做人父母什艱難

我不確定這在人生路上是否無可避免，但我和媽媽越來越遠了。

原來在家教甚嚴的家中，我已如脫彊的野馬般不受控制。我以為玩笑無傷大雅，媽媽卻無比驚駭。引用她的說話：「我真係完全估唔到你會咁講嘢」。

究竟是我變了，或是她未好好認識我呢？

最近常出去，我知道她不喜歡，但我不再是六歲小孩，也不是十六歲的少女。我已經二十六歲，有自己的想法。

你越想捆住我，我越想逃出去。

中醫奇遇記

身體又有小毛病，朋友推介下找上了這位醫師。

說了很多話呢，打鐵趁熱快快記一下。濕熱不能吃哈密瓜和布冧（最近每日在吃），太多營養積累體內就會變成濕。不能吃貝殼類海鮮。可吃蘋果梨子橙，也要多吃米飯和蕎麥麵。

地中海貧血不能吃辣，因為患者需要穩定的體內環境。
早睡，多喝水。
老生常談的事總是說易行難。

姑娘進來時說「呢位小姐好斯文」。
醫師接著續：「梗係啦！空姐嚟㗎！咁靚女點解冇男朋友？」
我有點不好意思，明明平時嘈到拆天，話多到被嫌⋯⋯好像騙人一樣。

後來幾乎成了心理咨詢，我答大概我不知道自己想要什麼，她說「要勤力嘅，有承擔嘅（忘了還有什麼）」，我答對呀，但現今好像沒有這種人。
「你又講得啱。」

最喜歡她最後不徐不疾的說「因緣際會真係好有趣」。

（自覺）妙語連珠

原來每天都有許多值得寫成blog的素材，認真四周看一下的話，有趣的人和事簡直俯拾皆是。

昨晚和朋友whatsapp，談起愛情。我說我排斥別人突然闖入生活，也不喜歡心跳加速的感覺。破壞井然有序的規律，心湖翻起漣漪的話，我會像森林中的小鹿一樣受驚逃跑。

我問他喜歡心跳嗎，朋友答道：「當然，醫生的工作就是為了令人心跳呀」。當然他的語調沒有這樣可愛，但我覺得這句對白很witty，可以用來flirt女孩子。

對話完結以前朋友叫我「keep your deer calm」，我才發現之前一直以英文對話，我說的是deer will run，其實正是小鹿亂撞！

又覺得很witty⋯⋯希望我心中的小鹿不再橫衝直撞！

「試試随便找個人談戀愛吧。」

看了亦舒的《獨身女子》，很喜歡這一段：

「我結婚後才能有自己的家？」掌珠問。

「並不，視乎經濟情況而定，看付房租的人是誰，如果你丈夫掌著大權，那麼家仍然與你無份，他幾時遺棄你叫你搬走，你就得搬，否則他可以搬走。只有你用自己雙手賺回來的東西，才是你的。」


這是老姑婆的命運。
也是現代女子的選擇。

17年萬聖節

今年和曼達親近起來，昨晚卻發現我們很不認識對方。我們沒有參與對方的成長過程，基本上對對方的過去一無所知。但過去四年我們一直一起玩，什至越來越友好啊。於是覺得自己又明白了一點，明白了解是個過程，不需要全盤了解對方過去才能交朋友，什至交心。

有時也害怕太親密太友好會弄巧成拙，但人生中某個時候交會過已是值得珍惜的事，何必強求forever。人生中什麼階段遇上什麼人，都是種緣份，都值得感恩（極老土）。百世修來同船渡，千世修來共枕眠。

緣來緣去，友誼永固不是我style所以可以看得很開。感謝在我生命中出現的人。

我哋呢班打工仔

就是欠了一份決心。我是不是生活得太安逸，以致自己總是隨遇而安呢？我想賴在命運頭上，也覺得是性格使然，但講到尾，就算我把賬算到人家頭上，我還是得為自己的人生負責。

最近努力工作，只要critical G，其他時間都用來上班。好像漸漸明白上班不是交心，不能投放太多感情的道理。現在的focus是多勞多得，居然覺得冇拖拍就先勤力賺錢吧。嗚嗚，好像有點悲哀，但換個角度看，有手有腳賺錢實在是幸運至極呀。

