The Earthly Paradise

Yesterday after arrival we were told by the manager, apologetically, that the room we booked were not ready yet. To make it up to us, we were invited to stay a night at the resort owner’s "private island", reachable by boat in 2 minutes. Needless to say, we were excited to no end and accept this generous offer only too gladly.

As one can imagine, the private abode of the owner of such a high class resort is adequately luxurious, with 40M² bedroom, remote controllable TV stand (and an equally impressive TV of course), private swimming pool and all. But as this is only for a night, we didn’t even bother unpacking, just casually spent the night.

今天早饭后，我们才搬入自己的房间 – Sunset Jacuzzi Water Villa！房间直接通过木桩架在海面上，阳台上有木梯直接通到海里，就是说随时可以从自家后门下海屋里设施装修全部一流，浴室是半露天式的，被玻璃门和院子隔开，而院子里还有个冒着泡的Jacuzzi 我们的第一感觉当然是overwhelmed，exceeded all our wildest expectations, by a long shot!

马尔代夫的海水，实在可以用温柔二字来形容。以前去过的任何一片海，不管阳光多么灼人，刚一入水时总是得咬着点儿牙，给自己点适应时间，然后再对还没下来的人说“一点儿也不凉！”而这里的海水，水温只比体温稍低，任何时候下水都不会让你有“一激灵”的感觉。而且一下水就再也不想上来，漂浮一片浩大的温软中，整个人都发酥。

刚一下水就发现连一米多深的地方就已经有珊瑚礁，有色彩斑斓的各种热带鱼！！但今天风浪略大，带起不少海底的沙粒使得可见度受到了影响，所以没有动用水下相机。

下午4点多钟时，忽然满天乌云密布，风浪骤起。海面依然翠绿，但天空是一色的紫灰，使得整个视野失去了层次感，很有几分杀气腾腾的架势，煞是壮观。我赶紧从阳台下水，顶着风浪游了一会，感觉很是痛快。

这时候，下雨了。清凉的雨点打在身上让人精神一爽，尤其和温热的海水形成鲜明的对比，这次怎得一个爽字了得！

慢慢雨越下越大，几乎成了从天上往下泼水！雨滴打在海面上溅起一片片白雾，使周围可见度大大降低。回头望望，早已经天海难分，只有白花花的一大片。风浪也更大，雨滴被风吹到身上，感觉已经象被小鞭子抽着了！于是我决定撤。

回到家里，跳进热气腾腾的Jacuzzi继续欣赏海面雨景，当时脑子里闪出的只是一句“夫复何求”

Veligandu, Day 0

自从去年的牙买加之旅后，就深深感觉到在冬季来临时逃离维也纳是个无比明智之举。今年的目的地 – Maldives！

晚上十点开始从维也纳飞Dubai然后再转Male，最后再坐水上飞机到我们的小岛Veligandu，一路十七八个小时的奔波辛苦和无聊等待就不提了。心里只是重复告诉自己 – price you pay!

飞机从云层中下降，当Maldives的珊瑚群岛第一次出现在眼前时，实在只能用“刹那惊艳”来形容！大小形状各异的珊瑚礁群形成的岛屿或浅滩，像是湛蓝的印度洋里的一串串翡翠！这样绚烂的色彩，平时应该是留给海报，明信片与梦境的，此刻真切地出现在眼前，那种激动还是相当可观的。

现在我们已经吃完丰盛美味的晚餐，回到自己的房间。窗外的海面近在咫尺，海风强劲而温润，涛声和棕榈叶的沙沙声几乎难分彼此。

这一刻，一路上绷得紧紧的神经终于开始真正地松弛下来，心情开始微微地荡漾。想让它就这么继续荡漾，涟漪般融入这热带海洋的碧波中去……

 

Learning to Fly

Lucid dreaming (清醒梦或清明梦), is the art of controlling dreams with your conscious mind, while you are dreaming.

It was years ago when I first read about it, and I quickly dismissed it as just another esoteric hype. But recently I happened to get more exposure to it, and since there seem to be a sizable community around Lucid Dreaming, I decided to give it a shot myself.

第一次感受”睡眠瘫痪”是在我正式开始研究清醒梦的当天 – 处于将睡未睡之间,身体已经睡去但头脑还清醒,只是完全无法支配身体,传说中的”梦魇”也就是这种状况.这是进入Lucid Dreaming多种方式中的一种.而我也只有过一两次这种经验,而且每次都没能顺利进入清醒梦而是在努力挣扎中醒来.

