沒啥新鮮事... 住高級飯店
無錫凱賓斯基飯店, 便宜的按摩(但沒有遇到特別棒的手技), 吃的從在地蘭州拉麵, 日本料理, 到每天飯店的高級早餐... 沒有去那兒玩... 就是出差. 倒是遇到一些人喜歡跟我聊天, 像是一位司機大哥和一位按摩的妹妹, 聽到很多在地的聲音, 以及小人物的甘苦與夢想.
There is nothing really special, but just a business trip. I stayed at a great hotel
Kempinski Hotel Wuxi, went to the office everyday, had massages, and ate
various food such as the local noddles, the Japanese food, and the daily breakfast
buffet. I didn't have any tourist schedule. However I met few people, who like to chat, such as a driver and a massage girl. I heard lots local voice and stories, including the joys and sorrows, and also the dreams.
啊~ 想到一件事. 每天飯店清潔人員都會在我的床上放一些東西, 其中包含一個寫著孔夫子名言的書籤, 一面中文, 一面英文翻譯. 由於翻得非常無厘頭看不太懂, 還蠻有娛樂效果的.比如說 "學而時習之, 不亦悅乎? 有朋自遠方來, 不亦樂乎? 人不知而不慍, 不亦君子乎?" 翻成 "To learn and to practice what is learned time and again is pleasure, is it not? To have friends from afar is happiness, is it not? To be unperturbed when not appreciated by others is gentlemanly, is it no?" "學而不思則罔, 思而不學則殆" 則翻成 "He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger."
oh.. I remembered one interesting thing. Everyday the cleaning lady would put something nicely on my bed, including a bookmark. On each bookmark, a Confucius' proverbial saying was printed, both in Chinese and English. I found that the translation is not understandable but amusing.
此外, 大陸的計程車司機都會用鐵條把自己圍起來防搶. 有的只圍司機的座位, 有的前後隔離, 這次有機會就照了張相片. 有位司機跟我說他已經想好遇到搶劫要怎麼辦, 他的座位下有一把刀子, 遇到就拼了, 命一條. 當我們被教導說沒有什麼比生命重要時, 有些人卻在為一家人的生計煩惱, 沒有什麼比錢重要. 突然覺得很沉重, 想起馬斯洛的需求層次理論.
In China, every taxi driver is blocked by iron sticks to prevent from robberies. One driver used to tell me that he already knew what to do if he encountered any robbery. He had a knife under his seat and he for sure will fight for it. When we were taught that nothing is more important than our lives, some people struggling with earning money for their families insisted that money is the thing to keep their lives and there is no way to take it away. Suddenly I felt heavy, and thought of Maslow's hierarchy of human needs.
