[Hsinchu, Taiwan] Bigcity shopping mall

  Chinese version is here : http://jeffreyxuan.blogspot.com/2012/05/blog-post.html While my clients, most of them are technicians and sales, came to Hsinchu from all over the world, I was always embarrassed when they asked “What’s fun in Hsinchu?”. The new shopping mall “BigCity”  could be the answer for boring engineers in Hsinchu. It is the second largest shopping mall in Taiwan, follow the largest one “Dream mall” in Kaohsiung in south...

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[新竹] 巨城百貨(原風城購物中心)

  English version is here : http://jeffreyxuan.blogspot.com/2012/05/hsinchu-taiwan-bigcity-shopping-mall.html 來新竹工作的科技業人士, 到了假日只能往台北跑, 因為好逛的百貨公司都在台北. 現在終於有了一個新選擇 ：2012年新開幕的Big City號稱北台灣最大, 規模全台僅次於高雄夢時代. 它就在新竹火車站旁邊, 很好玩, 很休閒, 什麼都有, 新竹人終於有了可以吹一整天室內冷氣的娛樂中心. 先來看一下這間購物中心的特色設施:位於7F的舊金山造景. 我翻出幾年前去舊金山開會拍的照片來比對, 下圖左方是真正的金門大橋, 右邊是BigCity的造景:   下面這張圖, 上半部是真正的舊金山漁人碼頭螃蟹招牌, 下半部則是BigCity造景. 沒有纜車就不算舊金山了, 想坐真的會在路上跑的纜車新竹也是有的, 另外一家新竹百貨公司大遠百的接駁車就是纜車造型....

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[Hsinchu Luliaokeng, Taiwan] “Tung flower” blossom

It’s getting hotter in Taiwan while the summer begins, but a “snow falling” by the blossom of “Tung flower” that might help you cool down in this tropical forest.  It will be an unique experience to join Tung blossom festival. We are familiar with cherry blossom, people gathering around the cherry trees and look above for flowers like this:   And we are also familiar with Cosmos blossom, people can stand beside the flowers...

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