other Side” is currently underway at the Spot Taipei Film House. It started on Friday, December 16th, and runs until January 6th. They’re showing twenty-six films from seventeen Latin American countries. Anyone familiar with films from Latin America knows that this is a real treat.
Individual tickets cost NT$200 and they can be purchased at the ticket counter …
Postal Museum, Taipei
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Beethoven’s Ninth and Unlucky Seat Double 13
An Unlucky Day Begins
Days, as everyone knows, have a certain flow to them. When little things go wrong from the beginning, they tend to go wrong day all long. That’s what happened to me on Friday. Luckily, I’m not talking about big things. These are just the little things that make up a normal day. Still, life generally is made up of little things. And …
Checking Out the Taipei Astronomical Museum
The Taipei Astronomical Museum (TAM) is right across the street from the National Taiwan Science Education Center (NTSEC). That makes it a no-brainer to head in this direction – two for the price of one (though you couldn’t possibly see all the exhibits at both places in one day).
As far as attractions go in Taipei, the TAM is pretty laidback. It opened in 1996 and …
Botanical Gardens Taipei
[slickr-flickr tag=”botanical gardens blog” type=”galleria” size=”medium” sort=”date”] These pictures are of the Botanical Gardens behind the National History Museum in Taipei. I find it interesting how much it changes from season to season. I was there in the summer last, and the lily pads were so thick, you couldn’t see any water at all. It looked like a jungle or a green carpet that you …