Cow Parade
Started off the day with some unmemorable beef noodles near my hotel. We landed up in a cluster of shopping centres called the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi at Taipei City Hall, browsing through a Cow Parade to commemorate the Year of the Ox. It was reminiscent of the Buddy Bear parade which I saw in Berlin back in 2003. There were some really interesting cows, like a colour-changing, heat-sensitive one (below, top row, 3rd from left), and a magnetic one which Sis and I formed Fern's name on using magnetic letters, much to her amusement. However the exhibition was rather small-scaled and we moved on to more shopping pleasures at New York New York, a shopping centre which is near to the Taipei 101 landmark.
Went on the obligatory touristy trip up the Taipei 101. Nothing much to report about it. Couldn't even take good photos. Maybe I was just bored after viewing the more beautiful night lights from the Sky Garden in Osaka. The more pressing matter for me was where to top up my local SIM card so that I could call/sms A3 throughout my trip. Help came in the form of Kelvin when we were trying to arrange a time and place to meet up; he suggested going to the shops at Warner Village, which is the building beside New York New York. It was there where we decided to try out this pasta restaurant's set meal for 2, which the 3 of us ended up sharing and still couldn't finish. We discovered something: Fern is actually a rubbish bin for food despite her skinny frame.
Since we were fit to burst, and it was very cold, we waddled out to catch a cab to another night market, 五分铺. Unfortunately it was quite late by the time we reached, and the shops were starting to pack up for the night.
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