Unable to get out of bed or move, he and the several grandfathers who were his roommates would sing pao songs. And so his collection includes three that he learned at the naval hospital. "Funny songs are a balm for the blues," one always-smiling grandpa told Hong.
在不能下床、不能走動的情況下，他就和同病房的幾位阿公們動起嘴巴對起褒歌來，筆記裡於是出現了三首採集於海軍醫院的褒歌。