Ho Lien-Hua

A: If I’m simply staying in Taipei as usual, I’ll definitely sleep until I wake up naturally. So my day starts at 11 a.m., followed by preparing a refreshing brunch. Since I have intensive classes or rehearsals afterward, I need to make sure I’m relaxed and can have a good bowel movement (laughs).

A: The Elf Fantasy Dance Troupe welcomes you to come visit us in Tamsui~ If you're lucky, you might even spot a wild Taiwan blue magpie.

A: Guandu,Da Vinci RestaurantAt TNUA, ordering a main course comes with a small buffet. It’s all-you-can-eat, tastes good, and is reasonably priced. You can also enjoy the nighttime view of the Guandu Plain.

A: Drinking red wine, watching documentaries, staring blankly at Facebook (hahahaha), and writing on Facebook. If I had a little more money, I would look for good restaurants or nice places to dine—not necessarily restaurants that are especially luxurious or beautiful, but I feel that food is the best cure for everything. I would also get together at friends’ homes, and when my children are around, I cook and share meals with them. That’s my entertainment.

A: I started dancing at the age of three. When I was 20, I encountered flamenco, and it truly changed me, allowing me to be brave and uninhibitedly myself. As someone who was cynical about the world, I could find release through the sound of my footsteps and the emotions of my body in flamenco. It can accompany me throughout my life. Flamenco changed me, and most importantly, it taught me sincerity, enabling me to draw closer to the depths of my soul.

This is a difficult question~~ Flamenco is probably something that is hard to describe in just one sentence, even with a thousand words. I should put it this way: “Dancing is my breath, and flamenco is my outlet.”

 

“Don’t be afraid of the heat when you enter the kitchen.” We are not traveling along railway tracks; we are building the tracks ourselves, and we do not know which direction they will take. In this era, there are likely to be more obstacles to entrepreneurship, and even greater effort may produce results that fall short of expectations. Mentally, just focus on what you can do now, and do your best to stay alive and move a little closer to your goal. Sometimes, taking a step backward is not necessarily a bad thing.

A: *The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps* by Keigo Higashino. The ending of this book moved me deeply. I won’t spoil it for now (hahahaha). In the book, a little girl accidentally drowns and is declared brain-dead after emergency treatment. In order to keep her daughter alive, the mother does everything she can to keep her daughter with her, using machines to sustain her life. In the eyes of others, it is difficult to understand the meaning of relying on machines to stay alive. The book vividly portrays the struggles and reluctance of a mother, which brings us to the question: How can we know whether a brain-dead person is alive or dead?! Returning to reality, there is an ongoing debate over whether euthanasia should be legalized. The issues explored in the book are truly worth reflecting on, and I highly recommend it. Love should be expressed in time~~~~~~~

A: Every year, I go up to the mountains to teach Indigenous children to dance. This back-and-forth journey has now reached its eighth year. I would like to establish a home for the arts and humanities within the tribe, where, through artistic companionship and dance therapy, in any place imbued with God’s love, we can sow the seeds of art and love and slowly nurture these seeds—the Indigenous children. I hope the gap between urban and rural areas can be narrowed, that there will be no barriers between people, and I believe everything can be changed through love.

A: I usually couch-surf or stay at bed-and-breakfasts because they feel more like home (haha). I would like the hotel where I stay to provide a semi-open space where artists like us, who need to connect with nature, can create. I’ve stayed at four- and five-star hotels before. Although they were beautiful, I felt that the space was being wasted. I prefer somewhere small, fully equipped, and with a homelike feeling.

A: From the outside, Hotel Resonance Taipei looks very simple yet sophisticated. Because of its first impression, one might hesitate to go in, but after entering, you discover that it is approachable and a place where you can relax. The installation art inside reflects the hotel’s philosophy of collaborating with charitable organizations, making me feel that this is a place filled with love and warmth!!