Monthly Archives: February 2009

Luodong (羅東) in one day

Posted on February 9, 2009 by alvinology

Luodong (羅東) is an urban township in the central part of Yilan County, Taiwan. Its name derives from the Taiwanese aboriginal word Rutung/Lutung, meaning “monkey”. Luodong is famed for its large, beautifully landscaped sports park. Rachel and I did not … Continue reading →

Posted in random musings | Tagged 牛舌饼, 羅東, fat squirrels, green park homestay, ice cream popiah, kway, Luodong, luodong national park, luodong night market, luodong sports park, luodong train station, octopachi, peanut popiah, poor travel accomodation in taiwan, popiah, Taiwan Tourism Bureau, taiwanese roti prata, yilan, yilan county, 公園海民宿, 卜肉, 卤味, 排骨酥 | 1 Comment

Visiting Jinguashi (金瓜石) in Taipei

Posted on February 8, 2009 by alvinology

Jinguashi(金瓜石) is a town in Taipei County, Taiwan, notable for its historic gold and copper mines. It also knows as Kinkaseki in Japanese. Although the minerals have since been depleted, the town still attracts many visitors to its Gold Ecological … Continue reading →

Posted in random musings, travel | Tagged 瑞芳, 金瓜石, giant gold bar, gold ecological park, gold miners, gold mining, Jinguashi, kinkaseki, potential world heritage site, rueifang station, taipei, taipei main station, taiwan, 台北車站 | 4 Comments

From Bangkok to Ayutthaya

Posted on February 7, 2009 by alvinology

This blog entry should have been up a lot time ago, haha. During our trip to Bangkok two years ago, a tour of the ancient city of Ayutthaya was initiated by Rachel’s persistence and insistence that we should venture out … Continue reading →

Posted in random musings, travel | Tagged ayutthaya, ayutthaya ancient city, buddha in roots, buddha in tree, buddhist statue heads, buddhist temples, buddhist wats, giant sleeping buddha, greater bangkok, hualamphong railway station, sleeping buddha, thai ancient city, thai ancient ruins, thai railway, thai wats, thailand railway station, thailand tourism, theravada buddhism, tuk tuk | 2 Comments

Scambaiting: An Online Sports

Posted on February 6, 2009 by alvinology

Aren’t you sick and tired of those irritating scam emails informing you that you have won some lottery you never took part in; that you can wire dirty money into your own bank account out of African nations; etc etc … Continue reading →

Posted in funny shit, games, interesting websites, random musings, tech | Tagged 419 eaters, 419 scam, hall of shame, nigeria email scam, nigerian email scam, online sports, scam baiting, scambaiting | 1 Comment

dumbest.info: website for boliao people

Posted on February 5, 2009 by alvinology

A reader shared this website with me and I love it! It is basically a singular flash page website which churns out random oddball information and useless facts – kind of like the stuff you find here on this blog, … Continue reading →

Posted in interesting websites, oddity, random musings | Tagged charlie chaplin, dumb information, dumbest, dumbest.info, interesting website, random fact, random information, self-pwnd, uselss fact | 3 Comments

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