http://share.ovi.com/browse/mymostpopularwsu_orion's most popular media on Ovi Shareen-us© 2009 Nokia. All rights reserved.Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:18:07 GMTMon, 30 Nov 2009 12:18:07 GMTShare on Ovi Feed System v1.0http://share.ovi.com/browse/mymostpopular100100http://share.ovi.com/images/oviShare-logo.png?v=1http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10098<p><a href="http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10098"><img src="http://media.share.ovi.com/m1/lt/0049/59c770bf17704717bfaa6cd9693f9bd2.jpg" width="1280" height="960" border="0" /></a><br />Thats me in the background, standing on the edge of the world. The structure in the front we were told is a budda memorial.</p>http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10098http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10098Fulong TempleThats me in the background, standing on the edge of the world. The structure in the front we were told is a budda memorial.Temple,long,fuOrionSun, 01 Apr 2007 15:34:24 GMThttp://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10090<p><a href="http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10090"><img src="http://media.share.ovi.com/m1/lt/0044/810c390a6ea8493194e5463a5a66fb43.jpg" width="1280" height="960" border="0" /></a><br />There is a Huge mountain right next to Taibei city called Yang ming shan 陽明山 which literally translated means Bright Sun Mountain or something similar to that. Every year for 1 month they have a crazy flower blooming season, with cherry blossoms and a flower clock (more on that later) etc. Not only is this place super cool but it overlooks taibei which makes it even cooler.</p>http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10090http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10090Yang Min ShanThere is a Huge mountain right next to Taibei city called Yang ming shan 陽明山 which literally translated means Bright Sun Mountain or something similar to that. Every year for 1 month they have a crazy flower blooming season, with cherry blossoms and a flower clock (more on that later) etc. Not only is this place super cool but it overlooks taibei which makes it even cooler.taibei,Shan,ming,YangOrionSun, 04 Mar 2007 13:02:11 GMThttp://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10079<p><a href="http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10079"><img src="http://media.share.ovi.com/m1/lt/0025/08fb83a2d89240c38ea866287582c464.jpg" width="1280" height="960" border="0" /></a><br />Moon gates, soo cool. you know your rich when your house has moon gates.</p>http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10079http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10079Lin Family MansionMoon gates, soo cool. you know your rich when your house has moon gates.family,Lin,MansionOrionWed, 20 Dec 2006 08:37:03 GMThttp://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10081<p><a href="http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10081"><img src="http://media.share.ovi.com/m1/lt/0025/c1f5fb62e8c64793bb785b57da1c0da5.jpg" width="1280" height="960" border="0" /></a><br />"Rainbow moon arched bridge" Everything in this garden can be walked on, over, through, under etc. this bridge connects two buildings with both a bridge and a hallway, the hallway has a door that connects two different courtyards going the other direction. super fun to explore. they were really creative about using tunnels and bridges in this garden, totally not what you would find in a Japanese or western garden.</p>http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10081http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10081Lin Family Mansion cont..."Rainbow moon arched bridge" Everything in this garden can be walked on, over, through, under etc. this bridge connects two buildings with both a bridge and a hallway, the hallway has a door that connects two different courtyards going the other direction. super fun to explore. they were really creative about using tunnels and bridges in this garden, totally not what you would find in a Japanese or western garden.bridge,moon,family,rainbow,Lin,Mansion,archedOrionWed, 20 Dec 2006 08:37:03 GMThttp://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10092<p><a href="http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10092"><img src="http://media.share.ovi.com/m1/lt/0044/92e1b09feed241229310b3bc5169041a.jpg" width="1280" height="960" border="0" /></a><br />Ok, so this is totally a giant working clock complete with second hand that is all flowers. Actually really cool to go stand next to because its super super big. One of the many things on Yang Ming Shan during Flower season.</p>http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10092http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10092The Yang Ming Shan Flower ClockOk, so this is totally a giant working clock complete with second hand that is all flowers. Actually really cool to go stand next to because its super super big. One of the many things on Yang Ming Shan during Flower season.flower,clockOrionSun, 04 Mar 2007 13:02:11 GMThttp://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10093<p><a href="http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10093"><img src="http://media.share.ovi.com/m1/lt/0048/d752e14902224b5ca6609ceeeb6aad91.jpg" width="631" height="478" border="0" /></a><br />Me on my way to the beach last weekend. The ride on Bei Yi Road is about 50 minutes of S curves over a small mountain range and down a pass to the ocean. we couldn't have asked for better weather. <br />P.s. no i'm not driving on the wrong side of the road. the picture was mirrored.</p>http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10093http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10093Ride to Tou Cheng Beach 頭城海灘Me on my way to the beach last weekend. The ride on Bei Yi Road is about 50 minutes of S curves over a small mountain range and down a pass to the ocean. we couldn't have asked for better weather. <br />P.s. no i'm not driving on the wrong side of the road. the picture was mirrored.Bei,yi,ride,tou,chengOrionFri, 30 Mar 2007 07:39:29 GMThttp://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10097<p><a href="http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10097"><img src="http://media.share.ovi.com/m1/lt/0049/907a6fb4f34b48879774ed966b47ac28.jpg" width="1280" height="960" border="0" /></a><br />This is the temple at the top of the mountain at Fulong. its super cool because the mountain is right at the ocean and on a peninsula so you can see super far in all directions. The statue is of guanyin, the goddess of mercy.