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ADVERTISING, OUTDOOR and TRANSPARENT POSTERS

09 Saturday Oct 2010

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Each poster is the same size.  Located on the wall of underground railway stations (MRT).

Something to look at while waiting for the next train – which will arrive in three to five minutes at the most.

There are also a couple of large screen LCD TV’s hanging on mounts from the ceiling.

The rest rooms are spotless, some have indoor plants.  The rest rooms are constantly being cleaned.

Railway stations and the trains are just as clean.  A lesson Sydney Rail could learn from.

(Top left) High rise residential apartment near Shilin MRT.  Nearby is the Tienmu area that has long been favored by foreigners for it’s climate.

(Other pictures) Examples of poster advertising near MRT rail line.  Not much English language used in Taiwan, even less when you get out of Taipei.

 

FIRST TAIPEI OBSERVATIONS – THE MRT

09 Sunday May 2010

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It will be another ten years before Sydney, Australia has anything like Taipei’s MRT

TAIPEI LANTERN FESTIVAL 2010

01 Monday Mar 2010

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Liberty Square – well worth visiting

Wreath at foot of CKS statue – an apology for 28 February 1947 ?

Taiwanese seek closure for past events known as the era of white terror.  An apology plus compensation for relatives of the victims is being sought.  A wreath at the CKS statue today seemed a good beginning .  It will only get better.

At 6pm as the national flag was being lowered in Liberty Square, nearby a bonfire was lit and thousands of people gathered around aboriginal singers performing with amplified voices and music.  Very nice.  Maybe associated with 228 or with the Lantern Festival?  Their performance seems to have been neglected from TV news in favor of spectacular fireworks, elsewhere.  The lanterns drifting into the night sky remind me of a sea filled with jellyfish.  Beautiful.

The Lantern Festival was held at Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall.  Thousands attended.  Spectacular fireworks with some of the crowd dressing in protective gear and having skyrockets fired at themselves!

Lasers lit the night sky with Taipei 101 building in the background.

Beautiful weather too.  23 degrees and a clear sky.  The crowd would have been delighted.   It was a big day.

YouTube video of the lantern festival’s laser show, taken from a better position than what I saw.

Copy and paste into your browser to watch.  It’s good.




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