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Some people take short walks, some people sit down and think things through; some people play melancholic music and have it looped the whole day.

I have it rather big – I let what the world offered me at different junctions in life pull me together, and I’m sharing it here because I feel that whatever it is that pulled me up should be shared to pull people together.

It is really amusing that it took $2.1K to bring me to sense to certain issues that I’m facing. Taipei was amazing – rural and urban (more of the latter though) and the best part was the friendly people all around, including the company of friends that were around.

Most of these notes were based off the postcards that I bought and were actually meant for actual persons. I’ve changed some of these writings for the blog.

I hope that as I’m sharing these notes and messages, I pray that these will also offer comfort for anything that comes into your life – and that you will eventually get your release.

And to those who don’t understand a single thing – it’s just another blog post, yeah? Thanks for coming and all.

Taroko, Hualien

Hualien is one of the rare suburbs that I’d love to stay in – it’s bustling in activities when it should be and quiet when it should be also. Maybe it just shows the crack in my personality that I wouldn’t want to live in a place where there is no socio-impacted order; a quiet street of residencies should be quiet at night, unless there is a night market nearby.

My bed is total heaven as I’m writing this – no bumps, no hard edges, and I’m looking forward to everything more.

I know I’m definitely a city person when the peaceful waters of the gorge brought to me a calmness which I can’t comprehend. It was so blue, seemingly uninterrupted, so different from what I’ve seen before anywhere else, and possibly it’s the fresh air that is screwing up my brain. LOL.

We had a chance to be up-close to the stream and it was fantastic. The breeze was chilled like those blasts of cool air when you open a fridge, air was even fresher – bordering on intoxicating. Water was so cool that I wanted to just soak my feet in and just sit there for ages.

I hope to be this still even when I face difficult times in my life, and also be a relieve to the people around me – a stark contrast to the me now.

Parts of the gorge really reflected how the human spirit is – some are just eroded on the edges, some have collapsed (due to the force of stress) and the stream being this resilient constant that flows throughout the whole thing.

Some parts of the gorge took the shape of a toad and there was this part that was supposed to look like a face – these felt like the masquerades we put to on to mislead people to thinking that we ain’t falling apart, and it isn’t going too well.

Sky Lanterns

The sky lantern is a symbolic thing around, people will light these lanterns and make a wish before releasing it into the sky, the sight of it is simply beautiful.

We didn’t go there, though we mentioned it twice, but I can imagine the sight. It’s like stars up-close. And the warm, fuzzy feeling that you have done something good..

Dear XYZ,

Here’s sending you a million wishes to guide your way in your downs and ups, and may you finally find your happy ending also.

- Derrick

Yijing, Mao and I went to an exhibit “How To Own a Corner”, and I was captivated by the colours and the depth behind these pictures. I saw this postcard and bought it.

The guy who did these pictures is Jimmy Liao, the guy behind “Left Turn, Right Turn”, “Sound of Colours” and many more.

The text behind the postcard caught me:

“以前我以为，那些带给别人欢笑的人，从来不会有哀伤。
现在我才知道，有些人在最难过的时候还是会努力带给别人快乐。”

“I used to think that people who brought happiness to others were never sad.
Now I know that some people are still trying to bring happiness to others even when they are in the saddest moments.”

I wrote:

Dear XYZ,

You used to be my brightest joy, the one who I thought would be my release and my reverie where I can truly be myself. I thought we would be powerful together, but you made me feel like I couldn’t even take the lightness of being. I’ve been afraid of changing because I built my life around you, but time makes us bolder, and I have changed over this course and cause of boldness.

Now, all has changed and as the seasons tide over, I thank God I’m over this. You have been a really beautiful chapter and I wish you the best in life.

You might be going through your saddest moments in life, but never fret to know that I’m always there to stand by you and my friends around me. You may no longer be number one, but you will not be any lesser than my distant friends, or “the grieving ones”.

I bought you this postcard to serve as as a reminder that the world will still be coloured by the colours we deem them to be, and we are always updating the colours, and enjoying the sights.

Best wishes to your future without me!

Now your friend,
Derrick

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