The second day of our stay in Taiwan was a free day. After going around Zhongxiao Fuxing with the undergraduate teams, I decided to go to the National Palace Museum alone. Well, I don't expect them civil engineering students to appreciate museums (not that I wasn't a civil engineering student myself) so I went alone.
I didn't have a map, I haven't been to Taipei before nor have I ridden a bus in Taipei before but I successfully got to the museum just by asking for directions from people. People in Taiwan are really nice, I swear! From Zhongxiao Fuxing, I rode the MRT to Shilin station and then rode a mini-bus that went straight to the museum!
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| onigiri (plus strawberry yogurt drink) from 7-Eleven for lunch at the bus! |
I got there at around 2:30 pm and was amazed just by the exteriors. It was HUGE!
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| The girl who took this photo was very nice! |
And since it's a museum, I don't have pictures inside. It had three floors and quite a number of exhibit rooms. There was so much porcelain, jade, bronze and paintings! Aside from the colorful porcelain, I especially loved the furniture and the curio boxes. I only paid NTD160 and it was all worth it!
Unfortunately, I had to go back to Chientan Youth Activity Center at 4pm to prepare for the IDEERS Welcome Banquet. I wasn't able to stick around the museum's second and third floor that much. A museum ticket also entitles you to free entrance to Zhishan garden (priced at NTD20) but I wasn't able to go. :(
But anyway, now I can cross out an item on my bucket list: to go around a foreign country alone. (You see this is just my second time to go out of the country.) It was a great adventure: finding and commuting to a museum ALONE. I'd like to do that again next time! I was also able to see a lot of Chinese artifacts. I read somewhere that the National Palace Museum houses the most number of Chinese artifacts in the WORLD. I need not go to mainland China just to see those artifacts!
Anyway, this is what I wore to the Welcome Banquet. I super love this dress. It fits my frame just exactly and falls right on my high waist. Good quality, good embroidery and I got it from Surplus Shop for just Php400!
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| The Basic House dress from Surplus Shop, Space sale cardigan, Landmark belt, Aerosoles wedges |
I had to wear a cardigan because it's cold and windy in Taipei at night. Around 23-24 degrees Celsius and I'm used to 30-32 in the Philippines
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| Grand Victoria Hotel |
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| Student ambassador Kristine. So cute, ne? |
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| Student ambassador Andrew (look at that height difference, he's only 16!) |
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| Ma'am Imee with NUS students. Their singer took her from her seat because Ma'am Imee sang really well! |
Not much banquet photos because I ran out of memory space haha.
wooow, idol claire, alone in a foreign country! shocks, im inspired na kopyahin yang bullet na yan sa list mo! kahit sa Pilipinas lang! hahaha! =P type ko yung outfit mo! at infer, nakascore ako ng murang parisian wedges na very similar sa shushal mong aerosoles wedges! cute! =)
ReplyDeletethat's so much fun! you look great :)
ReplyDelete@Ghoent: Thank you! Actually yung initial plan was "to go to a foreign country alone" pero medyo mahal ata yun, so baby steps muna! Next time na lang yun haha. And Parisian! Ang dami nga nilang magandang shoes recently!
ReplyDelete@fashioneggplant: Thank you! :D