2014年2月27日 星期四

Happiness exists-幸福,不是從看見極光的那刻才算數

http://politesocietymagazine.com/blog/2012/10/day-16-aurora-borealis/
Happiness exists not only when seeing the aurora

有人說稱讚一個孩子聰明與漂亮其實並不恰當
這只會誤導人膚淺地努力爭取這類認同
從小到大
用功念書只是為了讓爸媽驕傲有個聰明乖巧的孩子
梳妝打扮運動減肥只是為了讓那個人多看自己一眼
如果改為稱讚孩子的禮貌與笑容
會不會讓我們的價值觀從此變得不同?

Some people say that praising a kid pretty or clever is not appropriate.
This will only mislead people to strive for such superficial recognition.
Since childhood,
I study hard, in order to make my parents feel  proud that they have a smart and well-behaved child.
I dress up and exercise to stay fit, in order to make someone special look at me.
If people praise the kid's good manners and beautiful smile for instead,
could the values of teenagers become different ​​?

而資本主義社會將失敗歸咎於個人的愚蠢和惰性
事實上,只是因為作了一個決定
或許看起來不太妥當
或許感覺就是個徹頭徹尾的錯誤
但是
誰也不知道,沒有被選擇的那條路,會將妳帶往何處
折了一條腿,哪裡也不想去,卻還得工作
斷了一隻手,什麼也不願作,卻還得吃飯
傷了一顆心,以為整個世界都崩壞了,陽光卻依然閃耀
但是
誰又算得清,沒有被選擇的那條路,需要付出哪些代價

The capitalism always blames the failure to personal reason, like laziness or foolish.
In fact, they just made some decisions which seemed not so clever or totally wrong.
And that has made all the difference.
Nobody knows how it leads with "the road not taken".
When your leg is hurt ,couldn't go anywhere, but you have to work for living.
When you  have an arm fracture, couldn't do anything , but you have to eat something.
When your heart is broken ,you thought it's the end of the world, but the sun is still shining out there.
Nobody knows exactly, what is the cost for "the road not taken".

過去的價值觀或許不太完整,或許有些扭曲,
卻引導妳做出一個又一個選擇
與其害怕受傷,擔心失去,不敢全心投入
不如仔細想想該如何收拾殘局
帶走?留下?或者丟棄,當然,還可以贈與
生命的行囊不總是全然的二選一
妳不該帶著目前難以負荷的背包旅行
幸福,也不是從看見極光的那刻才算數

In the past, the values which is ​​not so perfect, with a little bit distortion,
But it guided you to make one choice and another.
When you dare not to love, think of this:
It's more important to figure out how to clean up the mess than to worry about being hurt or lost.
Life is not always a yes/no question.
Shall we carry on or just let go? Sometimes we have to discard ,and sometimes we donate.
We shouldn't travel with a backpack that is too heavy to carry.
And happiness exists not only when seeing the aurora.

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要成為自己喜歡的樣子
妳不需要沉魚落雁、才華洋溢、家財萬貫、萬人景仰
而是誠實和靈魂對話,勇敢面對惱人煩心的回憶與情緒
發現了問題,不要找理由開脫,也不必對人解釋,
先承認失誤,然後回到正確的道路上,
還有餘力,再去思考如何彌補。

To become the one you prefer,you do not have to be a peerless beauty ,talented artist ,a super rich, or even a star.
But you have to dialogue with your soul honestly and face the annoying memories and emotions.
When finding a problem, stop making a reason for yourself ,or explaining to someone else,
First of all, is to admit the mistake, and then try to get back to the right path ,
If you still have time, think about how to make it better.

人們總是叫妳要好好愛自己,
卻沒人能提出具有普遍性的指導原則,
教我們如何喜歡自己,
因為這個答案,得自己去摸索,
再多的心理學叢書,也只是別人的有效經驗,和空談的美好理論
我們始終得面對這個沒有標準答案的世界
得承認每個人的多面向,而不是給彼此貼上單一標籤,然後用薪水定價
重點是妳如何期待自己,而不是父母師長希望妳做到什麼?
照顧父母的感受,比起遵從他們的意見更重要,
他們只要妳幸福,
要具備能帶給自己幸福的力量,
然後才有能力去捍衛其他人的幸福。

People always told you to love yourself,
But no one can give you the guiding principles of universality ,
They couldn't teach us how to love ourselves,
You have to find it out by yourself.
No matter how the inspiring books say, it is only experiences of others, talking about the wonderful theory.
We have to face this world without Standard-Operation-System.
We have to know that people are multifaceted ,
and stop putting on a single label, and judging each other by the price of salary.
Focus on how you think about yourself, not the expectation of your parents and others.
Taking good care of their feelings means much more than following their all advices,
They just want you to be happy.
We need the ability and power to make ourselves happy,
then we can defend for other people's happiness.

