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Day 1

Dusk, Taimali.

Island Etude

Day 2, me and my bike swept up the wind of the Pacific.

Go!

Hey pal! Where're you going?

Go for it! Come on!

Lad, where're you going?

Are you shy?

Give me a pose!

Found it?

I want a small road!

Over there?

Across the rice paddy. Nice sceneries.

Is it far?

I think we've been there before.

Close means far with you guys.

I'm serious. I want a clean location.

No electric pole. Is there any?

Hey Lad! Go!

Hey Lad! Go!

Lad! Wait up!

It's you again.

I saw you back there.

You're... special.

Have some breakfast.

Let's have breakfast.

You sure are tough!

Pretty woman is eating!

Ate yet? What do you want?

I ate already.

Really.

What are you? Oversea Chinese?

I'm Taiwanese.

Taiwanese? Are you kidding me?

No. I just can't speak very clearly.

Ke, get him an egg pancake.

Here. An egg.

Egg pancake, not an egg!

Egg pancake!

Your hair's a mess.

Where are you going?

Stop it!

Chiao Hsi.

Chiao Hsi.

Chiao Hsi. Toady?

It's pretty far from here.

Taitung to Yilan...

...almost 300 kilometers.

Mountain roads all the way to Hualien.

Jesus Christ!

Stop fooling around.

Naughty boy.

It's okay.

Wherever I can go is fine.

I'll be back to Kaohsiung for sure.

What?

Look.

Kaohsiung? Where did you start?

Kaohsiung.

Riding along coastal roads around the island?

You need a better bike to make the trip.

It's good enough.

If it broke I'll drag it along.

Come on.

You carry a backpack and a guitar.

They're heavy enough, plus a bike?

What do you play with your guitar?

I'm practicing.

Chord fingering practice.

Thank you.

What is this?

The four basic chords.

I'm telling a story about a girl

who's always had a dream.

She wants to open a cafe

by the sea of East Coast.

While she's looking for location

she meets...

...a magician with a dove...

...and a unicyclist who's a clown.

Weird, isn't it?

Why these two guys?

That's a great metaphor.

The magician's dove forgets how to fly.

It needs the wind of the Pacific to fly.

And the clown on a unicycle...

...is always looking for his missing wheel.

He too needs the wind of the Pacific

to let him keep riding.

Got it?

So everything is about Wind.

About Wind and Freedom.

That's why your hair is like this.

Easy... Is this okay?

Okay, don't close to her.

Just like this... Don't you wear that...

Tropic of Cancer

Oh, shit...

Oh, come on...

Don't be afraid to love.

You traveling?

Nice bike!

Blue tooth earphone?

Latest model?

No.

Nah?

What is it?

Hearing aide.

Hearing aide?

You need to wear this to hear me?

Damn, cool!

Let me try it.

Let me try it! Come on!

I lend you mine. You lend me yours.

Come one, I want to listen.

Thanks a lot!

It's loud!

Cool, man!

Oh, shit!

Fuck, what the fuck!

Honk my ass!

Messing with me?

Hey pal, where you going?

Where are you going?

Hualien.

Hualien?

I know the way. Follow me.

Come on! Hurry up!

Keep up! Keep up!

When I ride a bike

I hate car drivers.

But if I drove a car

I'd hate bikers like you.

Yes, I will go there.

Me too!

But no way.

I'm half way there.

You asked me to go.

Riding a bike.

None of your business.

See!

You should've given me a spare key.

Now what should we do?

You don't give me your key

'coz you didn't want me to know.

Right? Tell me!

Hello? Hello?

Don't be mad. Life's a drama can't you see.

By fate we meet.

Staying together isn't easy.

Hold on to this for me.

I need to see my mom. Got to go now.

You're going to Hualien, right?

Don't look for a place to stay.

Just crash at my mom's place.

Hold on to it.

Please! It will be broken if it get wet.

Put it on your bag!

