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新学期又要开始了！这意味着我离原定毕业时间只剩下两年时间而已，开始飙汗了。可是，读着一份份的学术报告，只觉得那些原理啊、数学公式啊、试验方式啊什么的，缥缈虚无错综复杂，难以捉摸。

希望顺利毕业这一梦想，不会是镜花水月吧！

当然，我何其幸运的，在经历人生这段充满挑战的旅程中，始终都有一座灯塔指引方向，一个避风港让我加油充电，再昂然出发！ 

Back to work

After enjoying 1-week long holiday, I'm back to work again. Some of the research fellows busy with  preparation of a conference paper as they've been asked by their supervisor to present in a graduate student seminar jointly organized by few faculties in early December this year. Luckily my supervisor doesn't ask me to do so as well, otherwise, I'd have nightmares for this coming 2 weeks. 

So, I can still enjoy my time playing FB game while reading those boring articles.

吃喝玩乐中文汽车寻宝16

上月底，我们四人参加了“吃喝玩乐中文汽车寻宝16”。既然称之为‘吃喝玩乐’，当然少不了包吃包喝包玩包爽这特色咯！

集合地点可是来自我家乡的本土连锁咖啡厅，不过，惭愧，这是我第一次到这家开设在八打灵的，也不知算是分店抑或总店。出发前，先医饱肚子，以免饿得头昏眼花，没法解答问题。

开始寻宝咯！一共有30道问题，依据路线指示去到指定地点，答案就是某条街的某家商店店名或所张贴的海报。下次，如果你们看到忽然有一大群穿着同样的T-恤，沿街一面抬头望着商店招牌，一面又低头望着手上的纸张；然后还要拿着手机相机等一一拍下照片，在三三俩俩的围在那儿窃窃私语，深怕隔墙有耳，十之有八九是在寻宝啦！

一个小镇的大街，遇上两个不同的寻宝活动同时抵达，结果只有一个：莫名其妙的塞车！

既然是吃喝玩乐汽车寻宝，当然就包括了吃喝任务。一共有五个任务，我们必须依照指示，向特定的商家领取事先已定好的食物或饮料，再获得老板的印章以为证据。由于参加人数太多了，总共有60辆车，商家的店面容纳不了这么多人；结果，只好在路边或车上‘就地解决’美食了。

吃得太饱了，这些任务美食，只好留待明天了。幸好没有指定必须当场吃完，否则，吃喝玩乐就会变成我的噩梦。

途经安顺斜塔，炎炎烈日，躲在车里吹冷气，只派个代表下车拍照，哈！

耗时9个小时，路程总长大约230公里，途经八打灵--丹绒马林--仕林河--美罗--安顺，终于抵达终点实兆远。交上答案与胡乱猜测购买的宝物，就可以享用晚餐了。

酒足饭饱，该入住酒店了。天啊，从晚餐地点出发，我们竟然还要驾驶约摸半小时，行经堪称渺无人烟的小路，方才抵达建在桃源之外的酒店！原来，在小镇遇上的另一只寻宝队伍，也入住同一家酒店。

既是桃花源，环境自然是幽美恬静。

我们分得两间房，公平起见，还没入房前，让小弟自选房间号码。哇哈哈，他自己选到比较小的那间，而我们的简直就是套房！

第二天早上，享用酒店准备的自助早餐，然后，就是颁奖仪式。当然，奖项可没我们的份儿，不过，我们也答对了超过一半的问题，足以聊慰。 

 

颁奖典礼完毕，只意味着寻宝活动结束，我们继续吃喝玩乐。撕下队伍号码贴纸，出发，怡保芽菜鸡，我们来也！ 吃了闻名的芽菜鸡，还带小弟去买他最爱的柚子，途经三宝洞，顺道下去走动消化。

 

两个兴致勃勃地向每个许愿池，丢银角许愿一番。也不知是不是诚意不足，抑或是命中注定，当天所买的彩票号码，一个也没中，哈！

正当他们忙着许愿时，我则忙着拍摄庙里猴子，而猴子一家却忙着为彼此捉虱子，各有各忙！

我们还停在路边吃甘榜榴莲，只是忙于吃，没拍照。饱得不能动弹了，终于甘愿回家了！

下次，一定再参加汽车寻宝，还要向家人招兵买马，务必出动更多脑袋绞尽脑汁解答。

Raya

All the Muslims celebrated Hari Raya Aidilfitri on the weekend, and we are happy to have long weekend holiday though we are not celebrating the festive day. We are not going anywhere, afraid of the terrible traffic jam on the highways as people are heading back to their hometown.

I wonder, how many of the youngsters nowadays know the reason celebrating Hari Raya Aidilfitri? They know Muslims need to fast for whole day long, but do they know actually they start fasting from the moment sun rises until the moment of sunset? Fasting supposedly let them feel the hunger of the poors, so they would appreciate what they have, and help those in needs. That's why before they break fast, they should pray and appreciate what they are granted. 

But, I think, we can find many youngsters sitting in front of the food they bought/ ordered, waiting for the breakfast announcement. Once the moment come, make a simple pray, then start eating eagerly and lots. Actually, it is not good for health if we eat too many after whole day long of fasting. It's a burden to our stomach. 

Well, in the modern days, when the technology is so sophisticated, we start to lost ourselves. We forget the moral, the meanings of those customs and traditions, and we critic people who still apply it as out-dated and naive people, without understand it. 

By the way, I got 'duit raya' from my supervisor days before Raya. First time to get a 'duit raya'! To my surprise, the amount is not small (don't want to reveal the amount here). haha...