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My new companion, Dana is from Switzerland. She’s married early and has two daughters, 21 and 23 years old. She has been travelling in the southern India for four months, alone. Her husband is very caring and supports her all the time…

I heard 5,000 Israelis are in GOA. I couldn’t believe that. But It’s true, the young Isreal men are very fun. Most of them stayed more than one month, in the beaches of Southern India. I met a young Israeli boy who is only 17 years old and has travelled around our loverly earth twice. Dana said the young Isrealis are bored of the war and are escaping to all over the world. They’re no choice.

I am lucky, because all local people said I am a first chinese on this beach. I stayed here for five days and haven’t see any Japanese and Korean.

A lot of western people would like to travel when they are in college or graduated from high school. They stay overseas for more than 6 months or one year. They can learn more as a backpacker on the road. Then they will return to school and choose the subjects they really like.

It’s very important to follow your heart, you can choose your favorite subjects and career, your can choose the one your like, your can choose the place your would like to stay, longer or shorter, and lifestyle.

I am reading <Walden> by Henry David Thoreau. I learnt a lot from Henry. Henry philosophy’s “everyone has the new life, everyone should create a new road. We shouldn’t follow our precursor print. If the precursor say something you shouldn’t do, maybe you should try to do. Because the past activity belongs to antiquity, so our new activity is suit to the modern time”. I agreed his viewpoint by 90%.

Your life belongs to you, and not to anyone else. It doesn’t belong to the material world…

Anyway, I will finish this book and wait for Voila and her boyfriend.
Judie on the Road

At last, I found a nice place where I am the only Chinese girl. It’s not easy in this world.

I am now sitting in Kashi, a quiet gallery cafe house, listening to pleasant jazz and drinking Indian Chai…

I met an Italian Lady and an Australian girl last week. We took the same flight, same taxi and stayed in the same hotel. The nice Italian lady, Viola, worked in NGO for many years. Viola’s waiting for her singapore malay boyfriend here. Then they will go to the beach in GoA.

I met a couple from Sweden who brought their daughter (5 years old) and their lovely son (1 year old) on the road. They will travel in Asia for one year. HOW Cool! That’s not bad to work for a year and travel another year. Their daughter said she was UNHAPPY to travel with her parents because she only wants to sit down and have a cold drink at that time (It is her third trip with her parents, she’s no choice…like her brother). The 1 year old son didn’t know much and slept on his mother’s bosom.

I was taking my breakfast with two nice UK guys in Elite House…Woh! I’ve just been writing about them, and they’ve just come into Kashi accidentally.

How nice in India! How nice people here! How nice in Kashi. I do nothing, except reading and gazing…I hope my professor won’t be angry with me because I’ve left my thesis and come here to daze.

The sun is going down. I will leave for GOA tonight. I would like to find a nice beach for my parents, my brother and his girlfriend for the next trip.

I would like to stay here more than 40~45 days, as long as possible, if I can.

Judie
on the Road

Most people earn money to buy a house, car and to look after their family, or advance their material life. My friends asked me, “Why did you spend most of your time and money on traveling and writing?” I said because it is my passion!

In the view of the Eastern people, I knew I am an unusual lady, because I walk towards an unusual destination. But, perhaps I am a person who really knows what I want to do. I’m not comfortable living an ordinary life… In fact, I feel very rare, I am lonely in the city.

I feel happy in nature, in the mountains and in the ocean. I love to travel around that makes me feel close to nature. I love to write, that makes me feel close to my soul. I can find myself back on the road and I feel I really exist in my words.

Of this last thing I am very sure, I am happy to live this lifestyle.

Judie in India

Nov~Dec 2007

有一只孔雀对自己漂亮的外表，感到十分骄傲。它觉得自己很不平凡，不应该到处辛苦找寻食物。

有一天，它来到一所大房子的旁边，看见一个笼子。笼里关着一只金丝雀。金丝雀在笼里吃喝玩乐，显得快乐自在。孔雀看了非常羡慕，认为老天爷太偏心，不让它过好日子。

于是，这只孔雀为了追求安乐的生活，决定走进大房子，屋主看见了，立刻捉住它，把它关在大铁笼里，供人欣赏。

从此，这只孔雀再也不用为找寻食物而辛苦了。可是这时候，它才真正体会到自由的可贵，可惜后悔已经来不及了！

今天给学生上课时读到这样一篇短文，沉思了许久。的确，自由比一切更可贵！想把短文送给我身边的几位女友。希望她们有一日能找回自己的幸福。

di Roberto Gaudioso

II.

