Out of some kind of "unwilling", Xie Xiaoding gave up his high-paying, stable and seemingly ideal career two years after graduation and went to the southern hemisphere not far from Wan Li. Start her work and travel life in New Zealand.
Years without Looking Back is a record of my life in these two years. For me, this is a life that can only be reached in books. There are interesting people, worldly wisdom, Jianghu right and wrong, difficulty in going out, local customs, beautiful scenery ... and romantic love.
Xie Xiaoding's writing style is very good, and the story is lively, but it won't make people feel overexertion and emotional excess. Maybe it's because of being a reporter. While stating the facts, it is readable. It's just that in the second half, about two thirds of the place, it's a little boring, maybe it's too much emotion.
Behind the beautiful scenery, laughing and cursing, I always see that "there are hardships everywhere in the rivers and lakes, and there are surprises everywhere." Some people say that traveling is from a place where you are tired of staying to a place where others are tired of staying, which makes sense and makes no sense.
What makes sense is from the perspective of two subjects, but what doesn't make sense is from the perspective of "I"-the experience of others can't be owned by me, not to mention the world in others' eyes and the world in mine.
Escape is to return, return to the original heart. Also, as a passer-by and as a resident, it is a different experience and feeling.
Another taste in the book is loneliness, and I suddenly understand why many couples will inevitably break up after one of them goes abroad. Long-distance love is not easy, let alone abroad. I always thought it was the one who went abroad, but it was not easy to be in a foreign country. Separated from the surrounding environment by differences in language, culture and race, the distance is comparable to a galaxy. When you are helpless, even talking to someone is an extravagant hope, and there is still a time difference between you and your relatives on the other side of the ocean.
Think of some children who were sent abroad by their parents when they were teenagers. I wonder what kind of experience they have alone in a foreign country?
Knowing that this book is in the "Sound Library" project in Wei Yun, I will be very interested and order it, because I have a vision for New Zealand. In my limited information, it is a place where the sky is blue and the clouds are white, and the grass is green. And I have never been resistant to such scenery.
Another reason is that I like the title of this book and have no time to go back.
In fact, I don't quite understand why Yun Kun chose Lin's article in the program. There are many interesting and meaningful articles in the book, such as my working experience in a century-old pharmacy at the end, all kinds of people and things I met as a part-time tour guide, such as what I saw and heard when I traveled around the island and stayed in various beautiful homestays. ...
If you can't keep your body on the road, you can at least keep your heart on the road.