2004/08/07

This is a rare experience, met up with my wife for picking up the kids , they should arrived at Taipei Railroad Station by 5:00 pm, as we didn't take a good at the station for a very long time -- probabely 5 years, so, we went there earier, my wife prepare books for me, we are planning to find a little cafe on the second floor of the station , where our memories told us, a Dept. store with mall existed; arrvived and take the escalator to second floor, we were shocked, half of the stores were replaces by forgien labor related materials, we see Tai , Phillipine, Indonesia shops everywhere, checking in 2 big grogerory store, the diary supply it carried are so amaning, you may find yourself in Jakada; items from snack to desert to shampoo to cans to current hit maganizes; on each corner opens traditional Indonesia restaurant - a cafeteria display of food which we were familar when tour in South East Asia and tried their local delicacy in food court; this is like a foreign labor market.

I know that on every Sunday, most of the foreing labors who take the day off, they gathering in 2 places, one is the Cathic church near Chung San East road session 3, the other place is the Taipei railroad station, TRS is a good place to hanging around, they will bring instant noodle with him, a few used newspaper, find a corner where air condition spread, they gathering eat / talk for the whole day without spending a dime, and making TRS a refugee alike building, this is weird; I am not againt foreign labors, but a landmark in Taipei -TRS turn a meeting spot is not an appropriate approach , I am not sure if this issue being raised up in the city consocil and how Mayor Ma response to it ? ground floor flood with labors on every Sunday, this is kind of a wonder now, but you look up one floor seeing how a market is devloped, then you will lost for a while; Mayor should take time to check it out someday.

TRS is a transportaion point, only a few locals will pay a decent visit to the station, it doesn't like the JR in Japane, you may enjoy a tour inside the station and find varies of interest happening; in Taipei, people just walk through, or get on the train to the destination away from Taipei, who will spend 2 hours in the station and check every thing ? this huge building connected with the MRT system in Taipei, a ture hub of transportation in Taipei, we should be careful about this symbol, one day if you find all the foreign labor take over the Station, then you lost your identity of the city, no matte how the Neon light shinging at night, TRS will be a history buried by unknow factors.

Kids are alright, get tained, turn brown skin, we go for dinner at a hop pot restuarnat called " Hundred Mushroom ", a pre-celebration for fathers' day in Taiwan, Aug. 8 pronuced " Baba " -- father, so we make it the day for father, this is a specilty restaurant provide different kind of mushroom, my wife love the mushroom, so we follow her decision and have a mushroom dinner.

Lunch with T. and E. at a local beef noodle restaurant, at the lunch, they talked about one of their college, how rich he is and how he spend his money, to me , this abnormal spending type is s corrucption of value in Taiwan, I don't respect how young man spending money this way, but to them , it seems they are jeousous about him , his capable to dispose moeny any way he wants; I don't understand, the value propsition in Taiwan is shiwfting, this is what I know, but how come people who with my age buyting his rediculous behavior too? if this is a way young man see themsleves in the social competion, Taiwan will soon lost it culture / value / dignity and leave with one standard - who's rich or who's not; I worried about it.

posted by Roger @ 8/07/2004 09:09:00 下午

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