多年以後嘅八月尾 The first real end of August after many years...

Wanted to finish this blog post many days ago,

其實一早就想打好呢篇文章，

But had been real busy.

但一直都好忙。

Busy painting,

又忙畫畫啦，

Busy planting,

又忙種花，

Busy cooking,

又忙整嘢食，

Busy entertaining friends,

又忙接待朋友，

Hanging out with new friends,

又忙同芬蘭新朋友玩，

And of course, being unwell...

重忙住病。

Since I started teaching eight years ago,

自執起教鞭後，

Every 25th August had become a torture.

每年八月二十五日就係痛苦日子嘅開始。

It's not because it's the beginning of the school term, 

唔係開學，

But the endless useless 8/9am to 5pm meetings.

而係每日由8或9至5開無用嘅會。

I had no time to prepare for lessons nor tidying up resources I gathered for teaching during my summer trips.

一D時間備課，整理旅行中搜集到嘅資料備教案都無。

I had nightmares for many days,

果幾日枕住發惡夢⋯

And I woke up sweating.

晚晚嚇醒。

It was the midnight of 24th August,

記得正正係8月24日凌晨，

I cried my pillow wet.

我喊醒咗。

Waking up having the criticism of someone when I finished setting the mock exam paper 1 and,

腦袋裏滿係某人喺模擬考試我出完卷一後同埋上年，

The ridiculously groundless and rude comment that I was lazy when I didn't want to tear the debaters apart so we didn't get any trophies in debate because they were so busy with the joint-schools anniversary celebrations and musicals,

亦係唯一一年因為校慶我唔想Chur死D辯論隊同學而無攞到任何奬項果一年佢對我粗暴而無理嘅批評。

6 years there, 5 trophies. And the school lost one and kept one at the entrance of the School Office.

六年學生攞五個獎，一個放咗係教又務處外，一個唔見咗。

After I woke up,

醒來後，

I repeatedly reminded myself,

我不斷話俾自己聽：

'You are darn wrong! I was not lazy! I was just exhausted!'

「你錯啦！我無懶到！我只係好累！」

After the series of nightmares,

惡夢發完，

And my friend coming for a wonderful night,

朋友來投宿一晚後，

I became very unwell.

除咗留低歡笑，

They must have left some bacteria/ virus!

重有病菌！

I was sick for a couple of days!

就咁我病咗幾日！

I vomited and had spasm in the stomach not to mention I puked some green bitter liquid put! 

嘔到我胃抽筋又嘔綠色苦水！

Awesome! 

勁嘢！

Yet because my friend came from afar,

但係有朋自遠方來，

We wanted to show them hospitality by showing them aroundHelsinki.

我地都希望係晴天嘅日子一盡地主之誼帶佢遊首都。

The HK friend introduced another Hong Kong friend who is studying his PhD in Turku,

佢亦讓我地認識左一個正係圖爾庫讀緊博士學位嘅高人，

He and I shared a lot of common friends,

原來我地有不少的共同朋友，

What a small world,

世界真細小。

Haha!

哈哈！

On some days,

有幾日，

APe took me to the board game night organized by his colleagues,

我同芬蘭猴嘅同事朋友去捉棋！

We also went bowling with our best friends from Finland! 

又同朋友去打保齡球，

We also paid a visit to the nearby kindergarten!

我地重去咗幼稚園參觀，

Of course the Herttoniemi Block Party :)

鄰舍攪嘅夏日嘉年華！

Life is busy,

生活充實，

Yet I miss home still!

但仍想家！

I miss you two so so so much!

掛住你地呀！

Of course my mum n dad, siblings and friends too! 

當然重有家人同朋友！