於是，今天開始有5粒G，我覺得身上有螞蟻在咬。怎麼可能5天不上班？！？

不能上班也要be productive，所以我又打blog了。：）

肚子餓

今天吃了五個entree，還向同事稱讚catering有進步，熱餐好味道。回程有蟲草花雞肉飯配小棠菜，是真的有一條條蟲草花鋪在雞肉上！所以金卡會員向我姐投訴雞飯很醜很難吃時，我真的十分驚訝。

最近做瑜珈，就這樣無意發現這項勉強可以持續鍛練的運動。我喜歡瑜珈強調平衡，也希望自己堅韌有力。開了頭也要能堅持下去才行。

奇想

• 昨天工作時談到即將來臨的新service，我說公司不如再搞搞新意思：「大家好，GMT時間下午四時Door 4 Galley將有瑜珈工作坊，歡迎大家參加」。到時有瑜珈導師牌的同事就可以開班授課，教導大家如何在氣流中保持心境平靜。同事可以像童軍一樣掛一條扣滿閃令令徽章的帶，表明專長，提供不同服務，例如修甲、讀書會、急救分享和crew bunk導賞團。哥說training如果遇上我咁無厘頭會無言以對，當時大家笑了一餐。但後來我仔細想想，還是覺得自己走在時代的啄啄。現在覺得天荒夜談，說不定十年後機艙服務已經面目全非？

#空姐忙什麼 #忙住亂up當秘笈

• 小時候除了看火星空姐ah yo的blog外，還有看另一個空姐的blog，看了許多年，看著她拍拖、心碎，結婚。同學說她只是寫得十分精彩，實際上生活平平無奇。以為數天後會跟她一起飛，卻發現crew list上已經沒了她的名字。再次翻看她的blog，想起一些往事。

一年前的我仍然很執著

（其實這已是一年前寫的日記。一年後的今日才發現自己改變許多，從前常耿耿於懷的事現在發現何足掛齒；應付麻煩人和事時也變得I don't care。現在，工作就是工作，做好份外事就算。）

回到一年多前：



- 最近提醒自己不要染上不好的習氣。活久了（？），又或是做事已做得老皮老肉，發現自己有傾向想要倚老賣老，覺得大家也這樣子，我同流合污也無不可。良知叫我臨崖勒馬，不要因為他人而把自己也一併拖入渾水。

- 上回說到every cloud has a silver lining，不過懶惰，略去不贅。只想記下機頭和三條很好人。

- 澳洲回港我超生氣。拍檔是個眼睛長頭頂的人，仗著自己年資深，十分不友善。裝模作樣不要緊，但冇料到只讓人覺得你貽笑大方（對不起我真的忍不住要抒發情緒）。第二餐要出A cart，第一餐pre-pour drinks在A cart拿果汁(work hard, work smart!)；Preset cart把所有tray倒轉放。當時我友善的提醒她，想把冰山劈開，但後來發現，人生果然有很多徒勞無功的事。事做不好還要態度差真是⋯⋯

也不算在酒店不打招呼的事（姐說那刻開始就知道她不好惹），也不算做service時自己常溜回galley的事，最過份是2-man collection時她為了賣免稅品，極速把餐車拉走，收好自己區域的tray以後就把餐車留下，自己跑掉。我只好巴巴把車拉回機艙前半部繼續收拾。

好，我心想，雖然很無奈，但時間緊迫，她要趕著完成order也是情有可原的，不過她態度不用這樣衰。

誰不知她根本沒有order，她瘋了的趕只為了再走一轉宣傳折扣優惠！

好吧，惡人自有惡人磨。

悉尼咖啡店

常常想念悉尼唐人街的台灣餐廳干杯，闊別兩年後，再次吃到鹽酥雞肉燥飯和麻辣豬耳﹗

此行托Carmen的福，發掘了兩間環境不錯的cafe﹗

SOCIAL BREW CAFE

224 Harris St, Pyrmont NSW

我們下午兩時多才到達cafe，想不到客人仍然很多。眼闊肚窄，各自點了The Brew Deli Plate和Chicken breast burger，再share一份黑松露芝士薯條。咖啡是cappuncino，不喝奶的可轉soy milk。

