给云的回信

两个星期都没打开信箱。不为什么。以前对信箱总有期待，期待笔友或朋友的回信。现在，打开信箱都是一大堆垃圾邮件，要不然就是账单, 来讨债的。哎！

今天不同！竟然收到了远方一个亲爱朋友的明信片！ Ling SingYuen, you make my day! :)

云。

好久都没“用手拿笔”写信了！

Tanjung Jara Resort ～第四天 ～ 回家！

又是一个细雨绵绵的早晨。周末即将完毕。又要回到现实。

一路上都有卖炸鱼饼的档口。当然不会放过。

有兴趣者，可到Tanjong Jara Resort 的官方网站浏览。

直击：Tanjung Jara Resort ～第三天

一大早，来到瓜拉龙引码头附近，寻找六年前我到过的一间咖啡店。

典型马来小镇咖啡店。

两片roti kosong, 一杯拉茶。简单的满足。

吃完早餐，做spa去！

Spa Village 里的小憩亭

这里我包下。只有我一人。不要羡慕。

做完水疗，吃了午餐，到海边踏浪，小休，再踏浪。

来张这个才像假期！

度假村为客人准备的余兴节目。都是本土的玩意儿。

有congkak.

和跳竹竿舞。

或batik彩绘。。等等

也有准备些马来小食 － Apam balik

Cucur udang －炸虾糕

有兴趣者，可到Tanjong Jara Resort 的官方网站浏览。

直击： Tanjung Jara Resort ~ 第二天

下雨的早晨，懒懒的趴在床上久久不起。

吃早餐。DiAtas Sungei 餐厅外湿漉漉的。

DiAtas Sungei 餐厅一隅

下了雨，出好天气！

两个傻人正打算制造“露水”。制造失败！

呐，这才是真正的露水

到海滩走走

再到Kuala Abang看人们钓鱼

很特别的怪石

有兴趣者，可到Tanjong Jara Resort 的官方网站浏览。

直击：Tanjung Jara Resort ～第一天

抵达TJR，Kuala Dungun, 已是下午时分

度假村的客户服务柜台

客户柜台附近的鱼池

局部套房

肚子饿了。这间是TJR的Nelayan Restaurant.

下个星期去刁曼岛不知有没有的玩这个。。。

从我下榻的Bumbung套房的落地窗望出去，是片美丽的沙滩和海浪拍打岸边的沙沙声。

今天是星期四，刚巧遇上瓜拉龙引夜市场。

猜猜这是什么？

有兴趣者，可到Tanjong Jara Resort 的官方网站浏览。

Danga Bay

今年的华人新年，两次到了Danga Bay。外婆家就在Danga Bay的另一山头后，很近。

Danga Bay是政府的“satu lagi projek”。尤其装潢，应该花不少钱。 我不知道它的目的和主题何在，但总之可以是让新山人除了去Stulang (近宽柔中学）－－白天可以去那里的红树林走走，晚上吹吹河口风、吃夜宵以及休闲骑脚踏车的好去处。

那里有个游乐场，可以找回自己儿时童真。

最令我出乎意料是那里的马来小吃真的还蛮不错。啰家，炸豆腐，沙爹和烤鱼。一定要试。

Let go!

Source: From the Internet

I think this is one of the best articles on packing light. It's true, the way we pack reflects how we live our lives. Maybe it's time for us to unload and drop some of our baggages and move forward.

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I made a trip back home recently, it was a long family vacation after a year being away.

I moved back to a different country almost 3 years ago, leaving all my family and friends behind and trying to carry my whole life in just two bags.

I used to be a really light packer before this experience, but now I feel like I have to pack EVERYTHING I own when I travel.  It makes me feel safe.

You can see how inconvenient this can turn to be.

Vacation was over, and on the day I was leaving my beloved country again, I was checking-in my bag when the receptionist told me:

-Your bag is too heavy, you will have to pay $500 USD for the extra weight.

I panicked.

I was willing to pay just to be able to carry everything I had in there, which in my mind all seemed tremendously valuable.

Lucky for me, my brother and dad were there to say:

Look, it’s a ridiculous amount of money, you can buy all new stuff with it, just take things out of your bag. 

So there I was, in the middle of Mexico City’s Airport trying to take things out of the bag. It was heart-breaking, I was sweating really bad, my heart was beating fast and felt like crying the whole time.

A few weeks have passed and now I realize, I did survive without those things, but it was tremendously hard for me to leave them behind.

This situation reminded of Pixar’s movie, “Up”, and how the old man was literally carrying with his whole house just because he didn’t want to let go.

Because things make us feel safe, loved and strong, especially when we have personal attachments to them.

I still need to work on this. My family and friends will still love me even if I couldn’t bring the mugs they gifted me on Christmas, they will always be with me.

Love is way lighter to carry than stuff. 

http://everybodyhasabrain.tumblr.com/post/16391982489/let-go

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