The story goes this way:

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We are all so alike yet we are totally different.
人生苦短何必念念不忘

Saturday 29 December 2012

张国荣教我的事

因为我仍有梦
总是容易被往事打动
别流连岁月中
不要管我是否言不由衷
我好害怕总是泪眼朦胧
人生已经太匆匆
将往事留在风中


当我无言,我就感恩

我12月31号晚上有工作。
谢谢。

其实转念一想,我本来就不是懂得凑热闹的人

谢谢你,亲爱的上帝,你总是给我不同于人的际遇。

谢谢。

感恩。

Tuesday 25 December 2012

一觉醒来,白雪皑皑

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人生的初雪,在2012年的圣诞节前一天
Titi冲进屋里嚷着说下雪了
本来在睡梦中的我恍惚中被杂声吵醒
看大家急急忙忙的穿着衣服往外头跑,也学着大家一起
一打开门,

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“啊!这就是雪啊!”

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亲爱的上天,
我很感激你把我的初雪安排在圣诞夜的这一天
白色的圣诞,
原来是这个样子的

冷飕飕的风,湿漉漉的地
暖暖的家,孤单的我

我来回踩着自己的鞋印
想着自己的生活

嗯,
谢谢这场大雪

虽然我什么都没想通

但冷风和雪花讲义气的陪着我思考
谢谢你们,我人生的第一场,雪。



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美丽的,是世界?还是人生?




下雪

下雪了,这是我人生的初雪,在圣诞节的前一天

在睡觉的时候屋友突然大声嚷嚷的叫着说“下雪了!下雪了!”
披上大衣走出屋外,用力的深呼吸,
冬天,你好。

雪轻飘飘的,不一会儿就沾的我一身都是

我一个人在这里,体验最一个人的一切
一个人加班,一个人忙,一个人试着一个人

当别人都忙的时候,我好希望我可以有一个人说说话
我彷徨,我无助,我发生了事情
独在异乡,变得不懂得宣泄自己的害怕
只知道一味的往心里藏

憋得难受了,就自己到外面去走走转转
把自己负面的情绪随地乱丢

一个人久了,变得不懂得跟人家谈心事
又或者说,变得不懂得敞开心胸

在暖气轰隆隆的那些冬天的夜晚,我一个人躺在陌生的床上
看着简陋的天花板,想着自己的事情

能听我说话的人都忙,我还能干什么

没有什么陪伴能够永久的话,那就趁早习惯一个人的生活

一个人的生活就是,使劲儿的把到嘴边的话往肚子里吞
人家怎么对你,你都默默的接受,不问是非黑白,不谈公平对错

就像 Pi 一样,我亲爱的上苍给我安排了“孤单”这一堂课


一个人看雪花飘飘,一个人看白雪皑皑


你们呢?你的圣诞夜,你的圣诞节,尽兴了吗?

听屋友说我们今晚就吃吃喝喝过日子,
一群独自在异乡的人们,离家千里远,
这么一个回家的季节,我们说好要一起聊天取暖

用最手舞足蹈的语言,比手划脚我们的青春











不过是雪,为什么我那么感性呢?

呃!

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我們就都要張開雙手,讓風吹過童年的無憂

代我问候没有人

自己一个人努力的快乐,
才知道快乐也可以那么孤单和空虚

我也好希望,有人可以听听我的故事

但是没有人

代我问候没有人


Sunday 23 December 2012

要不停的让生命更宽更深

这是在美国的第二个星期了

看了电影,吃了些东西,交了些朋友,在世界末日中生存下来
一转眼,快圣诞节了

昨天开始看见天气预测说可能会下雪,可等了一整晚什么是也没发生
就快下雪了,这天气,入寒了。

前天和亲菇宴聊到我们都是孤单的人,因为我们总是讨厌很多人
不是种族歧视,不是阶级歧视,我只是很容易就受不了别人
当我觉得一个人做事情偏离正常逻辑,并且显现的非常愚蠢的时候
我会打从心底很受不了,非常非常受不了

就是这样的我们,所以我们身边的人很少

是会自己去看电影的人,
是宁愿自己看电影也不想跟不适合的人去看的人
是宁愿关在孤单寂寞里也不想改变自己迎合别人的人

什么时候开始,不再介意被说脾气坏,被说脾气古怪
自己一个人,走在热闹的大街上,
再冷,再孤单,再无助,也想自己走完自己的路,不想求助别人

是倔强 是好面子 是想保护自己

“一个人想,一个人走,一个人哭,一个人伤心”
 -任贤齐,一个人


一直到现在,我想家里还是存在着很多的惊讶
很多人都吓到为什么我爸爸会让我一个人,来到陌生的这里,过着脱线的生活
爸爸问过我,干妈妈问过我,干爸爸问过我,三个姐姐也都问过我,

“为什么你不能就乖乖的去新加坡工作,3,4年后再去美国?”

我也问我自己,为什么大家都可以,就我不可以?

我现在回想,如果当初爸爸的第一次拒绝我就屈服了,
现在的我会在干嘛?开始找工作?开始恍恍惚惚的踏入社会?
一步一步走着家里希望我走的路?

我还会像现在这样热切的想要在生活中达到些什么吗?
我还记得那种”打拼“的热血吗?

昨晚和表弟聊了一些,我始终觉得,我不是叛逆也不是任性。
爸爸妈妈想我走的路不是不好,而是为生活闯荡过的他们不像我们重蹈覆辙他们的辛苦
所以他们希望把这世界的安逸尽可能的提供给我们
这是那个年代的父母的爱,是他们的生活的刻苦让他们害怕
也许在他们过去的日子里,他们真的有快成不下去的时候
所以他们会不希望我们去吃那样的苦

我明白。

但是之于我,我觉得人生就是不停的战斗,九把刀的“人生就是不停的战斗”
我在证明给爸爸妈妈看,在我身上的别的可能性
也许这条路没有他们设想的那么安逸,但我一样会很快乐
有一种东西,叫做吃苦的幸福
我想证明给爸爸妈妈看,我可以为自己的人生而奋斗,
像一个为国捐躯的战士那样勇猛的战斗

我也想证明给我身边的人们看,证明这个世界,还是存在很多很多的可能性
我觉得我身边的人已经渐渐失去战士的光环,只剩待锈的盔甲勉强拖着他们前进
这样不好,我希望因为我这次,他们可以再一次为自己的生活而战斗
不喜欢的工作就换一份,不要被害怕牵绊
不喜欢的人际关系就说清楚,不要因为怕麻烦而忍气吞声

快乐,是要靠自己赚回来的。

我看见很多人在生活的缝隙里傻傻的的发呆
好像自己未来的几年已经没有什么值得期待的了

不要这样,未来还很长,要不停的让生命更宽更深。

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其实我自己也知道,要爸爸妈妈放手让我这么样闯荡是一件不简单的事情
我想他们自己也很多挣扎,但是他们最后还是把信任押在我身上
他们,也想看看到底还有什么不一样的吧

爸爸妈妈,谢谢。














Saturday 22 December 2012

李佳恩报告 之 世界没有末日(我想吃汤圆)


(给家里写的信)

大家好!
现在是晚上7:16。
世界没有末日。

我刚刚从商场回来,商场很小,跟我们的jusco差不多,可能还要在小一点。
看了李安的电影,很好看。电影票差不多七块多美金。
很特别的是他们的电影院没有座号,就是随便你坐,
而且入场也不验票,就这么大咧咧的让你走进去,
我一开始还真的有点不习惯

我们宿舍现在住着8个人,4个女生,4个男生。
名单如下:
女生 :Sabrina (马来西亚),cheryl (马来西亚),李佳恩(-------,---------), Yi meng (中国,浙江)
男生:Cristian, Christian, Rodrigo, Manuel (全部都是智利人)
只有Manuel 是26岁,我们其他人都是22岁.

