Wandering Fel

I am really curious on how does a national university looks like in Taiwan. Knowing that my Dad has studied here before, I become even more curious to see it. Lucky for me, National Taiwan University (NTU) or 台大 (táidà) is located just one stop away from my place. Yes, it is located near Gongguan MRT station. So if you want to see it too, you can just hop into the MRT and go to Gongguan MRT. Exit 3 is the nearest exit to the university.

The first thing came to my mind when I heard about Sun Moon Lake is...well, it's a lake. So are we just going to see the lake and that's it? I admit I was hesitant to go for 3 hours trip from Taipei just to see a lake.

But looking at this tour map, I guess I was wrong? =P

Tomorrow is the expected date of the launch for the new Xinyi Line. Yippie!! I totally can't wait.

The Xinyi Line is an extension of the Red Line which terminates in Tamsui. It runs parallel to the Bannan Line (Blue Line).


I suppose if you are traveling from Tamsui or Beitou, you can reach Taipei Main Station way faster than the usual route. So yes, this is a good news for tourists as well! =)

In addition, if you are looking at the Ximen Line (Light Green), you will notice that the current route (Ximen - Xiaonanmen - Chiang Kai Sek Memorial Hall) has been extended to Guting and Taipower Building Station. Hip Hip Hooray for those of you who are studying in NTNU (Shida). Now you can simply take this extended route from either Guting or Taipower and just sit down and ta-dahh, hello, Ximending! =P

Happy enough? If you are already in Taipei, do try the new Xinyi Line as there is no fees charged for the first month. Damn cool! This never happens in Singapore. Boohoo!

Have fun riding the new metro line. ^^

Yoohoo! Finally my friend and I decided to embark on a trip outside Taipei. Not that far yet, but we are going to the middle of Taiwan. Somewhere near Taichung (台中). So, we decided to give the famous High Speed Rail (HSR) a try. ^^

The HSR station in Taipei is located at Taipei Main Station (台北車站/ Táiběi chē zhàn). You can reach Taipei Main Station by taking MRT. You can follow the sign on Taipei Main Station (they are everywhere) to reach the HSR Taipei Station.

Of course the introduction would not be completed without introducing the group. And Taiwan has a lot of amazing group/band. Although I only like..two of them. Hey, quality over quantity okay! =P

So here comes the group....*JUMP*

1. Mayday (五月天/ Wǔyuètiān)

Mayday is a Taiwanese rock band and yes, if you have visited Taiwan before, I bet you have seen their faces somewhere along the billboard (Note: HTC's advert). If not, I suppose you should at least recognize the lead singer, Ashin, as he's..so handsome? ^^ *fangirl mode ON"

So sorry for not introducing more than two groups, but the thing is, I really only like these two groups from many music group/ band existing in Taiwan. XD

I suppose the songs from the above two groups will be enough to occupy you for a few days. Hehehe.

Helllooooo, so after my last post, are you already an expert in KTV room? At least, you can sing some of the guys' songs right? Hehehe. I admit I'm better at singing guys' song compared to ladies' song. I guess my voice range is somewhat..low? Oh well.

But I do sing a few of songs which are originally sang by ladies singer too. So let's start introducing them.

1. Rainie Yang (楊丞琳/ Yáng Chénglín)



She was used to be in a group called 南拳媽媽 (Nán quán māmā) before having a solo debut. She's a mixed between Russian and Taiwanese and yes, she looks very beautiful.

The fun thing about studying a new language is you will have the chance of meeting different kind of classmates from different nationalities. And often, I've received a question both from the teacher and the fellow classmates on which local singer are you listening to? Or is there any Mandarin songs that you can introduce to me?

To be honest, I used to be such a noob on this topic but thanks to my friends and a few karaoke session, I suppose my knowledge has improved. LOL. So without further ado, let's start introducing the guys:

1. Jay Chou (周杰倫/ Zhōujiélún)

This is an overdue post. I just somehow found the series of pictures in my Iphoto folder. Hahaha.

And to further confirm that it's an overdue post, I went here in spring. Oh gosh! Totally months ago. Sorry about that....U_U.

Okay, without further ado, welcome to my house Taipei Story House. =)

Hello guys. This is a bit random but my friend just shared this video from Youtube few minutes ago and if you have not known it yet, yes, it's the anime adaptation for LINE characters.


The anime is in Japanese but if your reading comprehension is good enough, you can read the Chinese subtitle. If the Chinese subtitle is too advance for you, well, there's always English subtitle out there. Ok, I cheat too. There's no way I can read the whole sentence in split second. LOL.

If you are bored and you have time to kill, watch this anime series called LINE OFFLINE. Have fun. =)

Ximending is still crowded even around 9PM. If you happen to be in the area at this hour and you are hungry. No worry because a lot of restaurants still open at this hour. We happened to walk pass this sign and we did not realize that it's the sign for a Japanese restaurant until the auntie (which happened to hold the restaurant's menu) told us.

I and my friends usually just go directly into the middle of Ximending after exiting from Exit 6 of Ximen MRT Station. But this time, we decided to look at the other side of Ximen, to be exact, the other side of the exit 6. =P

If you don't know which side to go, it's the side where the police station is located.