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距离家10分é'Ÿè½¦ç¨‹çš„地方有个水åº"，据说是é'"鱼初学者必去之地。今天傍晚æˆ'们决定一起去探探路。水åº"不大，也就是一两个足球场大小。

æˆ'们转一圈的功夫碰见三家人。两家是爷爷带着小孙孙，另一家时爸爸带着两个小朋友。

 çœ‹ç€å¤•é˜³æ…¢æ…¢ä¸‹åˆ°æ¾æž—背后，让æˆ'想起07-08年在北京时，也常常是在å'¨æ—¥çš„傍晚在香巴拉看首é'¢ä¸Šçš„日落，只是那时心里满是未知å'Œä¸ç"˜ã€‚

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蜜儿去的幼儿园是家长自助形式的，每天æ"¶è´¹2元。这么便宜的价格的条件就是家长们要轮流承担维护的责任。

下å'¨æœ«æœ‰ä¸ªä¸€å¹´ä¸€åº¦çš„fair，今天所有家长全ä½"出动æ"¶æ‹¾èŠ±å›­ã€‚æˆ'的任务是ç"¨é"„头把秋千å'Œæ»'æ»'梯区域的地翻松动了，然后有其他的家长们把新买来的æ 'çš®é"ºå¥½ã€‚

æ¯"较牛的是alan小朋友的爸爸，带了油é"¯å'Œç²‰ç¢Žæœºæ¥ã€‚一个小时的时间就把小小校舍旁的枯æ 'ç»™é"¯ä¸‹æ¥äº†ã€‚

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去奥克兰出差两天，绝大部分时间都在路上堵着了。那情景，真让æˆ'想起在北京å'Œä¸Šæµ·æ—¶ç»åŽ†è¿‡çš„盛况。今天傍晚飞回æˆ'们这个小小的城市，心里感觉真是庆幸，觉得选对了地方。

å½"然，大城市也有大城市的好处。中国各地的风å'³å°åƒéƒ½æœ‰ã€‚中午去机场路上顺便带回些陕西风å'³çš„小吃，一家人风卷残äº'般的就吃完了。

晚饭后，蜜儿意犹未尽，找出一小杯昨天早晨剩下的鲜奶，ç"¨æ‰‹æŠ"着就往自己脸上抹。还要爸爸妈妈跟她一起玩。这样的å'¨äº"，真æ£'。

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第二天就要开车回家了。晚饭后爸爸妈妈带蜜儿去湖边散步。爸爸走累了，在岸边找了个粗æ '干靠着。蜜儿看到了，什么也没说，过来坐在上面配爸爸。小小年纪就懂得望着湖对面的群山å'å'†äº†ã€‚

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好久没有å'博客了。今天有点空，出来æ™'æ™'一些ç"Ÿæ´»ç…§ã€‚

2月份还是夏天时候在沙滩日落的时候拍的。

2月份去大名鼎鼎的米å°"福德4天å¾'步。绝大多数时间是大雨，极度壮丽却也过于å¯'冷。这是最后一天终于雨过天晴，回到平地，已经审美疲劳后拍的。在山上的景致要是这个的百倍，可惜没法子掏相机。

3月份在家å'¨è¾¹å¼€ä¸€æ¡ä»¥å‰çš„老路，拍了一些æ¯"较有å½"地地质特点的片子。æˆ'非常喜欢这种叫做schist的石头，正在慢慢æ"¶é›†ï¼Œå¸Œæœ›æœ‰ä¸€å¤©å®¶é‡ŒèŠ±å›­çš„梯ç"°å¯ä»¥ç"¨è¿™ä¸ªç´¯èµ·æ¥ã€‚

这是52年到84年在达尼丁服役的老ç"µè½¦ã€‚退役后被卖到普通平æ°'手里做é'"鱼小屋。ç»"果后来不了了之，æ"¾åœ¨æ¹–边。æˆ'å'Œå¾®é£Žéƒ½æ˜¯æœ‰äº›è®²ç©¶ç‰©æƒ…的人，看到一个曾经装载着那么多幸福å'Œå›žå¿†çš„公交被废弃在这里，心里多å°'觉得有些可惜。（84-86是新西兰è¿'代历史上分水岭。是脱离英国以及非常社会主义的经济æ"¿ç­–到引入更多市场机制的剧变年代）

