Discover Taipei Trip

Midterm* is over, happy me!

so we were going on trip to celebrate it... ILCC was arranging the trip for us and luckily they provide us, international students, with the english tour guide.

*) i only have one MIS quiz, one Chinese exam, and one E-marketing presentation. not that hard actually XD

After a short ride we arrived in Taipei... First place, Presidential Office Building....

The group in front of the Presidential Office Building

The army man! poor guy.. he had to stand there for 2-hrs doing nothing like statue

Presidential Office Building from far

The nation father, CMIIW please, coz i didn't really listening to what our tour guide said ><

The dancing show inside

With the dancers

Second place, Taipei Guest House.. It has two styles of garden; modern West n Japanese style.

Modern West style

Japanese style

Enjoy sitting and taking a pics with some friends in Japanese style garden

The black swans.. They are looking good together:")

Third place, lunch in a nice restaurant. We seat on the table as arranged. I like the idea with mixing up our seat table, so that we can meet and interact with some new friends.

We are the vegetarian people;) I'm not pure vegetarian though, just prefer to be since i'm here in Taiwan.

Fourth place, National Palace Museum...

This place was so crowded at that time, too many people. At first, I wasn’t really enjoyed here. Some of us were lost from our tour guide and decided to look around by ourselves. But then we found that the scenery outside of the museum was awesome and I started enjoying the atmosphere.

The gate of National Palace Museum

The five legendaries?? haha anyway I do like this photo! i think it's cool.. (pic taken by Wiliam)

Fifth place.. The closing of the trip was taking a dinner at Niu Chie BBQ restaurant in Taoyuan. We seat with the same people as in lunch, so we get closer with each other by then.

The trip was great. I had so much fun and I think NT 500 was all worth it for the trip (ticket, bus, and especially the food).

Yuan Ze University

Welcome to the main gate of YZU :D

you can walk safely in pedestrian way. but not that safety for me, many dogs around especially at nite, i hate them:(

The logo of YZU.

the left building is IM dept., which is my department. and the right side is MBA dept.

The other logo of YZU? mybe! not sure about this one.. actually we can see some writing in chinese character on the flip side of this stone. i just dont know what it means.

The library and linguistic department.

usually we can see people at the veranda up there doing some painting, but i took the photos so early in the morning today, so no one's there. and we can go up to the rooftop of this..

The main building. OIA (Office of Int.Affairs), ILCC (Int.Language & Culture Centre), electric department, and meeting place for international students.

Chemical building.

Favorite scene. I always use this way to walk from the dorm to my building.

Baseball field.

Field for football team players and for those who like jogging..

they also have other facilities; gymnasium, swimming pool, basket, badminton, and tennis court.

The dormitory.

it was a little rain when i took this picture. Anyway all student's activities usually held around here..

My room XD. it's for four people. but one of us prefer to stay outside campus. so now only me and 2 Taiwanese roommate. they are both very nice. upload our picture later;)

Halal food in Taoyuan

Yep. I kinda hard finding halal food in Taiwan, since it is not a muslim coutry.

So I got these lists of halal food in Taiwan from my friend, but I have no idea of how to get there, what the place looks like, n the most important is, the price!

Here, I start writing my own review for the first place I visited. Since I live in YZU campus which is located in Neili, I start my journey from the nearest place, Taoyuan county.

ALI BABA`S INDIAN KITCHEN

2F, 86, Minsheng Rd., Taoyuan City, Taoyuan County

TEL：（03）336-0882
www.ali88.com.tw

Train station : Taoyuan
Bus: No.1 Jhongli - Taoyuan route

We were cycling from our campus to Neili bus station, then from there we only need to take a bus no. 1 (Jhongli - Taoyuan bus, as you can see at the picture below)

The bus will bring us to the place, about 30-40 minutes

The alternate way is by train, it will only take 10 minutes, Neili to Taoyuan train station, then walk to reach the place (please change your location on the maps to get new direction)

Lihat Peta Lebih Besar

 So here we are.. Ali Baba's Indian Kitchen

The sign of Halal food

The restaurant itself is actually on the second floor.

Take a pic of the menu, they serve lot of dishes; barbecue from indian clay oven, indian breads, muttons specialitist, vegetarian specialitist, dessert and more. The price range for main dish: NT280-450. Well yes, the price is quite expensive.

This salad is free anyway;)

The only food we can afford at that time, Roti Prata for our main dish (the price is NT50-90)

The funny story when we ordered this prata,

the man said "really? is that enough for you??"

us : yeahh...

man: NO! u shoud try this one, n he's pointing his finger to Tandoorl Mix Grill, one of barbeque menu from indian clay oven, it's good.

(we'r looking at the menu, n the price is as good as it sound, NT450 :P)

us : aaaaahhh.... but no thankyou, that's enough;)

Samosa for NT.130/ 3pcs

Enjoying the luxury of indi nuance ...

Start enjoying the meal

...

Overall, the taste is good for me, but the only matter for us is that the price is a bit expensive for students like us.. mm..not so much i can tell here about the food,..

But i'll try the other halal food in Taoyuan. Let's hope the taste n price are both good.

Kota Tua

Kota Tua, Sept 2, 2011 with Uthe

Tepat 1 hari sebelum berangkat ke Taiwan.

