Francoise, Jasmine and I had embarked on our most bizarre journey in Taipei: a stroll along the subway line that encompasses a total of five stations. However, it proved to be an eventful one for us as we were walking idly down busy streets of the weekend.
Taiwan has always been a liberal society. First we saw a long procession (something unthinkable in Singapore) of Gay Pride people on the roads of Zhongxiao Dunhua. Gay Pride is an international campaign that champions the rights of people to feel proud of who they are, and these rights are especially important to marginalized groups of the society, namely the homosexual community, HIV-infected patients, and ex-convicts. These groups may face a constant social stigma, and feel a need for rectification of moral judgment and thus eventual acceptance and recognition for their efforts at assimilation. Hence this campaign this afternoon as a bid to fight against discrimination. The three of us had traveled a fair distance with them:
Later, we walked to the Taipei Arena （巨蛋）, which resembles our Esplanade in both function and style. Taipei Arena had served as the venue of concerts in which many Mandarin-pop singers performed, such as Jay Chou, Wang Leehom and our very own JJ Lin. 
The sky was turning dark by six plus, and we proceeded to the Liaoning Night Market（辽宁夜市）for dinner. The meal was great: we had salad, soup, steak and teppanyaki for NTD 110 per person, and they were all delicious. Great value at low price!
Jasmine fell into a state of ecstacy when she saw a famous bakery at the Night Market, and we happily indulged ourselves in plates of sinful cakes that were fabulously delectable and irresistible.
Finally, we drank soybean milk at a Yonghe outlet near our school premises. With that, our long march had ended.
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