serendipity / 留心

雖然最近整個人有點暈暈的，踩在地上的步伐像剛從遠方歸來的旅者，因為時差，不是很確定自己真的落地了，不過我勞碌的處女座性格，已經在我的腦裡設定一整張任務表，我就是無感，也能夠一項接著一項處理，事實上，當我用旁人的眼光看自己時，其實常常是很驚訝我的超高效率。

Lately my head was spinning like crazy. I felt like a returning traveler from a faraway land. I was not sure if I had really landed because of that jet lag problem. However, my laborious Virgo personality had scrolled down an entire list of tasks for me to tick off. I was kind of numb, but that didn’t stop me from accomplishing the missions. As a matter of fact, I am often amazed at my super efficiency when I look at myself from a detached perspective.

昨天在我前往書店的路上，我意外地發現紫藤廬內正在進行的畫展，我還差一點應徵女服務生的工作，因為上面要求英日文俱佳，可學習茶道，感覺這是目前我很需要的一門學問，讓我冷卻下來，定定心。

Yesterday on my way to Eslite, I came across a lovely exhibition going on in Wistaria Tea House. I nearly applied for the waitress job because I seemed to meet the requirements of speaking decent English and Japanese. I was actually tempted by the opportunity to learn the art of tea-making. I was in need of the knowledge to cool down and calm my heart.

然後當我在法國工廠外面瞄著明信片架時，我的眼光就是離不開那張有著黑貓的影像，雖然我知道是一張寄不出去的明信片，我還是買了下來，這兩天反覆看，很開心自己下了手。

When I passed by à l’affiche, I was squinting at the postcard racks inside. I couldn’t take my eyes off a postcard with a black cat in it. I knew it would be a postcard I couldn’t send out, but I still ended up buying it. I was terribly pleased when I looked at it over and over again these two days.

別人常說，我只差再擁有甚麼就不缺了，我卻覺得，因為我有充滿陽光的眼睛，所以甚麼都有了。我的serendipity－發現意外珍奇事物的小天份，讓我在下雨天裡看到彩虹，在黑夜裡看到星星。

Other people often say to me, as long as you have this and that, your life will be perfect. I never think so. As I have eyes full of sunshine, I don’t lack anything. My serendipity makes me see rainbows on rainy days and stars on dark nights.

我釋懷了，祝福你。

I am totally fine now. Best best wishes for you…