我爸終於把
他掛在心上很久
但沒有敢問的話
問出口了
看似毫不經意
星期天的早餐桌上：
“你身邊沒有比較好的
男性朋友嗎？”
“沒有！
同齡的男人
都結婚了有孩子了”
“現在手機這麼方便！”
“可現在詐騙集團可多了！”
“不是找那種！
是聯繫聯繫之前的朋友！”
內心OS：
算是我真找不到也好
算是我根本沒想再找
算是我自己條件不好
算是別人條件沒我好
反正這件事
我根本沒指望了
而且最近我開始有了
新的人生目標
奇怪了
我居然有人生目標了
就是以年齡超過40歲
未婚的女性當作參考
看看別人是怎麼過生活的
還有一個理財目標
就是如何存一筆錢
夠我爸媽還有我自己過日子
萬一有一天
我突然沒有了工作能力
至少也還不會餓著肚子
這個目標應該不太難
孤家寡人也沒後代
掙錢要房要產業也沒用
這些都是給後代留的
要說我侄女侄兒
他們比我還有錢
但也不指望他們會養我
畢竟那是別人家的孩子
要真出了什麼冬瓜豆腐
我會自我了斷
不麻煩別人
死了就找人幫個忙化了
弄顆樹或盆栽
最好可以種在靠海的地方
這樣已經死而無憾了
self fulfilling prophecy
自我實現預言
原來就是這麼回事！
it has been a
roller-coaster riding month
well..
the month started off quiet
as expected since
it’s still during Lunar New Year
and i was away from
2nd to 9th February
hence I made the worst forecast
that there will be zero sales
for the 1/3 of February to begin with
then it turned out not too bad
as i was doing work
at the airport at 3 AM
minor tasks yet at least
it will “break the ice” of zero sales
as forecasted as
the worst case scenario
then there were minor tasks
coming in on and off
and during day 1
i was struggling with
internet connection as
my laptop was suddenly
not connecting to any Wi-Fi network
There We Meet Again! X Network Issue: !!!!
but it was solved as
i resorted to data roaming
and personal hotspot via
my mobile phone
then during the night
two days before leaving
my Wi-Fi was suddenly okay again
yet i was charged for another day of
data roaming as I forgot to
turn it off after 12 AM
so during the day trip to Fo Guang Shan
i actually had access to Internet
throughout the day
and i was actually accessing it
during lunch hour and
posted some photos on WeChat
but i hated to check email
because i hate the feeling
of “there’s work waiting”
during outing knowing that
there’s awaiting work
when I get back to the hotel
so i went on without checking email
but in fact i did turn on my data
to access the Internet
for some useless purposes
it wasn’t turned on all the time
as my camera was card-less
so i had to rely on my phone
to take photos throughout the trip
and i have left my power bank
in the hotel
then something WTF happened
there came the climax of the story
the only time
i turned on my data was during 2PM
while we were having lunch
5 something in the evening
we were back in town
and I was finally checking email
via free public Wi-Fi
at the train station
like WTF right
when I have my own data
to discover that
an important email
came in at 1:50 ish PM
as expected
there was another recall email
sometime before 5 PM
i.e.
the 400 USD task
has been assigned to someone else
simply because I didn’t get to
see the email although I had
internet access and time to do so
and the deadline is pretty good too
like 5 days down the road
and by the time
i would have ample time to do it
since I’ll be heading home soon!
it wasn’t exactly good!!
