#parcelling

When I look down from my apartment to the east I see this. A narrow alley which is nearly entirely filled with 'illegal' architecture. In the daytime the chairs in the little pocket of public space are usually taken by a few elder ladies that live in the surrounding buildings; at least, I suppose they live here.

But where does this urban shape come from? Browsing through historical aerial pictures and maps I found out that the curved path with the T-crossing stems from old small scale farmlands. Those lands have been incorporated by the expanding city during the Japanese rule of Taiwan which spanned between 1895 and Japan's defeat in the Second World War.

The second image shows the development of my building block. In 1934 Japanese family houses announced the approach of the city starting from the large road (Roosevelt Road) outwards into the farmlands.

♡ thank you!

i have small wrists, which i like a lot :)

i think my eyebrows are quite ok hah!

i always try to help people in every way possible, even when i know i cant do anything (i feel bad if i cant help)

i dont like to gossip or say bad things about people (its kicked my arse several times if i have)

i dont judge people by their looks or actions, and im always polite and nice, even if they are rude to me

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