My current life

Yeah, two is down, one more.

If you don't understand what I'm saying, let me explain it. Now I am working as shift trainee in the fab, which means I work 12 hours per day, 4 or 3 days per week alternatively. This week is short week so I need to work 3 days and got 4 days holiday. Yippee....but not until tomorrow night.

Working in fab is kind of busy, busy adapting, busy learning and busy building up good foundation. To have many colleagues with experience is good for learning and yet that means the mountain of expectation is higher to climb.

Frankly speaking, maybe it's not up to your expectation, I am still struggling with my work, especially fighting vigorously against the ZZ monster. It's just too hard to stay awake and focus for 12 hours without dozing off. I think I already earn my reputation for being dozy-fishy. Yalar, I can sleep earlier la...but sometimes come back late, sometimes need to cook for tomorrow, sometimes come back feel like talking to friend instead of just go to bed, so most of the times I only get 5 to 6 hours to sleep. I have to find another smart way to keep me awake in the fab, that thing definitely will not be coffee though.

I starts to feel that working life is real life because there are too many decisions to make, too many things to learn, too many aspects to be balanced and too many relationships to be taken care of. As a comparison, student's life, although is simple and nice, is just too phantom.

Rest, is meaningless without work.

Indicents + Accidents

Recently I received series of warnings.

On Sunday's outing to Strawberry reservoir, after passing the dirt road, our car's front right tyre gone flat.

On yesterday's visit to hospital, while I was driving on the freeway, all out of sudden a flying rock caused a little crack in the front windshield.

Then on the way back to hospital after dinner at night, I bent into a wrong lane, cut back into the right one wrongly without observing, and got a loud horn from car behind shamefully.

And it wasn't enough. I lost my way coming out of hospital and wandered around unfamiliar routes in SLC. I was finding my way out and turned into a two way road with one lane each way. It was so dark with few street lamps and no cars that I could hardly recognize the road conditions. Finally a bus passed on my left. I was on the right way.

And then two strong light circles emerged in front, not far away. Gosh! Within split second I pull my car over to the right and braked heavily. Just touching the front bush, mere escape. If what's on my right was a concrete divider then I would have been divided, without the chance even to wave goodbye.

I am glad that I am still here. I bought a heavy lesson without paying. How lucky!

Living in Utah, US

Disclaimer: Please stop reading if your green monster starts overtaking you. (I'm joking, :D)

Initially I wanted to describe my living experience here as living experience in US, but slowly through daily conversations and observations I came to realize that living here at Utah is unique, as unique as living in any other state in United States perhaps, because US is just too vast to be stereotyped.

If you aren't NBA fan, you might not even have heard of Utah, which is definitely not like metropolis New York. Quietly surrounded by gorgeous mountains and beautiful lakes, it have everything exactly opposite to Singapore: big, large, hugeeeeeeee!

Utah Lake

For example, Walmart is huge. The first time we saw it, we were so excited to take photography there. That day was Thursday. And then Friday - Walmart again, Saturday - Walmart again, Sunday - Walmart again...I feel a bit embarrassed to say that we took picture with Walmart. They all look the same even though they are all at different places. (Non-tourist: What so big deal!) Paiseh, we are still tourists. :D


It's convenient to have so many Walmarts nearby, if and only if you drive. MI4 = find small groceries stores within walking distance. It's cool to drive here with opposite orientation, different rules and better cars!

Chrysler (I drive slightly less cool model, ^^)

And about my temporary fully-furnished house that's so comfortable to stay: Two cozy rooms with queen size beds, closet room, living room with soft couch, kitchen, landry room, garage.

Example of Oakwood housing (I can't show mine without camera)

I guess I better stop here before being hunted by green monsters, :D. Though I have my own worries, as everyone do. 'Til next time.

(FYI, time here is GMT -6. So the time difference with MY, SG which are at GMT +8 zone is 14 hours. Just know whether to +14 or -14, you will know time at both sides.)

Exciting arrival in US

I am finally settled down in this totally different place after two days of hassles. Life here has been really exciting with friendly peoples, beautiful landscapes and comfortable home asides from a series of unfortunate events.

Firstly a boring 18 hours long flight from Sg-Tokyo Narita-LA-Salt Lake turned everyone into a lazy and sleepy pig. And as expected, upon arrival in LA, I was detained to be registered specially for a reason. (You are making a wrong guess if you relates it to my look, ^^) Thanks Louis for his fine message and I did estimate at worst I would miss my flight.

It wasn't an unpleasant experience as you might think of but just paperworks, echoing the sigh from the young ABC officer. We even talked about which airlines' flight attendants look most beautiful (FYI, he give his vote to SG airlines). However, the process was much longer than normal because of the stupid fingerprint scanner or software or computer or whatsoever. It was a little bit frustrating to repeat "left hand first, right hand next, look at the cam" for about 20 times while you are catching the plane.

When it's done finally, all passengers were gone with me alone standing rooted to the alien ground. I have to admit I was directionless at that moment but forced to act calm to deal with weird attentions from other officers. Hey, I am not the culprit of making myself late, you think what? (Of course this is a monologue, so as below)

Miss flight? No no no... sure die. Connecting baggage? Hmm...Should I check in my luggage? Don't care la, give. Check info board. Where's my flight no? Ahh...go out. Streets? Damn. Go up. Where's my gate? Freak out. Ask. Oh, terminal five. Where? Go down and take shuttle. Go down. There's no sign board with number of 5!? Ask. Cut through streets and parking lots? Don't care liao, all out running. Terminal 5 arrival. Ok. Go in. Check info board. Gate 61 - Boarding. 15 minutes more. Security check. Can I bypass the crowd? I am afraid I am late. NO!!!? Grrr........ Fine. Take out laptop. Remove shoes. Hold boarding pass. Every second counts! Wear shoes. Take back laptop. Drop. Damn! Sigh. Run. 50, 51, 52, 53,... 60-69 turn right. Ok right turn and open door. What the hell? Why so long a corridor? Run. No one else. Pak pak pak pak. All my running sounds. I'm tired. Where's the end? Go out, escalate up. Run. 64, 63, ...finally...there's someone I recognize for the first time in 3o minutes. Last few minutes boarding. Finally, I've made it. Is it all scripted? Phew........................

(Although I've made it, I think I could done something better by telling Ramnik that I don't have my phones roaming, as different to most of us, so that they don't need to have extra worries for unable to reach me. Anyway, it's over.)

After the near miss of flight, luck was yet to shine on me, or, to my luggage. Both of them were still at LA, delayed. Good. It had been already 30 hours since I last bathed, and I would continue to suffer for an unknown period with uncertainties looming around. Furthermore, being the last to be dropped off because I live the furthest at south and to be late to the departmental welcome dinner weren't really big deal but weren't relieving either.