Today and tomorrow's Hualien

will experience heavy thunderstorm.

Please be prepared when you go out.

Mountain region must be alert...

Hey lad, get in!

We'll give you a lift.

Plenty of seats. Get in.

Come on. Get in.

Did you hear me?

Trying to prove himself.

Just get in the car.

Lad!

Wait up

Stop for a second.

Where you going? You'll be exhausted.

Slippery road. When we drove by

you're all dark. It's dangerous.

After the next turn not a single streetlight.

No houses. Nothing.

Take a break.

Water. Jade, get him some water.

Didn't you say no riding at night or in rain?

Where're you going now?

Where is the flashlight?

Tape it on the bike.

Going to Hualien. Give back his cell phone.

Cell phone?

What cell phone?

It's just a cell phone.

Get in. We'll drive you to Hualien.

This is too dangerous.

The road is wet. You're all dark.

There's nothing here. Too dangerous.

Why are you so persistent?

It's raining!

Look, you can't ride in this condition.

See, it's raining now.

Come upstairs.

Tsun, your friend is here.

What's wrong with you? Your friend's here.

Stop playing video game. Come out now.

Welcome.

You're not wearing slippers?

Let me get you a pair.

What were you doing?

What took you so long?

I called you a hundred times.

Here. Put these on.

Watch your attitude. So many calls.

Be nice to him.

Let him take a shower then eat something.

Stop making calls. Take him to the shower.

This boy has no manner at all.

Lily, it's Tsun.

Who memorizes cell phone numbers?

Had a rough day?

Tired?

Listen, all those food is for you.

We ate already. Come.

Go take a shower first.

Thank you.

Still yapping on the phone?

You're a grown man. Treat your guest right.

What's wrong with you?

My mom's scolding at me.

Lousy luck. Always bet on the wrong one.

Don't worry, I have the money.

Don't come over. My son's here.

I'll go over later.

Here's NT $20,000 You'll be in the army next week.

What do you need money for?

Why? Becoming stingy all of the sudden?

What's wrong? Losing today?

Take this to your dad tomorrow.

Tell him to sign and stop putting it off.

Come on, it's not my business.

You want a divorce, do it yourself.

It was your dad...

The letter I sent him was returned.

I'll see how long he can hide.

Are you in a hurry to remarry?

What are you talking about?

You better go into the army soon.

Stop sitting around doing nothing.

Right! You just want me to go away.

You don't want to serve in the army?

It's only a year and a half.

I served your dad over 20 years.

Finally getting discharged now.

I'd get a divorce long ago if not for you.

Shut up!

What? If don't want me here

why did you bring me back from Canada?

Quiet! Your friend is here.

Stop yelling.

If I didn't bring you back from Canada

you'd already die on the streets.

Why did you leave me alone there?

Why?

I didn't want to either.

It was your dad...

Go check on your friend.

I'm going out.

Decide for yourselves

who gets to sleep in the bedroom.

He's your friend. Take care of him.

Fuck!

Tsun, I'm going out.

Did you hear me?

Sorry about all this.

Exhausted... Sleeping in the house So safe. So warm.

Day 3, Suao-Hualien Highway

Excuse me.

There's nobody there.

Nobody's there. Do you know how to get to Hualien?

Hualien.

Let me write it down.

Thank you.

Hualien.

I need to take a train there. Like this.

To this place.

Yeah, this place.

Hualien.

You know the place.

Excuse me.

How do you get to Hualien?

Please wait a second.

Five in the afternoon. Too late!

Is there a quicker way that's better?

Quicker way...

There's a north-bound train at 2:12.

My suggestion is...

...take this train to Nanao and transfer the Chu Kuang Train.

You mean from Nanao...

Take the north-bound ordinary train to Nanao.

Transfer the express train to Hualien.

It's quicker this way Quicker.

OK. I understand. Thank you.

First time here?

You still have some time to kill.

I suggest taking a walk on the beach.

