Well, I didn’t expect that so many of them would come. Yup, in fact 6 of us met in Yosmite for a dinner and a chat.

I am rejoiced to see many of us can still meet up and exchange about the life now and the past.

They talked about the past. But in fact, I couldn’t recall much of the details of the days in secondary school until they mentioned. I tried to dig out pieces of memory to match them up for a clear picture. But I didn’t really managed to do so.

Am I too tried after not having a good sleep for two weeks? Or I just didn’t spare some time or space in the vast brain Grey material to record that?

Although I always regard the secondary school days as my happiest time in China, I haven’t been recalling that.

Probably, I shall try to meditate and recall some of the days now.

Scientists say that people are selective in memory. Am I? I guess so, because truly I can’t recall much of that besides the incidents of being bullied by others which are scars left in mind.

Anyway, everyone of us has changed, in one way or another, getting more mature, both physically and psychologically.

Some are getting married, some are pursuing their masters or even phD, some are working extremely hard…

Everyone has a dream in mind to pursue and everyone is achieving something now.

All the best to them and of course myself.

Notably, there is something unwanted happening now. I have been trying hard to get myself updated regularly on the current affairs of China. And try to prove to everyone that hey, I am still a very China person. Yet-ironically enough-I am not identified by them as a Chinese now. To me it is definitely not a compliment, but is the answer positive to them?

For the past seven years, values of the Singapore way has deeply rooted into my mind and soul. Work hard, strive to be the best is the way out. We fight for everything. We want finance and investment banks. However, at here, most of them are doing jobs on civil engineering/construction related which are the least popular subject in Singapore now.

What I perceive the future is the rising of the financial market, play with the future, options, stocks and trading.

They don’t. They don’t know that.

It is meaningless to discuss about job prospects and merit of the career. There is no right or wrong, as Deng has said, “regardless of a black cat or a white cat, as long as you can catch a mouse, you are a good cat”.

We don’t work in the same culture, we are exposed to a different world.

But, Sun Jin, don’t forgot the common memory you share with them. They were your classmates yesterday and this is forever.

I love my friends.

Woke up at 7.10am this morning, washed all the clothes.

Watching news now..

Should go mugging CS leh, last day for revision of CS.

rushed to QE lecture, i didn’t notice the vibration of the phone from my pocket..

notified by the blinking orgran indicator, knew people from RMI ringed me..

butterfly in my heart, prepared to be rejected.. pp would say sth like “we thank for your interest but i don’t think that you are suitable for this position, we hope to work with you in future..” things like that..

but when the call was connected, i got accepted..

really glad to hear that..

$1000/month.. the pay isn’t bad..

but i desperately want to go to beijing.. i wanna go pku..

simply because i miss her, i wanna see her..

如果·爱 百听不厌…

放弃单肩背包的想法已经有了一段时间…

crumpler 5 million home 虽然做工，保护，设计都是无话可说，但拿取相机仍然太麻烦，长时间携带会肩膀酸痛，不适合旅行。

考虑到这些原因，决定更换为inverse 100腰包，重量基本分担在了腰上，整个肩部轻松了许多，外出旅行可以携带多一个背包。

符合我逢航班必超重的原则。

12.10下午大巴前往广州；

12.11离开广州，K192次火车前往成都；

12.12下午到达成都；

12.15一大早前往大渡河以及海螺沟开始3天之旅；

12.17返回成都；

12.18东航返回南京；

12.24深航ZH9622飞往广州；

12.25大巴前往珠海，随后下午返回新加坡。

初步印象：

在澳门和成都的行程没有仔细计划，所以相对挺放松的。都有在街上闲逛，回南京之后就匆匆忙忙每天跑出去直到24号离开南京。在广州，对治安还有有些担心，加上不认路，不过还好有嘉min和hanwei 带着，顺利返回宾馆。在Macau,也没有放弃last minute shopping，买了两双鞋Merrell的跑鞋和Hush Puppies的休闲皮鞋。加起来才900RMB比新加坡和中国都便宜了不少，HK一带果然是购物天堂。

澳门：

澳门看见最多的可能就是警察了。估计是因为赌场导致社会治安下降，所以路上有大量巡警防范罪案发生。博彩业的过度发展已经使得澳门的房地产商完全放弃了新楼盘的开发和建设。即使是风景最壮丽的松山也只能看见90年代初的一些楼盘瓷砖的楼面，水泥的阳台，仿佛还在97金融危机之后的恢复阶段。

周末的时间可谓宝贵，
第一周，和朋友相约前往普罗旺斯．．
６月正是薰衣草盛开的季节。
普罗旺斯的首都，阿维农，这个几世教皇青睐的小镇，天空总是那么的蓝，蓝到假的无法相信

正午阳光的照耀下，只有蓝色的天空与灰白色的城墙想你诉说６００年前的历史

法国的星期天是安静的。店家也都闭门享受周末的阳光，只有跳蚤市场可以看见人头熙熙攘攘的寻觅着稀奇古怪的东西。
由于没有交通工具，只能在L’sle-sur-la-Sorgue　小镇度过下午，等待火车返回ｌｙｏｎ．
小镇不大，有一条河从中穿过，６月阿尔卑斯山上融化的雪水清澈见底，因为是雪水的缘故，呆久了，冰凉的有些让人感到刺骨。
不过能够悠闲的坐在岸边在那温暖而又不刺人的阳光下，看着鸭子在河上戏水，吃着冰淇淋。
如此的日子在巴黎是想象不到的．．

遗憾的没能看见大片的薰衣草，不过在普罗旺斯，小片的薰衣草很容易就能觅得。

我毫不客气得带回了一点留作纪念．．

法国的château很多，我们也去了。

城堡château　或许更应该称为庄园。
游客很少，听着庄园的历史，想象以前主人的生活
渐渐的又开始做梦了

在里昂，可能是生活在里昂的缘故，少了几分游客的心态，也就没怎么带相机出去，排的照片相对少了很多。

法国的课程很短暂，只有一个月．
浪费了申根剩下２０多国的ｖｉｓａ
不过，自己还是很享受在法国的日子。
生活照，在院子里吃晚餐。

基本上只要天气晴朗，我们的晚餐都是在院子里解决的。 割草之后的合照．．　嘿嘿，草是我割的．．

返回新加坡，沉寂了５个月。
６月开始法国之旅。

mobile01上看见的post，很想也有如此的机会一同旅行，留下一张张的照片最后制成美丽的相簿，留作记忆。

其实这也是买DSLR的初衷嘛，不过貌似现在都是一人旅行。虽说能毫无拘束，自己控制节奏与时间，但总是有点单调，一个拍照的人都没有。