我在努力跟他们学西班牙文,也很努力教他们华文,大家都努力啊!哈哈哈
我们的基本对话就是我说西班牙文,他们说中文。
真的没办法,我们才说英文。但是英文也很难,大部分时间我们都需要谷歌翻译。

我们日常的对话差不多就是像这样:
“kahinn......I........water.......this.......cooked.........you?" -他们说
然后我就开始猜他要讲什么,然后大概大概说, ”errrrrrr, yes......no...........whatever"

差不多就是这样,有的时候他们只是要问我们怎么煮饭都得问上大半天。

我们还计划了一起圣诞节交换礼物的事情,大家抽个名字然后就各自去买一份礼物。
我的今天已经买了,是个桌历。这里的日历好好看,我可以买给你们吗?
可是你们一定骂我乱花钱说马来西亚的日历都是免费的,所以我还在想!哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈!
可是真的很特别,他的日历有很多不一样的主题,有大自然,有汽车,有棒球,有电影,有奥黛丽赫本,有披头四,有很多!!!!!!

好啦,我再想想。 XD

目前为止,我们在这里处得都还算不错啦。
我们的空间虽然没有立体隔间,但是彼此都很懂得避忌。
他们也会负责清理啦,今天其中一个男生就任劳任怨的帮我们把地都吸尘了一遍,
还把那些碗盘全部冲洗一遍,换句话说,比我还要顾家。
哈哈哈啊哈哈哈
大家鸡同鸭讲开开玩笑也就这么凑合着过日子。

所以不要太担心啦!我有祖师公!
哈哈哈哈哈哈!但我真的有!
我的符头除了睡觉和洗澡,其他时间都是贴身的啦!

有一件事我不记得有没有跟你们说过,
那就是,我现在觉得薯条很恶心。哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈
那个炸薯条的油啊,一天才换一次!一天!那是炸了几千包薯条的油也!哇!那整个一恶心!
我看了都觉得美国人好可怜,每天吃这种东西。

但是话说回来,美国人真没有表面上的光鲜亮丽。
我做柜台收钱的时候,遇过一个老爷爷带两个小男孩进来点餐
两个小男孩就一轮嘴点了薯条汉堡汽水之类的,
老爷爷面露难色的问我说,可不可以先跟他说多少钱,他怕他不够钱。
好象是美金7块-8块左右吧,老爷爷颤抖着手从他钱包里掏出八块钱,我瞄到他的钱包就剩一块钱了。
他还怯生生地问我,一块美金够不够付一杯咖啡的钱。
看着挺心酸的。

还有还有,有的父母带着孩子,手上就揣着20美金,
只要总结超过二十,他们就把他们点的东西去掉,
反正就是不能超过20美金。

其实贫穷,在什么国家都是一样的。
想吃的吃不到,想买的买不起,日子过得勉勉强强的,就算你在美国,你还是贫穷。

工作的时候,很多同事会问我是哪里来的,我说马来西亚。
他们通常就说,“哦!我们这里很多学生员工都是马来西亚的”
对我来说,美国,英国,非洲,中国,全世界都有我的可能性
但对他们来说,他们很可能这辈子就这样在这一个地方,恍恍惚惚的过完下半辈子。
很可能,他们这辈子只能去纽约,去华盛顿,但是却永远不知道美国以外的地方有着什么样的风景
即使他们住的是五光十色的美国,但他们其实什么都没见过。

就这么困在这个镇上,等着那一天这个镇也可以热闹起来。


而且看着他们日复一日的吃着快餐,再看看那些炸薯条,
其实不那么富裕的美国人。。。。。。。。。。。。。真的蛮可怜的。

看我的同事们,真的就像戏里的一样,等着薪水付账单,等着薪水买一辆车子,等着薪水给孩子买生日礼物
就这样明日复明日的拖下去,然后看着不一样的学生员工来了又走,走了又来新的,
但他们永远待在原地。

我现在在麦当劳工作,其实日子也算不错,但如果这是我的终身事业,我将会无法接受。
这样的工作,做三个月,可以让你看到很多事情,见识到很多层面
但是如果一辈子就只能呆在那样小小的一间麦当劳里,我绝对没有办法接受

夜班的经理跟我同岁,22岁,他有是化学学士,那天他跟我说的,
然后他说,“化学学士又怎样?你看我现在在干嘛?三更半夜跟你们在这里混,一小时赚个9美金”

看吧,我就说美国人不好当。
有钱的美国人是真的好,其他的可能过得比我们还不如!
但也对啦,有钱人在哪里都是好的。 
哈哈哈哈哈哈

好啦就这样吧。

我暂时也想不到要写什么,暂时这样吧!


题外话,
Life of Pi真的很好看啦!去看咧!去看去看!

还有,
我回去的时候可以做汤圆给我吃吗。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。



李佳恩
真的很想吃汤圆  启

Friday 21 December 2012

都系睇黎点睇

I went to the mall today to catch Life of Pi, alone.

Harrisburg Mall.
The Grand Escape.
Life of Pi.

Its an awesome one, despite getting comments like its too expensive for a movie,
but personally, its just so worth it.

I don't know if I am a strong-religious person,
but then I do pray to the God a lot, my family too

When I was 6, my mum brought me for eye-check,
turned out that my eyes are of the popular problem called "lazy eyes"
where one of the eyes work less efficiently as to another which sort of burden the another one.

normally, there isn't anything you can do to this,
just get a specs, and try to practice using the "lazy eye"

but then i remembered grandma asked/enquired God for that,
and He gave a chinese prescription
after so many years, I still see things, with a spec of course,
but hey, i am not blind.
so if you ask me if it worked, I'd say yes.
well, I am seeing things aren't I?

In Malaysia, chinese do consult Gods a lot. a lot.............like seriously a lot.
especially any trouble on babies and little kids.

For babies, if they cry at night too much, or something is wrong with them and there is no apparent why,
usual Malaysian parents bring them to the temple.
it works the same way for some really mischievous kids who constantly pick up problems,
uh huh, I used to get that a lot.

normally, we will get a chop of god at the back of our shirt
and some written charm where you burned it, dunk into water, and drink up the water.
basically, the written charm water is the so-called "physical medicine"

as I grow up, I reached a stage where I seriously doubt the usefulness of those written-charm water
like when you have seen how the western medicine work, which is the scientific way,
its just contradicting that how the usual traditional chinese way appears to be

but then, I passed that stage.

passed as in, I didn't choose any side to stand on,
I still believe in both, because I find no harm believing in that.

For me, I believe in existence of God.
and I strongly believe that, whether you are a buddhist, a hindu, a muslim, a christian or any other religions,
all religions will seek the same core positive value.

I believe there is one God, I believe He has His very-own ways of doing things,
and I believe, all I have to do is live my life well.

Today in Life of Pi, I found an answer,

Religion, is a way you are introduced to God.
It doesn't matter how you are introduce, its about how you carry on.

and i think Life of Pi has the best music choice of all those movies I have watched.

I cried a lil' in the movie.

it means a lot.

actually, it is pretty much my situation right now.
help me figure things out.

stranded, alone, don't know what to think....

there is so many things that people used to tell,
and when you try to arrange them nicely, you can't.

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Thursday 20 December 2012

long day today

a very long day

so long, that I'm beginning to think very random stuffs

this morning I wake up and suddenly realize I am half-way around the world, alone

and i wonder what the hell am I doing


uh huh.....well, that is pretty much what a gap year is meant for....
i don't know.... I am still figuring things out

a lot is running through my mind everyday.....every minute

every customer I serve, 
every dispute I see,
every pattern I encounter.....

They are like free teaching material god gave me
till now, I still believe that something is meant for me to find out

Like these days, I realize that,  poverty is the same in every country.
regardless of developed or non-developed country


Wednesday 19 December 2012

Harmony

still proud of myself

there were some pretty nasty managers in the store i work in, like everywhere else
you know, the kind of manager that bring others together by making themselves a topic to curse on?
yea, we have that here too.

some are really trouble-looking I'd say

but then whatever it is, you gotta do the job to pay the bills

and today, one of the nasty ones, seeing me rushing up and down for the drive thru window,
as it gets slower, and I'm allowed to change a breathe waiting for the fries,
she called my name and say, "K, good job! you're doing great!"
and im like, "really? i don't know...."
there is another manager, the good ones, her then say,"yes you are! they told me it was your first week and I couldn't believe it"

well, i am flattered.
but somehow, i am scared................
i am definitely not the kind who get compliments for what i have done
i am not used to be say, "WOW GOOD JOB"
when i am so-called being confirmed of my effort, it scares me off
like, i don't know what I did right to deserve that.......so how should i keep up with such expectation...

