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Musashi – The Dream Of The Last Samurai

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I don’t know whether will it be fair to benchmark against Vagabond (Musashi) by Takehiko Inoue.

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I saw this video on dannychoo.com and I thought I put it here for everyone enjoyment.

If you have a kid, maybe you might get a pointer or two or just laugh about it.

Anyway, I have to thank dannychoo.com for this video.

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There were couple more places to check out at the Ngong Ping 360 but we did not go. We then took a bus down to Tai-O. Checking out the fishing village.

A lot dried seafood…I am not a seafood fan…

The walkway between the stores. The place was not packed because it was just a regular sunday. Not a public holiday. Most of the people went out there was hikers and taking pictures…

Tofu-fa. The store claimed to be the best in tai-o.

The stilt house…

The wooden walkway…to go from house to house.

Salted fish….

There were some chairs lying around. I sat…taking a breather…

A shaolin school in Tai-O. Interesting….

Took this pix because I though it was funny…This dude was doing all kind of kung fu posture.

More pix on my slides for your enjoyment….

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We decided to spend a half day at Ngong Ping 360 and Tai O. Just to take pix and walk around. We decided to take MTR to Tung Chung. Take the cable cab up to Ngong Ping and then take a bus to Tai-O. Then from Tai-O take a bus back to the Tung Chung MTR.

We wanted to take the crystal floor cabin but the ticket counter person told us the wait is 45 minutes. We took the regular cabin. The regular cabin was better because they shoved 10 person into the crystal cabin whereas our is only 5.

Behind us was the crystal cabin. Tilted one side. Too many people inside.

Arrived at the top. A lot of souvenirs stores.

For us this is the main attraction. Took this pix from the bottom of the stairs. You want to see this dude up close. You have to walk up. No escalator or elevator. The way to heaven is walking up the stairs.

Finally…up close. The view from above was spectacular.

me..on the cable car cabin…

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We went to check out the Military Families Community Park. This is where most KMT soldiers families housed. Now, it sort of turn into a tourist attraction for people like us.

I took this pix when I was at the compound of Military Family Park. The taxi driver told us…this is the best position to see the New Year firework.

A small indicator sign…

This is what its look liked. I put the rest on the slides below.

Then we head out to check out my wife grandma. Took a taxi out to Ankeng, Sanxia. This is one time…I really got irritated because the taxi driver lost his way and took us back to Taipei city and start all over again. Took us an hour to reach there and it was raining….

We brought incense & paper incense…and pay our respect.

Bought a Tee – I love life. A campaign is going on telling people to treasure life and don’t kill themselves. You know la…financial tsunami. A lot of people have no job…

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We went up Grand Hotel. We have been to Taipei many times but always passes by this hotel. This time…we decided to check it out.

From the parking lot.

Stunning hallways. Felt like I am in a palace.

I don’t know what to call it. But it was damn huge and awesome.

At the cafe, traditional chinese music.

A little tired. We went to the cafe for coffee and cheesecake.

Then we went to see a dentist. I have not clean my teeth for almost 2 years.

Going to dentist is not one of my favorite outing. I was holding on the seat. Don’t know what I was afraid of….hehhe.

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Next, went to check out a temple. My wife said…she like to hang out at this temple when she was young…

Try to be artistic…hehehe

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Second day in taipei. We spent most of our day at Danshuei. We bought dry food, took pix and listen to live band.

This Danshuei old street. Tones of stuff. Food & souvenirs.

We decided to take the boat to the fisherman wharf. Cost $50NT one way. Then we took a bus back to danshuei mtr.

That day..the day weather was cooling. Strong winds. Awesome feeling just sitting there sucking in sea breeze…

Then we stop-by on one of the restaurant. Have some finger food and listen to some live music.

This singer…he sounded like Andy Lau…he doesn’t sing cantonese…but mandarin and taiwanese.

We left Danshuei around 6pm and came to the hotel to clean up. Then 10pm, we went out to eat porridge at this place. When we are in Taipei, this is a must for me. Don’t know why I want to take porridge….

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We flew into Taipei for a short vacation and breather. No particular agenda. Just bumming around and eat some of my wife and my favorite food.

At the airport, check out the sky. This is 5 minutes before we board. We experienced 2 or 3 turbulence. A little nervous, the airplane moving up&down.

I have always like the big banner type sign in Taipei.

Sogo…this is almost like a landmark. If you are in taipei, you probably pass-by here at one time or another.

7-11 latte. Cost $40 NT dollar. Its quite good. Need to have this in HK.

Hot babes…

First day, we did not do much…just walking around. Below are more slides for your enjoyment.

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I went to the Punch Party 2. This time the location is at the Microsoft seminar rooms.

The place was packed. The theme was reminiscing about the old days. From apple newton, BBS, Palm and along the wrong about charity.

I was there around 6.45pm. No crowd, yet. The first time at the same time. They would not let me in.

Microsoft pantry area.

Took a pix at the logo. William (Microsoft) let me into their office area to take this shot.

This presentation by William (Microsoft) on the MSN 9.0 latest features.

The BBS talked. I missed this era because backed then I was busy with the hardware part of the industry. I did not know….Hong Kong has such dedicated people running BBS until…now. This is a WOW for me.

The PALM…I started out with the Palm V, Sony series SJ…to my last one Sony TJ-37. Now, on window mobile. Currently, tinkering around WinMobile 6.5 beta9.

Oxfam – somehow..somewhere there is a blogger who blog about Oxfam. Interesting.

Overall, interesting talked. From a foreigner point of view, it was not as humorous as the last one. But it good enough.

One last thing, Starbuck sponsored the food and drinks but can I make a small request. The sandwich came with Salmon & Cheese. I can’t take seafood. Can I request meat next time?

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Lately, I have been fascinated by those big ass billboard ads hanging way high on the building.

So..just want to share some of pix…I just put up 3 pix and the rest is in the slide.

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