MEMORIES of elementary days
on one of my favorite TV series were relived back in November as we visited Taiwan.
I remembered me and my friends having major crushes on F4’s Dao Ming Si (Jerry
Yan), Hua Ze Lei (Vic Zhou), Mei Zuo (Vanness Wu) and Xi Men (Ken Chu); idolizing
how Shancai (Barbie Shu) fought back when she got the “red tag”; and just the
pure excitement of going home from school just to watch my favorite TV series
that time – Meteor Garden.
This series as far as I can
remember is the first Asian TV Series that got me hooked since it aired on
mainstream channel. A short background: Meteor Garden is a Taiwanese drama back
in 2001 starring the characters that I have mentioned earlier. This drama is
based on the Japanese manga series “Boys Over Flowers.” Meteor Garden aired in
the Philippines back in 2003 and has been re-aired a few times due to popular
demand.
Also, recent reports say
that they will be airing a re-make of the series this year! #Fangirl feels is
real people! I know it’s been a long time since I last watched the series but
to be at the place where they filmed, it was so surreal for me.
During our week stay in Taipei,
Taiwan we have visited two major places where they filmed the series in the
city: National Taiwan University and P.S. Bubu Café and here’s our adventure
breakdown.
National Taiwan University
The ever famous Ying De University
where the characters in the series go to school is the National Taiwan
University (NTU) in real life. NTU is huge and it has the same vibe as my
college alma mater. Too bad we didn’t get the chance to explore it properly
since it rained when we went there. My mom and I were also quite hesitant at
first if they will let us in the vicinity but they are not strict at all and we
got to take some photos inside the university.
NTU is located at No. 1,
Section 4, Roosevelt Rd, Da’an District, Taipei City and you may reach it via
Subway by riding on the Green Line 3 and going down Gongguan Station, Exit 3.
For us, we went there via bus through the use of Google maps to guide us on what
bus route to ride from our Airbnb fare was at 15NTD. There are also lots of
fast food places around the area where you can eat or have a snack after your
tour.
PS Bubu Restaurant
This vintage car themed
restaurant has really been on my bucket list of places to go because of its interiors
and because it is the home of the pink car where Dao Ming Su and Shancai sat
during one of their dates. PS Bubu is just really one of the cutest restaurants
that I have been to and knowing that it has been established back in 1999 it
really has maintained its beauty. Real vintage cars were cut up and made into
seats with the pink car being the only whole car at the resto.
The restaurant serves food
like salads, pastas and milk shakes we arrived close to their closing time
which was 10pm but the owner was kind enough to allow us to take pictures
instead. Will definitely come back to try their food next time.
PS Bubu is located at No. 1,
Lane 140, Section 7, Zhongshan North Road in Shilin District (金屋藏車P.S.BuBu餐廳, 士林區中山北路七段140巷1號). We took a cab using the
Chinese address since the restaurant was quite far and it cost us around
150NTD.
My fangirl heart was so glad
during this trip. Thanks to my ever supportive mom for tolerating my craziness
and not leaving my side when I squealed with joy (haha!).
More about our trip next
week!
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| Also featured in SunStar Davao Newspaper on January 10, 2018 |
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