Summer 2012: 五分埔 and Taipei 101

Today was a pretty exhausting day with a lot of walking. I met up with Jason, his sister, Michael and Wes at 2:00 and shopped at 五分埔. Taiwanese clothing are too decorated with so many different kinds of designs - not my style. This store owner was showing us how one article of clothing can be transformed into three different styles: a tshirt with a scarf-looking thing in the front, a tshirt with a cardigan, a tshirt with a blazer. Why can't they just keep things simple? I didn't get anything from 五分埔, but it was interesting seeing all the different styles they had. We met up with Tammy and Jennifer and went to Rao He night market to get dinner. Got the usual food at night markets: Taiwanese sausage, massive shaved ice with four different flavors, fried food and watermelon juice. Afterwards, we took the MRT to 市政府 in hopes of finding somewhere we can sit and chat. The mall there was crowded with people and we ended up walking around looking at toys. By then, our feet were exhausted and all we wanted to do was sit, but we still walked to Taipei 101 since it was still early in the night. I really liked the interior design of the mall across from Taipei 101. It was very different and had all sorts of cool designs on the ceilings, the walls, and along the escalators. By 10:00, we were all too tired to do anything else and took the MRT home.

It has been a great weekend hanging out with these people and I look forward to future hangouts in Taipei!