Simple happiness

I was walking down Caporn Street to the shopping center, passing by a small lemonade booth set up by two little girls.

Girl: Would you like a lemonade?
Me: No, thanks.
She was a bit disappointed, and said to the other girl, "We have no business..."

Trying not to disappoint her, I asked, "How much is it?"
"15 cents," answered her.
I handed her 50 cents, and waited for my lemonade to get ready. Meanwhile, she was looking for the change, obviously, i confused 15 with 50. So I gave her a 20 cents coin, got back the 50 cents, asked her to keep the change, and told her that I would grab my lemonade on my way back home.

When I went back, they have left the booth, but I found a lemonade on the table. Apparently, they left it for me. So I grabbed it, and walked towards home.

A girl was running over towards me, it was the lemonade girl.
Girl: My friend is going home; my mum said i couldn't do it alone, so we just closed the booth.
Me: Don't worry.
Girl: Have you tried the lemonade? My friend and I made it by ourselves; it's very nice, better than the ones in the supermarket!
Me: Oh really?! Let me try. (I took a sip) Yes, it's quite nice!

Walking in the same direction with her, i continued the conversation.
Me: so how much did you make today?
Girl: hmm, let me see (counting the coins in her hand)... 1 Dollar & 80 cents.
I couldn't help smiling, "haha!"
Girl: Why? That's quite good!
She appeared a bit serious, so I stopped laughing and assented, "yea, that's quite good!"
"Earlier this afternoon, we had different sizes of cups, and a large one sells 50 cents!" She looked very happy and proud.

When we reached my apartment building, we saw another boy from my neighbours. "Hey! We sold all the lemonades, there's no more for you!" Apparently, she's showing off.
"You want to have mine?" I offered him; he was silent, and looked sad.

Later, I heard him talking to his mother, "They were selling lemonade and they sold all."

A large lemonade selling 50 cents can make a little girl happy; an afternoon's total earning of $1.8 could make her thrilled; a job making and selling lemonade could bring her pride. What about us?

Watching my favouriate Australian show, "Deal or No Deal", I felt lucky for the people who walked away with huge amounts of money. However, how many people didn't stop when they should? Everybody says, "I don't want to be greedy"; however, in front of all the shining money, a tiny little hope that it might become theirs edges out their intellect, they became greedy and lost more on the contrary.

So everything boils down to one simple question, "How much is enough?" While we are struggling to make more money everyday by all means; while we are complaining about the lack of $$$ every minute, are we losing the most important things along the way, the things we used to treasure, the things we are looking forward to in the future, the things we are working towards, the things we think we will enjoy in the future, such as happiness, or a holiday.

When the difference between the poor and the rich can be summarized as the difference bewteen lying on a beach in Perth and Hawaii, why would a Perth person work so hard, save everything to fly to Hawaii?

And think about the days when we were little kids, when we could smile because our parents got us a candy. If we still have that mind of contentment, life would be much simplier, and we would be much happier!

我的世界

我知道自己有时候想法还是很幼稚，总想象着有一个完美的世界，这样的世界中有完美的人，纯粹的去关心别人，有纯洁的友谊，没有世故、圆滑、小心眼。于是，我想象着自己生活在一个不一样的世界中，可以真心的与别人交朋友，真切的去关心别人，没有任何目的。就像电影"Enchanted"中的世界一样。有时候，为了谦虚，为了不让别人感到不好，我宁愿被别人误会成"笨"，而我也毫无怨言，因为我知道自己并不笨，只要大家都开心就好。很多时候，我会是懦弱的一方，不敢说话，但更重要的是，我经常快乐的生活着，无忧无虑，轻松而欢快。总感觉自己已经看破了尘世，没有多大的事情可以烦到我，人与人之间的勾心斗角对我来说，好像已是前世之事，已经不在我的世界之中了。

但我还是会不高兴，或者说是失望。总觉得出现在我的世界中的人，也是跟我一国的，有着一种纯粹。然而，每个人都有不一样的世界，我怎么可能要求别人跟自己生活在同一种生活方式中？或许，自己的世界，在别人看来只是一种不谙世事与幼稚罢了。而事实是如何，我又怎样为自己的世界辩解？或许更确切的问题是，我为什么还会为别人的举措而感到失望？只是因为“别人”也是出现在自己生活中的人，影响着自己的人。我不再感到对他们失望的那一刻，也就是他们离开我的内心世界的时候，我只是不知道是不是每一个人都将最终离开，也不知道那将是什么时候……

记得以前自己算过几次命，不管准不准，我记得算命人跟我说，你以后会幸福的。一个会看指纹的朋友也说，你以后会幸福的。对他们说的别的话，我可以将信将疑，但对此，我从来没有怀疑过。或许是在骗自己，但我相信我会幸福的，因为我一直都生活在幸福之中。没有什么力量可以比内心的快乐与幸福更强大，而这种快乐的源泉在于看破尘世，或者说是不谙世事，总而言之，是不为凡世之事所累。有这样一种力量，我还乞求什么呢？

