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Hello 大家 好

今日 呢， 已經 係 二 零 二 三 年 嘅 四 月 二十 四 號 星期一 Today is Monday, April 24, 2023

而家 係 下晝 嘅 十二 點 十一 In the Daylight, it is 12:11.

係 十二 點 五十 五 分

仲有 五 分鐘 就 一 點 啦 5 minutes to 1 point

咁 我 今日 呢 就 係

喺 屋企 . 點解 呢 ?

係 因為 今日 係 學校 嘅 假期

咁 就 唔使 返工

咁 我 今個 禮拜 呢個 周末 , weekend 呢

係 一個 長 周末 , long weekend 呀

因為 啱啱 嘅 星期五 學校 假期 啦

跟住 星期五 星期六 星期日

加埋 今日 星期一 有 4 日 假期 喎

呀，正 呀 ! 不過 呢 , 咁 你 話, 呀, 放假 有 咩 做好 呢， 咁樣 ? Yeah, right! But then, what do you say, what do you do on vacation?

平時 我 放假 其實

大部分 時間 我 都 係 即係 宅 喺 屋企 啦 Most of the time, I stayed in my house.

即係 留 喺 屋企 做 宅女 呀

咁 我 啱啱 就 睇咗 一啲 YouTube 片

咁 我 睇咗 乜嘢 片 呢 ?

咁 即係 一啲 香港 嘅 walking video

嗰啲 散步 呀 , 行路 嘅 片 呀 The walks, the road pieces.

唔知 你 有冇 睇過 呢 ? I don't know if you've seen it?

咁 呀， 我 自己 呢 , 就 好 鍾意 睇 呢 啲 ,

walking videos 嘅，呢啲 散步 片 ,

因為 呢，當 我 睇 嗰啲 片 嘅 時候 呢 This is because, when I watch those movies, I will not be able to see them.

我 就 好似 自身 喺 個 地方 It's like I'm in a place by myself.

It seems that I am right there when I am watching those videos I will assume， Oh I am there and it's so interesting.

咁 我 覺得 非常之 有趣

特別 係 我 已經 話 超過 三年 Especially since I've been talking for more than three years.

冇 返 香港 囉, 咁 所以 呢 I didn't go back to Hong Kong, so?

都 會 掛住 香港 嘅 嗰啲 街 呀 , the streets

嗰啲 街 啦 香港 嗰啲 鋪頭 啦 , shops

咁 所以 呢 呢啲 散步 片 呢 就 好 幫 到 手 啦 So, the walking films are a great help.

so those videos help me a lot

非常之 幫 到 我 呀

咁 我 啱啱 呢 就 睇 完 幾 條 So I just finished watching a few of them

係 我 以前 住 嘅 地區 嘅 片 It's a film of the area I used to live in

地區 districts

咁 我 以前 喺 香港 呢 So I used to be in Hong Kong

就 住 喺 慈 雲 山區 , Chi Wan Shan district

咁 我 就 住 喺 個 區 啦 超過 二十 年 呀

嘅 父母 爸爸媽媽 啦

都 仲 係 住 喺 嗰度 嘅 so my parents are still living in that district

咁 所以 呢 我 都 好 掛住 嗰個 地方

咁 我 啱啱 睇 片 嘅 時候 呢

嘩! 就 好似 即係 行 緊 嗰啲 鋪頭 呀 Wow! It's like a shop that is tightly packed!

行 緊 嗰啲 街 咁 而 嗰啲 街 有啲 鋪頭 呢 It is very close to that street and there are some shops in that street.

係 我 以前 日日 都 會 經過 嘅 Something I used to pass every day

so I passed by those shops and streets

daily when I was living in Hong Kong

咁 呀 你哋 都 可以 search 下 喎

咁 其中 一個 我 好 中意 嘅 channel 呢

係 叫做 Hong Kong map

咁 你 打 Hong Kong and then 打 map MAP map

咁 就 會 有 嗰 啲 video 架啦, 咁樣

而 另 一個 我 好 中意 嘅 channel 啦

叫做 Hong Kong Walker

咁 你 打 Hong Kong and then Walker, W-A-L-K-E-R

咁 你 就 可以 搵 到

個 channel 咁 我 有 好多 香港 嘅 街道 嘅 片 啦

咁 呀，佢 都 會 一路 拍片 呀 會 講 廣東話 嘅

你哋 都 可以 一路 睇 住 片

一路 會 聽到 一啲 廣東話

咁 我 一路 睇 呢啲 walking video 嘅 時候 呢

咁 我 都 有 一句 說話 Then I have a saying.

