musical concert

I always free on Wednesday, except that now i got a new job as a TA in morning class at 7-9 am..but the rest of the day, i am free.

that day, which was a great-sunny day to had a walk after 7 days non-stop rainy, i had planned to this event called Eurasian music concert: Silk road encounter. an across cultural musical group compose of 6 members from France, Taiwan, n Macedonia.

i asked my roommate to come with me. She had class at 2-5 pm.. so when i was waiting for her n her labmates. i saw another music live concert near my dorm.. got a few pictures of it. n here also, they sell second hand things; clothes, coat, accessories, gift cards n other female things ;)

After had a dinner, we decided to stick on the plan, watch the Eurasian music concert in YZU building 6. But then we found out, this is an indoor concert, n not so many ppl there. i just took some pictures of them then leave the concert..

it's 2 AM now. n it's Saturday! i love weekend... but last weekend i got so bored in my room bcause the weather was rainy like 7 days in a row. just hoping for a sunny day today, so i can keep updating this blog! Zaijian!!

Dinner Party

Dinner party at Ya-Row Restaurant, 2011年11月3日.. The party was held by Frank, a student leader for the freshman year..

I went there with my classmates; Jeyhun, Alfi, and Anurag..

The dinner was at 6pm, but we came late because i had chinese exam 6 - 7pm at that day..

The freshman year

Our main dish: all seafood and tofu and veggies..

but Wow... the food was way too much.. Frank, as our leader, was afraid if we didn't get enough food, so he ordered this much,, n do u know how much was it cost?? NT 2000!! for us only, the late comers.. it's too costly, n we only prepared NT 200/person for the budget. so the others decided to collect the money n help us to pay. ahhhh you guys are so nice, thanks for the treat.

Jeyhun - Alfi - me

We were done. Such a waste..

but then, the boys (Alfi, Jeyhun, n Anurag) took all the leftover food home :D and they had another party after this party at their dorm, smart guys!

Meet new Taiwanese friends.. time to get to know more each other

The girls...

Ganbeiiii!!.. thanks for welcoming us to the party!! :)

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.