Back to Syd, back to home here, back to work, back to normal life as before......now, the past two-point-of-a-line life is back on, home-office-home, usual daily jobs back on, such as buying grocery to fill into the fridge, counting household expense, thinking and cooking what are going to be cooked for dinner after work, taking public transportation to work.....and also some things have been changed. New Train timetable has been valid for a while, so I have to catch up the train 5 minutes earlier than previous timetable, that means I have to get up 5 minutes earlier. Commuters on the train are mostly those people who used to take the same time train with me, they still take the seats they used to choose, me too, however the train turns to be more crowdedL…..now I have to sit at the office on a sunny day not like at home in China enjoying the beautiful weather, now I am being forced to get out of the past 4-week holiday mood and have to struggle with plenty of shit work.

 

A little surprise and adjustment have taken place. My colleagues were surprised with my refresh without glasses, they reckon I look younger like a teenager, actually I already look younger than my real age, now it is getting worse because I don't like being deemed a girl in 20s or younger. An English colleague came to speak to me, he reckoned I do have some different but terribly can't say what it is. Then he just realised after I gave him the point. He didn't say it is good or not but saying I definitely look different. No wonder they can't get used to my change on the face, me neither honestly. I often put my finger on the nose and try to lift the glasses unconsciously. This habit has been with me nearly 24 years as I was a teenager, so no doubt it will take time to forget it. I wanna mention is about my after-laser-surgery eyes that are on the second weeks after surgery, they are expected to work as doctor said that the sight would lower a little bit after surgery but it is quite normal for most of patients and need time to accommodate with new sight sensitivity and might take a while to go through a period of fluctuation. Yes, I often have double vision at the stage, so I have to spend a couple of seconds to adjust my eye focal length if I look at something. It seems that I am like an oldie that has slow reaction to see something. As far as I have heard from doctor and friends who did this kind of surgery, it will be better between a month and half a year. If fortunately, it could not happen on some patients. But not me, I would say. Another adjustment I need to say, is language environment. I have to restart to get involved in English world, TV grogram is English, working environment is English, most places are required to use English....unfortunately my language ability couldn't be recovered at the soonest, so I had slow reaction to my colleagues' asking and conversation at the first day after I was on board. Luckily I am better now and basically get back to previous level. I would rather to speak Chinese than English in China, but feel it doesn’t matter now.

 

I have to stop writing cos my sight is getting blurry. :-)

今天终于可以用眼睛了。回北京近三周了，时间真快，快走了。我干什么了？惭愧，竟去医院了。跑了三医院，见了四个大夫，做了一个检查和一个近视眼手术，累得发了两天烧，咳嗽了一礼拜，现在全好了，该回去上班了。充实！充实！ANYWAY，不用戴眼镜了，高兴！这次回北京，因为时间太紧，没能见更多的朋友和同学，但还是抽空和几个好友见了面，在他们的引领下，去了鸟巢和798，吃了黄记黄、香满楼、龙腾金湘、沸腾鱼乡、海底捞等。跑得上火，吃得上火。

 

北京变化真大，马路阔宽，高楼多多，打车不认识，马路不会过，地铁不知往哪座，弄的老妈直打电话，怕我汽车做反了，我就是一外地人。北京新的商场真多，没两步就一个商城，在日本时喜欢的UNIQLO和ZARA，到处都是。对爱逛街的我，这回是真没发挥出来，一个商场都没逛全，西单大悦城、三里屯VILLAGE、中关村的新中关、人大的华宇、五道口的五道口商场、大望路的万达广场、团结湖附近的蓝色港湾....我全到了，可每次不是办事就是和人约好，所以匆匆进去，匆匆出来。当然，该买的还是买了，效率高，有一次，晚上去商场，买了5双鞋，赶快回家了。

 

北京没过够，家没呆够，但不得不准备回澳洲了。最后享受两天吧。

去日本洗温泉应该是很向往的一件事，我终于实现了。我们选择了箱根一の汤作为我们享受的地方，而且证明非常不错。独门独户，典型的日式榻榻米，自家洗温泉就是不一样，而且在池子里就可以看见对面的山和从山上流下的溪流，关键是在池子里想泡多久泡多久，没人催，没人挤。还有丰盛的晚餐和早饭，爽！奢侈一回，值得！

 

今天回到了东京，进行最后的shopping。7天的日本行程基本结束，9月27日到达日本，10月4日离开。这几天来我们玩得很痛快，由于是自由行，所以全是自己喜欢的地方，和喜欢吃的东西。当然自己安排也很辛苦，这多亏了一休同志，幸好他在日本呆过一年，幸好他懂些日语，否则没这么顺利，可能会花更多时间和走冤枉路吧。

 

明天回北京，见爹妈了！:-)

今天在京都去了二条城、金阁寺和龙安寺。二条城是幕府将军的住房，修建的很豪华，特别是它的莺声地板结构非常神奇，就是只要有人在屋外地板上走动就会发出吱吱声，主要是防刺客来偷袭。庭院设计的也很精致和不拘一格。金阁寺因金光闪闪的外观而出名，它的舍利殿外层是在天然漆上再鑲贴纯金构成，所以从外面看，大殿极其壮观。而这个寺庙是临济宗相国寺的禅寺。龙安寺因其石庭而出名。石庭长25米，宽10米，是个简朴而又优美的庭院。庭院不用一草一木，仅在铺平的白砂上布置了十五块岩石。这独创而成的庭院，让参观者坐在那自己去冥想，去寻觅。注视越久，想象会越来越宽。

 

参观完寺庙，下午去了京都最繁华的四条通商业街，以及新京极市场。这个地方是很多人极力推荐的。我在短短的时间内快速而高效地逛了一下，目前我对在日本逛街已经很有感觉，基本知道什么商店买什么货和大致价钱。今天我很骄傲地在$2 shop买到了箱子用的锁，因为原来那个已经被砸坏了。店员根本不懂英语，于是我拿钥匙比划，她很聪明，马上带我到卖锁的区域，于是我用便宜的价钱买到了本以为根本买不到的东东。晚上又到伊势丹败了一下。

 

明天要座新干线去小田原洗温泉了，希望一切顺利。