小月度麵 - 度小月台南擔仔麵，北京王府井新東安廣場

清末年間，民生不好過，大地東南之濟， 有一大島，每遇七至九月颱風天，島上漁民出海作業的日子少了，故稱七至九月為小月。 為謀生計，中南部一姓洪漁民，提著擔挑賣麵，小碗麵上有鮮蝦一隻，肉燥加小蔥，鮮香撲鼻 －就為世人所知的擔仔麵。 日子雖難過，但總也想法子去過。洪老先生，你這小碗麵，度過那些小月，却教人好好面對生活任何難關，寓意深遠。今天小月度麵，回歸大地，好讓十三億小口，一嘗百年前洪老先生這碗擔仔麵。

除了擔仔麵，還有鳳梨苦瓜排骨湯，鹽酥骨，南瓜泡菜，小紅茄，全都不負小月其名。

Jian Guo Road and East 3rd ring, Beijing

15 years ago, I came here pretty often.  Back then there weren't such high rise buildings as on all the below photos (except the Soho modern town - photo 2).  Wet market and furniture places were around here.  A very rapid growth.

Shin Kong shopping district, Beijing, China

Fu Li community complex and Renaissance Hotel Beijing

One day clear, then one day smoggy - Beijing

Photo 1: never seen such a clear blue sky in Beijing especially during winter time.  Photo 2: however, the next day it went back to a very smoggy scene. 

Re-visiting East 3rd ring road 東三環, Beijing

This road has meant so much to me.  Stayed in a hotel at the far south of this 3rd ring and passed by this road so many times.  It wasn't that busy and very few tall buildings were around.  It wasn't that smoggy either.  That's the cost of economy growth.  I somehow enjoyed seeing some old things still staying here - like that fruit stall trolley.  It was minus 2 and they were still making their living.

Moments in Sanya, Hainan Island

鹿回頭, 鹿不回頭 - 海南島三亞市

這裡有一個故事，年輕壯士跑過九十九座山，跨過九十九個海，到了這島上最南端的崖上.  一頭鹿在回頭一望這壯士，化身為一女子，跟隨壯士在這灣內定居.  世世代代，後人為這崖稱作"鹿回頭"，這灣為"情人灣"。

不其然，腦海中將這傳說，聯想一位故人。就這樣來了另一個故事⋯⋯

壯士流放到這島上，天天夜夜在想念故鄉妻兒，跨過這島上廷綿溪河，跑過南北西東山崖，對著無盡頭大海呼喊，這些影象攝入一頭仙鹿眼簾內.  仙鹿就在這崖上等，壯士終於跑到這裡。

仙鹿用了畢生的法力，眼睛一貶，將壯士過往的一切忘掉。也在那一貶眼，仙鹿正要化身為一女子，可惜法力不繼，再一貶眼，變回一頭鹿。壯士帶著這頭鹿在這灣區內遊牧，沒有情感背負，忘掉一切，一個人也過得很好。這頭鹿也忘了自己的一切，不用再帶著永遠不死之身去看透世間情，過得很好⋯⋯  

這時我聽到祖母在對我說，這故事我聽懂了，謝謝你沒有將這故事懷上我的恨意，只記掛簡簡單單的一個他，也好讓他走得簡單。不回頭。

還了一個心願 ﹣ 最後踏上海南島

小時候姑母陳述往事，日軍佔據香港，爺爺被充軍去海南島，當時已當作凶多吉少。但我多次在問為何不去找找看？ 每次只聽到慨嘆聲。從那時起，小孩與生俱來的幻想，海南島這名字就如魔法故事中的場景，在腦海中牽起多個故事 ﹣ 小品的，震憾的，怨悔的，瀟灑的，盪氣迴腸的⋯⋯

日後，曾多次提到來這裡走走，家人友人不太熱衷。雖知海南島地大，也事隔數十年，心內總是有些事未了。

偶然，如天空上一片倦倦思緒，投影在這海南的波心，不必訝異，無須歡欣，為的是感受這裡的氣息及人情。在交錯時空的剎那，讓你知道我來過這島了。