人生到處知何似？應似飛鴻踏雪泥：
泥上偶然留指爪，鴻飛那復計東西!
… … ----宋 蘇軾
確實，人生充滿偶然，變化，意料之外……
幼時隨家北上，一直住在北京，我沒有見過大海。
大學時，與同學一起，收集了很多風景明信片。常是坐在窗下，膝頭攤著書本，拿著明信片，神游天外。記得我曾在一篇散文的開篇寫下：朝暮與共的天，就像我朝思暮想的海……
沒曾想，幾十年後，因業務之便，我竟得以隨團踏足五大洲，幾十個國家，上百座城市。
對每個將去的地方，我都充滿好奇，嚮往。但因爲身為公司的老闆，要協助領隊工作，我只能用最簡單，快捷的方式記錄下曾“走馬看花”,“到此一遊”（尤其像好望角，羅卡海峽這些似難再去的地方）。
今天，當面對浩瀚紛繁的照片，充滿遺憾———
當年，沒有條件背負器材，只能靠一只便擕傻瓜；沒有時間守候任何良辰美景，只能趁團員方便時抓緊環顧附近；沒有方便的交通，在我屬意的地點停留，因爲要顧全時間與活動的總體安排。
所以，這裡沒有任何“專業”“技巧”可言。
但是，看照片，想當年，在那些万頭攢動的景點，於事務駁雜中，能發見並留下這點點滴滴之美，對一個攝影愛好者，心已足矣。
Joyce一向會突發奇想，這次適逢母親節，她又提出這一想法。雖然一個月來辛苦莫名，但得以和大家共享，仍是樂事，我只好欣然從命。
謝謝！
齊林
2009-4-12
Life abounds everywhere the bird lights on the snow and the mud by chance transferring the impression of the other until it has forgotten where it began ---Song Dynasty . SuShi Obviously, life is full of surprises, accidental changes… I moved to the north of China with family when I was a child, and I had lived in Beijing for long time. That’s why I hadn’t yet seen the sea at that age. When I was in university, we usually collected postcards of landscapes & scenery. I always sat beside the window with a book on my knee, held those nice postcards and let my mind drift, imagining those far off places. I do remember, I wrote the following sentence to start one of my essays: “I thought the sky a view each day, resembled the sea that I dreamed about each night” I had never imagined that I might have the chance to travel across 5 continents, to more than 50 countries and over hundreds cities, during the course of my business life. I was wondered to all these places, but as the boss of the company, I was responsible for helping our tour leaders’ look after the clients. I only got a chance to take the occasional quick photo, to preserve those moments and help me to remember that “I was here”-----also I am not sure if I can ever visit those places again especially “to the end of the beginning of the sea” such as “Cape of Good Hope” in South Africa and “Cape Loka” in Portugal… Now, as I sit in front of all these old photos with fading memories, a deep regret rises in my heart----- At that time, I couldn’t carry all the heavy professional equipment. The only thing I had was a cheap automatic camera, I didn’t have time to wait until the sun was rising or the moon was sinking. I only could take a quick shoot when my clients wondered away; we even didn’t have the convenience of transportation that allowed us to stop wherever I liked, because we had a limited amount of time and many business activities to complete. So, from all those photos, I can see I had no “skill” at that time, to preserve those moments well. But I loved to shoot photos, and I found all those beautiful places during my busy business trips. I captured them and kept them as a good memory. I feel fulfilled enough. My daughter Joyce always does everything suddenly, without any notice. This time she suggested that we have this small exhibition especially for “mother’s day”. It has kept me busy and tired for over a month, but I am quite happy if I can use this chance to share my little interests with all the friends who love traveling and love the nice landscapes of this beautiful world where we all live in… Thank You! Chai, Lam Ellen 2009-4-12
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