如不記下來怕會忘記的小趣事 (三) Little things that I don't wanna forget (3)

Belle cafe

到了順化,去參觀皇城。

順化的皇城在戰爭時被破壞得八八九九,所剩無幾,大部份是廢墟。

沒多久就逛完,心有點鬱悶,到處瞎逛。

看到了一家挺別緻的咖啡店,是稍為西式的那種,就進去了。

點了兩杯咖啡,坐著看街。

突然發現,不知道什麼時侯,店裡放著一些英文老歌,就是那種耳熟能詳,啷啷上口的,應該是看到我們來了(沒有其他客人)才放了…

感覺很輕鬆舒服,一洗心中鬱悶!!

by: Jo

Arrived at Hue, we went to visit the Hue Imperial Palace.

The Palace was damaged badly during the wars, and most of it is now ruins.

We finished the palace very quickly, feeling a bit bored, and decided to just wonder around.

Saw a nice and cozy cafe, western style, we sat down there.

Ordered two coffees and sat down to watch the street.

Not sure when, the cafe was playing some very old English song, those you would be able to sing any time. I guess they played these songs for us (there were no other customers)…

This has made my day, feeling so pleasant!!

by: Jo

如不記下來怕會忘記的小趣事 (二) Little things that I don't wanna forget (2)

在沙壩的兩天健行團,團中有四個德國來的年輕人,都很年輕....

一個女孩名叫Lili，特別多惹笑的趣事。

雖然不認識她，但相由心生，很多性格還是可以從外表看得出來。

她嘛，就是那種生性樂天，傻大姐,不拘小節，小事糊塗而又烏龍百出的那種人。心地善良，永遠在笑，除了看到被拴著的狗時深深不平！

第二天走的路不遠但就很難走，有一段是濕淋淋的泥濘，我們穿行山鞋的也滿鞋泥濘，但Lili從第一天下午就決定穿人字拖...

沒多久，她的人字拖就嵌入泥濘中，很快她就決定放棄，赤腳行走。

又到了另一難點，我們要在梯田的田邊行走，就像走獨木橋一樣，很難平衡，如失平衡，就會掉到灌滿水的田裏。她無計可施之下，只有赤腳走入田裏，涉水而行，還自得其樂，讓大家為她拍照！！！

反正無論怎樣,她都覺得很好玩!

by: Jo



In the two days trekking tour in Sapa, we met a group of four German, very young. 

One of the girls is Lili, she is so funny.

I do not know Lili, but somehow your appearance reflects your personality.

She is a very happy person, nothing bothers her, but just also very absent minded.  She has a kind heart, always smiling, except when she sees dogs on chain, she is really unhappy.

In the second day of trekking, the roads not far but quite hard. One part of it is very muddy, even we have mud all over the trekking shoes.  However, Lili had decided from the afternoon of day 1 that she prefers to walk using flip flops.  Very soon, Lili's flip flops were buried in mud and she gave them up and walked bare footed. 

In the next part, we have to walk  on the rims of the rice paddies.  You need to balance or you will fall into the rice paddies, full with water.  Instead, she decided to just walk inside the rice paddies, with her feet in water.  We are all laughing and having so much fun, and she even requested a photo of her walking in the rice paddies!!

Whatever happens, Lili said "we have fun!".


by: Jo

如不記下來怕會忘記的小趣事 (一) Little things that I don't wanna forget (1)

在天堂洞的步道上看到一對男女,蹲下來在昏暗的燈光下研究相機,我側身走過,瞄了一眼。

走了沒多久,再遇上。

男孩請我幫他們拍合照,我欣然答應,他們用的是我多年前用過的CANON300D,好不熟悉。

舉機準備拍攝,觀景器內顯示「FULL CF CARD」,於是我告訴他們"card is full",但他們英語不太好,可能不是很明白。

每到這個時侯,亮出場。

他先打開SD card槽,指示是card的問題,再打開LCD顯示屏,播放照片,然後指著數字"98/98",男孩應該是明白了,連聲多謝。

我覺得他也挺有意思的,應該是不知道為什麼相機不能拍,自己解決不了,想讓別人幫忙,索性請別人幫忙拍一張,自然水落石出!!

by: Jo



I pass a couple on the walkway of Paradise cave, they kneel down to fix their camera in the very dim lights.  

After a while, came across them again. 

The boy asked me to take a picture for them, yes, of course.  They are using Canon 300D, which I used to have years ago, very familiar touch and feel.

I pointed the camera and ready to shoot, the view finder has an alert "FULL CF CARD", so, I told them that the "card is full".  Apparently their English is not very good and cannot understand me. 

At this point, Mat plays his role.

He first opened the SD card slot to show them that the problem is with the card. 

Then, he turned on the LCD screen and played the photos.  He then pointed at the numbers "98/98".  Now the boy understood and thanked us for the help. 

I think this is a good tactics.  He could not figure out why the camera cannot shoot and needed help.  To get help, what is better than asking something to take a picture with his camera!! Nice try!

by: Jo