A Fish, Traveling to King’s Lake, a Poem

Traveled, to the, exotic, places, translated…

The Water on the Lakefront Pretended to be Quiet

Kept Rousing up those, White-Colored Waves around the Rafts

Collecting the Laughter of the Visitors

a photo taken by the poet, courtesy of UDN.com

Feeding to the Insomniac Fish in the Waters

The Sharpened Mountain Cliffs to the Side

Raised Up Those

Green-Colored, Feather Dusters

Clearing up the Clouds, the Fogs that Came Over the Mountaintops

Under the Watchful Eyes of the Setting Sun Sweeping Away

Carelessly, They’d, Swept at the New Moon Peeking in-Between the Mountains

With the Waterfall—Thump

Exposed that Fishhook Shaped Reflection on the Waters

a photo of the lake, off of the internet…

And so, this, is on the descriptive imageries that the poet had painted with the verses, the stanzas, which also showed, how we can, make what we see come to life for other, by the uses of our, words.

Working in a Small Town, in Exchange for a Stay, Seeing the Clear Blue Skies

Going to a brand new place, living life, naturally, from the Newspapers, translated…

The Old Residence in Lugang Became a Backpackers’ Inn, Brought Smiles that Money Can’t Buy

There are, a lot of people in Taiwan, who’d worked abroad, in exchange for a stay in other countries, actually, there are, programs like those here in Taiwan too. “Al’s Backpacker Inn” in Lugang, Changwha is one such place, an old-style mansion, with that strong scent of nostalgia to it; and, “The Backyard of the Skies” in Da-an Mountain Region in Zhushan, didn’t have any scent of the urbanization in its surrounding environment. These are both great places for those work-stay programs locally.

what the rooms looked like, photo from online…

And, this, is one of the cheapest ways to have an adventure, it’s close by, within this country, not too expensive, for the backpackers’ budgets, and, you have the opportunity, to live in the localities of the areas you’re in, experiencing a simpler way of country living, so, you ready, to go???

a place, with that country “feel” to it, away from the modernizations of the world…photo from online…

The Sunflower Shaped Streetlamps

Visiting to a landmark in the city of Taichung, translated…

Section two of the Freedom Road in Taichung had been, the first battle field for the local specialty item, the sun cakes, and now, there were, sun-shaped cute streetlamps installed on it, adding more life to the streets.

the landmark…from the newspapers.

The sun cakes was first made in the Qing Dynasty, back then, it was called, “malt cake” or “soaked cake”. As for why it came to be called “Sun cake” there are, different interpretations, some say, that it was, the round shape of the pastry, with the seal of the shops imprinted on it that made it looked like the sun. And there’s this three keys to good tasting sun cakes, “outer shells, thin, crispy, the fillings, soft.”, stressed that you can eat it dry, or, soak it up in hot water or milk, it’s all, delicious.

Because of the Sun Cake Pastry shop’s gained a reputation, the city of Taichung wanted Freedom Road Sec. 2 to have a new landmark, they’d used some thoughts, and, came up with sunflower-shaped street lamps.

The color of the lamp was from the real sunflowers, yellow, and green, and, the design, very simplistic, yet, still, elegant, with one sunflower, tilted, toward the skies, and two lamps that gazed downward, and the poles were carved, to add that little more elegance to them.

a photo of what that might look like, from online…

On the busy streets, the sunflower lamps not only helped the locals recalled the legends of the sun cakes, also added to the sights of the city as well.

So, this, is the history of a food item, and, the local government utilized the histories, and some creativity, and, beautified the streets, that just shows, how a little thought can go a very long way…