4 September 2006: Rao He St. Night Market

Taiwan is famous for its night markets. Knowing this, Francoise, Hisashi, Jasmine, and I went to the Rao He St. Night Market after dinner. This Night Market offers a smaller variety of goods than the popular Shilin, but Hisashi still managed to find a bag that he fancies and bought it after some haggling for NTD 10 off (largely at my pathetic efforts and Jasmine's).

I had spent about a week in Taipei, and realized that Taiwanese celebrities indeed rake big bucks in by their endorsements in various products, ranging from accessories to beverages. To date, I have seen Jacky Wu（吴宗宪）, Mike He（贺军翔）, Rainie Yang（杨丞琳) , Luo Zhi Xiang(罗志祥）, Jay Chou（周杰伦）, Jolin Tsai（蔡依林）, Wang Leehom（王力宏） and others in either commercial ads on TV or posters hung in stores and outlets. Here's Jacky Wu in some of the photographs displayed in shops and stalls:

Globalization and commercial interests in capitalism. What else is involved?