Have you tried playing Monopoly? Properties, utilities and money. You can have all of these while playing the Monopoly board game. But what if you can play a Taiwanese version of the Monopoly game? A group of Taiwanese students from National Taipei University of Education(NTUE) organized this kind of activity in meet-up.com and I accepted the invitation without any hesitation.
FOReignMOSA was the meet-up group created by the students of NTUE. It aims to help foreigners in Taiwan to get acquainted with the people, culture and history of Formosa. They are students in a tourism/hospitality management related course and I got interested in their field. Well, everybody knows that I'm a pseudo PhD Taiwanese Tourism student. lol
Taiwanese and foreigners like me joined the fun activity but I was not able to interact with all of them since the participants were divided into 3 teams. A big dice was thrown in the air and depending on the number that will appear on the top side of the dice will determine which team you will join. I was grouped with Paige, Goa and Ryan and we called our group the “Paige Team”.
Foreignmosa members explained the rules of the game to the participants. A booklet was also given to the participants which contains all the tasks we need to accomplish in each MRT station. The train lines of the Taipei MRT served as the real-life playing board of this Monopoly game. At the back of the booklet was the Taipei MRT map. A task in a yellow dotted station means 5 points while a white one is equivalent to 1 point. Tasks can range from taking pictures to eating some famous street food in Taipei. To monitor the game, Foreignmosa members Summer and Yu Lung joined the “Paige Team” in our quest for a great adventure.
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| The "Paige Team" |
Our MRT adventure started at the Taipei MRT Station. We rolled the big dice and our first task was to try a street food near Zhongxiao Xinsheng Station. Summer and Yu Lung took our photo for proper documentation. Since the MRT line has 5 lines, we can only stay in one train line unless we luckily picked a Transfer Station. A Transfer Station is an MRT station where two train line crosses each other. A good example is the Taipei Main Station where the Tamsui and Bannan Line meets. There are 16 Transfer Stations in the Taipei Metro and we just need to be lucky in rolling the giant dice.
It was the longest MRT ride I made in one day in Taipei and to save money a one-day Taipei MRT pass was given to all of the participants. We got hungry along the way and we were very happy if we picked an eating challenge like what happened in Yongkang Street. We tried those delicious Tianjin scallion-pancakes. I tried them before but I didn't know that there are flavors to choose from. We also tried drinking a famous soybean milk tea and I remembered the taste of the street food 'taho' in the Philippines.
Another great task was to visit the Xingtian Temple which is accessible by the Xingtian Temple Station. As we crossed the street towards the temple we saw familiar faces. The other teams were already done visiting the temple! But it was a friendly competition after all. Everybody smiled and waved their hands when we saw them as if they haven't seen their brothers and sisters for a very long time. haha! We went inside the temple and there were worshippers inside. The warm color of the temple will welcome anyone who visits the religious site. I took a lot of pictures and observed the Taiwanese as their prayers reached the heavens.
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| Ximending |
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| waiting for the other team to arrive at Taipei Main Station |
The Red House was one of our last stops in the game. We even have a groupie with the Japanese-style old building. We ended the game at Taipei Main Station and I remembered that the “Paige Team” got 39 points. Unfortunately, we didn't won the game but it was not all about winning. It was about meeting new people and gaining new friends.
When will this activity happen again? I don't know but I have a copy of the booklet. Next year, if there a lot of Filipino interns that will come to Taiwan for an internship in Academia Sinica I will tell them about this game. We will roll the dice and play the Taipei MRT Monopoly Game.
