Here I am,UK

Tower Bridge,London,photo:Lan

The foreign passengers on the aeroplane where required to fill in a form before arrival, it was about another 30 mins before the plane would land.
The immigration officer asked me " Have you come for a working holiday?", I answered "yes". He told me that I had to have an X-ray check up, I asked how long it would take, he told me "It takes about 15 minutes to complete". That was the entire conversation, just the officer and I. Within two minutes, just one question.
Afterwards, I went to a small room where I saw people who looked a similar age to me, who were also waiting to have an X-ray taken.
After the procedure, I was asked to go back to the officer I had spoken to earlier, and show the results from the X-ray showing that I was in good health.
I went through the immigration gate, and recieved a "12 May 2008, Heathrow Airport" stamp, on my UK working holiday page in my passport.
Very few peoplewhere left in the airport at that point (I was among the last group of people to have an X-ray taken).
No officer checked my luggage or anything like that.. I carried my luggage with my backpack and made my way to the train station.

UK here I come : )

Good bye again,Malim Nawar

Malim Nawar on the road.(photo:Lan)

Dear my fellow yamcha friends,


Thank you for your nice accompany and it was so enjoyable to
go yamcha with you all everytime.
I don't know how far the journey will take me to this time,it was so look-forward everytime
for the futher travel,like the cell is burning all over my body.
I felt bad when you thought I was too pushy for keep talking about travels.Indeed,I really have passion for it.Still,I would like to tell you all (I am sorry,again),Travel Makes Life remarkable!!
Go go travel~~
Ok off to go in 8 hours time,..u can imagine how nervious plus bit exciting I am now,still I remain a peace of mind ,and just wish for a good
Bon Voyage!! YAY
TAKE CARE!!

Lan @cyber,KL

幸福旅人 Tramp

"Another type of accomondation"
A night at the police station,Brisbane.Australia.photo:Lan

我从来都没有把旅行当做去玩的，这是我常给人的印象；真有钱啊，经常到处去玩。只是如果要偶尔的充充电，我倒可以去附近的热带海域，何必要去到那么远、人生地不熟的地方。
一个人的旅行，可以考验你的应变能力、培养胆识和危机意识。尤其是女生，更需要提高自我保护的警觉心。
旅行，有时候真的不需要太多钱的。玩到山穷水尽了，大不了就睡火车站、警察局或便利店。（这非常不符合女生旅行的姿态）
穷困的旅人，也有穷困的玩法。
当你荷包充裕时，可以去shopping、参加当地旅行团、玩贵格活动。
只是，很多时候我的旅程都是on budget 的。
有钱的时候，我会看街头表演给他们的钱多一点，
有钱的时候，我会在艺术街买多一点当地独特的手工艺品。
有钱的时候，我会收集当地的音乐专辑或当地电影。
有钱的时候，我会花钱买门票观赏地下乐团。
对我来说，旅行的真正精神，是在于它本身的内涵。
去一趟长途的旅程，是满足心灵的需要。看不同的风景、遇不同的人，是对世界的向往。我渴望做个“世界性”人，对世界万物的有着不停歇的追求和探索，对人性更充满好奇。
第一次的旅行里，真的会碰到很多稀奇古怪的人，说他们奇怪，是因为我从来都没有见识过，他们竟然会有这样的行径或那样的态度。 是自己太山芭。
我享受不同的文化冲击,也很热爱和不同背景的旅人相处。
旅行，是一种深入了解的幸福。

你好吗？Inherent nature

家里的老爷desktop电板坏了，拿去金宝新街场修理。本来是短短几分钟交电脑给他们的事，却和店员不知不觉谈了两个多小时，好像上了一堂电脑课。我自认电脑白痴，对电脑一有差错总是搞得焦头烂额。感谢店员的耐性，和我分享一些额外的电脑常识，为什么电脑那么容易“坏”，这么容易“上当”到要拿去电脑中心修理，还有许多人忽略的电脑保护问题。
他说，有些人不识扮代表，或巴巴必必（骄傲），所以店员也不会多说些的什么。修理完毕，付钱，交货，人家还有大把东西等着做呢。
所以，你虽然知道也要装不知道，那你反而可以知道更多。

老爸经常去油站打车油时爱和帮忙打油的员工打交道，虽然他们不会因为这样而给你添多，但他们却变得很乐意为你服务，慰问一下今天工作忙吗，他们会很高兴的。工作有够无聊了，偶尔有客人来搭搭讪，精神也好起来了。我说：哇，爸你好像外国人哦！
众观油站到来的客人都这样麻麻木木的，开车盖，付钱，等打油。等人打好油了，就发引擎跑人。有些没礼貌的连个道谢也不懒得说就悠悠然开车大吉，觉得是理所当然的。
在纽西兰Cafe工作的时候，来到店里的当地客人通常第一句话就是：你好吗？今天过得怎样？可以给我一个三文治吗？特别感到亲切。
顾客和店员间通常就这样很容易地建立起关系。Café的客人来源主要是熟客和游客，和客人打哈拉交朋友是我们的工作范围之一。本身来自澳洲的老板娘友善开朗，跟每一个客人都如隔壁邻居，无所不谈。Cafe有个熟客，经常会很大方热情的邀请我们每个员工去他的农场骑马。

身在马来西亚，自我保护精神特佳，人与人之间总无意识间为自己和他人建立起厚厚的墙。
在这里，你太有礼貌，他们反而会浑身不自在的，还是算了吧！我想起K.C说的话。