我喜歡我的burger，因為雞肉never go wrong，哈哈，加上mango ginger chutney十分開胃，還有我最喜歡的sweet potato fries（美中不足是甜薯條灑了鹽粒）﹗

Truffle parmesan fries不點也不可惜，所謂的黑松露應該意指薯條是用松露油炸的，再灑上芝士粉，是一道普通的料理。

THE GROUNDS AT THE CITY

Shop RG 12, 500 George Street, Sydney NSW

第二天早上吃早餐，可以直接入座。前一天晚上經過時人很多呢，我們選對時間了﹗The Grounds at the City極度fancy，是那種check in打卡的地方（你到ig看看就知道了）。我欣賞這些精緻的咖啡店但長遠來說，Social Brew才是我一直會去的地方。The Grounds較像霎眼嬌，大家會一窩蜂峰擁而至；但Social Brew比較local（我覺得）。

反正我們就是興高采烈的走入The Grounds東張西望，最後點了Buttermilk Pancakes和Croissant with King Crab Salad，再加一杯Deconstruct Mocha和Mbrizi。

Carmen不滿自己的選擇，我也同意她的pancake不好吃；至於croissant，雖然龍蝦沙律份量很多，但整體而言也是一般而已。我對咖啡沒有研究，所以點了specialty也不懂欣賞。

還是值得一試，因為環境和menu很漂亮，而且他們的cake好像好好味﹗

經常幻想過簡單樸素的生活，例如在外國的咖啡店打工，下班踏單車經過街角的書店，撿一本書回家，沖一杯茶渡過晚上。

只能說，人果然是冇乜想乜。過了四年日夜顛倒的生活，我無限嚮往有規律而又健康的生活。願望實現過後，應該又會不惜福的羨慕別人自由吧。所以提醒自己要調整心態，要享受現在享受現在享受現在﹗

2017: Hotel Schlosskrone

Getting lazy once I was back to Hong Kong. But good memories should be well kept and shared so here I am again!

After spending time in Munich, we had a stopover in Nuremberg before we moved on to Füssen. It was a long day and I will make this part another post.

Let's talk about the hotels first. This time we stayed in Hotel Schlosskrone for 2 nights. It was very close to the train station (Füssen is a small place anyway). The hotel looks very Roman...I don't know why, probably because the interior design was all wooden...Oh right, it was like a sauna, haha! FYI, there was also a gym!

Anyway, staff was friendly and explained to us what were available and included. The room was unbelievably spacious! There were 2 double beds (which were comprised of 4 twin beds), a bathroom (with a shower and a tub), a toilet and a balcony! There was also a radio installed inside the toilet and it gave a relaxing feeling! I really liked it because it was set to a channel which plays English songs. I found good vibes in an unfamiliar setting. One thing that you probably should pay attention to is the door is made up of glass so it's partly transparent. Could be inconvenient for travellers who travel with friends or like me, with my dad.

After settling down, we went out, closed the door and found that the door could not be closed. I informed the receptionist and she said that she was on her own and the technician could only come in an hour. I thought it was okay but some might care about this so I better brought this up.

Another issue was the housekeeping. We didn't hang the sign but the ladies still knocked on the door, to our surprise. I just wonder if they would still come in if we happened to be not in the room? The ladies were amiable and therefore, we just rushed out of the room and let them clean it. We wanted to have a refill of water but there was a delay (like more than 2 hours?). We usually just bought water in supermarkets but that day was a public holiday so all the supermarkets were closed. In the end, we couldn't wait and resorted to buying water in the convenience store, which sold water at a price a few times more expensive. Other than that, everything was perfect!

Breakfast was good too! Not something splendid but It was satisfying! :)

2017: angelo by Vienna House Munich Westpark

Moving on to angelo by Vienna House Munich Westpark, our second accommodation for the trip!

We departed from Nuremberg hbf to Munich hbf by Flixbus. It was a 80-minute ride. After arriving the bus stop, we took the train S7 towards Wolfratshausen directly to Harsse. The ride took 10 minutes and the hotel is 400m far from the station.

angelo is a fine hotel and I have had great time! Upon check in, a friendly staff briefed us for transport, breakfast and such like. He also told us it's actually better to take U6 because it is a more frequent train which runs every 10 minutes. The room is spacious and comfortable. My father wanted to use the kettle for boiling water but it didn't work. So I called the front desk for help. Staff came and gave us another, which could not function still so I called again and the staff gave me another one. This time, it worked but the base of the kettle was burnt...I felt sorry because in the end my father didn't use it but I do really appreciate the service and would therefore wanna express my gratitude.

A supermarket (Lidl) and a pharmacy (dm) are just next door so every day before we set off, we recycle the water bottles, get the voucher and buy 2 new bottles of water!

On the 2nd day before we went to Königssee, we also went for breakfast which costed 15 euros per person. The ambience was relaxing and there was a wide variety of food.

I like it and I could not find any shortcomings. :)

2017 DAY 5: Dachau Concentration Camp

Dachau Concentration Camp is the highlight of the stay in Munich, I would say. The place records the life of the prisoners here from 1933 to 1945 and offers visitors a glimpse of how difficult, if not impossible, it could be to live as a decent human being under the regime of Nazis.

A quick overview of the memorial site. It is divided into 4 parts: a museum, barracks, 2 crematoriums and memorials.

There is no entrance fee. Audio guide is available at the price of 3.5 euros (and 2.5 euros) as of 2017. My personal opinion would be that an audio guide is not necessary, for sufficient information is provided in the museum (and you probably have a slight idea of how atrocious everything was back then). If not, I strongly recommend you to get a copy of Anne Frank's Diary or The Book Thief. They are interesting and give you an account of what was happening. The former one is a diary written by a girl called Anne Frank. She really existed once.

We spent 2 hours there, having given up the audio guide and skipped some of the exhibits. So it's a good half-day event. :)

Transport is easy as well. Take S2 which goes to Petershausen and get off at Dachau. Right after you come out of the station, a bus stop is on your left. It is numbered 726 and goes to the memorial site. Just take note that the transport is quite infrequent here. By the way, if you purchase a Munich XXL group day ticket (priced at 15.9 euros), it covers the bus rides too!

If I understand correctly, Munich XXL is a type of ticket that goes as far as Dachau; day ticket is easy: it offers you unlimited rides for a day; group ticket means it's for up to a group of 5. Try to use the automatic machine because doing it in the counter would cost you 2 euros as a service charge!

Guess this is it. Enjoy!

2017: Mecure Hotel Kaiserhof City Center

It was the first day of our Germany-Switzerland trip. My father and I arrived Frankfurt in the early morning and this modernised city was the place we were going to settle for 4 days. Having said that, I actually intended to visit Frankfurt city for only 1 day because there isn't a lot to see (and I've been here twice already). So let's begin!

Frankfurt is the largest city in the state of Hesse. It is also the 5th largest city, the most international city and the largest financial city in Germany.

After immigration, we needed to take a shuttle bus to the train station located in Terminal 1. I had trouble getting a ticket to the city centre because it was unexpectedly expensive (4.8 euros per person). Before the trip, I looked it up online and it's 2.8 euros only; guess the price level has increased tremendously over the past few years. 

Anyway, later I confirmed with the front desk in the hotel and the staff said it was a correct price for a single journey ticket to the Frankfurt center. So it's 4.8 euros as of 2017.

The hotel we stayed in was Mecure Hotel Kaiserhof City Center. It was okay; a petite hotel with breakfast provided. Location-wise, it's perfect. Just a less-than-5-minute walk to the Frankfurt main station (which really suits us because we are taking outbound trips every day) and a 15 minute walk to Römer.

Do think twice though if you are a fan of air-conditioning and are cautious about hygiene. There was only a fan in the room and the room itself was not immaculate. To be precise, there are spots here and there and I was surprised to see 3 papers that contained the wifi password were left on the floor.

Staff-wise, there was a male staff member who had a very pleasant character and was willing to help. Thumbs up to him! But the rest were not hospitable.

Still, if you ask me if it's a reasonable deal, I would say a big YES. It's cheap!