Then I realized that this is really no joke, I need to make a serious commitment. Persistence, patience, all part of the deal. So, more reading, more experimenting, which mainly involves trying to improve the ability to recall dream details, and making “reality check” part of my daily routine so that I’d remember to do that in dreams as well.

If this reminds you of the movie Inception, I don’t think that’s a coincidence.

Finally, last night, the epiphany!

也许是因为近来的训练吧,这次在梦中我开始了”Reality Check” – 先是低头认真地数自己的手指(梦里往往不是五个) – 结果是六个,而且手每晃一下,就会多一个或少一个手指头:D我心里有数了,知道自己多半是在梦里.

然后又照了一下镜子(梦中自己的镜像往往会模糊或不是自己),结果发现是个哈哈镜.但是,我的精力越集中,镜像就会越朝我自己的样子靠拢.

所谓进入”清醒梦”,需要满足两个条件:

第一,意识到自己在梦中

第二,意识到自己的身体躺在床上

我此刻已经清楚地知道自己在梦中,但还需要检查一下现实的身体状况.念头刚一到,我就意识到了自己的身体 – 周围一片漆黑,身体舒舒服服地躺在被窝里!

再一转念,又回到了梦境,此刻的欣喜与兴奋是言语远远无法表达的!

用意念随心所欲地转换身边的环境,从大街到深山到海滩, think Matrix or Inception and you are close!而且,梦中的任何场景,只要我认真去凝视,它就会增添无穷无尽的细节,远不是简单的概念化的戏台布景. The whole world seems to be evolving right at my finger tips, a mind-numbing amount of details pouring in wherever my attention leads!

I will spare you the details of what I did with the rest of my dreams, but really, the phrase “Your only limitation is your imagination” has never been truer!

Intoxicating, overwhelming, exhilarating!

此时此刻,忽然想起Pink Floyd的Learning To Fly:

Into the distance, a ribbon of black
Stretched to the point of no turning back
A flight of fancy on a windswept field
Standing alone my senses reeled
A fatal attraction is holding me fast,
How can I escape this irresistible grasp?

Can’t keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I

Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
Unheeded warnings, I thought, I thought of everything
No navigator to find my way home
Unladened, empty and turned to stone
A soul in tension — that’s learning to fly
Condition grounded but determined to try

Can’t keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,
My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air,
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly
Out of the corner of my watering eye
A dream unthreatened by the morning light
Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night

There’s no sensation to compare with this
Suspended animation, a state of bliss

Can’t keep my mind from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

Lucid Dreaming is a scientifically proven phenomenon, so YES, this crazy sounding stuff is very real and YES, you can do it too!;-)

Resources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dreaming

http://www.ld4all.com/guide.html

Farewell to the Island in the Sun

So, I guess this is it!

本来已经开始习惯这里的节奏，但归期已至，我又是一早不到5点就醒了。近日来天气不如刚来那几天好，阳台上这会儿略带凉意。刚来时那轮皎洁的满月已变成了细细的一钩下弦月，漫天的星斗依旧闪烁，但此刻窗外棕榈林间的风声，盖过了池塘的虫鸣。

明天的此时，就该到维也纳了！但回想起我们从Montego Bay机场坐Bus穿越一个个无主之城般的小镇来到Hotel，似乎还只是昨天的事。这三个星期来，我们的假日张弛有度，是个good mixture of relaxation, challenge and fun。YS Waterfall, Black River (crocodiles), Bird Sanctuary (humming birds), Great River rafting (jungle socks), Snorkeling, Glass Bottom Boat, Catamaran Cruise, HobbieCat… And of course, the Scuba Diving! 而我也少有地手脚勤快，Facebook上传的Photo可以顶以往几年的数量了！应该可以算了无遗憾了吧？！

这次的悠闲的假期，不仅仅是个escape from winter，简直可以算是个escape from reality – everything has simply fallen into place with such dreamlike perfection!

还清楚地记得我们的raft man Omar在撑竹筏时为我们唱的歌：

Looking for a place to have a perfect vacation,
Or even a honeymoon
I know the place to make the perfect reservation,
Come let me take you there soon, yeah

To a place called Jamaica,
Where the island is in the sun
Place called Jamaica,
If you really wanna have some fun

…

Well, we’ve had so much sun and so much fun, hopefully enough to last us through the bitter winter days!