喺 我嘅 腦海 中 彈 咗 出嚟 呀 It popped up in my mind!

So popped up，彈出 嚟 So popped up

So a sentence popped up in my mind when I was watching those walking videos

咁 就 係 啦 叫做 ' 隔離 飯 香 ', ‘ 隔離飯香 '

Have you ever heard this phrase before？

你 有冇 聽過 呢 一句 廣東話 說話

叫做 隔離飯香 呢

咁 乜嘢 意思 呢， 咁樣 What does that mean?

隔離飯香 呢 同 英文 有 一句

叫做 The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

係 非常之 類似 都係 咁 嘅 意思

即係 話 呢 人哋 嘅 嘢 呢, 好似, 唔, 好啲 喎， 咁樣 That is, what they say, seems to be, well, good, like that

literally it means neighbours' rice smells better， neighbours' rice smells better

隔離飯香 , 香 is smells good, and 隔離 can mean the one nearby or here 隔離 can mean neighbours.

隔離飯香

咁 點解 我 咁樣 諗 到 呢 一句 說話 呢 Why do I think of this statement?

就係 因為 如果 我 身處 喺 香港 嘅 時候 啦

我 就 會 好 羨慕 , envy. 好 羨慕

嘩！嗰啲 住 喺 外國 嘅 人 , Wow! Those who live in foreign countries .

有 好多 好 闊落 嘅 空間 呀，唔會 咁 嘈吵 啦

有 好多 嘅 自然 嘅 景觀 呀

some natural scenery, 自然 嘅 風景 呀, 自然 嘅 景觀 呀

因為 天空 呢， 好大 咁樣, 咁 好似 呢 感覺 . 好 relaxing 咁樣, 好 輕鬆 嘅

咁，但係 呢 譬如 我 而家 身處 喺 美國 啦 But, for example, I'm in the United States.

真係 一個 比較 闊落 嘅 空間 spacious It's really a spacious space.

好 闊落 嘅 一個 居住 嘅 空間 呀

我 係 周圍 見到 好多 嘅 綠 草 , green grasses. I see a lot of green grasses around me.

好多 樹 , 無 乜 人 呀， 咁樣 So many trees, so few people, so much so.

咁 我 睇 住 呢啲 , walking videos

睇 到 香港 呢 嘩 ! 咁 方便 嘅 我 睇法 . Look at Hong Kong! So convenient I see.

話 原來 我 以前 住 嗰 度 呢 I used to live there.

我 真係 呢 一 落 樓下 . 真係 行 一分鐘 I really fell downstairs. It's really okay. One minute.

Just one minute walk. 一分鐘

咁 我 就 可以 去 到 一個 shopping mall

一個 呢 個 購物中心 啦 一個 商場

嗰個 商場 呢 有 七 層 嘅 七 層 seven levels 有 七 層

咁 真係 乜嘢 鋪頭 都 有 There are really all kinds of shops

You can find all sorts of stores and restaurants in that shopping mall

你 真係 搵 到 所有 嘅 店舖 You really found all the stores

所有 唔同 種類 嘅 餐廳 都 有 呀,

即係 , 非常之 方便

咁 我 有 supermarket, 有 超市 , 有 wet market: 有 街市

咁 , 真係 你 諗 到 嘅 要 買 嘅 嘢

譬如 衫 呀 , 鞋 呀 ,零食 呀 , 眼鏡 呀 : optical, or glasses,

Daily necessity, 日用品 呀

全部 都 可以 呢 , 一 落 街 你 就 入去 個 商場 All of them, you'll enter a shopping mall as soon as you get off the street.

咁 就 已經 搵 到 啦 呢 啲 嘢

咁 而家 話 我 要 去 一啲 地方 買嘢 係 鋪頭 Then they say I have to go to some place to buy something from the shop.

咁 一 係 你 就 上網 買 啦 online, amazon Then you can buy it online, amazon

或者 上網 買 超市 嘢 都 ok Or you can go online and buy some supermarket stuff.

