temporary tattoo

ditto.

get it from here.

i luuuuuv the watch tattoo, so random.

congrats mate!

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a new destination for your working holiday visa programme

喜聞樂見法蘭西終於也加入了工作假期計劃的大軍呢∼

所以現在除卻澳洲、加拿大、紐西蘭、愛爾蘭、德國，日本和韓國之外，法蘭西也榜上有名了呢。

說真的，那些英文國家真的會讓人感覺乏善可陳。

泡菜國，毫不吸引我。日本又會很貴，且畢竟離家太近，無甚挑戰可言。

德國和法國無疑是最吸引人的兩個目的地了！

趁自己浪費一整年的機會成本還不是很高的時候，走出門，換個環境，去異國深入地了解一下別人的文化和生活方式，的確很吸引人啊。

有過這樣的一段經歷，人生閱歷頓時豐富起來。

雖然將來，亦會在很多個無法入睡的夜裡，因為各種瓶頸感到焦慮，輾轉反側。

只是，當你回想起你在歐陸遊學的日子裡遇上的奇人奇事，一定會釋然。

做了別人想做而不敢做的事情——獨自遠走異國，放棄（高）薪（厚）職去面對一個全新的未知的世界。

這，難道不令人驕傲嗎？

adieu lady thatcher

i don't have much to say.

really.

maybe, stop making biographical movies about someone who's still alive?

え？

の。。のつ?

10

.

we miss you so

the long due post - part II

I have developed a new habit of numbering my thoughts, the quicker I tick off an item, the easier my life seems... it's not like am important or anything, just pretending to be logical... (wishful thinking, really)

I promise to write more often whenever possible.

1. what's the difference living in sheepland and outside Sheepland?

    the pace of the whole society. you will feel it instantly after landing into sheepland. kiwis seem to have all the time to do all sorts of random things. and they really enjoy taking it slow and do these in a laid-back way. this is a nice change when you need a break from the "centre of the crazy world" where making quick bucks is the only thing they care about.

2. was it difficult to get over the (reverse) culture shock? Why?

    it was... the "centre of the crazy world" is full of amazing experiences ahead of you. these things are not believable till you see them through your own eyes. i have not seen before a flight attendant snapping at a passenger because she took her headsets from business class (on purpose or not). maybe it's because i am not a white guy who looks like a potential marriage candidate (or a ___ buddy)? and all other sorts of weird things you (might) go through...

3. Positive sides on both sides?

    +ve sides definitely exist. one good example: the existence of taobao, the convenience of placing orders at midnight online and getting the goods delivered at door the next morning.

    +ve side of living in sheepland: the slow pace. the world's not gonna collapse if you do one thing over 5 days (typically these things can be done in 5 hours or less in the "centre of the crazy world").

4. If I had to make a choice again, what would i do?

    i say go for it. better do it then regret than regretting not doing it.

5. What parameters count in leading a life we want?

    especially true today: clean air, clean water, safe food... i kid you not. imagine having to keep the windows shut at all times... 

what? why!

the long due post

I've been meaning to write something for ages but didn't really have the time.
OK, this is a lame excuse… but after a day's work and commuting my energy level goes to 0, thinking about my feelings and make sth sensible out of it seems such a luxury.

I've now been away for about 2 years, half of which in France, the rest in China. And i came to seriously think about it now -

1. what's the difference living in sheepland and outside Sheepland?
2. was it difficult to get over the (reverse) culture shock? Why?
3. Positive sides on both sides?
4. If I had to make a choice again, what would i do?
5. What parameters count in leading a life we want?

(I'm seriously sleep deprived from a long haul flight, a night of hen's party and getting up early the following morning to be the driver and not having a proper laptop to type all these up…returning to sleep but will finish answering the above, soon)

つづく

try this out!

if you own an android phone.
try this: http://chrome.com/supersyncsports/
and type: g.co/super on your phone.
(it's understandable if you don't have an android phone, though a bit weird.
what do you mean you don't have chrome?! like, how else do you browse your webpages?)
have fun guys!!!
i might've laughed out too loud in my office.

每日一图

As promised.

pic credit: the Internet

路漫漫其修遠兮

因為《不結婚》(稍後附上多個有趣的截屏)，終於加入了日劇觀摩大軍。

有種臨「老入花叢」的感覺。

慢慢摸索著自學一點吧，從hiragana入手。

終究是不經常用腦導致退化，已經反复背誦了好久了，還是認不全。

心想著那些寫慣看慣拉丁字母的西人究竟是如何學習這門語言的。

見過10多歲小童的日文課本，統統都是羅馬字，讀上來也是個英文口音，煞是好玩。

只是這招雖然能用卻不是個長久的辦法。

將來要是去到日本旅行，就是個文盲啊！

只能硬著頭皮繼續奮鬥這毫無邏輯的字母表。

直到某日，發現了維基關於hiragana的詞條。

真相大白啊！

現在鄙人的狀況是從漢字倒推著死記硬背 -__-|| ……

總算是分得清 さ 和 ち 了。

它倆本是鏡中倒影對方吧？

當然也有特別容易記的，像れ長得和「礼」就很像啊！

全當自己是在激活腦細胞吧。

總比那些毫無頭緒，連筆劃順序都要從頭記起的西人好多了啊！

每日一篇正能量

良久未有更新。