./12. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000

./12. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall -- 24 November 2000 Fenny and I decided to do another day of tourism. There was a bookstore on the lower East side that she wanted to visit, and it was close to this touristy spot, so we stopped by there on the way. There was this cool reflective wall with Chinese writings in it! Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 002 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 003 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 004 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 005 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 006 Oh, look! There's a building here, too! And statues! Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 007 But forget all that. There's this cool, reflective wall! Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 008 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 009 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 010 Fenny said she liked this part of the wall, so we could take our picture in front of it. I asked her what the writing said, and she said something that, at the time, made me think: "Oh, yeh, that would be something she'd be turned on by." But I can't remember what it was. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 010a Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 011 Me 'n' Fenny hangin' out with Dr. Sun Yat Sen. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 012 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 013 Here are a few pictures of the building itself. Various compositions and exposures. I wasn't using the LED, so it was more experimental than anything. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 014 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 015 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 016 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 017 A little flowergarden-like thing. I like the second exposure better. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 018 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 019 More pictures of the hall. Various compositions and exposures. Sometimes a little wrong, like the first picture. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 020 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 021 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 022 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 023 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 024 There were some guys building a set of some sort. There was sound equipment. Probably a play was gonna be put on in the next couple of days. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 025 More pictures of the hall. Pick your favourite and click on it. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 026 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 027 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 028 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 029 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 030 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 031 Some avante-garde performance art by Fenny, sandwiched by two mood shots. At the bottom, a picture of ladies with coloured umbrellas. As they got closer the one with the yellow umbrella folded hers up, so I didn't get any closer photos. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 032 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 032a Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 033 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 034 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 036 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 037 What did we come here to see? Oh, yeh, the SYSMHall. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 038 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 039 We snuck into this little area that looked like it was off-limits for tourists to get our picture. We were probably photographed and archived in some little bureacratic office in Taipei. Evidence to be used against us in the JFK assassination. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 040 SYSMHall compositions. Getting closer, closer... Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 041 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 042 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 043 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 044 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 045 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 046 We've now made it inside. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 047 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 048 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 049 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 050 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 051 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 052 The changing of the guard is a big tourist thing to check out. We just happened to be there right before the hour, so we got in on it. These guys do everything super-slow and deliberate-like. The two guys standing on pedestals, for about five minutes before the hour, do this slow-motion routine with their guns. They almost don't look real. Then, on the hour, those other three guys march in (super-slow). Then the guys on pedestals and the guys that came in face each other in various pairings to examine each others' uniforms, technique, etc. Salutations all around. Finally, the two old guys march off and the two new guys get up on the pedestals. They have a pretty wierd technique for getting onto the pedestals, but the wierdness probably wouldn't translate to words. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 053 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 054 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 055 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 057 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 058 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 059 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 060 Then, the two new guys spend about five minutes doing some elaborate gun-spinning and throwing routine. They'll stand perfectly still for 30-45 seconds at a time, then suddenly go into fits of motion, then stand still again. This makes all the junior-high aged kids very giddy. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 061 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 062 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 063 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 064 Finally, the action is over. The tourists leave, and the devoted few (like me) go up to the balconies to capture the solitude on film. Now these guys will stand perfectly still for about 45 minutes until the five-minute-to-the-hour mark comes, when they start their slow motion routine. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 065 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 066 Here's the hall from the balcony. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 067 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 068 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 069 Stairs. They're always interesting. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 070 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 071 Some large, unwieldy musical instrument, probably played by SYS himself. Who knows. The wierd framing is because on the left was some ugly desk with rags on it, and on the right was this ugly janitor's stepstool with rags, too. So I had to just get the middle part. Sorry. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 072 Not only is it a solitary job, but Fenny says high-school-aged girls don't fantasise about military guys in Taiwan, either. So these guys basically have all the disadvantages of a military job, with none of the mystique. What a rough life. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 073 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 074 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 075 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 076 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 078 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 079 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 080 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 081 Outside the park, at the lake which, in the pictures, is full of water but, in real life, is mostly full of small puddles. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 082 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 083 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 084 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 085 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 086 No tourist spot would be complete without a little coffee shop for the trendy sorts to spend their money. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 087 A little statue of a boy reading. Not much to say here. -- Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 089
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Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall -- 24 November 2000

Fenny and I decided to do another day of tourism. There was a bookstore on the lower East side that she wanted to visit, and it was close to this touristy spot, so we stopped by there on the way.

