"Who can tell me, what is May snow" "There's no snow in May, there's only Mayday" "Stop treating me like an idiot" "Everyone knows Mayday, I'm talking about May snow" "You're an ignorant board master" "Insults not allowed on this website" "Who are you?" "One more insult and I won't answer" "I just want to know what is May snow?" "May snow?" "Never heard of that!" "A few hints white flowers, green leaves" "I'm listening, go on..." "How am I supposed to know?" "Look it up if you don't know" "White flower, green leaves" "Try the Plant Network" "give it TO ME!" "You just had to finish that, no?" "Tung flowers bloom between Spring and Summer." "Blossoms fall in May, flying like snow" "Hakka people in Miao-Li area describe it as May snow" "BM, where did you find this?" "Thought you're lack of culture but you make up in effort" "One more word, and I'll cry" "Okay, some praises then I can do without them I'm not an encyclopedia i don't have answers to all your questions" "Then let me ask something you know" "Who are you?" "How should I call you?" "What is your favorite Mayday song?" ""Call Me Number One"" "Then "Call Me Number One"" "Smart ass, I'm going to bed, good night" "Wait a second" "You really want to know who I am?" "Of course!" "I am... I am Ashin" "Mayday Mayday" "My DV's dead" "Repeat!" "Whose DV's dead?" "Alei's" "Who the hell you think you are?" "Dead before the concert even began" "Didn't I tell you to check?" "Don't think I won't fire you just because you are Stone's brother!" "COME ON!" "Fire me!" "Alei!" "I mean it!" "I never wanted this job I didn't want to host the Mayday website I don't want to reply the Mayday fan's e-mail I'm only here because of Stone" "Email reply within 10 min., available 24/7" "Come on!" "Ann, Abao and I are exhausted!" "You're nuts" "What?" "you want to fire me?" "GREAT!" "If you don't have the guts, have my brother fire me" "You nuts..." "Ashin I've decided to start a diary" "And send it to you lf you don't like it" "Delete it lf you like it" "Someday, I'll hand it to you in person" "After all lt's meant for you" "Who the hell is Xuan?" "You are sending her an email?" "Yeah!" "Where's she from?" "Heads up, every one lt's a he or a she?" "Let air into the bottle when feeding the baby" "So it won't be clogged" "Hmm, nice job!" "That's the way to do it" "Probably a HE!" "Huh?" "I sent her the photos" "Don't upload it, okay?" "OK!" "Mr. Alei" "You have something to share with us?" "Oh yes, the feeding experience" "Am I right?" "Here, come here..." "Show us how it's done" "Oh, I don't know how to do that!" "Mr. Abao." "You have something to share with us too?" "He couldn't do that without this, Ma'am" "Right, go get it" "Don't forget, you are Alei." "Not Ashin" "Hold on to the baby!" "Watch out!" "Look at that baby, he's catching a cold" "One moment" "There we go" "Hmm..." "Right?" "Hmm..." "The bottle, how to feed the baby?" "Like this?" "Like that?" "No?" "Did you pay attention to the class?" "Like this" "Hold the bottle at an angle Oh..." "The air needs to flow into the bottle" "Oh" "Got it?" "Yes!" "Can you do it now?" "Yes!" "March 1st lt's almost time the tung flowers bloom I heard the most beautiful tung flowers are in San-Yi" "Have you been to San-Yi?" "Would you go there with me if there's a chance?" "Ashin, why don't you reply?" "March 12th" "Every time I took the metro and the train goes under Chung-Hsiao East Road I could hear sound from the ground above" "Not only traffic noise, but also music" "Ashin" "For some reason" "When I was under Chung-Hsiao East Road I always think of your song, innocence" "And its intermission lt's Symphony No. 9 from Beethoven, right?" "Yes...okay...yes" "You're chosen to represent our school to perform in Taiwan" "Are you excited?" "YEAH!" "Exciting is not enough" "Every minute on the stage" "Takes you 10 years practicing off the stage" "Mark my words lf you mess it up" "You will be very sorry for it!" "Got it?" "Yes!" "Cheer up, there're always chances I tell you what, when we got to Taipei" "We'll get you Ashin's autograph" "How's that?" "Yeah, when we get to Taipei" "We'll ask Mr. Jiang to