The beach?

The beach is near here.

A lot of railway enthusiasts

would come here to look at the sea.

You can spot dolphins if you're lucky.

Schools of dolphins in the sea.

It's a pretty sight.

You can check it out.

I'll call you when the train arrives.

My country has no mountains.

There're mountains everywhere here.

What's that?

Cement factory.

I want a picture with it.

I travel around the world to work.

Every time is like a travel.

My name is RUTA, from Lithuania.

Went to Taipei a month ago to work as a model.

Taipei is a special place.

I like the people you see in your travel.

They all look so light, like they're flying.

Come on, come with me. Come.

Ok, I can't hold it anymore.

You like rhythm...

You play the guitar?

Can you play for me?

Like a heart...

Heart of Love.

We all come into this world

traveling alone.

Even with a companion we would go our separate ways.

In 1938 during Japanese occupation

a Japanese teacher was enlisted.

Some students went down the mountain

to send their teacher back to Japan.

It was autumn. Autumn typhoon was fierce.

Lightening striking, torrential rain pouring.

There was a terrible flood.

It destroyed the bridge.

A girl named Sayon

fell off the bridge

into the river and was washed away.

Touched by the story

Taiwan's Governor built a memorial bell.

It was called the Bell of Sayon.

The story became Yilan's famous legend.

But this bell...

Is it the one built by the Japanese?

No way! That one was gone!

This is a replacement.

Different from the original one.

I have to explain this to you guys.

Strong wind blowing, hard rain pouring

Who was that beautiful young girl

Walking across the bridge?

She was the fair maiden Sayon.

Peikuan, The farthest place from where I started

RUTA told me: I was not necessary the one,

If it wasn't me, someone else would be here.

'Temptation' by Czeslaw Milosz

Day 4, Turtle Mountain Island

Sir, where is bridge on this picture?

I've never seen it before.

This is the old Break Wave Bridge.

It looked like this before it was rebuilt.

Have you seen the Bridge before?

So it used to look like this.

I heard those who study the history and culture of Badoutzu

hated the opening of our Museum of Marine Biology.

Why? Really?

They say once the museum opens

the culture of Badoutzu would be destroyed.

Fishing villages will turn into

convenient stores, cafes and resort hotels.

I have a different opinion.

Once the Museum is complete

it can bring tourist here and educate them about the history.

Residents will have better and cleaner environment.

Development is very important, right?

I think this is a good chance

for the residents here

to preserve their culture,

starting from now.

Why looking at me like that?

Are you reciting textbook?

You're too naive. This is impossible.

Don't you know?

When Taipower left here in 1981,

They torn down the two symbolic chimneys

of Northern Thermo power Plant.

Without them, the power plant is nothing.

Just a square box.

Cultural preservation? That's silly!

Let me telling you, in the last 20 years,

whenever the power plant was mentioned,

all the politicians and opportunists

started to fight for it, trying to get rich.

Talk is cheap.

Cultural preservation?

Preservation my ass!

Don't talk about politics.

Ben doesn't like to hear about it.

Ben, looking at the sea? Come here to eat.

Let's eat. Don't talk about boring politics.

Have you heard?

In the power plant

when Japan surrendered WWll,

some Japanese technician wouldn't leave.

They committed the seppuku suicide.

Really? It's true.

Horrible! The old guy from next door told me.

This is my intestines. This is my liver.

Scary! Who'd want to take the nightshift?

Scary? What are you scared of?

Everyone is scared of you.

Here's your liver!

Outsiders only know how to talk nonsense.

Did we say something wrong? Your fault.

He heard what you said.

I didn't say about the Japanese.

You've offended the people of Keelung.

Northern Thermo power Plant Museum of Marine Biology Construction Site

I will let it go.

Can you?

Come on!

Slowly...

You draw very well.

I'm so sorry! Thank you! You're welcome.

Let me draw for you, okay?

