※ hair becomes longer

It rained again. The seldom good weather continued for a few
days but
it rained today.

Dad asked me to go to his client’s place with him. He said
that I should
take a look because there is the most high-class uptown in
Seattle.

"There is the shore of the Washington Lake. Bill Gates has a
house there,
too," dad said.

Dad parked the car beside the dock. The Washington Lake is
so large that
makes it look like an ocean and these houses are so big like
castles. It
is hard to believe that in these castle-like houses and
interior design,
there are three tenth of them are dad’s work. Who had an
appointment with
dad today was a Canadian businessman. I heard of he is a
banker.

He asked dad for a design of the castle like the other hosts
of these
houses. It’s my first time worked with dad and it is a fresh
feeling.

On the way home, dad said that he doesn’t want to plan my
future. But if
I’m interested in building and interior design, he is
willing to let me
work in his company.

I look at my reflection in the car window. It seems that my
hair becomes
longer.
Today is rarely a substantial day but it rained all day.
It is rarely a relaxed day but I miss you in this moment.

By milk who miss coffee

譯：

※ 頭髮長了

又下雨了，難得連續了好幾天的好天氣，今天又下雨了。

爸爸心血來潮似的要我陪他到客戶那兒一趟，他說我該看看，那是全西
雅圖最高級

的住宅區。

「那裡是華盛頓湖畔，比爾蓋茲也有棟房子在那裡呢。」爸爸說。

爸爸把車子停在湖畔的船屋旁，華盛頓湖大得像一片海洋，這裡的房子
也都大的像

城堡一樣。我幾乎不敢相信，這些像城堡的房子還有室內的設計，有三
成是我爸爸

的作品。今天約爸爸見面的是個加拿大籍的商人，聽說他是個銀行家。

他跟這些房子的主人一樣，向爸爸要了一張城堡設計圖，我第一次跟著
爸爸一起工

作，感覺是新鮮的。

回家的路上，爸爸說他不想替我規劃我未來的規劃，但如果我對建築和
室內設計有

興趣，他很願意讓我到公司去上班。

我從車窗的反射中看著自己，頭髮好像長長了些。

難得今天是充實的一天，雨卻也下了一天。

難得心情輕鬆了一天，卻在這時想起你。

Ｂｙ 想念
咖啡的牛奶

◎ ◎
◎ ◎

※ job

My first job is my family business. I start to take dad’s
car to company
at nine o’clock every morning and learn his work. I really
have no idea
that he is so busy that he still has to finish over 14 cases
in a month,
even in July and August these off-seasons.

Everyday I read those interior designs, look at those young
designers
follow after dad and exhaust their abilities. Sometimes they
would flush
with debating on a door’s material.
I often see Mike talk on phone as he draws design. I often
see Lily take
designs on one hand and the other hand take a pack of Korean
noodles but
forget to eat. I often see Jeff in order to communicate with
clients he
takes the aspirin everyday. I even heard Sanica talking on
the cell
phone with clients about the progress in the restroom.

So, it is the feeling of working that I can forget whom is I
on my mind
and also forget who I’m thinking in my heart for a while.

I should find time to buy Chinese entry software. I don’t
like to tell
English about my feelings.

By milk who miss coffee

譯：

※ 工作

我的第一份工作，是我的家族企業。

我開始每天早上九點搭爸爸的車子到公司，開始學習他的工作。我真的
不知道他竟

然是這麼忙的，就連七、八月這樣的淡季，他都必須一個月完成十四個
以上的Case

。

我每天看著那些室內設計圖，看著那些年輕的設計師跟著爸爸的腳步在
衝刺，他們

有時為了一個門的材質，都可能會吵到面紅耳赤。

我常看見Mike一邊講電話一邊畫圖，我常看見Lily一手是設計圖，一手
拿著韓國盒

裝麵卻忘了吃，我常看見Jeff為了跟建商溝通，每天都在吃阿斯匹林，
我甚至在洗

手間裡，聽見Sanica一面上廁所，一面用手機向客戶報告設計進度。

原來上班的感覺，就是暫時忘了心裡的那個自己是誰，也忘了心裡在想
的人是誰。

我該找個時間去買個中文輸入軟體，我不喜歡告訴英文我的心情。

Ｂｙ 想念
咖啡的牛奶

◎ ◎
◎ ◎

※ your September

Unconsciously, September came.