对了，æˆ'们4月去领养了一只小猫，取名叫Macintosh，中文名叫“小雨披”。Macintosh是英国1820年左右ä¸"门给小孩子设计的一款雨披；又是一个非常有苏格兰风å'³çš„名字，符合达尼丁这个城市的感觉。他给æˆ'们带来很多的快乐。

就在这å'¨è¿Žæ¥äº†å…¥å†¬çš„第一场大雪。 ç"±äºŽè·¯æ»'ç»"冰，æˆ'们在家里å'†äº†ä¸¤å¤©æ²¡æœ‰å‡ºé—¨ã€‚这是早晨起床后在家里阳台上拍的。后来大雪又纷纷扬扬的下了一整天。

这张颇有点中国新年的感觉。白白的雪，红红的灯笼。

最后一张是在距离家大约20分é'Ÿè½¦ç¨‹çš„老栈桥拍æ'„的海豹。å½"天是连续5天的雨之后的第一个大晴天，æˆ'们就æ"¾ä¸‹å·¥ä½œå‡ºåŽ»èµ°èµ°ï¼Œåˆšå¥½åœ¨è·¯è¾¹çœ‹åˆ°è¿™åªæµ·è±¹ã€‚按照个头，åº"该是只未成年的小家伙。

2008年12月28日 晴

才过去三天，可是这件事情已经像是种在心里了。

26日的上午，æˆ'们能想出的å"¯ä¸€åå¯¹ç†ç"±æ˜¯ï¼šè¿™ä¸æ˜¯ä¸€æ¡è§„范的路：工作、买房、买车、ç"Ÿå„¿è‚²å¥³ã€‚可是它对æˆ'们来说已无法构成影å"ã€‚于是，两人击掌欢å'¼ï¼Œå®£å'Šå¦ä¸€ç«¯äººç"Ÿå¼€å§‹ã€‚

没有先后，有几件要立刻开始的事情：
1.禀å'ŠåŒæ–¹çˆ¶æ¯
2.退掉现在租住的房子
3.安顿好工作

对父母，æˆ'是有内疚的。虽然“父母在，不远行”的古训似乎有点过时了，但以自己的能力为父母提供更多的ç"Ÿæ´»ä¿éšœç"šè‡³èˆ'适程度仍是æˆ'们一直以来努力去做的。而现在，æˆ'们要花掉几乎全部积è"„环球旅行。27日，在忐å¿'不安中æˆ'们拨通了父母的ç"µè¯ï¼Œä»–们的反åº"各不相同。

有æ"¯æŒçš„：“去吧，这是æˆ'年轻时的梦想。”
“这是在å'好的方面å'展。”

有ç–'è™'的：
“真是做梦都没想到的事情。”
“你们两个怎么就一模一样å'¢ï¼Ÿâ€

而他们共同的担心å'Œè¦æ±‚仅仅是：
“别去危险å'Œæ··ä¹±çš„国家。一定要安全回来！”

对于房子，æˆ'们要先帮上了年纪的房东找好下面的房客，这一点借ç"¨å¤§é‡Žç‹¼å†™çš„租房启示最能说明问题：

此房为15层的9层，为97年水利水ç"µç§'å­¦ç "究院的新建家属区，楼房建ç­'时是采ç"¨ä¸‰å³¡å¤§åçš„制造材料，房屋ç»"æž„å'Œè´¨é‡æžå¥½ã€‚每个门栋都有安全å'¼å«è£…ç½®å'Œé—¨å«ï¼ŒåŠ ä¸Šè¥¿é¢ä¸Žå†›å§"大楼一墙之éš"，北面就是é'"鱼潭国宾馆，安全有保障。

房子的交通便利，处在地é"ä¸€å·çº¿æœ¨æ¨¨åœ°å'Œå†›åšç«™ä¹‹é—´ï¼Œè·ç¦»ä¸¤ç«™æ­¥è¡Œéƒ½åªæœ‰5分é'Ÿçš„时间。在建的地é"9号线也从军博经过，可以直达白石桥，中关æ'，颐 å'Œå›­ã€‚ 公交车方面，除了长安街沿线1，4路，802，52路外，还有直达雍å'Œå®«çš„13路，直达上地å'Œä¸­å…³æ'的特6å'Œ717,727。

