Taiwan: Taipei & Taichung

:: Tuesday, September 20th, 2005 @ 1:01:49 am

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Photos while visiting my mother in Taiwan last week. Text later.

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Mom and Chris Fan

Chris and Ming in the temporary lab/office

Mom, in her new office

View from Academia Sinica

Mom, Ming, Chris, Jessica and me in the elevator of the Academia Sinica

Mrs. Fan cooks us an amazing meal (as usual)

At the Tsunah office with Mr. Lin

Taipei 101, the world's tallest building

View from Taipei 101

View from Taipei 101

Passive dampeners help the building to be stable

Taipei 101, the world's tallest building

Mom in 7-11

Self portrait in mirror with Mom, Mrs. Kao, Mrs. Fan, and Ming.

Lunch at a nice Japanese restaurant in Taichung

Li-Chia, playing video games

Suu-min and Li-chia on a scooter

Li-chia pretends to lock the restaurant door

Yang Li-Chia aggressively eats a chicken wing

Yang Li-chia

Dinner at our relatives' place near Taipei. We're related distantly through my mother.

Dinner at our relatives' place near Taipei

Dinner at our relatives' place near Taipei

Dinner at our relatives' place near Taipei

Dinner at our relatives' place near Taipei

Dessert at a fancy restaurant in Taipei

Longshan Temple

Longshan Temple

Longshan Temple

Snake Alley, Taipei

Squid products in Snake Alley, Taipei

Mantis shrimp in Snake Alley, Taipei

Mantis shrimp in Snake Alley, Taipei

Fresh (live) seafood in Snake Alley, Taipei

Fresh (live) seafood in Snake Alley, Taipei

Mom, at a restaurant

:: 12 comments (rss)

1. posted by Janice on Tue, September 20, 2005 @ 2:27 pm

   I was just in Taipei a week ago, and it’s interesting how it looks so different through your lens.
   
   Also, I love the self-portrait in the mirror. Everyone looks so happy. =)

2. posted by Caroline on Tue, September 20, 2005 @ 3:07 pm

   I loved that mirror shot too. I also love the pic of the little girl looking up at you.
   
   Should I wait for the text before asking why you and Mr. Lin are holding hands in the picture? Or should I just ascribe it to Taiwanese / Chinese-style show of affection?

3. posted by echeng on Tue, September 20, 2005 @ 4:16 pm

   yeah. Dunno about the hand holding. But it didn’t seem weird at the time, and he insisted. :). It was hard to communicate because my mandarin is better than my taiwanese is. Anyway, out families have history, and he seemed excited that I was in town.

4. posted by cyn on Tue, September 20, 2005 @ 6:02 pm

   our old home (and now my aunt and uncles) is right near that 101 building. he hates it. he’s convinced it’s bad feng shui and if there’s an earthquate, they’re doomed! love the fotos! can’t wait till i can go visit taipei again.

5. posted by rc on Tue, September 20, 2005 @ 6:44 pm

   maybe it’s just me, but I find that 101 building to be quite an eyesore. It’s a bad mixture of traditional Chinese and modern architecture design elements. Kinda like bad fusion food (a la Ming Tsai). The other bad tall building in Asia that comes to mind is the strange tower with the balls in Shanghai. But that’s just me, I’m sure many others think those buildings are very nicely done.

6. posted by pizustar on Wed, September 21, 2005 @ 2:01 am

   Eric
   I think the word “snake” should be “snack”,isn’t it?
   Star from Taiwan

7. posted by echeng on Wed, September 21, 2005 @ 2:43 am

   no — in fact, it is “Snake Alley“. Although, my father does sometimes make the two words sound the same (in English). ;) (hi, dad!!)

8. posted by daff on Thu, September 22, 2005 @ 6:25 pm

   hey, it might be a tad weird looking, but its not totally ugly. i have to speak up, for my uncle was the architect for 101.

9. posted by echeng on Thu, September 22, 2005 @ 6:37 pm

   daff! your uncle should have taken me on TOUR! :)

10. posted by andrey on Sun, September 25, 2005 @ 2:51 pm

    those mantis shrimp look ferocious! did you try any?

11. posted by stevec on Mon, September 26, 2005 @ 6:32 am

    I echo daff’s comments. My friend works for the construction company that built the building. ;)
    
    Anyway, it’s cool you got to go up to the top of 101. Back when I was there in January this year, the top wasn’t open to the public yet.

12. posted by Rod S. on Thu, September 29, 2005 @ 10:38 pm

    We’ll have to meet up in Taipei and Taichung sometime. I’ll start to travel there once a year for work :)

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