但 如果 你 要 去 嗰啲 鋪頭 呢

咁 一定 真係 要 揸車 去 咁 樣

咁 所以 呢 就 覺得 , 嘩 ! 咩 以前 嘩 我 住 嗰度 咁 方便 嘅 So I think, wow! I used to live there so conveniently!

跟住 我 就 覺得 我 爸爸媽媽 而家 住 嗰度

雖然 地方 嗰 個 apartment 啦, 個個 單位 呢

係 好 細 嘅 即係 二百 零 呎 It's very small, i.e. 200 feet.

200 feet, something, 二百 零 呎

咁 但係 呢 一 落 街 啦 就 好 方便 But once you're on the street, it's convenient.

咁 其實 係 香港 啦 , 好多 一啲 住屋 嘅 In fact, in Hong Kong, there are so many people who live in housing estates.

單位 呀 housing, most of the housing 其實 都 好細 啦

都 係 好 出名 㗎 啦 It's so famous!

你哋 都 會 知 架啦 一般 我 諗 都 係 二百 幾 呎 三百 幾 呎 You will know the structure. Usually, I think it's about 200 to 300 square feet.

如果 有錢 啲 嘅 人 呢 , 咁 就 可能 個 單位 當然 可以 大 啲 五百 呀 If there are rich people, then it is possible that a unit can of course be larger than 500

至 七 百 呎 呀 , 或者 你 再 有錢 啲 嘅

一 千 呢 啦 就 已經 係 好 有錢 好 有錢 嘅 人 先 至 A thousand dollars is already a very rich person.

可以 五 千 呎 以上 嘅 單位 Units over 5,000 feet are allowed

但 一般 好多 嘅 public housing 一啲 公共 房屋

公共 房屋 都 係 可能 三百 呎 呀

左右 啦 , 平均 都 係 可能

三 個 人 四 個 人 住 三百 呎 左右 嘅 單位 咁樣

咁 呀， 所以 呢 我 就 會 諗 起 呢 啲 真 係 隔離飯香 呀

當 你 身處 係 一個 地方 你 就 會 覺得 When you are in a place, you feel

嘩！人哋 嗰度 啲 嘢 真係 好 啦 Wow! They're really good over there.

你 就 好 羨慕

咁 但 當 你 真係 去到 嗰 個 地方 你 睇 返 你 又 會 覺得 But then, when you do go there, you look at it and you think.

唔 係 喎 其實 以前 I don't think so, actually.

嗰度 又 真係 都 唔錯 又 唔係 咁 差 咋 喎 , 咁樣 It's really not that bad, it's not that bad.

所以 永遠 呀，都 好 難 呀，係 滿足 嘅 有時候 即係 So, it is always hard to be satisfied, sometimes it is

Its hard to feel satisfied. That is the truth of human hearts.

好難 呢 , 去 滿足 人心 啊 It's so hard to fulfill one's heart.

好 容易 就係 覺得 呢, 人哋 嗰啲 好 It's easy to think that they are good

咁 但係 正如 我 上 一集 喺 podcast 嗰度 分享 呀 Well, it's just like the last episode I shared on the podcast.

真係 要 避免 avoid, 避免

去 比較 唔 減少 一啲 比較 Go to comparison not to reduce some comparison

比較 係 comparison

比較 減少 去 同 其他人 比較 Compare Decrease Go With Others Compare

因為 呢 永遠 呀 係 世事 世界 上 嘅 事 Because there are always things in the world, things in the world.

唔 , 係 冇 呢 個 兩全其美 No, there is no such thing as a two-way street.

好 啦 , 兩全其美 呢

即係 之 兩樣 都 係 完美 嘅 咁樣 That is, both of them are perfect.

咁 咩 係 兩樣 完美 啦

即係 我哋 廣東話 又 話 好似 一個 coin 一個 銀仔 呀 That is, in our Cantonese, it's like a coin and a silver boy.

都 有 兩面 two sides 咁樣

咁 凡事 everything, 凡事 , 都 係 有 兩面 咁 樣 睇 嘅

有 好 嘅 一面 呀 , 有 唔好 嘅 一面 嘅

咁 呀 好 難 呢 , 兩面 都 係 perfect 咁樣

真係 冇 , 係 呀 . 呢 個 世界 係 冇 一啲 兩全其美

咁 呀 , 譬如 你 喺 香港 住 嘅 嘅 時候

你 可以 享受 好 方便 嘅 生活 啦 You can enjoy a convenient life!

