寫在忙碌的一天之後 | After one busy day

今天早上起來發了篇文章去參加 @rivalhw 大偉哥的"月旦評"比賽。之後就忙碌於處理家中每天必要做的事。稍稍有空閒之際，又得到 @deanliu 劉美女的邀請到老道茶館做個店小二招呼一下客人，這是我期待已久的機會，當然是立刻應承下來。

I posted my article for @rivalhw's "Jubilee Review" competition. I was busy with my daily household works. When things settled down, @deanliu invited me to support today's "LAODR Tea House", I had been waiting for this opportunities for months, so I agreed at once.

就在店小二早上忙於在茶館招待茶客之際，我在家中亦要馬不停蹄的招呼兩名女兒。下午我又要與細女到眼鏡舖拿她的第二副眼鏡(因為短短半年，近視又惡化了)。回家之後又要帶她們去吃個遲來的午餐。平常的週未都是比上班日子更為忙碌的。今天因為太太抱恙了，所以雪上加霜。

While supporting the Tea House in the morning, I was also busy taking care of my daughters. I had to take my younger daughter to Optical store for her second pair of glasses as her short-sight problem got worse in 6 months time. I had to take them for late lunch after getting home. It was normal that weekends are more busy than weekdays, today was even busier as my wife was sick.

在家中忙碌過後，又要出發到殯儀館去幫忙。因為我的一位好朋友，亦是我兩名女兒的乾娘，她的媽媽在個多月前因癌症手術之後傷口出現併發症而過世了。我們幾位由小學相識至今，超過三十年的好朋友都到靈堂去幫忙。

I rushed to funeral house later to help out at one of my old friend's mother's funeral. My friend and I went to same primary and secondary schools and she is also my daughters' god mother. A group of us, who know each other for more than 30 years, went to mourning hall to provide our support.

幫忙過後，幾個老朋友就一起吃晚餐。談天說地，由子女的教育，到朋友的丈夫要到那裡去旅遊，到家中的打印機應該買那一部，一直談到餐廳趕客才依依不捨的離開。雖然香港只是個彈丸之地，但要集齊今天晚上的幾個朋友再吃個晚餐，並不是打一、兩個電話或是發一兩信息便可做到的事。可能下次再聚會又要是差不多的情況之下了。 就像我在 @deanliu 的文章中回覆中說的，我們一班人已經到了一個出席喪禮的頻率比出席婚禮高很多的年齡。

After a busy day, we went out for dinner. We talked for long time about many topics, virtually almost anything we concerned. We didn't want to stop as it was very difficult to gather all of us, even thought Hong Kong was so small. Maybe we could only meet again during similar situation. Just like what I commented at @deanliu's post, I were at the age that going to funeral would be more frequent than to wedding.

剛剛回家在浴室洗澡之際，突然想到今日這忙碌的一天，正好就是現階段我的生活的縮影：平日忙於家庭 (照顧女兒，寵物，甚至太太),同時要兼顧事業 (工作，Steemit), 想和老朋友相聚？居然要在喪禮時才能實現。幸好現今通訊科技先進，我們一班老朋友在自己的群組中仍然不時互相溝通。不然的話可能真的如廣東話的一句俚語「有咩留返拜山先講」(字面上的意思即有說話留待掃墓時才說吧，但實際上是叫人現在什麼都不用說)那麼悲哀。

When I was having shower, I realized that this busy day was a time lapse of my life : Busy taking care of the family(pets, daughters, wife), at the same time my career should also be well taken care of (job, Steemit). Want to meet with old friends, need to wait for someone's funeral. Luckily, nowadays communication technoligies are so mature that we can still interact in our chat groups.

想到這裏，我就突然驚覺到自己原來跟朋友接觸的時間是短得那麼可憐，為了讓上面所說的悲情不致成真，我提醒自己要多找機會和朋友聚會，見面。當然家人亦不可忽略。珍惜眼前人是老生常談，但今天我的感受至深。如果你看我這篇「牙痛文學」到這裏，那麼希望你不會怪我多口的再說一句 - 要珍惜你身邊的親人，朋友。珍惜和他們見面和聚會的機會！

I could tell that I didn't have much time spent with my friends. I should spend more time with them as well as my family. We always say that we should treasure people who we care, but today the emotion was very strong. If you managed to read this far, allow me to advise you not to overlook your friends and families!

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