Today I was sitting in the park enjoying a relaxing day when a guy comes and starts smoking his cigarette near me while blowing the smoke in my direction of course. It’s not the first time, and it’s not because I’m in Asia. Of course in Asia, everything gets intensified because there are more people, but I’ve been having that problem pretty much all my life everywhere. Same happens when I ride my bicycle every…
"Your government is bad and you should feel bad"Month: July 2012
Spending some time in Taiwan has really changed my view on many many topics like society, politics, religion, etc Religion here is some mixture of Taoism and Bushism with many gods and temples everywhere, and something like 90% of Taiwanese people believes in some kind of something. I had the chance to visit many of this temples and seeing people’s faces while they pray usually makes me smile, not in a condescending way, but in a pure…
"The other face of religion"Friend: Hey! How’s life in Taiwan? Bruno: Not bad, not bad at all, you know actually the main reason why I’ve always wanted to come here was that some of the best people I’ve met in my life were originally from here. Friend: So people are nice there? Bruno: As nice as they come Friend: How about the weather? Bruno: It’s extremely hot of course, but I can adapt. Friend: I thought you hated the…
"About taiwan"I’m still trying to wrap my head around the concept of death. I learned that life is fragile, and unless you’re a very basic form of life, for most of us advanced organism with many cells and organs, there’s only one. So we gotta make the most of it, right? Or does it even matter? Life is so fragile that if a bus hits me while I’m crossing the street I will die and everything…
"Ready to die 2"Friend: Why do you travel? Bruno: I don’t travel, I’m always in Taipei. Friend: So why did you travel before, were you trying to find something? Bruno: Not really, but you know sometimes you pretend you are looking for something, but actually you just want to have fun looking for it, if you find or not doesn’t really make any difference. Friend: How’s that? Bruno: Well it’s like some people when you ask them while…
"Find an excuse"