Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Do you slowly remember (2)

新公司在擺花街,街中心中環行人電梯下、東歐餐廳前,有一檔很頹很頹的士多。
士多很小的,什麼也不賣,就只賣飲品汽水。
從返工第二天起,我每天都會幫襯這士多,無他,這裡一罐雀巢咖啡,「正常」地賣五元,對面馬路的7-11,賣八個二。
很誇張吧?但這就是香港,而我深信,即便是價格差距這麼大,在擺花街行過的大部分人,買咖啡,還是會幫襯那家7-11。
每次行過士多,看老闆兩夫婦在那裡聽收音機、讀報,就覺得,日子,不是應該這樣過嗎?悠閒的看著日上日落、行人走過......可能沒有多少生意,但夠維生,不就好了嗎?
然後這天早上,我又去買咖啡,士多老闆忽然問我:「你每天都會買咖啡的嗎?我把咖啡四元一罐都賣給你吧。」
原來......他們那裡被收地,被迫遷,士多做到星期尾就不做了。而且,只是早一個星期才獲通知,他入了貨,也不知道那堆貨該怎麼辦
是吧,在香港,在擺花街,這樣一檔士多,實在太不合時宜了。
第二天中午食飯跟同事提起這事,同事很偉大地,真的跑去士多把維他檸檬茶、雀巢咖啡,還有一些汽水都掃來了。入了數大板,也不過是760元......老闆送貨上來時,還一臉感激。
同事在這家公司做了十年了,她說,以前那裡是賣豆花的,後來也是被人以什麼衛生呀、阻街的理由收了,不能再賣豆花。不過檔主的爸爸跟地主熟,所以就一直以很便宜的價錢租了那個舖位,今天就賣賣汽水。
喝完這些咖啡後,我是不是要開始捱七仔貴咖啡呢?雀巢咖啡糖份高,其實也是時候戒了。

是這件事,讓我發現,這間公司還是能做下去的
但也是這件事,又再次提醒我,香港絕不適宜人類居住。所有人性的、溫暖的東西,在這個城市,都會被趕絕。

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Do you slowly remember......(1)

Hi,
Seriously, I would LOVE to read your bizzare writings, think they will be very interesting. If you don't mind, you can share some of them for me to read. :P
Berlin is very good, after visiting there, I understand why the Germans can stand up and be proud of their nation again after the second world war. A country that knows how to repent deserves to be respected, although I do know some Germans who are still allergic to talk about Hitler and second world war. 5 days is definitely too short for Berlin, can only have a brief visit of the city's surface...would love to stay there longer if I have a chance...though I still prefer Krakow over Berlin. :)
The memories of living and travelling in europe seem so far away now, even though I have just been back for little more than a month, but the busy and fast pace life in HK made me feel like I have been back for a year! >,< I am glad that I finally have a few days of holidays, yet I dunno how I could survive next year, working, working and working only.
The only good thing of going back to Hong Kong is, I am back to my theatre life again! :) I will take up a role in a drama next feb, playing an obsessed and weird woman in a play written by my friend named 'Ever Uncertain'. I would like to write a new script / start a new project again, and thanks to your last email, tentatively it's called 'Do you slowly remember'. Probably I will involve my theatre friends to collaborate/improvise in the script as well. It will serve as a reminder for not losing myself, and of the reasons why I want to leave Hong Kong in the first place. My deepest gratitude to you for that. =)

Merry Christmas. Wish you have a good 2011.