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《紅樓夢》中賈寶玉曾說，「女兒是水作的骨肉」，現實中，真的是，我體現到了，何況我是最愛流淚的水瓶座呢？本人看《紅樓夢》時，最討厭老是哭哭啼啼的黛玉，但原來最結實的堡壘也有逐點崩潰、逐點粉碎的時候，極固執的如我，也會捱不下去。

人們說悲傷有五個階段：拒絕、憤怒、彷徨、消沉，然後接受。我似乎過不了消沉那關。自從上班第五天被無理解僱後，心情一直悶悶不樂。是替自己不值，還是氣自己能力不足、沒自信？連日來胃脹作嘔，趁七‧一公眾假期前去看醫生，問診後似乎一切正常，但別具慧眼的陳佩慧醫生冷不防問我一句，「你是做甚麼（職業）的？」我說我正在找工作。隔了半晌，她再問：「最近有沒有不開心的事？」我便簡潔地和盤托出。

心病還須心藥醫，今天，我寄出生平第一封投訴信給那僱主。不管他回不回覆，我想是時候在此事上畫上句號。我不奢求自恃年輕、成功創業但僱人前沒深思熟慮的老闆們對我於心有愧，因為我知道現實是殘酷的，而自己確有不足，正如比爾‧蓋茲給年輕人的十一條人生建議中提到，Life is not fair, get used to it. The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.

雖然我知道朋友突然的關心，或是自己想起，內心仍然會翻滾絞痛，思潮起伏，最後還是只剩眼淚，但我知道即使要痛哭，更要微笑；淚水忍得到，方可進步；傷得我這樣徹底，只好當踩不死的螞蟻。Don’t sell yourself short.

今日の歌List: 可惜我是水瓶座、突然好想你、黛玉笑了、他不准我哭、螞蟻、高山低谷、刻不容緩、傷心的人別聽慢歌

　　香港因為歷史因素，可分為南部的香港島、中間的九龍半島，以及北部連接內地邊境的新界。我家住將軍澳，以選區算是位於新界東，但現在很多人把它納入九龍。將軍澳的英文在殖民地時期叫Junk Bay，顧名思義垃圾灣，因為將軍澳是填海得來的地，而且有一個「臭名遠播」的堆填區。小學的時候，我從山上的康盛花園到調景嶺的屋苑都能一一說明，但去了澳洲一年回來，發覺將軍澳實在有所變化。將軍澳站那邊的市中心區，高樓、酒店愈建愈多，現在我已數不出、也分不清這區的屋苑名稱了。甚麼天晉、嵕瀅、領峰、領都、緻藍天、城中駅……真的很誇張，這些樓沒有四百萬都買不起。買得起的是甚麼人? 大陸人吧! 因為只要你去海濱長廊那邊走走，不難碰到操流利普通話的人。

把無謂的勝利讓給對方

懂得認輸的人很懂說話

「每個人，都是自己那片小領土的國王。」

　　前陣子，一位大學同學H，問起我的一位中學同學W，是如何擠進金管局工作的。因為H是財經記者，但最近辭職想轉到公關界去，剛好她記起有一次到金管局採訪，碰到我的中學同學W，當時W主動跟H說:「你不就是BECKY的朋友?」然後H把這件事轉告我，我才想到那人應該是W。我只聽聞過W在金管局工作，負責剪報紙什麼之類的，是Receptionist，還是公關? 我不清楚。我跟W中一認識，一起讀到中七，以前是蠻熟的朋友，但升大學以後，很少聯繫，曾經在街上碰過，都會跟她打招呼。

　　因為聽說金管局很難考進去，所以H想拜託我，問W是經熟人介紹，還是自己考進去的呢? 我在facebook替她問，基於W最近離開了金管局，所以我作了如下的開場白。

I brought a lot of skin care products from HK when I went to Australia for 1-year working holiday. However, I finished them within 3 months. During my working holiday, I found some quite good products from different brands. My favourite brands of skin care are as follows:

1. Biore UV perfect milk SPF 50+ PA+++, brought from HK, around HK$80, product in Japan

P.S. It's hard to find Japanese skin care & cosmetic products in Australia with a reasonable price.

: easy to rub in (容易推開和滲透)

: writening effect

Watching movies is one of in-flight entertainment to beguile the tedious hours during a long-distance flight. Direct flight from Australia to HK takes around 9 hours and 15 minutes. An Aussie who sat next to me chose to read some travelling information via the in-flight televison. However, those recommendations certainly do not fit in with what local people recommend. Here are the restaurants I'd recommend. The food is well worth the price and delicious!

HK Island:

1. Dim Sum Square (聚點坊)

Address: G/F, Fu Fai Commercial Centre, 27 Hillier Street, Sheung Wan│上環禧利街27號富輝商業中心地下

2. Thai Good Taste (泰之味)

在澳洲，一踏進餐廳服務員就會問你幾位，以下的conversation for your reference.

C: Customer│W: Waiter

C: a table for two.

W: This way, please.

C: I'd prefer a table near the window.

“Welcome home. How did you find your working holiday? Where have you been? Is there anything special about your trip? How much money do you bring back from the trip?” A lot of friends wonder how I spend a year in Australia and how I am getting on. You know, I don't say much. I think it’s much better to express myself in writing than in speaking. I had a great year.

One year ago, a girl without much confidence thought herself all bad. No courage, no boyfriend, no competitive capability…Yes, it’s me. I'd done the same job for years and felt it was time to move on. It was time I did something for myself! I went to Australia with 3 girls. I did 6 jobs there in total, including strawberries picker and packer, babysitter, cleaner, cashier, bakery staff, and fruit packer again. All these jobs are illegal because the employers pay less than the minimum wage.

Our first stop was Perth. We got the hardest job at the beginning – picking strawberries. You have to bend over, squat down or kneel to move down the endless rows of strawberries. Your knees must turn red and your feet are easily numb after work. We also need to pick strawberries on rainy days, no matter how heavy it is. Sometimes, we had big old fat rain, even the brief was soaked through. It may be boring but at least it pays well.

The boss is a nice guy. But it turns out that he was caught when someone tipped the department of immigration off that he was an illegal immigrant. He is a tough young man. I think repatriation is just one of the vicissitudes of his life. At that time, I made a lot of funny friends who are from Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan and Hong Kong. And I met my dream man there.

He’s the 1st dream man I met in my actual life. However, he is married. He is the most handsome Vietnamese I’ve seen. He looks a bit like 呂良偉. (呂良偉 is a Vietnam-born Hong Kong actor!) He’s strong. He’s kind. He is unassuming. Even though he’s the son of the farmer, he still helped us a lot. One time, I didn’t go to work in the morning because of illness. He had sent his regards to me when he saw me. He is a perfect gentleman. What a pity I didn’t get a chance to take a picture with him.