In Peitou at three in the afternoon, the sun is like an aging beauty. Though still bright, it has lost its heat. Flapping the curtain at the entrance of Peitou's 80-year-old public baths, gusts of wind take up clouds of sand, which soften the edges of the scenery behind them, making them look like a blurry old photograph.
午後三點多的北投，秋陽如遲暮美人般，雖然明亮，卻已褪去熱力；陣陣涼風迎面而來，揚起的風沙，將景物的輪廓染得薄薄浮浮，彷彿對焦不准的老照片，也掀動了北投公共浴場入口處具八十年以上歷史的帷簾。