What’s wrong with this picture? Taipei second p…
What’s wrong with this picture?
Taipei second phase water restrictions to begin today
The Greater Taipei area enters the second-phase water restriction program with a 20 percent cutback in water supply to heavy users beginning today. The move has been adopted by the national anti-drought task force and the Taipei Water Co. to prevent a further deterioration in water supplies to the general public in northern Taiwan.
Now, what I want to know is, where the hell is all the water going? We’ve have more-or-less constant rainfall so far this year, so constant I think we’re going to go collectively insane from the sound of raindrops on tin rooftops. My guess is that some evil tychoon somewhere has come up with a plan to turn discarded egg-tarts and bad newspaper articles into pure titanium via a process that consumes tons and tons of water. Because I simply haven’t seen that many squeaky-clean cars (or people) around.
In other news, my publisher called me last night and said Next Magazine wants to interview me. I asked him if it sounded fishy, considering Next’s reputation, especially in view of the heightened level of sensationalism brought about by the Apple Daily. He said it wouldn’t be for a front-page story, just an interview of “interesting” (read: Bizarre) individuals. I also wonder if it has anything to do with the upcoming presidential elections, etc.
I suppose it couldn’t hurt too much to give it a shot; even if, in the worst-case scenario, they turn it into a nasty sensationalist disaster of a story, at least I’ll get a lot of rubbernecker sales.
