At the same time, however, she has not had the opportunity to speak Hakka since coming to Kaohsiung, and there is no place in this big city where she can go to get in touch with her Hakka roots. She feels a lot like a tiny creek that has suddenly flowed into a big ocean--all sense of the creek is quickly disappearing into the vast expanse of sea.
然而，來到高雄這樣的都會區之後，找不到會說客語的同伴、也沒有寄託鄉情的地方，覺得自己的客家血液像涓流滴入大海，很快就要消失於無形了。