At the end of 2003 we watched as work on the project grew nearer and still there was no news on funding or sponsorship from overseas, with the increasing possibility that missing the fallow period of January-February each year would result in the village chief's fluorescent lights being unused for another year.
二○○三年底，眼看著預計開工的日子愈來愈近，但國外的經費贊助卻仍然沒有著落，而如果錯過了每年一到二月的農閒期，村長的日光燈座可能就得要再放上一年了。