Sunday, June 21, 2009

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…

6 comments:

jamie said...

Ooh, that is a great-looking postcard. Nice find! I'm going to be visiting Texas for a short time, and am already planning on hunting down some postcards. :)

Weichuen You said...

Have fun in Texas! I am leaving for Europe in less than weeks. I am in GREAT need of a long vacation!

eL said...

wow what a long vacation you are going to have!

wish you all the best!

Best Wishes.

Weichuen You said...

Thank you! If I don't go, I will go mentally insane:-). This has been a long and hectic year...I still have piles of work at the end of the semester...

shaggy said...

我覺得那個工作聽起來很不錯欸!
歐巴桑真有競爭力呢: )

Weichuen You said...

開玩笑
我還不只雙語哩
我畢生努力學習語言
就是為了這種機會
要不是因為要去西班牙
我真的會跑去應徵