遊牧民族

遊牧民族....這是你給我的新 nickname, 也是我過去兩個月的生活寫照, 或是更貼切的....過去這麼多年的生活模式....從12歲開始近10年的住校生活, 到出國唸書,工作, 生活, 你曾問我家在哪裡, 我想, 哪裡都是家, 哪裡也都不是家...並不是喜歡老是一只皮箱拎著走的日子, 不能說是出於無奈, 只能說這是一種適應生活的方式...

25歲時到新加坡當實習生, 當提著筆記型電腦坐上飛機回台灣做 interview 時, 不津捫心自問, 怎麼我想做 international business 的夢想這麼快就達到了...不過, 當上天幫你開啟了一扇新的門, 也許有另一扇門就將被關起. 很多時候, 外人羨慕的外派生活, 是一連串的 eating alone, shopping alone, wondering alone, relationship alone, everything + "alone"...

I've always told myself, this is a training to train myself to be stronger, this is the pre-requirement to do the international business, this is how you want to be the successful business woman, this is....

Until last year, I suddenly realised that I just want to be an ordinary girl, to pursue what other people at my age are pursuing, to enjoy the traveling just like most of the young people will do, to do the OE. My boss thought I was crazy, Japanese friends thought that I was doing the opposite with what other people are doing, other friends thought I might suffer from the bad relationship. Anyhow, if you ask me why I made the decision at that time, I could just answer that's a mixed decision, but was the best decision according to the circumstances at that time. If you ever ask me whether I will regret, I won't, and I think (still believe) that was the best decision I have ever made for my life, for myself.

I ended up having a four month non-paid leave from work, left the place where I had been living for eight years, and traveled in Europe for two months and 10 days, my dream continent. The only thing I regret is that I didn't try further to find the job there to start my real "OE" because of the promise I made to my boss, and also because at that time I was just too tired of the hostel life and endless suitcase carrying.

Initially I was expecting to have some dramatic life changes, but it turned out nothing dramatic happened during the journey, only a loads of beautiful memories and photos. And a more positive and easy going life attitude.

曾笑稱自己像南太平洋的浮萍, 不過浮萍現在漂回亞洲來了, 在離家不遠的香港島上....