And so when I finally back to my home, it was already 1030pm. I waited for 10 minutes. There's no sign that my luggage were on the way and I had to call delta for information. Oh, both are found and will be delivered to your address by 230pm tomororw at the latest. What a fake voice! I couldn't spare much excitement for this voice recognition and generation programme but go on to check it online. Wait a minute! Why my address was wrong? Sigh, Debbi gave the wrong address at the airport's counter. I should have check it myself, instead of allowing them to give the information. But what to do if the service provider provide the wrong piece of information? Suddenly I felt like only myself is reliable. Sigh.

I called again to change the address and got the update that the delivery company would deliver it around 3 A.M. 3 A.M. then 3 A.M. la...I was exhausted. But it was so confusing whether they would deliver it or not, as different operators said incoherent things to me and another friend Pei Wen who also had one lugggage delayed. Luckily it still came at the midnight, right before the sun rose, at 530 A.M. So happily and refreshed that I went on to unpack nicely and planned my schedule, until to be picked up at 9 A.M.

So today I am extremely tired, not because of jet lag, but because of a mere sleep of less than 2 hours. I just found that my hp spoilt, and so my last option to take photo was gone too. Why must life be that exciting huh? Though it's unique experience anyway.

Cam-Viet Tour Photos

Ok...finally I've uploaded my 18-day tour photos onto web. I've separated it into 5 albums and uploaded to my facebook and friendster, or if you like to view all photos one shot in a slideshow, check out my picasa web album.

Why did I take such a long time? Because it required careful organizing and selection. Since there were 3 cameras taking photos, quite a lot of them are similar. Imagine there are 3000 photos with the size of about 5GB. If I don't classify the photos accordingly and delete those similar but redundant photos, it will remain as a mess inside hard disk, inhibit myself a pleasant recall of memories in the future.

Now I've deleted about 500 photos, and selected best 300 from the remaining photos. Finally a job done. Phew.

摄影记 | Travel Photography

[注：这是柬越游记的其中一篇文章。为了文章的连续性，请从主文：柬越游记开始。]
[Note: This is one of the articles of "Cam-Viet Tour". For better reading experiences, please read from the main article: "Cam-Viet Tour"]

旅行总是与摄影形影不离，要旅行，少不了相机。少了相机，无论经历再丰富体验再刺激，当感觉随着忙碌渐渐变淡， 当记忆随着时间慢慢流逝，能够重温的或许只剩“曾经去过”这事实。但若说旅行的目的就是摄影，相信除了某些奇人（如某些尼康专业摄影师）之外，只剩下那些上车睡觉下车拍照的吃喝玩买极速赶景旅行团的团员们会认为如此。

Photography seems inseparable from travel, and camera is a must for any trip. Without it, most details will lost. Emotions will fade out no matter how wonderful and thrilling the experiences were, memory will fade away no matter how strong your memory is. The only way to revoke past memories and feelings is by looking back at photos. Nonetheless, I doubt few will agree that to travel is to take photos, except for some weirdo (like some Nikon professional) and ducks that follow inflexible package tours which offer nothing more than eating, sleeping, and of course photo taking.

话虽如此，在那些诸如历史文教遗迹之类的景点，摄影还是占了观光的大半时间，一来透过镜片欣赏可以随意拍下留作日后再欣赏，二来拍出好照片会有满足感。

Having said so, in those historical sites, photo taking still consumes most of the time, as one may prefer to appreciate and save the beauty through lens. Also, it's of great satisfaction to have shot a magnificent photo.

四个人四架机，难免时常互相比较。究竟谁的摄影技术比较好？至今仍没定论。
We often compares photography skill as all of us own a cam. But who's the best? The question remains unanswered.

有最好的相机，拍了不少好照
Equipped with the best camera, had fair amounts of good shots.

相机坏之前拍最多，因而拍出一定数量的好照
Took the most photos before camera spoilt,
and hence by proportion had some good shots.

特殊的录影师，自豪地认为成功拍下吴哥窟最美的图案
Unique cam recorder, boost to have taken the best picture of Angkor Wat

有最多的摄影知识但很少实践，懒人就是这样的啦
Have the most photography knowledge
but seldom practiced it. You know he's lazy.

让我们看看小沙关于摄影的秘诀。Let's see Sandy's tip for photography.

1. 按住相机的按键来选择和控制光圈摄光的来源。
If you don't know what's adjusting aperture with background by holding press button of the camera, check it out.

2. 人和景的最好的比例是一比三。
The best ratio of people to background is 1:3.


但实际拍摄有时候不懂怎样才算比较好。比较一下两张照片，你觉得哪一张拍得比较好呢？But sometimes things aren't that clear. Which photo below you think is nicer?

序言 | Prologue

[注：这是柬越游记的其中一篇文章。为了文章的连续性，请从主文：柬越游记开始。]
[Note: This is one of the articles of "Cam-Viet Tour". For better reading experiences, please read from the main article: "Cam-Viet Tour"]

古有西游记，今有柬越游记。古有四人长途跋涉历经磨练为取经，今有四友游山玩水偶经磨砺后取了经，不同的是，前者取的是佛经，后者取的是社会经。原来，毕业旅行的意义不仅仅在于共同玩乐的体验，也在于接触五花八门的人和经历繁琐复杂的事后，对社会和生活多了深一层的认知和体会。因为这些人和事，在平日千遍一律的生活里，是很难在短期内汇集在一起的。而这些体会，对即将要踩进江湖的我们，更是难能可贵的。

话说回来，虽然同样是游记，同样是四个人，但古今毕竟不同，角色如不雷同纯属不巧。

In the classical Chinese literature "Journey to the West", there were these 4 guys embarking on a long and dangerous journey in search of Buddhist sutras. At present times, there were another 4 friends traveling to Cambodia and Vietnam after graduation for fun and exposure. They weren't given the task of finding any text, but along the way, they had learnt that there's another objective. Through various events and interactions with all walks of life, they had gained more insights about society and life. These experiences are unlikely to be obtained through monotonous daily life, and hence are precious, especially to us that are going to enter society soon.

Both journeys were joined by 4 journeymates, but seperated by few centuries, and hence there are bound to be differences in the roles played by members. It will be a miracle if things can be matched so well.

现代版师父：则瀚
高瘦白净、沾酒出瘼、不忍杀价、舍钱喂商的绝种好人。生来既有使命，为了找寻不惜攀山涉水，终于在越南找到与名字相对应的Chon 8。（注：Chon 8 是一种越南咖啡品种）

Modern Monk : Chak Hon
Tall, slim and fair, he's such holy that he seldom drinks due to allergy and bargains for a better price, not for himself, but for seller. He was borned with a mission, and is willing to take on challenges to search for it. In Vietnam, he found the ultimate Chon 8, which was perhaps named after him. (Note: Chon 8 is a type of Vietnamese coffee bean)

现代版马骝：俊霖
皮黑发卷、顽皮活泼、爱玩易累、悟性极高、擅长七十二变，变成当地人易如反掌。

Modern Monkey : Choon Lim

With dark complexion and curly hair, he's extremely active and naughty, though he becomes tired easily. As a quick learner and master of transformation, he can easily disguise as a local everywhere.

