Oddities

There are some things here that I'd really love to take a photo of and post. Someone in the lane near us died. Outside the house of the deceased are what appear to be two freakishly large wedding cakes, each about two metres tall. In fact they are what can only be described as 'monuments' set for the deceased made entirely of soft drinks in cans and paper flowers. Each 'wedding cake' has six tiers with each tier seperated by fluorescent green and yellow paper flowers. Each tier is made up of a particular drink. They must use rounds of foam as the tier and to stick the drink cans on. The bottom tier is three drinks high of for example, cans of green tea. The next tier is made entirely of cans of milk tea. The next, cans of asparagus juice, and so on and so forth (the variety of drinks in Taiwan is astounding, I just used those three as an example). At the top of the highest tier a great big bright yellow or green paper flower is placed. It's quite the most bizarre thing you have ever seen and I'm not sure if you can even picture it. Can you imagine it? These huge things on the street by the front door, made entirely of cans of drink. We drove by it today and I lamented the fact I didn't have my camera on me. I was then told that these things were put out in respect for someone deceased and wouldn't I be the oddity stood there taking a picture of it? So, there I was put in my place. Hence, no picture. You'll just have to use your imagination.