
這天的行程是搬家跟拜訪Monte Albán。
Our agenda today was moving to the youth hostal in downtown Oaxaca and visiting Monte Albán.
起床以後正好是hostal提供早餐的時間,所以我們又順便吃了早餐,邊吃邊跟其他背包旅客聊天,一個女生剛從南部海邊回來,建議我們在這段六到八小時的崎嶇山路不要搭小巴,她就是搭了小巴卻碰上喜歡開窗戶而不開冷氣的司機,結果她坐在窗邊左手臂整個被晒傷,搭公車還比較便宜而且沒有慢多少。另幾個參觀過世上最大樹(Tule Tree)、傳統紡織村莊、實際上是冰泉的沸水(Hierve el Agua)及mezcal釀酒廠的旅客跟我們分享經驗,自己搭公車去那些定點的話會浪費很多時間等車,不過參加套裝行程的話就會被限制時間,不能想待多久就待多久。
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第二天早上我們挺早就醒了,事實上Dustin根本一夜沒睡。起床後終於有精神洗澡,發現hostal的水沒有網路上遊客說得那麼小就放心了。
We woke up pretty early the next morning. In fact, Dustin didn't sleep at all. I finally gather myself and took a shower and felt relieved that the water wasn't trickling, as described by other travelers who had stayed here before.
我們前兩晚都在pochon hostal住的,由於在網路上預約被收了手續費,第二天早上我們就在hostal吃了他們準備的早餐想賺回一點本金。廚房裡有兩名婦女準備早餐,一個負責把水果切塊分裝成一碗一碗,另一個負責做omelette/ pancake,豆子加queso,此外非常水的咖啡、果凍跟麵包都是可以無限續的。這天早上不出所料地便秘了,所以默默決定要盡量吃辣的跟蔬果,希望不要整趟旅行都在便秘中度過,落得跟跑去日本玩結果一直便秘最後一天用力拉屎到中風的台灣大學女生一樣的下場…
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最後一個學期了,相處了兩年的室友Dustin說春假一起去旅行吧,從南加州、亞利桑那州、一路向德州的國家公園road trip,討論要買哪種睡袋才夠保暖,到真要暖和的話不如飛到墨西哥吧,到申請墨西哥簽證好像很麻煩(畢竟Monterey實在太小了,最近的墨西哥領事館也要跑到一個多小時外的San Jose)、我勢必得蹺課一週(我春假只有一個禮拜但我們覺得要去就該去兩個禮拜)及旅費將激增的難題,到最後想想花個800美金上下玩墨西哥好像也很不錯,就在連墨西哥簽證都還沒申請好之前就買了來回機票(而且買機票又是另一個故事了,由於Dustin想太多搞得我們自己佔了好機票的空缺,被迫買轉機重重的爛機票…不過好處是我們原定10天的假期也就這樣陰錯陽差變成了14天長假)。
It's the last semester. Dustin suggested we spend the spring break together. At first we were thinking about going on a road trip from southern CA to Arizona all the way to Texas, visiting lots of national parks and state parks on the way, and discussing what type of sleeping bags we should get to keep us warm at night. Then someone told Dustin that it's gonna be freezing at night in the states that we planned to visit. If we really want to be warm, we might as well go to Mexico. But then as a Taiwanese student holding an F-1 visa in the US, I needed to apply for a Mexico visa, which is a pain in the ass (because Monterey is too small and doesn't have a Mexican Consulate; the closest one is more than an hour away by car, in San Jose). Also, I had to skip a week of class after spring break since MIIS only had one-week spring break, and I didn't want to fly all the way to Mexico with just one-week stay. And the expense might increase dramatically compared to travelling in the states. I wanted to give up. One day Dustin got drunk and tried to persuade me going to Mexico with him (since he didn't want to go there alone and claimed to want