My little brother, who reads my blog from Taipei, recently mentioned my "photograph of the month" sabbatical. So in light of that passive aggressive nudge, I respond. This photograph was made while I was visiting my brother this past January. Balancing on the back of my aunt's scooter at 50 km/h, I was confronted with the ever mounting tension between space and commercialism Taipei contends with as it pushes into the 21st century...and I clicked the shutter.