Trendy Life: Several Paths to a Better Life, registration closes on June 8

Standing on a street corner, perhaps you are hesitating about where to go next.
For the past few years you have been endlessly chasing ever-updating explosive information, a continuous life that never once paused for breath,
the back-and-forth tug between dreams and reality,

and that heart which has almost given up imagining a beautiful life
--but it does not matter, my dear.
We have all been lost, all hesitated, all been bought off by this world with every kind of threat and enticement;
we have all, trembling with fear or with eyes shut and the voice in our hearts turned off, stepped onto what this society calls the smooth path.

Yet even in perfect comfort there is always a call that cannot be escaped;
and that call comes from doubt about the present situation, and from the unknown of the future.

How do we make the beautiful take form?
These are the several paths that the Kuroshio will reveal this summer
--if you have never arrived, then try setting out.

Set out, for the call of the great blue ocean, breathing together with this land beneath your feet,
a dream is never a castle in the air, but is realized in every firm step.

Come!
Lift the cover of this summer,
on the not-far east coast of the island, a group of life practitioners nurtured by the blue Pacific,
wearing stories of love and courage, are ready to meet you.

Registration Information

1. Activity dates: July 6, 2012 (Fri) to August 26, 2012 (Sun).

2. Registration period: April 30, 2012 (Mon) to June 8, 2012 (Fri).

3. Activity locations:

1. Hualien County and City, left bank of the Pacific.

2. Nanfang'ao Fishing Harbor outdoor field survey.

3. Xingang (Chenggong Harbor) outdoor field survey.

4. Main lecture venues: Hualien Railway Culture Park Building 2, Duoluoman Whale Watching Company, Guo Ziqiu Music Culture Hall.

5. Eligibility:

1. Aged 18 or above, longing for a beautiful life, and strongly desiring to make your own life more beautiful.

2. Those willing to become Kuroshio volunteers and take part in marine environmental education work, and who are not afraid of getting tanned and can endure hardship are preferred.

3. Those willing to assist with cetacean ecological recording.

6. Registration fee:

1. NT$6,000 per person.

2. For two or more people registering together, NT$5,500 per person.

3. Fees are to be paid after admission is announced.

4. The fee includes: boarding for at-sea practicum, special-topic courses, outdoor field survey instructor fees, weekday beautiful-life sharing, Kuroshio Cinema, nature lectures, insurance during the activity period, one Kuroshio T-shirt (at-sea practicum uniform), lecture handbooks, and other costs.

5. The fee does not include: transportation, accommodation, meal costs, production and printing of works for the results exhibition, and other costs.

7. Registration and admission method:

1. Online registration is adopted; after filling in the registration information in detail, registration is complete upon receiving the foundation's registration confirmation email.

2. The foundation plans to announce the admission list and send admission and payment notices by E-mail before 21:00 on June 11 (Mon).

3. Those admitted must confirm payment before 17:00 on June 14 (Thu) to complete the registration procedure and retain their qualification to participate.

8. Planned number of admissions: 25 regular admissions, 5 waitlist admissions.

1. If regular admissions fail to pay within the deadline after confirming their admission notice, waitlisted applicants will fill the places in order.

2. Beautiful-life experience content: special-topic courses, outdoor field surveys, beautiful-life sharing, at-sea practicum, Kuroshio Cinema, nature lectures, results exhibition.

(Contents and instructors of the camp's five major units)

9. Special notes:

1. The foundation will use completeness of registration information and registration time as the main admission criteria.

2. The activity locations are in Hualien urban and suburban areas; participating students must provide their own local transportation in Hualien and arrange their own accommodation during the camp period.

3. Before registering, please note the activity dates and locations; after payment, requests for refunds on the grounds of time and location will not be accepted.

4. Food, accommodation and transportation for outdoor field surveys are not included in the fee.

5. This activity does not accept members joining midway.

If you have any questions about this activity, you are welcome to write to the Kuroshio mailbox [email protected], or call the responsible staff: Lin Dongliang (03)857-8418, (03)857-8148, 0980-750368 (Asia Pacific)

※For more detailed activity content and reflections of past participants please see the official activity website.

Official activity website: www.kurosummer.org.tw

Kuroshio Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000231045764

Organizer: Kuroshio Ocean Education Foundation

Co-organizer: Duoluoman Marine Entertainment Co., Ltd.