This is the first Bobtail I met in Taipei. A really cute and very well cared for dog. Her name was 寶貝 (Baobei, or Darling).
14 Feb 2007
DJ Chris (English)
Chris, a student at the MTC, was working as a DJ tonight at the Irish Pub "Shannon" in Taipei (Dunhua Northroad, #6).
The Pub looks very nice, with a wide bar and some nice and relaxing leather couches. The Pub offers the typical variety of Guiness Beer and other Irish alcohols, as well as Burgers, Steaks, Sandwiches and even a Vegetarian collection.
Here are some pics:
Taiwan vs. Australia U23 (English)
Happy Valentine`s day to all football fans in Taiwan:
Today was the match between the national team of Taiwan (or Chinese Taipei) and the team under 23 of Australia. The match took place in Taipei`s Zhongshan stadium. A bowl for about 20.000 fans, in quite a bad shape, with one of the worst grass fields in football stadiums worldwide.
The match was not really promising to become something for the history books of football, but is was worth a try to see how Taiwanese people cheer for their team and moreover who watches football matches in Taiwan.
The crowd was quite young (I guess 70% below 25 years) and a lot more civilised than the typical Fan in European stadiums. Though there was no ban on alcohol, only the foreigners present were drinking beer while watching the match.
The atmosphere created by the about 1.500 supporters was nice and warm, but never creating a chill, which could have really pulled out more out of the team on the field.
There were also quite a lot of girls, screaming at the "stars" in the way we know about their reaction to "Robbie Williams" or maybe "David Beckham".
There was one group in one of the curves, which could be considered as being hardcore fans. They were chanting: "Taiwan go go, Taiwan go go go, Taiwan I love you!". And "Allez, allez" to mark the connection between the blue French and the blue Taiwanese teams.
But in the end all the support was not enough to prevent the defeat. Australia won 1 to 0 in a match which was unspectacular, badly organized and had a great lack of will among both teams. But Australia was looking better during the 90 minutes and could show some beginnings of nice football.
Taiwan especially lacked condition, the first player of Taiwan had a cramp in the 60th minute. The medics had probably the least relaxed job during the match, as they had to take care of about 5 or 6 "injured" Taiwanese players.
Yet, due to the special charms of the site and the great Fans it was more than worthwhile to spent the 90 minutes at the Zhongshan stadium.
Today was the match between the national team of Taiwan (or Chinese Taipei) and the team under 23 of Australia. The match took place in Taipei`s Zhongshan stadium. A bowl for about 20.000 fans, in quite a bad shape, with one of the worst grass fields in football stadiums worldwide.
The match was not really promising to become something for the history books of football, but is was worth a try to see how Taiwanese people cheer for their team and moreover who watches football matches in Taiwan.
The crowd was quite young (I guess 70% below 25 years) and a lot more civilised than the typical Fan in European stadiums. Though there was no ban on alcohol, only the foreigners present were drinking beer while watching the match.
The atmosphere created by the about 1.500 supporters was nice and warm, but never creating a chill, which could have really pulled out more out of the team on the field.
There were also quite a lot of girls, screaming at the "stars" in the way we know about their reaction to "Robbie Williams" or maybe "David Beckham".
There was one group in one of the curves, which could be considered as being hardcore fans. They were chanting: "Taiwan go go, Taiwan go go go, Taiwan I love you!". And "Allez, allez" to mark the connection between the blue French and the blue Taiwanese teams.
But in the end all the support was not enough to prevent the defeat. Australia won 1 to 0 in a match which was unspectacular, badly organized and had a great lack of will among both teams. But Australia was looking better during the 90 minutes and could show some beginnings of nice football.
Taiwan especially lacked condition, the first player of Taiwan had a cramp in the 60th minute. The medics had probably the least relaxed job during the match, as they had to take care of about 5 or 6 "injured" Taiwanese players.
Yet, due to the special charms of the site and the great Fans it was more than worthwhile to spent the 90 minutes at the Zhongshan stadium.
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