You are so busy in this month, studying, taking exam and
your birthday.
Does anybody celebrate your birthday? Does it? When I asked
myself, I
really wanted to take a plane to Taiwan and regarded myself
as a present
for you.

Mom took me to the church today. I had not gone to church
for years since
I went to Taiwan for studying. Sister Marcy was happy to
see me. She
touched my face and said I had a rosy complexion and became
beautiful. I
just smiled.
God is nearsighted and so is his messenger. Couldn’t she
really see that
I was haggard actually because of miss?

When I walked out of the church, a cold wind blew over my
face and I felt
so cold. The city’s September is already like Taiwan’s
winter.

In your September, it causes my miss extremely.
Also, in my November, do you miss me specially?

My birthday is on November 18, do you still remember? If I
wish my
birthday present is being your girl friend for one day, will
you?

By milk who miss coffee

譯：

※ 你的九月

不知不覺的，九月到了。

這個月你好忙呢，要念書，要考試，還有你的生日。今年有人替你慶生
嗎？有嗎？

當我這麼問自己的時候，我就好想坐上飛機飛到台灣去，然後把我自己
當做生日禮

物送給你。

今天媽媽帶我到教堂去，自從到台灣念書之後，我已經好幾年沒有進教
堂了。瑪西

修女看見我很高興，摸著我的臉說我氣色很好，而且變漂亮了，我只是
笑一笑。

原來上帝是個大近視，上帝的使者也是個大近視，難道她沒能看出來，
因為思念的

緣故，我其實是憔悴的嗎？

走出教堂的時候，一陣冷風拂上我的臉，感覺好冷。

這城市的九月，已經像是台灣的冬天了。

在這屬於你的九月裡，特別引起我的思念。

而在屬於我的十一月裡，你會特別想念我嗎？

我的生日是十一月十八日，你還記得嗎？如果我希望我的生日禮物，是
能當你一天

的女朋友，你願意嗎？

Ｂｙ 想念
咖啡的牛奶

◎ ◎
◎ ◎

※ a city of excess in coffee

When I went to a bookstore in the China Town, I took a
Chinese magazine
and skimmed it. It said that Seattle is a city of excess in
coffee. I
smiled and agreed with it from the bottom of my heart. As I
put down
that magazine, a flavor of coffee struck my nose.

Oh, I smell this flavor in the office almost every day. On
each street
in downtown, there is a coffee shop every five-meter. It
seems that if
Seattle has no coffee that it would lose its soul of city.

It has been about two months since I started to work. Dad
said that my
performance is pretty steady and I may start to learn more
professional
subject next year. I don’t understand what is more
professional subject
but I think I will take cell phone with me to the restroom
like Sanica
from next year.

So I start to have at least three cups of coffee everyday
like Mike and
Lily. They said that since taking on drugs is illegal, let
oneself drink
coffee to be poisoned.

I live in a city of excess in coffee. Coffee is the soul of
the city.
And you live in my heart. If I am the city, are you the soul
of my?

By milk who miss coffee

譯：

※ 酗咖啡的城市

在中國城逛書店的時候，隨手翻了翻一本中文雜誌，裡面說西雅圖是個
酗咖啡的城

市，我笑了，心裡認同的很，才放下那本雜誌，一陣咖啡香就撲鼻而
來。

啊，在辦公室裡，我幾乎每天都在聞這樣的味道。而在市區的每一條街
道裡，三步

五尺就有一家咖啡廳，好像沒有了咖啡的西雅圖，就沒有了城市的靈
魂。

開始工作到現在，也已經兩個多月了，爸爸說我的表現很穩定，大概明
年就可以開

始學習更深入的東西了。我不明白什麼是更深入的東西，但我想明年開
始，我可能

會像Sanica一樣，連上個洗手間都必須帶著手機吧。

所以，我開始學Mike跟Lily，每天至少三杯咖啡。他們說既然吸毒是犯
法的，那就

讓自己喝咖啡喝到中毒吧。

我住在酗咖啡的城市裡，咖啡是這城市的靈魂。

而你住在我心裡，若我是一座城市，那麼我的靈魂，是不是你？

Ｂｙ 想念咖
啡的牛奶

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* 若我是一座城市，那麼我的靈魂，是不是你？*