沒人能告訴妳該怎麼做,
並不是吝於分享,
而是每個人該做的事情都不一樣,
總有一個地方一件事一個人一個夢想一個家只有妳可以,
而妳必須提早做好準備,
沒有健康的體魄,哪裡也到不了,
沒有抱持恐懼依然一步步向前的勇氣,
一百個白馬王子也拉不動妳的象牙塔。

Nobody can tell you how to make it ,
They are not too mean to share,
In stead everyone should do something different,
There is always a place for you.
There is always something and someone special waiting for you.
There is always a dream waiting to be fulfilled, just for you.
And you have to be ready ASAP ,
Without a healthy body, you couldn't get anywhere,
Without the courage to move on and change,
Even one hundred Princes Charming can not save you from the ivory tower .

2014年2月24日 星期一

北歐旅行,從計劃開始就相當曲折

先說件無關的事情,我發現我這個部落格有100篇文章了
(其實我還是很懷疑,怎麼灌水灌出來的? ="= )

好吧,畢竟從2010年寫到現在都超過三年了。

=====================北歐計畫開始======================

我說,就算零下20度我也想去看極光和聖誕老人村,
於是,剛好要來法國玩的學妹附議了,
本來是自己隨便說說的,如果懶惰病一發作,其實也是立馬就會放棄,科科。

但是現在跟學妹約好了,就得積極一點兒~~~

首先是決定看極光的地點,
我很早就決定選芬蘭的 INARI了,
因為比起挪威和冰島,雪地活動和交通花費相對便宜一點點,
最近大家都在傳冰島的照片,我其實也是非常的心動 >_<

時間是三月中,學妹到赫爾辛基跟我會合,並選擇機位相對便宜的時段。
Skyscanner 查到最便宜的機位居然是挪威航空,
芬蘭國內線 Helsinki - Ivalo 來回機票價位不太對等 ="=
不知道是航空公司故意設計的,還是最近真的大熱門時段。

買廉價航空謹記一點:查詢愈多次價格就逐漸提升。
經過我沒良心實驗之後,大概一天內連續查個三次同一班飛機,
底價就會被抬升,然後告訴你這是最後一個位置了,
但其實整架飛機都還很空這樣。


時間地點決定之後就是旅館,
黑心旅館 那篇我上週就寫過了,
後來我們決定選最便宜那間,然後搭配租車這樣。

我很想知道如果不搭飛機會怎樣,就順手查了一下火車班次,
要14個小時 ="= 外加轉兩次火車或巴士,非常不符合時間效益。



雖然境內火車票不貴,三天票價125歐,赫爾辛基附近許多城市也有便宜的優惠票。
但是要從芬蘭最南邊到最北邊,還是花個100歐買來回機票吧。


最後,就是祈禱運氣好,那段時間看得到極光,
我比較擔心我重度近視加夜盲症可能到時候啥都看不清楚 ="=
希望到時候 極光預測值 能至少有個 3,愈高愈好。


====================以上就是芬蘭的部分========================

再來就是我自己的問題了,我該怎麼從德國南部到芬蘭呢?
廉價航空 Ryanair 這點讓我很困擾 ="=
(原來之前從羅馬飛馬德里非常方便,算是我太幸運。)

芬蘭只有停一個機場,赫爾辛基北邊的 Tampere
不管從德國西邊的法蘭克福或者北邊的布萊梅出發,
我都得先從慕尼黑轉一段火車或飛機 >_<
布萊梅這段價位還要 50歐起跳,法蘭克福則是沒有機位,
就算我萬分幸運買到最低價火車票 26歐 (幾乎不可能),C/P值還是太低。放棄。


