Skull vs. CandyIn
Friends, there is an episode talking about Christmas and Phoebe brought her mother’s skull to Monica’s house. She said that her mother always put the skull on a table in Christmas to remind them that “Even it’s Christmas, people still die.”
It’s a cruel fact with funny expression. And I would have still thought it’s funny until this cruel fact happened on people around me.
I just came back from a 6 days trip in Goa. The train came back to Hyderabad at 5.o’clock this morning. I went to the office at 8.am, couldn’t wait to tell my friends how beautiful Goa is. When I signed in to MSN, I saw one of my Elementary School classmates online; his display name says his mother died two weeks ago. I was shocked. I knew his mother since I was a kid. Though we didn’t contact each other for a long time, I can still remember the figure of his mom. And his mom died at such a young age, 53. Dreadful thing doesn’t stop happening for people to celebrate festivals.
When Phoebe put candy in the skull, everyone still grab one. Candies would not become sour just because it was put in a skull. Sweet thing is still sweet…so let’s talk about Goa now.
Train Safari
From Hyderabad to Goa by train is around 22 hours. Again, in this huge country, 22 hours by train should be considered normal. (I know it’s abnormal for Taiwanese and especially for Honky.) And again, it was not that bad. It’s like join an Indian train safari. When the train was moving, the picture of India kept change as well. I liked to sit at the door side when the train was running in the day time. Read a book about India and see the moving pictures of India, that’s an exclusive luxury for train travelers. I enjoyed it a lot.
Goa Goa!Goa is in the west side of India, facing Arabian Sea. Gorgeous beaches, sunshine and parties are what this place is famous for. It’s winter for Indians but summer for foreigners. The temperature was around 28-32 C during New Year holidays so girls wear bikini and boys wear short pant only on the beach. Even “holy cows” also enjoyed the breeze from the Arabian Sea, lying on the beach naked and being lazy. There are no disparity between human beings and animals. Every creature deserves this luxury lifestyle in Goa.
I stayed in small Vagator, one of the small beaches in the north. When I got there, there wasn’t enough room for me and some of my friends. It was impossible to find a spare room at that time. I was lucky, one of my friends stayed in another hotel with her mom and let us slept there for 2 days until we find another place. It’s better to book a room before going to Goa for Christmas or New Year.
Goa is all about beautiful beaches, sunshine, blue sky and exotic food. There’s no need to put other adjective ahead of these noun. Put these nouns together is attractive enough.
However, I still can’t believe that I left Goa without going any single beach party. All the beach parties start at 4am. I couldn’t go party at 4 am so it’s better to skip it and have a nice sleep. I did go to a “Jungle Party”. It’s my first time to party in a forest. The DJ played trenz music and lots people got high. Sober people like me can have a cup of Chai and a piece of cake there as well. It’s an Indian style jungle party.
That’s how I embrace the start of the Year 2006.
