「今日著新衫返工喎。」Rick一早上班便跟我說。486Please respect copyright.PENANA0z0Ib8kbZl
486Please respect copyright.PENANADEq4j9Gfqt
「係呀,琴晚同女朋友食完飯買㗎。」我有點自豪的說。486Please respect copyright.PENANAaIvPdayY6q
486Please respect copyright.PENANAvqkdrHIgEt
衣服雖不名貴,但質地足夠順滑。布料貼身的觸感讓我聯想到江柏琪的肌膚,彷彿她一直都在觸碰着我。486Please respect copyright.PENANADlfFzLhxlz
486Please respect copyright.PENANAwuwfIIiVLF
當看到送贈的物件,便自然會想起對方,難怪戀人都愛送貼身衣物予另一半。486Please respect copyright.PENANAqs5YR5MRRJ
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展覽來到最後一天。486Please respect copyright.PENANAbkFe9QWnJC
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完結的時候已是晚上八時,同事們都在收拾攤位、點算貨物數量、搬運。486Please respect copyright.PENANAS3fPcWOgW1
486Please respect copyright.PENANAbzIEXy0J9C
Rick知道我約了鍾美嘉做訪問,特意讓我提早下班,說不要讓學生太晚回家,畢竟一個女生深夜獨自在街上還是有一定的危險。這個部門主管就是貼心又懂變通。486Please respect copyright.PENANAGx7OoXKLX7
486Please respect copyright.PENANA7Zgx5tYO8V
我致電鍾美嘉:「嗨,Mika,我早咗收工,可以早啲做訪問。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAq749cpKHxY
486Please respect copyright.PENANAswYgmanEjI
「好阿,我而家即刻出嚟。」她的聲音聽起來很興奮。486Please respect copyright.PENANAZRTdEUHesg
486Please respect copyright.PENANAFHw05WANFH
「出去邊度?我地唔係返Campus做訪問咩?」我問。486Please respect copyright.PENANAPzDrph6V0M
486Please respect copyright.PENANAsgK0nlQWtq
「係阿,我諗住出嚟接你嘛。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAQLlWoDW8O8
486Please respect copyright.PENANAKYkW0bdiIA
「For your information,我喺度讀書,識得路㗎。」我問:「你食咗飯未?」486Please respect copyright.PENANA192Qn18dnV
486Please respect copyright.PENANA5dKCrH0pZn
「未阿。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAZGNmH2r8yJ
486Please respect copyright.PENANAtcLRhgd1Pj
「不如食住飯傾。」我提議。486Please respect copyright.PENANAdPraiznUGz
486Please respect copyright.PENANA6AGPjVfwtV
「都得。五分鐘後喺時光隧道等。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAwwS8FeHgwD
486Please respect copyright.PENANAC89rk0dKKw
我站在時光隧道前的電梯口等待,不消一會兒便看到鍾美嘉跑過來。486Please respect copyright.PENANAagrDpBvarv
486Please respect copyright.PENANAHKn7K8hOlD
從她狂奔的舉動,加上昨天晚上幾句的短訊交流,感覺她是個性格匆忙又心急的人。她今天穿了大地色系的麻質連身裙,還戴了耳環,簡單好看。486Please respect copyright.PENANAKVS7WzStx0
486Please respect copyright.PENANAqHViyaCLs3
「行囉。」我說。486Please respect copyright.PENANA7YEbXTNN0g
486Please respect copyright.PENANA0tlfpKPyJB
「去邊呀?」她邊跟著我走邊問。486Please respect copyright.PENANALDed6UWNqx
486Please respect copyright.PENANAQZlPybnKNI
「我地去食溜冰場頂層間西餐好無?」486Please respect copyright.PENANArd63E4h0Ah
486Please respect copyright.PENANAFkLNk4USYy
「吓⋯」鍾美嘉有點猶豫。她的猶豫是因為她討厭吃西餐?還是怕吃西餐會很貴?486Please respect copyright.PENANAliWfZXqR8h
486Please respect copyright.PENANA8fQobm0t6A
「我請。」和後輩吃飯當然是我付錢。486Please respect copyright.PENANADwuApXh2lE
486Please respect copyright.PENANAm69aWuOBLK
「Er...」486Please respect copyright.PENANAOTP0Ku9AnK
486Please respect copyright.PENANAzKWImwaQVI
「你唔想食西餐?」486Please respect copyright.PENANAKBnf1x0QTy
486Please respect copyright.PENANAg5O4exn8nu
「唔係⋯要你夜媽媽同我做訪問,仲請我食飯有啲唔好意思姐。」486Please respect copyright.PENANABOxQb9nEV9
486Please respect copyright.PENANAlVvfmOkvLk