Did you thank him? Yes!

This place is great, isn't it?

Did you go up to Badoutzu Seaside Park?

It's even better there!

You talk too much. Aren't you thirsty?

No, I have to tell him.

Riding up there is too exhausting.

From here you can see the glorious sunrise.

At dusk, the twilight looks so tender.

The sun will set on the other side.

In Taiwan, only in Badoutzu

can you see sunrise and sunset in one day.

If you miss it you'll regret it.

You have to go up there and see it.

Or else you'd waste your time here.

It's beautiful enough down here.

What do you know?

Look at Break Wave Bridge.

All painted in red,

losing its original flavor.

Yeah, yeah. Original is better.

You brought your original girlfriend here.

Very romantic, right?

Nonsense!

She's just a classmate.

We went to school together.

That's all.

I used to live in Lian Tung.

After moving to Badoutzu,

for almost six months,

I had to go back to Lian Tung for class.

Mom took me to the train station everyday.

Back then,

when the sun came up,

I could see the sea

glittering with sunlight.

Mom walked me across the railway

and through the tunnel to the station.

If we heard the train approaching from afar

Mom would say: Hurry! Hurry!

I would keep running

through the tunnel.

As I turned, Mom would still be there...

On the other side,

going further and further away.

On the top... Look!

Did you see the boats?

Get down! Don't climb so high.

I'll call you back.

Get down...

Dad will get you.

Naughty boy!

Did you see her

after transferring school?

Whom?

Your little girlfriend!

Still thinking about that?

Yeah, afterward...

Wednesday's off, so I would go back

and helped grandpa take showers,

gave him messages and nice things to eat.

But one time...

I saw her with an old classmate.

Were you mad?

Jealous?

Jealous, I guess.

How could you be jealous?

Jealous of whom?

We were just kids. Who'd remember?

Here, have a drink.

You worked pretty hard, too.

In the morning,

the sun's golden rays glitter on the ocean.

Thousands of seagulls came out for food,

fighting over a tiny fish or bread crumbs.

Shrieking and shouting. No one would budge.

Jonathan was disgusted by it.

Jonathan is the name of a seagull.

He left them behind, practicing flying alone,

pursuing an ideal...

Dad, what are you reciting?

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

You'll read it when you get to sixth grade.

Jonathan is a very special seagull.

He'd rather be alone pursuing his ideal.

Practices alone. Ignores other's ridicule.

His only hope is to fly higher,

farther and with style.

Miss Liu? Excuse me.

A young man on bike passes through.

He wants to stay at our school for a night.

Let him sleep in classroom 2A.

Noisy, isn't it?

Like a choir singing.

Did you hear anything?

Listen more carefully.

Did you hear something wonderful?

What is it?

The sound of waves.

It's very special here.

Sorry, I don't hear very well.

Sorry.

It's windy. Let's get in.

Walking by the shore

Sitting at the foot of Hackberry tree.

Listening to the stories of wind.

He's a student in our class,

graduating this year.

I was really worried about him.

But when I look at you,

perhaps...

I don't need to worry too much.

You can do a lot of things...

...that even I can't do.

Eat the noodles while they’re hot.

Still working this late?

Come and look!

Their art works.

They... come here.

Sit down.

They picked pebbles on the beach to make murals.

You can visit our school in the morning.

It's very nice.

Tell us what you think.

Your class is graduating?

I'm graduating with them this July.

I'm retiring.

I want to make a special gift.

For them.

To be my own memento as well.

I also asked my good friend Miss Ji

to write a song 'Wind of Taiwan Strait'.

Mixed with the sound of waves here,

I think it would be great.

Miss Liu.

You're too young to retire.

Actually...

I don't want to leave here

and the kids.

But now I have a chance to retire

and receive a monthly pension.

So that's it.

Is your school on vacation?

Why can you take this trip?

I took a leave of absence.

Just for a round-island trip?

Something you don't do now, you'll never do.

