01. My Cousin Diway
"Diway, 26 years old, currently lives in the Xiaobitan Community along the Xindian River. Like many people of the previous or the same generation in the community who moved north, he came to Taipei with his friends to do construction-related work and live along the river bank... Diway and his friends have been exploring Fata'an Creek since they were young, making it into a place where you can play in the water and fish for shrimp. They learn by obtaining information from the elders, by observing changes in the terrain after each typhoon, and in recent years, by making extra efforts to avoid areas that have become tourist attractions."
This is a note I wrote shortly before the beginning of this project. My memories of Fata'an Creek, and my short involvement with the rivers were all mostly induced by my cousin Diway. When Diway was little, he often came home excitedly announcing his new fun water-dabbling spot. Later, in every stage of his life -- when he was away from home studying for baseball training; or when he began to work, and we both had jobs in Taipei-- he can always find time in his short return home, or in his brief resting moment after work, running to the riversides.