Ella's Notebook

拋下剛成立的公司跑到日本爬富士山，實在很有罪惡感，但因為這趟行程幫人攝影可賺點外快，又能賺到一趟難得的旅程，實在不去可惜。
(爬過富士山才知道宮崎駿為什麼畫的出天空之城...)

記憶是一個箱子, 久久要將它翻開來一次, 理一理.
該去的就去, 留下來的, 也將永遠屬於自己.

我記憶裡一段短暫的美好時光, 紀錄在幾張頁面裡. 重溫, 依舊美好.
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About one year ago, I started to watch the show 'Globe Trekker'  and I've got a lot of fun of it. Once the smiley faces of Ian Wright and Megan McCormick came up on the TV screen, I would get hooked immediately without any exception. I enjoyed the feeling of traveling the world on the sofa, since I don't have enough money to go by myself now.

I like what Ian said in an interview when he was asked if he has any life philosophy. He said,
"Not really. You see, if you spend too much time thinking about it, then you miss it! Things come. Keep looking, meet different people, and exchange ideas. There is no rule."

Another popular host of 'Globe Trekker' Justine Shapiro said,
"I believe that it's only when you read, travel, and talk to people that you can come to realize that the things you've taken for granted all your life aren't necessarily right. People think that when they travel somewhere they're going to go and learn about that place. I think what happens a lot is that people go and learn about themselves."

To experience the world is probably the most common wish of many people. But it seems that the more important thing than really setting out on a voyage is to open our hearts in our daily lives. Hope I have got a bit smarter by viewing the world --- from my sofa, of course!

Winnie took these photos during her trip to Xinjiang 新疆 last month. I would have joined her if I had not just started my new job at that time.
How beautiful! Isn't it? Don't you think?

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