You mean...

after I retire,

I could do the things I wanted to do?

Thanks for the encouragement.

How's traveling alone?

Is it fun?

It's okay.

You're carrying a guitar.

Can you...

You like music.

Actually, I play by watching...

The notes... I can't play them right.

I understand.

You're playing guitar for yourself.

As long as you're happy, right?

Clear blue sky

Emerald green mountains

Sound of mountain streams

In my childhood

In this beautiful homeland

Surrounded by all the pretty flowers

This is my home

My home on the mountainside

Whenever I'm happy

sad or troubled

I would yearn for your embrace

Playing guitar

is like banging inside a box

or like an unfinished musical note.

When I play music, I wouldn't feel alone.

Therefore...

music gives you a sense of security.

Let me play for you.

Alright.

Now?

Day 5, Linkou

The sound of waves is like a dialogue with me A kind of breathing...

You girls are lucky.

It was raining there but sunny here.

Mr. Wu, tell me.

Why do you take us to a waste disposal plant for lunch?

Don't worry. It's clean and beautiful here.

Before garbage becomes garbage, it's fresh.

Listen up! Let's take an hour break here.

Enjoy the view while having lunch.

When nature calls, restroom's over there.

I have to baby-sit my grandson at four.

No problem.

Afternoon is free time.

If you want to go home or do something else

I'm at your service.

Do you know what sea is this?

No?

Come on. It's Taiwan Strait.

Look to your right.

Taiwan's famous product.

Rice dumpling.

You can't eat that!

They're wave breakers with rebar inside.

Strong waves would've eroded the shores.

Lots of solutions, but people are lazy.

Simplest way is plant some rice dumplings.

But there's a problem.

It's hard to get to the ocean.

Is that a dead duck? No!

You'll be stuck trying to walk down there.

When your grandsons grow up

they will think these things are sea creatures,

not knowing they're man-made.

Handsome!

Take a picture for us.

Another one!

Did you smile?

Another one.

Great! Let's eat.

Your lunchboxes.

These are yours. Thanks!

There's an extra one.

This is mine.

Here! Go ahead and take it!

This is from them. Refuse or be punished.

Come on, take it!

No decent restaurant around here.

Go ahead and eat.

They're funny but also super smart.

They know when their boss will be back from China.

So they bring a banner to protest.

Their boss is heartless.

Closing the factory without warning.

Not a penny of pension for them.

They started working in the factory...

...when they were 18, some even younger.

Worked for their whole lives.

The factory's closed, they're out of works.

When the boss's back they would go

protest half a day, the other half...

...is free time, so I take them on a tour.

They think of this as a class reunion.

Keep up their friendship.

They've grown too old after all these years.

Can't work on the sewing machine anymore.

Can't even put the thread through.

So we usually give them half price off.

Protesting is not bad.

They're not young anymore.

Having some hope is better than nothing.

What? Too much pressure?

Sometimes I think someone like us...

who makes music or paints graffiti

want others to understand us.

But other times don't want to be understood.

Or else it would be lame.

But it's lonely without other's understanding.

Same with this guitar. Why think so much?

Just play it!

A string's broken, so what?

Or you just suck. I don't know...

I saw you

You came to me

With a sincere tone to ask me are you alright

But I close my eyes to see

Every time I went out to see

Sometimes people get crowded

but don't know what to say

Too many times

Already cry no tear

Maybe I am getting used to it

I am so scared

I am so scared

I am so scared

This eyes contact

This eyes contact

I don't know

I am not sure

Chang Hua, grandpa's house

Grandma, let me do it.

How did you get here?

On a bike? Yeah.

From where?

Kaohsiung.

That far?

Have you eaten?

Not yet.

You must be hungry. Put these down.

Ming.

Grandpa.

What happened to your hair?

Wouldn't recognize you on the street.

I heard you're taking a round-island trip.

Aren't you graduating? You got time?

Still got a few more months.

