Taipei 2006

[Huhu]

And just what were you doing on Linsen Road?

[Risk Taker]

thanks for sharing your photos. i really miss taipei a lot. it's still the same beautiful city. The only not so familiar sight for me is that new mitsukoshie building and those gays rallies and of course those banners asking Ah Bian to step down.

[Risk Taker]

Originally Posted by Huhu

And just what were you doing on Linsen Road?

just admiring perhaps the beauties there

[pierre-laurent]

after having viewed your pics, i must confess that i didn't recognize the taipei that you try to recount with your pics. there are so many areas of this city that i've never visited...at my next stay, i'll try not to spend too many time in the same quarters.

[oriental_horizon]

good range of photos. would be nice to see more of the iconic landmarks such as the 101 and the bridges that connect to other cities.

[forzagrifo]

Great pics. Some of my relatives visited Taipei recently and had very good things to say about it. I hope Taiwan's reunification with Mainland will come soon.

[thyrdrail]

Originally Posted by forzagrifo

Great pics. Some of my relatives visited Taipei recently and had very good things to say about it. I hope Taiwan's reunification with Mainland will come soon.

taiwan's an independent country and taiwanese want to stay that way. you need to follow up on your current affairs, buddy.

[Pangu]

Originally Posted by thyrdrail

taiwan's an independent country and taiwanese want to stay that way. you need to follow up on your current affairs, buddy.

Taiwan/ROC IS an independent country, but as far as Taiwanese ALL supporting TI, I'd say speak for yourself, "buddy". All surveys I've seen reflect the fact that most Taiwanese are happy with the status quo.

[Taipei Walker]

More pictures on international forum
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=486581

[Taipei Walker]

some pictures taken this year

















She is Polish


Taipei Arena LED screen

[ignoramus]

Whoah you posted a lot of photos! Very nice!

What is happening in this picture? Does it have something to do with the closing of the gates of hell this month a couple of days ago? The character with the tongue sticking out is scary.

[Taipei Walker]

No, this picture was taken few months ago, the celebration was in 城隍廟, I don't know exactly what is going on here, maybe someone else can explain

[ignoramus]

Originally Posted by Pangu

Taiwan/ROC IS an independent country, but as far as Taiwanese ALL supporting TI, I'd say speak for yourself, "buddy". All surveys I've seen reflect the fact that most Taiwanese are happy with the status quo.

Sorry what is the status quo that most Taiwanese accept?

[SEED]

soo many pics! 好多照片啊!

[ignoramus]

Originally Posted by SEED

soo many pics! 好多照片啊!

Yeah been viewing the photos for more than 15 mins. There's too many pictures to load internet explorer gave up midway. Damnz.

[SEED]

Originally Posted by ignoramus

Yeah been viewing the photos for more than 15 mins. There's too many pictures to load internet explorer gave up midway. Damnz.

its time like these u need to get broadband!

[ignoramus]

Originally Posted by SEED

its time like these u need to get broadband!

The thing is, I AM ON BROADBAND ahahahahahaha......

6 Megabits per second download. But its cable broadband. Maybe thats why? or maybe my computer's dying

[Taihoku_Formosa]

Cool to know that she is a Polish model
As, we discussed before in this forum, many Taiwanese see white ppl and simply call them American. In some of ur photos, we also see billboards of "美語"/American, which should actually be called "英語"/English.

See some 臭臭鍋 signs too

You photos always show every espect of Taiwan, so we can dig so many information about Taiwan. Thanx.

[SEED]

Originally Posted by ignoramus

The thing is, I AM ON BROADBAND ahahahahahaha......

6 Megabits per second download. But its cable broadband. Maybe thats why? or maybe my computer's dying

eh? mines cable too woh! soo its time like these u need to invest in a new shiny computer! anyway Taihoku.. it seems to me that 很多台湾人都很喜欢臭臭鍋..

[Pangu]

Originally Posted by Taihoku_Formosa

Cool to know that she is a Polish model
As, we discussed before in this forum, many Taiwanese see white ppl and simply call them American.

Taiwanese automatically assuming all white people to be "American" is no different than Americans automatically assuming all East/Southeast Asians to be "Chinese" or all Latinos to be "Mexican".

This kind of thing happens all over the world.

However, technically there is more of a merit for Taiwanese to assume all white people are Americans because Caucasian-Americans tend to have a large variation of European origin. There are Caucasian-Americans whose ancestors who were from Spain to Russia, England to Italy and many are mixed. I'm not saying it's right to assume all white people are Americans but considering the fact above, there is a good chance that a white person would be American.

It's the same with assuming all Latinos are Mexicans as majority of Latinos in the U.S. ARE Mexicans. However, I don't believe majority of East/Southeast Asians in the U.S. are Chinese. There is a great number of Filipino, Vietnamese and in some areas Korean population.

In some of ur photos, we also see billboards of "美語"/American, which should actually be called "英語"/English.

Actually I don't think that's wrong at all. These schools ARE teaching "American English" rather than "English English", there is a difference.