Taipei - Part III - Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall

From Wikipedia -

Sun Yat-sen (pinyin: Sūn Yixiān; 12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925) was a Chineserevolutionary and political leader. As the foremost pioneer of Nationalist China, Sun is frequently referred to as the Father of the Nation of Republic of China. Sun played an instrumental role in inspiring the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty, the last imperial dynasty of China, which began in October 1911. He was the first provisional president when the Republic of China (ROC) was founded in 1912 and later co-founded the Kuomintang (KMT) where he served as its first leader. Sun was a uniting figure in post-Imperial China, and remains unique among 20th-centuryChinese politicians for being widely revered amongst the people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

Although Sun is considered one of the greatest leaders of modern China, his political life was one of constant struggle and frequent exile. After the success of the revolution, he quickly fell out of power in the newly founded Republic of China, and led successive revolutionary governments as a challenge to the warlords who controlled much of the nation. Sun did not live to see his party consolidate its power over the country. His party, which formed a fragile alliance with the Communists, split into two factions after his death. Sun's chief legacy resides in his developing a political philosophy known as the Three Principles of the People: nationalism, democracy, and the people's livelihood

Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall . . . its very easy to get there . . . just take the subway - Blue Line - and stop at the station which is named Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall!!! hehehe!!! . . .

Not a good day . . . was already drizzling when we reach there . . . The entrance . . . just impressive . . .

Once you enter . . . you'll see this big statue of Sun Yat-Sen

Then there are 2 army guards guarding the statue . . . 1 left and 1 right . . . just like those Palace guards in other countries . . . they won't move abit . . . I think they dun even blink their eyes!!!hahaha!!! . . . joking joking!!! . . .

They also have this guards changing show . . . just impressive they way they do it . . . didn't managed to get any nice picture of the show . . . sigh . . . too short ler!!! :P

This is a duplicate document by the National Government calling Sun Yat-Sen as the Founder of R.O.C - Republic of China on 1st of April 1940 . . . dun confused yourself . . . R.O.C is Taiwan not China (People's of the Republic China) . . . its different!!! . . .

Some of the photos of Sun Yat-Sen

He served as a Grand Marshall in 1917 . . .

Love this photo . . . old cameras already can have such nice Depth of Field . . .

Sun Yat-Sen's Three Principles of the People - Democracy . Nationalism . Equalization (People's Livelihood) .

This is at the front of the memorial hall . . . just when we want to leave . . . it rains heavier!!! . . .

Taipei - Part II - Taipei 101

Hi there again!!! . . . had been sick for almost a week . . . not much energy to edit my photos and blog . . . anyway . . . here is Part II

Taipei 101 aka Taipei Financial Center is the Tallest Building in the World since 2004 not until the opening of Burj Khalifa in Dubai in 2010 . . . exactly as it named . . . it has 101 stories counting from above ground . . . there are 5 floors of underground and if you add it up its a total of 106 stories . . . hahaha!!! . . . errr . . . so its Taipei 106 . . . doesn't sounds right la!!! . . . hahaha!!! . . .

Anyway . . . it is quite easy to get there . . . just take the subway and stop at the Taipei City Hall station . . . from there you can get free bus ride to the building provided by Taipei 101 itself . . . which is not more than 10mins away . . . so convenient!!! . . . does our Tallest Building do that??? . . . any idea? I do not know coz I stop taking Buses in Malaysia since like 1996 I think!!! . . . lol!!! . . .

Here it is!!! . . . Taipei 101

Now here's a tip . . . you can always go to the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall station if you want to get this angle of photos . . . over there you'll get a big clearance to take these pictures . . . after taking all the pictures you want . . . you can always visit the Memorial Hall 1st and than you can walk to the building by foot which is almost 20mins by walking . . . just what we did that day . . .

Another tip is that . . . do go there early to get a beautiful sky!!! . . . we were quite late that day coz I got some business work back over here to follow up before I could leave the hotel and I want to thank all my friends as they where determined to wait for me!!! . . .THANKS GUYS!!! . . .

After a few snaps . . . straight away the sky turn dark and started to rain again!!! second day in a row!!! . . . couldn't get much nice photos!!!sigh!!! . . .