现代版八戒：智泉
腰粗股大、有肉又油、时有疏忽、自认帅气、善于搭讪，但却从不偷懒、负责体贴。

Modern Pig : Ah Bee (Chee Chuan)
Round and plum, muscular yet fatty; he's slightly absent-minded. He will never feel shy to show his handsomeness and to "flirt". Ironically, he's determined, responsible and caring as opposed to what you might think of him.

现代版沙僧：钊专
眼细朦胧、喝多睡多、好吃懒做、性格随和、善于被“搭讪”、却最具有冒险精神，给予的意见最中肯。

Modern Sandy : Eddie (Chow Chuan)
With small eyes, he always look like he's not having enough sleep. In fact, he sleep, eat and drink the most and avoid to commit. But he has great temper and adventurous spirit and always give objective comments. Perhaps that's the reason why he's popular to be "flirted" by ... ^^

Cam-Viet Tour 柬越游记

(Newly updated: 02-07-2008)

人一生能有几次长达十八天的背包旅行？对工作假期多得是的西方人来说，这问题是不可思议的，但对我们而言，能有几次已经很满足了。我很有幸能在毕业之后和三位志同道合的朋友去柬越玩了十八天，这一段旅程必将成为我们以后美好的回忆，但回忆若没有被整理、重塑和升华，就只会是凌乱的碎片。

How many times can you afford to spend 18 days for backpacking? This question to westerners whom have long working holidays seems redundant, but for most of us, to have few times of it will be satisfactory. I am glad that I had experienced once at least as my graduation trip with three other friends of similar interests. That will stay in our memory forever, but memory will be meaningless without organizing and reshaping.

我想将所见所闻所感所想写成一篇游记，不仅仅是像流水账这样的记录，而是希望和大家分享经验，通过我们的眼睛看到我们所看到的，通过我们的感觉感受到我们感受到的，通过我们的喜怒哀乐去想象和体验，仿佛如亲身经历一般。我也想以此测试我的双语写作能力，但知易行难，语言功力有限，希望辞能达意。

I am not satisfied just to record things plainly but I want to put down what I've seen and felt nicely in a comprehensive journey, to share with friends our experiences, to see through our eyes what we've seen, to feel what we've felt, to imagine and experience as if it was their journey. This will also test my ability in writing bilingually and I hope I do it clearly.

也因此，要完成这事需要一段很长的时间，或许是一两个月，也或许是更长。以下的每一项题目都将是一篇独立的文章，等我写好了我就会链接起来。没耐心的朋友，可要吃亏了哦。哈哈。

And hence, it may take quite a while for me to finish this, maybe one to two months or even longer. When I finish each separate article, I will link it with this post. So please be patient and stay tuned ya, my friends. ^^

序言| Prologue (Updated: 27-06-2008)
水鱼记 | Unfortunate rip-offs
寻食记 | Foreign delights
求物记 | Art of Bargaining
冒险记 | Adventurous acts
摄影记 | Travel Photography (Updated: 02-07-2008)
人物记 | Peoples

第一天：初识高棉—风雨无情历史满泪
Day 1: Khmer - A place of unpredictable weather and history contrast

第二天：探访庙窟—四辆铁马四处骑访
Day 2 : Wats - Visiting by cycling

第三天：再见吴哥—正邪交汇爱恨交织
Day 3 : Angkor - The good and the bad

第四天：抵步金边—璀璨已逝动荡重建
Day 4 : Phnom Penh - Former oriental Paris in quick reconstruction

第五天：寻找历史—悲剧重现意外横生
Day 5: History - When terrifying genocide meets enduring accident

第六天：人在西贡—越龙躁动人车齐飞
Day 6: Saigon - In the mantra of rapid development

第七天：地道古芝—战争教育完美旅历
Day 7: Cuchi - The perfect enlightening and informative tour

第八天：悔去湄公—跟团吃买游船看无
Day 8: Mekong - The buying and boring tour

第九天：如是水市—屋漏船迟机坏钱失
Day 9: Water market - Disappointment and disheartenment

第十天：再寻历史—正义邪恶殊有定论
Day 10: History - The same old division of good or evil

十一天：暂歇会安—古色古香购物天堂
Day 11: Hoi An - A short rest in a relaxing old town

十二天：沿岸北上—海天山岛古都香江
Day 12: Traveling north - Magnificent coastline and scenery

十三天：速游顺化—迷你中华惟独凯定
Day 13: Hue - It's so Chinese except Khai Dinh Tomb

十四天：上越下龙—海上桂林船上天堂
Day 14: Ha Long - The Perfect Paradise

十五天：闲逛吉婆—真假猴子时间炸弹
Day 15: Cat Ba - All about monkeys

十六天：终站河内—人流繁杂水偶惊叹
Day 16: Hanoi - Modern people and ancient arts

十七天：迷失古区—天气酷热欲走无力
Day 17: Old quarters - We're beaten by the hot weather

十八天：再见柬越—提早离去后话再续
Day 18: Goodbye Cam-Viet

高棉寺庙 | Khmer Wats

柬埔寨的高棉寺庙有什么好看？就是去看精美的Bas-relief咯。这样说不但可以秀你的知识，还可以秀你的法文。要在墙壁上雕塑只用两种方法，一就是让图案凸出来，即为浮雕（Relief）；二就是让图案凹进去，即为阴雕或凹雕（Intaglio）。浮雕还可以再分为低浮雕（Bas-relief）和高浮雕（Alto-relievo）。好了，现在是时候欣赏古代高棉建筑艺术了。

What's so interesting about Cambodian Khmer Wats? Well, it's about master piece of Bas-relief. Answering like that can definitely show your knowledge. LOL. There are only two ways to make wall sculpture, either by carving it convexly or concavely. The former one is known as "relief", which means carving in relief; and the latter one is known as "intaglio", which means incised carving. Relief can be further classified into low-relief (Bas-relief) and high-relief (Alto-relievo). With this quick piece of knowledge, it's time to appreciate the ancient Khmer architecture.

在过去那段长达六百年的辉煌时期，高棉民族建造了多不胜数的寺庙，其中闻名遐迩的就是吴哥窟，以致于其他的寺庙都被统称为“吴哥窟群”。在暹粒省的三天里，我们参观了大约十间寺庙，很坦白说在参观了五六间后大家都看得有点意兴阑珊，仿佛当晚一旦发噩梦最恐怖的莫过于反复被人载去看寺庙。但有审美疲劳不代表审的不是美，所以在这里我还是尝试描绘出每间寺庙的特色吧。

During that glorious period that lasted for about 600 years, the peoples of Khmer had constructed numerous Wats. Among them, Angkor Wat is the most prominent one to the extent that the whole area is called "Angkor National Park". In the three days at Siam Reap, we had visited about ten Wats, and were feeling the diminishing return after visiting 5 to 6 Wats, as if the worst possible nightmare we could have that night was to visit Wat and Wat and Wat and ... Anyway, I will try to outline their unique beauties here.

