Taipei 101 New Years
posted on 2009-01-15 - amd.im/9pf6
I've been driving back from the vendor for the last few days seeing Taipei 101 all lit up for the new year.
It seemed like something interesting to take a picture of and I've been meaning to get out there and do it, but haven't gotten the chance... So here's a snap from the window of my cab on the way back.
The interesting thing to note in the pic is that "2009" is written on the building. The official year in Taiwan is 98 (98 years since the start of the Republic of China).
When first coming to Taiwan, this actually was quite confusin... A random batch of six numbers often starting in 97 didn't stand out as a date to me.
Why they chose to put up 2009 on 101 is beyond me.
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