Shengxing 勝興 🚂

⭐️ If you’re missing the feeling of getting taken out on a little outing as a kid

⭐️ If you love people watching

⭐️ If you love old streets w yummy food

⭐️ If you feel a little empty and lonely

⭐️ If you’re missing family

10/10/20223

Shengxing

This place is full of life, full of energy. It’s like a big playground for everyone, from kids to old people.

I sat there for a solid 20 minutes just to see how many kids this balloon would stop. Because it stopped me too 😅

1) Shenxing Old Street 勝興老街 🍲

Night market - like street. I thought this grandma with her basketball cap was pretty cute. The contrast with her jacket. Her hair cut’s also so cute lol.

This street had some pretty old style stores, even had a snack store that sold the old version of 王子麵.

2) Shengxing Station 勝興車站 🚂

I loved just sitting on the sides of this railway. Watching the amount of people who walked on it like a balance beam. Made me get up to try lol.

The photo on the left might be my favorite photo that I’ve captured. Candid shots are what’s most precious to me. This little family were just having phone legoing on top of each other like 疊疊樂.

You don’ t know how badly I wanted to go on that train. But tickets were alrd sold out by the time I got there, so buy them beforehand!

It’s called “Old Mountain Line Rail Bike Shengxing Station 舊山線鐵道自行車-勝興站” And I believe the view from the train is pretty high up. I am definitely going back.

3) 3 Hills Cafe 三丘

Cafe high up the top of some stairs, you you get the view of the entire railway. Loved it cuz I just people watched. This was my view ⬇️ spotted so many babies.

The End 🧘‍♂️

Take a second longer to just look at the interactions around you, to notice all the little, small hidden moments, because you will discover that there’s so much depth behind seemingly mundane and ordinary moments.

In times of boredom, fatigue, or other negative situations, adopting this mindset really got me feeling a lot more motivated. By starting to spot these little, hidden, wholesome moments, I realized that this mentality applies to everything. Just like how every scene might not be an amazing view, there is definitely a spark of something to be spotted in everything. Likewise, not every day is going to be a good day, but there is something good to be spotted in every day. My camera, through my lens, taught me a lot about perspectives. I hope the photos above, with all their cute little moments, can encourage you to look around more too. To spend your days more presently and intentionally.