take us to a Mayday concert" "Bull!" "You want him to dress like a rock kid?" "Yeah..." "A rock kid" "Recently, I have great need for love" "To calm the turmoil inside ln this world, we can't do as we wish" "This world is a stiff bore" "Where might you be, where might you be" "This world... ln this world, we can't do as we wish" "This world is a stiff bore" "Where we meet again might only be in our dreams..." "This aria is about love and sorrow" "Love and sorrow for his mother" "He wandered for fifteen years" "Then he heard that she's coming to the front!" "He wants to see her" "But.... lt might be impossible" "For the rest of his life..." "He could only see his mother in his dreams" "That's what he's thinking, OK?" "So remember the love and sorrow when you sing" "Let's try it again, OK?" "Don't stare like that when you're singing" "Sing with those feelings" "OK, let's do it again!" "Can only meet in our dreams..." "Xuan, tell Dad it's time for dinner" "No..." "This child...." "When are you leaving?" "April 25th" "Get some summer wears with you" "Taipei is not Harbin, it's very hot I know" "Ah... lf only your troupe was in Taipei last year..." "Stop it..." "Eat!" "Ashin I've a small request I wonder if you'll agree" "Can you meet me on May 1st?" "In front of the Eslite Bookstore I wish you can go to San-Yi with me I want to see May snow" "Did you listen to it?" "What?" "You listened to the song?" "What?" "Can't hear you!" "I'd listened to your demo" "Don't think much of it I think it's a great piece" "Monster and Ashin'd listend to it" "They didn't like it either" "At least I can sing much better than you" "Hey!" "What's matter with you?" "You're crazy?" "You're afraid that I become a better singer than you, aren't you?" "What're you talking about?" "Why didn't you invite me to join your band lf l didn't lend you my guitar, you can't even play!" "You wouldn't know about music!" "You're my elder brother" "You help others but me" "What's these all about?" "What?" "What're you doing?" "Come on!" "Leave it alone!" "Get over here!" "Sit down..." "sit DOWN!" "Come on, play the piece I just did" "Stop it!" "What the hell were you playing?" "I thought you're good at it?" "You got good grades and being a smart since you're kid" "And good-looking too!" "You wanted to paint, you wanted to play the piano" "Mom and Dad gave your everything" "Did you cherish them?" "Have you persisted?" "Never!" "I got short fingers make it difficult to play upper position" "You have long fingers, and you're smart" "You practiced like two days and you quit I've been practicing for ten years..." "TEN YEARS!" "What makes you think you can play and sing better than me?" "Dangerous!" "Do Not Cross" "Xuan" "Let's meet on May 1st as you proposed!" "Go...go..." "Defense..." "Alei, defense!" "Watch out..." "Defense..." "There's no time... lt's running out of time, let's go!" "Defense..." "Alei..." "Defense..." "There's no time..." "Alei" "Run..." "Alei....run...." "Shoot...." "Alei..." "Magic shoot!" "The magic shoot!" "Over here, over here." "speed up, come on." "We have lots of kids this time" "Might get you some troubles..." "Don't say that!" "Come on!" "It's my pleasure!" "Here's my card..." "Call me Lin" "Ask if you have questions" "First row, squat" "Hold this up" "Delegation of Peking Opera Youth Troupe" "Come on..." "Let's take a picture 1, 2, 3...cheese" "Cheese..." "One more...cheese" "Again...1, 2, 3..." "Cheese..." "On behalf of the travel agency" "We like to welcome the handsome and pretty performers" "Of the Harbin Beijing Opera Youth Troupe" "My surname is Lin" "So just call me Lin" "To welcome you I've been practicing..." "A Mainland China limerick" "Don't know if it's good, but I'll try" "Correct me if I'm wrong!" "Something like this:" "In Beijing, you realize how small is your title ln the Northeast, you know, Northeast China" "You realize how small is your heart ln Shanghai, you realize how small is your house ln Shenzhen, you realize how small is you fortune" "What's he talking about?" "Sounds like something funny" "You understood him?" "Not at all!" "Why say it's funny if you didn't