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November 14, 2006

TPE: Waiting

TPE: Waiting

Goodbye, again. Can't wait until the next time.

(Jiantan MRT Station, Taipei)

Posted by jpchan at 10:49 AM
Filed under: Taipei

November 13, 2006

TPE: Faith Is Where You Find It

TPE: Faith Is Where You Find It

(Off Shipai Rd, Taipei)

Posted by jpchan at 10:07 AM
Filed under: Taipei

November 12, 2006

TPE: Shipai Market

TPE: Shipai Market

(Shipai Night Market, Taipei)

Posted by jpchan at 10:07 AM
Filed under: Taipei

November 11, 2006

TPE: Campus Envy 2

TPE: Campus Envy 2

(National Taiwan University, Taipei)

Posted by jpchan at 10:07 AM
Filed under: Taipei

November 10, 2006

TPE: Campus Envy 1

TPE: Campus Envy 1

NTU has a really nice campus. It reminds me a lot of Stanford. Not like I would have gotten in there, either.

(National Taiwan University, Taipei)

Posted by jpchan at 10:07 AM
Filed under: Taipei

November 9, 2006

TPE: Boring Aggression

TPE: Boring Aggression

(Off Roosevelt Rd, Taipei)

Posted by jpchan at 10:07 AM
Filed under: Taipei

November 5, 2006

TPE: I S--t You Not

TPE: I S--t You Not

There is a special place in Heaven for someone in Taipei's public sign-making bureaucracy. Xie xie!

(Near Mingde, Taipei)

Posted by jpchan at 2:34 AM
Filed under: Taipei

November 4, 2006

TPE: Ja La Foo Scoot

TPE: Ja La Foo Scoot

I'm dying to bring a Taiwanese scooter back to Brooklyn with me. Unfortunately, Carrefour won't ship any of these to the States.

(Carrefour, Taipei)

Posted by jpchan at 1:22 AM
Filed under: Taipei

November 3, 2006

TPE: Doctors' Day for One Night

TPE: Doctors' Day for One Night

Taiwan has many holidays celebrating civil servants, including Doctors' Day. For one day out of the year, docs can let their hair down and chung ger to a crowd of adoring fans. The white coats stay on, however.

(Veterans General Hospital, Taipei)

Posted by jpchan at 10:07 AM
Filed under: Taipei

November 2, 2006

TPE: Memorial

TPE: Memorial

The Taipei 101 building seems to grow out of the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial on this rainy day.

(Sun Yat-Sen Memorial, Taipei)

Posted by jpchan at 5:52 AM
Filed under: Taipei

November 1, 2006

TPE: Comfort, Food

TPE: Comfort, Food

My grandmother used to make this fatty pork dish for us growing up in NJ. Back then, I'm sure I wished we were eating McDonald's instead, but now I can't get enough of it. Ah, youth...

(Shipai Road, Taipei)

Posted by jpchan at 10:39 AM
Filed under: Taipei