中国之旅-西北篇（3/4/2009）

一早起身，发觉地上湿湿的，就以为下雨了。我问了刚刷完牙回来的嫣，她也说该是下雨了吧，这么冷。我们刷牙的时候，简直就是碰到水手就麻痹了，漱完口连嘴巴都麻了！
The floor is wet when i step out in the morning, so I think that it must be raining not long ago. I asked Sam who just brushed her teeth, she said, should be raining yesterday night. The weather is damn cold, we can't stop shivering while washing our face. The hands are frozen by cold water, mouth is also numb after brushing teeth.

把身体裹得像粽子一样后，我勇敢的踏出第一步，下楼找老板去了。向元外了解了中午的行程后，我随口问了一句：“昨天下雨了吧？”结果换来一阵狂笑：“傻瓜，是下雪啦！什么下雨！”我顿时恍然大悟，原来地上看到的白色物体竟然是雪！没想到生平第一次见到下雪竟然是在这样不经意的情况下发生的！我赶紧抓了一堆雪，兴奋地跑上楼让鹏和嫣看，隐约还听到元外在喊：“高原地区，不要剧烈运动，小心高原反应~”
After "packing" myself with lots of clothes, I bravely walk out the warm room to find the boss for information of our trip to Tar Lamasery. When I asked him,"Is it raining yesterday night?" He laughed at me loudly,"It is snowing! Not raining!" With doubts in my mind, I turn around and found some white objects on the floor. OMG, it is snow! This is the first time I see snow, it happened so abruptly！I quickly grabbed some snow and run up the stairs to show David and Sam my great findings. Yuan Wai's voice is still echoing in the air,"Please don't run, you are in highland, don't try to exercise too much!"


马来西亚风味的自备美味早餐 Self made breakfast, Malaysian flavour~~

洗漱完毕，吃过了早餐，我们就出发到附近的莫家街了，这里可是西宁出了名的美食街。接着我们就在西宁市中心闲逛，看看这里的人、店、车，也逛了附近的一间书局。在途中，我们也乘机尝了这里著名的美食--酸奶。原来这和我们常吃的Yogurt是同一样东西，只不过这里的酸奶特别香，也特别新鲜，我爱上了它~~
We went to the famous Mo Jia Street nearby, it is full of delicious food. We walk along the streets in Xi Ning, looking at the people, shops and car. We tried one of the famous local food here as well, it is called "sour milk", which is actually yogurt. It taste much better than the normal yogurt we buy in Malaysia, I love it~~

莫家街 Mo Jia Street

中午12点，我们到了名闻遐迩的东关清真寺参观。由于是星期五，很多清真徒在准备礼拜，我们也只能在旁边观看。这里的清真寺和马来西亚的清真寺分别很大，感觉上比较古朴，也更具土耳其建筑的特色。这里清真徒的服饰也跟马来西亚的清真徒不太一样，可能是我们的清真建筑和服饰都比较新颖吧。
We arrived at the famous Dong Guan Mosque around 12, seeing many people preparing for Friday prayer. The mosque here is very different from what we can see in Malaysia, it looks more like Turkey style. The Muslim here also wear different attire compare to Malaysian, maybe Malaysian Muslim looks more modern, haha...


东关清真寺 Dong Guan Mosque　

午餐：驴子肉！ Lunch: Donkey meat

午餐时刻，我们吃了一顿难忘的驴子肉。那碗有点臭酸味的甜品，到现在都让我难以释怀。
The most memorable lunch in my live -- donkey meat and weird dessert (sweet and sour, taste like rotten food).