我只想说，我不乞求一个富裕的男朋友，虽然口上时时说要找个富翁，只是玩笑罢了。我只想找一个人可以跟我一起在这样的世界中生活，如果没有，我甘愿自己独处一世，我也知足。

Cairns

或许，Cairns是除Perth外，我最向往的城市，因为那里有一个不一样的海底世界。

我喜欢大海，喜欢河流，喜欢湖泊，喜欢一切有水的地方，喜欢一切与水相关的事物。总是幻想着有一天，我可以像像鱼儿一样在水底自由游动；总期盼着有一日，我可以进入海底，睁开眼睛，感受在海里、在水里的境界，看一下另外一个不一样的世界。在凯恩斯，我的这个梦实现了。

在水中看大堡礁(The great barrier reef) 软软的，我都不敢碰；五彩缤纷的鱼儿在水底游来游去，见到你也不会怕，或者受到些许惊吓，一下就躲到reef里面去了，像在跟你捉迷藏。所谓出生牛犊不怕虎，所以小鱼儿们总会跟你在一起玩耍。第一次看到海底世界，竟是这样的斑斓，这样的七彩，我喜欢这样的世界……

Cairns像一座小小的天堂，生活在这里的人都是幸福的，快乐的。市区很小，城市也很小，在飞机上望下去，甚至都可以数得清有几条街道。而这座小小的城市，又是无尽的和谐：街道上，绿化从比车道宽，随处是花，随处是公共设施，到处都是一尘不染。矮矮的楼房，不紧不慢的行人，了了的车辆，给人一种轻松、舒适的感觉。

于是，我记住了、并且永远也不会忘记那片新绿，还有那座绿色的凯恩斯……

Gold Coast

大海似乎特别眷顾这座城市，赋予了她一条无边无际的海岸线，与了无尽头的金色沙滩。于是，这府傍水而息的城市名曰"Gold Coast".

古语曰，“有山则冥，有水则灵”；水，永远是灵性的代名词，有水的地方，就有活力。在黄金海岸这座城市，所有的建筑傍水而立，城市就是海岸，海岸与城市融为一体。绵长的海岸线，狭窄的城市，使海风、海水的气息弥漫整个城市，而且每一座建筑离沙滩都不会遥远。是啊，海水，沙滩，真的好眷恋这座城市啊！

走在市区，徜徉在商场中，呼吸着海风带来的气息，走走停停，闲看着年轻人成群结队的向旁边的沙滩走去，或是一家老少一起就餐，怡然而自得。

漫步在沙滩上，阳光毫不吝惜的照耀着大地，海水是那么的蓝，远处的海岸是那么的平，那么朦胧，而又那么遥远。

在沙滩上，你永远不会被算作一个“最”，总有人比你穿得少，总有人比你漂亮，比你年轻，比你成熟。沙滩，或许真的是帅哥、美女的竞技场吧。看着冲浪的年轻人，只有一个羡慕的份。

Gold Coast，或许是应该一群朋友一起玩吧，而一个人漫步城市街道，徜徉于海滩上，在旅馆中闲坐吹着海风，又何尝不是一种乐趣呢？

Sydney

墨尔本旅途的劳累一直持续了一天，来悉尼的第一天，一直在睡，比在SMU还困，实在是睡不醒啊……于是，第二天，一整天的时间，速食悉尼，游遍了整个市区，加Bondi Beach

说实话，我对悉尼的感觉一般，或许是因为现在对旅游逐渐失去了以前的那种热情，但真的，这个城市一般，勉强说句还好吧……

去了情人港，体会了游人的休闲、浪漫、自在；去了chinatown,看到了华人在海外的生活场景；去了Opera House,见到了比深圳世界之窗更雄伟、更美丽的建筑；去了St Marry's Church，见识了一种宗教在一地的神圣；搭了游船，看到了美玉的悉尼夜景，看到了夜中的剧院，港湾大桥，还有这美丽的城市。









于是我禁不住问自己，so what? SO WHAT? 我又改变了什么？除了多见了点东西外，我又改变了什么？

突然间，我又想到了他，对我说，你不要把一切都弄得那么清楚，这样多累啊，享受生活，学会享受生活。

Relax! 3 days left for the easter break! Enjoy the rest of the holiday!

Melbourne - part 2

Finally, I have finished all my assignments, and got the time to update my blog about previous travel. And here it comes, Great Ocean Road of Melbourne

Great Ocean Road - Melbourne

I like everything natural, and on Great Ocean Road, the 12 Apostles were formed by natural force. When standing in front of them, I was shocked, it is hard to believe that is the strength of nature, so spectacular, so splendid!

Waves gently lap against the shore. Day after day, night after night, layers began appear on the rocks, from the bottom all the way to the top. Year after year, the rock began to split from the coast, and finally formed the 12 Apostles (acutally there are 14). Those Apostles and the layers on them are the witness of time, are records of a story between the ocean and the coast.

Sprays slaps the rocks and the seacoast ceaselessly, but the rocks are still grand. The sun emerged from behind the clouds, the mist began to appear, and wreathe the coast and the rocks. What a beautiful fairyland!