</p>http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10097http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10097Top of the worldThis is the temple at the top of the mountain at Fulong. its super cool because the mountain is right at the ocean and on a peninsula so you can see super far in all directions. The statue is of guanyin, the goddess of mercy.Temple,fulongOrionSun, 01 Apr 2007 15:34:24 GMThttp://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10108<p><a href="http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10108"><img src="http://media.share.ovi.com/m1/lt/0060/e83014a0721c4ad69ed9638ad9d9df38.jpg" width="1280" height="960" border="0" /></a><br />Snorkeling in Kending with my big sis Stacy. Very cool!</p>http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10108http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10108Stacy and I in KendingSnorkeling in Kending with my big sis Stacy. Very cool!snorkeling,KendingOrionSun, 03 Jun 2007 17:03:09 GMThttp://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10110<p><a href="http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10110"><img src="http://media.share.ovi.com/m1/lt/0060/bc3b4363b57e4f22a4372584343f0ec7.jpg" width="960" height="1280" border="0" /></a><br />Snorkel + Underwater camera= this type of silly photo</p>http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10110http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10110Snorkeling.Snorkel + Underwater camera= this type of silly photosnorkeling,KendingOrionSun, 03 Jun 2007 17:03:09 GMThttp://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10006<p><a href="http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10006"><img src="http://media.share.ovi.com/m1/lt/0011/26c627e15b2d4c2e9138ed3aff152799.jpg" width="1280" height="960" border="0" /></a><br />Perfect Napping spot. The sound of waterfalls and nothing else.</p>http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10006http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10006多淡水公园。More GardenPerfect Napping spot. The sound of waterfalls and nothing else.Dan,garden,shuiOrionFri, 08 Sep 2006 16:29:35 GMThttp://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10042<p><a href="http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10042"><img src="http://media.share.ovi.com/m1/lt/0013/0e76748c2cdd4e9c981dca24e62fd6a4.jpg" width="1280" height="960" border="0" /></a><br />This is drunken moon lake on the National Taiwan University campus at night. The reflection was super bomb looking, its a bummer that light came out green.</p>http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10042http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10042Drunken Moon Lake 醉月湖This is drunken moon lake on the National Taiwan University campus at night. The reflection was super bomb looking, its a bummer that light came out green.lake,moon,DrunkenOrionSat, 23 Sep 2006 16:56:37 GMThttp://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10046<p><a href="http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10046"><img src="http://media.share.ovi.com/m1/lt/0013/d5147f1a792f4c7592f0e8521fde7f0e.jpg" width="960" height="1280" border="0" /></a><br />I was just walking around and came across this poster, I thought it was very interesting. Again i'm totally not taking sides, but i think its an interesting snapshot of history and i wish i could see some publicly posted anti-Bush posters like this! <br /><br />*An interesting Side note, the person pictured in that p</p>http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10046http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10046Protest PosterI was just walking around and came across this poster, I thought it was very interesting. Again i'm totally not taking sides, but i think its an interesting snapshot of history and i wish i could see some publicly posted anti-Bush posters like this! <br /><br />*An interesting Side note, the person pictured in that pProtest,PosterOrionTue, 26 Sep 2006 16:22:38 GMThttp://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10066<p><a href="http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10066"><img src="http://media.share.ovi.com/m1/lt/0018/b47076c8c08d41b5a4faacb40659d4ed.jpg" width="1280" height="960" border="0" /></a><br />This place is amazing, they have one of the worlds largest collections of artifacts from Chinese history. I walked around for 3 or so hours and was just scratching the surface of things. If your interested in asian history or REALLY SUPER old stuff, or even a raging Asian studies nerd like me, then this is the place for you. i hear that if they changed out their displays everyday it would take 30 years to show all their stuff. They have a crazy huge vault in/behind that mountain in the background with all their artifacts in it, too bad its not open to the public.... this place would be my dream job, i could give tours in english to foreigners!</p>http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10066http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10066National Palace Museum故宮博物院.This place is amazing, they have one of the worlds largest collections of artifacts from Chinese history. I walked around for 3 or so hours and was just scratching the surface of things. If your interested in asian history or REALLY SUPER old stuff, or even a raging Asian studies nerd like me, then this is the place for you. i hear that if they changed out their displays everyday it would take 30 years to show all their stuff. They have a crazy huge vault in/behind that mountain in the background with all their artifacts in it, too bad its not open to the public.... this place would be my dream job, i could give tours in english to foreigners!national,museum,palace,故宮博物院.OrionSun, 12 Nov 2006 11:40:40 GMThttp://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10078<p><a href="http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10078"><img src="http://media.share.ovi.com/m1/lt/0025/03345863c9cb436e9ded583819661a2e.jpg" width="1280" height="960" border="0" /></a><br />The Lin family was a wealthy family that moved to Taiwan in the 1800's and ended up owning most if not all of the land in the Taibei valley, they became super rich off the sales of this land and the rice grown on it. They then created a HUGE mansion and garden complex which as it turns out is very close to my house. This is the Ban yuan Shade pond, or part of it. complete with a concrete mountain which brick hiking trails winding through it in the background.