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明天就要出發，心情興奮又緊張。這次其實是我歷來最長的旅程，17天，卻完全沒有計劃，沒有Itinerary，今天直緊張得腸買不適。

收拾行李用了差不多大半天時間，光是為了帶甚麼衣服，帶多少衣服便頭痛了好久。雲南温差很大，早上及夜晚，下雨不下雨的温度往往相差十度以上。這種天氣最好是layering，短袖Tee，hoodie，gore-tex外套就最適合不過，可恨我一件hoodie也沒有，炎夏在香港也買不到hoodie的。>_<

衣物都以舒適、快乾為主，方便途中洗衣服，結果我偷了傑的Arctyrex Tees用。反正我也不愛上鏡，穿隨便一點沒關係。

Yunnan, here I come!

Random Yuannan Trip

雲南是我一直想去的地方，卻因每年的大假都用來回加而一直擱置，沒想到突如其來的機會讓我實現多年的夢想。看到暑期機票也只需1400元，雖然腦海裡還是有很多問號，很多不安，但想想醫生說我老是擔心這個擔心那個，分不開現實與擔憂，就把心一橫，買下了香港到昆明的機票，為期十七日的旅程將於星期一展開。

很清楚短短五天是不足夠策劃一個十七天行程的，只好訂下幾個主要目標景點，其餘的就邊走邊計劃。這也是一個人旅遊的好處，可以很隨興。

目前想到的地方有大理，怒江，騰沖。大理是因為想看看段譽的家鄉，怒江是想看看三江並流，看看當地人溜索溜過那滔滔江水。(雖然很有可能今天居民已不再溜索，溜索已變成供遊客玩樂的Zip line。) 怒江，騰沖都是因為想看看還未被遊客完全供佔，變得完全商業化的雲南(但願如此)。

好友們聽到我要去雲南都問我身體如何，我自已也擔心會有高原反應，或哮喘發作。但根據上次朋友去西藏的經驗，同行四人中身體好的三位都病倒了，反而"虧虧地"的那位卻好端端的一點事也沒有，希望我也一樣吧。大不了有高原反應時就躲在旅館睡懶覺，看書過日子，總好過在港天天躲於家中，外出時像做賊一般緊張。

這敞旅程我沒有任何期望，只想讓身心放鬆，如果能找回面對與放下的勇氣，那該當是Bonus了。

2011-05 Bangkok Trip Day 1

2050 Depart HKG
帶著興奮的心情離開香港這鬼地方，上飛機時看到坐在我們前兩排的艷女，剛想著其實泰國女孩皮膚挺白挺漂亮，便聽到兩位美女比栢芝的鵝公喉還要低兩個八度的聲音……艷是艷，是不是女就不得而知。

下機已十一點多，還好晚上車比較少，而且的士走toll road，半個多小時便到達市區。這次挑了Service Apartment，雖然沒有酒店豪華，但房間真的很大很舒服，而且樓下就是24小時超市，距離空鐵及地鐵只數分鐘路程，十分方便。唯一美中不足的是電視太小了，只是二十多寸的LCD，沒戴眼鏡的我完全看不到塋幕上的小字。

Lost in Translation - Day 8

After talking to people, I found that the quality of life here is definitely worse than HK and Canada.

Heavy Tax, UNBEARABLE long working hours, clear hierarchy at work and any other relationship, expensive housing...............

On the surface, this is very nice, clean and beautiful city, cherry blossom, nice shopping, fancy packaging, good food, very good client service everywhere.

糖衣下卻是非人生活

Lost in Translation - Day 3

Another early morning for me, couldn't make it there to the breakfast place.......

Team meeting - totally shocked...it was such a typical Japanese style meeting, exactly like what I've seen in movie - shocked.

Dinner with Duck and Ben, suppose to meet them up in 新宿三越, the subway station is a maze, there's like 10+ exits at that stupid station, and weird thing is I can see exit 1-4, 6-8 but CANNOT FIND EXIT 5 which I'm suppose to get out. Once I get up the street and try to look for 三越, it is a nightmare because it is a maze, nobody speaks English and nobody knows how to read a map and tell me where I am.

Had izakaya, supposed to be good but again I cannot taste anything, something must be wrong with my taste buds, or maybe it's my sinus / allergies.

Izakaya is also full of smell of smoke, which drives me crazy. Isn't this suppose to be a highly civilized city? How come these people are so clean and polite and environmental friendly and recycles and everything but THERE'S NO SMOKE FREE RESTAURANTS?

Lost in Translation - Day 2

Wake up super early to get ready, and it was chilly and raining. Lucky that I had Mogi-san to come pick me up.

Tokyo office is nice, but feels weird when every body speaks in Japanese, no matter if they're Indian, chinese, white or black, everyone speaks Japanese. Kinda feel left out when I'm the only one who does not understand a word. I guess when I'm back to HK I should always speak in English in office whenever there's a non-chinese speaker around.

Had Oyako-don for lunch, not as good as I thought, way too salty. Had sushi for dinner, it was okay, but I can't really taste it. It was 9pm and the full team is in office, was too tired and I left.

Lost in Translation - Day 1

Never thought my first time to Tokyo would be a business trip, and never have been so unprepared when I travel.

First impression to this place is it's chilly, it was 8 degree when weather forcast said it'll be 15-20. Shocked at how even ppl in the airport does not really speak English.

Sepnt 12 hours on the road, crazy.

Despite how clean the city seems, am totally shocked that restaurants are not smoke free

20091009 - HK - Taipei

1800: heading to airport

離開公司的道上，有種難以言諭的興奮。灰濛濛的天空，彷彿提醒著我這城市有多讓人討厭。

離開，是為了給自己一點空間，從每天營營伇伇的生活中暫停下來，從拾那個愛生活愛旅遊愛文化的我。

離開，是希望讓抑壓得麻木了的神經蘇醒，讓自己盡情笑盡情哭盡情思念。

離開，是為了找繼續走下去的勇氣。

離開，是為了回來。

Taipei, here I come.

Screaming Hare

兩年前他生日到Horseshoe Valley滑雪場玩Tubing時拍的短片，坐在水泡上滑下冰梯，速度真的很快。我原全不知道自己尖叫得那麼大聲的，直至他讓我看這短片。

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