With Akuan ’ s forceful support, the choir from Dongpu Primary prepared to make the journey. Although the organizers in Thailand would provide room and board, Vox Nativa was required to come up with NT $ 700,000 for airfares. Liao had no experience with raising money, so she had no choice but to thicken her skin and approach colleagues and friends.
經由阿貫老師的大力推薦，東埔國小合唱團準備啟程，只不過全團師生的食宿雖由泰國招待，但自付的機票約要七十多萬元，從來不曾募過款的她，只好「靠一張老臉」向同事、好友開口。