There was this cool reflective wall with Chinese writings in it!

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 002

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 003

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 004

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 005

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 006

Oh, look! There's a building here, too! And statues!

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 007

But forget all that. There's this cool, reflective wall!

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 008

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 009

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 010

Fenny said she liked this part of the wall, so we could take our picture in front of it. I asked her what the writing said, and she said something that, at the time, made me think: "Oh, yeh, that would be something she'd be turned on by." But I can't remember what it was.

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 010a

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 011

Me 'n' Fenny hangin' out with Dr. Sun Yat Sen.

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 012

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 013

Here are a few pictures of the building itself. Various compositions and exposures. I wasn't using the LED, so it was more experimental than anything.

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 014

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 015

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 016

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 017

A little flowergarden-like thing. I like the second exposure better.

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 018

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 019

More pictures of the hall. Various compositions and exposures. Sometimes a little wrong, like the first picture.

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 020

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 021

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 022

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 023

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 024

There were some guys building a set of some sort. There was sound equipment. Probably a play was gonna be put on in the next couple of days.

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 025

More pictures of the hall. Pick your favourite and click on it.

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 026

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 027

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 028

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 029

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 030

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 031

Some avante-garde performance art by Fenny, sandwiched by two mood shots. At the bottom, a picture of ladies with coloured umbrellas. As they got closer the one with the yellow umbrella folded hers up, so I didn't get any closer photos.

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 032

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 032a

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 033

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 034

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 036

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 037

What did we come here to see? Oh, yeh, the SYSMHall.

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 038

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 039

We snuck into this little area that looked like it was off-limits for tourists to get our picture. We were probably photographed and archived in some little bureacratic office in Taipei. Evidence to be used against us in the JFK assassination.

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 040

SYSMHall compositions. Getting closer, closer...

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 041

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 042

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 043

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 044

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 045

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 046

We've now made it inside.

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 047

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 048

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 049

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 050

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 051

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 052

The changing of the guard is a big tourist thing to check out. We just happened to be there right before the hour, so we got in on it. These guys do everything super-slow and deliberate-like.

The two guys standing on pedestals, for about five minutes before the hour, do this slow-motion routine with their guns. They almost don't look real.

Then, on the hour, those other three guys march in (super-slow). Then the guys on pedestals and the guys that came in face each other in various pairings to examine each others' uniforms, technique, etc. Salutations all around.

Finally, the two old guys march off and the two new guys get up on the pedestals. They have a pretty wierd technique for getting onto the pedestals, but the wierdness probably wouldn't translate to words.

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 053

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 054

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 055

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 057

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 058

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 059

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 060

Then, the two new guys spend about five minutes doing some elaborate gun-spinning and throwing routine. They'll stand perfectly still for 30-45 seconds at a time, then suddenly go into fits of motion, then stand still again. This makes all the junior-high aged kids very giddy.

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 061

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 062

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 063

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 064

Finally, the action is over. The tourists leave, and the devoted few (like me) go up to the balconies to capture the solitude on film. Now these guys will stand perfectly still for about 45 minutes until the five-minute-to-the-hour mark comes, when they start their slow motion routine.

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 065

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 066

Here's the hall from the balcony.

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 067

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 068

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 069

Stairs. They're always interesting.

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 070

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 071

Some large, unwieldy musical instrument, probably played by SYS himself. Who knows. The wierd framing is because on the left was some ugly desk with rags on it, and on the right was this ugly janitor's stepstool with rags, too. So I had to just get the middle part. Sorry.

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall 24Nov2000 072

Not only is it a solitary job, but Fenny says high-school-aged girls don't fantasise about military guys in Taiwan, either. So these guys basically have all the disadvantages of a military job, with none of the mystique.

What a rough life.