回到旅舍，发现到载我们到塔尔寺的司机已经在等候了，真守时！大家都称司机叫富师傅，因为在这里“师傅”是对别人的尊称（就像我们称呼“先生”一样），熟络一点的则直呼小名。富师傅40多岁，看起来像饱经人生事故历练的人，却也很厚道。我们很快就熟络起来了，他也告诉了我们很多关于中国的事情，和许多载客的经验。他说最让他印象深刻的是一位美国华侨的话。那位华侨说，美国的护照上写着，“无论你到哪里，亚美利坚帝国都是你强硬的后盾！”若有一天中国强大了，在海外的华侨也感觉到腰杆子硬了，这是多么让人兴奋的事！我听着富师傅的话，感受着这片土地上的中国人是如何期待中国的强大。
We reached hostel around 1pm and found that the driver is waiting for us there, he is very punctual on time! Everyone called the driver Guru Fu, because Guru is a respectful way the local people call others (just like we call other people Mr/Ms/Mrs). Only close friends will call each other by nick name. Fu is about 40++ years old, he looks like a tough sailor. On the way to Tar Lamasery, he told us a lot about China, and the interesting experiences he had as a taxi driver. He told us that he met a Chinese from USA few years ago. This guy told him that there is a statement in USA passport saying that the US government will be their strong support wherever they go. If one day China emerged as a superpower, Chinese from all over the world will enjoy the benefit as well, then we can say proudly,"We are Chinese!" I listen to Fu's words, trying to understand how a local Chinese feel when their country is developing rapidly.




左上一：一看到车子经过就马上蜂拥而至的导游。 其他：塔尔寺外景
Top Left: Tour guides that flooded all the car passed by. Others: Tar Lamasery

到了塔尔寺，我们马上就看到了一幅“奇景”。一大群年轻男女试图把我们的车围堵住，然后极尽殷勤的说服我们请他们当导游。我们三人很有默契的都不作声，让富师傅去招架，结果还真地把他们给一一说退了。最难缠的还是那几位用藏语跟我们掏钱的藏族老妇~~
Finally, we reached Tar Lamasery, and shocked by the crowd of youngsters trying to surround us. They tried very hard to pursuade us to hire them as tour guide, so we can understand more while visiting the Tar Lamasery. Three of us keep silent, Fu is the one that answer to all of the pursuasion. In fact, he is very good in dealing with this, and we end up never hiring any tour guides, haha. But the old Tibetan ladies that try to beg money from us, still following us throughout the journey, phew~~






接着，我们也不买门票，就沿着塔尔寺的周边建筑观看，一边注意听其它团队的导游解说。想不到这一招也真管用，就这样让我们听了不少免费解说，也省下了不少门票钱。其实买不买门票的分别不大，顶多只是多看一些寺内的建筑设计而已。
We never buy ticket to enter the temple as well, because we feel that it is not worth. We only walk along the buildings and listen to what the tour guides (hired by other people) say, it works! This save us lots of money, thanks to Fu!









离开了塔尔寺，回到旅舍时已经是下午5点多了。我刚进入梦乡，就被兴奋的志鹏吵醒了，说要到什么中心百货广场看藏族表演。我心里嘀咕着百般不愿意，但还是起身跟着他们走了，毕竟是出来旅行，不能因为懒惰而错过任何精彩的片断。结果匆匆吃了晚餐后，我们在绵绵细雨下走了近一个小时，终于到达所谓的中心百货广场了，里头什么藏族都没有，只有几个十几岁的中学生在嬉戏，几对情侣在细雨中谈情。原来舞蹈表演因为下雨而取消了。
We leave Tar Lamasery after 2 hours. When we get back to the hostel, I tried to take a short nap, but eventually wake up by David. He is excitingly pursuading us to go to watch the Tibetan dance in the City Square, situated "not far away". Though I am very relunctant to walk, I still forced myself to follow, I don't want to miss any good things because of the laziness, haha. We had a quick dinner, and start our long walking journey under light rain for nearly 1 hour. But we can only see some teenagers and lovers playing around the City Square, where are the Tibetans? Oh... the show is cancelled due to rain. Disappointing....


从我夸张的表情里可以看出我走得多累，这里可是高海拔地区叻！
From my exaggerated expression, you can know how tired I am after the long walk!


左图：来到西宁，平日少喝酒的我也开怀畅饮了。右图：超大牛肉面晚餐
Left: My first beer in China! Right: Our dinner, super big beef noodle.

晚上，我们围着元外的电脑看着他去背包旅行的照片，也听着四位刚到的中国男生诉说他们即将开始的旅程。在元外的建议下，我们终于决定让富师傅带我们去青海湖、敦煌、嘉峪关和兰州。包车主要是为了节省经费和时间。
At night, we sits together to appreciate the interesting photos Yuan Wai taken when he goes for backpacking, and listen to the travel plan of another four Chinese guys that just arrived. After short discussion with David and Sam, we decided to hire Guru Fu for the next 5 days to several places we wish to go, so we can save more time and money.