房子地理位置也非常好，距离首都博物馆å'Œä¸­åŽä¸–纪坛也仅为步行7分é'Ÿå·¦å³æ—¶é—´ï¼ŒèƒŒé¢éš"一条马路就是北京市区最大的八一湖å'ŒçŽ‰æ¸Šæ½­å…¬å›­ï¼Œæœˆç¥¨4元就可 以搞定。 å'¨å›´è´­ç‰©çš„天客隆，美廉美，长安商场都在10分é'Ÿä¹‹å†…。几步路就有吃饭的地方，便宜的有军å§"å¹²ä¼'所食堂，é‡'驼饺子城，贵的有茂林居å'Œç´«é'«é¥­åº—。

房子两居，76平米，卧室一间正南，一间朝东（可以看到中央ç"µè§†å°å'Œä¸–纪坛）。 两个朝南封闭阳台。木地板，家具齐全，房东可以提供ç"µå™¨ã€‚有线ç"µè§†ï¼Œä¸Šç½'ADSLå'Œç"µè¯éƒ½é½å…¨ã€‚邻居都是ç "究院里的职工家属，非常安静。楼内有24小时ç"µ 梯，屋内有24小时有热水。 æš–æ°"非常好，并ä¸"已经包含在房费中。 客厅å'Œä¸¤å±…里都有空调。

æˆ'们是这间的房客，从04年一直住到现在，与房东关系很好。因为最è¿'要离开北京，所以受房东所托再将房子出租出去。 希望房客诚实可靠，ç"Ÿæ´»ä¹ æƒ¯è‰¯å¥½ï¼Œæˆ¿è´¹é¡»å¹´ä»˜ã€‚ 2500çš„ä»·é'±åœ¨è¿™ä¸ªé™„è¿'大约只能租到80年代的矮层， 而ä¸"还是“普通”装修，所以抱歉不能再还价了。

有意å'的朋友们可以æ‰"æˆ'的手机与æˆ'è"系。中介的朋友就麻烦不要è"ç³»æˆ'们了，本着对房东负责的精神，不会找你们å§"托的。

房子租出去后，æˆ'们就可以搬出去了。但搬到å"ªé‡Œå'¢ï¼Ÿæˆ'们不仅要借住一段时间，而ä¸"要把东西寄存起来。给好友æ‰"ç"µè¯ï¼Œä»–欣然åº"允，而ä¸"，对æˆ'们的出行出乎意料的平静：“你们俩不论做出什么事来æˆ'都不会觉得意外。”半开玩ç¬'的，æˆ'们说如果到时候把所有é'±éƒ½èŠ±å…‰äº†ï¼Œè¿˜è¦è¯·ä»–寄两张回国的机票给æˆ'们，他也毫不犹豫的ç­"åº"。虽是玩ç¬'，却也是真情。

工作方面，自然又是深深的抱歉。一封封信å'出去，让æˆ'们欣喜的是的，æ"¶åˆ°çš„多是é¼"励。更意外的惊喜是：大野狼一位做软件Freelance的朋友说如果可能，他可以通过给æˆ'们一些项目做的方式来资助æˆ'们的旅程！

You know you’ve got real great friends when you received responses similar this:

From Adrian:

Alex,

… …

I actually place with your feeling of wanting to find that burning passion.
It’due south what has driven me in the past 3 years to piece of work on Idapted. At times
it’south at boiling point from the moment I wake to when I plummet in bed (and
and then when I’m dreaming) at other times I may fifty-fifty wonder if it has left me
momentarily. No matter how I feel yet, deep inside I know that this is
what I want to practise and that I’ll accept regrets in life if I didn’t give it my
best shot and 300% at trying to make it happen.

Having to make choices is difficult and deciding to put a start up at the
middle of my life definitely played a part in us eventually breaking upwardly.
Even so I believe that was the correct choice at that time and it still is
for the stage of life I am in. The important thing was that when it
came to that decision while we were both
upset nosotros didn’t hurt each other in a way that we couldn’t exist friends again.

