2009年8月27日星期四

避世行

友人辭官歸故里,忙了十年,終於狠心離職呼口氣。小女子漏夜趕科場,預計新學年起,氣不能透一口。等着閒與等着忙的兩女子,一拍即合,誓要偷空來個避世行。

今次落腳的,是泰國的華欣,即泰王別居,全國最樸素最隱世的地方。

尋遍坊間,只有半本相關旅遊書。憑着網上預訂的酒店地址且走且找,大街上一「的骰」小屋乍現眼前。

全落地玻璃設計,以為一目了然,走進方知別有洞天。木板架起長長走廊,沿路圍着扇扇巴蕉葉,熱氣全消,只覺一陣清涼。

走廊盡頭,竟是與海相連的偌大泳池。入夜,涼風吹得池水皺,兩個池中間開了條小路,拾級而下即可投奔漆黑大海,看得人又心癢又心寒。大海沒眼,還是不欲冒險,打道回房。

翌晨,陽光刺眼,施施然起床,走近池邊一看,嘩嘩不得了,大海退到幾十米以外,池間的石階,原來通往延綿不盡的白沙灘。

飛奔下去,四顧無人,只得陽光燦爛,雞蛋花怒放,椰樹堅挺。灘頭走到灘尾,一身汗濕折返,換上水著縱身一躍,二人獨佔大泳池,樂上半天。

晚上到小鎮吃飯,依舊如入無人之境。「究竟呢度點為皮?點生存?」是我倆在所到每處,反覆說着的話。

臨別那晚,下榻之處更偏僻。離市中心一小時車程,房間是一獨立小白屋。腿浸在私家池中,身躺於地,仰頭就是滿天星。幕天席地,閤上眼,鼻孔都嗅出了寧靜氣息。房間內,連電視都沒有,只有不停放送的輕音樂,以及各式棋盤和遊戲。

拜泰王所賜,在泰國竟出奇地遠離聲色犬馬黃賭毒。兩個大細路,埋首喪玩層層疊,愈夜愈興奮,最高紀錄由原來18層疊至33層,心情,也由18層地獄的工作壓力,過渡至重生。

4 則留言:

g 說...

sounds terrific...i think as one ages, we only yearn a serene environment which brings us to the basics of life

can u give me the website? Thanks!

Frostig 說...

Good!

Couldn't imagine that YOU would pick up a teaching job finally......

Enjoy! Best wishes! ;-)

黃明樂 說...

Frostig,

Why? I do love teaching and teach quite a lot actually, don't want to be a full time teacher though...

Frostig 說...

I can see your passion in education from your writings, actually. I also love teaching, but same as you, I could not imagine picking my a full-time teaching post......

Or I should say, at least not in a 'normal' mainstream school in HK now.

I just felt that you would prefer freedom, haha.