ANO (Ano)

After brushing my teeth and washing my face, I have breakfast and then start learning new software. Because of my creative work, I try out a lot of new software. Basically, mornings are my time for learning. In the afternoon, I usually draw, create, or do woodworking, and so on. In the evening, I reply to work emails.

Studio (Banqiao) and good restaurants.

“Hao Chu Breakfast”—everything is pretty tasty, and they even have Japanese magazines to read! I usually order the pork chop sandwich. The meat inside is nice and thick, so I think guys would really love it. What’s special is that they also serve fried tangyuan—it’s not easy to find fried tangyuan for breakfast (haha).

Hao Chu Breakfast fan page www.facebook.com/hoochuu

The Shulin “Sanma Stinky Pot” is highly recommended. This is the flagship location (or so they say, haha). The ingredients for the mini hot pots are freshly selected and prepared, and you absolutely have to order the spicy duck blood!

Since I started freelancing, there’s really been no such thing as “getting off work,” because work has blended so seamlessly into my daily life that I can’t tell the difference anymore (laughs wryly). If I had to say what helps me relax, it would be playing video games, going to the gym, and skateboarding… Lately, I’ve been really into Mario Party.

My grandpa used to run an arcade. Back in the early days, game graphics had very low resolution, and I thought it was really interesting that Mario’s face could be represented by just a few pixels. Later, I got a job doing art for mobile games. It was the Nokia phone era, and the games were all in black and white. Then game resolution kept getting higher and higher, and the digital age arrived. Pixel art gradually disappeared, and I started thinking: pixels are a classic part of our generation. I want to preserve them!

Think of this place as a play space, like a child’s playroom. The exhibition is called “Game Room.” “Room” means a room, and since the hotel has many rooms, it also extends the concept. Many of my creations are inspired by everyday life. I love observing the things around me. The work “Good Fortune” depicts the Chihuahua raised by the owner of the ten-dollar shop at the end of my lane. It later passed away of old age, so I thought I’d paint a picture to commemorate it. I eventually showed the painting to the owner, who was very moved and surprised!

Creating without being constrained by time, space, subject matter, or other people’s instructions—that, to me, is the spirit of graffiti!

The book *The User’s Manual to Humanity* is really interesting. It describes things like behavioral science, interpersonal relationships, and social connections, analyzing human behavior through observation. After reading it, it seems that if you make good use of empathy, understanding, and compromise in your interactions with others, you can get along smoothly in any kind of relationship (laughs).

Night markets, especially those in central and southern Taiwan, have a distinctive charm, with a wide variety of snacks and plenty of creative offerings. Chiayi Wenhua Road Night Market covers a large area. The stir-fried snails next to the Wenhua Road Post Office are fragrant and crispy, making them a great accompaniment to drinks! If you’re not in the mood for street snacks, there are also restaurants to choose from. Taichung’s Houfeng Bikeway offers changing scenery all along the route from its starting point to Houli Horse Ranch. Along the way, you’ll also pass over a railway bridge and through a tunnel, giving you a different riding experience.Houfeng Bikeway https://travel.taichung.gov.tw/zh-tw/Experience/CyclingTrip/4/%E5%90%8E%E8%B1%90%E9%90%B5%E9%A6%AC%E9%81%93

I’m most looking forward to seeing something I never would have thought of (laughs). I have a little wish: I’ve stayed at so many hotels and guesthouses, and usually the laundry facilities are in a common area or there’s a laundry service. It can be inconvenient when you need to wash your delicates. It would be great if rooms could come with laundry detergent—and even better if there were somewhere to hang clothes to dry!