burning wishes

Posted by e. (New York, NY, United States) on 8 April 2008 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio.

My mom and godmother took me to a Taiwanese opera, which I didn't manage to capture because I felt it would be rude to the performers to hear clicking come from the audience. We arrived a little early though, and since the opera house was in Ximen Ding, a popular shopping center, we wandered around a little. They went to visit the shrine that they apparently always stopped by when they were little. It was a beautiful small shrine that managed to keep its charm and antiquity amidst the bustling and booming commercial center of Taipei. They had the some of the most beautiful prayer candles I had ever seen, so I couldn't resist snapping off a shot.

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Photo taken in Taipei, Taiwan on December 18, 2007.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. - Albert Einstein

Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. - Shawshank Redemption