Weekend

Some friends of mine who are part of the THC (Taiwan Hip-Hop Crew) were performing on Friday night at a bar called Bliss. The crowd was half Taiwanese, half waiguren (foreigner) and the high point of the night was when it got so loud and people were dancing so much that the police had to come to tell us to quiet down.

On Saturday I went to see Tizzy Bac, a Taiwanese band, play a free concert at the National Palace museum. Though the band was tight, it was a bit too poppy for my taste. After that my Taiwanese friend Evena took me with some of her friends through a tour of Shilin market, which by my count is the biggest night market in Taipei. She brought us to eat fried chicken steak, a specialty here.

On Sunday I went to see the movie "Watchmen" at the brand-spanking new Miramar mall in Dazhi, an upscale neighborhood. That movie theater is so amazingly big, you really feel like you are in the movie itself.

Shilin night market, the biggest one in Taipei.

Food...

food...,

And more food.

Great name for a hair salon (I wonder if they have some kind of undercover operation going on.)