每個海灘都很漂亮，但星期六日的週末卻一個人都沒有到海邊玩水。 不知道是不是當地人習以為常，所以不把玩水當一回事。 要是我，鐵定下決心要跑完島上所有海灘。

海灘上都有這種奇特的軌條。 (至於這是做什麼用的請請教大神。)

金門有好多傳統閩南建築和中西綜合建築樣式的洋樓，很多都保存的非常好，而且環境很乾淨。 一般跟團的大概會去看軍方的東西，因此建築古蹟反而可以讓這種自由客慢慢照相慢慢晃，而且不用為了等照一個景要等人走光才能照。 一些不為人知的小巷裡就有很棒的景色，街道都很乾淨。 行前上網查，發現建築古蹟多到會讓人直接想放棄看那些網頁，短短兩天逛不完所有建築古蹟，所以我還想再去！ (有像國小學生作文的結語。)

在金門搭船去小金門時，渡船站的樣子讓我有 deja vu 感。

小金門望出去，廈門近的驚人。 用數位相機拉近，雖然畫面顆粒很多，但可以看到對面大樓的樣子。 晚上，在金門的一個濱海公園，還可以看到廈門的夜景，以及從廈門機場起飛的飛機。 (這簡直是 Richmond River Road 會有的 feel 嘛！) 我要去金門！

這篇遊記寫的很亂，照了將近四百張照片，選了二十張上傳，希望這些能表達一下我的感動。 請看 → 相簿

Visited the cafe and talked to the owner today. It turns out it will be my solo photography exhibition, not a group exhibition. Wow! And because it’s part of the design arts festival, I need to submit my application form to the festival before next Tuesday. And I need to come up with my photo selection and a theme by Friday night. Double wow! The festival commences on October 1, so there are only a few weeks to get everything done. I guess it’s a good thing. It’s fast paced. By the way, it sounds like my name will be printed in the official event guide and the city’s monthly event calendar. Triple wow!

Later tonight, I received an email saying that I get to be part of a group photography exhibition, and I get to be part of the local design arts festival, too! While reading that email, I put my right palm on my 鎖骨 as if, well, you know, just like when people are delightfully surprised by some good news. My application is accepted. I’m more than thrilled! I get to do something, something that’s important to me. Thank you, God!

On a different note. I felt like eating kettle corn tonight, so I put a bag in the microwave oven. The popcorn were all burned. The smoky smell filled the oven and the kitchen. I felt like laughing. I have never seen a bag of popcorn turned all black, so black like a bag of charcoal. I tossed in the second bag and set the timer for three minutes. It turned out fine this time. I like kettle corn.

去學校整理檔案，跟一個年輕小朋友作英文對話練習，印書，去看攝影展順便照相，去眼鏡店，去便利商店印票、拿東西。
忘了去鞋店修鞋子、去便利商店買牛奶、買信封、寄東西。

下次應該列清單的。 不過至少做了的事比忘了的多。

中午坐在學校吃咖啡攤販賣的熟悉的食物，感覺好可怕。 坐在學校吃學校的食物，真的好可怕。 那樣的日子。 不確定我有沒有 back-to-school syndrome，但可以確定有 back-to-school anxiety。 一直都有，總是都有。

年輕小朋友年紀輕輕但懂得學習的進步是累積而來的，而且要放長遠來看，如果只是想短時間跟自己比較，那只會覺得有挫折感；還懂得不同的書會講不同的方法，但要選擇覺得自己適合用的，並且確切實行，不管方法再好，不去做也沒有用，這些道理。

今天看的攝影展很讚。 攝影者是張照堂。 這是他的網頁。 這裡有他展出的照片。 一些可能我會直接略過走過的景象，他會用不同的視角構圖，產生一種不安感。 照相到最後，定番技應該是怎麼照出別人視而不見的構圖吧？

在沒有雪的地方，我用假裝似雪的東西來逗自己。 三十幾度的夏天有這麼白地藍天的景還真是讓人樂的開心。

“An idea is like a virus. Resilient… highly contagious. The smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define, or destroy you.” —quotes from Inception.

* The following passage contains thoughts I have after watching the movie. Viewer discretion is advised.

Whenever I finished watching films like this, films such as, Matrix and Inception, the one hour after stepping out of the movie theatre always made the surroundings seem so unreal. When I watched movies in a theatre, it felt like I was deep in a dream. The moment I walked out of the theatre was the moment I awoke. The reality became surreal. It is as if my senses were heightened and I was observing what is happening around me. In particular, I would be highly aware of every movement of mine.

We create our own world with ideas—ideas that are either implanted by us, or so we thought, by others. We built up our version of the reality based on those ideas we have. Every day we are exposed to thousands of ideas, and through perceived bias, conditioning, learning, imprinting, desire to be consistent and logical, etc., we filter out some, accept some, and even nourish some. Gradually those ideas became our perception of the reality—how we see the world, and how we see ourselves. Ideas might be built upon ideas. The deeper they grow into the brain, the harder it is to eliminate it. People might get lost in the world they constructed. They would not believe otherwise because the pain of denying a “fact” or “reality” that they have bought into is as if they are to deny their sense of being. They are yet to realize an idea is not oneself. When we let something reside in our mind longer than it should, we let the idea captivate us. An idea can do no harm and take no root to oneself if one recognizes that an idea is just an idea. One could be his/her own architect.