我们也在西凉驿内厅的墙壁上，写下了一句中文留言，和一句半咸不淡的马来文，呵呵~~
Before sleep, we scribble some words in Mandarin and broken Malay, on the wall of Xi Liang Inn Youth Hostel, haha....

中国之旅-西北篇（2/4/2009）

在火车上的早晨，感觉还是昏沉沉。我拿了一罐Tuna鱼和一包Milo去找鹏和嫣，在两个中国人好奇的眼光下吃完早餐。交谈之下才知道原来那位广州老兄要到拉萨去，他还怂恿我们办中国人进去。“你们说得一口流利的普通话，样子像广东人，肯定没问题的！”。不过我们还是没有去，因为什么都没准备，也没有足够的御寒衣物，不想冒这个险。
I wake up after sleeping for long time, but still feel dizzy. I go to find Sam and David, and had my Tuna fish and Milo (chocolate drink) 3 in 1 for breakfast. After some conversation, we found that the Guang Zhou guy is actually heading to Tibet, and he encouraged us to enter as well. "Three of you looks like Chinese from Guang Zhou, and you speak Mandarin fluently, they won't suspect you are foreigners!" But we did not enter Tibet eventually, because we have not prepare the proper attire, the contacts for accomdation and where to visit.

华山的侧面 Side View of Hua Shan

翠绿的油菜花和西安古城 Rape petal and Xi An Ancient City


途中所见的河南/陕西边界风光 Scenery at the border of He Nan and Shan Xi

虽然很冷，还是得装成很enjoy的样子，演技不赖，呵呵~~
Although we feel very cold, but we still need to take a photo showing that we enjoy it!

沿途上，我们看到了各地完全不同的风光。湖南是一片翠绿，偶尔看到小桥流水人家；河南一带则少了河流，但仍然可以看到农作物和油菜花；到了陕西则是一片荒凉，都是黄土高原。这时我们才知道，中国是多么的大~~
We found that in China, the view for different provinces are totally different. In Hu Nan, we can see lots of green grass, small streams, bridges and villages. In He Nan, there are not many rivers, but we still can see plenty of farms and rape petal. But after we passed by Shan Xi, we can only see the loess plateau, full of sands and rocks. By taking the train, we get to know how huge the China is!

两个中国人都很健谈，从天文地理军事社会万象到中国崛起和本身旅途所见所闻，谈了个不亦乐乎。能在中国第一天就遇上这两人，也算是为我们的运气，让我们多了解中国的风土人情。兰州老兄还特地把床位腾出，让我们拍下华山的侧面和西安古城的正面。
The two Chinese are very talkative, they chit-chat many issues from geographical topics, military, society illness, what they see when they travel, and how the people around the world look at the emerge of China. We should be grateful to know them, as they tell us many faces of China and the Chinese culture. The guy from Lan Zhou even let us sit on his bed, just to snap the view of Hua Shan and Xi An ancient city.

午餐，我们下定决心要善待自己，就各自选了一份火车餐，到餐车厢享受去！火车餐没想象中那么难吃，但是很贵。好不容易熬到了6点多，我打了个电话给青海桑珠青旅的虎子，才知道原来他们旅舍赶不及完成装修，床位满了，所以只好把我们介绍给另一间旅舍。
We decided to have a better lunch today, so we ordered the meal and eat at the "restaurant" in train. The food is not as bad as we think, but very expensive! Finally, it is 6pm, so i make a call to Sangzhu Youth Hostel, and found out that the hostel is full! The boss told me that they can't finish the renovation on time, so he introduce us to another youth hostel.

8点我们终于到达了西宁，告别了31个小时的漫长旅途。当我走下火车的刹那，才发觉原来外面的风是那么大、那么冷！本来我们已经有心理准备天气会很冷的，但还是忍不住要大喊：“好冷啊~~~”。据后来旅舍的人说，当时的温度接近零度了。
8pm, we reached Xi Ning after 31 hours of tiring and loooooonnnnng journey. I am so eager to run out the train for fresh air, but end up shivering like hell... Although we know that it will be very cold in Xi Ning, we still feel like screaming, it is soooo colddd! The people in hostel tell us that it is nearly 0 degree that time, phew~~


有趣的标语，连英文都懒得翻译~~晕倒！ What a good translation! Do you understand?