understand" "Just look at him... he's so excited!" "It must be something funny" "Let me sing a song" "No beauties left in A-Li Shan" "All the young men are wicked..." "Alei" "Alei" "Keep it down!" "You crazy?" "What?" "You really told her yes?" "Yeah, just for fun..." "You crazy?" "Pretending to be someone else..." "No big deal Wait for me!" "Anne!" "Where're you going?" "Just wait" "Abao!" "I tried!" "What can I do?" "Hang on, she won't take long" "Anne, come up!" "How could you meet Ashin's fan under his name?" "You violated Web etiquette" "And we'll lose our jobs because of you lf you're a man" "Go meet her with your own name" "Why did you lie?" "Stop chatting!" "Don't leave me with the emails!" "Don't act like a kid!" "Come on!" "You're weird, you know" "Yes I'm a liar, so what?" "Maybe she's a liar too!" "Who knows is her name Xuan or something else?" "Who knows where she actually lives?" "Taipei?" "Taitung?" "Who knows if she's a she or a he?" "It's cyber!" "You never know who's lying!" "Get this helmet fixed, please" "Come on..., hurry up, don't be late" "The car is waiting" "Anyone in the back?" "Nope!" "Where's Xuan?" "She's sick" "Sick?" "What's wrong?" "Gosh, 40 degrees!" "This is serious!" "Hong, why didn't you tell me?" "Need anything?" "Water please" "Hong, cold water!" "Hurry!" "You were fine last night..." "What happened?" "I've no idea" "Taken any medicine?" "You're waiting for someone?" "Xuan?" "I'm NONO" "NO..." "NO....wrong person...sorry..." "This contains what you'd been looking for" "What you'd been looking for..." "Excuse me...sorry..." "What?" "Shut up!" "Excuse me." "How can I get the tickets to San-Yi?" "Go to the vending machine over there" "Enter the date you want, that's it." "Over there, right?" "Yes" "Thank you." "Excuse me..." "Sir?" "Could you tell me..." "Which train goes to the Sheng-Shin Station?" "There's no trains to there anymore, kiddo!" "Excuse me?" "No trains to there anymore!" "Been a long time!" "To Sheng-Shin train station?" "Either something wrong with your ears" "Or I hadn't made it clear" "No trains to Sheng-Shin anymore lt's been 5 years!" "You don't have to speak so loud!" "If you couldn't understand when I speak loud!" "I wonder you'd understand if I speak quietly" "Where's your manner, man?" "!" "What's wrong with you?" "Hey, kid... kid!" "Kid...." "Rude" "Hey!" "Now what?" "Nothing!" "Aren't you going to Sheng-Shin station?" "The exit is there" "That way" "Can only meet in our dreams..." "Stop playing..." "Come on, seats are filling up" "Stop screaming..." "close the door carefully" "Don't whine when there's no seat for you" "Seats!" "Come on!" "Sorry...too heavy..." "Shut up, and sit down" "Watch your step" "Thank you, thank you very much" "Passengers, ticket checking please" "Ma'am, ticket please" "Ma'am, ticket please" "Your ticket, please" "Thank you" "YO Kid!" "A seat in here!" "Thank you" "Kid!" "A seat in here" "A seat there for you" "Go sit down I'm fine, I prefer standing here" "Go on, take the seat" "What's wrong with you, kid" "A seat for you here" "Hello?" "What?" "Alright..." "I'll talk with you later" "Looking for someone?" "No..." "Nothing" "Which floor?" "You live here?" "Yes" "Why did you lie to me?" "I'm sorry I wonder if what you did was illegal" "Sorry, I must take this call" "What?" "Bye" "What's your cell phone #?" "What?" "Just give me the number!" "092#$!" "907" "What's that?" "092#$!" "907" "Make it clear!" "0922071907" "Excuse me, let me take this call" "Hello" "Hello" "Hello" "Hello" "Hello, who's this?" "I'm warning you... lf you tell him, I would never talk to you again!" "I'd NEVER..." "You're going to have a date with her?" "Yeah..." "Do you really want to date with her?" "Shut up!" "It's all your fault!" "What're you talking about?" "We'd lose our job because of YOU!" "Relax!" "Why are you so nervous, weird... I AM nervous!" "You should have refused her!" "I'm going to snitch you!" "What?" "Come on... don't worry..." "He got Stone on his back, everything's cool..." "Let's go." "Sit down" "What should I call you?" "Coke" "Yeah" "Tea... tea is fine too" "What are you talking