There she is..the photograher:)

Sudah puas ambil foto dari berbagai sudut, kami pun memutuskan untuk lanjut ke lokasi lain.Di tengah perjalanan ke parkiran motor,ada satu kios yang menarik hati dan bikin penasaran untuk dicoba,RAMALAN GARIS TANGAN,hihi,just for fun.

Soo..Begini kira-kira kesimpulanya.Menurut 'sang ahli' saya ini termasuk orang yang beruntung dalam keuangan,sifat positif:senang sosialisasi dan pekerja keras,sifat negatif:keras kepala dan sering emosi,harus hati-hati dalam berucap terutama kalo lagi emosi,hari baik saya hari senin yang artinya bunga,which is my birth day.Jadi begitulah kira-kira.dan saya akui beberapa poin memang fit dengan karakteristik saya;) Tapi sayangnya saya lupa untuk ambil foto, mungkin karna udah keasikan diramal yaa.

Then..Perjalanan pun berlanjut.Panasnya terik matahari siang buat kita haus dan letih.Yap,rasanya eskrim ragusa jawaban yg tepat.Lokasinya ga jauh dari kota tua, tepatnya di Jl.Veteran (belakang mesjid istiqlal). Bagi kalian yang belum pernah coba, you should try:9 dan warung pempek tepat di samping eskrim ragusa pun tidak kalah enaknya:9

Sumber foto: ceritaperut

Dan akhirnya perjalanan kamipun diakhiri dengan sholat di mesjid istiqlal, lalu kami bergegas kembali ke rumah karena fajar mulai terbenam.

Well, Thaks alot to you uthe... i had so much fun for my last moment in Jakarta :D See you next year..

The pile of receipts

I think of "just sitting there, waiting for a luck to make me rich $.$" Haha.

Taiwanese make a great hope of these pile of receipts. The prize is from NT 200 - NT 10,000,000

First thought in my mind is why do they have this thing?

So I start googling in my browser with "taiwan lottery receipts" keyword. and i found it interestingly on this site. Check it out!

Persiapan ke Taiwan (Part 2)

Pengurusan Visa Residence Taiwan.

List dokumen sebelumnya yang sudah siap :

1. Formulir dan pasfoto 4x6
2. Paspor masa berlaku min 12 bulan
3. Letter of Acceptance (asli + fotocopy)
4. Ijazah yang telah dilegalisir TETO  (Baca lengkapnya disini untuk pengurusan legalisir di Malaysia)

Langkah selanjutnya adalah.. Tes kesehatan ulang,karena yang sebelumnya sudah expired (sertifikat kesehatan hanya valid untuk 3 bulan).Lusa setelah surat kesehatan jadi,saya berangkat ke TETO Jakarta dengan segenggam dokumen yang diperluin..Karena masih berstatus pegawai di PT. Inbisco Niagatama (Mayora Group),saya berangkat pagi sekali ke TETO dengan harapan prosesnya tidak lama (taruh dan tinggal) dan bisa kembali ke kantor sebelum jm mkn siang.

Diluar harapan, ada satu yang tertinggal, cap notaris dan legalisir TETO untuk surat kesehatan. So,mau tidak mau saya harus ambil cuti 1 hari lagi.Lucunya,saat pengurusan cap notaris ini;kebetulan tmn rekomen satu notaris yang lokasinya di belakang gedung dephukam..Saat itu juga langsung menuju dephukam.Tanya sana sini.Mereka kompak bilang "ke belakang aja,nanti ada gedung yang rame orang,nah itu".Sampai ditujuan,ternyata saya digiring ke 'CALO'.HAHA. Dari awal sebenarnya udah kurang yakin.Karena menurut petunjuk teman,lokasi persisnya adalah dari pintu belakang dephukam harus naik angkutan lagi untuk ke notaris yang dimaksud.Tapi apa boleh dikata, udah mepet dan kepentok, lanjut sajalah dengan si calo :D Ada tiga lembar halaman yg diminta TETO untuk dicap, dan harga awal yang diajuin si calo adalah Rp.150,ooo /lbr, nego dn akhirnya dpt Rp.100,000/lbr.

..Besoknya saya kembali lagi ke TETO untuk legalisir surat kesehatan,biaya Rp.207,000 *express=proses pengerjaan 2HK dan Rp.138,000 *standard=proses 3HK.

5. Surat kesehatan yang sudah di cap notaris dan legalisir TETO

Note: untuk med-check, hanya bisa dilakukan di RS/klinik yang sudah ditunjuk TETO, list. Saya pribadi, med-check di klinik An-nur, selain dekat rumah harga pun terhitung murah dibanding klinik lain Rp.420,000

6. Formulir pengajuan visa (bisa langsung ambil dan isi di TETO)

..Lusanya untuk kesekian kalinya saya kembali lagi ke TETO, dan finally dokumen LENGKAP dan bisa diajuin untuk visa(jangan lupa visa yang kita ajuin adalah visa residence,karena kita akan tinggal untuk jangka waktu lama). Biaya Rp.607,000 dengan proses pengerjaan 2HK.

And....walaaaa... My visa is ready!

Ternyata mudah kan guys dan ga perlu pake jasa calo,cm perlu sedikit kesabaran,gudluck ya untuk kalian yang akan buat visa Taiwan;)