What goes....whirr whirr whirr BANG!?...The answer, my scooter. If you are at all mechanically minded then you can have a good laugh at these photos of what is left of the scooters piston and cylinder. Said scooter was scrapped yesterday. 

The third photo is what I would like to ride around Taichung on....yeah...in my dreams.

Keep taking the tablets! Well a trip to the doctors is (as I have now come to expect) nothing like doing the same thing in the UK. Yesterday morning I wandered up to the nearest one, which is ten minutes walk from home. No appointment, I just walked in. I register, and then go in and see the doctor. No nasty receptionist (well if she was I didn't understand her) no waiting, no hassle. I get diagnosed, and then I'm given my prescription. Which gets filled out at the pharmacy across the street. And the tablets come in little sachets for each dose. And I couldn't be more pleased, I seem to have all varieties, green, blue, yellow and white, plus a triangular one. Wait! No red one....I need the red ones!!!

On the main road into down-town Taichung is the local government building. An impressive glass building with a huge TV screen often showing life in Taichung. But the other day, I noticed that someone was having a problem with their computer. And if you think your computer problems are annoying, at least your woes are not on show for the good people of Taichung.