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《2359狂想》

2- 我相信在世界的另一端，有另一个一模一样的我。我在赤道旁的绿州，她在北极圈的小岛。我在沙滩堆城堡，她在冰地溜冰。我享受冰棒在嘴里融化的感觉，她捧着热可可看热气的上升。喂，此刻你也在想我吗？

3- 为什么排行老三的灰姑娘可以从此过着幸福快乐的日子？为什么第三只小猪最聪明？就连童话世界都那么不公平，现实世界更不用说了。

5- 五房式的组屋
五个家庭成员
五台电脑
每天说不上五句话
每次谈话不超过五分钟

9- 当年他们在一九九九年九月九日结婚，但数字也在命运中开了他们的玩笑。他们是今年离婚数据中的第九十九对夫妻。




24/08/05当天早上看到《2359》的SMS比赛在征稿，就发了以上的简讯参赛。那时是觉得可以好好动动脑筋，把HC101学到的派上用场，没想到星期六早上却接到通知说我的作品得奖了。可是当天需要教一整天的课，根本抽不出时间到新图书馆去领奖，而负责联络的人说获奖者须到场去领奖，否则将由其他作品补上。只好对他说声谢谢，然后放弃。我写得怎样？给点意见吧。

*Sigh* Singaporeans...

I was taking bus 198 home yesterday evening after a long day of teaching. Managed to grab a seat just by the exit and I sat down of course, as I was carrying really heavy stuff. At the next stop, a young mother carrying her daughter and a female friend of hers board the bus. They moved into the bus looking for a seat but all the seats were taken. The bus moved on and the mother was moving unsteadily inwards.

Nobody moved. Not even the well-built man in front of me. Maybe he was pretending to sleep with his eyes closed. I stood up and offered my seat. The young mother sat down. No gesture of appreciation. Not even a word of "thank you".

What can be more disturbing? Those who were keeping their butts on their seats or the young mother?