Comments on: MRT Doesn’t Make the List http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2007/03/02/mrt-doesnt-make-the-list/ Rants/raves + false childhood memories Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:01:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Poagao http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2007/03/02/mrt-doesnt-make-the-list/#comment-368 Poagao Fri, 06 Apr 2007 02:30:22 +0000 http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2007/03/02/mrt-doesnt-make-the-list/#comment-368 Yeah, Petronus Towers and Sears Tower in Chicago. Big deals all around. Taipei 101? Nothing. It wasn't even listed on the skyscraper pages until recently, and then only mentioned in passing. It's not personal, it's just bizarre. Just like this metro article. Yeah, Petronus Towers and Sears Tower in Chicago. Big deals all around. Taipei 101? Nothing. It wasn’t even listed on the skyscraper pages until recently, and then only mentioned in passing. It’s not personal, it’s just bizarre. Just like this metro article.

]]> By: Mark http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2007/03/02/mrt-doesnt-make-the-list/#comment-367 Mark Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:29:44 +0000 http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2007/03/02/mrt-doesnt-make-the-list/#comment-367 I think you're taking it a bit personally, Paogao. I mean, do you know what the <i>last</i> couple of tallest buildings in the world were? I seem to remember something about Malaysian Petronus towers, but I can't say for sure when they were the tallest or what was the tallest before that. This isn't the 1920's. People just don't really care about the tallest building in the world that much anymore. I think you’re taking it a bit personally, Paogao. I mean, do you know what the last couple of tallest buildings in the world were? I seem to remember something about Malaysian Petronus towers, but I can’t say for sure when they were the tallest or what was the tallest before that.

This isn’t the 1920’s. People just don’t really care about the tallest building in the world that much anymore.

]]> By: Poagao http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2007/03/02/mrt-doesnt-make-the-list/#comment-365 Poagao Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:24:48 +0000 http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2007/03/02/mrt-doesnt-make-the-list/#comment-365 Same thing happened when Taipei 101 was built. A resounding silence from the world. It's like we don't exist. Same thing happened when Taipei 101 was built. A resounding silence from the world. It’s like we don’t exist.

]]> By: Prince Roy’s Realm » Blog Archive » We Wuz Robbed http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2007/03/02/mrt-doesnt-make-the-list/#comment-364 Prince Roy’s Realm » Blog Archive » We Wuz Robbed Thu, 05 Apr 2007 07:03:20 +0000 http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2007/03/02/mrt-doesnt-make-the-list/#comment-364 [...] Via The Taipei Kid comes this list of the 11 Top Underground Transit Systems Throughout the World. Taipei’s MRT is not on it. This is an outrage, inexcusable in fact. It is hard to imagine a transit system that has a greater impact on its city than the MRT. I tell everyone I meet that it has simply transformed Taipei. What was once a congested, snarled mess of vehicle chaos, a city that was literally choking on its own fumes, is now one of the most convenient and commuter friendly places in which I’ve ever lived. Ask any old-timer who’s lived here longer than twelve years. They’ll tell you the same thing. [...] [...] Via The Taipei Kid comes this list of the 11 Top Underground Transit Systems Throughout the World. Taipei’s MRT is not on it. This is an outrage, inexcusable in fact. It is hard to imagine a transit system that has a greater impact on its city than the MRT. I tell everyone I meet that it has simply transformed Taipei. What was once a congested, snarled mess of vehicle chaos, a city that was literally choking on its own fumes, is now one of the most convenient and commuter friendly places in which I’ve ever lived. Ask any old-timer who’s lived here longer than twelve years. They’ll tell you the same thing. [...]

]]> By: Prince Roy http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2007/03/02/mrt-doesnt-make-the-list/#comment-363 Prince Roy Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:30:12 +0000 http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2007/03/02/mrt-doesnt-make-the-list/#comment-363 I agree, the inclusion of Beijing in that list is insane. Taipei definitely belongs. The MRT simply saved this city. There is no other way to put it. I agree, the inclusion of Beijing in that list is insane. Taipei definitely belongs. The MRT simply saved this city. There is no other way to put it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2007/03/02/mrt-doesnt-make-the-list/#comment-358 Anonymous Mon, 02 Apr 2007 05:32:59 +0000 http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2007/03/02/mrt-doesnt-make-the-list/#comment-358 lets face it, as much as we love taiwan, it ain't all that great when compared to the likes of london's tube or brazillian women-filled sao paulo station. Squatting dirty hole for a toilet just does not cut the mustard on the world stage. lets face it, as much as we love taiwan, it ain’t all that great when compared to the likes of london’s tube or brazillian women-filled sao paulo station.

Squatting dirty hole for a toilet just does not cut the mustard on the world stage.

]]> By: Jame Gumb http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2007/03/02/mrt-doesnt-make-the-list/#comment-338 Jame Gumb Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:46:39 +0000 http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2007/03/02/mrt-doesnt-make-the-list/#comment-338 How the hell is it that Beijing gets listed. When I lived in Beijing, it was a big circle. Then it became a circle with a line running through its bottom section. Now it is a circle with a line running through it with what looks like a cancerous growth on top. That's a system?? My fanny, that's a system! How the hell is it that Beijing gets listed. When I lived in Beijing, it was a big circle. Then it became a circle with a line running through its bottom section. Now it is a circle with a line running through it with what looks like a cancerous growth on top.

That’s a system??

My fanny, that’s a system!

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