Sunday, September 7, 2014

风暴过后

一直很想写一篇游记,详细记载与描述旅途中的所见所闻咀嚼当时复杂的感觉。很久以前尝试过一篇超短篇“海底漫步”,之后就再也提不起劲去开始。除了懒惰,最大因素大概因为经历的不够震撼,没法激起心中撰写的灵感。若干年前,有位老师说过,文章是逼出来的,下定决心一定要将这次不平凡的经历一一道出。

独木舟轻轻滑过海面,刚刚还绵绵细雨,让人提不起劲参与的水上活动,突然变得精彩起来。跟随前方向导的独木舟慢慢滑动着桨,原来没有想象中难。下龙湾,处处可见高耸奇异的參天石灰岩。大家一行8人缓缓划着桨,绕着其中一座庞然巨大的石灰岩,突然惊见眼前一个小小的山洞,刚好足够两至三艘的独木舟穿越。山洞大概100米长,远远看见出口处阳光明媚。不自觉快速滑动,希望一窥远方的别有洞天。

山洞尽头只见海面一片平静,仿佛置身在一面巨大的镜子上。环绕着海面的是表面凹凸不规则的山壁。海水是那么地清澈,温和;右手淘气地打扰着海面的平静,随舟滑过。温柔的海水细细抚摸着手上的每一寸肌肤。期待已久的假期,将思绪从繁忙无奈的工作,沉浸在轻舟滑过的海里。不远处又见另一个更小的山洞,大概勉强足够让一艘独木舟进出。不自觉将划桨垂直伸入海底,猛然感觉到海床就在触桨能及的地方。

穿越第二个山洞以后,眼前的世外桃源将我震慑,不敢相信自己所见。环山围绕着一个圆形的海面,唯一的进出口就是轻舟进来的小山洞。高高的石岩将海水紧紧环绕,而海面上没有一丝的涟漪,却被闯入的独木舟激起一圈又一圈的波浪。沉浸在这般美丽的环境里,手上划动的桨,骤然停止。轻舟随着波浪漂浮着,犹如一片绿叶缓缓被拍打着。当时万万没想到或许是暴风雨前的平静。回到船舱里以后,心里的激动依然久久无法平复,牵挂着不远处小山洞里的蓝天白云,碧绿的海水。

午餐在船舱里享用,而船缓缓穿梭在高耸的海上桂林,非常养眼,让人不禁心头为之一振。这时,天空开始下起雨来,蒙蒙胧胧的山水景色,更添一分色彩。在开往另一个景点的途中,将近一小时的路程,雨势没有停下的念头,风势却略显越来越霸道。冷不防突然一阵急刮,将小船往左边扫去,顿时倾斜一边。只听见船里的水手,船员大声惊叫,只觉小船象快要翻覆沉入水中一般。所幸怪风没有持续吹着,不然肯定后果堪虞。当时,不远处另一艘小船也面对同样命运,从第三者眼中观察总是特别触目惊心,只见小船只差一点便反复,可向而知当时急刮的狂风如此地急劲,当真险象环生

撑船的草草结束了当天的行程,便将我们载回轮船上。第一次乘搭轮船出海,是一艘14房的轮船。船舱里传来的消息,有一艘游艇已经被暴风吹沉了!船员当时就说,越南政府已经发出风暴警告,所有船只必须在傍晚7点前赶回港口。趁着疾风稍稍放缓,轮船马上朝港口的方向开去,船里的乘客也快速收拾行装。当时我们都不以为然,只觉旅程提前结束,有点可惜。然而,这种感觉很快被渐渐强大的暴风侵袭。越往前开,越觉得轮船摇晃,舱里的玻璃窗也被窗外的狂风吹得“噼啪”作响,似乎威胁着随时破裂。终于突然一声巨响,绑在轮船边的接驳艇被吹打得几近翻覆,屋顶破开了一个缺口。

由于暴风越来越大,往前开只会加速沉没的危机,轮船就这样停泊在大海中央,无助地被风雨蹂躏着。风势完全没有放缓的迹象,轮船却随着狂风吹袭左右摇摆,连站着行走都略显困难。天色渐渐变暗,雨势疾风加上摇晃不定的轮船,距离政府预测的大风暴越来越近。终于,在七点十五分的时候,船员带着沉重的脸色走进船舱。
“请将护照,贵重物品带在身上,穿上救生衣”
糟糕,稍有常识也知道事态严重了!

