Medicine No Fakes – a funny sign in Macao
Tag: Funny
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Medicine No Fakes
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Guts
Eat delicious Guts! -
Get on the Bus
Uh Oh, 100 buses in Taipei…Know that I got some very strange looks when I was taking these photos!
Advertising in Banciao – BIG (see me below) – I had to talk my way into the top floor. The security guard said ‘no’ but then I showed him a poster of me behind him and he had to say yes! Authority? -
German Cars
The Taiwanese do love their German cars – never have I seen so many BMW 7-Series in one location. Indeed, before I came here I saw the 7-Series as a bloated, ugly barge; it was only when I arrived here and realised that presence and status were the commodities sought that I understood the Bavarians’ vision. The 7 was not for Europe, but for Asia.
And what can be better than a BMW? A BMW with a German number plate still intact!
We believe you – it is a German product -
Lonely God
Some rather intreresting packaging:
Lonely God – Potato Twists
And while we are at it, a new shop has opened downstairs from us … simply, ‘LED’.
LED
LED – Light Emitting Diode – It must be a trend -
Voting Time in Taipei
For all the problems with Taiwanese democracy, it is quite the most vibrant and passionate group of voters I have ever encountered. Perhaps we just need to give them time to adjust and develop a healthy dollop of voter apathy, but for the moment they are resplendant in their suits communally shouting ‘down with this sort of thing!’ or ‘don’t stop doing this sort of thing!’ at the top of their lungs.
As horrified as I am at seeing a small truck dressed up as a tank – or rather, horrified that someone would deem this appropriate for a political campaign – it is pretty cool. I even saw one of the candidate’s posters the other day where the guy was holding a baseball bat, ready to strike. Amazing.
“YOU HAVE 20 SECONDS TO VOTE”
I forgot to post much about the huge political protests aimed at Chen ShuiBien (the President) over the past few months, but this was perhaps the most impressive image of all that I saw. The people have spoken. -
Bali Escape
Feeling the need to escape the bullshit of Taipei for at least a few hours, Nick, Grace and I took up the MRT as far north as it goes and hopped over to Bali on the boat. A feast of sights, sounds and smells it was more than worth it (and we caught James Bond in the evening which we all agreed was rather good).
Mesmerised by a calligrapher selling is wares
… but he’s not tracing, honest.
Nick and Grace on the ferry
“Cool Smoke”
Get them young -
God Squad
Tonight is the night of several large Halloween parties in Taipei. I put some thought and consideration into my costume and I have decided to go as a Mormon missionary – a plague of religious righteousness that has hit Taipei straight out of Salt Lake City. As if lifted from a David Lynch movie, they appear from the middle of nowhere, squeaky clean and cookie cuttered out, passing out leaflets to unsuspecting locals. I find the whole activity sick.
Hence, I am dressing up as a blood-sucking Mormon missionary tonight! – the basis of my little anecdote;
I went shopping today for vampire teeth and blood to have pouring from my mouth. Sadly, none of the costume stores had anything suitable, so I went to the local pharmacy chain, Watsons. I announced to the cosmetics girl that I was looking for ‘blood red lip stick’, at which she relayed my request to the entire shop – “THERE IS A TALL MALE FOREIGNER LOOKING FOR BRIGHT RED LIP STICK.” I walked out with some deep rouge lippy and bright, shiny lip gloss (and even redder cheeks). I’ll see what the results are like soon when I get ready!
This is what I am after tonight – wholesome, blood sucking goodness (image courtesy of Flickr)
Update:
I easily looked scary enough without the blood … and we managed to create less of a costume and more of a disguise.
The God squad
Ludvig the Bible Basher
I had been looking for him all night -
Taking the Dog for a Walk
No comment needed. Just a couple of inane photos from Taipei this weekend.
“Rock is never die” – Paul’s awesome t-shirt
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Construction Signs
There are many things that mark one culture from another, but it is often in the small details that some of the most striking differences occur. Take construction site signs in Taiwan – cute, friendly and certainly with a heavy Japanese influence – a stark contrast to the clear, informative and authoritorian signs back in the West.
