A post that I had written earlier, I am pretty lazy to make a good blog, showing up places where I had been. As I said, travelling is not about destinations, it's all about what you get from your journey...........
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Well, what’s interesting about keeping a blog and journal is that when looking back, you will feel contented of some achievements that you had done from all sorts of doubts or troubles that you had written them down or even some happy moments.
When seeing back my first post in this new blog, I am thinking back of how hard that time when I tried to find my couches and last minute, Fabian, my host in Soho for 3 nights message me saying he can host me. You know, he only replied one month after!!! I thought he didn’t want to reply me already. I was quite lost as so many hosts rejected me .But finally I was able to find 3 hosts Suraj, Natalie, Fabian. I was so happy after much disappointments and hard work. Nobody will know how much time I spend to browse people’s profile, looking one by one to search for potential hosts. This semester, I spend much time on planning my journey and routes rather than having some commitments for my studies. I have no choice, I want to see this world so much and I need to save up for my journey and so I need to bring myself to some troubles to find some saving ways. Thanks heaven, I found couchsurfing! Overall, I gained so much, not only money but lots of kindness and friends.
Frankly speaking, I am so touched. I couldn’t describe my gratitude.It's more than words I am sure.And they really gave me much hope from their help and advices. I never think I can repay these kindness back, really. Maybe to them this is nothing but to me, this is a thing I will keep inside my heart, forever , and forever. To me, I think that coming to this world is not about getting but also giving. I get now, I will definitely give in future. This is my promise to the world. As for how to give, well, I will do the same to host people in future, I will find the chance to and maybe some other ways which I will find as time passes by. I will keep my promise to the world.When I am quite fed up of one side of the world, another world is showing me its bright side, beautiful hearts. How lovely is the world.
No matter how this was my first journey, all by myself. From dont know what is booking an air ticket online to know how to book an air ticket with credit card. This might sound as simple as abc to some but to me it sounds so hard at first but later, I think well yeah it's abc. The most important thing is that you have money and a credit card. what's more, airport procedures, I was rather worry , it was my first time on plane , i am alone but again these worries are just unnessasary. HK and Macau are quite safe, so I am not that worry for safety problem . It's just that I am living at people's house which many people claim to be so dangerous especially staying at man's house. What I want to say is .... take time to look at their references left by their guests. Look through carefully. And behave yourself, nothing will happen. I guess travelling as a girl, you need to know how to behave yourself to avoid unwanted things to happen and be careful and confident on road. common sense is important too. be alert.I have not much experience but I hope holding on these can let me have safe travel.
Arh…. Thinking of those 8 days, it’s just unforgettable memories. I miss my days when backpack in HK and Macau. The carefree life …. I cant express it. Still remember very clearly, I bought a notebook near Avenue of Star and writing my first journal there, along the river facing Victoria harbour, very cloudy and windy day. But …. Interruptions didn’t allow me to complete my proper first journal…. That fortune teller and that curious photographer interrupted me. I wonder is that fortune teller still go around the street and cheat people? I wonder where’s my paper to him now have been? Dustbin? Or in heart ? I hope in his brain and heart.Anyway, I wont write all what I had done there as I had completed roughly my journey in my journal that I kept. As the travel book said, it’s a good way to kill some boringness on your journey, yeah, it can. But at the same time, I had also met many people on my way which made my journey an interesting one! Maybe I will never meet most of them again …. Wish them all the best. I gained a lot, thank you.
I still have lots of things to say but now I lack of time. Just one thing, that Chinese proverb is very true “du wan juan shu, bu ru xing wan li lu”. No doubt, I gained so much. Travelling alone can let u think deeper about life, let you have some quiet time to think, to realize something you might not think when you are busy with many people around. Very different experience.
I can never forget that and I am very proud of myself, I have stepped out for my dream. I have always been thinking of want to go out of the country. I am curious about people’s life. What are they doing at another corner of the world?
My journey has just begun. My next country is Australia. I am very lucky, because of some reasons I can go, otherwise, I would not have a chance to go to an expensive country like Australia. You know, I always very envy people who have chances to go abroad for some vacations or studies. How lucky they are. But not many of them can really get steps closer to the country, people, and life. This is some upset part. Try to treasure as much time as possible if have the chance to go abroad, try to feel everything the world has to offer, inhale deeply …… don’t exhale( you are going to die, I know ) … well, just try to feel the world as much as you can.
I am not an adventurous person yet I don’t really know what power has brought me out. Maybe is my strong will to see the world, to learn and understand. I love learning so much. I can be excited to get to know more things, whatever that you can teach , whatever things that can make me a better person. I treasure people’s advices. They mean a lot to me because life experience might be one of the most valuable things that you can learn from, no matter it’s bad or good. It’s how you analyze it. I am seeking for more. I will be very thankful to people who can teach me.
As for what I am doing now near my exam time ….. I hope I was reading some notes but aha, not, my heart is on planning my routes. I tell myself, ok, after Australia, you must put more effort like some previous semesters, this semester suan le, let it be, bad then bad lor, hoho. Well, hopefully my heart wont be dragged away to some other places after that.
Until then…
Hope my next post is about how happy I am that my exam has finally finished!