about?" "I'm talking about your name!" "My name's Alei" "How do you spell it?" "A-L-E-l, the Lei with three stones" "Will you keep your promise and fulfill my wishes?" "What wishes?" "I had one, now I have two" "First, take me to Ashin" "Sure, just give me some time" "Okay, you have 3 days" "Second, take me to San-Yi I thought you just went to San-Yi" "That's where l want to go" "Sheng-Shin train station" "Nine... then what?" "The highest point of Taiwan railroad" "Nobody home" "No?" "Stop pushing me!" "I can manage on my own" "Anybody there?" "Here we go..." "One... two..." "What're you doing?" "I'm sorry" "Oh no!" "Hurry... hurry!" "Stop" "Give it to me I'll get down first, then I'll help you down" "Hello?" "Hey..." "Hey...why are you here?" "Come on, let's go!" "Wait, I think we're going the wrong way?" "No way..." "But it's nothing like the way we walked" "What's the different?" "Why didn't you tell me that?" "Hey!" "What...are you doing?" "I'm dizzy, I must go back" "Stop, thief" "Don't move!" "You thief!" "Give me your hand" "Hurry up" "Let's go, come on." "Wait" "Don't look down, don't look down I can't make it." "I need to rest, I really can't... I really need to rest I can't go on" "Hurry up." "You wouldn't want him to catch up, right?" "Come on!" "It's OK, just don't look down" "Okay" "At least tell me why you barged into the house" "For money?" "Speak up!" "No need to be nasty, okay I was thirsty" "So I asked her to go in with me" "There's no convenience store anywhere!" "Ok, it's my fault." "I won't do it again, OK?" "Nothing to do with her I just wanted to get some water" "Nothing to do with her?" "Ms. Fang" "Captain" "Hi" "That's the boy" "They wouldn't talk..." "just asked for water" "They probably stole something" "Anything missing?" "Everything's fine, they didn't touch anything." "I don't think they're thieves!" "I'll let you go this time" "This won't happen again" "Go on...go home l'm sorry, really sorry" "Why did you leave like that?" "What's your relationship with Stone?" "Why ask?" "Why not?" "How would I know if you got three stones or you're the third Stone?" "I thought you're honest?" "Forget about it, don't worry" "Alei" "What?" "Thanks..." "For what?" "You should know" "Oh!" "Right!" "Yeah, right!" "Let me give you a ride" "What is it?" "Huh?" "What is that?" "Tickets for tonight's show" "Beijing Opera?" "Beijing opera?" "I don't even go to Mayday concerts" "Nah, forget about it." "You have to come!" "Why?" "Because it's my third wish" "You sure have lots of wishes" "Don't make a fuss" "Hey!" "Wait up, wait up" "Will you be there?" "Do I need to spell it out?" "You need anything, sir?" "Yeah later, thank you" "Sure" "Gosh!" "You're from Harbin!" "Why didn't you tell me!" "Be quiet..." "What?" "Nothing off you nose, Mr. Ashin" "Shu..." "Want one?" "What's that?" "Nice!" "Thanks" "You should've told me earlier" "Why?" "You were too stupid to figure it out" "Stupid?" "Stupid..." "Oh!" "That's why you sound weird..." "it's your rolling tongue" "Rolling tongue?" "What about my tongue?" "The way we use our tongue is so different!" "My tongue is flat while talking but yours is a super roll" "You see the differences?" "That's it...right..." "Stop being a copycat, you're weird!" "Open this for me, would you?" "Open?" "Yes, what?" "Can't even open this, you idiot?" "I don't have nails" "No nails" "No nail-rrrr-s" "Thank you, that's sweet..." "What's that supposed to mean" "Here, thank you." "Step forward please." "Thank you." "Step forward please." "Here, thank you." "This is mine" "Hello...thank you...thank you..." "Thank you...thank you very much..." "Can you sign two more for me?" "There are for my classmates" "Sure, sure." "Thank you...here...this way please..." "Hi there.." "thank you...this way please.." "Happy now?" "Hmm" "If, I had told you that I wasn't Ashin" "Would you have written me?" "Definitely not" "When are you going back?" "To where?" "Harbin" "Oh, tomorrow, in the early morning" "What're you doing?" "How to ride this?" "Like this" "Let's go to your place!" "Come on" "Thank you" "What's that?" "Hmm... it's a damaged room" "Damaged