Interpreter!

I improvised to act as consecutive interpreter for an interview with a Western African conference-goer. Very embarassed, as I didn't know exactly what he said. And I didn't know the word 'subsidy' in French. Took me minutes to describe it.

It was a sound-recording interview from UN radio. I think they will not use my sound-bit.

But I am really excited!

星加坡、馬來西亞之後

兩個地方俾我嘅感覺﹐都同我去之前心目中嘅印象唔同。個個都話星加坡好乾淨﹐地方好少。我就見到佢好企理﹐但唔係醫院嗰種冇人氣嘅一塵不染。話佢地方少﹐佢面積係細過香港﹐但係平地佢多過香港多多聲！周圍無啦啦都會有塊乜都冇嘅大草地；啲路又直又闊又長。
馬來西亞啲車路﹐一如Lonely Planet所講﹐質素好得很。市際巴士班次很多﹐車很舒服。我冇諗過嘅係﹕一個遊客在馬來西亞﹐基本上唔會受人埋身拉客。啲人係會問你「的士﹖」、「租電單車﹖」、「買手信﹖」。你話唔買﹐佢地就算﹐唔會chuer住你。我地朝早八點前就到達Pangkor島﹐想租單車﹐點知太早﹐Ｄ舖頭未開﹐淨係得電單車租。啲島民都好熱心話俾我地知邊到有單車租﹝雖然我地去過間舖頭﹐見到未開﹞。在條街行行企企等開門﹐一個半小時前見過﹐做租電單車嘅人咁啱又揸車經過﹐重叫我地去邊間舖頭﹐話間舖而家開咗啦咁。
馬來西亞好多獨立屋﹐鄉村地方啲屋都好企理架。周圍都係樹。啲樹好高。在金馬侖(Cameron Highlands) Jungle Trekking時可能走錯路﹐入咗叢林﹐啲泥好鬆﹐一枝竹輕輕插落地﹐成兩呎入咗去。啲泥一定好肥沃。

東南亞

我就來放假啦﹐可能去東南亞。下星期就係啦﹐仲未買機票﹐因為仲未決定去邊。

又去台灣

兩年之內去三次﹐有D厭。不過諗咗好多日都諗唔到放假去邊度好﹐去吓台灣點都好過
AU响屋企咁多日。買咗淨機票﹐有D唔抵﹐但係睇Lonely Planet見到cheap cheap 旅舍
嘅資料。啱啱用電郵訂咗一間單人房﹐500NTW。雙人房都不過係550咋。一個人去旅行
就係貴在呢度。如果間野亁淨嘅話就都好嘅。

睇過吓D人環島單車行嘅日記﹐似乎即使踩花蓮-台東呢段最平坦最好景嘅路﹐都需要好
多準備工夫。我諗我都只可以踩吓一日遊。

書

中央圖書館有本新書叫〈Cantonese as Written Language〉。個書名吸引咗我。掀過幾頁﹐都幾學術架﹐不過應該會有心機睇落去。可惜嗰日六個quota滿晒﹐唯有記低書名﹐遲啲借番。呢啲書冇可能會搶手嘅。

講開圖書館﹐本〈Justice Game〉我等咗怕有五個月﹐重係全部被借出或者預約咗。〈我的名字叫紅〉重勁﹐幾十本遍布港九各地都被人借晒。我又唔覺呢本書有好多人評論喎。

〈印刻文學雜誌〉都都唔知邊度買得到。洪葉又執咗﹐銅鑼灣樂文有呀﹐買緊零五年一月號﹗

抽到網球班啦

之前報過幾次網球班﹐維園同京士柏都試過。啲場咁旺﹐抽極都抽唔到。今次轉攻黃大仙﹐一次就中嘞。個場在亞洲電視隔住龍祥道（定呈祥道﹖）對面﹐睇地圖好似好近黃大仙地鐵站﹐於是求其報咗先算。後來搭車經過﹐似乎個場同地鐵站嘅距離﹐遠在腳程之外。
後日就係中籤者俾錢嘅限期。究竟要唔要呢個機會好呢﹖

有得放假﹐但去邊﹖

八九個月嘅非人生活過去咗嘞。終於拿到假期。拿一連五天假期唔算多啩﹐咁都充滿障礙。好似最好你永遠唔使休息廿四小時on call。
假期係定咗嘞。問題係﹐去邊﹖點過﹖點都唔會跟旅行團。一個人嘅package﹐貴好多。最麻煩嘅係﹐諗唔到邊到我最想去。

終於撞到

終於撞到嘞。忍唔住﹐搭咗一句。

近排時間過得好快

前星期先發現今年復活節在三月尾﹐正在趕工﹐即是冇得請假啦。今個星期又發現原來農曆新年嗰幾日假期係星期三四五﹐黐住六日。一連五日假﹐不過冇準備點放。

為咗用去一張贈券﹐一口氣買咗五隻VCD。新年可以去大家姐屋企避年兼睇碟。

上壁球堂﹐打極都打得唔好。今日換咗手柄膠﹐睇吓會唔會好啲。

今朝主動放棄咗高級滑浪風帆班嘅報名機會。

肚餓悲傷

我諗我有病。近幾個月來﹐晚飯前如果係肚餓嘅話﹐就會覺得悲傷。食完飯﹐嗰種悲傷就會消失。

My life in Taikoo Place

Every morning I leave home 15 minutes earlier, take three MTR lines, walk the two longest MTR tunnels (at HK and Quarry Bay station). The dock-dock high heel noise at HK station drives me crazy. The train is full at this time. Passengers hurry to meet 9:30. It is not relaxing to have a seat. Given the cold front several days before, people wear thick coats, and squeezing six in-a-row is shoulder-to-shoulder. Sometimes it is not even able to read, as the Tung Chung Line train is packed. The TC Line is never so crowded 15 minutes later, when the tide is gone.

Taikoo place is metal, glass and granite, the modern look I don't prefer. A queue for lifts is often formed at the tower next to mine. My colleague said PCCW offices are always like that. My Central office is on ground floor, so a lift queue is quite a scene for me. My space in Taikoo Place office is large and better lit. I like the furniture here more than that in Central. Everyone complains of the chairs in Central as they are too big to be comfortable. I no longer sit close to the main entrance, so there is less distraction.

And, OLs in Taikoo Place look nicer! They are younger than those in Central. This is very good.