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Hambaanglaang - Teen Level 5-7, 叮叮

叮叮

「上唔到咪等下一班囉，『叮叮』係咁慢㗎啦 ——」

「一早講咗搭巴士，你又係都要坐電車。」

「我哋又唔係趕時間，咁急做咩啫。」

其實佢噉講又冇錯嘅，電車本身就好慢，如果趕時間我哋一早坐咗巴士啦 ……

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我哋由鰂魚涌出發，一直坐到去西營盤。阿莎又好似平時噉上去上層坐車尾個位。電車冇窗，啲風係噉由外面吹入嚟，撞正夏天，啲風係熱嘅，而且我成日覺得電車入面有浸罨味，但又講唔出具體係咩味。呢架老嘢真係好慢，我哋放工已經六點幾，由公司行到電車站已經熱到我成件恤衫濕晒。望住窗外一架一架巴士喺身邊駛過，我開始燥燥地。

「喂，嚟吖，我幫你影張相。」阿莎走咗去我對面坐低，然後拎起菲林相機對住我。

「又影呀？你啲技術得唔得㗎 ……」

「畀啲反應先啦你，你啲動作好遲鈍呀。」

「配合返架電車啫。」

咔嚓 ──

其實我一直都唔知佢影成點，因為佢影咁耐相，一張都冇俾我睇過。每次問佢拎返嚟睇，佢都話未拎去曬。不過睇佢揸機個動作就知唔會影得靚 ——佢連自己隻手指入咗鏡都唔知。

影完我之後，阿莎又好快轉返身，對住條街亂影一通。我由細到大都好憎坐電車，不過阿莎就好鍾意。我哋都係住西營盤，以前基本上日日都坐電車返學，就算就嚟遲到都好，阿莎都要坐電車，佢對電車有種奇怪嘅執著。

「你唔覺得電車係香港嘅清泉嚟嘅咩？個個做乜都趕住去投胎噉，係得佢堅持慢慢行，細細欣賞身邊嘅事物。」

「係呀係呀，就連啲阿伯都係香港嘅清泉添。今日實遲到喇，我哋留堂班見啦八婆。」

出嚟做嘢之後，咁啱我哋又係喺鰂魚涌返工，於是又變返中學嗰陣噉成日一齊坐車，只不過今次唔係返學，而係放工。諗落原來我哋由小學開始，計計埋埋都識咗十幾年，周圍嘅人都以為我哋拍緊拖，但其實我哋只係住得近，加上我阿媽又係阿莎阿媽啲雀友，我哋先成日一齊。

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電車終於到站，呢段時間嘅西營盤好多人，成條街都好逼。落車之後，阿莎伸咗隻食指出嚟對住我 ——呢個係我哋細個嗰陣嘅慣性動作，因為阿莎小學嗰陣好細粒，試過喺條街度逼逼下唔見咗人，返到屋企之後我俾阿媽鬧到痴線，話我做咩唔睇住佢。於是後來就出現咗呢個拉食指嘅動作，以防佢走失。

我望咗望，冇畀反應。

「喂，唔好咁遲鈍得唔得？」阿莎長嘆一口氣。

「仲細呀？」我表示嫌棄。

「唔拉就算。」阿莎好快收返起隻手。

而家諗返起，自從中學之後我哋就再冇噉做。最令我後悔嘅係，當時嘅我冇意識到，原來嗰日係我最後一次機會可以拉住佢隻手。幾年之後，我收到阿莎喺英國寄返嚟嘅信，係之前影落嘅菲林相 —— 同我預期嘅一樣，全部 out 晒 fo ，而且每張都影到佢隻手指。同埋可能因為少咗隻腳，我阿媽呢幾年打少咗麻雀；我放工之後都冇再搭過電車返屋企 ——因為「叮叮」真係好慢，而時間係快到唔等人㗎 ……

叮叮 Ding Ding Ding ding

叮 ──叮 ── ding|ding Ding— ding—

我哋由鰂魚涌出發，一直坐到去西營盤。 we|from|Quarry Bay|depart|straight|ride|until|to|Sai Ying Pun We set off from Quarry Bay and rode all the way to Sai Ying Pun. 阿莎又好似平時噉上去上層坐車尾個位。 Asha|again|seems|usually|like that|go up|upper level|sit|rear of the car|the|seat Asha also went up to the upper deck to sit at the back like usual. 電車冇窗，啲風係噉由外面吹入嚟，撞正夏天，啲風係熱嘅，而且我成日覺得電車入面有浸罨味，但又講唔出具體係咩味。 tram|has no|window|the|wind|like this|from|outside|blow|inside|coinciding with|summer|the|wind|is|hot|particle|and also|I|always|feel|tram|inside|has|soaked|damp|smell|but|again|say|not|out|specific|is|what|smell The tram has no windows, so the wind blows in from outside. During summer, the wind is hot, and I always feel that there is a damp smell inside the tram, but I can't quite describe what that smell is. 呢架老嘢真係好慢，我哋放工已經六點幾，由公司行到電車站已經熱到我成件恤衫濕晒。 this|measure word for vehicles|old thing|really|very|slow|we|finish work|already|6 o'clock|something|from|company|walk|to|tram station|already|hot|to|I|whole|measure word for clothing|shirt|wet|completely This old thing is really slow. By the time we finish work, it's already past six, and by the time I walk from the office to the tram station, my shirt is completely soaked. 望住窗外一架一架巴士喺身邊駛過，我開始燥燥地。 ||||||||||drives||||anxious|| Looking out the window at bus after bus passing by, I start to feel restless.

「配合返架電車啫。」 coordinate|return|measure word for vehicles|tram|particle indicating limitation "It's just to match the tram."

咔嚓 ── Click ──

其實我一直都唔知佢影成點，因為佢影咁耐相，一張都冇俾我睇過。 |||||||||how|||||long||||||||| Actually, I never knew how the photos turned out, because she took so long to take them, and I haven't seen a single one. 每次問佢拎返嚟睇，佢都話未拎去曬。 every|time|ask|he|take|back|look|he|all|said|not yet|taken away|finished Every time I ask her to bring them back to see, she says she hasn't picked them up yet. 不過睇佢揸機個動作就知唔會影得靚 ——佢連自己隻手指入咗鏡都唔知。 but|see|he|drive|car|the|action|then|know|not|will|take|in a way|good-looking|he|even|his own|measure word for hands|finger|into|past tense marker|mirror|also|not|know However, just by watching her operate the camera, you can tell she won't take good pictures — she doesn't even realize her own finger is in the frame.

叮 ──叮 ── ding|ding Ding── Ding──

我望咗望，冇畀反應。 I looked at her, but I didn't respond.

「喂，唔好咁遲鈍得唔得？ hey|don't|so|slow|is it okay "Hey, can you not be so dull?" 」阿莎長嘆一口氣。 Asha|sighed|one|mouth|breath "Ah Sha let out a long sigh."},{

「仲細呀？ still|young|question particle 」我表示嫌棄。 I|express|disdain I express disdain.

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