《燕姿刚果日记之1》
眼泪成诗 在刚果听到我的歌

2月16、17日，天气…飞机上很难判断…

今天前往刚果，其它人从台湾出发，
我从新加坡飞10个小时，到南非约翰尼斯堡会合，
再飞两个半小时到刚果卢本巴西。
下飞机的第一个感觉，咦，我以为是一片沙漠呢，
绿地还不少。但先前在约堡机场的接驳车上，
有两个白人告诉我，在非洲，愈胖表示愈有钱，
哈，那我一定是最穷的人了。

我们到了简陋的机场，等行李等半天，
后来又闷在车上苦等，不知道在等什么？
展望会协调了一个小时，
最后还要付830美元（合新台币26,560元）的「疫苗费用」，
但我们都已经在国内打过针了。这算不算抢劫？

总算到了饭店，在这里，我碰到第一个刚果小朋友，
她并不是贫童，只是饭店小商店的小孩，我拿糖果请她吃，
她也害羞地靠近我。虽然出了饭店大门就不能乱举相机，
但我们在饭店里就可以和这个小女孩照相。

第一个工作是到刚果展望会听取演示文稿，他们很用心，
一开始就是播出我的歌「眼泪成诗」！全团都笑了。
我好奇音乐那里来的，该不是非法下载吧？
他们说，我在这里很红、这歌很好听，
他们是在网络上找到的。

到现在，我已经17个小时没好好吃一顿，
我像小朋友一样，零食没停，但真的很饿，
没想到这里竟有一家中国餐厅，
能喝一碗热汤实在太棒了。

yz left for congo from singapore, while the rest set off from taiwan. The flight’s about 10 hours. Her first  impression of congo changed when she saw the greeneries, as she always think its like a desert.  At the airport, they waited for their luggage for very long, and waited in the car lagain, realising that they have to pay another USD$830 for vaccine expenses. She expresses :” didn’t we already had our injections? isn’t this like a robbery?”

Finally they were at the hotel and she met a young girl. She’s the daughter of the owner of that hotel. yz offered her sweets and they took a photo together inside the hotel. At the congo relief event, she heard “yan lei cheng si” being played. and everyone started laughing. She was wondering “Is this illegal download?” They responded that ”she’s very popular here, and that they love this song and had thus gotten it from the internet” 

yz mentioned that for the passed 17 hours, she has yet to eat. She said that she’s just like the kids here. Although she had snacks in between, she’s still very hungry. And to her surprise, there was one shop selling chinese food, and she expresses that it would be fantastic if she could drink a hot bowl of soup!