Yaritza gives me lotsa credits, she would say "great job!" "well done" even just me brewing coffee
Lance will always tell others that I have been such a learning sponge

and looking into the mirror, you don't know what you have done right

and that fear inside of you just grow day-by-day because you are still looking for the answer of right or wrong

i don't know, but its quite a good buffer for my future working life..
you gotta learn it somehow somewhere sometime.....no? 

one thing I had learnt today is that,

You don't have to change yourself into someone you are not to deal with somewhat you couldn't agree with. 

Others can always live their life the way the want it, so do you!
Sometimes, you meet really nasty issues where people are being ridiculous,
and it may make you feel like you are the only one who care.
but its okay, only one who care ma only one who care lo! It won't hurt you!

Its better that you be the one you truly are, and owe no explanation to yourself

May the irresponsible and ridiculous rest in peace,
we have to be the way we want, so we don't mess up ourselves

The people way of working and attitude had me think a lot,
its like, "yeah, you can act like that, as long as you still play your roles, but I am willing to do more. You don't have to be me, and I don't have to be you."

Out of my shifts till today, I have skipped plenty of breaks.....
I don't really ask for breaks, and I normally don't have nothing to do during breaks
I'll rest for 10 minutes and feel good to go again...

basically, i hate the break, it slows me down
like you are all in that fighting atmosphere from head to toe, until you break.....
which is like, putting a pause to that fighting spirit and who knows if you're gonna get it back?!

Most colleagues need their breaks,

not me.

and we all exist as the same crew member

its impossible to make everyone the same
as long as we are all doing our job when we're on duty,
then i don't see any problem with that.


that's how you find harmony in contradictions!













Monday 17 December 2012

质疑

问曰:
“你知道你自己在干什么吗?我看你根本是疯了!”
“你一定会后悔的!”
“你到底在想什么?”



答曰:
“我才22岁,是一个还不需要想太多的年纪”


你说我任性,那任性就任性吧
你说我不懂事,那不懂事就不懂事吧

人生总会有潮起潮落,总会有不被理解的时候
但只要我们能够乐在其中,那就不要想太多
很多时候,我们只是被自己的想法绑得死死的

当你倔强的走自己的路的时候,你会发现你的快乐其实就是如此简单

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People who have made my life here easier

ended a straight 16 hour shift
mostly because i like the midnight shift that's why i chose to stay
i get to learn a lot during midnights

and this manager named mohammed is getting on everyone else nerve
he picks on every little things
and he speaks some arabic-french english
can you imagine how mixed up is that?

got new housemates today
4 boys from Chile and expecting a girl from China now

i like culture-collaboration

i've got my shift for the rest of the week
its gonna be 8am shift tomorrow
i wish i can have someone like Yaritza or Lance or Steve with me tomorrow.

Yesterday, i was quiet all the time during day shift
Steve was working the drive-thru at the second window
During slow time, he came up to me randomly and asked me like,
"hey ya doing fine? well you don't have to stress yourself here, its mcdonalds, we get yelled at all the time. I'm new here too! there's a lot to learn actually. and its okay to make mistakes, cause we're humans too. ya know what i mean? they'll have to deal with it, that we make mistakes. that's all, they just need someone to blame on when things go wrong, so you'll be fine. I see you doing a great job over here."

For when you'r all alone in a foreign country, being new to everything,
it does mean a lot when someone tell you like that

For good people like Steve, Yaritza, Lance, Joey, Nathan,
they get me to their station when i don't have any customers
they will supervise me trying on their jobs

Nathan likes listening to music all the time using one of the container as his speaker,
and he is always happy, everything i ask he will be like, "here let me show you, its easy, hehe"

Yaritza is a mother of 2, can pretty much run the store without the manager
She taught me like 80% of my knowledge of mcdonalds,
as well as the handy know-how in it, i like her a lot
she is like a sister that shows me around things

Joey is 20. I can't believe that, I thought he is 26.
He had me guessed his age yesterday, and when i  say 26, he seem flattered.
He says he likes looking older. He taught me drive-thru today.
and he steal my fries all the time

Steve is rather new too he says,
i saw him cracking his head trying to get a car the other reading the classifieds session
and he is nice, always get me into his station and tell me some handy tricks to do that job

Lance, he is 22, which my first guess is 32!
He was like, "WHAT?!!!!!!!COME! I SHOW YOU MY ID! YOU SEE IT RIGHT THERE"
And I looked at him, almost eyes popped up and says, "you are..............my age.........?"
then he says, "just to shock you off a bit more, I got a degree in chemistry, and see what I'm doing right now?"
and others says like, "yeah, what are doing here?"
and he replied, "well i took chemistry because i like to blow off stuffs, but apparently with that degree you are still permitted to blow off everything."

Brian is a rather cool guy, he keep emphasizing that he is better off working alone,
so he says he may not teach very well
but then he is still helpful, trying to get me through peak hours of grills most of time
and he likes to challenge Lance on every single things
they had a fight on what time is it the other day, a fun kind of fight

these are some of the "good people" i have met so far
well one gotta find a way to remember somehow


-Quietly Fantastic-











Saturday 15 December 2012

when she was just a girl, she expected the world

Just finished reading the news about shooting tragedy in Sandy Hook elementary school

I was just serving a few kids in the store today, and they are just nice
Order politely, patiently waiting for me to find my way through the POS,
greet and says thank you whenever encounters

just some pretty great kids

and to think, someone like them is writing down notes like:

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or this,

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....................














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and they are now unwrapping the christmas presents they have prepared for their children
walking into the children room and wipe off every dreams they once have made
celebrate Christmas and new year the quietest like ever

i don't know.

i think back to the time grandpa passed away, and grandma too.

I didn't cry, instead I just sat there, thinking how should I fill up their spaces after they are gone
hey grandpa, hey grandma, how you all doing?
I'm fine, and I miss you.

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a moment of silence to those who have lost their love
and a glimpse of sunshine to those who fell into the darkness of losing the loves

Stay strong
Stay very strong




















Friday 14 December 2012

night shift

10:42am - 13 Dec 2012

Ended my night shift at 7am
Got home and is very excited about the past night
well, I've got some praise, which is why im here to remember this

well, there is basically 4 crew member in a night shift, because they don't really have lots of customers.
Skeleton crew, as per in their language
They told me only on friday and saturday where people are out drinking, and they wanna grab something real quick during the midnight.
and they 're gonna come in all drunk, and out of their mind, and order really funnily.

The shift manager is Lance, he is a nice guy, and likes to keep us occupied with jokes and messing around
The grill section is stationed by Tony, a newbie like I am.
And there is Yaritza, running around settling stuffs and showing me stuffs
Yartitza is the best trainer i can ever ask for, she basically teach me everything, and give me a few chances to  practice that before she hands it all over
I like her, she said she is a mother of 2, but I still like her
Though a huge part in me went all "WHAT MOTHER OF 2?SERIOUS NOT?! U LOOK YOUNG LA!"

She taught me a lot, and when I ask over again, she will explain it
and when i get some really tiny stuffs correct, she will be like, "YOU'RE DOING GREAT!"

I was a lil' emo when i get a midnight shift, but then it turned out good
and now im worrying about me in the grill section

well hopefully everything is gonna be fine..
I have problems lego-ing the burgers....

im worried.



well, so we ended the shift real well,
happily saying goodbyes to everyone

and then they make sure me to grab something to eat,
because throughout the night i was shaking head to every fries or drinks or whatever
so i bagged a sausage mcmuffin with egg
but on my way home, there's a bunch of kids waiting for school bus
One of them asked me "You work in a mcdonalds? Do you have any food?"

i find the question "Do you have any food?" rather leekahinn-pattern-ed
so i hand over the sandwich and left

i hope the parents won't get mad about that.
If they come in to complaint, then im pretty much done.

that's bad. I was just trying to be nice.


please don't let that happen.
Please don't.




