Sunday, January 31, 2010

The Resurrection

Okie...i said this blog has moved to www.peifen.net, but i've decided to still update here coz it's kinda sad to just end this blog. was reading my older posts and had quite a bit of fun walking down memory lane. but please do visit the new website too k? coz other than my blog/diary, there r other interesting contents over there, like my recipes and baking experiment records. :)

this is my most recent column, published in last week's i-weekly.

唐朝诗人王维说:“每逢佳节倍思亲。”恕我冒昧更改一下。对我来说,一向是“每逢佳节避血拼”。

人山人海,天翻地覆,你争我夺,尔虞我诈…太可怕了!

要不是A,我才不敢孤军作战,那件超值又难得不必修改就合身的牛仔裤就只能成为遗失的美好了。

上个月,我试穿了它,却因为价格有点昂贵而迟迟狠不下心在信用卡上划多一道疤痕。但,上星期,配合佳节促销,“血拼女超人”A马上打电话通知我,“喂!你要的那条牛仔裤打6折!”

我:“真的?可是…”

A:“我知道,你最怕大热卖你推我挤的场面对吗?不怕!有我助你一臂之力!”

就因为她的臂力,除了牛仔裤,我还买了几件上衣,两双鞋子和一些饰品。有时我还真搞不清楚,A到底是损友还是益友。但可以肯定的是,A很讲义气。她不但和我并肩作战,因为战胜之后下起倾盆大雨,A还开车把我和我的战利品送到家楼下。

A:“Oh no!雨太大了,让我很想上厕所!可以去你家借用一下吗?”

于是,我和A一起走向电梯。在嚎啕的雨生中,我突然听见A的一声惊叹。

A:“啊!天啊!那是什么?!”

我顺着她的食指往前看。

电梯门口的水泥地板上,躺着一个人。他静静地躺着,背向着我们,头发灰白凌乱。

A:“你说…他是不是死了?”

这个想法也同时在我脑海一闪而过。

我们放慢脚步,轻轻地走向他。到了离他约两公尺的地方,A突然停下脚步。她拉着我的手臂,露出恐慌的表情,向我摇头示意不要再前进了。但,我当时坚决地认为这个人的死活从我们看见他那一刻就成为了我们的责任。况且,如果他半死不活,我们也不能见死不救啊。(我事后才想到,假如他是罪犯,那我们的死活就不得而知了。)

我在他的身边弯下身,仔细端详。这位异族老伯伯的衣服有点脏,但身上没有明显的伤痕,也没有流血的迹象。他的脸部表情很安详,象是在睡觉。对。他还在呼吸。一定是在睡觉。

我:“Hello?Hello?”

我尝试大声唤醒他,但没反应。难道是晕倒了?

我:“Hello?!”

提高声量,再用手提袋推一下。

A:“他醒了!他的脚在动!”

我:“Hello?Are you ok?”

老伯的神情有点飘然,他睡眼惺忪地看着我,露出微笑,对我点点头,翻过身,再闭上眼睛睡觉。

我突然想起他是谁。他就是偶尔在我家附近游荡的流浪汉。不时看见他在停车场茫然地走着,或在某个角落孤独地呆坐着。每次看到他,就会因害怕而避开。虽然曾经好奇他的亲人到底在哪里,但看他还不至于一命呜呼,就断定他应该不是无依无靠。

站在他无助的身躯旁边,两手拿着购物袋的我,觉得矛盾得有点可笑。花了那么多钱买的这么多样东西,竟然没有一样是我可以给老伯,让他得到一点帮助或安慰的。他要的是什么?金钱?温暖?爱与关怀?其实,我也不知道。

最终,我和A打了电话通知邻里警察,请他们来协助老伯。因为A急着上厕所,我们没有等警察来,就先搭电梯上楼了。

也许,我真的帮不到老伯什么。我能做到的,是确保我的家人不会有和老伯相同的遭遇。希望我们每一天都能以佳节思亲的热切态度,去关怀我们爱的人。

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