过一会儿,感觉船开始向前移动,看来船长决定放手一搏了!向前缓缓开行的轮船被四面八方侵袭的狂风暴雨吹打得上下左右摇摆。肠胃七上八下的,已经分不清方向,昏头转向,感觉快要暴吐。就这样风声,雨声,窗户拍打的声音,伴随着东倒西歪的轮船缓缓开向港口。由于轮船太大,完全不可能开进港口。接驳艇却已经破损不堪,大家就这样被困在轮船里等待救援!晕船的症状越来越严重,感觉肠胃里波涛汹涌,四周象旋转杯一样不断转动。

终于,不知道过了多久以后,窗外闪进一道强光,水警的巡逻艇来拯救受困的我们了!船员们将我们领到二楼的厨房,打开舱门,只见巡逻艇的甲板刚好与舱门平行。然而,暴风将巡逻艇与轮船吹得上下摇摆。一会儿巡逻艇甲板高过头顶,一会儿轮船却高过巡逻艇的顶部。爬上舱门看准机会往另一方的甲板跳去,顿时被两名水警拉了一把。就这样大家顺序被救上巡逻艇。体积较小的巡逻艇比之体积庞大的轮船摇晃得更加厉害。早已经模糊了视线,脑海里只是不断重复着想赶快到岸。一声“砰”与撞击的冲力,船终于碰上港口了!!!!脚在踏上实地以后,奔放的思绪不禁“啊”的一声呐喊!

轮船公司将当晚的客人安置在临近的酒店,证实总共有两艘的游艇沉没了。第二天早上,用过丰盛的自助式早餐后(比船舱的早餐好太多了),便到附近走走逛逛。回来的时候,看到酒店门口挤满了一群洋人,围绕着一堆湿淋淋的背包,包裹。有的还被装在黑色塑胶袋里,显然是救援队从海里打捞起来的。包裹里千奇百怪什么都有,相机,平板电脑,护照手机…..

“当时船员们将电话往玻璃瓶里扔,然后关上,打开舱门就往外跳”邻近一位洋妞这样缓缓道出昨晚的惊险经历。
“我们还没来得及搞清楚状况,船已经向下倒去,我们只能够在另一边抓紧。最后大家还是跳进海里。结果有一位妇人来不及跳出来,被困在舱里。幸亏有一位乘客曾经是海军,游了进沉没的游艇里将妇人救出来!”
“哇…….”身旁的听众都不禁赞叹!


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居高临下~


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劫后重生


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风暴过后

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Parting of the Ways

It has nearly been three months since i graduated....yet everything seems so vaguely distance... To recall what I did for the past 2 and a half months were kinda difficult, but one of my friend has nicely phrase it :"this year, you spend 1 month sleeping in hotels~" Ha! i guess he was quite right, spend 3 weeks travelling and 1 week going for induction courses before starting work. Tonight, I start unpacking my belongings brought back from uni, throw away quite alot of useless stuffs, some brought about memories, stuffs I might have forgotten...a night of reminiscence with memories unfolding bits by bits.......

Will start work on monday, which according to many, a dreadful path ahead......Still, am determine not to make mistake, gone were the days of me trying to impress anyone~


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Group mates from induction course~




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Before the parting of ways, had 1 last lunch together with the most awesome blokes I have met during my university life~




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Morganfield in pavillion~




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A platter enough for 4, even 5 persons~




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I must say, the taste was simply awesome~




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The pork ribs was nicely grilled, fragrance and taste was just awesome......juicy~ Perhaps this would be our last meal together for a very very long time........




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To move on, you have always gotta leave behind something precious, something you cared so much, who gave you so much to remember...... But the memories will always stay, just like true friendship.