Thursday 13 December 2012

10 sentence about yourself

Simply for the record,


  1. I was lost on my walk home today from the store, i walked for a pure 2.5 hours. End up in a family store by the salvation army. Janice and Sabrina picked me up then. And the whole store know about me getting lost too.
  2. Its my first shift, and its a midnight shift. 
  3. I went e-learning for hours today, and then I only learned their POS system. Expectedly they gonna be putting me in the counter perhaps?
  4. I still don't count the coins well enough, I actually took a tutorial on the net, namely "Kindergarten Math", to learn the quarter, the dimes, the nickles and the pennies..
  5. After 22 years, and almost-there professional accountant qualification, I GO TO A WEBSITE AND LEARN ABOUT 5cent plus 5cent equals 10.
  6. Roommates are good people, cooked me dinner and only waking me up after food is ready to be served. Actually no, she waited for me to wake up,but i didnt, so she eventually came wake me up, and when im still "snoozing" into the reality, she heat up the food. awh......
  7. I made some notes out of the e-learning today, apparently everything in this world is a knowledge to be learnt
  8. Feeling a lil complicated for the shift later, because im the biggest joke, and because im the awkward-est
  9. I still wanna travel the world
  10. I miss my blanket


人在旅途


现在是马来西亚时间中午一点四十三分
我在从香港往芝加哥的飞机上,还有差不多快十一个小时的航程
我打开电脑想说要记录点什么

坐我左手边的是一个外国男生,金头发,本来他的位置是我的后边,但他为了想要靠窗的座位所以换了过来。他一坐来就跟我说,“待会儿空服员派餐的时候不要叫醒他,就说他不要。”我们闲聊了一阵子,他就睡着了。可是好巧不巧,他醒来的时候空服员正好在派餐,他顺势点了一个牛肉餐。吃着的时候我们也随便聊了点什么,他看我吃的是跟他一样的牛肉,就若有所思地告诉我,“诶,我觉得这个餐点没啥味道”。我拼命点头,好吃如我也觉得牛肉还算不错,旁边的莎拉配菜简直是实际大整蛊。连坐我右手边的阿姨也无奈地摇头说,“唉,飞机餐”。

后来空服员来收餐盘了,结果坐我旁边的男生还跟空服员多要了一份鸡肉餐。我问他,啊你不是说你不想吃只想睡觉?连旁边的阿姨也说,“你很饿吗?”。他也只是耸耸肩说,没办法,就饿呗。他吃到一半的时候我把相机拿出来拍飞机餐,想说爸爸妈妈问起也有个照片交代。他突然转过来说,“哇!一个亚洲人用相机也!我被震撼到了”。干!啊我是孝顺好吗!

坐我右手边的阿姨我猜不出她的国籍,也不好意思问。但是阿姨人很好,硬要形容的话就是非常典型的家庭主妇。我填入境表格的时候因为太多转机而不确定日期,也是阿姨提醒我,啊哈哈!长辈缘啦!阿姨连续喝了两次的苹果汁,然后看了一部电影。阿姨的行为举止总是让我想起台湾的二表婶,就觉得“厨房是她的天下”那种。

秒了一下荧幕,我的航程还有十个小时。刚才好像听见机长报告说芝加哥可能有下雪,可是我左手边的外国男生穿的是短裤也!离开吉隆坡的时候,爸爸叮咛又叮咛就是天气天气天气!噢真该让他们看一下我身边这个潇洒。还有阿姨也是穿的很简单,看起来蛮普通的长袖衣服加长裤。厚度看起来跟我妈妈平时穿去上班的差不了多少啊,只有我一个人穿着外套,还带着寒衣,所以是哪方面出了问题啊?

Altitude945

现在貌似在日本的上空—2.01pm 10th December 2012
隔壁的阿姨刚刚很无奈的跟我说,“还有。。。十个小时”

阿姨刚刚研究我的键盘,她说还是英文字母,可是你打出来的是中文字!
我就跟他解释是根据读音的一种输入法,嘿哟,还真不错!中华文化博大精深融会贯通啊!

好了,要新的电影了 ,我就写到这里吧。

李佳恩,这可是咱们的第一次远途飞行。
可飞机餐真的不咋地。。。。。。。。。

真的是打工旅行了,我们要去活出我们第一个的梦想
要把起点干得漂漂亮亮!

你飞越大半个地球不是为了证明给自己看你有多不行,
反之,你是为了证明给自己看曾经的梦想没有错,我们还是当初的我们!
没有说好一开始就一帆风顺,但学会解决问题才是人生最重要的功课。
把自己丢在陌生的环境,用震撼教育自己用时时保持勇于尝试的心,不要画地自限固步自封!

未来的有一天,我们要只做我们愿意,想做,并且赞成的事情!


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Monday 10 December 2012

我只是在回答曾经的我所提出的问题

because typing is gonna make noises, i cant really type much
im at singapore changi airport, and man this airport is big

so i touch down at changi, got into rainforest lounge, and is enjoying buffet right now

flight will be 6 something tomorrow so yeap.

现在的我,其实可以打很长的文章
有很长的感触,但只能忍住,因为敲键盘的声音会打扰到休息室的其他人

我只是在回答曾经的我所提出的问题,
是的,李佳恩,你要去打工旅行了

飞越大半个地球,去学习对陌生人微笑,对陌生的世界敞开胸怀

世界很大,花大把钱出门去,就要把同等值甚至超值的经验和体验带回来

李佳恩,准备好去写新的故事吧!

那些爱你的人无法想象你的狼子野心,但不代表他们的不会支持你
那些流着眼泪,按着担心,忍住不舍向你道再见的人,
总有一天,你要让他们看见你脑海中美丽的世界!

李佳恩,我们,出门了。
自己一个人,去新的地方。

去学做人,去完成我们的人生功课
去,一趟翱翔。





莫忘初衷。
我们,是为了流浪,为了回答当初的问题所以离开
莫忘初衷。
当我们归来,那得是揣着慢慢的斗志和人生故事回来!

我们的人生,正在悄悄地神奇!


凶猛吧!人生际遇!


*在别人看来,我们是浪费时间,但我们就是觉得很重要!





Saturday 8 December 2012

The adventure is out there!!!!!!!!!

one last here in our own room my dear leekahinn
done packing, cincai-ly done cleaning too.

you've got some vaccine tomorrow morning, for H1N1...
fucking injection ==

injection  is stupid. STUPID.

so you ended your acca today, and went to Marshall's burger
Its was a rather joyful goodbye you had with your friends
everyone wished you all the best

yea, these people who you have used to seem from week to week is putting a pause
for the next few months, you will not see any familiar faces

its time, you go out to the wild, and stand on your own feet

Be happy leekahinn
you know what you wanted, now go get it

who would have known, that one day we get to travel being one of our dreams fulfilled.

actually i really don't know what to expect, nevertheless don't dare to expect

anywho, THE ADVENTURE IS OUT THERE!!!

Remember how the cartoon "Up" used to say that?
yea, you wanted that to be your motto didnt you
so go! THE ADVENTURE IS OUT THERE!

You will find your paradise fall, unlike any of what you have seen
you WILL, find your very own paradise fall, a land lost in time!

Wednesday 5 December 2012

never stop asking for fun

one paper down, one more to go
its weird to think Im gonna leave for the next few months
well how were the chances where I get to be away for more than a week?

the answer used to be negative.

then I hopped into this, 3months plus, almost 4 months

It didn't feel that long until chingu talked to me about our last meal
and it just feel strange like, "so this is it, no more seeing until next year April" or even later

Ever since we graduated high school, I have been saying to everyone,
"Let me know when you are back at BM, I will be around here all the while"

and yeap, I was there most of the time. School ain't no stopping me from meeting anyone, as long as i want to.
It even reach a stage where chingu dont even bother to check my schedule, and she will just name a day
and then off we go
it was that easy, you know.....it was that easy.