Fare thee well, sunny island, place of our dreams and longing!

Farewell.

Dancing with Dolphins

翻翻自己的Dive Log，已经下海17次，Bottom Time around 600 Minutes，心里还是十分自豪的。

上次为了考Advanced Open Water而错过了四条海豚和两条鲨鱼，弄得我捶胸顿足，所以这几天一直是翘首以待，希望离开牙买加之前还能和传说中的“护士鲨”(Nurse Shark)脸儿对脸儿一次。

今天早上风浪很大，水下的暗流也较强，但我们是顺水走，所以毫不费力。近几次潜水我都在努力雕琢细节，streamlining，buoyancy control，air preservation，明显感觉技术上有质的提高。最初几次下水时的紧张兴奋已经少了许多，慢慢开始学会真正的放松，掌握水势，练习用最小的动作保持Neutral Buoyancy。

入水后约20分钟，海豚来了！两只大海豚带着一只小海豚，小海豚也就一米长短！

平时见海豚总是在电视上或是海洋馆里，“海豚是人类的朋友”这句话几乎已经听得耳朵起老茧。但是，只有当你在海里遇见它们时，才会真正明白为什么海豚如此得到众人的宠爱！

发现我们时，它们不但没有逃走，还欢快地直接朝我们游了过来，在大家身旁穿梭，那一刻的感觉好像故友重逢！我几乎可以肯定，它们一直是在冲我们微笑！它们一过来，我立刻停止了动作怕把它们惊走，只是在水里慢慢转动身体用目光紧随。有一只直接游到我身侧和我并行，离我不到两米远！我努力抑制住伸手摸它的冲动，只是学着它的姿势打了打腿，但它也立刻随着我的节奏开始摆动身体，那一刻，感觉是我们俩在跳舞！

临别时，几只海豚还冲我们摆了好几个我以为只有海洋馆受过训练的海豚才会做的姿势，算是跟我们告别。再一次，我无比嫉妒有水下相机的人！

和海豚偶遇之后，Craig带我们钻了一个珊瑚洞。最开始我只看见了洞里鲜艳的鱼群，但后来Craig把自己的手掌举到头顶，做了个鲨鳍的手势。我定睛往洞的深处看去 – 离我们约两三米处，静静地停着一只约三米长的Nurse Shark，看情形还在睡觉！！！

嘿嘿，我朝思暮想，现在终于得睹芳容，我无比满足；你没看见我，也罢！

出水之后大家都有几分飘飘然，而我补上了前两天的遗憾，更有得偿夙愿之感！

可以自豪地说一句，我的加勒比海底之旅，了无遗憾！

A Dive to Remember

Today I took the morning, afternoon AND night dive. In the last few days I kept getting water in my mask while equalizing, so half of my bottom time (and air!) was wasted on blowing water out of the mask, and it was such a distraction!

Finally, this afternoon I decided to change the technique and try something different. Result – not a single drop of water in my mask for the whole dive! With that annoyance out of the way, diving is soooo much more relaxed and enjoyable!

夜潜的船是在日落时分开出。当我们到达Dive Spot时，天已经完全暗下。Craig给我们每人发了一支强力探照灯般的手电筒，交待了一下夜间水下的注意事项，然后大家就一个个扎了下去。

望着漆黑的海面，不能不承认，跳船的一瞬间还是有几分紧张的。但一入水，那熟悉的浮力和水压一下子就让我完全镇定了下来，感觉甚至比白天时更轻松自如，于是开始有控制地下潜。

到达海底时，我简直不能相信自己的眼睛！本来白天下来时，已经觉得一切都颜色光鲜五彩缤纷，但现在周围漆黑一片，在强力的电筒光照下，所有景物简直鲜艳得耀眼！第一感觉是 – 这样的色彩，这样的饱和度，除了热带海洋里，世界上哪里也不会有！

夜间的海里，能看到许多白天根本见不到的东西：

一只半透明的章鱼在海底慢慢爬动，身体还在不断变幻着颜色，由青到蓝到紫到红，看得大家为之瞠目；两只布满黑白花纹的细长动物，猛一看我以为是两条海蛇，但仔细看发现应该是海参类动物，是在以身体的伸缩向前爬行；半米长的大龙虾，悠闲地在石间休息；脸盆大小的螃蟹，示威般扬起比我整个手掌还大的钳子；一只晶莹剔透的小鱿鱼，靠身体喷水一寸寸地向前游动，我看着都替它费劲！还有餐盘大小的Slipper Lobster，Craig管它叫大蟑螂，我觉得应该叫龙虾爬子这虾爬子的两眼在光照下会炯炯放光，镶在扁平的外壳上，很有几分象一张诡异的人脸。