–Te le ricordi le lucciole?
in quella via buia ad Ischia
il mare si fracassava spesso
su quelle rocce alte la nostra villa
–te lo ricordi il buio
con le lucciole? le rincorrevi
ed io scappavo, avevi anche tu
una lanterna come i pescatori
di notte al di là delle rocce
verso la villa lontano
guardavamo in mare le lampare
il vento soffiava dal boschetto sui nostri capelli
–e sentivamo perderci
dopo cena in silenzio
le lucciole sul balcone
erano nostre.

他是我遇到的第一位意大利诗人，深沉、内敛、富有男子魅力。很喜欢他为我翻译的英文诗句部分……

In August, my friend, Alan Hamson, came to visit me in Singapore. He introduced Facebook to me. At the time I did not look at it to closely, I was worried I would spend a lot of time on this website. Time is really rare and important for me, for studying and reading. This Monday, when I met my student’s parents in the supermarket, they recommended Facebook to me again. So I decided to create my account in Facebook.

Suddenly, I realized it is totally cool! I am able to contact a lot of old friends around the world, like Odile, Loïc, Bradford, Etienne, Cristobal, Gauthier…etc. I lost their news for a while. It means I can now contact most of my friends who I met on the Road (my trip) a few years ago. It is so exciting!! And the point is my friends can contact each other. They will know me more and I will know them more. That means we can connect the World.

Judie
3 Oct, 2007

By Tim Burton

One day in the park
I had quite a surprise.
I met a girl
who had many eyes.

She was really quite pretty
(and also quite shocking!)
and I noticed she had a mouth,
so we ended up talking.

We talked about flowers,
and her poetry classes,
and the problems she’d have
if she ever wore glasses.

It’s great to know a girl
who has so many eyes,
but you really get wet
when she breaks down and cries.

By Tim Burton

Stick Boy liked Match Girl,
He liked her a lot.
He liked her cute figure,
he thought she was hot.

But could a flame ever burn
for a match and a stick?
It did quite literally;
he burned up quick.

我一辈子都喜欢跟着让我感觉有兴趣的人，因为在我的心目中，真正的人都是疯疯癫癫的，他们热爱生活，爱聊天，不露锋芒，希望拥有一切，他们从不疲倦，从不讲些平凡的东西，而是像奇妙的黄色罗马烟火筒那样不停地喷发火球、火花，在星空像蜘蛛那样拖下八条腿，中心点蓝光“呯”的一声爆裂，人们都发出“啊！”的惊叹声。歌德时代的德国，人们管这种年轻人叫什么来着？

——《在路上》 On The Road By Jack Kerouac

这些文字让我怀念起好友BEN和他的伙伴们，我们在去年曾经度过了疯狂的夏天。这群来自L.A.和Vancouver约五六十个大孩子们，从二十岁至四十五岁，不同肤色、不同国家、不同背景的年轻人，艺术家、设计师，女同性恋者、男同性恋者、双性恋者，Big wine Lovers和Big coffee lovers……他们永远不知疲倦且持续保持兴奋状态在新加坡这个小岛工作和生活。他们有着共同的梦想，最终完成了《Star War》的制作。

我们可以整个周末都飞到周边不同的国家或海岛，或者开通宵的Home Party、Beach Party，在海里游泳到天亮。我们可以一伙人十几个在BEN的卧室坐着、躺着一部接着一部地看着节奏非常慢的欧洲电影。我们可以聊着各自的旅行奇遇及艳遇直至上班前一刻再穿起拖鞋跳上计程车。再或者，一伙人顶着烈日来一个全岛脚踏车漫游日，从西部勇闯ECP高速公路到乌敏岛。那时，与他们在一起的时光，才知道淡褐肤色是如此性感。