「我今日完咗展覽高興嘛,緊係食好啲賀一賀佢。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAXtVZw621EY
486Please respect copyright.PENANA2J7tgmytKn
我和鍾美嘉乘坐電梯到頂層,往西餐廳的方向行走。就在餐廳門口,鍾美嘉停住了。486Please respect copyright.PENANA5KYaIFfQzU
486Please respect copyright.PENANAAUzDQ3bLkX
「其實我今日下晝食咗呢間餐廳嘅下午茶。」鍾美嘉有點尷尬。486Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZvHNO9kB8
486Please respect copyright.PENANA7UNRVmHovN
難怪她會有這個反應,看來她真的非常不想吃西餐。486Please respect copyright.PENANANAYEK3RKNg
486Please respect copyright.PENANAowC7hC57Nb
「咁呀,你有無咩嘢想食?」我只好問她。486Please respect copyright.PENANARny1RY2A40
486Please respect copyright.PENANAJtYbUBO1iS
鍾美嘉指著西餐廳旁邊的Food court說:「我想食米線。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAiQPlca90oT
486Please respect copyright.PENANAFqiOTpsY3s
噢,那是我昨晚和江柏琪吃的連鎖米線餐廳。486Please respect copyright.PENANA4Np28oH6bz
486Please respect copyright.PENANA1H2U3a2Ye7
我其實不太想吃米線,想去環境好一點的地方用餐,坐得舒舒服服去進行訪問;更不想堂堂一個有經濟能力的男人要一個女學生跟他去吃米線,感覺有點寒酸。486Please respect copyright.PENANAvhdeeBBYSh
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「今日有新湯底出,係Ian代言㗎,我好想試吓。」486Please respect copyright.PENANA0krEIcCOCx
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看到她這麼堅持便隨她心意,作為一名紳士應要尊重女生的意見,反正吃清淡一點也好。486Please respect copyright.PENANAsamcKYSXvT
486Please respect copyright.PENANA5ppXteQd2Y
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我們到了米線店的收銀處。486Please respect copyright.PENANATkbyOLry3A
486Please respect copyright.PENANAFSPDpRSEOH
「勿演懶肉皮蛋芫茜湯米線,凍華甜。」問號?我好像聽到鍾美嘉在用不純正的廣東話下單,她在搞什麼飛機?486Please respect copyright.PENANAXfHqE1nmaw
486Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7g2VLbaIl
「食咩好呢⋯」對,我真的要看餐牌思考吃什麼。平日我一個人很少到這家店吃米線,和朋友聚會一般去較高檔次的餐廳,亦因此我基本上只會和江柏琪吃這家米線。我也沒有可能跟不相熟的鍾美嘉說一起分享過橋米線。486Please respect copyright.PENANA8hUe33DWjW
486Please respect copyright.PENANAQwow58jQY3
「我提議你食皮蛋芫荽米線加多杯芫荽青檸七喜。」鍾美嘉說。486Please respect copyright.PENANAIW9OO5OR1M
486Please respect copyright.PENANAahUHUHUk71
「吓?」這個古怪的菜單就是她口中的新湯底?486Please respect copyright.PENANAcEZtQkxlPA
486Please respect copyright.PENANAYkdl0z6lOC
我不喜歡芫荽,也不討厭芫荽。芫荽一向是我不會主動去吃的東西。486Please respect copyright.PENANAok3L9yMmz7
486Please respect copyright.PENANAgEuVbTaKJf
「咁就可以幫我換多個Ian卡片套。」她瞪大雙眼,像是請求,又像是施加壓力。486Please respect copyright.PENANAznqNI6wHNU
486Please respect copyright.PENANALsAaCGYdna
「好啦。」就是這樣,鍾美嘉讓我踏出了我的舒適圈,我要試新菜式了:「一份皮蛋芫茜湯底米線,加竹笙,一份土匪雞翼、凍奶茶少冰多奶。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAvMZ0TsB85E
486Please respect copyright.PENANABXrv16GI8C
「姐姐,仲有無Ian BB嘅卡片套換?」鍾美嘉問米線大嬸。486Please respect copyright.PENANAoCPbn3GgnX
486Please respect copyright.PENANA97nHM3m3hP
「無晒啦,俾正話排前面個妹妹拎咗最後一個啦。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAIomKK2fPF9
486Please respect copyright.PENANAVdffwcvzXk
鍾美嘉扁咀不悅,並用了一個仇視的眼神望著那位勝利者:「好啦。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAyDxtPyM9D4
486Please respect copyright.PENANA2pKt2TMraq
486Please respect copyright.PENANAeLgms19KJP
「邊個係Ian?」在一旁等候食物的我問鍾美嘉。486Please respect copyright.PENANA7TDcdpjblX
486Please respect copyright.PENANA79bKzilsiB
