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Post by Steiner on Apr 23, 2006 10:54:29 GMT 7
I never look at my old pictures on my computer. That's my problem with digital. I'm much more likely to pull out a photo album than look through photo files. But I did look today, and found these four from a trip I took to Taipei last summer. Just another afternoon in Ximending A quiet afternoon in the Confucian temple gardens The Chiang Kai Shek Memorial and Taipei 101, world's tallest. If only I had a better camera. The colors washed out; this could have been beautiful. Roof beams at the national theater. Of course, if I had a better camera I'd still be mad because it's crooked. |
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Post by George61 on Apr 23, 2006 12:00:13 GMT 7
If you have Photoshop or Paintshop, simply give any photos a bit of "Saturation".
Is Taiwan any cleaner, in general, than China?
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Post by Newbs on Apr 23, 2006 14:44:06 GMT 7
Steiner, in the first picture it appears that there's a foreign girl (I think) in a black T shirt with her hands over her ears.
A comment on the noise level, perhaps?
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Post by Steiner on Apr 23, 2006 19:24:53 GMT 7
I see her, Newbs. Perhaps it is a comment on the noise level. I think she's talking on a phone.
Taiwan - Taipei, at least, the part I know best - is MUCH cleaner than China. And you don't get stared at. And there's no spitting. The most litter is all the paper on the streets after the ritual fireworks.
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Post by acjade on Apr 23, 2006 19:29:47 GMT 7
It looks cleaner. The crowds to me look a little more affluent then the crowds in Xi'an. Maybe more cosmopolitan.
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Post by Lotus Eater on Apr 23, 2006 22:08:26 GMT 7
Taipei does look a fair bit cleaner!!
I have my screen saver set up to randomly select from my photos, so that way I sort of do get to see them again, without too much effort. Although today I had a DVD burner installed and am uploading all of my photos to DVDs and will then go through and do a major cull of the ones on the computer - with my camera set at highest resolution (8 mg) they are taking up a chunk of space!!
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Post by Norbert Radd on May 4, 2006 6:53:11 GMT 7
I lived in taibei from '97-'02 and had a much bigger problem with the litter than I do here, mostly because I see it at the school and feel folks should have just a little pride in their school than putting cigarette butts out within site of an ashtray or leaving their trash in a stairwell or on a table that's within site of a garbage can. There's no staring in taibei and less of the rasping hawk and then big gob of phlegm or the discharging of both nostrils regardless of hitting passersby. the taibei litter problem was worse than shenzhen's definitely. Everyone in taibei is on wheels, in a car or on a motor scooter.
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Post by Steiner on May 4, 2006 9:17:27 GMT 7
Were you in Taipei before Chen Shui Bian instituted the "Clean Up Taipei" campaign? He was mayor at the time. From what I've heard, that made all the difference and changed it from a filthy rat-ridden dump heap to the nice clean city it is today. But I don't know when that happened.
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Post by Hamish on May 4, 2006 10:01:57 GMT 7
Sallie and I are in Taipei as guests of a member of the Taiwanese Parliament. These are pitchers... Lord and Lady Dickweed in the Parliamentary Yuan.  Lord Dickweed at the trough.  A Parliamentary WC.  |
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Post by Norbert Radd on May 4, 2006 11:50:24 GMT 7
I was in Taipei when he got elected prez! The changes he instituted definitely weren't enough
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Post by Hamish on May 7, 2006 8:32:10 GMT 7
A real big place in Taiwan filled with old poo.  Senator Fogbound in pottery heaven.  Cool housing behind the hotel.  Check out the balconies.  The Taiwanese Parliament Building (Built by the Japanese.).  Some of the TRULY BITCHIN' Taiwan seafood of which I ate a metric ton, mostly for free, FREE! (Eat your hearts out you commoners you.).  |
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Post by acjade on May 8, 2006 11:45:36 GMT 7
Hamish... or rathe mi'lord the seafood looks good but very messy to eat. I like Sally's dress. She looks tres chic.
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Post by George61 on May 8, 2006 16:15:06 GMT 7
Nice pics Hamish. The Lord and Lady bit was a bit much, tho. I might just top that in a month or so. The seafood looks good.
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Post by Jemair on May 8, 2006 18:57:42 GMT 7
Steiner, in the first picture it appears that there's a foreign girl (I think) in a black T shirt with her hands over her ears. A comment on the noise level, perhaps? As for that girl in black. She is useing a hand phone  |
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