好不容易熬住走出了车站，我急忙去寻找出租车到石坡街去，一问价竟然是30元。当时我知道应该是被砍菜头了，但环顾四周有没有其他的交通工具（都是同一伙 人），加上我们也不知道石坡街有多远，就只好乖乖引项就砍了。路上我假装问司机有没有到青海湖和其他地点，价格如何等，以作为将来的参考，了解一下他们是 怎样砍人的~~（后来才知道，原来这一段路只值7元，果然被宰了）
After walking out from the railway station, i rush to the only pool of taxi drivers, hoping to get a ride to Shi Po street. When the driver told me it cost RMB30, i know that i was being "slaughtered". But it seems like we got no other choices, no other transportation around, and not many people passed by as well, so we have no choice but accept the expensive ride. (Eventually, we find out that the journey actually cost RMB7 only!) I pretend to be innocent and ask about the prices to go to places around Xi Ning, so that we know how much the taxi drivers will charge if they want to cheat you.

鹏、嫣和小强合照。 David, Sam and Xiao Qiang

鹏、嫣和小飞合照。 David, Sam and Xiao Fei

终于轮到我出场了~~~ David, Sam and ME finally~~~

到了石坡街，才知道我们将入住的旅舍叫“西凉驿”，也在进行装修，但我们的房间都很宽敞舒适。老板元外是个北京人，也是个旅游迷兼超级背包客，非常和蔼可亲。我们还认识了老板娘和两位在旅行途中被“劫持”当临时工的小飞（男）和小强（女）。看到我们一脸饥饿相，小飞和小强带了我们到附近吃西宁最出名的美食--烤羊肉！
Finally, we reached the Xi Liang Inn Youth Hostel. Although the hostel is still under renovation, we manage to get a spaceful room. The friendly boss Yuan Wai come from Bei Jing, he is also an enthusiastic backpacker. We get to know his wife and two other travellers Xiao Fei and Xiao Qiang. They are "kidnapped" by the boss to help out temporarily. When we told them we are very hungry, Xiao Fei and Xiao Qiang immediately bring us to the nearest restaurant to have the most famous food in Xi Ning -- toasted mutton!


烤羊肉 Toasted mutton

烤羊杂 The organs of lamp

超级多的面 Noodles, damn a lot!

饿了4个小时的馋相 This is how we look like after starving for 4 hours

据说小飞一餐可以吃5公斤的羊肉，但我们3个吃了半公斤就已经饱了。还有那碗面，吃来吃去都吃不完的，这时才相信，中国人的食量真大！小飞为了“减肥”，眼神尽量不和羊肉串接触，看着我们大快朵颐而猛吞口水，真难为他了，呵呵。小强是位苗族姑娘，失业后就到处旅行去了。
According to Xiao Qiang, Xiao Fei can eat 5kg of mutton in normal meal, but we already very full after eating half kg! Somemore, the noodles is damn alot, now we know that Chinese people do eat a lot compare to us. Xiao Fei said he is "on diet", so he try not to look at the mutton, else he will end up eating all of them, haha.... Xiao Qiang is actually from Miao ethnic group, and she starts travelling after losing her job.

吃完晚餐回旅舍后，发现元外和两个女生用半咸不淡的广东话在交谈，不时还夹杂两个女生发音奇特的普通话，我就好奇的过去看看。嘿，那两位女生原来是香港人，一听说我们会讲广东话，就好像见到久违的亲人一样，叽里呱啦地说了一大堆。原来他们可是憋了好几天的广东话没处说，呵呵~~可惜明天他们就走了，不然还可以结伴同行。听他们和元外错误百出的交谈，简直就像是鸡同鸭讲，真还不知他们怎样沟通的，哈哈！不过我想只要重要的事情没误会，其他的就当作旅途的笑料吧，也不错！
It is indeed a very good dinner! When we reached the hostel, I heard that the boss is speaking broken Cantonese (oops..) with another 2 girls. The two Hong Kong girls are so excited when they know that we speak Cantonese, and start flooding us with what they had experience for past few days. I bet they have not speak with people that understand Cantonese for a long time! Too bad they have to leave by tomorrow, else we can travel together. I was wondering how they communicate with each other since the boss know limited Cantonese, while the Hong Kong girls know limited Mandarin. Haha, as long as the important messages are conveyed, who care!