Oriented to the east.
Flat vs "temple-pyramid"


Angkor Wat "City Temple"
Preah Khan "Sacred Sword"
Neak Pean "The Entwined Serpents"
Bayon - Multitude of serene and massive stone faces, "face towers"
Pre Rup -
Ta Prohm - "Ancestor Brahma"
Ta Som -

Updates from Vietnam

Today is the 9th day of our backpack trip and we are currently in HCMC, leaving to Danang tomorrow night by taking 18 hours trains. Different elements have made up the trip so far and today wasn't a good day for us so hope that we are soon begin to have joy again.

Too many things about the trip can be written and I think I would have a hard time organizing all these into an interesting and comprehensive entry. Chon has pondered of writing a book. So we shall see what will happen.

Til next time.

Full Outing

Was too busy to update blog. This outing was at last last weekend.

We went to bugis to buy new year shirt, though I wasn't really buy for new year. I bought new bag, new watch, new shirts, new pants, woo hoo, I spent like mad. @.@



After that, we met luke & see wei and went to geylang to have good foods. 1st: Frogleg's Porridge; 2nd: Beef-River; 3rd: Soya, 4th: Durian.

Went out at 11+, came back at 11+. Did things that I haven't tried before or haven't did for long time, syiok! Really a full outing.

第一次

美好的时光即将逝去，在以后最平凡的日子里肯定会偶尔怀念这段日子。更何况许多第一次的经历就在那段时间发生，更加深了感情和记忆。

 

      第一次坐飞机，兴奋地期待起飞那一刻的瞬间变动。喜欢在飞机穿梭云层间时，从机窗内近距离地观看变化多端的云朵。

 

      第一次去外国旅游（我想我就不当新加坡是外国了，文化和我国相差不远，哪有异国风情可言？），当个纯粹的外地游客。

 

      第一次踏足中华文明发源地境内-北京，感受长城的连绵和故宫的宏伟。

 

      第一次近距离看见妓女的真面目，原来这就是色情业啊！（我是应该鄙视她们？还是可怜她们？）

 

      第一次住四星级的酒店，极其奢华挥霍……

 

      第一次和一个事先不认识的人同房，尽管不需要什么适应，不过感觉还是和好友住在一起不同。

 

      第一次改变发型，剃了个光头。

 

      第一次看到秋天的红叶，感到冬天的寒冷，过了四季里的一半，感触良多。

 

      第一次在凌晨从天黑等到天亮只为看那日出，却遗憾雾太浓了。

 

      第一次去主题公园坐过山车，摩天轮等。   

 

      第一次频繁地需要根据太阳的位置来判断东南西北，方向感有所改善；第一次真正看到地势环境的不同，地理常识有所增进，因为登山远足的关系。

 

      第一次流浪街头没回家睡觉，天寒地冻的情况下从港岛西走到港岛东，看到城市的另一面还误创高速公路险被“拘捕”。

 

      第一次接触到和认识到许多“外国”人：欧美西方人，日韩东方人，各国移民后代。

 

      第一次需要频繁应用英语和切换语言，英语的会话总量应该比大中小学加起来的总量多。

 

      第一次有意识地去从零开始学习一门外语-韩语。（华语，英语，马来语都是在小学迷糊时开始被教育填鸭，:)）

 

      第一次被一位美女老师教书。（实质意义不大，纯粹炫耀）

 

      第一次在一个不超过20人的班上课，享受到师生比例高的好处。（从小中学教师，到课外补习，到大学课堂，都应该超过30人吧）

 

      第一次上一个由粤语教的Tutorial Class，感觉非常特别。

 

      第一次教书，尽管是非正规式的。认识到自己并非如想象中具有教学的天赋，如果要做教师会有很多方面需要学习。

 

      第一次考试不是为了考好，而是为了及格。或许这就叫做往不良学生堕落的第一步……

 

      第一次一天三餐都自己煮面吃，为了省下一点钱。吃了大约三十餐 面/米粉 + 青菜 + 香肠/肉片。

 

      第一次比较系统地记了帐，想事后比较理性地分析自己的消费行为。

 

      就这样，四个月了。感觉就如朋友所说的一般，正是南柯一梦。如今，梦就快要醒了，就用这篇小小文章留下少少记忆，作为留学游园记的总结吧！

夜游香港-告别记

      举头皆是高楼，望天不见星闪。

      城中四处霓虹，早已淘汰月光。

      不打烊的夜里，只有细雨纷飞。

      寒风迎面吹袭，行人步伐放缓。

      街上人影稀疏，吧里舞影凌乱。

      圣诞尚未到来，人已提前狂欢。

      狂欢何需理由，不假节日掩饰。

      洋人酷爱酣醉，挥霍不以为意。

      码头几人露宿，公园人猫对眠。

      覆被尚疑行人，哪有机会酒醉。

      贫富难由人主，大同亦无平均。

      生来既有不同，事出未必有因。

      弱肉常被强食，只愿悬殊缩小。

      巴士停泊空地，德士排队添油。

      小巴凌晨候客，小店通宵营业。

      一切讲究商业，方为经济奇迹。

      重物质犹有情，虽现实却真实。

      常变化显弹性，强奋斗显毅力。

      人潮虽逊海潮，却具独特一面。

      灯光难替星月，仍是另番姿采。

      天佑此座海城，继续繁华发展。

北京游

从没想过我会去北京玩，不是因为没有憧憬过，而是因为没想过自己会舍得出这么一笔钱去玩。5天4夜北京游，我总共花了港币4300。。。于是用破产的代价换取了4天的疯狂尽兴。和两个西方朋友（德国人Jaquim和瑞典人Frederik）一起在中华文明的文化中心共同游玩，多么难得和奇异的机会啊！

 

这一次旅游绝对是至今我最享受的旅游。飞机坐港龙航空（连续5年成为中国国内最佳航空公司），在机上享受丰富的飞机餐，看辽阔的云海和灿烂的日落；酒店住四星级的宝辰饭店，躺宽阔的客厅，睡舒服的大床，每天享有种类繁多的早餐。。。哇，真是过分豪华奢侈！但更令人享受的是自助式的旅游，一起看旅游书定流程、一起在地图找方向，其中的伸缩性和不确定性带来了无数次的意外惊喜和开兴。

 

第一天（26/10）：

晚上七点多抵达北京首都国际机场，刚搭出机场的门口就遇上狡猾的黑车司机，尝试蒙骗我们上他的车。毕竟我是刚抵达的游客，对于当地价钱没有认识，360元是贵还是不贵心里确实没有把握。。。幸好当我正在犹疑间，Frederik从他那本lonely planet:China（Which becomes our "Book of Wisdom" afterwards）找到了有用的资讯：正常价钱80-100元，骗人的黑车则索价380元。好书啊，连这都有说。逃出了他们的活动范围后，问了问维护秩序的公安去市内的价钱到底需不需要360元那么贵，立刻知道了答案：哪需要360元？不用100就到了，那些XX，抓也抓不完。呼，幸好第一步没走错了，没被砍。。。