Then chingu was off to her university in Johor, and of all sudden, I learn how quiet Penang island can be
I admit how few friends I have, but then because chingu did her form 6 here in the hometown
i took it for granted that there will always be someone around to hang out with

so when everyone is so far away, and i have to get my head into studies,
i feel the sudden strike of loneliness
at times, i look into the starry night sky and just imagine how things could have been

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sometimes, i just realize those whom i am friend with are usually the ones who are rather of a loner
like those who would rather stick their head down when they can't find their common species

The other day, I went taking photos for my visa application,
the boss lady actually knows my parents and recognize me which i thought she didn't
so i went through the photo session acting like some complete stranger and maintained my manners
as i was about to leave the shop, boss lady says this:
"wow, you talk very softly hor?"

erm, talk softly?! that should be on the last few description i'd expect from people around me
but then i turned to think, maybe she is not utterly wrong,
somehow, i tend to minimize my existence to the minimum in whenever places

i have this gifted talent to find the most quiet spot in the most crowded...crowd.
There have been times whenever I am in a family gathering, filled with cousins and all,
my parents spend time looking for me and it somehow reaches the point where they have to call me
like, hide-and-seek

well this only apply to those awkward situation and so,
when I am with those I am comfortable with, i can be really loud....or embarrassing...or hungry.....
NAP used to say its rude for me just walk away when we stumble upon friend's friend
and then she gave up, because she realize my friends and I are one of a kind.

People may surprise how i met my friends when we are all so.........of minimal existence?
i don't know, we met through high school, and we were like......pooled together because we have the same bad study attitude?
drawing in the class, eating in the class, chatting in the class, everything in the class but not one close to study
its like when you are in a group, people of the same kind will be slowly gathered by an invisible strength

like stock market, there will be an equilibrium point, where everyone is in the correct position, comfortably staying...or sitting.


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urm so after all this, i am finally the one leaving
a rather short leaving, but then i get to be said byebye to.
i think i once mentioned here that i wish i could be said byebye to, just to know the feeling of waving

i don't wave much, most of the goodbyes i say are to those who i will be seeing the next day, schoolmates
Those are the loud goodbyes and not much feeling will be felt,
we gonna meet tomorrow, what is there to be felt about?

but then this upcoming one is different.

I will be off to my own plans, and food friends will be on different plans individually
I still feel sad and regret for not saving up time for our FoodFriend Melaka trip.
WHY DIDN'T I?!
now we have a burger dinner and have to say byebye to our student life

when i am back, Jo and Van would have gotten a job,
probably be busy here and there rocking their career
Nap would still be in the same company, being someone who is no longer a newbie,
but still busy catching up the latest food trend around Penang

and by that time, I will still be me, and hopefully with a great deal of memories

And we may not be able to meet that often
and i shall be catching up to my ordinary life after that escape

Jo said we have to meet, WELL OF COURSE!
Food Friends POWER! knowledge, future, and no hunger!

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i wonder what would that be like?
maybe they will all dressed up in formal outfit, in heels perhaps
i will definitely in my favourite flipflop, casual tshirt and shorts
if this is the scene, i will make them run up and down,
just to see their torture and speechless face with the heels
and then proudly present my always-casual look,
just to show off my unemployed-YET status

i will miss them, miss how actively triggered we are by the smell of food
these people literally turned my whole impression about my hometown into solely food oriented
I have no idea how they get all those new information about food and stuffs
but they just do, so i just eat.

aha.


despite them commenting on my phobia over stranger, they still make friends with me
that should show that deep down, they do accept the fact that I am no that weird after all!
FACE THE FACT! fellow food friends


Clock's ticking
i have to start my study soon

anyhow, my dear friends,
stay strong, and brace yourself,
i wanna come back and flood you all with all stupid and funny yet beautiful stories!

and please don't tag me on those food you-know-i-know i would die for
or else i might eat the screen....







*if there is one thing i would wanna achieve with this plan,
is to tell everyone around me that, it is always possible, so go travel!!



NEVER

STOP

ASKING

FOR

FUN























Saturday 1 December 2012

因为生命的力量,在于不顺从

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我想是偶尔难免沮丧,想离开,想躲起来,心里的期待,总是填不满
-孙燕姿

昨天正式跟干妈妈交代事情

我原以为我会被反复质疑,但是干妈妈每说一句话,就哭一遍
我第一次,看见有人为我哭
生平第一次,有人为我流眼泪

姐姐说,从二姐跟干妈妈说的那晚,干妈妈就开始流眼泪

干妈妈一直跟我说,“是自己家长大的孩子,要去那么远”

我跟她解释整件事情的过程,我一直看到她拭眼泪
我一直装作没看到,但其实自己心里不好受
好像终于不得不承认,我并不如自己想象的那样了无牵挂

干妈妈会哭,绝对是我意料之外的事情
毕竟是几个月的事,过不了多久我就会回来
但是干妈妈的眼泪似乎点醒了我一件事情
那就是,不管我离得再远,我的身上永远系着一条铁链紧紧的拴在我的家
即使我多么想要逃离,即使我多么想要挣脱
那一条隐形的铁链不动如山的紧紧缠绕着我

干妈妈一双眼睛,沉重的担心穿过眼泪直达我的眼底
我一直微笑着,就怕自己也哭了
但从来不曾动摇的是决心,又或者说是任性

大姐千里迢迢的包了很大一包红包给我,
二姐也包了封大红包,确确实实的叮嘱我一定要小心,要照顾自己
三姐也包了封大红包,一而再的耳提命面说要注意环境,不要被走私集团陷害
干爸爸也包了封大红包,一直说这一路顺风,路上小心,一百二十分的小心
干妈妈也包了封大红包,极不安心的交代我不可以妇人之仁调入诈骗集团的陷阱

我兜里揣着满满的红包,心里却塞满关怀
好像因为还有人在乎,所以自己会更注重自己的待人处事
好像欠了那些在乎的人一份交代·,所以我暗暗发誓我会开开心心的去,开开心心的回

跟姐姐们聊天的时候,我们提起干妈妈哭的事
干妈妈听了急说,“别提了,再提我又要流眼泪了”

原来还有人会为了我哭

晚餐的时候,干妈妈一家请我去吃,类似饯别宴吧?
他们问我喜欢辣子鸡还是麦片鸡,我回答说我两样都喜欢,随便给我一个吧!
结果菜上来的时候,一盘鸡肉块有辣子鸡,也有麦片鸡
我的心底有小小的触动,仿若是干妈妈能给我最后的祝福,
“离开以前,想吃的都吃吧!”干妈妈说。
我点点头,心里拼命记住这一分钟
其实很多时候,生命中最长久的感动反而来自平淡生活中的小贴心
所以即使我再怎么饱,我硬是把所有的菜都吃完,把干妈妈夹给我的菜吃光光
我只是,想要,让她有点安慰
不想让她觉得,她似乎什么都没能帮我做
这是我作为干女儿,唯一能做的体贴,和爱

离开干妈妈家的时候,路上下着大雨
我的心情很沉重,但是没有哭出来
电台里播着的是五月天的专访,并且插播好多五月天以前的歌曲
一个人在雨夜里开着车,看着路上模糊但闪烁的霓虹
恍惚之中,在那些过去的歌曲中,我仿佛遇见了那个17岁的自己
莽撞,勇敢,不怕死的自己

我们两个人沉默的在车上听着我们曾经的回忆,当初的五月天,
在某一个路口,红灯了,我们两个人谁也没说什么,
以前的我看着窗外,我盯着交通灯发愣
绿灯了,我惯性的换档,踩油
一转头,17岁的我不在了

稀薄的空气告诉我,那不过是幻觉

我继续开着车子,走过那一段小时候回忆中繁忙的街道
看着熟悉而陌生的一切

以前,这是干妈妈常常带我来的地方
带着我,走遍各个档口吃东西

今天,我长大了

做了一个外人看起来也许叛逆,也许任性,也许不懂事的决定
但我深深的明白,那只是真正的李佳恩要出来透透气了
是时候,我要完全的忠于自己,当个实实在在的李佳恩了

如果现在你问我,“值得吗?”
我会回答你,“我也说不上来,但就是想,所以就做了。”


虽然说人生的初期不应该那么任性,
但我这不是任性,这是追逐梦想,在许可的范围内,尽可能的做我自己。

风可以吹起一张大白纸,却不走一只蝴蝶,因为生命的力量,在于不顺从。



我是李佳恩,今年22岁
是一个还不需要想太多的年纪

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去一趟,翱翔。

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Thursday 29 November 2012

为了证明给自己看,曾经的梦想没有错!

