introduction
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I can't find a wall to pin this to,
They're all coming down since I found you,
I just want to be where you are tonight,
I run in the dark looking for some light,
How will we know if we just don't try,
We won't ever know.
Let me light up the sky,
Light it up for you,
about me
My name is apple, and I'm red. I'm also orange, and I'm orange. I can also be called lemon, and I'm yellow. I'm also grass! Which is (obviously) green. Ditto.
I can be called pie by some of my alien friends from Jupiter and Mars. We like eating chocolate chip brownies and because they're browny and chocolatey and the brownie likes pie. And everyone knows that pie shall conquer the world.
This profile inspiration is given by Xero-sama, who owns a very cute tako that I like to squish a lot. Me and my friends hail from Earth, we live together in Tampines and eat good food everyday. North South East West.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Prehistory
Evidence of human settlement in Taiwan dates back thirty thousand years, although the first inhabitants of Taiwan may have been genetically distinct from any groups currently on the island. About four thousand years ago, ancestors of current
Taiwanese aborigines settled in Taiwan. These aborigines are genetically related to
Malay and
Polynesians, and linguists classify their languages as
Austronesian.
[1] Polynesians are suspected to have ancestry traceable back to Taiwan.
Early settlement
Han Chinese began settling in the
Pescadores in the 1200s, but Taiwan's hostile tribes and its lack of the trade resources valued in that era rendered it unattractive to all but "occasional adventurers or fishermen engaging in barter" until the sixteenth century.
[2]Records from
ancient China indicate that
Han Chinese might have known of the existence of the main island of Taiwan since the
Three Kingdoms period (third century, 230 A.D.), having assigned offshore islands in the vicinity names like Greater
Liuqiu and Lesser Liuqiu (
etymologically, but perhaps not
semantically, identical to
Ryūkyū in
Japanese), though none of these names has been definitively matched to the main island of Taiwan. It has been claimed but not verified that the
Ming Dynasty admiral Cheng Ho (
Zheng He) visited Taiwan between 1403 and 1424.
Have you ever been sitting in a restaurant and wondered: “Gee, why do they place toilets in a separate room?” Or … when taking time away from dinner to dispose of some hazardous waste, have you thought: “I’d much rather eat in here, how homey!” Well, if you are among the 3 non-institutionalized people who have thought this, now there’s a restaurant for you:
Yes, those are toilets IN the restaurant. Bowls are also shaped like toilets, dessert dishes like bidets/urinals, and dessert itself is … well, let’s just say it’s shaped like something you wouldn’t want to leave in the goat feeder for long. Apparently Japan doesn’t hold a monopoly on Asian zaniness. Here’s a few other picture
Toilet bowl Ice-cream...hmmmm.....
Hopefully they cleaned the sink first!
Apparently the first Taiwanese Toilet Bowl Rrestaurant was so popular that they opened a second one … who knows, maybe this will become the next big global franchise. 10 years from now, instead of visiting the Golden Arches, you might just be stopping into the Poo Poo Palace!
Friday, February 15, 2008
The Lover's Bridge in Danshui, Taiwan is just what the name implies: the ideal location to take the one you love. This bridge sits in Fisherman's Wharf and offers an amazing view of the Taiwan Strait, particularly during the sunset. Walk up and down the boardwalk for various shops and eateries. Food, entertainment, and beautiful scenery - what else could a date ask for?
Taipei 101 (
traditional Chinese: 臺北101 or 台北101;
simplified Chinese: 台北101;
pinyin: Táiběi Yīlíngyī;
Wade-Giles: T'ai-pei I-ling-i) is a 101-floor
landmark skyscraper located in
Taipei,
Taiwan. The building, designed by
C.Y. Lee & Partners and constructed by
KTRT Joint Venture, is the
world's tallest completed skyscraper. Taipei 101 received the
Emporis Skyscraper Award in 2004. It has been hailed as one of the Seven New Wonders of the World (Newsweek magazine, 2006) and Seven Wonders of Engineering (Discovery Channel, 2005). The building serves as an icon of Taipei and Taiwan as a whole. Fireworks launched from the tower feature prominently in international
New Year's Eve broadcasts, and the
landmark appears frequently in films, television shows, print publications,
anime media, games, and other elements of popular culture. Taipei 101 is managed by the International division of Urban Retail Properties Corporation based in
Chicago USA.
[1]The name of the building reflects its location in Taipei's 101 business district along with its floor count. (See also "
Symbolism" below.) The number is pronounced in English simply as One Oh One. The original name planned for the building, Taipei World Financial Center, derived from that of its owner, Taipei Financial Center Corporation and the formal name of the structure in
Chinese: literally, Taipei International Financial Center (
traditional Chinese: 臺北國際金融中心;
pinyin: Táiběi Guójì Jīnróng Zhōngxīn).
On 2007-07-21 Taipei 101 was overtaken in height by the
Burj Dubai in
Dubai,
UAE, upon the completion of that building's 141st floor.
[2] Taipei 101 retains the official title until the Burj Dubai is completed, though, as international architectural standards define a "building" as a structure that can be occupied.
Lotus Lake (蓮池潭) is a popular tourist destination on the east side of
Tsoying District in
Kaohsiung City in southern
Taiwan. Opened in 1951, it is famous for the lotus plants on the lake and for the temples which ring the lake.
Some famous tourism spots nearby or on Lotus Lake are the
Spring and Autumn Pavilions (春秋閣), the
Dragon and Tiger Pagodas (龍虎塔), and the Confucian Temple (孔廟).
taipei 101
