母親節﹣關門大吉/ Mother's Day- Closed

空空無人，也沒有垃圾/ Empty, no one and no rubbish

最近事事忙，大的如實習，小的如XYZ。
生活基本上很簡單，起床上班，辦辦辦，BANG﹗ BANG﹗ BANG﹗回家便倒頭大睡……Z Z Z……
母親節過了大半天才發覺是特別日子……
打這篇文也遲了一天……

芬蘭每逢是假期或是特別的日子，所有商店都會關門，好讓自己和人家可以好好慶祝。我週六忘記去超市，家裡什麼都沒有，唉，真希望可以有媽媽煮好的飯，飯來張口食便行了。想一想，我們都是自私的。說會孝順，說會對媽子好，可是，一有機會便會依賴媽媽，即管媽媽有十萬件事情要處理……我們的確有長大，但我們認為母親會照顧子女是理所當然，所以便持續扮演兩個角色﹣一）「我是成年人，別管我﹗」二）「媽，你幫我XYZ……呀」其實，母子關係蠻不公平，我們專挑母親來欺侮。不要說笑，單從客觀角度看，我們是好CHEAP的。當然，人與人之間不可計較……有可能我年少無知，大家都讚母親如何的偉大，但我從來沒有好好細想意思。

人有惰性，沒有月曆記下的日子，我們便不會記起母親節，不會去特意慶一慶祝。仲CHEAP。所以不少人會說：「要孝順＾每一天都是母親節。」說得簡單又動聽，你每一天都辦到嗎﹖

當女人有了親生骨肉，生理上的轉變應該會來心理上的轉變，那男人呢﹖我不是批評，純屬在思量。我不想有孩子，其實是因為我自私。當然大家都說思想會變，再看看吧。

星期日，回家途中，有一位婆婆獨自在路上拾垃圾，是義工性質。地上有煙頭，把它拿起然後掉入正確的空間。不知她有沒有兒女，他們一起吃過飯沒有﹖如果她提出母親節的活動是拾垃圾，他們會願意與母親一起做嗎﹖

街頭空空的，婆婆已清理好了。

「黃昏」的風微寒，我急步回家去。

From being occupied as an intern to trivial thing XYZ, am simply too busy recently.

Life is simple as it is mundane. Wake up to work, toil toil toil, back home then sleep, sleep and sleep...z z Z...

I came to realize Mother's day a bit way too late,

and type this even later...

In Finland, whenever it is a red day or a special day, every shop is closed so that people can celebrate with joy. As I forgot to do my grocery shopping on Saturday, I had to bear my own consequence. Empty fridge means empty stomach. Sigh, I wish I were in Hong Kong...What I need to do is to open my mouth and get fed. On second thought, we are all selfish. Filial piety and devotion are vocalized but actions are not realized. We have a tendency to rely on our busy multitasking moms easily, given chance is available. Even though we have grown up, we still take mother's care for granted and continue to take two roles : 1) "I am a grown up now, stop bugging me!" 2) "Mum, can you help me to XYZ..." Indeed, mother-child relationship is definitely unfair. Admit it, we like to bully our mum.  From an objective point of view, we are like bastards. Needless to say, it is impossible to quantity relationships...Being young and naive, I never contemplate upon how vast mother love can be.

There is always sloth in us. If the calendar does not mark the day as remarkable, do we still remember the day and celebrate with our dearest mums? Bastards. Many have mentioned that "everyday can be Mother's Day". Can you really do it?

Once a female is conceived, the physical changes bring her mental changes. How about men? I am not criticizing. I say simply as a contemplation. I want to be childfree out of selfishness. Of course, you may say thought changes from time to time...

It was a Sunday evening on the way back home, I saw an old lady picking up street garbage alone, voluntarily. She collected the cigarette butts and tossed them into the appropriate space. Does she have children? Have they celebrated? If she suggested this programme to her children, are they willing to do it with her?

The street was left empty, that old lady had cleaned up already.

Crisp wind blew at "dusk", I hastened back home.