like it kinda haunted me
throughout the journey
and for the few days to come
especially when sales
wasn’t too good
it was such painful
to crawl through the days
and although there were
tasks coming in after the 10th
i forecasted that
this would be the
lowest month ever
throughout my career
until 22nd
things took a turn
as I got a high volume task
which i felt was more than
the total of i have been
struggling to earn
for the past 20+ days
since the month started
so it wasn’t that bad after all
and I have been living like a dog
given the poor sale and forest
to start with and
the huge amount of $$
spent lavishly during January
in preparation for
Lunar New Year and upcoming trips
two weeks ago
a friend of mine wanted to
book flight tickets and
i was telling her about the
20% discount for booking done
over the mobile app
she was not familiar with it
so we met up and
had the booking done at KFC
there was some payment issues and
the only way was to pay
via my online banking account
shame on me that
i didn’t even have enough balance
to pay for a pair of
discounted tickets to Vietnam
not to mention
she wanted to book two pairs
so she had to do an instant transfer
before I could actually pay
from my bank account
the “wound” was exposed
under the sun as
i was showing her the balance
because I didn’t want her
to think that I am not
willing to pay for her in advance
well i don’t even have enough to
for real
i should have pumped in money
sooner or later
but let it be late then
because
it nevertheless feels
good to be poor
because whenever
i thought of buying something
i was reminded of how poor i am
and i can’t even afford it
given the critical limit
in my daily transaction account
and habit forming
is a funny thing
once you are used to it
it will stay with you
they say it’s a 21 day circle
but now i somehow
don’t have any urge
to buy anything
nothing at all
you won’t believe that
my latest loot from
internet shopping is
actually 5 pieces of
micro fiber cloth
since there was some
cash rebate credit which
i really had to make use of
before it expired
and the next thing
i am planning to buy
is a spinning mop
well
being poor is one thing
getting old is another
it is simply reflected in
my online shopping list
陽光滿滿的一天
一個人逛超市
又買垃圾了
家樂福 愛河店
沒錯對面長這樣
“有麥當勞的兩個國家不會打仗”
我覺得該陳述不太靠譜
依我看來，每個城市的中心
都有那一間熙熙攘攘
讓你慢慢看世界的麥當勞
之前看過家教老師
在麥當勞教補習的
還有代購人員
在麥當勞過夜的
這次更神奇了
居然有繪畫老師
在給中年學生教水墨畫
有墨、有水、有好多毛筆
逛夜市太菜鳥了
會玩的逛本地市場
呃逛夜市怎麼了？
不行嗎？
我還做代購
在日本藥妝店
搭公車
這裡的司機都很友善
上車說：你好
下車說：記得刷卡，下車小心
不是廣播，是“真人發音”
公車上寫著“雞吉 88 向上”
說真的起初我真以為
公車從“雞吉”開往“向上”
後來才發現每輛都有寫
原來是新春賀語啦
有夠傻的
在高雄待上一星期
帶著只有2-3天的行程
即不出城，目的地也不多
而且驢友病了 臥床幾天
反而造就了這次特別“慢回憶”的行程
第一次在旅途上寫著這麼多遊記帖文
Official Facebook page
2016史努比-快樂上學趣巡迴特展Fun Learning With Snoopy
N年前在松山看過
類似的老夫子特展
說實話
這個沒有那個好
內容比較適合小孩
誰叫我是腦殘粉呢？
被牆紙和塑膠玩具
逗得很樂的一個早上
也是醉了
特別喜歡處處都有
糊塗塌客 a.k.a 胡士托
having fun with props
kinda ridiculous
but can’t help it
thanks to these yellow birds
bought some souvenirs
for the kids back home
but nothing for myself for real
this was the only item
i was likely to buy
but didn’t because
it will look out of place
among the rest of my Woodstocks
Woodstock is meant to be small
and it doesn’t look really good
can’t find anything really rare
really kind of miss
collectible stores/corners in Japan
yup..indeed so
half of the collectibles here
are labeled as imported from Japan
wait a minute
i did buy something for myself
bought the tickets in package
which came with these card holders
800 NTD for 2 items
and 2 tickets
which costs 280 NTD each
這是一個典型的
偽文青 Instragram-friendly
打卡照相點
還有一件超有fu的誠品
是不是我太山芭了
知道有這玩意
但還是第一次見
我覺得有了這個
感覺會把即影即有比下去
因為首先它不貴，2張台幣50
照片素質肯定比即影相機好
而且還帶各款濾鏡
在一個這麼帶藝術氣息的地方
拍了照片、立即上載
然後再打印出來
不是很好嗎
還可以