元外介绍了一位司机给我们，说能带我们到塔尔寺一趟，来回才100元，比我们想象中还便宜！我想真是出门遇贵人了，这个福报可真大！
The boss Yuan Wai introduce us a reliable taxi driver to take us to Tar Lamasery, the whole trip cost only RMB100, which is cheaper than we expect. I think we meet good people this time, thank GOD!

我们的3人间 Our hostel (Big big bed that can sleep one and a half person)

我们在寒冷的西宁度过了在中国的第二个晚上。
We spent our cold night in Xi Ning, which is also the second night in China. Good Night!

西宁伊斯兰妇女的装扮（对不起，我出卖了你~~）Islam lady in Xi Ning? (Sorry David~)

中国之旅-西北篇（1/4/2009）

凌晨2点起身后，我们搭的士到了机场。路上司机跟我们说，到国外旅游最重要是遇到好人和好的司机，这样才会玩得开心又不会被骗。这仿佛在预言着我们之后的种种经历。。。

2am in the morning, we took a taxi to LCCT in a sleeping mode. The taxi driver told us that it will be a great experience if we can meet some good people and honest driver while travelling oversea. We can get to nice places without being cheated. This is like a prophecy on what we are going to experience in coming days...

上飞机前吃早餐 Breakfast before the flight

上飞机前合影 Photo taken before enter the plane

上了飞机后，原本以为可以睡上几个小时，没想到飞机上的报告超级多，吵得我们想真正入睡都不行。就这样，我们迷迷糊糊地到达了广州。

While we are in the plane, we thought that we can have a few hours of good sleep before starting our day in Guang Zhou, but it is not! There are simply too many announcements that come intermittently, making us wake up almost every 15 minutes. Hence, we arrived in Guang Zhou with super tired body.

一下机，领了行李，我们就匆匆忙忙坐了巴士去广州火车站。来到了这个出了名扒手多的车站，我们都格外地小心。这回我可知道什么叫“人山人海”了，我们的车站跟这里比是小巫见大巫。

After alighted from the plane, we take over luggages and rush to the Guang Zhou Train Station in a split second. We are very careful on our belongings when we reach Guang Zhou Train Station, because it is famous of pick pockets! There are simply too many people in here, which i can't even imagine without seeing it by myself.

眼看着去西宁的硬卧座完了，先去兰州再转车又太耗时了，我冒着被鸟的险买下了2张软卧和1张临时有的硬卧。后面排队的两位中国女生还以为我是那里来的富少爷，没想到我手一面付钱心一面淌血~~

The hard-sleeper tickets to go Xi Ning is sold out. If we go Lan Zhou first and get another train to Xi Ning, it will waste a lot of time. So i made a hard decision to buy 2 soft-sleeper (it is damn expensive!!) and 1 hard-sleeper (got it last minute). The two Chinese girls behind me think that i am a very rich guy, but actually my heart is bleeding when i pay the money ~~~

在功夫餐馆吃了一顿又贵又不好吃的早餐后，我们就上火车去了！我睡的是硬卧上铺，一爬上去就懒惰下来了，索性睡个够。傍晚到卧铺厢找嫣和鹏，才发现原来他们睡的地方是个天堂！我们认识了车厢内的另外两个中国人，一个是兰州人，一个是广州人，都很亲切。这一餐我们吃自己带的快熟面。

After having our breakfast (expensive but not delicious) in Kung Fu restaurant nearby, we started our new journey in train. As I am taking the top hard sleeper, I spent so much time to put all my luggage up and arranged a nice post to sleep. It is so cramped! After a good sleep, I meet Sam and David at their soft-sleeper carriage, it is heaven compare to mine! We met the other 2 Chinese in the carriage, one is from Lan Zhou while another from Guang Zhou, both are nice person. We had our instant noodle for dinner today.