Oh ya, just realized I have alot of travelling pictures and info that has not been blogged. Given the current circumstances, the chances of me continue blogging are kinda slim. Perhaps this will be my last post. Still, haven't rule out future probability of restarting~ Just came back from SiChuan merely 2 weeks ago, great place, great view, great scenery......ahhh memories...they are just like fairy tales~

Monday, June 10, 2013

Hunan Cuisine (火宫殿)

Another long overdue entry~ We are quite done with our Hunan's journey, though I skip a rather whole lot of uninteresting spot~ Which means we are left with the most important part of a trip(besides sightseeing), food~

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If you google(or rather Baidu) for famous Hunan cuisine, this will surely pop up...The Fire Palace(火宫殿)
Fancy to try the most authentic Hunan cuisine?~ You are in the right place~




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It is located in Chang Sha Huang Xing Road Shopping Street(长沙黄兴路步行街)...this is actually their newer branch, not so sure where is their main outlet~




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There are trolleys of famous hunan cuisine for you to choose from~ Or simply just order anything that you find interesting on the menu~
This pancake was a bummer though~




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Very nice~crispy and fragrance...taste was not bad either~




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Cold dish~ Not too bad actually, perhaps abit too spicy~




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Their very own special type of tofu~ Very different than the conventional yellow bean tofu~ Theirs has more of a chewy texture~good~




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Some sort of yam thingy~ Not acceptable~




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Some glutinous rice with filling.....special and nice~




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Fried banana...thats what written in the menu~ Was wondering how different is it from our goreng pisang~ Turn out we were surprised yet again~ Instead of fried banana, it should be fried banana paste or dough~ Nevertheless, very nice!




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Walnut tarts~ Nice and crispy~ Slurp!




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Their durian tarts!!! Simply awesome! Lip Smacking good!




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eggplant...pfft..total failure




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Some sort of mix vege...just fair




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Another must try! Not so sure what is it anymore but totally fantastic! Few types of meat, vege and carbo/noodle structure thingy(The best I could describe).......40 bucks per plate..but totally worth it~ 




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It was finished in a jiffy~




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Egg wrap~ Always nice~




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Forgotten what it is~




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Steam dumplings....as good as it can be~




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Again, not sure what it is anymore~




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Fried dumplings~ of course its nice~




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Better off with their special spicy sauce~




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Towards the end of our meal, thought of wana have some local fried noodles, just to try~
So we ordered "炒面"(fried noodle).......the waiter seems unconvinced~ remind us that, this is not fried noodle, but fried flour!(炒面粉) Totally intrigued by what might be served, we decided to order one~
This was what presented ---- fried flour~ Tasted more like our sesame paste really(芝麻糊)~But more oily and stuffy~ 




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Very ordinary tofu~




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Finally, some dessert~




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Overall not a bad meal at all~




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Might be abit pricey though...the above meal might cost about 300 bucks~ About 150 ringgit~

Monday, May 27, 2013

An Ancient Town (凤凰古城)

A 5 hours journey from the city of Zhang Jia Jie lies a thousand years old small town, not entirely sure it worth all the trouble with the travelling, but the night view and allegedly the dawn was totally fascinating!


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The Phoenix Ancient Town




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All these old buildings had been improvised into bars and shops~~




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Together with the Tuo-River(沱江), the night view of the phoenix town gain its fame




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It used to be free of charge...but since early this year...a compulsory entrance fees of 148 yuan had been implemented~ Nothing goes free here~ 




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The night view was really breathtaking(I heard the dawn was even so)...but a 5 hours journey and an entrance fees of 148 bucks is perhaps alittle too much 




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Anyway, walking along the river did gave a very relaxing and tranquilized feeling~




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Personally likes this view very much~




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Look at how clear and serene the river is~~~




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One of the must do is of course cruising the river 




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Though the weather is abit coolly~ even reaching early summer




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The aborigines singing along the way~




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LOL~ No Japanese~~~




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Again..I think the place would be a great getaway without the crowd it presented~ Everywhere is packed~ What a waste~




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All sorts of local snacks and souvenirs can be bought here~ 
Their ginger sweet is one of the must try~~




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A make up artist disguise as a statue~