Tag: taiwan

  • 2011 Tops and Bottoms~

    I put together my lists of Top15 Movies, Bottom15 Movies, as well as my Top15 Albums from 2011.

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  • Namie Amuro vs. Da Mouth – FIGHT!

    So I was trying out some of Da Mouth’s music — some electro-ish hip-pop music quartet from Taiwan — and like I always do, I began listening to their official discography from their first album. It was all fine until I reached the song I Just Like You (我就是喜歡你), which began bothering me. A LOT.

    My brain immediately connected it to Namie Amuro’s Girl Talk. And I don’t even like Namie Amuro — but at least I don’t hate her any longer. I had previously said that Girl Talk, released in 2004, reminded me a LOT of Janet Jackson’s Doesn’t Really Matter, released in 2000 [1]. However, this Da Mouth single, released after 2007, reminds me too much of Namie Amuro.

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  • Nice to meet you, Taiwan~

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    On our way to Seoul~

  • Goodbye, Taiwan~

    Taiwan, it was really nice to meet you~~~

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    Korea, here we go~~~

  • Taipei 101 and full-on city shopping~

    My feet are killing me… again, and we just did the famous Taipei 101 building that has the fastest elevator in the world — the Guinness World Record says so — clocking at about 1km per minute or 60kmph.

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  • Feet are killer…

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    Too much walking in the heat. I should relax watching tv, but Taiwanese tv is amazingly bad. All I do when it’s the time is watch Korean variety programs and music shows… even when they’re the same I watched the prior night. LOL

  • Hello, Taipei~

    Finally in Taipei… looks like a whole new country~ Looking forward to shopping for clothing here LOL

    Also, can’t believe this is a hotel.

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  • One step away from Taipei~ Suao

    Don’t blame me, but I had some ramen tonight. I thought I was done photographing food… I guess not. I had some insides of fish in the afternoon alongside some peppered snails… there’s a first time for everything~

    Still not used to Taiwanese streets…

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    Can’t get used to not having a sidewalk…

  • Yu-chan in Shiseido stand in Hualien~

    I couldn’t help myself and grabbed a Shiseido pamphlet while night shopping. LOL

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    This is going to be as close as it’s ever going to get. By the way, I’m not weird at all… I usually grab all printed materials from whatever I get to visit.

  • From Taitung, to Isla Nublar and Hualien~

    I think I have previously described Taiwan as a very unique mix of Japan, China with a dash of Hawaii. Now for the Jurassic Park fans, you’d know that the movie was partly shot in the island… and traveling through the southern part of Taiwan I’ve felt velociraptors are about to jump at me at any minute.

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