THINGS TO DO IN TAIPEI
Sakura Series - Taiwan
2024 Forecast
Taipei 101 first flowers
Tianyuan Palace backyard
Taipei Flower Test Center
Pingjing St. Lane 42
Broadwood Park
Sunshine Sports Park kawazu sakura
Wuling Farm (武陵農場)
SYS kawazu sakura
Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village
CKS Memorial Hall
Shibafen Yoshino Sakura
Hope River
Dongfang Temple
Tianyuan Palace
Neicou Stream Trail
Orange Garden Cafe
Yangming Park Visitor Information Center
Yangming Park Service Center Bus Stop
Huashan Road
Qianshan Park
Zhongshan Hall Entrance
Tenglong Sakura Farm
Flower Test Center Shōwa Sakura
Neihu Creek Trail
Shulin Land Office
Xióng Kōng Cherry Blossom Forest
Lung Yen Sakura Forest
Yangming Park cherry stream
Yangming Park fountain
CKS Memorial Hall Tairyō sakura
Wugu District Tianyi Road
CKS Memorial Hall yaesakura
Loving Farm
Yong Long Farm
Zhongbaling Sakura Road
Sun Link Sea
Tai'an Police Station
Cherry Hill Slope
Hsinchu Park
Taipei 101
Kāng Gào Kēng Creek
New Garden City
Broadwood Park
Tianyuan Palace backyard
Pingjing St. Lane 42
Alishan Ranger Station
Alishan House
Alishan Police Station
Alishan Forest Railway
Alishan Station
Alishan Entrance
Alishan Gou Hotel
Alishan Magnolia Garden
Wulai tour
Wun Chang Elementary School
Bishanyan
Sanzhi Sansei Trail
Sakura Series - Taiwan
Nei Cuo Stream
Orange Garden Cafe
Sansei Trail
Tenglong Sakura Farm
Yangming Park Cherry Stream
Yangming Park Fountain
Flower Test Center
Broadwood Park
New Garden City
Yinghua Park
Pingjing St. Lane 42
Yangmingshan Visitor Center
Taipei 101
Tianyuan Palace backyard
Sakura Series - Japan
Kamonyama Park
Near the Nippon Maru Memorial Park
Shinko Park
Minato-mirai 21 area
Tokyo Tech Suzukakedai Campus
Onda River
Tenryuji
Byodoin
Kiyomizudera
Himuro shrine and Yakushi-ji Temple
Hōryū-ji Temple
Nara Park attractions
Tokyo Tech Ookayama Campus
Sumida River
Tsuruma Park
Gion
Maple Series
Taipei Aowanda
Shimen Dam
Alishan
Aowanda
Shanlinxi
Taoyuan Valley Garden
Fushoushan Farm
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| Yehliu to Jiufen? Yehliu to Shifen? Cheaper than yellow taxis |
The "Taipei kong mahal" (My beloved Taipei)
Always in my heart
MRT birdman
Valentine's Day
Tulips Festival
2018 Taipei Lantern Festival
City of Azaleas
Linji Huguo Temple
Nanjichang Night Market
Gudetama Chef restaurant
Dalongdong Bao'an Temple
Shilin hollyhocks
Ningxia Night Market
Ximending graffiti
Discovery Center of Taipei
Chunghwa Postal Museum
Double-Decker Bus
Shilin Cold Balls
Jingimoo
GomanMango
mud volcanic ice
Fire and Ice Dumpling
Opium Fen-Yuan
Ichiran Ramen
Liu Shandong Beef Noodles
hydrangea flowers
National Palace Museum
Other attractions in Taipei
Taipei on a budget
Japanese buildings
Dāoxiāomiàn beef noodles
Presidential Office Building
Yongkang St. and Elephant Mountain
CKS and SYS Hall
City tour
Beitou ramen
MRT Monopoly Game
Winter city tour
Zhicheng Park
Shilin Plum Blossom
Art museums
Shopping in Taipei
Summer desserts
Qingtiangang
Qixingshan hiking
2015 Calla lily
2016 Calla lily
Beitou tour
Beitou-Zhuzihu tour
NTU
Confucius Temple
2015 Dadaocheng Festival
Puppet Museum
Fantasy Ice World
2016 Bread Show
Strawberry picking
2015 Rose Garden
Modern Toilet
Shilin Night Market
NASA Exhibit
Raohe Night Market
Longshan Temple
2013 Taipei Zoo
Maokong Gondola
Lupin flowers
Taipei 101 day visit
Taipei 101 night visit
Tiger Mountain
Din Tai Fung
Taipei Story House
2014 Flower Show
Chrysanthemum Show
Miramar Ferris wheel
Miniatures Museum
Archery
1600 Pandas
Wulaoguo hot pot
Upside Down House
2016 101 Fireworks
New Taipei
Tamsui Pumpkin Tunnel
Shifen Waterfall
2017 Sand Sculpture
Dragon Caves
New Taipei tour
2016 Kite Festival
Pingxi Crags
Bitou Cape
2016 Sand Sculpture
2015 Christmasland
Juming - Jinshan
Houtong - Pingxi
Sandiaoling Waterfall
Jiufen foodtrip
Guanyinshan hike
Yehliu Ocean World
2014 Kite Festival
Pingxi Rail tour
Jinguashi tour
Vigor Kobo Pineapple
British Consulate
Yehliu Geopark
2014 Sand Sculpture
Paragliding
2014 Christmasland
2014 Pingxi Lantern
firefly watching
Yingge Ceramics Street
Jiufen tour
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