Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Taipei 101







This week I always busy because I needed prepare my presentation and it needed take a long time. My topic was about Taipei 101. Why I wanted introduce Taipei 101? Because I wanted everybody and knew what is Taipei 101. Why? Because It is my country and it is the second the tallest building in the world but not too many people know it is so I wanted write some about Taipei 101 for everyone.

Why we call “Taipei 101”?
The name of the building reflects its location in Taipei's 101 business district along with its floor count so Taiwanese economies are beside Taipei 101 or inside. For example, we have international world trade center, shopping mall, hotel and Taipei government and it is beside Taipei 101 building. And we have many bank and international companies inside at Taipei 101. The number is pronounced in English simply as One Oh One so we don’t say 1 hundred 1 stair. Also, the original name planned for the building, Taipei World Financial Center.

Some information
o Location: Taipei, Taiwan
o Status: Complete
o Constructed: 1999-2004
o The building, designed by C.Y. Lee & Partners and constructed by KTRT Joint Venture, is the world's tallest completed skyscraper.
o Taipei 101 received the Emporis Skyscraper Award in 2004.

However, the Taipei 101 have shopping mall, restaurant, Observatories and office so we can do many things in there. I hope everyone can go to there.

Edmonton



We went to Edmonton this Saturday and 1 night two days. I booked a hotel at downtown and it was four people room. First day, we drove a car about three hours to Edmonton and we went to West Edmonton mall and planned a big shopping so we were crazy about it. It was really big mall in the world and I never saw the biggest than the West Edmonton mall.

Then, we ate a lunch in the shopping mall. I ate a Japanese food and it was delicious and not too expensive. After, we started our shopping. Also we had a shopping list. For example, Guess, A&F, A&E, Grace, Nine west, Miss sixty, Bebe sport, BCBG…etc. We had so many things want to buy. But I didn’t buy too many things because I am going to Seattle and Portland and crazy shopping again. I think American is cheaper than Canadian because it is so many brand from American and we don’t need pay the tax in Portland.

Next, we went to the shooting range but I didn’t play because the voice was too loud I didn’t like so I saw my friends play it and I took many pictures. In the night, we danced and drank at the pub. It was really fun and Edmonton’s pub was better and bigger than Calgary’s pub. There were many shows and people. I hope I can go to there again. Second day, we went to the mall again and T&T supermarket we bought a lot of food and spent a long time and came back Calgary.