Saturday, January 31, 2009

Musical Park (十八尖山)

I heard from I Like Radio FM 103.3 they were saying a park in Shinchu. Why this park attracts to me? it is a normal park isn't it? No, it is not like that. This park according to people in the radio, it is a musical park. You can go up the hills and you can enjoy the music.

When I heard it, I really want to go. I came back home, I told my husband about it. The city government of Shinchu went to study the musical park in another country. Once he likes it, he applied his thinking and knowledge in Shinchu's park. So I have researched it for a long time. It is difficult for me to do research in Chinese. Finally, I found that Shinchun's governor put all his knowledge in this park. Finally, I found the name of the park, 十八尖山.
I told the name of the park to my husband, at first, he did not believe me. When we arrived there, he said why it looks like a mountain? It was so difficult to find a parking.
They hide the speaker behind this fake rocks. It looks like normal rocks but in reality, it is a speaker. it is more classical music. I could hear different types of music at this park.
The park is so huge, I do not know where am I. But this place of the park is so beautiful. It has a couch made from the rock. It is so special.
Also, this umbrella is made from the tree.
We did not finish walking all the way at the park. The way back, we found the trunk.

during March, you will see a lot of flowers here.
The good thing at the park, if you do not know what time it is, a lot of clocks like this will tell you. You can find this clock in this park.

Also, you can wash your hands here. It has sink everywhere.
If people run or forget to bring water, you can find water machines here.

This park is so convenient. You can enjoy the nature, music, and everything. It is good to be here.

Flower Night Market (花園街夜市)

After the musical park, we decide to go to a night market. I never been to Shinchu's night market. This is Flower Street night market. I like the lights here.
This view is so beautiful.
Even this night market is not big enough compares to Tainan


food

This is Kuo roll. It is kind of Mexican roll. Mexican roll has rice, meat, lettuce, avocado, tomato, and salsa. This kuo roll is very Chinese one. It has inside, vegetables, carrots, kind of tofu, peanuts, sugar, and other things.
This Kuo Shop is very famous in Shinchu. A lot of people were waiting in line. I never see people like this in my life. I had to wait in line for 10 minutes to buy 6 rolls.The roll will look like this. It is very delicious. Now, I know why there are a lot of people waiting over there. During Chinese New year, there are a lot of people on the streets. A lot of cars, too. It was so difficult to find parking space or walking down and buy something. The worst part when we go to each booth, it was a long waiting in line to be seated.
This Ice cream shop is also very popular. It is located on the same street. There are a lot of people, also. People have to wait in line to get ice cream. I heard this ice cream shop is very delicious. It is very popular, too.

Shinchu

This is Shinchu city. Thisis a very popular street in Shinchu. There's a lot of shops here , a lot of business here. A lot of people like to come here to eat or shopping. There are a lot of food booths on the street. You can see a lot of people were looking around what do they want to eat.
A lot of people were going over there with their families.
Inside of the market, there's also a lot of people over there. Believe me, it is very difficult to walk inside. Also thieves is easily can find here. So be careful with your purses.
This is the store that my father -in-law likes to eat. We bought 4 bowls of soups. It is so good and delicious.
It has meats, vegetables and other things in the soup. Alan really enjoy the soup.

Meet Fresh (鮮芋仙)



This is Meet Fresh Shop (鮮芋仙). This is a very traditional Taiwanese flavour ice cream. This ice cream shop has around entire Taiwan. The quality of ice cream here is very good. Everything here can be $50 NT Dollars above.
Here is the menu


Inside, the seat and the table is very nice. Looks nice for inside.

This is red beans milk shaved ice. This is Bean Jelly shaved ice with dark pearl. This is my son's favorite dish. He never gets tired of eating this.
This is very traditional Taiwanese shaved ice.This is my red taro dumplings. It is warm.This is kind of dessert it is 麻糬 (muah ji). This dessert traditionally come from Japan. All Taiwanese like it very much. Personally, I do not like it, It is very hard to it. Usually, it is soft and the taste is very good, but this one, I do not like it. It is also pricy $50 NT Dollars.

Friday, January 30, 2009

National Chiang, Kai-Shek Memorial Hall (國立中正紀念堂)

This is the place of Chian kai Shek Memorial Hall. This place is huge, a lot of tourists from China will come here. The memorial hall is located in the center of Taipei. CKS Memorial Hall is to commemorate the memory of the great leader.
I like this place, because there's a lot of things to see. This is the archway entrance or "Dajhong Jhihjheng". It is 470 meters distant from the axis of the Main Hall. Viewing the Hall from the Central Arch, visitors cannot help but be awed by its grandeur.

There are two side entrances, Dajhong Gate and Dasiao Gate. The Dasiao Gate is located on AiGuo E. Road while the Dajhong Gate is on XinYi Road.
During Chinese New year, we could see a lot of traditional flowers with nice decorations.
A week after Chinese New Year, we will celebrate the lantern festival. There's a lot of lanterns designs by so many people. Each of style is so different.
This is Mr. Chia Kai Shek. This is his stature here, but his body is somewhere in Taiwan.
[OPENING HOURS] 9:00 AM TO 6:30 PM
[ADDRESS] 21, ZHONGSHAN SOUTH ROAD, TAIPEI (100)
[PHONE] (02)2343-1100~3 or (02)2393-2704

National Taiwan University Hospital (台大醫院)

After the memorial hall, there's no place to eat around that area. David decided to go to the University Hospital for lunch. The building is not too bad, it is tall and it is modern.
Here is the name of the hospital in this monument.
This is the registration room inside of the hospital. The area is pretty big.
I like this decoration.
Here is the basement of the hospital. Here has the food court, you can choose all kinds of food here.

228 Peace Park (台北新公園)

228 Peace Memorial Park is a historic site located in the Zhongzheng district of Taipei, Taiwan.

The park is home to the Taipei 228 Memorial Museum, housed at the site of a former radio station that operated under Japanese and Kuomintang rule.
The park contains a number of memorials to victims of the 228 Incident of 1947, including the Taipei 228 Memorial that stands at the center of the park.

This is the museum. The National Taiwan Museum stands at the park's north entrance. the entrance fee is very cheap it is only $20 NT dolalrs.

The park also features a bandshell and exercise areas.


They also preserved the traditional Taiwanese buildings from that time.

Dr. National Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall (孫中山紀念館)

This is Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall. This is a nice place to walk around and learn more about history. Dr. Sun was a world-renowned revolutionary who devoted his entire life to overthrowing the Qing Dynasty and setting up the Republic of China. His achievements were recognised and admired not only by the local and overseas Chinese, but also by the global community. This is his memorial hall in Taipei. His body is in China.
Alan saw a bird and he wants to play with it. He was running behind it. This is Dr. Sun Yat-Sen. There are soldiers who are guarding him.
En each hour, they will take turns. Once they stand over there, they cannot even move.