以前觉得，

搭的士是很奢侈的一种做法-

那是只有有钱人，或是习惯乱挥霍的人才做的事。

说什么迟到，赶时间，怕麻烦浪费时间，那都是借口。

是去年开始，可能是开始做工了，

觉得花点小钱，能比较方便，不那么累，

才渐渐才是偶尔搭的士。

可是是最近才深深体会到-

搭的士的主要目的不是怕麻烦，或是方便什么-

它的含义其实不过是

买多点时间。

因为时间是宝贵的，分秒必争，

不留意，很快的一天就过了，

而对我而言搭的士主要的优点就是，

它让你从容不迫，

它给你多点享受的悠闲。

它让你买多些时间，

准备东西也好，

吃饭也好，

睡觉也好，

就是看你怎么衡量，

钱，和时间，哪个比较重要？

哪个比较值得争取？

对我而言，

即时是多几秒，

能看看你的脸，握着你的手，

那是值得的。

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Contradictions.

Life is full of them-

A simple, most ordinary one, for example-

In front of you I would like to be (near) perfect;

at least decent, never unglamorous;

never looking spent, never looking tired,

never caught off guard, never smelling bad;

(Girls should always look pretty and smell like flowers (to me at least), though I realise that for some girls/people (myself certainly included), smelling like flowers all the time would be a rather unattainable/unrealistic goal)

and/but at the same time,

I like that you've seen me in my less-than-desirable moments;

looking tired, spent, dishevelled, scruffy, and perhaps smelling bad, even-

and in spite/despite of all this, it hasn't seemed to trigger an averse reaction in you to turn around and flee for dear life, or to change your mind and love someone else (not yet anyway)

but anyway that's not the point,

the point is that life is full of contradictions,

and so am I.

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好不容易，

一礼拜又过了！

天啊，

明天就是星期六！