手拿著打印出來的照片
站在照片原點 再拍一張
弄成圖中有圖
好吧
可惜我都沒做
target spotted
烈日當空
我們是跑著上大雄寶殿的
是有點趕、走馬看花的感覺
張大千的真跡《大雄寶殿》
不小心拍到大殿裡的佛像
請假裝沒看見啦
即是這樣也看見
佛像很莊嚴，有沒有
起點-終點站
不二門
Little Pony
再見啦
我真心希望
以後還有機會可以再來
下一次
我一定會記得
把記憶卡、移動電源都帶上
前幾天才下定決心
要多多利用相機
然後剛到達蓮池潭
我相機就顯示低電量了
把相機裡的記憶卡取出
想選幾張好看的
還真選不到 一張都沒有
今天更好了
剛到達佛陀紀念館
才發現忘了把記憶卡裝回去
全程只好靠手機
幸運的是 天氣好
我覺得這裡特別好
照相點很多
尤其現在春節
一家大小親子出遊
最合適不過
少了一份
“到宗教場所就是拜拜”
展館裡的內容也特別豐富
結合教育文化宗教
還有特約表演、4D電影
特別幸運
趕上了《故宮佛教文物展》
是紫禁城走出都門的高級文物
還有山東博物館走出的
《揚州八怪字畫展》
用膳之地
不敢說法喜充滿
歡喜滿滿的一天 : )
查了一下官網
還有一篇部落格帖文
【交通】如何到高雄佛陀紀念館_ (義大客運篇) @ 不笑貓の微笑旅行
從高雄到佛光山
好像有很多不同的方式
因為我們住在高雄車站附近
最懶惰的方法可以
搭普通公車過去
但普通公車就一路上
很多停站的那種
好像需要超過一小時哦
所以就決定到左營站去
搭哈佛快線
是一輛“左營站-佛光山”專線
因為非假日
所以一小時只有一班車
幸好我們有早十分鐘到
但也有點小擔心
必須等下一班車了
左營站一號出口
就有公交站
哈佛專線在2號站台
so near yet so far的感覺就是
快要到你了 但感覺座位已經滿了
幸好還是趕上這班車
30分鐘直達
佛陀紀念館 & 佛光山大門
司機很貼心 提醒回程要注意時間
最好把時間表拍下來
最後一班車是6：20
但是由於新春期間
有花燈和煙火
會加開3班晚班車
他還建議第一次到訪的遊人
可以先去佛陀紀念館
因為比較多東西看
再搭接園內駁車到佛光山
20元，全天票
參觀了佛陀紀念館
下午去了佛光山
3：20幾回到佛陀紀念館入口
有一班3：40的哈佛快線
但人有點多 應該排不到
下一班車是5：00
所以改搭義大客運的8501
4：15的班車
但不是直達捷運站
而是會去義大世界轉一圈
全程大概45分鐘吧
getting to Fo Guang Shan from Kaohsiung
Zuoying metro station (R16)
exit 1 to ground-level bus stops
catch a direct express bus
at bus stop no. 2
or 8501 (purple bus)
at bus stop no. 6
Can tap I-Pass to pay
it’s 65-75 NTD per journey
remember to reload before boarding
the bus runs on hourly basis during
non holidays and weekdays
i.e. timing is fairly important
(1) Metro–FSH (2) FSH-Metro
在旅行的時候
馬上寫遊記
這不像我的風格
每次都是等到好久好久
突然懷念的時候再拿出來寫
或是乾脆就fast forward
後來發現也沒什麼寫了
左營站（捷運）2號出口
有一個候車亭
原本是想搭這個旅遊專車的
但是每半小時才有一趟
後來來了一輛51號的普通公車
寫著有去蓮池潭就直接上車了
結果就走了大半個左營市中心
我對了一下地圖應該沒錯
過了城門就繞回來了
才到了蓮池潭
這麼個行程
以池的南部龍虎塔為起點
剛下車不久就發現我相機沒電了
已經好幾個月沒充電了
就因為它電力超耐用
所以才會完全沒把充電
當作一回事
在淡水吃過這個
特別好吃的紅豆餅
這家叫“萬丹紅豆餅”
其實還有奶油、芋頭其他口味
好吧，我還是選擇紅豆好了
有個阿嘛問沒有咸菜卜口味的嗎
這裡沒有
對 上一次淡水
我前面的阿公也問
我想可能好吃吧
要不試試 不過賣完了
沿著湖邊一直走
這是我見過
最多寺廟的湖邊
一路走到孔廟就是大路了
以為得搭公車回去捷運站
誰知道就看到台鐵X高鐵站了
嗯 左營站是三合一的
在街邊買東西
有個騎腳踏車的叔叔
停下來和買東西的老闆聊天
他們聊到學校放假 然後他問我：
妹妹，過年你們學校放假多久啊？
當下的表情。。。。
不好意思啊
照片少得可憐
說了老半天 蓮池潭到底有什麼？
touched down in Kaohsiung
smooth journey
perfect weather
yet i was stuck with a
laptop which can’t detect
any Wi-Fi network
while I had some urgent task
to start working on immediately
while my phone
managed to access Wi-Fi
provided by the hotel
and there’s no LAN port
in the room
although I did bring
the cable as Plan B
as always
went to the lobby
thinking probably because
the signal is not strong
yet the problem persisted
none of the solution
regarding Device Manager
provided on forum worked
last resort:
data roaming
yesterday I was using
personal hotspot
while working from the airport
and it worked perfectly fine
but back then
my laptop could still
detect Wi-Fi networks
available around the airport
although I wasn’t using them
it kinda panicked me out
when there was no 4G/LTE/whatever
when I turned my data on
so I switched to Wi-Fi
and found out that
I had to manually select
the local telco carrier which
is collaborating with my telco
so now I am on data roaming X
personal hotspot while
in fact my phone is
working perfectly fine
with the Wi-Fi
i could probably list down
a long list of bad experience with
internet while traveling aboard
it’s sort of like a curse, man!
now I have another 1234 words to go
no joke, that’s the exact quantity
which I hope to finish
before I head out to explore Kaohsiung
got another file about the same volume
to be translated into 2 languages
and i decided to go full force
and get all the 3 files done
soon it was 9:30 PM
explore?
thank goodness this was not
my first meal in Kaohsiung
before I went on to K.O.
a batch of small videos for transcription
almost 12 AM
finally it’s about time to
call it a day
yeah.. have too
since the day is literally ending soon
