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(圖說:taken by Hank, in Yilan, Taiwan)
(中文不是很好,這篇中間穿插英文的短文花了我三個小時的時間,請見諒…)
首先要感謝媽媽和爸爸的大力支持。沒有他們的鼓勵,我應該還是在某高中任職的30歲無聊女子。媽媽聽到我要去南美洲時沒啥太大的反應,可能是我太常出國了吧。
那天為了要辦美簽,我去了出入境管理局要了歷年來出入境紀錄,辦完了以後,我坐在車子裡看著這張紀錄一生的紙,有點難過,有些開心,感覺很複雜。總結是,難怪媽媽沒說啥,我平均半年出國一次,也太頻繁了吧。
老媽說:「你要去陪他受苦是嗎?來吧,晚上煮你愛吃的。」(我現在好想吃肉圓、吳郭魚、三角丸仔、麻辣鍋、醬油雞還有媽媽的羊肉爐。)
老爸說:「要好好溝通,不可以吵架,記住你學到的外交技巧。」
阿公說:「那你快去打預防針。」
阿媽說:「回來就可以準備生小孩了吧?」
妹說:「恭喜,快回來當爸爸生日禮物的分母啊。」
姐說:「哦,好。」
漢克的爸爸:「路上小心」
漢克的媽媽:「你也跟著想不開啊?東西要看好」
No wonder.
Now, my side of the story.
When Hank said that he was going traveling, I was in awe of his courage but after months of discussion and he is still around, I started to wonder when he was going to leave. I see him at the house, surfing the internet, watching DVDs and all that went through my mind was, “你怎麼還在啊?”
So, one day, I strapped on a pair and said, honey, if you want to go, then book your ticket and get out of here because the longer you wait, the more it bothers me. I don’t want to be the reason of your grudges and grumbles when you are old.
So he left. About two weeks after we had the conversation.
I remember driving him to the airport and I know that most girlfriends would probably be sad to see their men leave them but as soon as I got him to the check-in counter, I was ready to leave. He wondered around the place and said this and that and tried to make me feel better about him leaving. It didn’t work because I didn’t feel bad about his leaving.
After he left, the only thing I felt was: relief!
他說:「巴西嘉年華熱情如火,阿根廷夜夜笙歌美女如雲,我要到南美把妹!歐夜!」(延伸閱讀「居安思危則存,貪圖安逸則亡」)
事實上我真的不擔心他去把妹,不擔心的理由如下:
1. 我是真的相信他的人格。(連他媽都說:不會啦。)
2. 他把妹的技術真的很糟。(他是我把來的。)
3. 他連英文的pick-up lines都不太會,何況是西班牙文。
4. 他把得到比我辣的妹的話… 哈哈不太可能啦,想都沒想過。 (mind ya, I have my fingers crossed when I wrote this.)
我擔心的是,他出國絕對會生病,又鐵齒不愛吃藥或看醫生。去柬埔寨(延伸觀賞「Kris的柬埔寨相簿」)(延伸觀賞「Hank的柬埔寨相簿」)時就發生過一次,實在令人擔心。(我們在 Arequipa, Peru時,他又發高燒了兩天…)
那我為什麼會來呢?
1. 想念他的笑容。(他要求要寫的:))
2. 我這輩子沒有長時間不工作的經驗。有金主贊助,我就拋下尊嚴和老爸的六十大壽來了。
3. 這應該是我近年來最後一次出國了。五大洲都去過了後,我應該會死心定下來了。
4. 陪公子玩耍,順便寫書。
希望一切順利,不要再掉東西了。不要再出現高山症。(感謝菜老爺買熱水壺給我泡coca tea。)有時候也會想,也許我不在,他會有不一樣的感受。
但是菜老爺說,一個人有一個人的好,兩個人有兩個人的好,來了都來了,就不要想太多,好好享受旅行的樂趣,比較重要。
所以,我要去享受我的Aqua con gas(氣泡礦泉水)了!
陳小芳
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