他們真的在島嶼寫作

台灣的女人都很惡

台灣的女人都...很惡，雖然問路時都肯回應，但臉往往是黑的。

問路時
「請問怎樣坐公車去逢甲夜市呢？」
「...你們怎麼不坐出租車？」
「我們想試試坐巴士。」
「...我不太清楚。」

早上碰到鄰居大媽時
「你們吸煙嗎？」
「不。」
「別把煙頭亂丟啊。」

片面的我，覺得台灣男人，溫柔多了。

出租車司機在下雨時
「來！讓叔叔給你打傘。」(明明才幾步路就到車子，卻逐個獲千金小姐式對待，打著傘被領到車門)

年輕的房東向我們介紹台中時
「這是我的弟弟(指向阿旭)。」
「嗨！你好，弟弟！」

與不起錶的出租車司機理論時
「可以起錶嗎？」
「我算你100塊就可以。」
「我們要起錶計算。」
「那我算你們90塊吧，反正去那兒就是90塊。」
「那我們不坐了。」(開車門離去)
「...(沒有作聲)...」
(其實按錶計，車資是85元)

台灣的男人，不怕肉麻，自嘲的笑話一籮籮，卻從不挖苦別人，不論老的嫩的，文的武的，好像都有那個陳昇的因子。即使是最壞的那個的士司機，原來要騙的，也不過是區區15元，就是4蚊雞港紙。我們原則大過天的遊客下車時，他也沒有咒我們死八婆。

我知那是偏見。台灣女人就是比較爽朗，並不是真的惡。而且我們這批強裝小女生賣相的遊客，台灣男人當然也客氣一點。

香港男人若可以學下，一定會讓女性心花怒放。

Happy Birthday to you~

Oh~la~la，戴個墨鏡、不苟言笑，很交戲。

Let's fold some paper offerings!

Master Chan

Here comes the apprentice

Saturday morning in Chan's family

Mr. Chan is busy tidying up the washing basin he installed last week. This project was inspired by his visit to Russia last month, "they have big basins!" He exclaimed. A classic handy man, Mr. Chan remembers more the Russian basins than the iconic onion head churches.

Mrs. Chan is busy preparing the paper offerings for tomorrow night. Every seventh month in Chinese calender, the gate from the hell will open and all ghosts will have one month free pass to the earth. It is a month to deliver things to passed away relatives and to show your care to any homeless ghosts. We can offer them some daily necessities by a burning ceremony at night. And that includes...

Package for homeless ghosts on the street

1 Fabrics /clothings to goddess Kun Yin觀音衣

2 Candles and incencse to gods and ghosts 

3 gold and silver and coins 金銀

4 Packing base 元寶

5 license for the homeless ghosts with spells printed (my mum cannot tell what is that for, but she knows that is not for relatives but "outsiders")執照

6 fabrics / clothings of different colours and texture for hot and cold season

7 White paper to notify and attract ghosts about your offerings (溪錢)

8 passes to go to next life, with spells printed (往生錢）

Sounds complicated, but very considerate too. A package for homesless ghosts cost $30 HKD, and there are other package for relatives and gods, with passport, flight and ship tickets, bank book etc, more luxurious of course. They are your family aren't they? 

Miss Chan is still on her bed, sleeping in free style, echoing by Milly.

Milly got up from her morning break

Another Ms. Chan then goes back to her dull job.