Taoyuan Nights

Quick Asian housing news round up:
In Korea…
“SEOUL, Nov 4 (Reuters) – Housing prices across South Korea will rise in 2010 for a sixth consecutive year and by the fastest pace in four years, an industry association research agency forecast on Wednesday.” (when do industry association representatives ever say anything else?) , “Kookmin Bank [...]

This is probably the most amusing blog post made in Taiwan on 10th of April. Thanks to MT for pointing it out.
http://theregulatory.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/169/

Today, I stumbled upon this link to a wonderful article at the New York Times. Normally I’d just hit forward and send it to a few friends, but the ideas are so intriguing that it deserves a blog mention.
Essentially, it asks: Why is the universe “human-suitable” in terms of the difficulty of understanding what’s going [...]

A rambling mixture of gossip today.
The film “Hot Fuzz” is debuting currently in the UK. By the same people that produced “Shawn of the Dead”, and ‘Spaced’, this film could perhaps be described as a comedy about a top London cop being transferred to a rural village police force, but it’s probably more accurate [...]

Some well known bloggers pay a visit to Taoyuan…
Michael Turton paid a visit, reminisced about old-style Taiwan, and indulged in some street-side KTV.
The Bushman pays a visit to a duck and seafood restaurant in Taoyuan.
Prince Roy shares a picture of a garden with zillions of statues of Chiang Kai Shek.
Some spontaenous Tai Chi at [...]

Derek Thibault is shocked by riot police and 300 protestors in Taoyuan complaining about the owner of the Idee chain doing a runner with their wages, and brings a Taiwanese woman to tears with his heartfelt busking in Taoyuan. But what song was he playing? The answer may surprise you. My favourite blog entry of [...]