18 Dec’10 – finally my new photography blog site has been completed, and today shall be the official day that en-studio migrated to a whole new domain – moment.my, this is a new site with the same person who is striving to achieve the next level of photography, meanwhile this original website shall be maintained & serve for archive purpose until further notice … :)
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7th Nov’10 – we spend the last day in Taiwan by visiting the International Flora Expo, which is only the 2nd day after the official opening ceremony yesterday, the event is a garden festival recognized by the Association Internationale des Producteurs de l' Horticulture (AIPH / IAHP), Bureau of International Expositions (BIE), and it is the first such internationally recognized exposition to take place in Taiwan, or the fourth of its kind to take place in Asia (after Osaka, Japan, Chiang Mai, Thailand and Kunming, China).
finally it's time to be back, really wish to visit Taiwan in near term as there're still plenty of interesting place for visit ...
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6th Nov’10 – it’s our 2nd last day in Taiwan, in order to save some time, we took the Taiwan High Speed Rail, which is the high-speed rail network that runs along the west coast of Taiwan. It is approximately 345 km (214 mi) long and runs from Taipei to Kaohsiung and the service began since January 5, 2007 (*source wikipedia). The train has a top speed of 300 km/h, and it merely took us 1 hour to travel from Taichung to Taipei, compared to over 3 hours previously on the conventional Western Line of the Taiwan Railway Administration.
we continue to spend our time shopping around Taipei 101 & visited the Miramar Entertainment Park (美麗華百樂園) during late evening, it is a shopping mall in the Dazhi area in Zhongshan District of Taipei, the department store also contains an IMAX theatre & is claimed to be the largest in Asia for showing commercial films. On the roof of Miramar Entertainment Park is a 70-metre (230 ft) tall Ferris wheel, second tallest in Taiwan and has a total overall height of 100 metres (330 ft) (*sournce wikiepdia).
I had a short meet up with my cousin sister in Taiwan, and we went out for supper at the famous Shida night market to try out the delicious & yet smelly tofu, really love the taste & wish to try again for my next visit …
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4th Nov’10 – this day we visited Taipei 101, it’s the official landmark skyscraper located in Xinyi District, the building ranked officially as the world's tallest from 2004 until the opening of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai in 2010. It’s comprised of 101 floors above ground, the tower is designed to withstand typhoons and earthquakes, we visited the observatories which is located at 89th floor, too bad the weather was too cloudy and hence we’re unable to have a clear 360-degree views, however i’m quite amazed with the skyscraper's main damper, nicknamed "Damper Baby" which stabilized the building by swaying to offset movements in the building caused by strong gusts.
2nd half day we visited Wufenpu, another famous shopping destination as you can find so many things to shop with reasonable price (clothes, shoes, bagges, accessories & etc) ...
Evening we spend 3 hours train journey to Taichung city & visited the Fengjia night market (逢甲夜市) located in Xitun area next to Feng Chia University, base on unofficial sources it was claimed to be the largest night market in Taiwan (*source wikipedia), I was quite excited to see our very own Malaysian delicacy - Satay was sold here, however it was a bit pricey & cost NTD100 (approx RM10) for 3 string only …
5th Nov’10 – it’s the 5th day & we visited Sun Moon Lake (Chinese: 日月潭; pinyin: Rìyuètán), it is the largest body of water in Taiwan as well as a major tourist attraction situated in Yuchih, Nantou, the east side of the lake resembles a sun while the west side resembles a moon, hence the name was given (*source wikipedia).
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