Leaving on a jet plane~~~

 

Life~~~ is in the jungle of Malaya~~~ under the stars~~~ on the white sandy beach~~~

 

 

这次回上海坐了一趟N478。D(动车), T(特快), K(空调)开头的都卖完了。因为车票上写着"新空调软座快车", 我猜N代表的是New, 不过整趟旅行完全没有新的感觉. N478是那种古老到能唤起我童年记忆的列车。高企的车厢，虽没有动车那种流线型的车身，可是大气，像一辆正宗的火车。两边的车窗高大方正，蓝色的椅套配上白色的枕巾，简单朴实。上车后，广播里传来了悠扬的民族音乐。"欢迎各位旅客朋友，您的列车生活就要开始了。。。" 一位乘务员的声音娓娓道来 -- 曾几何时，坐火车也是旅行的一部分，也是生活的一部分(想起好几年前和李浩一起去济南看永鹏还睡卧铺哩，那车更慢)。这还没完，一路上乘务员还会推着小车卖方便面，车厢里弥漫着方便面和茶叶蛋的香味，这在来往沪杭的其他列车上也很少见到了。整次旅行历时两个半小时，是动车的两倍，让我睡了个饱。从杭州的家庭生活，到上海的工作生活，中间有这一段慢车生活看看书，睡睡觉，想想事情，美哉。

 

但愿在比动车还快的高铁建成通车以后，N车组不会被淘汰。追求效率和丰富生活，我两者都要。试想在动车和高铁上肯定碰不到像《天下无贼》里傻根那样的人吧？

What's the point... to make predictions on how much money others are making? That's pretty much my job description by the way. I was almost ecstatic when I was told to research into carbon credits next month. Well, that's something different - something closer to sanity. In this 2-Dimensional life between work and you, the only way to find that grip is to lose curiosity on that very question - what's the point?

It is unbelievable but we are kindda running out on the list of island destinations. See below for the places that we have vetoed:

 

Palau - too much diving...

Maldives - too honeymoony...

Bali - a bit too far, just a bit...

Phuket - a bit crazy right now...

 

So our pick is Langkawi. We are going to fly to KL on Sep 27, but we can't find a flight between Langkawi and KL (on Sep. 28 and Oct. 2). Can anyone help? Or any car rental available? Is it like a 5 hour drive or something? Need your help here, i assume there would be some local or pan-Malaysia friends reading my blog!