最神的还是Puffer fish，本来安静地呆在海底，但我们一帮人围上去用电筒一照，它就一下子吹气球一般鼓起来，样子象极了Finding Nemo里面的角色，让你想不乐都不行。

Craig还给我们引见了一棵珊瑚状的植物，夜间本来枝桠已完全舒展开来，但我们用强光一照，就眼睁睁地看着它的每片枝叶一层层卷曲收缩蜷成一个团。我凑近了想好好看看，但忽然发现自己和一个足球般大小的海胆脸儿对脸儿了，那黑得发亮的尖刺让我一下子冷静了许多。

此时此刻，即使白天已经司空见惯的东西，都有了别样的色彩，就连相当常见的海屏风（Sea Fan），此时也是紫得透亮让人都舍不得把目光移开！而身边的每一样东西都是那么的华丽精致鲜艳多彩，不带丝毫夸张地说，我是遨游在龙宫的宝库里！！！

四顾左右，每个人都在各自为战，贪婪地用电筒用眼睛捕捉尽可能多的细节，并试图把这些图像印在脑海里 – 没有一个人带了水下相机。

不知不觉，40分钟已过，Craig已经给我们发信号要上浮了，于是大家按商量好的步骤在海底手拉手围成一圈，每个人都关掉电筒，慢慢踢动脚蹼开始上浮，等待Craig答应给我们的“惊喜”。

电筒关掉之后，忽然发现周围并非漆黑一片！海水里原来充满了饱吸磷光的浮游生物，象满天繁星，象夏夜的萤火虫！我们悬浮其中，仿佛被带到了另一个充满奇迹的世界！

当我们最终从水面浮起，打开气囊，轻松地漂浮在海面等船来接时，我抬头看见了真正的满天星斗，看见了银河。这天上繁星与刚才海中繁星的衔接是如此的妙到毫巅，it really, truly took my breath away.

One thought just materialized out of nowhere – I’d die a happy man if THIS is the last thing I ever do, last thing I ever see!

开始天天潜水，时间就过得好快，一晃已经跟船出过5次海了！

而我们的假期，也差不多到了正中间，一下子开始有些慌乱，好像需要进入“捞本儿”模式了

于是订了两天出门旅游，据说能看到蜂鸟和鳄鱼；于是决定尽可能不错过任何一次Diving – 明天就准备早中晚出三次海！

不知不觉中，已经太习惯这种轻松闲适又不乏刺激的Lifestyle！习惯了这温润的海风明丽的阳光，习惯了下午时窗外的棕榈和芭蕉把影子投在我们的阳台上，习惯了一天24小时都有饭吃，习惯了每天揣测晚上大餐是什么的惊喜。慵懒时，就往海滩躺椅上一倒，捧本书看或塞上耳机听audiobook。走几步就有好几个Beach bar，但如果连一步路都懒得走，往身边插一面红旗就会立刻有人送冰镇的Cocktail来！如果玩儿兴高，那各种各样的水上运动任你挑选 – Snorkeling，Diving，Waterskiing，Wind Surfing，HobbieCat （一种轻巧的双体风帆船，能开得飞快）。

And all these, for free! Truly a slice of paradise!

God damn it, I can already imagine how hard it’d be in around 1.5 weeks time!

My 1st “Real” Dive

星期六早上的潜水是每人两缸气，中间在船上休息大约半小时，大家吃点东西喝点饮料然后再次下水，所以很象个海上picnic。

第一次“正式”下水而不是训练，心里还是略有一点紧张的，但紧张归紧张，我似乎仍然不知道什么是“恐惧”。即使当面具进水眼睛看不见，或没控制好压力导致耳朵剧痛，甚至用鼻子吸入咸涩的海水时，我都只是把它们简简单单地当作问题来解决，从没有慌乱失措可言。Really feels like I was made for this!

