香港之醜

香港人經常笑內地人的英文，無論是餐牌或是路牌，都是錯漏百出和笑壞人的英文，最經典的莫過於把干炒牛河譯成 Fuck the beef river！

不知由何時開始，香港有美食之都的稱譽，香港人對可以在香港吃到世界各地的食物（當然還有很好的廣東菜和各式的中國菜）而引以自豪。然而香港人對香港的過份吹捧和得過且過，也實在丟臉！

事緣上星期麻煩妹來港，我們到朗豪坊去避暑，路過近來人氣極高，由吳x祖開的壽司店，該店聲稱是吳x祖與某日本名廚合作經營，主打江戶前壽司和新派壽司，引來各大傳媒相繼報導和推介。麻煩妹八掛，順手把該店的餐牌拿來看看，發現當中的日文差不多每頁都有錯處，難度那個所謂的日本「名廚」是個文盲？！該店可以花數百萬來裝修，難度花不出百分之一也不到的錢去找個真正懂日語的人來翻譯？連我這個日語初學者也發現他的「芒果」串錯了！

說起芒果，香港人的「創意」也幾可笑大人家的口，麻煩妹見到該店有芒果做的壽司還以為自己看錯了！反覆問我，甚可以把芒果和加了白醋的壽司米放在一起放進口？又肯定沒有一個日本會吃這個東西！作為香港人，我起初也不太以為意（雖然我從來未見過任何人點用水果做的壽司），但對日本人來說，這個情況就有如我們用沙律醬撈魚旦粉、食蛋撻加鼓油！離開這「名店」後，在同層又見另一壽司店，再次，糟糕的「日語」......

認識麻煩妹至今，我們到過很多不同的食店，有很地道的、草根的，也有高消費和高檔次的，然而麻煩妹不會計較他們有日語餐牌與否，但卻見過太多太多很搞笑和錯漏百出的「日語」菜牌，那怕是名店「慶x樓」（該店還學人做日本凍烏冬，一點也不QQ，沒咬口）、老店「太x館」......，有一次甚至試過在「x仔記」見到「芒果汁」變了「陰道汁」，問你羞家否！

這說明了什麼？說明了香港人的雙重標準，一方面嘲笑內地人的英文，一方面也不見得自己有多認真或高明。也說明了香港人的做作、愛充，甚麼日本名廚，甚麼江戶前、新派壽司，與行騙無異。再說，另一間中底價的「板x壽司」，本來以價錢來說它是做得算是不錯，而且還踏踏實實地教大家正確的吃壽司方法（包括不把wasabi與豉油調在一起，也不會用飯來沾鼓油），可是卻不斷出現食物中毒......實在非常羞家！

算吧，說到底這次是我們倆的生日旅程，應該開開心心的。我們先去了廣州（最難忘是吃廣州酒家，非常了不得，沈生湯館也不錯，只是「南信」、「銀記」等都只是一般，蓮香則極為失望，遠比不上香港的蓮香樓），再來香港吃喝玩樂！唯一不美中不足的是天氣實在太熱，還有麻煩妹病倒了要看醫生！ 但無論如何......

麻煩妹，祝你生日快樂！（也祝我生日快樂，我們的生日只差兩天，我23號，佢25號）

Back from Taiwan

6 days Taiwan trip, went with 28 high school students, but it was not as funny as last summer, so diasppointed and angry.

not including sth i hv contributed b4 and during the trip, i still hv to spend hours to do the follow-up which is supposed not my responsibility, damn it, very ma fan!

alishan is not as gd as i expected, and other places also....anyway....but i still feel gd to be with students. after going home, i felt so relieved, and i can c my mafanmui again. however, mafanmui has totally lost her voice, and she've changed to another department in office, very poor that she cant use msn there anymore, poor us ......

no voice!

i got cold last week, and since then i have totally lost my voice. this is much harder than i have ever thought!!
especially at a time like this when Malaujai is away from home and doesnt have many chances to get online.... since i cannot talk to him through telephone!!! too much of a bad lack.
and it is even worse when this is the time you have to be introduce to be in a new office, and have to explain why i whisper like this every time i talk to a new person....

my vooooooooooice, please come back!!!!!!!!!!