P.S. 今晚六点多到国家图书馆去找一本魁北克诗选，走到一台查询电脑前看到当前正显示《在路上》书目的查询状况，鼠标还留着余温，我兴奋地环绕四周甚至想大喊一声：“是谁在查《在路上》的，给我站出来”……嗨！我又错过了他\她，在新加坡想找到一个同类不容易。这是为何BEN一伙人又跑回了L.A.的缘故。

L.A.的孩子们，2009再见！

朱迪
3am 1 Aug 2007

“这天，在希腊的科福警察局报了案，带有十足地方保护主义且懒散的希腊警察表示不打算处理这个欺诈的案件后，我的世界陷入了一片迷茫。我开始怀疑自己身处地球的何处，又不知道自己要去哪里，只想马上离开这里。我很后悔自己没与挪威的男孩去伊斯坦布尔。

傍晚，我打电话到港口，订了凌晨三点的轮船离开这个小岛。午夜时分，我从岛的另一端赶到码头。我的心情糟糕到极点，无法去欣赏这个处于黑暗中曾经在二战使用过的军事码头。我躲在小咖啡馆里，对身边的当地人已经失去了最初踏入小岛时热情，我不想与他们当中的任何人谈任何一句话，哪怕是一位年长的妇人。我甚至没有打电话去向那位今晚将与我约会的古典美的希腊男子告别，现在已经记不起他的名字。

“Hey!”一位背包客走到我跟前，问我是不是在等去意大利的轮船。她的名字叫露西，一位美国的大学生，停学旅行一年。当时我低落的心情几乎无法去描绘她的美丽与气质。露西坐在我身边，叫了一杯咖啡，我们的大小背包都紧紧地靠在一起，好似我们是相处很久的伙伴。我尽量保持常态，露西也没说太多话，显然是已经疲倦了好一阵子。我也要了一杯咖啡，为了让自己打起精神，避免睡着后醒来时发现自己还留在希腊这间码头的小咖啡馆里暗暗地伤心。

两只咖啡杯在桌上呆了两个小时，我们之间没说什么话，她没精神我也没心情。看到码头有些晃动的身影，我们就努力跟上那些三三两两的背包客们。在黑暗中上了甲板，我们被安排到一个宽敞明亮的大餐厅里，船员用希腊语示意我们可以睡在餐桌边的长椅上。我把头等舱的票收了起来，跟着露西走到一个角落，我们彼此很默契地占据着三张长椅。我害怕船员把领到一个封闭舱的什么地方里独自呆着，我现在只想跟露西呆在一起，尽管我们认识不足三小时。

我们躺下来的睡姿也很默契，有点奇怪，头部掂着外套靠在一起，身体朝两个不同的方向，脚都搭在各自的大背包上。我问露西，明天我们应该怎么办？能问出这句话，对于我这位一年内不间断地走了二十个国家、方向感特强的丫头来说是非常羞愧的，我的难过与迷茫已经让我失去了方向感（以致于一周后我发现自己到了布达佩斯，而且右脚踝还严重扭伤）。露西回答：“明天是明天！”<那是我认为在路上听到过最酷的一句话。> 然后甩给我一件厚外套盖在身上。听到这句话，我几乎是怀着无比崇拜地眼光看了她一眼，她这时已经戴上了眼罩。

那夜，我们在希腊人、意大利人、东欧人、中东人川流不息的明亮耀眼的餐厅里睡了一宿。第二天黄昏，我和露西踏上了各自的旅程。当她把背包抛上车厢后，坐在车门边上，点了一支烟，凝视着我、无语。刹那间，我几乎想踏上她的列车……”

上周，一位旅友把这段文字发到我的信箱。这位男孩说他在意大利最端的小城，一个靠码头的背包客旅馆里的留言本上发现我的一段日记，上面有我的名字、一个今年刚被美国公司抢注的网站地址、一个失效多年的电话号码和可能有效的电子信箱。

朱迪
4.30am 某日 July 2007