Inside the 101 . . . exactly like KLCC . . . a shopping mall . . . 80% of it are all branded outlets like LV . Channel . Gucci . IWC . Piaget . Panerai . etc . . .

After getting all the information about the observatory deck . . . we decided to come back at night to see the night view of Taipei . . .

Tip : if you decided to go at night . . . make sure their 91st floor (open air) is open for visit . . . this is because it is depend on the weather . . . it is closed if the weather is bad . . . you can get their brochures which have their phone number at their ticketing counter . . . call before you go . . .

Took this picture from inside the free bus ride while we were heading back there at night time . . .

The entrance ticket cost NTD400.00 for excess to all 4 decks . . .

There are 4 floors of observatory deck . . . 88th - 91st floor . . . their elevator is incredible . . . the fastest elevator in the world . . . it can go up to speed of 37.7mph . . . it only took exactly 37seconds to reach the 89th floor from the 5th floor . . . and what surprise me is that the pressure inside the elevator was quite normal as my ears didn't go deaf . . . then going back down was slightly slower . . . it took 40seconds to reach back the 5th floor . . . they will play a nice tune of music which sounds like you're in outer space (like the sci-fi movies) and the lady elevator attendant will explain the ride in Mandarin . English and Japanese . all in 3 languages under 40seconds!!! . . . oh yeah . . . did I said she was quite pretty and cute too . . . hahaha!!!

Ok!!! . . . you'll reach the 89th floor 1st which is the indoor observatory deck . . . 360 degree nice view of Taipei!!! . . .

You will be able to see these everywhere in Taipei 101 . . . it is actually their mascot . . . they are called Damper Baby . . .

Here's the famous Damper on the 88th floor . . . the purpose of this Damper is to balance the whole Building . . . its like a center weight or something like that . . . it is designed to withstand strong typhoon wind and earthquake tremors . . . this round ball weighs at 730 tons!!!

The 91st floor . . . outdoor!!! . . . just pure beautiful view!!! . . . did not take much pictures though . . . as I was quite dizzy all the time!!! . . . coz I can feel the Building is actually swaying from left to right!!! . . . lol!!! . . .

How can I not camwhore over here!!! . . . hehehe!!! . . .

Part III coming . . . stay tuned!!!

Taiwan!...here I come!!

Date : 23rd June 2009

Time : 1:00am

ok!!!...in exactly 5 more hours will leave the house to LCCT!!!...where to??hehe...TAIWAN!!!...YaY!!!...really excited and at the same time feeling abit uncertainty also...maybe because I dunno what to expect!!!...haha..

Thanks to Air Asia...bought the ticket since last year October 2009...guess how much it cost me??...well...its only RM210.00 for 2 ways!!!haha...unbelievable right!!!...so booked your ticket early next time!!!...however...there's always pros and cons of doing so...I find that the pros are definitely its cheap and you can plan well ahead...and the cons...you dunno what will happen in 6months time right...like myself...I almost can't make it due to the work load I have!!!...gosh!!!and just when you thought you finish everything...suddenly something will just appear waiting for you to solve!!!it happens everytime!!!luckily I managed to settle off everything around 11:00pm...but still...sigh...I need to bring along my Lappy to do follow up!!!seriously need to hire someone by end of this year otherwise my grey is getting more and more and more!!!

Ok back to the trip...will be away to Taiwan for 7days 6nights...but me and my friends only booked the 1st 2nights of Hotels only...I guess we'll be running around Taipei and TaiChung...but still dunno what's our full plan yet!!!haha...feel like backpackers!!!lol...

Heard that their night markets are full of good Hawkers food...hmmm...I think I'll put on weights again!!!just couldn't resist good foods!!!hahahah...I wanna eat eat eat and eat!!!...and of cause to take lotsa lotsa pictures!!

1st 2nights...we'll staying around Xi Men Ding - Taipei...

Xi Men Ding at Night

Will definitely visit Taipei 101...hopefully can get this kind of photo shots angles!!!

do drop me some suggestions ok!!!...

Well...need to rest abit for now...since I'm bringing along my Lappy...hopefully I'm able to update from Taipei!!!...chow!!

p/s : pictures courtesy of Google