… …

Only dorsum on the road to discovering yourself; seeing what the globe has to
offer could be ane of the most life turning things you can do. I’ve been
fortunate in my life to have had two chances to do this. First when I came
to Red china in 97 – quite mayhap without that experience I would never have
the opportunity to have Prc be such a great role of my life. Secondly when
I went to exercise my MBA – meeting so many incredible people, listening to their
stories, getting inspired and helping me decide what to do next.

Y'all take a great deal of drive, tenacity and intellect – which will brand you
successful no matter what you lot put your heed to. However I really look
forward to that time when you find that thing which yous are passionate virtually
because I’ve no doubtfulness then you’ll change an industry exist it spaceflight or
software.

While it’s merely been recently that I have got to know yous amend; I promise we
take more opportunities. I’ll be here for a while and so peradventure when you
experience like doing the Beijing marathon we can chat more over long weekend
training runs =p.

Good luck and cheers to that adjacent chapter of life which starts in the 30’s!

From Walter:

Your decision to turn down all chore offers and “see the world” with Z is good news for me since that maximizes my chances of seeing you again in the virtually future. Information technology is praiseworthy that yous clustered enough money to exist able to fund your “one year luxury journey”. Just a miniscule portion of the world’s people tin make that claim. Nothing is 100% predictable but I believe that you and Z will never regret this momentous decision.
… …
How tin can I help you?

From Marco, I really beloved this go along-pushing-it-until-it’s-done type of dude:

As always we will continue to look for practiced artist and strategy
thinkers to bring together united states. And u r certainty welcome whenever u change your
mind.
… …
I accept decided to keep you updated with this project, in case you alter your heed.
… …
you are making united states of america to want u even more now. So, this volition be an open offer until you finish your vacation.

From Phil:

Sounds similar a great thought! Which countries are you travelling to? And when practise you start?

I think we will exist able to make this piece of work remotely. As long as you avoid traveling to countries on our side of the Digital Divide for the start few months so you lot'll take admission to Internet and tin can communicate daily about the project until we consummate information technology. Who knows, perchance we can finance your entire trip effectually the world by sending y'all more than work like this if things become well with the insurance project.

2008年12月26日 晴

今天早晨，胃里有了灼烧的感觉。æˆ'知é"这件事情已经从大è„'进入内心了。不知é"从什么时候开始，æˆ'有了这样一个不好的身ä½"反åº"：一旦遇到æˆ'期盼良久的事情，喜悦、兴奋å'Œå¯¹æœªçŸ¥çš„担忧会让æˆ'的胃不èˆ'服。

昨天是圣诞节，æˆ'愿意相信这是圣诞老人送给æˆ'们的大礼物â€"一个突然迸出的念头。有这个愿望多久了？不知é"，也许这根本就是与ç"Ÿä¿±æ¥çš„。它一直潜藏在æˆ'们的内心，每一次的旅行都是对它带来的躁动不安的一次疏导，也是一次å'它的致敬。但是，æˆ'一直只是把它å½"作一个遥远的梦想，等到æˆ'们有é'±äº†â€¦â€¦ä½†æˆ'们什么时候才能有é'±å'¢ï¼Ÿå¦‚æžœæˆ'们一直没有é'±ï¼Œæ˜¯å¦è¿™ä¸ªæ„¿æœ›å°±ä¼šè¢«æˆ'们带到老年？但老年，以æˆ'们的无知看起来，还那么模糊遥远，于是æˆ'总是对自己说：总有机会，现在还不到时机……

直到昨天，在争吵带来的不计后果å'ŒèŠ‚日带来的一丝慵æ‡'的氛围里，æˆ'们轻æ˜"的抛出了那句：“为什么æˆ'们现在不能去å'¢ï¼Ÿâ€åƒä¸€é"清朗明亮的阳光，它一下子就刺穿了混沌，æˆ'们睁大眼睛看着对方，仿佛泄漏了惊天的秘密。对，为什么现在不能去？最大的困难是资é‡'不够，但这几乎并不成为真正的问题：还好，æˆ'们还算年é'，还吃得起苦，受得了累，风餐露宿、节衣缩食在实现它的强烈愿望里，显得无足轻重。更何况，这一路，æˆ'们可以一边走，一边æ‰"些零工补贴费ç"¨ã€‚