room?" "Uh-huh" "A place which is dangerous" "Did you write to me from here?" "Yeah" "This is actually quite comfortable" "Such a nice place, but you didn't write much" "I can't write." "Besides, I'm not Ashin anyway" "Actually, I knew you were a fake" "So why did you go to Eslite?" "In Harbin, I could only pretend that you were Ashin" "Hey!" "Hey!" "What are you doing?" "What's wrong with you?" "What are you doing?" "You look so nervous!" "What's wrong?" "I told you're it's damaged and dangerous!" "What do you want?" "Dangerous?" "It looks fine to me, doesn't seem dangerous" "What do you think you're doing?" "This is my place!" "Your place?" "Fine, then I'll leave" "Hey, wait" "You'd entered a hypnotic state" "No, I'm not" "Can't you fake it?" "Come here, sit down!" "Look carefully" "Close your eyes" "Hurry up." "I have to go back to rehearsal!" "When I count to 3..." "You'd leave the room" "And go back to the hotel" "To prepare for the final performance" "Then go to the airport with the troupe" "And fly back to Harbin" "And we won't meet each other ever again" "1... 2... 3..." "Here we are" "There you go" "Stop hunching like that" "Hey!" "Will you call me again?" "Hey!" "Will you call me again?" "Hey!" "Will you call me again?" "Hurry, get on the bus" "What's the matter?" "I..." "I lost my bag" "Such scatterbrain, who would marry you?" "What's wrong, lady?" "Sang too much about "sitting in the palace"" "and you don't want to go home?" "Come on, they're waiting for you!" "Come on!" "This is written in traditional Chinese lt's not easy for me lt was meant for Ashin" "Now you have to keep it for me, temporary" "April 17th" "Been 60 happy days since knowing Ashin" "But nothing compares to our upcoming meeting 60 virtual days can't compare to one real day" "Stop looking at me" "Look at the road" "You told me to look at you" "Now you won't let me I told you to look ahead" "Looking for someone?" "Oh... you remember me?" "You are..." "You know, last time..." "Oh... I'm really sorry... lt's OK, we didn't lose anything" "So I knew you weren't lying" "How long have you lived here?" "Ma'am?" "I've been in San-Yi since I was a kid" "Left a few years for the study in NTNU." "Came back to teach art in elementary schools" "Retired a few years ago" "Let me have that, thank you" "You been to the China?" "Went there for the first time in February" "Why did you ask?" "Nothing..." "I thought you're a mainlander" "No, but my husband was" "He came with the army (in Autumn, 1949)" "He had a wife in Harbin" "Went back when visitation ban was lifted (in 1987)" "But his home was gone and his wife had died" "He found out he has a son" "He didn't know his wife was pregnant" "He never knew he had a son" "Where's the Taiwan grandpa?" "In the house... close the door" "Are you Taiwan grandpa?" "This is my youngest son" "Have an orange" "Thank you, Taiwan grandpa" "XinZhong makes the best goose I'll have him make you one" "Father" "This is your daughter-in-law, Xiao Kui" "She is carrying your grandson" "Father" "He's going to be a father too!" "XinZhong wrote some outstanding papers" "Published in major national publications" "That's not true..." "they'd done better than I did" "Have some tea" "He has at least 5 or 6 thousand students" "Maybe even 10 or 20 thousand" "It's snowing again" "Father lt's cold outside, let's go" "His health condition got worse after he came back" "Never went back... just a few letters" "After he died, I took his ashes back to Harbin" "He never saw Xuan" "Xuan was his granddaughter" "Last summer, his son came for the academic exchange program" "And visited Taipei" "Father, come back with me" "You're getting old, let us take care of you" "Try some Taiwan Uolong tea, it's great" "XinZhong came visit again before he left" "But he avoided his son I know he was in Sheng-Shin train station again" "He worked there for 30 years" "Later the rail was rerouted" "They shut down the station so he retired" "Auntie Fang, lend me a pen and some paper?" "Let me see...here..." "Thank you" "Father, I'm leaving" "Before I came, had an argument with Xuan" "She wanted the autograph of some boy