跟人家提起自己即将来临的梦想成真,得到的回应几乎是疑惑的脸
大家不约而同的问我,“值得吗?”

表面上,我耸耸肩说,“试试看咯”

实际上,我真的答不上来

“花大把钱,去当苦力”,这是大家的形容词。

一直到现在,爸爸还是常常问我,“为什么你不能跟其他人一样,乖乖的毕业,然后投入社会?”
要跟其他人一样,那就是叫我不要有自我思想的意思吗?
这整个策划的过程中,我学到最深刻的东西就是充耳不闻
以前只觉得适当的闭嘴是高深的大智慧,现在发现到,适当的充耳不闻也是大智若愚的一部分
整个过程中,负面的声浪远远超过正面的
或许一开始,我自己也没想过这一切会成行

毕竟,放眼我们家历史,这事情,不简单

但,也许是因为是旅行吧
我是非常渴望旅行的人,哪里,几时,我基本上不怎么在乎
或者这其实跟我的三分钟热度相呼应
对于未知的事情,对于那些问号,我无法抑制的好奇心猛烈的燃烧着

之前亲菇零去旅行的时候,去的是欧洲
我没有去过,我记得那个时候她偶尔在旅途中会跟我们whatsapp
我都很喜欢问她那里是怎样的,天气,食物,食物,食物,人群,经典,一切
她刚回来的时候,我们一起出门吃披萨,我也一直举手发问

还有更之前,亲菇宴回国,
我也很喜欢听她说她去过哪里哪里,遇过什么奇奇怪怪的事

英国租房子,瑞士的雪山,巴黎铁塔,真正的马卡龙,挪威的城市,希腊的蓝,德国的香肠,忘了什么国家的渡轮,美丽的小村庄,有钱没脑的人的嘴脸,荷兰的郁金香,哥本哈根的美丽...........................

这些人事物原本离我那么远,却因为她们的亲身经历而让我觉得近在眼前
感觉隔壁街就是挪威,再隔壁就是巴黎
世界那么大,那么多的精彩绝伦,没有人能够谅解这种凶猛的好奇心吗?

没办法,好奇嘛

我凶猛的好奇心啊!

这一次,换我带着空白的本子,去涂满一箩筐的故事回来跟大家说
我也想在这一次,学会怎么去开口求助,学会享受一个人的无助和寂寞

在这一个过程中,我真真正正的看到爸爸妈妈眼中的我
在爸爸妈妈阿嬤的眼里,我好像永远都会是那个爱花钱,爱打肿脸皮充胖子的吃货
没有人愿意去明白,或谅解我追求的"Gap Year",
在他们眼中,我就是爱装阔,看别人出国自己也想出国,想尽办法榨干父母的钱
一开始,我很气,我很气为什么他们不理解我,更气他们的妄下定论
一度,甚至想负气地说,“算了,不去了!”

但转念一想,22年来,我爸爸妈妈从来不曾愿意去了解我
他们总是觉得我哥很成熟,我就是典型的年轻人,追求浮华的物质
不论今天我做什么事情,我一开始就错了。错在我是李佳恩。
既然这样,那算了。22年来,努力的向他们证明我也会长大,战战兢兢的活着。
22年,够了。

是时候,让真正的李佳恩出来透透气了。

我本来就是爱旅行,我本来就不要安分守己的安居乐业。
不是不能,是不要。

脑子里有断断续续的很多句话,在这里我要写下,提醒自己的勇往直前
一些是电影的,一些是网上的,一些是自己脑子拼拼凑凑的


  1. 风可以吹起一张大白纸,却吹不走一只蝴蝶,因为生命的力量在于不顺从
  2. 与我而言,青春的时间比钱还要重要,因为钱还可以再赚,但青春的自由只有一次
  3. 让自己,决定自己的故事,骄傲的与人分享
  4. 我喜欢旅行,或者说,需要旅行。经常会有坐立不安的情绪,经常在生活的缝隙提醒自己说的开始收拾了,该走了。
  5. 我可以走多远?
  6. 那些说三道四的人,可能会缠着你一阵子,但你真的要为了那一阵子而牺牲你的一辈子吗?
  7. 想要放弃的时候,想想当初为什么坚持到了这里
  8. 旅行就是从头到尾不断地解决问题
  9. 人生在世,及时享乐,一百年太久我们只争朝夕
  10. 如果你不出去走一走,你会以为这就是全世界
  11. 自己选的路,跪着也得把它走完!路再长再远再暗再崎岖,也得独自默默走下去,这就是负责任
  12. 想去一个没有人的地方,可以不再畏惧别人的目光
  13. 流离,浪荡
  14. 不能停留在原来的地方,要一直让生命更宽更深 - 不老骑士
  15. 一直到现在,旅行从未在我的内心动摇过
  16. 去旅行,因为想要找到回家的理由


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既然我没有办法完成别人的期待,那我至少可以确定自己完成自己的梦想

有人说我爱旅行,是因为懒惰,是因为不肯面对现实,面对我必须努力工作的现实
我是吗?我不是,如果你真的想知道的话,我说的很多话对很多人来说是屁话,
所以我已经习惯了意见不被认真对待的情况
大多数时候,我还是会说出自己的意见,并准备好被忽略
在我身边的人眼中,我就是那么的微不足道,那么的没有想法

但我想对李佳恩解释,以前的李佳恩,还有未来的李佳恩

以前的李佳恩,这是我们的梦想
从当初的南柯一梦,到现在的握在手心,我们做到了
我们终于可以向曾经梦想的那样去旅行,去做自己,
背对着世俗的眼光,坦然的走下去
22岁这一年,我们写下了第一个梦想

未来的李佳恩,在你的手上,请继续写出这样美丽的梦想
请一直记得我们为了梦想奋斗的时候,精神抖擞的样子
然后把那个样子,实实在在的复刻在你的故事里
很多人会在背后闲言闲语,但请你记得,
我们永远不要妥协于媚俗的流言蜚语,我们必须肩负起做自己的责任
不管跟着社会大众是多么的简单,多么的不费力,我们,是要战斗的。
未来,还是会有很多人劝诫你,希望你实际一点,
但请你回想17岁的我们,打赤脚在沙滩上,看着一望无际的大海
那一刻,我们的心仿若已随着浪花漂到不知名的远方
所以,不要去做那些自己无法沟通事情
不要,成为,连自己也,瞧不起的人

如果现在非得说我为什么要那么极端的去这样的旅行,那我会说,
“为了证明给自己看,曾经的梦想没有错!”

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你有没有试过,在人生的某个顿点,你发现自己到了一个饱和点?
我会给自己的人生发作业,比如我会期许自己想通很多道理,逐一消化
但有时,我会觉得手边没有什么没有相同的道理了,
那样的时候,我会迫切的想去旅行,去搜刮新的思想
成就更好的自己,让自己变成更好的人
我需要改进的东西很多,但谁不是呢?
每个人,都想变成更好的人,对吧?

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带着我的故事,带着我的思绪,我要去旅行。



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Wednesday 28 November 2012

签证下来了,就剩机票了。
当然还有考试。

"Traveler's Badges" UNLOCKED!


Tuesday 27 November 2012

由不得我喊停

离家会想家吗?
孤单会寂寞吗?
一个人会害怕吗?


