Sometimes we forget that our mother tongue makes us accessible to things beyond entertainment. Information sources in Chinese can be useful too! 浪漫的逃亡 is written by Mayday's 阿信 and is meant to be an alternative travel guide to Japan. I just received by post 我的阿拉伯狂想, thanks to Zhuanxin who sent it to me from Taiwan. It's written by
小光, who used to be on 大学生了没. He's the most intellectual out of the lot and I liked his sharing, so I began to follow his blog and got to know about his book.
He's an Arabic language major from 政治大学, the uni where 陈绮贞 and most of 苏打绿 came from. He went on a 1-year exchange programme to Kuwait and during the stay he toured the surrounding Arab states, and the experiences make up the content of the book. Though I've yet to read it, I'd think this book is significant in itself cos' it bridges young Chinese readers to a foreign culture which many may find irrelevant. It's a good start to stir interest in amateurs before they move into deeper explorations on their own.
I find people like him inspiring - willing to be different and take risks, yet remain humble and passionate to share experiences with others. Now the risk I'm taking is going to France, I hope this book will give me ideas on how to approach a different culture open-mindedly.
But mine is like that.
He said some particular muscle around my butt is very weak, the name I couldn't get cos' he said it in Chinese. After which he told me to avoid doing 3 things:
