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| 夕陽無限好，已近黃昏時。 |
今天在食閣那吃碗甜品，一位年約七十多歲的瘦小老婦，
她一個人坐那圓桌邊，桌上放了一個水壺，應該她自己的，
在她坐的身旁另張椅子上放了一袋東西，手里一直弄著張小紙。
買了甜品正想坐下，聽到她用潮州話說【現在才吃呀？】
我坐在另張圓桌邊，能坐上十個人那種大圓桌約70" 加上我那張，
和她對坐的隔離有十尺，在我后面的那桌是張兩位印度婦女。
知道她是對著說，我對她微笑，坐了下來，她又説了
【哦，我剛吃飽了，我吃最後那檔的飯，我吃鷄肉和飯】
午飯時間已過了很久，食閣里食客們零零散散，我邊吃邊聽她說
【我的女兒說要來，來了要睡哪裏？去她二姨那了】
我打量她的身上的衣著和外觀，她是很瘦小，但還算整齊、乾净。
也許老人家需要有人陪她聊天或聽她述説些事。
【那檔賣印度飯的是新開的，沒有生意，太貴了。】
看她樣子，應該是住附近，我開口問她：
“ 之前那檔是賣什麽的？” 我想陪她聊聊。
【賣印度飯咯，你看沒有顧客，我吃過，太貴了】
“ 在這印度檔來開之前，是賣什麽的？” 我提高聲量重複我的話。
【 太貴了，五塊錢的飯，太貴了，所以沒有顧客】
也許相隔《太遠了》聽不清楚 或 也許她老人家衹在她自己的世界裏，
甜品喫完了。 我走了。
邊走邊在想，十出年后，我也大概是這個歲數了。
我也會在咖啡座等《人》回來嗎 ？ 會有人來嗎？
我也會這樣嗎？
也許。也許。等人的那個已經不在了。。。。
Will... I .....
will ... I ....
This afternoon I went out to get somethings, passby a foodcourt,
I brought a bowl of dessert and found a place to sit down enjoy my dessert.
Outside the foodcourt, an old lady sat infront of me at different table.
A ten person round table and I just sat at another round table next to hers.
We facing each other about 10' feet away.
She was alone with a water bottle and a bag beside her.
She talk to me in Teochew language: 【 So, now then you eat?】
I know she was talking to me as behind me was a round table with 2 Indian ladies.
【 I taken my lunch, I brought chicken and rice at the last store】she kept telling me.
【 My daughter said she is coming, but where she going to sleep, no room for her
so she going to her aunt place.】
【 The Indian stall is new, I ate once, but too expensive.】
“ What was the stall selling before this Indian stall? "
I tried to have some conversation with her to keep company.
Some old folks are too lonely and like to talk to strangers.
【 The Indian stall got no business, he selling too expensive.】
Maybe it too far apart, she can't hear what asked.
" So, what was that stall selling before these Indian stall? "
I raised higher tone, but she seem never listened and repeating the same.
She seem living in her ownself World .
So, after finished my dessert, I just went off.
Will I be the same like her, in another ten over years time.
By then I almost the same age as what now she is .
Will I be waiting for somebody at the coffee-shop or food court?
Or by then , there is no such person exist......