火车上第一晚合影 Photo taken during the first night in train


晚上我们尝试在火车停站时下车活动筋骨，却发现天气越往北走就越冷。我本想带着尼采的书在火车上阅读，却不知道何时遗漏在哪一个车厢了。晚上十点，车厢准时熄灯。

The train stopped several times during the night for us to walk out and exercise while waiting for other passengers to come. The weather is getting colder and colder when the train head North. I bring along my book written by Neitzsche, trying to read it. But i couldn't recall where and when i left it. The light is off at 10pm, we are forced to sleep.

中国之旅-西北篇（31/3/2009）

好不容易把工作交代好，一看手表，已经是5点半了！我拖着疲累的身体，用最快的速度冲了凉，转身拿了两个包包就走了。

After finished handling over the all my jobs to colleagues, I look at my handphone and found that it is already 530pm! I rush back home to take a bath in the quickest speed i can, then take the 2 travelling bags and left my house.

开车到了吉隆坡，还是迷路了，电话又不知道为什么一直打不出去，天啊！幸好志鹏及时打了个电话来解救了我。吃了一顿Nasi Kandar后,就到他家做最后准备,然后好好睡一觉。

When i reached Kuala Lumpur, I just found that I've lost my direction to go to David's house. My phone is out of order and can't call out as well! Luckily David called me at this time, then we meet up to have a Nasi Kandar meal nearby. We spent the night with Chie Yen to do final checking on our luggage, then go to sleep!

在中国的最后几天

即将离开成都到广州去了，这段美丽的旅程也将告一段落。

少了思嫣和志鹏，心里感觉怪怪的。但愿生病的她能早日痊愈，祝你们有段愉快难忘的旅程。

回想这两个星期的经历，真像发了一场梦似的。梦即将醒了，心里空虚得很。

我想我在这段日子里更加认识我自己了，但前路该如何走，我清楚吗？

逛书店

不管事先计划好多少该做的工作，多少该读的书，就这样潇洒搭巴士下去瓷厂街了。只为了寻找昔日逛书店的热诚，也好好犒赏一下疲累了一个星期的脑子。

下了巴士，第一站是大众书局对面的翻版书店，拿起的第一本书是张爱玲的《倾城之恋》，竟然来了个70%折扣！看来这一类书连翻版货都难卖吧，所以才这样贱价出售，便宜了我这种人，呵呵～～

接下来逛了即将搬迁的大众书局和依然像个老古董的上海书局。当然也少不了去书多到转个身就会撞倒一堆书籍的学林书局，那位大眼睛的女店员还在这里工作，只是老板出国去了。

现在逛书店已经不如以往般满腔热忱了，看到的书也多半引不起够买的兴趣，或许是因为现在要求已经不同了吧。曾经让我废寝忘食的西方哲学，现在都不想去接近了。还好让我找着了徐志摩的一些诗集和文章，还有村上春树的书，总算不虚此行。

到过了台湾的书店，总觉得大马的没几家能比得上，书本不是格调太高就是太低。或许这叫除却巫山不是云吧，才待了3个多小时就想回家了。以前一来就会逛上一整天，临走还会依依不舍呢～～

或许人的心境不同了，看书的要求也不同了。

回乡之旅

在怡保逗留不到24小时，却仿佛快速温习了过去许多的回忆。

首先是一下KTM就遇到了多年不见的康宇，叫着多年不曾呼唤的花名。接着和坤豪、尼古拉斯集合后，就拼命交换着彼此中学同学间的资讯。某某已经去了新加坡，某某终于回到怡保工作，某某已经和中学时的情侣分手，就这样一路八卦到家。

在“蔗水”的婚礼上，我们和许多多年不见的朋友相聚，彼此交换着工作和联络资讯，也交换了一个年代的回忆。十年岁月这样匆匆而去，男生继续向横发展，女生却越来越苗条漂亮。最感触的是康宇拿着11年前我担任主编编辑的“班刊”，到处找人签名纪念这难得的重逢。当年的“童年稚语”，现在看起来觉得很可爱！

说笑间，突然发觉原来我为很多人安上的“花名”，竟然得以“流芳百世”，搞到很多人的真名都被遗忘了，留下的只是朗朗上口的外号！要记起当事人真名字还真是困难，罪孽，呵呵～～

