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title: Taipei 101 New Years
date: '2009-01-15 00:00:17 -0500'
date_gmt: '2009-01-15 05:00:17 -0500'
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<p><a href="/assets/2014-01-taiwan-2009-149.jpg"><img src="/assets/2014-01-taiwan-2009-149_m.jpg" /></a></p>
<p>I've been driving back from the vendor for the last few days seeing Taipei 101
all lit up for the new year.</p>
<p>It seemed like something interesting to take a picture of and I've been
meaning to get out there and do it, but haven't gotten the chance... So here's
a snap from the window of my cab on the way back.</p>
<p>The interesting thing to note in the pic is that "2009" is written on the
building. The official year in Taiwan is <a>98</a> (98 years since the start
of the Republic of China).</p>
<p>When first coming to Taiwan, this actually was quite confusing... A random
batch of six numbers often starting in 97 didn't stand out as a date to me.</p>
<p>Why they chose to put up 2009 on 101 is beyond me.</p>