 

于是上了一部跑表的正规德士，这一次轮到我想蒙骗他我来自广州，可惜到后来连我自己都觉得露出马脚了。第一，我答不出广州的气温和交通状况，只能胡混；第二，我那不听话的德国朋友一直要我问这问那，搞得我不像“国内人”似的，再加上后来在练习“香港中文大学”怎么念。。。这，露得太明显了吧！

 

好不容易经过几段“特堵”的路段，我们终于到了建国门内的宝辰饭店。四星级的饭店，叹，这一辈子都还没这么奢侈过，真的既让我享受又让我愧。九点了，看来什么地方都不能去了，只能在附近走走，找一找吃的。12度的秋风让我这个受热不受冷的热带动物有点受不了，母亲关于嘴唇干燥易破裂的叮嘱使我刻意不时用舌头去添唇边。在一间台食火锅店前停留了一回，最后还是决定进去享有晚餐。我的两位朋友叫了清汤底，我则叫了麻辣汤底。哇，还是一样的麻和热，搞得我鼻涕口水全都出来了。火锅，虽然简单，却是我认为最能吃出食物鲜味的方式；只是20元，和香港的一个普通餐同样价钱呢；在北京，应该属于中档消费吧！

 

第二天（26/10）：

这一天我们决定好了去长城，只是能去的长城也有好几段：八达岭、慕田峪、司马台、黄花（剑口）。。。八达岭是最多游客去的地方也是最商业化的地方，所以第一个被我们排除在外了。慕田峪长城秋天景色最美，黄花（剑口）最具挑战性，但两地都要从怀柔车站出发，所以本来想要到那才做最后决定；不过在询问酒店服务员的意见后，觉得黄花实在太远了，所以最终选择去慕田峪长城。跟着“智慧书”的指示，我们从北京站地铁乘到东直门，乘公交车到怀柔车站再换小巴。第一次在北京搭地铁就在比较旧的北京站乘搭感觉和乘搭新加坡和香港的地铁很不同，仿佛身处在中国七八十年代的工业时代。再加上不幸遇上上班的人潮，结果感觉更像了。

 

今天早上比昨天晚上更冷，站在东直门外汽车站等待公交车实在冷得令我有点难以适应。好不容易等到去怀柔的公交车，幸好车上还有售票员，不用投币，否则我们就头痛了。售票的大姐蛮好人，可惜司机却相反，不但大声地喝令一些乘客（不是我们）把大型行李放在后面，而且驾驶速度不快。。。结果我们就这样在车上呆了两个小时半，到站时精神都没了。根据“智慧书”的提示，从这到长城的交通需要25元，我还以为是公交车，到这后才发觉原来是比较舒服的小货车。既然正好是25元（证明没被砍），就上了。

 

到达慕田峪时发觉还是挺多游客的，但这还是证明我们的选择是对的，如果连慕田峪都如此，那么八达岭的情况必定如某处形容的“被人潮一直推往前”。开始形成这种古怪有趣的想法：Tourists are all mutually exclusive. You don't want to miss out any hot tourist spot, but you would like to be the only tourist to be there, though economically it's not possible. 可以坐缆车上，可以坐滑车下，但毕竟还是亲自走上比较有感觉，实际上也不过花那二三十分钟，何必做懒人呢？

 

“不到长城非好汉”，毛泽东的一句话让长城更加闻名；实际上要到长城有何难呢，要在长城上多走几段路才会消耗体力。这一伟大的建筑真的是连绵不绝，涵盖万里，一眼望去，在崇山峻岭中直切横行，犹如万丛绿中一点红。可惜这天雾多，少了清晰度，多了朦胧美。有的路段很斜，行走时只能专心看下，若一不小心踩空了就完了。在长城上行走，最重要的是脚下行走不同路段和心中感受那种视野和胸襟，而不是去尝试寻找特别的东西，毕竟城墙楼台大都千篇一律，没什么好比较的。在上面逗留了三个小时多，大家都累了，决定坐缆车下。缆线比香港海洋公园的斜多了，让我在起初时有点害怕。下到山后，开始遇到了兜售旅游纪念品的摊口，也开始了北京行之The ripped off and the art of bargaining。

 

话说Jaquim的购买欲最旺盛，需要送纪念品的朋友也特多，所以很不幸地在这被ripped off了两次。首先是几双筷子和木盒。开价220，Jaquim还价100，嗯，杀一半价，看起来价钱还可以接受，于是成交。在旁的我也没有觉得什么不妥，虽然换作是我就不会买，因为这对我来说没什么特别。但不久，我就惊讶地发觉到原来他被砍得一颈血。不久后，我和Frederik在另一摊看到同样的货物，Frederik表示有兴趣但始终不肯出价，结果那个（差劲的）小贩自己把价钱从260一直降到30。。。终于让我们知道了杀价的范围：原价的10-15%。我们本来不打算跟Jaquim说，以免他醒觉自己买了愚蠢的东西，但最终还是难免。真悲哀！实际上，他在我们醒悟的同时又被ripped off了一次，用了50来买一件只值5-10的衣服。叹，他们今天可赚大了。原来实价是原价的十分之一，幸好终于知道了。

 

在经过两个小时多的车程后，终于在晚上回到了东直门。Frederik 想去 lao she tea house （老舍茶馆）（门票60元起），Jaquim想去看什么武术表演（门票100元起），我心里直吐苦……我那满是窟窿的钱包啊……但又不能扫兴，所以很自然地我站到了Frederik那边。经过一番找寻，终于在西单大街找到了那间茶馆，看起来气派还不错的嘛！经过Jaquim和服务员的一轮鸡同鸭讲，我不得不把普通话派上用场 。哎，真是尴尬的场面。我不是存心耍人的，一开始还以为双方沟通没问题，不需要我这个互动翻译器的嘛！其实我是个很懒的游客，不想当翻译器……

 

进到茶馆后，陆续看到不同国家首脑的照片，才惊觉原来这个茶馆大有来头呢！一碗香茶、几碟糕点，一次过欣赏中国艺术表演的主要精粹：华乐、京剧、相声、魔术、变脸、少林功夫，60元，不贵不贵！\

28/10/06（六）

北京天气的变化显然很大，昨天还是冷风嗖嗖的，今天就能感受到太阳的温暖。好天气，宽敞的天安门广场也就特别明亮，人潮也特别多。红帽顶顶，小旗飘扬，啊，旅游团，快闪！出于个人偏激的想法，不喜欢跟团的旅游方式，所以……就算我老了，凭着我的经验，我也不要跟团旅行！

 

在天安门广场第一幢看到的是毛泽东纪念堂，尽管是后门已经有很多人在那闲置等待……经过正阳门，右转后有人民大会堂在左边，人民英雄纪念碑在右边。看到了要参观毛泽东的长龙，倒！我可不想排队排一个小时。毛泽东是伟大没错，但是伟大的是民众；既然我已经看到了伟大的人龙，那我就不需要看毛了。在广场溜达和混账了一下后，就走行人地下道到对面的天安门。人、人、人！

