The editing of BOOK ONE was completed in May 2003. This piece subsequently functioned as a diary and a platform for ideas from Sunday 11 May, until Tuesday, 19 August 2003.
I divided the piece into three parts: The first part runs from 11 May until before I went to South Africa for three weeks; the second part was written during my vacation; and the third part extends from my return to Taiwan in the third week of July, until 19 August 2003.
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PART ONE
Go back to South Africa … and come back to Taiwan
Brand Smit and a salaried position
Vision of the future, possibility one
Soldier in a larger war
In the name of the father
The new label (parts one to four)
Where is my place in the Great Hierarchy?
Pale-beard on the Trans-Mongolia
Vision of the future, possibility two
Pale-beard does his math
Soldier for the soul (if his weapon just wants to fire)
Reality, and a few other facts
The question remains …
PART TWO
The poet learns to be smart
What I see
Reason for uncertainty, and a new mantra
Last outburst (before the end my vacation)
PART THREE
Time for calculations again | About potatoes and vegetables
Dark Tuesday | Lighter Thursday
Take responsibility for yourself in 2018
Mistakes, insights, questions, new vocabulary, and advice
Creative, full-time
What if …
Vision of the future, possibility three
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