既然可行，为什么还要等？兴奋喜悦的æˆ'们想不出理ç"±ã€‚它如洪水般汹涌澎湃，压å€'一切。

夜晚，经过多次热烈的讨论å'ŒæŸ¥é˜…资料，旅行路线å'Œè§„åˆ'已经有了大概的雏形。æˆ'们开始考è™'一些现实的事情：怎么å'Œçˆ¶æ¯äº¤ä»£ï¼Ÿå·¥ä½œæ€Žä¹ˆåŠžï¼Ÿæˆ¿å­æ€Žä¹ˆåŠžï¼Ÿä¸œè¥¿æ€Žä¹ˆåŠžï¼Ÿè¿™æ—¶ï¼Œä¸€ç›´ä¿æŒå…‹åˆ¶çš„喜悦的æˆ'，突然有了强烈的离别的愁绪。æˆ'第一次讨厌巨蟹座的这个特质：怀旧。家里的冰箱æˆ'从未ä»"细看过，现在，却想轻轻抚æ'¸å®ƒæ´ç™½ç®€æ´çš„è½®å»"，å'它å'Šåˆ«ã€‚

要入睡了，æˆ'们约定：如果明天早晨起来，æˆ'们还没有反æ‚"，就说明æˆ'们并不是一时的头è„'å'热，心血来潮。那么，æˆ'们就要着手开始实际的准备了。

To plough down all the not bad job offers is unthinkable. To spend all 10 years saving in traveling around the world is, well, simply crazy.  Then why travel?

Here is a letter I sent to one of the friends explaining this:

Thanks for the offer simply I don’t think I should take information technology.

Besides the salary, I really appreciate the trust you take put into.  I’ve spent lots of fourth dimension in the by xxx days, talking to people, getting introduced to potential opportunities.  The more I see, the more than confused I constitute myself.  It’southward non because there are no super smart people to work with. Just that I am not sure I desire to keep with the life every bit it is.

The work as I encounter it, starts past agreement the techniques, then spending years and years refining the skills until getting to the master level. This could take a very long time. Until now, my deepest urge for work comes from the interests in the concern of software.  I’ve done pretty well in software development, and I have confidence that I could do as well in production design and marketing side. Only deep in my eye, these things no longer excites me anymore.  Information technology could no longer provide the burning passion similar information technology does in the past 10 years.  For at present, I can’t accept your task offering since I’m afraid that somewhere in the eye of the venture, I’ll take to choose between upsetting the best friends of mine and pressing myself till implosion.  A tough state of affairs I don’t want to get exposed to.

My wife and I have decided to spend one year to travel effectually the world.  To begin a luxury long journey for discovery.  To know more about ourselves, To meet people and run into what they’re working on.  To beginning finding something that is challenging enough to provide continuous stream of passion for the rest of my life.

Zephyr and I have had this thought for a long time, simply we’re always waiting for a ‘better’ chance to practise so, “when we accept more than money or more time” as we always told ourselves. This job finding procedure made me realize that now is the best time to start.  Both of us have passed the age of xxx.  I could sense a long list of mundane burdens lurking on the landscape: to have a baby or two, to get mortgage for a apartment, to buy a car, to back up our beloved parents.  Having a baby merely like a picayune myself volition exist a lot of fun, bu if it’s at the cost of spending many years treat piece of work only as a work, that’ll be awful.

So our programme is to have one yr off to do and then. After that, we’ll have to decide what to do and take whatsoever responsibility we have to shoulder.  This won’t be a retreat from mod society, but a journey to look for a amend life, to become a better human being and woman.  One yr is how long our saving can carry us over. Nosotros may take some temporary jobs to get some financial back up, only more than importantly equally a window to get to know other people, or a device to hide the traveler identity in club to stay closer to the local life.  And I’1000 not expecting this to be an like shooting fish in a barrel trip, budget for nutrient and guild will be quite limited, but the difficulty of finding that magic stream of passion in one unmarried yr is merely much harder.

Right at present, Astrology, spaceflight, the Universe, especially the Mars Rovers related projects seems to be quite enchanting.  If our budget allows, I’ll definitely bank check out more on these areas.  Just in instance of whatsoever identify or people you think I should run across or meet, please allow me know.

Nosotros haven’t decided when to start yet, but information technology shouldn’t have as well long. If things go well, that’ll be earlier the Chinese New year.

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