Favouring Kaohsiung / 就是愛高雄
Favouring Kaohsiung
Text & Photos by Sandra Ou
Brett is from Canada and has been living in Taiwan for about thirteen years. He initially worked in Taipei before coming to Kaohsiung. In comparison to Taipei, Brett prefers the warm climate, less frequent rainfall, and friendly citizens of Kaohsiung. Furthermore, the fact that Kaohsiung is much closer to Kenting than Taipei is made Brett's choice of settling in the south even easier.
Brett worked as an English teacher for more than eleven years, in which time he gained invaluable knowledge and experience. Four years ago, he and his wife, who enjoys cooking very much, decided to open a unique restaurant. All the dishes on the menu are created by Brett's wife, in which some of the most popular ones are bagels, pasta, and fried rice.
Climbing Chaishan is one of Brett's favourite leisure activities. Brett usually jogs within the mountains twice a week, and if time permits, Brett runs from as far as the National Sun Yat-sen University to Chaishan whilst enjoying the scenery along the way. Besides Chaishan, Brett has already hiked throughout fourteen mountains within Taiwan, not to mention hiking up Mt. Jade three times. In whatever other free time he has when not running the restaurant, he likes to see a movie or walk around Fo Guang Shan.
After living in Kaohsiung for numerous years, Brett hopes that the city's air pollution problems can be improved. He hopes that one day there is an abundance of blue sky and white cloud like the images he's used to seeing back home in Canada. Despite this, Brett feels that Kaohsiung has undergone significant improvements in the past ten years. For example, there are more and more parks for Kaohsiung Citizens to walk around in and relax. Furthermore, there have been improvements in the traffic flow and the exhaust control of scooters within the past 10 years, which makes life easier for pedestrians. In relation to the Kaohsiung MRT project, Brett is very supportive and is looking forward to it being completed, in which time Kaohsiung will have made even greater leaps and bounds forward.
就是愛高雄 文、攝影/歐陽萱 Brett從加拿大來台已近13年了。剛來台灣的時候,先是在台北工作了一段時間,然後在因緣際會下,來到了高雄。由於喜愛高雄溫暖又不常下雨的氣候,友善的市民,再加上離墾丁不遠,於是Brett選擇了留在高雄工作。 Brett在台灣當了11年的英語老師,擁有豐富的教學經驗,四年前決定和喜歡下廚的老婆開一家別於一般咖啡廳的餐廳,餐廳裡的每一道菜都是由Brett的老婆研發的,其中最受歡迎的包括有貝果、義大利麵和炒飯。 在高雄,Brett最喜愛的休閒活動是爬柴山,如果時間允許,Brett會從中山大學一路跑上柴山,然後再慢慢欣賞沿路風景下山,像這樣一個星期跑2次,是Brett的最大享受。除了柴山,Brett已經征服過台灣14座高山,其中,玉山就上去過3次了呢!因為生意繁忙,其他空閒時間,Brett也喜歡去看電影或到佛光山散步放鬆心情。 在高雄居住多年,Brett期許高雄的空氣問題還要再加加油,希望有天也能在高雄看到在加拿大常見的藍天白雲。不過這10年來,他深深的感受到高雄市的進步。例如,公園越來越多了,讓高雄市民有更多散步及休憩的地方,還有交通秩序及摩托車的廢氣管制也比過去10年良好許多,讓行人可以更容易的行走往來。至於正在興建的高雄捷運,Brett也給予最大的肯定和期待,因為他相信未來的高雄一定會更好。 |