就在這個模門特,我看到 ICE 火車票優惠廣告:鄉親啊 ! 二月份德國到丹麥36歐起


二話不說,立馬訂了一張,228當天到哥本哈根的票,
早上七八點出發,12小時到,在符茲堡和漢堡轉車,休息半小時到一小時不等。
雖然有點辛苦,但是超級便宜的啊,又是舒適的 ICE。

本來我有考慮過從慕尼黑搭其他航空過去斯德哥爾摩,價格大概是 40-100歐不等。

柏林-奧斯陸那段只要20歐有讓我心動到,
但是考慮行李運送費15歐 (挪威航空只要加 9歐)
在加上從住處去機場的路上,我得額外花 23歐 以上的交通費,
去柏林就更冒險了,不到一週前完全無法預計火車優惠票的狀況。
好糾結啊啊啊~~~~


最後這些方案都被否決了,36歐去丹麥大勝 !!!
訂下火車站附近的旅館,查好週末要去逛的跳蚤市場,把雪衣手套等裝備買齊。

==============丹麥的部分就這麼決定了================================

緊接著,時間和空間的斷層出現 !!!
更糟糕的是,我必須帶著全部行李一起走。(驚慌收拾中...)

228抵達丹麥,到318之間空了大概兩週,
本來我是打算在德國當阿宅待到3月10號左右才離開,
現在我在德國的時間只剩下最後4天 !!! 蝦米 !!! 快去藥妝店大採購 !!!

看來我勢必得繼續往前走,都到哥本哈根了啊,
就順便去瑞典的斯德哥爾摩和挪威的奧斯陸吧,
很幸運的,奧斯陸飛赫爾辛基的機位並不難訂,一樣是挪威航空。

接下來問題就只剩下 "丹麥-瑞典-挪威" 這段的交通。
單趟路程火車時間都是 5-7小時,算是還可以接受,
正好 INTERAIL 給了 Global Pass 15% 的優惠,我就訂下去了,
並且寄送到丹麥的旅館,不加速的話,要花11個工作天,這點必須考慮在內。
原價 5日票是 289歐,不含高鐵預定費 ="= (相較之下我的36歐去丹麥非常便宜了)


因為我待在歐洲已經超過六個月了,所以不能買 EURAIL,
況且,不管什麼時候去看,我都覺得他們家的火車票還是很貴 ="=
(26歲以下或者團購有便宜一點)


結論是,一整個月只搭火車其實很扯啊,(我已經做過這種蠢事了 ="=)
歐洲雖然不大,但是鐵路狀況其實還不少,尤其是冬天,
有時候不是你看地圖上有連線,就有車可以去。
為了一張火車票拼命趕場就失去旅遊的本質了,頂多只是完成蒐集照片的成就而已。

搭配廉價航空的計畫雖然比較麻煩,但是超過六小時的高鐵路程,其實搭飛機比較划算。

2014年2月20日 星期四

烏克麗麗換弦綁弦全記錄

這幾天發現出國前隨便打個結的弦似乎有即將鬆脫的跡象,
只好重新認真綁一次,順便做個圖片記錄,
不會很複雜,工具也是隨手可得,
讓大家可以試著自己換弦看看。

由於最細的A弦有鬆脫的聲音,所以我就從這條弦綁起,
用剪刀剪掉固定在琴橋的部份後,
我身邊沒有任何工具,所以就用夾子固定在弦鈕上,意外的好用。
打結的方法看起來很複雜,其實很簡單,
首先從底下穿過,繞一圈,如上圖。

稍微拉緊整理一下,然後繞過左邊那段再一圈或兩圈,
因為A弦比較細,所以我繞了兩圈。
拉緊之後就會看到很像繩圈的樣子,把整條弦緊緊固定在琴橋上囉,如下圖。


小夾子真的好用,輕輕扣住其他弦鈕之後,完全放手也不會鬆開。
當然如果是拿一組新的弦重新綁上去,就沒有這個問題,
需要固定的狀況只出現在當我試著修整琴衍或者重新綁琴橋的狀況。

再示範一次,從整條弦底下穿過一圈,打第一個結,
然後再繞過琴尾短的那段一圈或兩圈,拉緊。
如果只是直接打兩個結扣住琴橋的洞,短時間不太會有問題,
但是細的弦容易有鬆脫現象,所以還是認真一次綁好比較好。

2014年2月16日 星期日

極光旅館都是黑店來著啊啊啊~~~

1.  Ivalo River Camping (伊瓦洛河露營酒店)
1600 NT/night

請務必仔細閱讀遊客評語,尤其是選擇不多的時候 ="=

far away from city center, almost nothing nearby. (only river and small hill) 荒郊野外
really not convenient without a car. 沒車不方便
Wifi only available in the bar. 房間沒有網路


因為我們打算租車,所以距離不是問題。

但為什麼沒人提到共用浴室的問題呢?
如果小屋沒有自來水,半夜上廁所還要走到服務大樓,
那不是很糟糕嗎? 該不會要我們自備尿壺吧?
零下20度的半夜叫人怎麼出門上廁所啦?

