咩原因

after three weeks staying in the riverside community, i left last thursday and decided to go to one or more places in south island, before i go back to hong kong. people said that south island is beautiful, esp. the west coast. but i will not go there. i'm now in christchurch and i'll go to a lake nearby tomorrow.

however, i found that i'm not really interested in sight-seeing. after back to a city like here in christchurch, i found myself become an alien again...too many strangers on the road, too many shops, too many traffics. though christchurch is already a green and beautiful city. it seems to me that i don't really enjoy to be a 'tourist'.

today i went to a botanic garden in christchurch, and i found a 'vegetable garden' there. then i found how i missed the garden in the riverside, where i picked up the salad veg every morning and done a lot of weeding and planting....it looks like a messy and weedy garden, but when you spend more time you'll find many surprises there~~ someone already stayed two months there told me that he can still find new things in the garden...like raspberries...yumm...

anyway, i'm looking forward to go back to riverside again in this thursday. hoho~

and i'm looking forward to back to hong kong very soon~~

風雨過後不一定有美好的天空
不是天晴就會有彩虹
所以你一臉無辜 不代表你懵懂
不是所有感情都會有始有終
孤獨盡頭不一定惶恐 　
可生命總免不了 最初的一陣痛
但願你的眼睛　只看得到笑容
但願你流下每一滴淚 都讓人感動
但願你以後每一場夢 不會一場空
天上人間 　如果真值得歌頌 　
也是因為有你 才會變得鬧哄哄
天大地大 　世界比你想像中朦朧 　
我不忍心再欺哄 但願你聽得懂
但願你會懂 　該何去何從

hi~ seems long time~

I'm here now staying in the Riverside Community, in Motueka, South Island, for already a week, and will stay for more two weeks, hopefully.

It's my first time to live in a "community"--living in a communal way, the members share the responsibilities here and only get allowance weekly. For me, as a wwoofer, I usually pick up salad in the morning and also do some gardening work, e.g., weeding, mulching, planting, watering....in exchange of accomodation and food. There are about 80 people living here (I guess), some of them are members, some of them are residents, some are wwoofers like me, and some are renting the house or hostels. So I meet a lot of people here~!