A cable car that had stretched across Victoria Harbour had collapsed in front of our eyes. A tall supporting tower had fallen towards the water and crashed onto a platform in the middle of the waterway. We quickly made our way to the wreckage on our small boat and were relieved to find that no one had been injured.

We were lining up for a Genshin Impact “pre-roll” event in one of the classrooms on campus. However the event wasn’t about getting early access to upcoming content; we were here to collectively dream about the new banner (literally). It was this latter aspect that interested me most, I didn’t even play the game nor have it installed. I thought to myself that if I wasn’t into what was going on I could just voluntarily wake up.

I was watching Artosis play a round of TvT and the game had gotten to the point where both players were making nukes. His opponent had made multiple layers of walls with Supply Depots and it didn’t seem like the game was ending any time soon. Suddenly everyone’s units swarmed the middle of the map to jump into a rectangular void and ended the game in a draw.

I was hanging out with some friends at my place and we had decided we’d head out for the rest of the afternoon. I turned around to tell my parents that we likely wouldn’t be back for dinner. However we ended up chatting in the living room for so long that we were still in the house by the time we would’ve had dinner. I went into my room to roll a large ball of sticky tack.

My cousin and friend were in my room and we were watching something on our laptops in the dark. I could barely make out a phone conversation outside my door - something about links to Hamas and the Chinese government. When I took my earphones out, my friend said he got a text message and thinks that the landlady might want to talk to me. I told him I felt like I was about to pass out. “And I need to shower” I added. I stumbled around in the dark trying to get to my phone charger which was under the round coffee table at the foot of the bed. As I knelt down to plug my phone in I felt a foot pushing against by back, pinning my chest to the sofa in front of me. I couldn’t breathe.

I had agreed to participate in a sit-in protest but I didn’t realize until the day of that it was just me and a friend. It was early in the morning and I was handed a sleeping bag as I entered the room. The two of us sat in silence on the carpet of the large and mostly empty office while a staff member was at their desk in the corner. Before I knew it, hours had passed and they left for their lunch break. It dawned on me that it was the first day of class and I was utterly bored and likely wasting my time. I turned over to my friend to ask if he really intended to stay here the whole day but he was fast asleep.

I was about to leave the BnB when I saw a double cheeseburger in between two pieces of toast on the table. My dad said that it was for me but I’d need to heat it on the stove first. Apparently they had asked if I wanted it last night. I couldn’t believe that it was free from the restaurant they went to.

I had recently landed back in Taitung and I was making my way back to our farm. My dad and a couple family friends were clearing the tall grass that had covered up the road leading home. I mused about the nature of aesthetics and accountability.

I with my parents in an airport terminal and my mom went to check out a game store. Inside the store were various booths where you could play games for free. The selection was reminiscent of old flash games and you could pay a small fee to have them loaded onto your phone. My mother went up to the counter to buy a game but came back looking disheartened. Apparently the cashier had called her “white blooded”, which was supposed to be some kind of pejorative for someone who was unpatriotic.

I could feel someone trying to shake me awake by adjusting my seat height. I looked up bleary eyed as I was told that my brother was going to be joining our office. He was assigned to sit next to me despite our manager being unaware of our relationship.