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I did a lot of walking today. I did see some interesting stuff, but also had some frustrations. I tried to see the 2.28 Memorial Museum, but found it was closed. I did see the Presidential Building (and got scolded by a traffic guard when I accidentally started crossing in the wrong place) and the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial. The Museum of Contemporary Arts was closed, so I went up to the Fine Arts Museum. I couldn’t find it, though! I ended up wandering around the expo area. I came across it eventually, though, and saw a great exhibit of works by the photographer Huang Tse-Hsiu. The other big featured artist was Ai Wei-wei, and what I saw confirmed my opinion that it is lucky for him he knows how to stir up controversy, because he isn’t really much of an artist. That is to say, his sculptures are really nothing — just student work, but on a bigger scale. His photographs are nice, but often just of himself. I get the idea that he is pretty narcissistic.

OK — I got into a chat online and I’m too tired to write more, so that’s all for today.