咁 但係 當然 呢 , 住 嘅 環境 就 好細 呀 But of course, the living environment is very small

好 嘈吵 呀 , 好大 壓力 呀 .

工作 嗰 個 時間 好長 呀 .

好 急促 呀 嘅 生活 啦 What a rush! Life!

咁 但係 你 嚟到 美國 , 係 啦 , 咁樣

地方 大 呀 , 冇 咁 嘈 呀 ,

咁樣 , 但係 又 冇 好似 香港 個 種 生活

咁 方便 你 一 落 街 就 可以 買 到 唔同 嘅 嘢 You can buy different things as soon as you walk down the street.

一 落 街 就 有 好多 唔同 種類 嘅 There are so many different kinds of people on the streets.

餐廳 呀 , 食肆 呀 、 鋪頭 呀 , 咁 樣

咁 所以 呢 永遠 都 唔 能夠 兩全其美 嘅 So, you can never have it both ways.

咁 如果 你 永遠 呢

喺 一個 位置 只係 去 羨慕 人哋 有 嘅 嘢 啦 In a position to envy what people have.

咁 你 永遠 都 唔 開心 嘅 呀 嘛

咁 所以 就要 學識 係 , 唔 , 欣賞 你 而家 有 嘅 嘢 囉 So, we have to learn how to, uh, appreciate what you have.

To appreciate what you have now 你 欣賞 你 而家 有 嘅 嘢

同埋 其實 人生 都，。。。

我 覺得 都 唔係 一個 停滯 係 同 一個 階段 嘅 啦 I don't think it's a stagnant relationship at the same stage.

停滯 係 , Just stay at one stage all the time.

So I think life is just like floating along, like a river flowing along You will experience different stages, different situations

咁 呀 , 人生 都 好似 一條 河流 咁 去 不斷 流動 呀 So, life is like a river that goes on and on.

好難 係 , 即係 喺 同 一個 情況 永永遠遠 , Forever, 咁 嘅

所以 就 係 當 你 而家 喺 呢 一個 情況 , 呢 一個 Situation, 呢 個 情況 Therefore, when you are in this situation, this situation, this situation, this situation, this situation, this situation, this situation, this situation, this situation, this situation, this situation, this situation, this situation, this situation, this situation, this situation.

咁 就 學習 去 享受 enjoy 你 而家 呢 一個 嘅 處境 啦

處境 都 可以 計 Situation 囉

咁 你 就 學習 享受

你 而家 嘅 處境 咁樣

咁 到 你 帶 即係 帶 一 啦 So you bring it, you bring it.

可能 你 又 會 去 到 另 一個 處境 架啦

咁 呀 到 時候 你 又 可以 去 體驗 一啲 新 嘅 , 新 嘅 嘢 Then, you can experience something new, something new again!

Experience some new things

又 去 享受 個陣 時 個 處境 帶 畀 你 嘅 一啲 新 嘅 體驗 咁樣 Enjoy a new experience in a time and place.

呢 個 都 係 畀 自己 一個 提醒 啦 This is a reminder to myself.

如果 你 永遠 都 係 呢 個 情況 If you will always be in this situation

你 就 係 覺得 隔離飯香 You feel that you are separated from the smell of the food.

咁 你 永遠 都 唔 會 滿足

永遠 都 唔 開心

但係 你 而家 係 呢個 情況

你 可以 懷念 嘅 You can miss it.

即係 Miss 你 可以 Miss 以前 咁 樣

但係 唔好 淨係 成日 去 諗 住 以前 有 嘅 嘢 咁樣 But it's not a good idea to think about what we used to have all the time.

因為 一路 要 去 Move on 一路 要， 咁樣， 去 前進， 去 Move on，去 前進 咁樣

係 喇 , 呢 個 就 係 我 今日 想同 大家 分享 下 架啦 La, this is what I would like to share with you today.

咁 我 喺 呢度 都 好 感謝 你哋 一路 嘅 支持 同埋 收聽

如果 你 都 鍾意 我 呢個 Podcast

又 未 俾 Review 我嘅 呢

你 都 可以 幫 我 撳 一個 Review

或者 去 我 個 YouTube Channel

我 都 會 Post 呢 一個 嘅 Podcast 內容 嘅

咁 你 都 可以 俾 個 Like 我 呀

好 多謝 大家 . 咁 我 哋 下 一集 再見 , 拜拜 !