今天看见了一只半米大小的Turtle，悠闲地趴在海底。但当我们兴奋地围过去后，它似乎有些不爽，蹬蹬腿儿飘然而去。紧跟着，我们在边上的海底发现了一只巨大的刺鳐（Stingray），直径大约一米半到两米，好像是隐藏在沙中伺机捕猎！它身边还紧随一只鮣魚（Remora），脑门上一个大吸盘 – 这是Stingray的私人清洁工。我们都不敢靠太近，怕惊扰了它老人家吃不了兜着走。

然后，我们的guide Craig带着我缓缓穿越了一个珊瑚洞！洞里上下左右都是各色各样的珊瑚或海藻，还有一群群颜色鲜艳的小鱼穿梭其中，让人目不暇接。我们动作很小，只用脚蹼轻轻拍打，生怕碰断根珊瑚什么的。但出洞时我还是没算好距离，感到我的氧气瓶碰到了洞壁，有块东西被我碰掉了。我像个失手打破花瓶的孩子，惭愧得立刻踩水逃窜，都没有勇气回头看一眼碰掉的是什么。

游着游着，Craig忽然用双手做了个吹笛子的动作，然后用小棒一指 – 定睛看去，又见到我前两天见过的那种瘦瘦的怪鱼了！不过现在我已经知道它叫Trumpet Fish了，回想起Craig的动作，原来不是吹笛子而是吹小号！

后来又在海底一块岩石下看到一只脸盆大小满身是刺的大螃蟹，Craig拿小棒一碰它，它立刻剑拔弩张，那大钳子我看夹断个把手指是易如反掌！

抬头望去，强烈的阳光射到70英尺的水底已经变得有些苍白。队队鱼群在一片幽蓝中倏忽来去，我们身边是自己吐出的一片片亮晶晶的气泡，again, feels so much like lucid dreaming!

Craig再次用小棒敲自己的氧气瓶吸引大家注意，然后向远处指去 – 是一条两米长短的蓝枪魚（Marlin）！

在上浮之前我们慢慢游到一片空地，海底静静地躺着一架坠毁的小型飞机。周围没有珊瑚或海藻，象片沙漠，只有一块石头旁边开着一朵小白花。游近一看，是一朵半透明的海葵（Sea anemone），无数白色的触手如菊花瓣一般随波荡漾，触手末梢还是亮蓝色，无比精致。

To this first memorable diving day! And to many, many more days like this to come!

PADI Day

My instructor today is Richard (Richardo), really, really cool guy, looks exactly like Snoop Dogg the rapper

我们俩上来就直入主题，plunged deep into the pool and he gave me the 14 required skills in rapid fire session. I had no problem whatsoever, concentration and relaxation was the key, never needed him to repeat morse than once.

The only damn thing was that the pool water was still too cold, I really started shivering when the practice was all done and was only too grateful that he finished his theory explanation in the nearby Jacuzzi

Today we made 3 dives and the ocean time was more than ah hour. I was able to do everything required of me without any hassle, so the last dive was fun only and we went down to 60 feet. 在这光影飘忽的海底，一切都似真似幻。身体悬浮在海水中，随波逐流，不用费什么力气就可以四处游走，比较贴切的一个比喻就是象在梦里飞翔！

同船的都是参加我昨天的初级课，当我和Richard出水时，Sugar告诉大家我昨天第一次下水，今天就已经Certified时，大家一起为我鼓掌，心里很是欣慰与骄傲。

从明天起，就可以每天自己跟船出海潜水了，yeah oh yeah！

流水账

又是凌晨4点半，一样的丛林夜色鸟语虫鸣，昨天实在是没有一分钟多余的时间，所以这会儿来补一笔流水账，really cannot let this day go by unrecorded!

2010.11.25

05:30 拿着浴巾和潜水面具去游夜泳。月下的海面十分平静，沙滩上空无一人。刚入水时略有些寒意，但一两分钟后就适应了，终于相信，加勒比的海水是永不会冷的！今天我练习的是Total Immersion 的“Fishlike Freestyle”，因为戴着面具不用担心在水中翻滚时鼻子进水，感觉非常之好，慢慢体会到了"Rolling like a log on water”的感觉。

07:30 Going for breakfast

08:30 Attending the entry level introductory scuba diving course, PADI Discoverer (already included in hotel price).

There were only 3 of us (and one of the three bailed out after a little pool time) so this looked much more like a private lesson. Our instructor “Sugar” is an awesome guy who proudly claimed that more than half of the watersport staff here were trained and certified by him, and people fly from all over the world to be certified by him, even on Dive Master level!

All in all, this was much easier than I expected – 4 basic skills, a handful rules, piece of cake.

10:45 Ocean time!