 

跟着人流进入紫禁城后，被一位能说流利英语的“销售员”（我像这样称呼应该没错）拉到“西安什么美术学院”画展去了。我们三人本来都没有打算买什么，后来在不断地游说轰炸之下开始动容，再慢慢心动，终于大家都各买了一幅图画。用150元买了一幅鸳鸯鸟的丝绸画，打算当作送给姐姐的结婚礼物……我想应该还是挺值得的吧，尽管我们都不懂我们究竟有没有被ripped off。

 

随后我们就进去故宫博物馆参观，因为某些“黑暗交易”我们只用40元就买到了门票。（正常票价60元）。呼，终于进到紫禁城了……大得半天都走不完，就这样按图依次游览各宫各殿，出来时已是下午三点多。

海洋公园 + 烟花表演

上星期五下午：海洋公园万圣节。付了200元，自然就对这个负“盛名”的一年一度的万圣节有点期待；但有期待通常就等于有失望，这一次逃不了。关于恐怖诡异和害怕被吓这一回事我觉得男和女有着很大不同的见解。男的（大多数吧我认为）会觉得这明明是假的，有什么好被吓的？就算气氛再恐怖、灯光再诡异、鬼出现的地方再意外，也不会被吓得心惊胆跳吧；但女的会。所以结论是：玩这种东西很无聊，要值回票价，除非你是和你的女朋友一起来共同享受那种气氛，否则呵呵，等着打哈欠。

 

其实也不是说海洋公园做出的效果很差，其实灯光、服饰、气氛都是很好的，只是关键在于我给了钱，但我不明白为什么我应该被吓倒，对我来讲是矛盾的。始终觉得恐怖的元素离不开：意外（大声在耳边喊、突然跳到你面前等）和恶心（血、尸体、痛苦等）。如果一开始就知道是鬼屋有什么意外可言呢？全都是假的又有什么恶心呢？说到心惊胆跳的感觉，我觉得那次第一年MSA的ghost walk （"treasure hunt"）推开厕所见鬼那一刻最好；因为完全出乎意料之外。

 

但海洋公园还是很值得去的，不在于特别的万圣节，而在于那些机动游戏和其他展览。虽然觉得它不是真的很大，但挺好玩的。（听说迪斯尼比这小，那就是真的很小很搞笑了）

 

昨天晚上：中国国庆烟花表演。我忘了有多久没看烟花，也记不起其实到底自己有没有看过烟花，真是愚蠢，呵呵。但这样很好，至少看到这一次的烟花表演时很惊讶很愉快。虽然40万人挤在港岛两岸很拥挤，但是为了那一刻（23分钟）天空中的灿烂，闷热的等待是值得的。烟花，真得很好看。我想，没有几个人会讨厌看五颜六色缤纷灿烂的花，但伴随着的烟却把最高的IFC建筑也给遮住了。。。美丽+享受， 似乎逃不开以污染环境为前提。但如果有人倡议为了环保（和经济），从此不应该再放烟花，我想我不会反对的。毕竟烟花再美，也比上日月星辰的美。少一刻人工美，多换几刻自然美，不是很好么？

爬山记（3）- 再游南Y岛

上星期六，带国兴和他的一个中国朋友康泰去南Y岛玩。再尝了尝驰名的阿婆豆腐花（这一次真的见到了阿婆），再登了两座山。在这里登山的其中一个乐趣就是很容易可以找到不同的径。于是在技高胆大心细和体力充沛的康泰的带领下，登了一座比较多石陡斜的秃山。只可惜我们很迟才到南Y岛，剩余的时间不足以让我们登上最高的山地塘，天气又阴沉，所以只好选择较易走的菱角山石级道。

 

这一次登山耗的体力明显比上一次多，因为与两个步伐都比我快，体能比我好，时不时跑来跑去、跳来跳去的疯子同行。不过和疯子们登山自有其乐趣，因为我也是同类，只是稍微逊色而已，哈哈。去到山顶时不巧天刮来一阵短雨狂风，但在天已渐黑的情况必须继续赶路，幸好在走到极限前下到了山脚，看到了那令人感到温暖和安全的街灯。

 

走到码头，刚好错过了几分钟前的船，下一班要九点钟才开，只好在这吃海鲜晚餐了。80元，吃到了不错的味道，还好吧！但这更增加了我的疑惑，为什么上一次OAL的那餐要如此贵。。。花了132元吃垃圾~愤怒！我经过最著名的海鲜酒家天虹，看到12分的套餐才1000元，平均一人100元不到，还有鲍鱼。。。为什么上次那个垃圾餐需要132元？我的钱给得好冤哦，还我！大型主办居然不比自己单行旅游便宜，要么是有人吃钱、要么是管理极滥，真是叫我直摇头。

 

回到去中环，刚好经过一间著名发型屋开张，有许多明星轮流经过留影呢！在专业强劲的灯光效果下，化上好妆的明星好起来每个都好看，呵呵。就这样，爽快但疲累的一天。

爬山记（2）- 南Y岛的菱角山和山地塘

原本星期六的南Y岛不是计划好去爬山的，而是“随团”（越来越讨厌随团了，哇哈哈哈）去参观和享用海鲜餐的。但如此多人挤在天后庙一点意思也没有，午餐的海鲜餐又让我尝到了至今尝过最难吃的虾，那160块可真的给的冤了。更何况三点多就要回去，不到半天的行程，太不值得了。于是决定自己搭晚一点的渡轮回去，但当得知原来那费用不过14元时，我的心又再次刺痛，原来那顿不过尔尔的海鲜餐要132块钱啊？啊。。。晕

 

决定留久一点的原因是因为看到有几座山可以爬，再次期待那种从高处俯瞰陆地的心醉神怡。于是从索库湾出发，经过许多度假屋之后，看到了启往菱角山的告示牌。休息了一会，做好上山的心理准备（只能有心理准备，因为什么外物装备也没有）。从这里看到的风景其实也不错，面对一座小丘的同时拥抱四周空旷草地的平静，看到悠悠白云的同时感受鸟儿的鹏程万里，真令人心情舒畅。上山的路段非常易走，因为全是石级。（1999年竣工）我们一路上山，走到累时就回头望一下，沉醉于其优美景色后又继续向前向上。还没到山顶，但我们已经开始觉得不枉此行，树、山、海、船、岸、楼、山、天，物物连接又层层远去，而且途中还发现了一些奇异的植物和虫类，爽！

 

