Tag：#Life Notes
I Did Not Choose to Be Single: I'm Just Waiting for a Girl Standing in an Autumn Alley
9/27/2026Confronted by persistent inquiries from friends questioning why I remain single and how impossible my romantic standards must be, Mizu Traveler offers a cinematic confession reminiscent of a Hayao Miyazaki storyboard. From white cotton dresses and pastel-yellow straw hats to cobblestone alleys drenched in coffee aromas and towering ancient trees.
Taipei Veterans General Hospital Food Tour (Satirical): A Caregiver's Survival Stroll in Shipai
9/26/2026When my father was hospitalized in a private ward at Taipei Veterans General Hospital for orthopedic surgery, adult siblings took turns staying overnight. While dad ate bland clinical broths, the caregiver switched into survival mode for a culinary safari.
Racing Across East, Central, West, and North in Two Days: A Mountain-Crossing Road Trip Covering Eight Counties
9/26/2026Chronicling a wild 973.9-kilometer, two-day road trip across eight counties in deep autumn 2005 with lifelong friend Chin-lung Lee in my beloved car 'Mizu-Ho'. From a hangover delay and Taipingshan's sudden closure, to gripping single-lane landslides along Central Cross-Island Highway branches and sleeping under starry skies at Fushoushan Farm.
The Long-Unseen Mountain: Reflections on Rhythm and Rapport When Hiking with a First-Time Companion
9/26/2026A few days ago, I walked a long-familiar mountain trail with a friend I'd known for years but had never hiked with. Mizuc talks about why he's always stubborn about his wilderness philosophy of 'never easily hiking with someone I haven't hiked with before,' and analyzes, from the three practical dimensions of starting off, rhythm, and order, how to dissolve the sense of mismatched paces when entering the mountains together, and rediscover the pure rapport between people and the mountains.
Life Notes: Those Days I Lost Myself in the Library
9/26/2026Recalling the astonishment and obsession of encountering a genuine modern library at sixteen. From wolfing down bento boxes in study halls and playing hide-and-seek amid towering labyrinthine bookshelves, to cataloging read lists. Mizu Traveler explores that youth steeped in paper and light, and how it forged a lifelong philosophy of data management and spatial navigation.
The Mountain Walker's Stride: Practical Techniques for Hiking Steadily Without Slipping
3/29/2026Hiking is not just a test of stamina but a balancing art of constantly wrestling with gravity. This article covers how to adjust your center of gravity, your stride length, and the 'facing the slope' descent method for steep terrain, so your mountain paths feel steadier and more reassuring.
Why You Should Never Pack Books for Travel: Hard-Won Truths from a Round-Island Suitcase
2/7/2021Before departure, we romanticize travel evenings spent nestled beside books. Mizu Traveler, who finishes a book every few days, packed two heavy volumes for a round-island expedition. By the journey's end, they had been flipped open for barely a dozen pages on toilet seats. A searing reflection on pack weight versus physical reality.
Observation Diary of a Taiwanese Couple on Bangkok Bus No. 53
2/12/2018February 2018, on Bangkok Bus No. 53, the pair sitting ahead were probably a young couple from Taiwan: the woman propped her feet up on the front platform of the bus, the man wore patterned shorts that looked like boxer briefs, and the woman's traditional outfit had a mysterious big hole in the back—the author's 'public decency patrol' quietly kicked in.
Dorm Story: Bangs and Crashes in the Night—"Freeze! Move and I'll Shoot!"
7/19/2014During grad school I rented a run-down suite in Zhongli for just 1,500 a month. One night past ten, having packed up and about to drive back to my old hometown of Tamsui, a violent crash and a roar suddenly came from behind the house: "Freeze! Move and I'll shoot!" The Wanderer instantly killed the lights, held his breath, and hid in the pitch-black room through a night of police-manhunt terror.
Campus Mystery: The Disappearance of New Projectors from the Basement
8/3/2012A friend's whimsical request to find a 'camping-friendly outdoor projector' unexpectedly sparks memories of an enduring campus mystery: the summer an entire shipment of brand-new, unboxed high-end projectors vanished without a trace from the new building's basement.