band, Mayday..." "I refused" "She wouldn't speak to me before I got on the plane" "Though I was angry" "But after all these days in Taipei l miss her" "Father" "Maybe you never knew you had a son" "So it was hard for you to feel close to me" "And close to my family" "Xiao Kui learned a lot from Mother" "They should be your favorite dishes" "Anytime you wish to return" "You'll be welcomed with open arms I'm leaving, please take care of yourself" "I'm going to Taipei tomorrow" "Please paint a tung flower for me" "Oops..." "Sorry" "For your granddaughter?" "Put it here when it's dried" "I never knew if Xuan got the book or not" "Forgot to ask when I went back with his ashes" "Chao..." "Chao... lt's cold, where're you going?" "I want to go home" "Okay, let's go home" "Come on, let's go home" "It's not I don't want to go back" "I've bought the ticket long time ago" "XinZhong" "There's nothing much left from your father I think you should have this ticket" "A new song... your new piece?" "My brother's piece" "Hmm, cool" "1, 2, 3, 4" "I've been writing you emails" "Why don't you reply?" "What?" "Green light" "Oh" "What're you waiting for?" "Can't put it back again?" "I have to save your ass every time" "Look closely, and learn" "Mayday is having a tour in China" "We're going to Wu Han, ChongChin, Shanghai, Beijing" "Come work with us, have some fun I have lots to do in school lt's winter break, talk to mom and dad, take some time off" "Oh, one more thing lt take only 90 min." "from Beijing to Harbin, by flight" "What are you thinking!" "Look, it's snowing... snow... lt's freezing..." "Alei, I checked the flight, the fog is too thick" "Guess there's no flight out here today" "Why don't you come back to the hotel with us" "Our flights are booked for Dec. 15 lf you want to stay longer, change it to 18" "But remember to call the travel agency" "Keep it with care" "What're you doing?" "Out...go, go, go..." "Get out of my way... I...wait..." "Go, go...get out of here... I'm here to see a friend" "Who?" "Zhao Xuan" "Zhao Xuan, of the Beijing Opera Department?" "Yes, that's her" "Not here!" "Went on school tour in the south" "Now move..." "Wait...when is she coming back?" "Hard to say" "Maybe two weeks, maybe tomorrow" "Flights will be delayed because of the blizzard" "Tomorrow?" "Hey...hey..." "She isn't here..." "Get out!" "Hey..." "Get out!" "December 12th" "The roof of Sophia Church is white" "Because of the snow I pass here on my way to school every day" "And I saw you sometimes, Xuan I saw you on a bike, on snow-covered Central Blvd" "Excuse me, is Zhao Xuan back?" "It's you again?" "Didn't I tell you two more weeks?" "You told me maybe tomorrow" "Yes, MAYBE" "Go, go, go...don't stand there" "Just leave ... get out..." "December 14th I walked on Central Blvd" "Tall alder trees lined the pavement" "For more than 20 years" "They'd been like old friends" "No matter where l go" "They are always there" "Guarding me, and guarding you" "Xuan" "When you pass by the older trees" "Do you hear the sound of snow falling?" "I do I can hear the sound of your bike on the snow, too" "December 17th" "Sophia Church's roof is still white" "Covered with snow I wish I could see its real color under the snow" "But I won't have the chance" "Xuan" "Have to leave Harbin soon" "So I won't see you again?" "My visa expires on the 18th I really want to see you" "Hey" "She's not back yet" "That's alright, I'm leaving" "Please give this to Zhao Xuan" "Thanks a lot" "The hat is really warm" "Xuan" "The Ma'am in San-Yi knew you didn't want to meet her" "She asked me to give you this painting" "She told me Grandpa Zhao would watch the tung flowers, blooming everywhere, in every May lt reminded him of home faraway" "He said May snow in Taiwan" "Looks like the snow in Harbin" "This painting is full of his memory of you all" "And his memory of Harbin" "Where are you?" "Hello?" "Sir, your bus to the airport will leave at 8:20" "OK" "Xuan" "Hey...hey..." "Hey..." "Alei..." "Hey man!" "Stop the bus!" "HEY MAN!" "Pull over!" "hello?" "!" "What are you looking at?" "Come here and give me a hand!" "Oh, okay..." "OUCH!"