Spectacles of the Shilin night market, Taipei
Shilin Night Market in Taipei. Vast array of food, clothes, accessories. Wear comfortable shoes, you have hours of walking to do.
We zeroed in on the eyeglass frames. Yes we have lots of eyeglasses, but we wear them all the time, never contact lenses, so we have an excuse. These glasses were selling for 250 New Taiwan dollars apiece (Php375); we asked for a discount and got 3 for 200 TWD each (Total: Php900; we didn’t haggle hard).
Voila, our new glasses. We’re taking these frames to our optometrist (Nella Sarabia, UP Shopping Center) to have prescription lenses put in. (Chus, want to have lunch?)
Anyone can buy these glasses, but we’re actually going to wear them. We’re going to wear them, and people will ask if they’re custom-made because “They’re so you.” Hah!
If we ever get a super-villain identity we already have the accessories.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
June 3rd, 2012 at 14:54
Surely Fuentes! When are you coming back?
June 3rd, 2012 at 22:21
Saw a Chinese lady wearing frames like the black one but with Hello Kitty sticking out from the upper left corner instead. hehe
June 4th, 2012 at 17:06
on the way to shilin, did you see the women by the side of the major roads, in airconditioned glass booths, in bikini, selling nganga (betelnut)?