有时候,在想自己的底线到哪里,
然后再努力的挑战看看

一个人的时候总会想很多




这是一个流浪的旅程
由不得我喊停
弦与弦之间震荡着空气  
等待一种共鸣 
贴着我的心

--玫瑰木, 卢凯彤ft.卢广仲





so leekahinn, you've graduated.
and, you know something is slipping away from you
something quite like what we call reckless

but within you, there is no anyore thinking

22岁那一年

22岁那年,你做了什么?

22岁那一年,我策划了,一个梦想。

第一个,梦想。

Thursday 22 November 2012

毕业快乐


这是一个跟所有早晨一样的早晨。早上十一点的闷热,和源源不绝的炒菜声。我一如往常一样,挂在半梦半醒之间。再过几个星期,我的生活将会非常不一样。我将会在一个非常遥远的地方,一个人,过一个人的日子。脾气怪戾如我,其实应该非常喜欢完全一个人的生活。很多时候,我发现自己的脾气古怪得跟那些住在深山里的独居人很相像,捉摸不定,大起大落,莫名其妙。回顾大学四年的生活,我只能说我的朋友也挺不容易的。阴晴不定的我居然还能交到朋友,交到愿意和我保持联络的朋友。我很感恩,虽然我常常觉得我不配。

我常常在身边的人身上看见我自己身上从来没有的体贴。同学知道我在宿舍过的很不爽,他们会陪我去吃晚餐。同学知道我无法热情的跟陌生人聊天,所以遇到类似的情况也都会掩护我。同学知道我上课不听课,下课plan翘课,他们会把教授上课的重点,考试范围传给我。同学知道我喜欢吃东西,他们会自动的跟我分享很多他们的食物,也因为这样,我迟到了很多我意想不到的东西。同学明白我不是热情的人,他们会适度的搞一下佳节气氛,但不会要求我做我无法接受的事情。

是他们让着我呢?还是忍着我?

我的同学当中,基本上没有我这么不正经的。他们会认真的对待教授分下来的作业,然后顺便拉我一把。我常常被自己的不正经吓到,倒是他们有点不以为然。我亲爱的同学们,我可能一辈子也说不出这句话,所以我只能在这里说,“谢谢你们”。

有时候,我听着同学们聊他们想象中的未来。那样的时候,我总是特别沉默。一方面,我不想放我的不正经出来打乱气氛,另一方面,我想象中的未来跟他们的好像差很多。我不知道现实中我会怎么样,但是想象中的我却是极度的不正经。我幻想着自己变成一个无忧无虑的旅行者,幻想着自己出现在不一样的国度,完成自己拯救世界的梦想。我幻想着,我在战地忙进忙出,或者在穷乡僻壤跟可怜的孩子赤脚跳舞,又或者在哪里写着声援人权的文章,甚至是在某个隐蔽的村庄安然的活着。

我跟人家说我最近的计划的时候,有人反问我,“你终于要出去野了吗?”

我真的,要出去,野,了吗?

那一天毕业典礼之后,我还是回到学院去上课。之后原本还有两天的课,但我都不经意的翘掉了。一直到几天前,同学跟我说我们的考场被分配到别的学院,我才猛地发现,那间学校,我再也回不去了。那一间我念了快5年的学校。我必须说,我是喜欢这学校的,如果那里面的大部分人剔除掉的话,比如目中无人的行政人员,比如拍马屁上位的教授,比如装模作样的同学。我的教授很多都是因为追求动荡中的安稳才会学校当教授的,他们的身上没有太多的事业上的野心。他们给我的感觉,非常朴实。很多都是当初在社会上有相当的成就,但为了家庭而急流勇退到这里来当教授的。他们的身上,也许谈不上洗尽铅华,但至少称得上看淡看破。

我听过其他学校的教授,为了自己的工作表现而苛刻学生。我也听过很多教授自以为了不起的摆架子。我会说,我遇到的那么多教授里,只有少数有这样的问题。

我学校的教授的录取要求并不如其他学校,听他们说,只有我的学校会承认应征者的工作经验。其他的学校通常都基本要求至少硕士以上,但我的学校能够接受学士文凭,只要能够附属像样的工作经验。所以我的教授很多都会跟我们聊一些他们工作上的实际操作,并且指出我们课本上的理论和实际操作的分别。我也记得他们不是那种会跟你强调你念的科系有多么高档,有多么高难度。他们只会很简洁的跟你说显示并不像各个大学广告里那样风光明媚,自己的前途还是要靠自己拼出来。

也许他们都是追求稳定的教授吧,很多时候他们都觉得我们像小孩子。乃至于我常常有一种“我教授比我勤劳的”的错觉。呵。他们会准备好很多很多的讲义,一边分给我们,一边跟我们说不可以太过依靠教授,要自己多找些资料。然后你就会看到你手上拿着非常丰富的课堂资料,一点都不夸张。然后我们会和同学相视而笑,心里暗暗回答,“教授,你把全部资料都塞在这里面了我们还瞎忙啥?”

大学四年,我学到了很多,很多很多,而这些绝大部分都跟课业无关。我看到那些一心为教育的教授,也不免俗看到博上位的教授。在这一群教授身上,我看到缩小版的社会。我看到有些人为了学生不辞辛劳却只求明哲保身,有些人则为了塑造自己完美的形象而把学生狠狠地踩在脚下。这样两极的人,就这么在同样的学校走动着。用他们不一样的视角看着学生们一批又一批走过。

我很相信,一个人不论在哪里都可以学到很多很多东西。不一定要学以致用,但图个明白还是不错的。所以,我并不会把我的课业放在第一位。反之,我会尽量平均分配时间给所有的学习空间。比如学习跟同学讲话,比如跟朋友趴趴走找吃研究槟城人的文化,比如研究教授与教授之间的关系作为自己日后人际关系的教训,比如冷静的接受那些行政人员拿鸡毛当令箭的嘴脸,并且跟自己说日后还是会遇到很多这种嚣张跋扈的小人…………….还有很多很多……………

我的学校是常常受到批评的,一部分是我的学校实在有很多不堪入目的人事物,但我还是会骄傲地说我是拉曼学院的学生。不为什么,而是因为,当我说起我的学院,我第一个想到的是我那群不离不弃的朋友,第二个想到的是那一班朴实的工作着的教授。就冲着这两个理由,没有学校就没有他们,所以我还是感激的。

亲爱的学院,我毕业了。咱俩的爱恨情仇就一笔勾销吧,接下来,我会以感恩的心情回忆和你在一起的点点滴滴。

那个要嘛人声鼎沸,要嘛人去楼空的食堂

那一档卖马来饭的,总是对我特别好的马来夫妻

那一档卖面的,因为自己手脚慢而显得自己的总是档口大排长龙的aunty

那一档卖水和经济饭的食堂老板,脾气很坏,并且永远听着不知名的电台

那一些总是坏掉的厕所

那一位有点迷糊的财政部的女助理

那一位被我们昵称恐龙的,全学院态度最有问题的电脑室的行政人员

那一间网速忒慢,而且常常客满,并且大部分人都在里面打网路游戏的所谓校内网吧

那几间我们永远不知道在哪里的language lab, computer lab A, B, C

那一个我们最喜欢的图书馆,常常客满,但是却是我们打混的地方,看看报纸,度过在学院里每个闲暇的午后

那几个总是坏掉的饮水机

那一个早已面目全非的study room,不再有人study,只有一大堆打牌的,睡觉的,吃午餐的,开派对的,但绝对不会有study

我们2年的课室, CP,和临时课室, exhibition room,和那个偶尔会“park”的电梯,然后大家就必须爬楼梯上三楼,一边想说要不然翘课算了

那个人山人海水泄不通的foyer,在没有人的时候是全校网速最快的地方

那个foyer旁边的厕所是全校最干净的

那个  student affair department,外号是sad,伤心,里面有一个janice的助理叫gavin,他总是被janice欺负的很惨

Sad对面是校长室,秘书室还有一间会议室。我们曾经在这件会议室和另一边Bursary旁边的会议室都presentation过,一次mrkhor,一次monica,呵。

