He remembers the Tienmu and Peitou of his youth as quiet places, where water buffaloes grazed along the roads, and front doors were left open. Today, when he gazes out the window of the Presidential Suite at the Regent Hotel, the dynamism of modern Taiwan is immediately apparent.
他依稀記得幼時在北投、天母一帶，看著牛車迆邐而過，家家戶戶門戶大開不以為意的純樸；而今呢，從五星級晶華飯店總統套房推窗一望，車水馬龍的生命脈動立刻襲來。