The below map shows my travels since 12 May 2010.
下圖為我旅遊記錄圖，以 2010 年 5 月 12 日起為準。
Multikulti is, as the more sharp-eyed ones amongst you might recognize, a German term. This term advocates the multicultural society — basically, people coming from all parts of the planet settling down in respect and in harmony. To me, as someone schooled in international schools in Switzerland, this is, indeed, “home”. I remember having friends from Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia… basically, everywhere. About a decade back, one of the people in charge of our class was from Saudi Arabia; I am in touch with close friends from Sierra Leone and Zambia. I’m internationalized, and that’s how I want it to be. I’ve made it in Switzerland with 12 years of international schooling; everyone treated each other well (despite the odd case of someone being naughty on the playground, heh…).
Being multicultural also involves travel to different places on the planet. As someone who’s nearing age 30, I can say that although I had wanted to be in more places, that my current assortment of nearly 20 countries or regions is satisfactory, as it has opened my eyes to very different cultures, races and places. Here’s a list of places I have been, sorted by country, territory or region.
德文中的「Multikulti」主張在某個國家範圍內，允許多個來自不同地方的文化群體和諧相處。對於我這樣子從小時候就在國際學校學習的人來說，這個概念是再正常不過的了。畢竟，瑞士是一個四國語，多文化，多民族的高度國際化國家；自己班裡面有非洲同學、歐美同學、日韓同學等等。當然，當時自己小，所以難免個別時候淘氣一點；但是在國際學校時，絕大部分時間，我都非常和平地和來自各國同學相處。知道今天，我的特好朋友當中，有歐美人、來自非洲的人、亞洲人等等。
多文化也意味著一個人去過很多個國家或地區。我很快就要三十歲了，在此期間去過將近二十個國家和地區。這對熟悉十國語言的人來說，並不是什麼陌生的事情。畢竟，我十年前記得，每天晚上能看一個「融合亞洲各地」的新聞節目：先是韓國新聞，再是中國新聞，還有越南新聞、泰國新聞等等。
以下是我所去過的國家和地區清單。
- Australia / 澳大利亞 (1999) [16]
- Austria / 奧地利 / Österreich (1990, 1993) [7]
- China (Mainland) / 中國 (大陸) (Place of birth / 出生地) [1]
- France / 法國 (1995, 1996, 1998) [13]
- Germany / 德國 / Deutschland (1990s, 2001, 2003, 2004) [4]
- Greece / 希臘 / Ελλάδα (1993) [11]
- Hong Kong / 香港 (1993, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011) [9]
- Ireland / 愛爾蘭 / Éire (1996) [14]
- Italy / 義大利 / Italia (1990, 1993, 1998) [5]
- Korea / 朝鮮 / 조선 (2007) [17]
- Liechtenstein / 列支敦士登 (1990s, 2004, 2007) [3]
- Macao / 澳門 / Macau (2011) [19]
- Singapore / 新加坡 (1993) [10]
- Switzerland / 瑞士 / Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera / Svizra (Place of citizenship / 國籍所在地) [2]
- Taiwan / 台灣 (2010) [18]
- Turkey / 土耳其 / Türkiye (1993) [12]
- United Kingdom / 英國 (1992, 1994, 2007) [8]
- United States / 美國 (1998, 2006) [15]
- Vatican / 梵蒂岡 / Civitas Vaticana (1990) [6]
Note 1: The order where a country, region or territory was first visited will be shown in light type in square brackets.
註 1: 所訪問國家或地區之順序將以輕色方塊括號表示。
Note 2: Please note that the above table sorts destinations by country, by territory, or by region.
註 2: 上述列表以國家或地區為單位，敬請留意。
Note 3: Transfers through transport hubs without going through immigration are not counted as visits to that particular country (or region). The same applies for cases where, despite going through immigration, there has been no exit from the confines of that transport hub.
註 3: 單為非入國 (區) 交通樞紐轉乘者 (或雖入國但未離開交通樞紐範圍)，不足以訪問該國 (區) 定論。
Note 4: Arrival or departure from the EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg are counted according to the final destination. Connections to Germany will also entail a visit to France due to the geographical positioning of the airport.
註 4: 往來巴塞爾—米盧斯—弗賴堡歐洲機場之旅途，目的地國家以終到國家為準。因實際地理位置原因，由本機場往來德國者，同時記入往來法國記錄。
The above were based on actual records of travel documents or pictures taken in the relevant country, region or territory. There is no guarantee for the absolute accuracy of travel records prior to (and including) 31 December 1999.
以上數據依據為實際入出記錄或在該國家或地區所拍攝之圖像。1999 年 12 月 31 日 (含) 前之旅途記錄並不承擔其之絕對準確率。