2013年2月5日 星期二

Taipei 4: indifference


We had free elections,… we elected a free parliament, we have a free press, we have a democratic government. Yet…[t]here still exist and work the powerful structures of the former regime…Many places are governed by the same people as before. They are connected to managers of industrial enterprises. There exist immense bureaucratic colossuses that preclude rational economic behavior of individual enterprises and firms. The old bureaucracy persists in all levels.

(Václav Havel, former President of the Czech Republic. Quoted in David, ‘Lustration Laws in Action’, 394.)


(Picture taken in winter 2012)

2013年2月3日 星期日

Taipei 3: In addition to the price...



bridge is the thing that will scare all the people who are not originally from Taipei. Why? Because there are too many bridges! You as a driver have to decide which way to go instantly. Otherwise, you will dive into the place which is far away from your previous destination and thus have to spend more time and fuel to get to the right direction. lol

(scared on February 3rd 2013)

2013年2月2日 星期六