2022年12月19日 星期一

Directions To No One's Satisfaction


"Humid Province" is in the middle I think.  Or close to the middle.  Around "Humid Province" are "New Low Wall," "South Province," "Dry Point," "Bamboo Field," "Ten Thousand Mountains" and "Come Righteous."  The waterfalls in "Come Righteous" are very pretty.


Wait a minute, let me think.  So, around "South Province" are "Forest Side" and "East Port?"  Next to "Dry Point" is "New Garden."  Around "Bamboo Field" are "Ten Thousand Pellets," "Unicorn Low" and "Inner Harbor."  "Ten Thousand Mountains" is next to "Peaceful Military."  Around "Come Righteous" are "Spring Sun," "Fang Hut" and "Good Winter."  In "Bamboo Field" there's a restaurant overrun by chickens.


Now I have to think a bit harder, because the other areas I don't know as well.  Next to "Ten Thousand Pellets" is "East Screen" for sure.  Next to "Bamboo Field" is "Long Rule."  Around "Inner Harbor" are "Three Land Door" and "Ma House."  Next to "Spring Sun" is "Lion," and next to "Fang Hut" is "Fang Mountain."  In "Long Rule" there's a very strange aquarium inside a very strange technology park.


Almost there, I think.  Next to "East Screen" is "Nine As."  Next to "Long Rule" is "Salt Storage."  Next to "Three Land Door" and "Ma House" is "Fog Platform."  Next to "Lion" is "Peony."  Next to "Fang Mountain" is "Car Town."  In "Peony" there's a tiny lake covered by lotus flowers.


A few more: "Mile Port" is next to "Nine As," "Tall Tree" is next to "Salt Storage," "Perpetual Spring" is next to "Car City" and "Little Ryu Ball" is next to "East Port."  I don't think I've forgotten anything.  By the way, have you been to "East Port?" It can be very romantic on a foggy night.


Me?  Oh, I live in "Fourth Ditch" in "Perpetual Spring."  It's a nice place to live, if a little windy at times.  My house isn't far from the "Wheat In The Presence Of Labor" and the "Star Bar Gram," or, as you know them, McDonald's and Starbucks.

Come on down sometime, I'll buy you a coffee.

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NOTE: You could argue the point with a lot of the above translations of place names.  A lot of those characters aren't used much in isolation.  Just know that I wasn't thinking about any of it too hard.  Very few people think about what certain place names actually mean anyway.

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