「佢囉。」鍾美嘉指著旁邊的海報。Ian的樣子長得挺清秀。486Please respect copyright.PENANAv7fq7HVjTE
486Please respect copyright.PENANAEqUBUEZcUk
「呢個人喺邊度出嚟㗎?」我真的完全不認識他。我突然感受到很深的代溝。486Please respect copyright.PENANA29U6FAl1GZ
486Please respect copyright.PENANARvdUpYpP6B
我出來工作三年,而她還在讀書的話,推測年齡起碼比我小三至七歲。486Please respect copyright.PENANAFqWmJK8oDu
486Please respect copyright.PENANAWZjXSMDCgX
「Ian都唔識,好打極有限喎!」明明這是我讀書時常說的口頭禪,現在卻給鍾美嘉挪揄我:「佢地係電視台嘅選秀節目出嚟。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAW9AAJD9Z2q
486Please respect copyright.PENANAOLde7BMCtI
「我就咁睇張Poster以為佢叫Lan,Lan線果個Lan。」我搞笑。486Please respect copyright.PENANAdcoJamWgMM
486Please respect copyright.PENANAr8VTMdGlDG
「呢個都係佢花名嚟!」鍾美嘉很興奮。486Please respect copyright.PENANA7NaQlxmW7t
486Please respect copyright.PENANArJMIbKXn5C
初次見面時她表現害害羞羞,第二次見面拒絕我請她吃西餐,還要受訪的我陪她吃頹米線餐廳。486Please respect copyright.PENANAn6lfDrFvhG
486Please respect copyright.PENANAHBez4T88qL
我對於這個妹妹的第二印象是,她為人坦率和真性情。我一向喜歡這種性格的女生,因為容易溝通,不扭擰,相處不用猜來猜去。486Please respect copyright.PENANAwKGM3haamh
486Please respect copyright.PENANAdkB8KBh7fC
「我亂吹㗎咋。」沒想到時下年青人的口味這麼奇怪,電腦零件都喜歡,真是打開我的新世界。486Please respect copyright.PENANAIjTa8TZyfA
486Please respect copyright.PENANAEkCI5L4NVH
閒日晚上的Food court人流較冷清,我們很輕易便找到一個四人位置。486Please respect copyright.PENANAsTTLV3TjSi
486Please respect copyright.PENANAqYtqOgE91D
鍾美嘉問我能不能錄音。我說好阿,隨便。486Please respect copyright.PENANAXqawHVT6SL
486Please respect copyright.PENANAURgv9837hX
她在右側的桌子放置問題列表、筆記本和原子筆,等候著我發落。486Please respect copyright.PENANAHrP7UoaN5D
486Please respect copyright.PENANAK39RwqlZz7
我說:「我地食嘢先,casual啲,唔洗咁拘謹。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAizr2DWNcKY
486Please respect copyright.PENANAtcuGozwgRX
鍾美嘉回答:「嗯。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAIGp4X5Wl6y
486Please respect copyright.PENANALfcpkuNcvo
我將湯碗上堆滿山一樣高的新鮮芫荽浸泡在湯內。我吸入米線,米線沾上濃郁的芫荽湯底,滿口都是芫荽精華,且帶點鹽巴的味道。湯底裹有許多芫荽碎,我猜測是用攪拌機打碎而成。486Please respect copyright.PENANAdDEptX0FNR
486Please respect copyright.PENANAifh6pezo0d
「你平時食唔食芫荽?」鍾美嘉問。486Please respect copyright.PENANA3eDFYO9vyP
486Please respect copyright.PENANAnTbkqIAKLE
「我唔會主動食。」我評論說:「不過我覺得呢個湯底比想像中好味同易接受。」486Please respect copyright.PENANA3TEIw3cr53
486Please respect copyright.PENANAzNaP2o3WwW
鍾美嘉喝了一口芫荽青檸七喜,說:「我呢杯芫檸七都OK,我嫌佢芫荽味唔夠濃添。」486Please respect copyright.PENANABCPCLlFGaG
486Please respect copyright.PENANAFT3kOBpbiB
「睇嚟你食嘢都幾重口味。」我說。看來她是一個芫荽女。486Please respect copyright.PENANAg3xtZInDkw
486Please respect copyright.PENANAh1m6MalRsk
「係㗎,我食好多嘢都要特濃、重蒜、多蔥、麻辣。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAlLfmO34E3k
486Please respect copyright.PENANAsM2JRewE6w
那你的口不是長期也很臭?我心想。幸好我暫時未有聞到異常的味道。看來她比愛吃洋蔥的江柏琪更重口味。486Please respect copyright.PENANA9BdJDWhCWR
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「唔,我相比起你食得清淡。有時我會帶飯返公司,有時候會買沙律,放假先食返豐富啲。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAwhWbicvmYp
486Please respect copyright.PENANAlheoc5UEID
鍾美嘉在紙上寫了「吃飯清淡、帶飯、沙律」,非常惹笑。我想起問題列表中其中一條是問與我相關的愛好興趣。這些細節有需要記載嗎?除了媽媽和女朋友,大概沒有人會想去瞭解我的口味。486Please respect copyright.PENANAcFoL3N2RKm
