[9] I'm 24

I've aged just by switching sides of the globe. Must remember that I was 1 when I was born.

Pics from 6/23. Out with some of the coworkers:

7/3/2010

Museum of Contemporary Art. Summer Holiday exhibit by the director of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. A lot of the exhibit was video or in the dark, so it was hard to capture by camera. The exhibit was centered around a character called Lili, a mannequin placed into various realities through the use of photography, video, or stage sets. The mix of real and unreal aimed to question parts of existence or recall life experiences. Pretty interesting, although i would not have understood much of it without the written explanation. I'm guessing that's how most people look at contemporary architecture today as well except there is no caption

Can't see it in the photo, but this figure was set up fountain like, with tears flowing out of its eyes:

Nearby the museum. Confusing rebar.. it's like a sideways version of a typical Ghanaian building which often has rebar sprouting from its top. Also, IT'S HERE:

Walking south through the Zhongxiao metro mall one the way back from the museum:

This pic will probably move to my previous post at some point to join my comment about Taiwan and scrunchies:

I like the Zhongxiao metro mall because it's full of strange non-mall like spaces. There's a big open area with mirrors where people hold dance classes or practice dancing on their own. There's also the underground book street and a bunch of exhibit spaces. This time I stumbled upon some grasshopper (computer program) projects done by some Taiwanese students. The display was titled Pet Ohmu (If you understand the reference, we can be friends.):


7/4/2010

Completely forgot that it was independence day until the day after. Still had fun. Potstickers with David C and friends for lunch (Plate of 10 for 4 NTD. That's a small meal for 13 cents!)

Then went to the Taipei Exhibition Hall for their Stationary and Computer exhibit. There were some nice pens, but it was mostly cute and unimpressive:

Afterwards, went to Bitan (South of Taipei on a mountain by the river) and ate at a hut-like restaurant where the specialty was whole chicken. Note the chicken in the picture still has eyes. Proper serving technique was to put on some plastic gloves and tear the chicken to pieces:

These were some of the cauldrons over wood burning stoves that the chicken was cooked in. The chef looks quite professional, no?:
7/8/2010

Waiting in line for the subway (zhongxiao fuxing station).

7/9/2010

There are way too many Italian pasta places around here. So far they taste terrible.