然后就到所谓的sbs block,我们科系的主要上课大楼

SBS 一楼是每个人梦寐以求的课室,二楼是每个人的噩梦,三楼的教授办公室更是噩梦之中的噩梦。

正中央的楼梯上到第一楼,左右两旁是课室,正中央是所谓的讲堂。再上到二楼,左右两旁还是教室,但正中间是好几间教授的办公室,里面有一个空旷的区域,有冷气。曾经一度我们的课室的冷气坏了整整一学期,我们就是在那个办公室围绕的空旷区域上课。后来,那里变成我们等课的时候去的地方

每一楼的左右两端就是厕所,一直到现在,我还是搞不清楚男女厕所各在左边还是右边?反正粉红砖块的就是女厕,粉蓝砖块的就是男厕

三楼,也就是顶楼,是教授的办公室。我永远无法记得究竟哪一个教授是在左边还是右边,所以我常常走很多很多冤枉路

还有我们学校是centralized management,这是每个人咬牙切齿的事情。是diploma的第二年吧,sbs其中一个楼层的冷气坏了足足一个学期。学生从忍耐到愤怒到抓狂到最后脱水放弃,教授都冷冷地说,kl不批我们的冷气申请,所以他们没给我们钱,我们只能等,那个时候,我们每天都在开窗与不开窗之间苦苦挣扎,开了,上课又太亮,不开嘛我们会闷死。还有!开窗了以后,每次风吹就会听到很诡异的声音,沙沙沙!,像电影里头恐怖氛围的配乐。

再来是学校的停车场,不会满,但是好位子不多。而且要买学校的汽车贴纸才能进来。买那个贴纸其实也没多少钱,二三十块。但是买的过程是很惊心动魄的。必须很早很早的去排队交表格,还要看那些行政人员的嘴脸。如果不买贴纸,可以停在学校外面,但是哪天时运低就会被抄牌。平日上课的时候,学校外面总会排着长长的两排车子,而每个学生仍旧以最创意的方式把自己的车子挤进队伍中。而我,则骄傲的开进学校,我有sticker嘛!

学校的出口处有一档卖汉堡的,是两个有相当年纪的女人在卖。她们跟我的几个同学很熟,所以上课的时候我们会用电话先订好我们的汉堡,然后在课与课之间冲出去拿。要不咋说民以食为天呢?那两个女人是很奇怪的,有人跟我说她们很像是同性恋,那我倒不以为然。我听过更离谱的是他们曾经跟我朋友的妈妈去clubbing,时至今日,我仍旧不敢跟我同学求证这件事情。她们的档口总是会有一些奇奇怪怪的学生,在那里抽烟打屁,聊一些很莫名其妙的事情。有一次吧,她们还问我的同学对一些护肤品有没有兴趣,说有一个女学生有在做代理,她们想请我的同学到她们家去让那个女学生做示范。而我觉得他们做过最离谱的事情,就是卖兔肉汉堡。

再来是学校的警卫。学校的警卫是另外聘请那些警卫公司的。所以他们偶尔会换不一样的人来。有的很凶,有的还好,有的很可爱。最津津乐道的,应该就是每次站在出口的那个警卫,他个子矮小,然后连永远是红红的。因为他没有凶过我们,甚至没有刁难或责问过我们,所以我们对他的印象特别好。后来好像听说他的一边耳朵似乎是听不见的。

学校巴士!有车以前,我常常做学校巴士。从学院坐到码头,从码头坐渡轮到对岸,再从对岸搭巴士回到大山脚车站,等爸爸来接我。那个时候的室友也跟我一样,只是她是从对岸搭巴士去居林。后来,其中一个屋友有了车子,我开始频繁的搭她的顺风车。我记得吧,有一回是巴士冷气坏了,通常冷气巴士的窗口是不能开的,结果我就这么坐在巴士的最尾端,在热死和快热死之间徘徊。我还记得每次大考的时候,因为一天只有2场考试,所以学校的巴士时间表都是以考试时间为基准。大部分人的考试时间是2个小时,少数会和我们一样是3小时,所以我同学好几次考完巴士都走了,气得她们每次都发誓要跟司机理论。他们因为住在槟城,所以他们蛮常搭巴士的,以至于跟巴士司机混得很熟。毕业典礼彩排的时候,还看见巴士司机跟她们打招呼,祝贺毕业之类的。

学校大考的时候,在我有车以前,我和室友就是会直接在宿舍住上整个考试期。而且还是不带电脑的那种。两个人每天睡醒就念书,念书就聊天,聊天就看电视。其实那样的日子,还满怀念的。Diploma第一年的时候,还会跟同屋的学长学姐一起看卡通。有2个学姐,Sharmeent & Zoe她们念公共关系的。大我们一岁,但看起来比谁都成熟。她们会跟我们说学校的八卦,因为他们是学生会的,很多八卦的来源。跟她们同房的跟我同年的宝仪和薇仪。那个时候的新生就是我,室友,宝仪和薇仪,所以我们四个自然就是一国的。

跟我同房的是xiao wenpei qi。原来我不会写他们的名字,她们很早睡,所以晚睡的我和室友就只好跑到那两个学姐的房里听八卦。我的隔壁房是一个叫jean的女生。她高高的,不笑的时候看起来很凶,所以家里每个人似乎都有点畏惧她。她不像其他学姐会和我们聊天,她常常和xiao wenpei qi混在一起。但是我记得,我diploma第一年的考试,我们很多人在客厅念书,一个人很痛苦的看着我的microeconomics的笔记,而且在两天就大考了,她突然站起身到她房里拿了她自己的笔记给我。我吓到了,但必须说,还是蛮感激的。

Jean的对面是4个男生的房间,其中一个男生是全家人都讨厌的。我们住进来,学长学姐就跟我们说他的故事,所以我们就跟大队一起讨厌他。我记得他常常上课睡过头,然后他的朋友会跑来我们家把他叫醒。那个时候其他的男生都会取笑他说那是他老婆。男生中还有一个成绩很好的学长,他的头发是永远都梳得很帅的样子,他说即使是睡觉反身,他都会很自然的用手去梳好头发。还有另外一个男生,长得有点明星脸。明星脸是每次下载戏和歌的人,什么最新的问他总会问出点头绪来。还有一个高高瘦瘦的,全家人都叫他表哥,我也不知道为什么,反正跟着叫准没错。也因为这样,他的朋友来找他的时候跟我们说“我要找谁谁谁”,我们都很自然的答“没这个人”。他朋友才诧异的指着他的摩托说,“这个主人wor”。我们才恍然大悟地说,“哦!表哥是吗!”。就是他们吧,每天时候一到就会跳下来看海绵宝宝。

宿舍厨房的后面还有一个小房间,住着一对年长的情侣。已经不是学生了,但传言说那个女生以前也是我们学校的高材生。那个男生常常回到客厅来和我们聊天,甚至会多手多脚的帮我们煮晚餐,好像是在餐厅工作的吧?我只记得,同屋了一年,我从来没见过他女朋友,作为屋友,我服了。

那些学长学姐离开后,楼下情侣的房搬来了一堆更年长的夫妻,做煮炒的。叫ah huat,后来因为他们积欠水电费和房租,漏液搬走了。再之后,我换了好几间宿舍。有的交了些朋友,有的跟透明人一样,只有交水电费的时候稍微有点存在感。而那些宿舍之间,室友转学了,我有车子了,只剩下我一个人了。从此,我就过着神龙见首不见尾的日子。

大学四年,差不多就是这样了。也许不全然是17岁的我想像的样子,但大体上还是就这过凑合着过来了。其实一开始,我只是不着边际的想写一些什么。但既然我很快就要开展全然不一样的生活,那我想还是好好的给我的大学生涯总结点什么吧?这里边的故事,有血有泪,有欢笑有悲伤,有吃很饱有吃太饱,还有很多,五味杂陈。我在这里这样写,不过是希望自己不要忘记。我的脑筋不好,不好好的记录可能过不久就忘了。

是真真切切的走过的日子,是那一些我再也回不去的时光和地方

亲爱的回忆,您安息。


李佳恩,毕业快乐。
祝你,前程似锦,莫忘初衷。







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