486Please respect copyright.PENANAXq6Y9DClk0
「你畢業後做過幾多間公司?」鍾美嘉問。486Please respect copyright.PENANAJWPcoHKmYr
486Please respect copyright.PENANAyg4BcAduTF
「一間。我由畢業到而家,都係喺呢間外資公司度工作。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAjY81iSGJLW
486Please respect copyright.PENANAXeog1GkP6u
「咁你呢三年條Career path係點?平時工作都做啲咩?」486Please respect copyright.PENANAoa7AcWcMcU
486Please respect copyright.PENANA2rWNrjmnEy
「我入咗呢間公司嘅MT programme,所以頭兩年喺唔同嘅部門Rotate,HR、Finance、Design、Purchasing都各留咗半年。最後喺Marketing team工作至今一年嘅時間,主要係跟進公司產品嘅推廣。平日工作類型廣泛,大家一條Team,只要你願意主動Take up多啲Task,所有嘢都有機會去做。例如琴日你見到我地公司嘅銷售展,由市場分析、場地租賃、聯絡人、宣傳稿、設計、Budget都會接觸到。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAle3hSmXPNd
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「一般MT Program嘅晉升階梯都幾明確。」486Please respect copyright.PENANA8T4GmRoPU7
486Please respect copyright.PENANAsrn4FRszTu
「係,如果你表現優良,就可以喺較短時間晉升到Assistant或者Senior Brand Manager嘅職位。公司提供機會俾我擴闊眼界,喺短時間內去唔同嘅部門工作過,就唔會紙上談兵,對畢業生嚟講係好寶貴嘅工作經驗。」是無聊的標準答案呢,言下之意其實就是被丟東丟西的打雜。486Please respect copyright.PENANA6V8uNapNxZ
486Please respect copyright.PENANArb9JiSsiSu
鍾美嘉繼續認真地抄筆記,手部的動作沒有暫停過,甚是忙碌。486Please respect copyright.PENANAGXs64I2VKp
486Please respect copyright.PENANAhP753Nh2UZ
「公司有無咩特別嘅Feature或者福利?」486Please respect copyright.PENANAjZv8SVNaSR
486Please respect copyright.PENANAVFDSyh5mvV
「有啲品牌會有員工折扣。我地有Happy friday,五點鐘準時飲嘢,同埋果日可以著Casual wear。」我說:「最特別係公司有個300尺嘅Pantry。入面有電視、桌球枱、按摩椅,仲有一張吧枱同埋電池爐、焗爐,lunch可以煮嘢食。」486Please respect copyright.PENANA1ddVmnQB5m
486Please respect copyright.PENANABvEX2UG0yb
我打開電話的照片,給鍾美嘉看公司的茶水間。486Please respect copyright.PENANAA19qhzYKwA
486Please respect copyright.PENANAqW4m5AwkLI
「嘩!喺香港返工真係可以煮嘢食咁開心?」486Please respect copyright.PENANArdnaR8i69d
486Please respect copyright.PENANAv4jXWa2ad1
「外國公司嘛。不過啲同事好懶,唔太鐘意煮嘢,所以想煮嘢嘅話輪候時間都好短。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAD8jL18Hrjr
486Please respect copyright.PENANAOKS8HDMyfE
「睇完張相,我即刻想嚟做Intern。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAcsGgoTXSmy
486Please respect copyright.PENANAaLrnfkSVN9
「我地公司無請Intern,不過請緊個長做嘅Part time。」見鐘美嘉挺好聊的,所以我也將此資訊告訴她,看看她會不會有興趣。486Please respect copyright.PENANA1OT7NqDvij
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「一星期要返幾多日?」486Please respect copyright.PENANAMmFyGT2oUh
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「我地好Free,你填表,幾時得閒就返。最理想係Event個禮拜都返足,忙起上嚟都要OT。」486Please respect copyright.PENANA5D3JGN2L7y
486Please respect copyright.PENANA318147eZCn
「認真?可唔可以入Cv俾你幫我Refer?」486Please respect copyright.PENANATXBk0kuFig
486Please respect copyright.PENANAbaU0l59qwt
「可以,你直接send Cv俾我。」其實不用Refer,因為是我在做招聘,妳會直接當我的助手。486Please respect copyright.PENANAlFIaip19Kr
486Please respect copyright.PENANA7nD9OP6wXR
「你最快可以幾時返工?」我問鐘美嘉。486Please respect copyright.PENANA4ebRQ0Zu4g
486Please respect copyright.PENANA9bYUd6Ycfl
「下星期一。」486Please respect copyright.PENANA2nxdMzuHQx
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「非常好。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAC96J5LMa8E