Connie and Hsin-Yu first met in 2012 in the elevator of Wurster Hall - the architecture building at UC Berkeley. She immediately recognized his Taiwanese accent in Mandarin and asked if he and his friends were Taiwanese. Thus began a friendship of six years, which magically became something very special in 2018 when Connie moved to New York.

2012年於柏克萊大學建築系的電梯間，采璇與信佑相遇了。當時信佑正用台灣語調的中文跟一位同學商討晚上的工作計畫….. 「诶，是台灣人嗎?」采璇問道，這種他鄉遇故知的場景相信離開過家鄉或有留學經驗的人特別有感觸，此刻之後，采璇與信佑便成為同在異鄉奮鬥的同鄉人，每當有學業或生活上的狀態更新，兩人總是告知彼此，知道對方在哪裡。

Hsin-Yu was working in San Francisco when Connie updated him on her move to NYC, as they often did throughout the past six years of friendship. Only this time around, they never stopped sending each other messages after the obligatory update. Texts and photos to share their everyday lives turned into lengthy phone calls on every topic possible. They soon realized how similarly they think by finishing each other’s sentences. Something just made sense, they didn’t fully understand yet, but they decided to cherish and protect it until today.

2018年采璇到紐約工作，信佑在舊金山上班。兩人如以往般跟對方分享自己的近況，但是這次兩人的對話持續著，透過交換喜歡的歌曲、生活的各式照片、兩人的距離漸漸被拉近而且發現原來彼此這麼相似。即便是分隔兩地，兩人總能無話不說，也希望自己能持續珍惜著這份靈魂共鳴的雀躍與喜悅。透過這樣的方式找到如此願意珍惜的拍檔是多麼難能可貴。

The “long distance relationship” became their lives for the next year and a half, flying to see each other each month or two, and the journey to the airport became a very familiar one. In March 3 of 2020, Hsin-Yu made the big move to New York to be with Connie. Little did they know they were going from seeing each other once a month, to quarantining together 24/7 in a 200 square foot studio in the Upper East Side. A beer pong table was purchased to facilitate working from home for two people. (don’t worry, they’ve moved and now have a dedicated bedroom and living/working space wall and a door on it!) The two of them came up with many ideas to enjoy their quarantine time together - cocktail hours by the only window in the apartment, workout sessions with youtube videos, learning new recipes together, movie nights, and so on..

遠距離交往也曾伴隨著采璇與信佑，每隔一到兩個月兩人會飛到彼此的城市，到機場的路途變得如此熟悉。2020年三月，信佑決定搬到紐約跟采璇一起生活，巧合的是，就在信佑搬家後的那一週，紐約因為疫情的緣故，決定封城。小倆口從沒想過彼此會從幾個月只能見一次面到一週七天每天二十四小時形影不離。從日常起居到工作開會都發生在上東區一間只有七坪大的公寓。疫情封城、遠距工作等挑戰激發出兩人許多利用空間 / 時間的巧思：折疊式的派對桌，在上班時間擴張工作台面，下班之餘能讓出空間來讓我們參加線上的健身課程；窗台配置蠟燭與小盆栽也成為兩人的雞尾酒吧檯。大夥別擔心，疫情稍微穩定後我們就搬到下城Chelsea一房一廳、更適合居家辦公的公寓了。采璇是家中最有品味的採購兼美食設計師，精心烹煮的每道菜、依偎在小陽台/窗邊看著夕陽跟城市漸漸昏黃的日子使兩人過得很精彩也很滿足。

The location Hsin-Yu chose to propose to Connie is a very meaningful one. The FDR Park on Roosevelt Island - this was the first "date” that Connie brought Hsin-Yu on, on his first visit to New York since they reconnected. The beautiful tram ride overlooking the city’s skyline and the blissful walk in the park.. The place has marked new beginnings for the couple in the past, and it will now lead to a bright future with concrete foundation.

信佑選擇在對兩人很有記憶的羅斯福島紀念公園求婚，這是兩人相隔五年後再度相聚約會的地點，從曼哈頓可以搭乘空中纜車才能抵達，全景開窗的車廂帶著兩人越過城市的天際線，降落在這個宛如平行時空的寧靜小島，在島末端的紀念公園劃記了兩人過去與現在的交點，至軸線的末端遠眺兩人無限的未來。