The Alchemist

As a "why-not" person I always don't see why not to do. All you need is just: desire and circumstances (not excuses be careful). Until recently from reading the Alchemist I found 3 kinds of people:
1) The shepherd, who has a dream and willing to realize it
2) The candy shop owner, who is content of doing what he is doing because he is living his dream
3) The crystal shop owner, who first starts from working towards his dream, but soon work dominates and he feels comfortable at the status quo. He knows he can do more but he fears failure, fears change.

Which one of them are you?

The Stories of the Sahara

An old blog post about a book written by a Taiwanese woman who moved to Sahara with her Spanish husband and the life and death experience there. And remember it was in the 70s when travel information is not as common as now. She is still a legend to me.

p.s. If you can't read Chinese you can always translate it at the bottom of the page (it works!..sometimes)

Saturday, 21 July 2012
重讀三毛 - 撒哈拉的故事 

近來重溫了中學時期一些很喜歡的作品，那些日子的我曾經天馬行空，愛研究外星人的存在，迷上MJ，愛探險故事，更曾為拍一套電影認真的計劃起來。當然，當時年少，只能熱烈的幻想著。
接下來的會考，高考，大學，我面對現實，這些不切實際的幻想（至少在當時）已被遠遠的拋開。 大學畢業工作了快兩年，相隔閱讀此書時已有十年時間。 我不愛回顧當年，因為我相信未來只會更好，但原來，中學時代塑造的本質一直未變，一段時間沒見面的人，多少都覺察我的一些轉變，在我看來，只是變得更接近本質而已。

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The Old Man and the Sea

Smartphones are boring. So I switched to a more exciting alternative: books.

I am reading and finished reading two books at the moment. The Old Man and the Sea and Life of Pi. Both are adventure stories in the ocean. Will they sow the seeds for a sailing adventure? Who knows but first I have to befriend with waters.

Upon finishing the book I already miss the old man and his adventure. He was born a fisherman and life was that simple. His goal was to fish, even if it was one larger than his entire boat. I wish I am born to be something too. Life has too many options for us fortunate individuals and this somehow pushes me to the point of deciding what I like to do and, quit my job to travel. Worries come like waves and you have to calculate if every decision is worth. This is too stupid.