來到gap year的最後一天。
長大後總覺時間過得飛快，上班後尤其如是，一年又一年彷彿眨眼便過。但這一年，感覺卻好像有兩三年之久，因為期間所發生的許許多多深刻的經歷，在辦公室坐個一年一般很少經歷得到，例如跌傷了走不動坐陌生人的順風車回家，例如在迷宮似的花園遭痴漢索吻，又例如跑去問越南人「不漏洞拉」點解…無論在外地，在香港，沒有每天一式一樣的日程，卻有每天不同的新挑戰，日子過得悠閒卻又充實。
一年來很常聽到別人的評語是︰「能這麼一年不上班一定很有錢」。當然，每個人環境不同，但自己以至身邊人一般都並非來自甚麼大富之家，生活還是要自給自足，有時旁人看到的是你快樂地遊歷的笑臉，看不到的是你深夜敲鍵盤工作的辛勞。說到底，要這麼離開工作，探索世界，其中當然要有一點運氣，一點經濟條件，但最最重要的，還是決心。
The Alchemist一書中有一段讓我很深刻︰
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The old man pointed to a baker standing in his shop window at one corner of the plaza. "When he was a child, that man wanted to travel, too. But he decided first to buy his bakery and put some money aside. When he's an old man, he's going to spend a month in Africa. He never realized that people are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of."
"He should have decided to become a shepherd," the boy said.
"Well, he thought about that," the old man said. "But bakers are more important people than shepherds. Bakers have homes, while shepherds sleep out in the open. Parents would rather see their children marry bakers than shepherds."
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如此自由如此率性的一年，我明白確是人生難得幾回。這一年，我過得任性又快樂。其實無論是遊歷，是休息，是半途出家轉行，是孤注一擲創業，是學習一門科目……只要是你心之所向，那麼你缺的，可能就是一點點決心。而且這種事，一般是做了不會後悔，不做多半會後悔的。
