THE PAST / 過去種種

大家紛紛向我祝賀新年快樂，我卻還在想過去的一些人和事。2007的最後一個月恰巧有機會收到舊友們的問候，原本只是放在心上的回憶，找到了回家的路，我的心情也變得異常高昂，原來不只我還惦記著逝去的美好時光，一切像是天上掉下來的驚喜。

Friends sent me their best wishes for the new year one after another, but part of me still lives in the past. In the last month of 2007, I happened to get back in touch with some really "old" friends. Suddenly, all the memories that have been put aside found their way home. I couldn't help but feel exhilarated. It turned out that I was not the only person that still looked back on the old bygone days. It wa a huge surprise that I hadn't expected.

回憶的線越拉越長，越拉越廣，除了我們交集的部分，我想要延伸到我們分開之後的日子，那卻是我不認得的廣大國土，我無從起頭，因為我不在裡面，如果我還允許自己走下去，很容易就會迷路、失落。從前是很美麗，但是我只有小小的位置，新的人生不停地覆蓋在我渺小的存在上。

The thread of memories stretched. Apart from our days together, I wanted to visit their days without me. Yet that was a vast, foreign land. I didn't know where to begin, since I wasn't in it. I might get lost and feel lost if I allowed my willfulness to rule. The past is beautiful, but there is only very small room for me. New experiences keep pushing me back to the corner.

所以我不貪心，如果說遺忘是人生的常態，我便是獲得，因為在一片遺忘裡，你的回憶還找得到我，在眾多生活經歷裡擠得黑壓壓的回憶，有一條細細小小、點著燈的小徑，你若回頭看，可以感受到溫暖和笑聲。

So I decide not to be greedy. Forgetting is part of life, and I gain from it. In all that oblivion, your memory finds me. In the dark, crampled room of memories, there is a narrow, lighted path. If you look back, you'll feel warmth and laughter.

新年快樂！

Happy New Year to you all!