月光傾城

今年要過完了！

喔我的天啊！看看我的blog，今年是特別懶惰，還是特別自閉？還是真的過的乏善可陳？整個2009年的entry竟然不超過10篇！

上班的時候，我一邊不斷的簽下”31/12/09”、一邊不可思議的想著，再過一天，其實非常熱鬧的2009年，就要這麼結束了呢，我到底這一年是怎麼過的？

有百分之二十的時間都在國外（意指紐西蘭之外），52週裡面，有12週在國外啊！這些點點滴滴，如果不記下來，是不是很可惜呢？雖然腦子裡面會時不時的出現這種念頭，可是同時又覺得，捨不得把腦子裡面的印象化成實際的言語。因為總是會些微的失真，因為總是會讓人更加惆悵。

於是我決定學一學人家（人家是誰？），列出今年我覺得最重要的幾樣東西。

（是的，這也代表了我的遊記還會再拖 囧 ）

就先從書開始吧！（沒有特別順序）

I can still remember how I felt the day before I boarded an airplane for the first time (first class! And I spilt the complimentary drink the moment I sat down), how exciting I was, to the point that it was nauseating, and how it seemed like only a trick my parents were trying to pull on me. That was when I was about 7 or 8. There’s world beyond what I knew, and I was awed by the amazing scenery and ancient buildings in China. I also got to see and feel snow for the first time in my life, and was secretly hoping one day I can live in a place like that. Even today, even after been stuck on top of the mountain in the blizzard for 22 hours, I still find it romantic to live in a place that snows in winter. The idea of the quietness, the isolation, the loneliness, and the extremity of icy weather still fascinates me.

I remember clearly the first time I got to speak to and surround by people that looked totally like aliens, with light-colour eyeballs and hair, and they understood my English. That was in the States, and I was probably 11. (We joined an organised tour, and 9 out of 10 days we had Chinese food because the average age of our group is about 50. And not only because elderly don’t normally like trying new things, also in America there’s really not a lot of local delicacy to try anyway.) I remember trying to make a conversation with the bus driver on our way to Vegas, and a toddler on Waikiki beach tried to talk to me. The power of being able to make myself understood (which, unfortunately, I am still struggling with every single day!) planted a seed in my heart. I vowed to work and live in another country one day.