Roads are better now, not like before...

It was rough.

Really?

Been a long time since you were here.

Come worship the ancestors.

Round-island trip.

That's nice.

Your grandson's fast asleep. Come again.

Why didn't you tell me you were coming?

I didn't know, so I went out.

What does this mean?

What?

These words?

I wrote them.

A long time ago.

You were such a cute kid.

But no one knows

why couldn't you hear.

So there were rumors

saying...

your parents or our ancestors

must have done something bad

that made you this way.

Look how cute you were.

Especially this one.

You see...

One time

I went to a sanatorium to visit a friend.

Most of the patients were disabled.

I believed their parents

must have gone through the same thing.

On the wall of the sanatorium

I saw these words written by a monk.

All rights and wrongs end here. Take Buddha's kind heart with you

I thought these words made sense.

So I wrote them on the wall.

Everything's alright now.

All the bad things have passed.

You're graduating from college soon.

Thanks to Buddha.

Our village will prosper this year.

Baishatun's Matsu Goddess came here.

Our village will be peaceful this year.

Sure is. There wasn't a fixed route.

Traveling 500 kilometers in 9 days.

We're following Matsu to Peikang tomorrow.

There'll be 7 tour buses to welcome her back.

Village Master.

Drink some tea!

Boss.

Rubber band.

Are you back for the worship?

No. I'm taking a round-island trip.

Round-island trip?

How? By walking?

No! He rides a bike!

You rode from Kaohsiung to Chang Hua?

No. He rode to Tai Tung, then Taipei

and then all the way here.

You're good.

Remember?

Who taught you how to ride a bike?

I did.

Now he's riding around the island.

Nonsense. You were only teasing him.

No way.

Look!

Rubber band! There's more...

Move our scalps.

Aren't we funny?

Yeah.

Stop it! Tomorrow morning

are you following Matsu on her route?

You said you'd come but you never showed!

I did! I registered last year, too.

But we never saw you.

My feet hurt.

Really. I have gout. Look!

That's because you drink too much beer.

Beer is a painkiller.

I'm serious! I ain't lying!

I bought new clothes, a new hat

even a pair of new shoes.

Keep drinking if you're not afraid of pain.

I'm only short of one thing.

What?

It's tough riding everyday.

This is for you.

Don't give up!

Goddess Matsu is traveling. No diary today

Day 6

Ming, here. Something for the road.

Give it to me!

Let's go!

Be careful. Come back often.

Bye, grandma.

Take care!

Ride slowly.

This is Matsu's talisman. Put it on.

Don't lose it.

It's coming!

From here. Not there.

Firecrackers

So many people.

The road is long and far...

Day 7, Yunlin

Sir.

Where is a repair shop?

Bicycle repair shop.

To 3 kilometers.

Is it far?

Very far.

Can I walk there?

It's too far!

Please stop!

Sir!

Sir!

My bike's broken.

Bike's broken.

Tire's busted!

Thank you!

It's a different size.

Different?

I'll give it a try.

No!

It's okay.

I've been helped before.

It's nice to be able to help others.

Been traveling?

How many days?

Seven days.

Seven days?

You're going around the island, too?

Northeastern monsoon... this direction.

Carrying a guitar. You're tougher than me.

I rode against the wind once. Exhausting!

I'm riding around the island, too. Back to Hsinchu today.

When I ride on the West Coast each year,

I would always take this road.

Look at how well the Horsetail trees grow.

As you ride towards the south,

you'll pass by Hou Mei Village.

The horsetail trees there were beautiful.

In recent years, not anymore.

Eroded by salty soils from sea shore,

turning yellow and dry.

A bike rider can always see the best

and the worst.

For the longest time,

we believe men can conquer nature.

The more we take from mother nature,

the more prices we have to pay.

Coastal lines are severely eroded,

making the island thinner and thinner.

Our land is disappearing gradually.

Let's take a break.

