Ah, Hualien was so pretty! This one is from Taroko Nat’l Park.
Yes, there is an Eric Kayser in Taipei (Basement of 微風廣場 Breeze Centre). No, it is not as good as the ones in Paris.
Back in Taipei. So tired, but Hualien was really fun!
§ Officials Investigate Reports of Censorship at Olympic Press Center
“Western journalists working at the Main Press Centre in Beijing say they could not access the website for Amnesty International on Tuesday…”
“… other sites were also unavailable, including those belonging to the German news station Deutsche Welle and BBC’s Chinese websites.”
“There are some problems with a lot of websites themselves that makes it not easy to view them in China,” — Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao
Right.
Near Yang Ming Shan, pre-typhoon. Foggy!
Spent my typhoon day writing postcards and listening to old This American Life episodes.
台灣本島全停班課！
§ CTV.ca | Alberta appeals decision over French traffic ticket
“EDMONTON — The Alberta government is appealing a court decision that threw out a traffic ticket against a francophone trucker because it was written only in English.”
Interesting…
台灣故事館 Cool interior of a retro-Taiwanese at Taiwan Storyland
Taipei Media Expo 2008: Acer across from Asus…EEE vs. Aspire one fight! haha
Yakiniku rice burger @ MOS…yummmmmm
§ My Son, the Blogger: An M.D. Trades Medicine for Apple Rumors
“It had been a hobby — albeit a time-consuming one — while Dr. Kim earned his medical degree. He kept at it as he completed his medical training and began diagnosing patients’ kidney problems. Dr. Kim’s Web site now attracts more than 4.4 million people and 40 million page views a month, according to Quantcast, making it one of the most popular technology Web sites.”
“…MacRumors [is] No. 2 on a list of the “25 most valuable blogs,” right behind Gawker Media and ahead of The Huffington Post, PerezHilton.com, and TechCrunch.”
Pretty ridiculous story!
From last weekend in front of Taipei 101…more tourists from China. They are everywhere! These ones are from Xiamen (Amoy)…looks like the banner says that they are the 福建首發團
