小天后孫燕姿今天將啟程前往非洲剛果，昨天她在新加坡發表行前感想，透露自己有點害怕，但很高興能在有影響力的時候幫助別人。孫燕姿預計23日返台，本報將隨孫燕姿前往採訪並有獨家心情札記。以下是她以第一人稱寫的行前手記：

去年聽說我們將造訪非洲，非洲？我只想到野生動物園、熱死人的驕陽，這絕不是我旅遊會考慮的地點，新加坡就已經夠熱了。可是，這不是旅遊，將是我再一次大開眼界的機會。

去非洲的人都得打黃熱病疫苗，好吧，我去了公立醫院打了針。「我還需要打別的針嗎？」護士建議另外四種，所以我一共打了四針，一隻手臂兩針。當親切的護士挑選最細的針頭時，我只敢看著我媽，我一見到血就會昏倒。一下子就打完了，但我兩條手臂有如剛打完一場拳擊賽一樣痛。

再來就是可怕的奎寧了。通常吃這種藥會讓你惡心想吐，沒有胃口。我恨透了沒胃口，因為我真的不能再瘦了。奎寧的味道很怪…惡心的感覺有點像害喜…為什麼呢？為什麼這種藥要讓人感覺惡心？一定要好好問問我妹。

我上網查了一下剛果的資料，驚訝的是，幾乎每一個網站都建議所有旅客不宜前往那個地方，例如「邊界正發生血腥衝突內戰，剛果民主共和國的局勢非常混亂。強烈建議旅客應謹慎評估，在戰爭停歇以前盡量不要前往。」我還查到一些資料，如有9萬人感染愛滋病；感染疾病的風險很高；近50%人口沒有乾淨的水等等。

我爸爸走進房間問我是否真的想去？他說已經致電華納高層，告訴他們可能遇上這些危險。

「爸爸，我是害怕，但我想去！」

為什麼呢？我也不知道，就是想去。我將把當地的故事與影像帶回來，有一天當我老了，我會慶幸趁自己還有影響力的時候，走了這一遭。

【2006-02-16/聯合報/D3版/發燒星樂園】

Yanzi is leaving for Congo today, and she expressed her feelings and thoughts on her mission trip yesterday while in Singapore. She said she is feeling scared, but at the same time she is happy that she will be able to help the least fortunate. She will be coming back on the 23rd. Let us await for her safe return.
“Last year I heard we are going to visit Africa. Africa?? This country only gives me the feeling of wild animals, and scorching sun. And this will never be a country I’m going to travel to and visit, because Singapore is hot enough. However, this time round I am not going on sight-seeing, and this trip will really widen my scope.
I knew that people who go to Africa have to inject the Yellow Fever injection. So i went to the public hospital to do so. Oh wow, there is a total of 4 injections need to be taken. I’m a person scared of injections, and so when the nurse approached me with the needle, I only dared to look at my Mum, because on the sight of blood I’ll faint. After the injections(2 on each hand), my arms hurt as if they had just went through a round of boxing. And there is this medicine that I have to take, its really disgusting because it will cause me to lose my appetite. I hate this type of feeling. Why would people take this medicine? I got to ask my sis.
And so I went online to search about information on Congo. I’m indeed surprised that almost every website advise tourists not to go there because theres an internal war going on among their people. Chaos. Around 90000 of the natives had AIDS, and 50% of the population did not have clean water source.
My Dad even called up Warner and told them about the dangers that may be faced. However I told him that I’m scared too, but I really wanted to go there. Why? I’m not sure of the reason as well, and my heart tells me so. I will bring back my experience and videos. When I grow old, I’ll be glad that I made this choice today.”    -Yanzi
(This is not exactly wat yanzi said. i translated this from the chinese.)

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