The gears are so damn heavy! Took all my strength to haul them from the hut to the boat without help, phew! It only took around 5 min to reach the dive spot, we could even see the hotel beach on the boat! Before jumping in, a dude on the boat told me half seriously,“If you go to hell one day and find a Jamaican there, just Follow The Jamaican and he’ll bring you back!”意思是让我下水不用害怕。How I love these guys!

I imagined my first dive many times before, will it be cold will it be dark will it get claustrophobic will I hurt my ear…, but believe me, it’s nothing like that! Once under water, none of the thoughts even occurred to me! Since the other course participant didn’t swim too well, Sugar was with her the whole time and I was just pulsing behind them using my newly perfected dolphin kick. Once in a while, he checked with me in gesture“OK?” and I gave him a big confident “OK” and it was alright

Yesterday I had my first snorkeling and I thought I saw MUCH, but it’s nothing compared to today! Sugar is just like an experience tour guide, who knows EVERY ROCK AS THE BACK OF HIS PALM! 跟在他身后，时常见到他用随身带的小金属棒轻敲一块岩石，然后下面就会钻出各式各样稀奇古怪的动物来亮个像，好像迎接敲门的客人！他自己也遗憾地承认，为了带我们观光，他得算是水里的troublemaker了。最神的是有一次他轻轻碰了一只长满刺的黄色河豚，结果本来扁扁的河豚一下子鼓成一个刺猬，对我们怒目横视。要不是含着气嘴我差点笑出声来。值得一提的还有剑拔弩张的Lion Fish，潜藏在海底的鳐，足球大小的大海胆，还有许多稀奇古怪我不但叫不出名，甚至分不清是动物还是植物的东西。Would KILL for an underwater camera this moment!!!

The other girl didn’t feel too well so she surfaced after a while, Sugar then guided me through some more coral reef awesomeness and all of a sudden, he was tapping his cylinder with the metal stick to get my attention, then pointed upward! A dolphin! A shiny, elegant, lovely dolphin!

Depth – 38 feet, Time – 28 min, not bad for a first dive!

出水后，我义无反顾地决定立刻跟他考一个PADI Open Water Diver的Certificate，然后就可以自己每天跟船去了！

13:30 午饭后，拿着Sugar给我的理论资料在沙滩上开始自学。

这些理论课应该是分开在一个星期上的，而我只有半天时间，而且自学完了还要直接做考试的问卷！200多页书，几百道题，不愧是个“速成班”啊！只要我今天自己顺利做完理论，明天再学一天技巧，我就PADI certified了，let me say it like a true Jamaican – YAMAN!

15:30 天空中飘过一块乌云，正停在我们头顶，开始下雨。

记得清清楚楚，当初在看Hotel的FAQ时，就有如下的问答：

Will it rain during your holiday?
If it does, don’t worry. Most times, the short tropical showers provide a welcome break from the afternoon heat – just look at it as liquid sunshine, not rain!

Liquid Sunshine! 当时我还在想，这帮人可真会做生意，下个雨都能纂得这么诗意！但现在我才真正体会到什么是Liquid Sunshine – 整个沙滩只有一小块被雨云遮盖，而且恰恰这一块还被阳光照射着，所以每根雨丝都反射着阳光，周围一片都亮丽炫目！海滩上的游客都惊叹不已，我也几乎看呆了 – 名副其实的液体阳光！

16:30 回hotel room继续学习

18:30 今天的晚餐是Beach Buffet，沙滩上整齐地摆了上百张餐桌，还搭了个舞台给我们表演Live Show，可惜没带相机，只用手机随便闪了几张。有烤大虾，烤乳猪，还有比乳猪还大的整只火鸡，而且大菜边上总摆一塑大型冰雕，awe-inspiring！

台上演奏的是几个老黑人，两把吉他一对沙锤，唱的多是早期乡村歌曲。歌词质朴旋律简单，他的声音低沉浑厚略带沙哑，感染力极强，象一个老水手在对大家娓娓诉说自己的故事。

这美食和音乐，再加上殷勤的招待不断主动提供各色Cocktail，实在让我想忘掉房里那厚厚的只看了一半的教材！

But unfortunately, that’s not an option.

20:30 Back to hotel room, continuing my quest for PADI…

All these cocktails (Rum Runner, Rum Punch, Mai Tai…) are really getting to me, harder to concentrate…

But I did it anyway.

00:20 Finished the last question in my exam, all in all, NINE damn hours!!!

Let myself fall to the pillow like a stone