Tuesday, August 4, 2009

The story of a younger Bai Ding

Both Bai Ding and Joe are my high school classmates (from different schools in HK) whom I never met.

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阿 Joe 哥,你都好苦,如果嗰陣時你跟住我後面聽「碧血劍」,我隔日至收你錢。菠蘿包好食,但熱豬仔包仲正呀,嗰陣時食乜都正,因為成日都肚餓。
> 講古其實很辛苦,因為我有哮喘病,日日要去九龍醫院排隊打針,由紅墈行到宋王台就已經好似隻蝦公(哮喘又叫扯蝦) 咁爬,番去時因為打咗針就
> high 到極, 好似個飛仔。
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> 嗰陣時真係有奶便是娘,如果共產黨請我食豬仔包我就返去了。我哋俾親戚『請』離羅便臣道之後,就搬咗去紅墈,但我仍舊喺半山「仿林中學」嘅小學讀書,過海之後要坐巴士,想食個包就唔坐,慳番幾毫子,行上去。搭船過海最鍾意睇
> 人地嘅報紙,乜乜『美國啃泥地總統暴斃』,『三狼今日問吊』之類。
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> 講起上嚟有件事我仲未明白,有次我回家,由統一碼頭坐巴士,同埋有仿林一個姓郭嘅老師,呢個老師雖然係個哨牙婆,但係人好好,時時陪我番屋企,點知嗰次在 車中我突然黐咗線,想跳落去,然後就冇咗知覺,醒來時見到一切如常,我在做緊功課,原來已經係兩個星期之後,但係人人都冇問我,我問亞媽,嗰日我跳車?佢 話我有,但老師捉住我,我冇事,日日番學,食飯,問嚟做乜?我唔敢嚇佢,但我兩個星期係完全昏迷不醒的。
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> 幾年前返香港,想帶家人懷舊,等啲仔女知道下老竇的過去,但唔知中環而家有電梯上去,一家人係咁行,行到堅道時,老婆仔女已經頂唔住,鬧到我幾乎斷氣,個衰仔問老竇,就咁慳番幾毫子乎?
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> 我用廣東話寫,因為那是一段廣東話的歲月,我不像別人,可以放淂下,流星歲月,悠悠往事,少年情懷永不會枯萎,也許如蘇東坡所說,『多情應笑我』吧。
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> 講古佬話,有詩為證﹕
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> 人似飛蓬東復西,牢騷又犯把詩題。
> 頻年海角舟難渡,何日山中鳥可棲。
> 半壁興亡經眼過,一生歌哭為花迷。
> 只愁身在江南過,不見多情燕子泥。

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唉,個月係圓嘅,但人生就得一條直路,翻轉頭就乜 都搵唔到啦。鐵路球場?大頭仔郭榮踢波?蕪湖街?紅墈遊樂場?鶴園街?青洲英泥廠?春田街?華樂戲院?海心廟?一心涼,一定好,以前甩腳毛嘅地方,最好一 早搬去月球,今日就唔會俾人拆鬼哂。但諗起嚟,與其上月球,我寧願喺海心廟賞月,嗰度仲有個講古佬叫「半日窮」,晚晚聲如洪鐘: 『挑!灣仔有個仆街叫做「窮半日」,廟街有個打壞叫做「窮日半」,但細路係「半日窮」!今日飲飽燒酒 ...... 』

嗰陣我係「成日窮」, 但好開心,幾十年啲街坊味,我而家係「月尾窮」,但滄海桑田,就算好似阿 Joe 哥咁有錢,都唔想買漆咸道。


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  2. There are many uncommon Cantonese words Bai Ding has to cut and paste for his collection.

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