</p>http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10078http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10078Lin Family Mansion and GardenThe Lin family was a wealthy family that moved to Taiwan in the 1800's and ended up owning most if not all of the land in the Taibei valley, they became super rich off the sales of this land and the rice grown on it. They then created a HUGE mansion and garden complex which as it turns out is very close to my house. This is the Ban yuan Shade pond, or part of it. complete with a concrete mountain which brick hiking trails winding through it in the background.family,pond,Ban,qiao,Lin,Mansion,Banyuan,ShadeOrionWed, 20 Dec 2006 08:37:03 GMThttp://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10080<p><a href="http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10080"><img src="http://media.share.ovi.com/m1/lt/0025/1d182f3dcb814b228b1a956280915b17.jpg" width="1280" height="960" border="0" /></a><br />More of the Banyuan Shade Pond... so massive. this whole garden is in something like 18 parts and they are in no way shape or form logically layed out. infact the logic to it is that each little area is its own environment and all the pools, ponds, courtyards are all different with twisty little routes to get between them so everyone while in the same set of walls has their own space.</p>http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10080http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10080Lin Family MansionMore of the Banyuan Shade Pond... so massive. this whole garden is in something like 18 parts and they are in no way shape or form logically layed out. infact the logic to it is that each little area is its own environment and all the pools, ponds, courtyards are all different with twisty little routes to get between them so everyone while in the same set of walls has their own space.family,pond,Lin,Mansion,Banyuan,ShadeOrionWed, 20 Dec 2006 08:37:03 GMThttp://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10086<p><a href="http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10086"><img src="http://media.share.ovi.com/m1/lt/0030/56261938a2714ba5b3db59a10752b389.jpg" width="1280" height="960" border="0" /></a><br />The tower itself. Not super high like Taibei 101 or stuff in New York but still cool nonetheless</p>http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10086http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10086Tokyo TowerThe tower itself. Not super high like Taibei 101 or stuff in New York but still cool nonethelesstower,TOKYOOrionSat, 06 Jan 2007 09:01:31 GMThttp://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10091<p><a href="http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10091"><img src="http://media.share.ovi.com/m1/lt/0044/0d6d6f63f4b9469791485246c6fc5330.jpg" width="960" height="1280" border="0" /></a><br />I figured, i'm in asia i should have a stereotypical picture of me with a bunch of cherry blossoms. Well Here it is. :D</p>http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10091http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10091Cherry BlossomsI figured, i'm in asia i should have a stereotypical picture of me with a bunch of cherry blossoms. Well Here it is. :DShan,ming,YangOrionSun, 04 Mar 2007 13:02:11 GMThttp://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10094<p><a href="http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10094"><img src="http://media.share.ovi.com/m1/lt/0048/d0f2bf32c3fd4181afd904025c4aebf6.jpg" width="1280" height="960" border="0" /></a><br />This is our own personal beach. i've never really seen people here, but its only about 80 minutes from Taibei and the drive is amazing. I will be here EVERY weekend this summer. <br />They rent surf boards here super cheap. So its totally possible to get up, ride here on my bike, surf and ride home all in one day. <br />30 kilometers north is a beach with yellow sand that you can snorkel at... as soon as i get a chance to go there, i will for sure post pics.</p>http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10094http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10094Tou Cheng beachThis is our own personal beach. i've never really seen people here, but its only about 80 minutes from Taibei and the drive is amazing. I will be here EVERY weekend this summer. <br />They rent surf boards here super cheap. So its totally possible to get up, ride here on my bike, surf and ride home all in one day. <br />30 kilometers north is a beach with yellow sand that you can snorkel at... as soon as i get a chance to go there, i will for sure post pics.beach,tou,chengOrionFri, 30 Mar 2007 07:39:29 GMThttp://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10096<p><a href="http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10096"><img src="http://media.share.ovi.com/m1/lt/0049/cb408dbb5b0a423d82b3bedde5b05aa3.jpg" width="1280" height="960" border="0" /></a><br />This is the view from the suspension bridge. you can see the beach in the middle and that mountain in the background has the coolest temple on the top of it.</p>http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10096http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10096Fulong beachThis is the view from the suspension bridge. you can see the beach in the middle and that mountain in the background has the coolest temple on the top of it.beach,bridge,suspension,long,fuOrionSun, 01 Apr 2007 15:34:24 GMThttp://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10107<p><a href="http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10107"><img src="http://media.share.ovi.com/m1/lt/0058/de365cd40eed4551849c5ef8f18ba1b0.jpg" width="1024" height="768" border="0" /></a><br />View of most of Taibei county at night. you can see Taibei 101 in the background right in the middle. My stomping grounds.</p>http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10107http://share.ovi.com/media/wsu_orion.10107Taibei at DuskView of most of Taibei county at night. you can see Taibei 101 in the background right in the middle. My stomping grounds.Night,view,county,taibeiOrionTue, 22 May 2007 13:09:06 GMT