不久，终于走到了山顶。我恍如身处在一幅宏伟的三维图画中，一角是榕树湾的发电厂和其附近的山群；另一角是隔海对岸的港岛，但这些岛都被包围在广阔的海之中。多神奇的一幅图画啊！第一次看到真实的地型--湾、盘地、湖、石岩、防洪堤、岛，酷！那可容纳二百人的渡轮在这幅图中不过是那么微小的一点，而通过粗略的比较，载货的邮轮有七座大厦之宽，也不可谓不大了，但几艘邮轮也不过是海上的点缀。从这里，可以清楚看到整个港岛的沿岸线，那些高楼在群山的包围中显得有点渺小，海洋公园的摩天轮也要很好的眼力才能看出来。个人认为，这个景色比从太平山顶上看下来的图像更震撼！

 

找了一个巨大的石岩坐下休息，我那德国朋友原来带了两粒橙，哇，在山顶之上面对山海云阳吃鲜橙，好像在享受着以前看电视广告Mild Seven那种优雅。。。这些岩石都是难得的飞石啊，虽然看起来有点危险可能会随时滚下山。。。山上的风很大，帽子很可能会给吹下去，只好收起来了。这风之强劲让我站都有点不稳，让我有点怀疑有没有可能就这样被吹下山呢？

 

往下山径走了不久，看到了一个地图。。原来刚才的菱角山并不是最高的，前面还有一个更高的山地塘。看一看手表，四点多，距离日落还有两小时，应该可以走到山顶，于是继续走。因为之前走过的全不是困难的路，所以没想到会遇到一个这么困难的上山径。走不到多久，就看不到一个明显的途径了。。。前方仿佛没路，到底要不要继续走下去呢？

 

试探了几步后，发现前方还是有路，只是可能少人行走，所以都给灌木丛遮住了。于是继续前进，但被逼和草木做亲密接触，有时稍不小心会被地上的连藤勾住，有时裤子会被一些有刺的植物刺洞。过了这条极窄的路，看到了高耸的山就在前方，泥径开始变得倾斜，为免滑到，很多时候都必须用双手扶住周边的岩石，有时甚至要按住一些石头跳上去，刺激哦！但也必须很小心。在不断攀爬的过程中，有时会看到一些以前的登山者避免迷路留在树枝上的记号，有时风声太强会让我神经紧张了起来：会不会有蛇啊？有一些路的地陷下去，使到灌木丛比我还高；有一些路的灌木丛太密，我回望居然看不到跟在我身后的朋友。大约经过四个记号之后，我猜想我大约走到了一个小山顶，但要环顾周边的风景却有点困难，因为四周八边都是草木。

 

尽管这里的风景比不上菱角山上看到的风景，但因为处于更高的位置，所以另一边的船只显得更微小，更平静。夕阳的光辉片洒在辽阔的海洋上，如一幅静止的山水画。休息片刻，我们便开始下山。下山比上山困难，因为草木把路给遮挡住了，如果一不小心踏进坑就会被吓一跳，深怕滑下去；而且一旦踩到松散的砂石很容易就会擦伤。好不容易，终于下山了，整个过程大约耗费了两小时半，到山脚时脚已经累到不能站直。呼，山下的海风也很大，买了瓶啤酒，在码头边喝边看夕阳下山，那感觉真独特。

 

南Y岛，是个登山的好地方啊！

爬山记（1）- Kowloon Peak

老实说，来香港之前从来没有想象过的活动是---Hikking。香港不是一个大城市吗，怎么会在香港爬山呢？但到了这边才懂得原来香港群山连接，平地极少，难怪寸金如土。其实我身在的香港中文大学就建立在山上（比南大高很多哦），虽然上山下山有点辛苦，但却随时可以看到无敌海景和夜景，真的爽得不得了。

 

第一次爬的山是沙田的Kowloon Peak。（如果没猜错？）原本只是要在沙田附近走走看看有什么景点，拜访了车公庙、香港文物博物馆，穿越了许多公寓后，在靠近沙田围mtr station的地方发现了郊野径地图。于是我们一直沿着这条柏油路上去，经过一两个新村和童军营地后，看到了一个“请各位清明拜山人士别随意留下易燃物品”的告示。抬头四周望一下才发觉在山腰处真有几个坟墓（有一些坟墓还放着一些酒缸，到底是什么风俗呢？），看来这些家庭可真的讲究风水。。。之后上山的路线就属于泥路（但很安全），不久就到了其中一个山顶。

 

哇！从山上望下去的风景简直美的不得了，之前上山耗费的力量完全是值得的。我看不到南边的港岛因为被更高的山封住了视线，但我却可以很清楚地俯瞰北边整个沙田新市镇的风景：刚才去过的博物馆，那些绚丽的购物中心，四周矗立的高楼，还有一条从海边流进去市中心的“护城河”，那几条跨越河的行人桥。这远比刚才在博物馆看到的模型真实，更令人震撼！尝试寻找中文大学的所在地，不过似乎被山坡挡住了，只能通过辨认“tolo harbour”来推测大学的位置，看起来还蛮远的。。。还有略微在西边的一座高山，似乎就是那座全港最高的大帽山，呵呵，期待登上去俯瞰全港的景色。

 

但令人喷血的是我居然看到有一幢大厦在其顶部悬挂巨大的可口可乐广告牌，以其高度根本不是让行人看的。这分明给登山的人看的。纳闷：究竟这叫创意、厉害还是叫浪费、愚蠢。但这奇怪事确实令我觉得很好笑，滑稽的广告牌。

 

我们赶在日落前下到有街灯的地方，但走到那时脚已酸得不得了，只能停下来休息一下。虽然累，但确实值得。意外发现、惊喜探索、神怡景色、广阔视野，哇，爽！决定了，我一定要去完香港所有可登的路线，尤其是那些鲜为人知的，呵呵~

星光熠熠耀保良

被拉去看现场慈善秀，以前都是在电视机上看的。才马币一百块就可以看到许多明星的表演，还不算贵吧，更何况也算是做慈善？坦白说，这算是我真正听的第一次演唱会吧（之前静茹和光良的只是校园演唱会），所以对于现场效应、人潮气氛、灯光效果、舞台布景都特别新鲜。感觉还不错么，好的东西不需要多，印象深刻就好。

 

陈慧琳和Twins的演唱一般、关心研可能潜质会更好一些、李克勤和侧田果然是唱家实力班、但可恶的黄耀明让我听到睡着了，幸好草蜢的劲歌热舞又再次把我唤醒。熟悉的歌声，他们是我小时候最支持的乐队组合呢。安仔的高难度空中伴侣舞让人惊叹，但郭富城的舞步更让我认识到了什么叫劲，不愧是舞王。初时我还怀疑现在还有没有人支持他，但他的舞蹈却让我觉得这个巨星不应该退休。

 

离开后遇到一个阿姐询问我们可不可以把那本介绍手册给她，原来她是在关心研唱歌时伴舞的小丑差利。大会并没有提供给工作人员手册，但她却很想要这本手册。坦白说，虽然我想留下一些什么来纪念，但这本书只有赞助人和明星的相片，所以我给了她。这本手册，对我没有什么价值，许多观众也把它弃置在地上，但对她来说却极有意义。她说：她是在这里出生的啊！闻之动容。香港人对香港有特别的归属感，这不是外人可以容易理解的。

