Taipei Exchange

This movie is called <> Taipei Exchange. For those of you who don’t read Chinese, those Chinese characters mean “The 36th Story”. Why 36? Um… you got to watch it… I don’t want to spoil it here. ;) Chinese movies don’t often explicitly express the director’s view. If you grow up with a lot of western movies then you may feel a little lost watching this. Overall I like the camera angles and also that, the story slightly touches many life issues. There is no big arguments nor dramatic moments for sure. If you are looking for a light, open-ended, and not-serious movie, this could be it. ...

September 7, 2010 · 1 min · birdchan

Typhoon Morakot

Some close-up pictures in Taiwan during the typhoon: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/08/typhoon_morakot.html

August 11, 2009 · 1 min · birdchan