2017 南德行程 Southern Germany Itinerary

8-11/6/2017 Mecure Hotel Kaiserhof City Centre (blog)

11-14/6/2017 angelo by Vienna House Munich Westpark (blog)

14-16/6/2017 Hotel Schlosskrone (blog)

2015法國之旅 Solo Travel

（現在是2017年，紀錄兩年前到法國的原因是因為自己正著手準備德國旅行，發現網上遊記真的教人獲益良多，免了許多可能碰得焦頭爛額的機會，所以希望自己也可以貢獻一下～）

是次行程遇到很多意料之外的事，心情難免受到影響，雖然有至今仍令我戚戚然的事（嗚），但其餘的小不幸現在（兩年後）覺得沒什麼大不了。想起網上看到的一句說話：「5x5 rule - if it's not gonna matter in 5 years, don't spend more than 5 minutes upset by it.」。

先記一下三星期行程：

4/8/2015 阿維農Avignon

5/8/2015 Arles - Les Baux - St. Remy 

6/8/2015 Nimes - Avignon - 尼斯Nice

7/8/2015 摩納哥Monaco - 尼斯Nice

8/8/2015 康城Cannes - Grasse

9/8/2015 尼斯Nice

10-21/8/2015 安錫Annecy

22-23/8/2015 日內瓦Geneva

住宿：

4-6/8 Pop' Hostel (blog)

6-9/8 Nice Camelias (blog)
9-22/8 Home stay

22-23/8 

五月初

三分之一個2017年。
經驗了不少，最近不禁問自己為何要如此營役。

當然不是無故反省—百病纏身才發現「奮鬥」期間，身體垮了。

都市人痛症多，就算年輕也避不了自己種下的惡果。

但我生性樂觀，告訴自己這是上天給我的機會，要好好對待自己的身體。

留得青山在，哪怕無柴燒。

哥哥學英文 II

哥哥給我看新學的詞語，說芸芸生字中，居然出現masturbate一字，問我知道意思嗎。

「知呀，打飛機囉。」（嬉皮笑臉）

「係自慰。」（嫌棄）

今早他又唸唸有詞，我說「masturbate！」，然後哈哈大笑。

他皺眉頭問我為何硬要說這字，我順口唸「My son masturbates. I thought he's watching TV but he is actually watching AV!」（當然自己覺得很高興，洋洋得意）

「你真係覺得好好笑咩？」

「係呀。仲有咩生字？」

「distract.」

「呢個容易啦。I am distracted.」

哥哥接著說：「I was distracted when I was watching AV!」

哥哥學英文 I

哥哥最近學英文，覺得記生字很難，問我心得。

我說把詞語串一起，造有趣的句子；自己覺得好好笑/不可思議，印象就自然深刻。

他學了一堆生字，包括stalk和creepy；成了：that creepy dog is stalking me. （於是我無聊時就會傳訊息跟他說a creepy dog is stalking you!）

那catastropic怎樣記？哥說他不想唸書呀覺得有壓力，要在instagram上打My life is catastrophic!

還有manipulate。

哥問：「同control有咩分別？」

妹：「高級啲囉。形容詞係manipulative，有控制人嗰種感覺。」

哥：「哦⋯⋯My mum is manipulative!」

馬爾代夫的晚上

廣場白皚皚一片，像紐約的Century 21。

映入眼簾是一群中學生。他們正追逐男孩；男孩明顯是大家欺凌的對象。我職業病發作，上前詢問發生什麼事，有什麼需要協助。

鏡頭一轉，帶頭欺凌的男生站在高層，倚著圍欄大聲嚷。當初還記得他說了什麼，現在只憶起片言隻語。總之，他充滿壓抑，表示要跳下來。

站在一樓的我當下嚇呆，只想到自己或被壓死。同時，耳邊傳來受欺負男孩的聲音，著我快點逃跑。

但廣場太大，而且白茫茫一片；我霎時暈頭轉向，失去方向感。才邁開腳步，就已聽到「轟」一聲。

我很害怕，立即閉緊眼，不敢亂動。

但太遲太遲了。

我沒有死，不過臉上沾滿溫熱的液體。

最後一幕是救護人員拿毛巾為我擦臉。

從前慢

三月無薪假期，提醒自己要慢。

慢慢行，慢慢咀嚼，不要心急不要心煩。

但做了廿幾年人，有時難免故態復萌，突然很緊張急躁，於是腦袋中的聲音大聲說：「慢慢來！試試這種生活節奏！」

趕住去哪呢？

之後不過是中年，然後不過是晚年。

不要急。