因為房間數量不多,所以我提早先訂下了。


2. Holiday Village Inari (伊納里渡假村酒店)
2800 NT/night


雖然門口就有一個大湖可以看極光,距離超市也很近,
卻很像是小鎮上別無選擇的黑店啊,遊客評語如下

We could not light the heater as the wood was too wet. 暖器開不起來
No wifi in our cottage 房間沒有網路
Sauna was not work, only at a very low temperature 桑拿室溫度不夠
There is an extra fee for bed sheet which is unexpected. 床單額外收費 7歐的樣子
And the hot water sometimes is not available which is so annoying. 浴室有時沒熱水

我想我還是去準備尿壺和礦泉水好了 ="=

另一個麻煩點在於,這間不能先訂了再考慮,定下去就要立刻付錢。


3. Tradition Hotel Kultahovi Inari (庫爾塔維應納利傳統酒店)
4000 NT/ night


含早餐,小貴,房間很普通,就醬。
可是前面那間也不便宜啊 ="=

其實我也有偷偷定了這間,入住前都可免費取消。


4. Kaamasen Kievari (卡馬森吉瓦利酒店)
2800 NT/night


The drain in the toilet was easily clogged. No leisure except ski.
there is no wifi in room, if there have than it will be perfect!!!
Most electric heaters did not work, and the staff did not seem very interested in fixing this issue (quite an issue when it's -25°c outside). Nevertheless, it was also fun to make a fire in the stove which produced sufficient warmth ( wood is provided free of charge)
This place should be closed and not used in winter. It was -28'c outside and they put us in a cottage with room temperature +12'c with very little children and the reception closed at 21:00 noone could help and we arrived late travelling by car. The rooms do not have heaters inside there are some regulators on walls but they never worked. We hardly survived in that fridge. Only stay in this place if you are looking for a destiny like Russian general Karbyshev frozen dead by fascists during World War Two.

你們到底是想怎樣 ="=

一樣是免費取消的,先訂了再說。


5. Hotelli Kultahippu (金磚酒店)
應該也是3500-4000 NT/night

條件一般,以價位來講稍嫌簡陋,但是很搶手啊!!
大概是因為圖片很漂亮,他們放了飯店屋頂有極光的圖

但是正常房間都滿了 ="= 我訂不到
剩下最後一間看起來有兩張小床的單人間
我還是硬著頭皮先訂了,到時候要加錢再說。

6. Saariselkä Inn (萨利斯卡旅馆)
3500 NT/night

1. The beds were too narrow. 2. Sauna was too small and did not even fit 4 adults. 3. Shower and WC were very close to each other and the shower curtain was not properly covering the cubicle and the hence water was spread everywhere . 4. It was 11am when we arrived at the reception, but we were asked to wait until 12:30 to get the keys. In the end we got the keys at around 13:00 after a long wait, which wasn't pleasant . 5. Breakfast time is 10-11am, which means if you have an early flight you would most likely to miss it. So, on your first day and last day you miss your breakfast. Wonder why can't they consider this and make the breakfast time is little longer. After all, they serve only a very basic food which cost nothing.


房間照片看起來還好
沒有免費取消的我都不敢先訂啊 >_<


7. Holiday Club Saariselkä (假日俱乐部萨利色尔卡酒店)
4800 NT/night ,有小折扣變4500左右


還打了四顆星,放了漂亮的泳池照片
然後遊客評語呢.....

No wi-fi. in rooms, only in the lobby, too long distance from reception to rooms, broken shower
Didn't notice when I booked that my room price didn't include use of pool. It didn't matter but I wouldn't pay 10euros per person extra per day to use the pool. The pool was empty most days.

一樣是訂了就要付費的,而且還沒滿,就先擺著吧。