今天我又上学了，整个星期天又没有了。但是今天好特别，老师在小息的时候就跟我和我的同事聊天起来了。（注：我们是坐在第一行的好学生呀！！）因为老师听到我跟同事说话，然后她就好感兴趣地问我是哪里人。我跟她说：“我是香港人啦。。你听不出我的口音吗？” 她跟我说很明显我不是当地人，但是呢，我又好像没有太重的粤语口音，而且反而有一点点的台湾口音。所以也搞不清楚我是哪里人了。我跟我的同事都笑了，是因为我什么都不像的原因吧！
昨天跟我的一个日本的好友麻里子 msn, 令我想起我跟她在希腊的一段话。 我们在聊天说家的时候，她问我觉得我的家属于在香港，还是属于在多伦多？我想都不想就立即答她 “没有了。。那个地方都一样。。我是什么地方都不属于的。” 然后我整一整，笑一笑问她 "Mo....Watashi wa..kakoii desu ka?" (怎么啦？ 我很有型吧。。。。)然后她笑了说 “Hai hai....Kakoii...Kakoii desu ne" （嗯。。。有型。。是有型的！！）每一次我想到这里，我就会 “嘿嘿”的笑出来了！
可能从小我倒是转来转去的。。小时候要去一个新的地方是会有不舍得或害怕的感觉。久而久之，已经渐渐没有这个感觉了。每一次要去一个新环境，没有好或是不好，不会开心也不会伤感，就是这样。每个地方，我就好像是从外面看进去一样，没有真的属于那里。我就在不同的地方之间盘璇。每次去一个新环境，感觉每次就越强。。嗯。。
Well .. I went to class again today.. another lost Sunday!! But something interesting happened during recess today. My teacher in my freight fowarding class asked me where I was from? And I immediately said "Can't you tell I'm from HK from my cantonese style mandarin?" She obviously thought that I wasn't a local mainlander, but suprisingly, I didn't really bear a heavy HK accent, and on top of that ... I even had a teeny weeny bit of a Taiwanese accent. My colleauge and I both laughed after hearing this, coz I guess its kinda funny how unique yet indistinguisable my mandarin is...
Last nite.. I was talking to one of my Japanese buddy.. Mariko-chan... And I just had a recollection of a conversation we had in Greece. As we were talking about our families..she asked "Which is home for you? HK or Toronto?" And I immediately replied "Hmm..I dunno.. neither.. I guess I don't belong to anywhere really.." Then I smiled mischeviously and said "Mo....Watashi wa..kakoii desu ka?" (Hey..I sound pretty cool ..don't I?) And she jokingly answered “Hai hai......Kakoii ... Kakoii desu ne" (Indeed..indeed.. you're pretty cool)
I guess it was my upbringing that keeps me travelling around.. when I was a child.. I used to feel nostalgic or scarred of moving. But now I'm just indifferent.. its neither good nor bad.. i don't get excited or terrified when I have to move. It's like I observe every place at a distant now and I don't really belong. It's like I'm eternally caught between worlds. The feeling gets stronger everytime I move... hmmmmmmm......
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LB: U were the first person spotting my "Tri-nese" abilities (Mainland+HK+Taiwan style Chinese and Mandarin)... anywayz.. i found out its worse than I thought..hmmmm
So faye: I guess your reply to my phone survey is most just... since you're the one who complains the most.... haha..
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Hmm, that conversation with your Japanese frnd reminds me of Murakami Haruki's novels, it's the way you asked the question I guess..
I like how you said "我就在不同的地方之间盘璇。" I feel like you're almost 在不同的地方的上空盘璇， which means you're observing the places you stay from a distance even though you're actually in those places. It's a paradox, and believe me I know exactly how you feel, but maybe it's 'cuz you haven't found a place you belong, so keep moving and searching..
-LB
we are so different in many ways and same in many ways ....but maybe being as travellers as nature is the closest and strongest tie between us i guess.
keep on travelling, my bestest buddie! i will too, and see you again somewhere on this planet.
with biggest ALOHA,
Rico
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