 

归属感啊！我究竟应该归属在哪里呢？父母、知己、朋友都对我很好，但。。。不懂为什么呢，我很少把真正的心事分担出来，也不会对人倾诉偶尔的孤单，别人活得已经够忙够累了，也有自己的烦恼，何不只让人记得我的笑容呢？从前的我好像只对自己笑，现在的我好像只对别人笑，好像都是极端哦？真伤脑筋。第十天一个人睡的孤单，被空穴疑风吹起了伤感，在Beyond沧桑的歌声中挤出了几滴愁水。

文化交流

终于完成了IA的申请，终于排完了课程表，终于清理完了两个电邮箱积累的信件，可以休息一下了。难得在外国，当然要像井底的青蛙一样把眼睛睁得超大，把即使再细微的变化也看成非同小可。选择香港是因为比欧美便宜，所以在了解当地一些文化之外自然要和其他国际学生交流一下，认识不同的世界，开一开眼界。

北美洲

1。美国果然是一个大国，单单从那转过来交换的学生就占了三分之一。每一州似乎都有独特之处，近乎像一个国家一样。西岸和东岸的不同，北方和南方的不同，城市的快速和农村的保守，再加上许多移民社会，美国真的是一个文化大熔炉。不过，也正因为它大，可能他的国民就不太对其他国家感兴趣。如果有西方人不懂丹麦的首都叫哥本哈根，那一定是美国人。:P

2。Hi. How are you? Good. 我相信这一定是从美国人传过去给其他西方人的，呵呵，虽然已经习惯了这么做，但还是有点不太适从。好像没有听过他们回答bad，但我每次还是要想一下到底是good, pretty good, ok, not really well还是bad。

3。British english or American english？尽管美式英语比较强势，但很多欧洲人还是喜欢用比较优雅的英式英语。至于对我这个连英式还是美式都分不清楚的亚洲人，自然讲哪个都无所谓啦。

德国

1。当我的德国朋友告诉我：在德国，没有排队文化这回事，我感到非常惊讶，我还以为这种情况只在大马发生呢。。。这与德国人的文化不相符合啊！原来对守时那么认真的他们来说，排队这回事并不是该维持的秩序之一。

2。啤酒。不敢想象如果没有了啤酒德国人怎样生活，因为这是他们的生活的一部分。狂爱喝啤酒的德国人啊！在想着是不是德国人把这个文化传给其他西方人的，呵呵。

3。Heidelberg，德国最出名的城堡，也是其他西方人联想起德国的图像之一。

4。德国面包，没法国面包这么出名，但另有特色。到底特色在哪呢？好想试一试阿！

5。终于可以舒一口气了，要是一旦以后有人对我能说多种语言感到惊讶时，我会说德国人也是必修德语、英语和选修荷兰语一个、法语的！况且，德语比英语难学。

6。原来schumacher代表shoe maker（“做鞋佬”的意思），真有趣，但也想象到以前的封建社会对于人的社会地位的严重钳制。

北欧

1。瑞典、芬兰、挪威、丹麦。毗邻的四个国家，却有着四种不同的民族语言，感觉上有点神奇。或许他们都是相同的，除了芬兰语之外。

2。北欧人真的壮！男的彪悍，女的魁梧。

3。丹麦的生活水平很高，挪威也是。挪威因为有油田所以很富有？第一次听见。。。

荷兰

1。不知道一开始是谁翻译过来的，Dutch一般都比较喜欢称呼自己的国家叫the Netherlands，Holland不过是他们一个著名的码头。真是一场美丽的误会啊！

2。原来郁金香叫tulip啊，欧洲的魔幻之花，哈哈，有时候只懂中文不懂英文真的很难沟通，更气煞的是我明明知道那样东西，却传达不到给别人。

意大利

1。意大利的美食：意大利粉、意大利薄饼（比萨）很出名啊，为什么不是世界三大菜系之一呢？

希腊

1。希腊人的名字真的很长！一个拥有悠长历史的民族，令人景仰啊，只是他们像中国人一样，都不用古希腊语了，用新希腊语。

韩国

1。韩文真的很特别啊，用汉字接过来的笔画来构成拼音，只要懂得什么画代表什么音，就可以说出来了，多好玩。

2。韩国人有些文化很粗鲁啊，要开路只要撞一下就可以了，会不会是因为他们酷爱吃辣的关系阿？

3。少了Kimchi，韩国人每餐都吃之无味。

日本

1。日本还是一个高度压抑的社会吧。。。从他们日常生活中简单的举止可以猜想一二，连举手打招呼都觉得他们特别生硬快速，是我胡乱猜测么？

香港

1。和新加坡一样都是那样地发达繁忙，但在许多地方有着截然的不同。感觉上香港人在小事上比较乐于助人（大事不懂），当你有问题或脸上有疑惑时即使你不主动求助可能会有人主动伸出援手。觉得大学里宿舍员工比新加坡好，商场服务人员的态度也是。至于现不现实？我觉得凡是住在城市生活里面的人都是比较现实的吧！

2。以前曾听过一个笑话：在新加坡，凡是没有明文规定允许的就是禁止；在香港，凡是没有明文规定禁止的就是允许。但感觉上香港的告示和警告牌也不少，在厕所里居然看到Please don't stand on the toilet seat。有谁会这么变态吗？对于惯于用common sense的西方人来说，许多告示牌都是多此一举的。这是否就是文化差异呢？

3。个人觉得，香港的食物比新加坡好吃，因为更贴近家乡口味吧。但外面的食物放了很多味精，一吃就吃出来，这不是真正的美味。味精不是不可以放，但是不应该让人吃得出来啊！

4。有一点很细微的东西到现在都不明白（也许并没有任何理由存在），香港的车辆行驶靠左，行人走路或上电梯却靠右。要么就像英国车辆行人都靠左，要么就像欧美都靠右，哪有混起来的呢？不过香港也不是唯一如此独特的地方，在日本，车辆行驶靠左，东京的人行走靠左，大阪的人行走却靠右；一个国家内有两种习惯，真让人惊讶！

5。因为要与国际接轨、竞争，所以觉得香港人即使再小也没有岛民心态；相比之下，具有丰富资源和地理优势的马来西亚国民的视野胸襟却极其狭窄短浅，真可谓极其无奈。新加坡一个小岛就可以创造出经济奇迹，马来西亚拥有强她十倍的优势却停滞在后，对于那些稍微有认知和见解的西方人而言，我再解释也掩饰不了当中的问题所在。

其他

1。东方人恨不得想要把肤色变白一点，但西方人却想要把肤色变黑一点。。。可不可以交换一下，各取所需呢？

2。大多数西方人包括女性都喜欢运动，而且很多从小就开始学习，但东方就呵呵~是不是家庭教育的不同导致的啊？

3。喜欢血拼几乎是全球女性都喜欢的活动。。。