to see Mexico through my eyes), and I thought spending around US$800 to visit Mexico wasn't a bad idea (I spent around that much to visit China and Hong Kong 3 years ago), so we bought round-trip tickets even before I applied for my Mexico visa. Purchasing flight tickets was another story. Dustin was thinking too much and worried too much, which put us in the predicament of having to give up the flights of better itinerary and get the ones with two connections and late arrival in Oaxaca, for we took up our own spots by trying to purchase the tickets first on priceline.com and then on Mexicana airline website. But it turned out to be a good misfortune because it prolonged our original 10-day trip to 14-day long vacation. :)
前天晚上住在位於SJ的Dustin父母家,隔天一早Dustin的媽媽就開車載我們去搭飛機,從SJ到Guadelajara的途中很順利,機上供應一餐brunch,我選了quesadillas,但份量沒有想像中的多,一方面是因為我肚子很餓,另方面是因為在美國生活太久直覺以為所有餐點都會很大一份(美國的越南菜跟墨西哥菜都超大一份,但根據可靠消息表示越南跟墨西哥當地的份量根本沒有美國餐廳那麼多)。
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今年的年來得特別晚,學校二月就開學,所以當然不可能留在台灣過年,我也就忘了這件大事。
過年前幾天Dustin邀請我去San Jose跟他家一起過年,想想看越南人怎麼過農曆年(越南人相當仇視曾想統治他們的中國)似乎蠻有趣的,所以就說好。
由於美國不會為了農曆新年設置假期,越南人通常都在最接近新年的那個週末慶祝,從早上九、十點開始去親戚家拜訪,晚上通常是各自回家,重頭戲擺在白天。
第一天Dustin全家要一起去拜訪他爸爸那邊的親戚,因為聚會比較正式,所以我最好別跟,免得被親戚們誤以為我們在交往(所以說其實越南的文化保守程度跟華人差不多),就把我送去一個亞洲風購物中心度過幾個小時,等他結束聚會後再來接我。不過到了他家後還收到了他媽媽給我的小紅包,上面寫著"百年好合"(他們一定不知道那是什麼意思XD),裡面有一張一塊錢鈔票,我本來覺得不該拿,況且Dustin把我們家的聖誕樹佈置成新年樹,上面掛了很多小紅包,裡面有加州的刮刮樂樂透,之前已經給我一個了(什麼也沒中),不過Dustin說這是習俗,是好兆頭,所以就拿吧。
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轉眼工作已經要邁入第三年,也從有稿就接的菜鳥變成不喜歡節目內容就不想接稿的龜毛譯者…(但我也是為了保持翻譯水準及效率才這麼資巴的就包涵一下吧)
近來接了很多喜歡或至少是曾經著迷的片子:
CSI:就不用說了,本來就很迷戀這種邏輯推理,拍攝又細膩的片子,尤其LV本店人物刻劃很細膩,彼此的互動真是無分店能比;不過我做的只有紐約分店,但基本上也還蠻喜歡冷冷的灰色調跟快速的節奏,還有丹尼那口迷人的紐約腔。
NCIS:完全只能看人物塑造,跟Richard Gere一樣越老越迷人的Mark Harmon,喜歡引用電影的Tony DiNozzo,老是搞不懂英文俚語的Ziva,永遠脫離不了菜鳥角色的McGee,走歌德風聽重金搖滾樂的Abby。因為劇情實在省略太多、架構也不嚴謹,感覺隨時都會發現新證據推翻前一個嫌疑犯。
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she is cheap
and her hearts are cheap too
you can break as many as you want
for she can easily get another one
for you t o b r e a k
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Once you start, you don't know how to stop.
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從San Francisco回到Monterey的路上真是挫折重重,兩個小時的車程被我歐巴桑的省錢兼鍛鍊身體心理拉長到6個小時…巴士開進Monterey的時候竟然有種莫名其妙的回家的感覺,雖然一邊也很害怕自己其實還沒調適好心情。
剛回來那陣子天天都陽光明媚,發現路上開滿了梅花,讓我十分思念故鄉以及清大(清大梅園盛開的時候是很美的啊)。
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轉眼寒假就過去了,其實是學期都開始三個禮拜了…
過去半年有很多遺憾與不甘,放假回台灣一趟整理心情重新出發。
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