It's nice here, huh?

I'll ride north.

You'll ride south.

Your bike is alright.

Shouldn't be any more problem.

I want to ride some more here.

Here.

We didn't ride on this road, right?

Alright. I understand.

Anyway... thanks you.

Haven't ridden with someone for a long time.

I used to ride with a friend a lot.

He bought me a bike.

We rode to...

Alishan, Taiwan.

Even France...

Went to see Tour de France.

With this bike?

Not this one. No.

That one was stolen.

His best friend Shuen Cheng Shih died on June 22, 2004

while trying to save a drowning student on Northern Seashore.

I don't know!

I'm not sure!

I can't tell.

What's real?

What's fake?

Eventually, one has to go back to where he comes from.

Kaohsiung

Lad, reach out your hand.

Come on, how about a pose?

You've fulfilled your dream!

Tell me your story.

I'll make a movie about someone riding a bike around the island.

Don't give up!

I started my round-island bike trip in the spring of 2006.

6:00AM Starting from Kaohsiung Day 1

Starting Day 1

Taitung, Taimali.

Do you like them?

They are very nice. Thanks!

There're more inside. All made by my grandpa.

Your grandpa? He's upstairs.

Really.

He's from Tianjin. I forgot his name.

During the Sino-Japanese War

Japan navy had an important battleship.

He flew his plane along with himself

into it's chimney

and blew it up.

Grandson, who's up there?

He came to see grandpa's sculptures.

This is my son. He served on Matzu Island.

Matzu Island?

Yes. My other son lives in Kaohsiung.

This is him in an army uniform.

Matzu Warrior... that's him.

How about the one in the back?

This isn't conformed by any form.

What I mean is... this sculpture

This part wasn't carved but originally like this.

The head...

is a general I once knew.

I saved his life. He was shot 7 times in the buttock.

I saved him,

so I made this sculpture.

As a commemoration.

This is my daughter.

Her mother is a aborigine.

I don't know how to carve her face

so she looks a bit old.

She's actually quite young.

It was my fault.

Couldn't help it. I didn't tell her.

My skill is not good enough.

So she looks a bit old.

Mr. Wang, which one do you like best?

This one.

This one is my father. The other one is my mother.

Really.

Can I take them down and look?

Sure.

Go ahead.

This is my mother.

This is my father.

I made this for Mother's Day.

15 years ago.

Carving plus varnishing took me half a month.

The words on the back are gone.

I can't help it.

Mother's Love.

What's the meaning of the flowers?

I really miss my mother

so I was giving her flowers.

On Mother's Day.

The flowers a son gave to his mother.

Loving mother...

You only have one mother in the world!

It's very nice.

Not really.

But it represent my thought.

I'm not a professional sculptor.

Whenever I have an idea,

I would make a sculpture.

Mr. Wang's originally from Mainland China. He considers Taiwan his second homeland.

This is also musician Kimbo's birthplace.

The original piece of clothing

The first sound of calling

The original homeland

The earliest memory

Is the wind of the Pacific

Blowing gently

Blowing through all of me

The naked Child-Man

Like a new-born shroud

Breathing lightly

The vigorous life force

Blew on many people's faces

Before it blew on mine

The wind of the Pacific keeps blowing

The feeling of the primitive world

The world of the primeval feeling

The wind dances

over the vast expanse of the ocean,

wraps around the mountain peaks,

glides across the plains,

and up and down the slopes

blows into the beautiful village

The Pacific wind is still blowing

A first motherly touch,

a first awakening

The wind propels countless boats

across the ocean and into safe harbors

It shuttles across the beautiful strait,

and along the endless coastline

It blows across you and me,

playing the lively songs of the grasslands

The Pacific wind is still blowing

It carried with it an island-country air

carefree, regal, and plentiful

The Pacific wind is still blowing

The first feeling of peace

This film is dedicated to our biking buddy The teacher Mr. Shuen Cheng Shih