一直對「車站」心有獨鐘。
車站和搭車旅行，總透著一抹希望之光和引人遐/深思的奇蹟降臨：它們將人們帶離以為掙不脫的煩憂與傷心地帶，載向嶄新、更好的遠方。車站和搭車同時也多層次隱喻結束與開始的雙面刃意含，端看你決定如何解讀。在說，我也特別愛細細觀賞和推敲每個車站是如何創意地、悉心地被建構設計起，希望透過建築體本身的特色和裝飾，預期出色突顯某個城鎮或城市的主體性、吸引力景點等。
Sloterdijk Station 是我們2022年末在荷蘭第2個「家」，Citadines Sloterdijk Station Amsterdam所在區域的交通樞紐中心 ，極為繁忙的多功能車站，四通八達，提供了火車、地鐵、巴士與電車服務。我們基本上住得有些微偏離市中心，當地人稱CenTrum的阿姆斯特丹最繁華街區，但是，有如此一應俱全的大眾運輸網絡，讓我們每天數趟探索市區的旅程，變得更加便捷舒適，毫不費力。GVB卡是造訪阿姆斯特丹遊客、短期居住與經商必備。俐落的線形設計，完美結合高彩度的藍紅黑白原色系聚焦用色＆用材，加上大氣塊狀面積的鏡面窗戶與天花板規律裁切組合，讓我對Sloterdijk Station 的工業風風格，更加入迷。
I'm always fond of stations. There's a lot of magic, light of hope emitted from each station and train ride that take people away from worry or sorrow to somewhere new, better and ironically at the same time also signal ending & beginning. Plus, I love how brilliantly each station is built with the purpose to demonstrate the identity, the attractions of that specific city or town.
Sloterdijk station was where our "2nd home" in the Netherlands was located. It's a very hectic station of multifunction which provides the efficient services of railway train, bus, tram and the metro. We're basically a little away from Centrum, or say downtown Amsterdam, although the convenient transportation made the trip to explore the core of the city extremely easy and effortless.
The streamlined industrial style and high saturated color selection perfectly combined for the station only makes it more darling and charming to me. "One should always have something sensational to read in the train."~Oscar Wilde
從小由於練琴或其他才藝班課程而極少被允許單獨外出與朋友群聚遊玩的我，加以時刻被要求當乖小孩，行為得永遠舉止一絲不笱、有禮貌，很長的一段時間，我誤解了「享樂」、「玩的盡興」的意含; 我錯把它只與過度放縱、製造或誇大事由、只追求極端快感及因為太酷所以對一切漠不在乎。因為那些不管是佯裝或者根本真絲毫不在意他人反應及感受的人，看起來似乎永遠獲勝、獲得矚目，也能輕易掠得到他們想要的。
一直到自己親身試驗了那樣以為能盡情「享樂」模式與管道之後，才逐漸深刻理解：「享樂」、「玩的盡興」多可能因為極度放縱與走上邪路，而終導致傷人害己。在生活中，所謂樂趣與玩得開心，可以是任何大小事物、經驗及感受; 那個瞬間可以讓我們更貼近自己、成為自己，讓心怦然悸動，讓我們願意敞開心房。
鯨魚肉有著極為神奇難以言喻的鮮美肉質，恰恰好落在魚肉的甘甜入口即化和雞肉鞣質軟嫩的肉感之間。不論是以生魚片或鯨魚排作法來品嚐，主廚的精湛廚藝，都讓菜餚呈現出不同於其他魚肉類佳餚的絕佳口感，人間少有的美味。馬肉相對而言，給我們的驚喜少一些。但是憑借著冰島傳統美食元素加添風味，例如: 帶有撲鼻蒔蘿與奶油香氣的肉汁和帶皮考馬鈴薯，仍讓我們吮指回味不已。
男友和我的最大興趣之一，就藉由環球/州/市/鄉旅遊，來探索意趣味美大不相同的異國美食物，而這也是生活樂趣的一種，不折不扣的「享樂」。
我想，要能投入且滿足「享樂」、「玩的盡興」的關鍵，就在於保持童稚單純的好奇心，不先預設過高期待，也沒有想藉此變成何等專家，就只是傻傻開心和沉浸在此刻。這也是為什麼，當成為大人之後，我們時不時喜歡和孩童在一塊，看他們自在嘻遊，熱情專注探索世界，最起碼在他們還沒變得對生活過於老練或受到太多生命創傷之前。
I found myself struggling with the bizarre definition of "fun". For a very long time, I tended to associate it with overindulgence, dramatizing, only the climax or being "too cool to care about nothing". Yes fun might possibly go astray or too wild then it does harm. Though in many cases, fun is simply about relaxation, a good time and (re)connection to joy and intimacy to you & with others. FUN is supposed to make you more you and can be anything that simply makes your heart sing
Our 1st time eating whale and horse meat in Iceland came unexpectedly. And it turned out to be fun and extraordinary. The whale has that really special, delicious, and succulent taste and texture right between fish and chicken no matter if it's made into sashimi or steak styles. The horse meat on the hand didn't strike that surprising, but Three Costs restaurant @3frakkar still managed to make a mouthwatering great dish with the most amazing gravy.
We always love expanding our taste palate through new delicacies and that is so fun. Now I think the key to having fun is to embody childlike curiosity with no high expectation. That's why we adults like to be around kids, who are always passionately eager to explore the world before they get too sophisticated about life and traumatized by it too.
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