Day 056 : Sun Moon Lake Video Editing

Spent the whole day sieving through footages and photos taken at Sun Moon Lake to compile a video of my recent trip there. There are 4 points of attractions at the lake and the quickest way to get to them is by boat. They are about a 10 – 15 minutes boat ride from each other.

We stayed at the small town of Shueishe and made a trip to Itashao, where the Sun Moon Lake cable car is to get an aerial view. The cable car leads to the Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village. If you don’t want to go into the theme park, there’s basically nothing else to do there. So I went in and stayed half a day there. I missed isiting the other attractions as a result.

That gives me a reason to go back to Sun Moon Lake again! For the meantime, I can relive the place through photos and videos…

Day 044 : Sun Moon Lake

Sunsets are always the most poetic time of the day for me. Unlike sunrises where a day has yet to unveil its potential, at sunset, I can look back at the day and reminisce how I’ve lived the minutes.

Because life passes so quickly. I want to milk every moment, every encounter. Perhaps that’s why I blog. To record my brief footprints on this vast and wondrous journey of life.

Today, I arrived at Sun Moon Lake. A very topographically picturesque destination in Taiwan but I received the news that one of my favourite Taiwanese singers, Feng Fei Fei (鳳飛飛) has passed away at age 60.

Yesterday, I heard news of Whitney Houston’s death. She’s only 48.

As I was shooting the sunset at Sun Moon Lake this evening, I can’t help feeling a tinge of remorse. The day leaves behind something so beautiful before darkness takes over. Doesn’t matter if the day had been warm and sunny or frosty and stormy. Rich or poor, famous or not, everything shall pass.

The sun and the moon will continue their ageless cycle. Not even the mountains and lakes can remain unchanged. Doesn’t matter if we are not eternal.

But our deeds flow on. Just like the big voices and talents of these 2 incredible women.