Monday25thJune07

I spent this morning in the top floor of a coffee shop, chilling out and watching the world pass by.

This place has served me well over the last few months, granting me refuge whenever I want it. A place to be unseen. Unfortunately it's a little far from the dorms, but it was always worth the trip.

The view isn't anything special, it overlooks a junction in a side street in Taipei, but it brings with it a constant stream of people going about their lives. I always wonder what they're thinking, where they're going, where they've been, and what life has in store for them next.

Today I was mostly just in wonder at the innocences of this place. It comes with all the usual perks of a big city, in that you need to be careful about leaving things lying around and there are lots more people to get lost in amongst, but this place is different.

As I was sitting wondering a young guy came and marked his territory on the table next to mine, leaving his bag there and disappearing back downstairs to get his coffee. Granted we were the only two people on the top floor, but where on earth would you do that? Maybe it was just naivety on his part, but it's not that first time I've seen this happen.

I wondered if it's maybe due to the lack of foreigners and tourists here, the people have remained relatively untainted. I'm not sure, but at the least it made me laugh. Maybe I just don't look like the sort of person who would steal a bag.