最让我觉得不解的是，当年的许多好友都选择回到怡保工作了，尤其是那班“药剂师”女生团。不然就是“嫁”过去新加坡了。或许我的野心比较大，不甘心回乡安定下来吧？

隔天早上，和尼古拉斯家人尝了美味的怡保点心后，便绕过去探望我们的母校培南国中。




从校门走到市中心，将会看到近打河。河流依旧在，景物却改变很大；变得整齐了，也商业化了。


狭隘的的校门前多了这块“招牌”。


想当年，我第一天转校来培南，就是在这棵树下排队等候上课的。在这里，我肯过了中国历代历史演义，也跟《水浒传》打过交道。那个石凳，竟然还完好无缺！


超级拥挤的食堂，让我们在下课时总不能安心进食，需要和1000个学生一起站着吃。开始有点怀念那档十年不变的猪肠粉、补习前总爱光顾的Kacang Putih、还有省了一个星期钱才舍得买的Hamburger。

离开前，突然看到一句和改编自台大校训的话，“今日我以培南为荣，明日培南以我为荣！”耳边突然想起冯老师在毕业前对我的声声叮嘱。我该如何回报母校？

*阴差阳错，我们回去吉隆坡前，又让我在咖啡店碰上了3年不见的副校长Karen。退休后的她风采依旧，只是掩不住岁月的痕迹。我们都长大了，老师们却长老了。

Team Building

在新公司两个星期了，非常幸运碰上了每年一度的Team Building Course，我带着一点疑惑和一丝期待度过了两天一夜。

已 经很多年没有参与这种活动了。经过两天地狱式的跑站游戏和航海行动，百多位平日娇生惯养的白领族都体力透支了，最后几乎每个人的双手都仿佛有千斤重。原来 平日一丝不苟的人其实也有天真活泼的一面，许多“大人”在瞬间变成了小孩子。很久没有这种一起玩游戏、一起肮脏、一起互相嘲笑的感觉了，让我想起了中学时 期那段迷恋生活营的日子。

明天就要赶去一位中学朋友的婚礼了，匆匆十余年，这位从预备班开始就一起打球的老朋友也成家了，真不敢相信时间运行的速度。

今晚应该很好睡。

我把你卖了

那年那月，我把你买回来了。

那年那月，我又把你卖出去了。


我们相处的八年里，你除了承载着我的体重，也陪我承载着许许多多美丽悲伤的记忆。有你陪伴我南下北上，我的生活因你而变的有活力。最难忘的，应该还是中五时那些青涩又美丽的回忆吧？那段年少轻狂，应该很难忘记吧。很想把你带回老家，却不得不把你卖了。

旧的不去，新的不来。

真他X的

有两件事让我不得不大骂他X的一些心头之愤。

第一件是关于奥运开幕礼上献唱小女生的事，主办单位认为原唱者杨沛宜不够舞台魅力，找了个林妙可上台表演，声音却是原唱者的，这不禁让我想到“两百磅美女”戏中的情节。找了个可爱漂亮的小女生，就真的能够表现出中国人的真正面貌吗？想不到奥运主办单位“死要脸”、“大中国主义”到这个地步，竟然不惜造假。这其实是在告诉着别人，中国人都是假惺惺的，看到的往往不是真正的一面，这或许是主办单位要表达的真正意思，哈哈！

第二件事，不知哪个王八蛋把我电单车的镜子“连根拔起”，现在我每次骑电单车都得大幅度频繁地“左顾右盼”，以确保左右没有车驶过来，然后才能安全驾驶。真他X的霉运！最让人杜懒的是，最靠近的电单车店在10公里远的Dengkil，我真不知驾到那里修理时，头会不会因为运动过度而抽筋！

了解

有时候你会觉得你很了解某一个人，一些状况的发生也让你以为你会或将会了解某一个人。
但是......
终有一天你会发现你所以为的事情，原来只是假象。
原来你什么都不了解。

终于到了这一天

虚度了两年光阴，我终于完成了我的硕士研究，也过了论文答辩环节。（基本上没什么答辩，因为来的都是朋友）现在只剩下论文了。加油！

又是开始考虑前途的时候了。