淥 麪 soup|noodles 淥 Noodles 渌面

「 又 搞 咗 成日 …… 」 我 望 咗 望 手機 ， 又 試 搞 到 凌晨 ， 已經 係 兩點 幾 。 again|messing||all day|||||||tried|||early morning|||| I sighed, "It's been like this all day..." I glanced at my phone and tried to figure it out until the early morning, and it was already past two o'clock. 出 到 公司 門口 ， 咁啱 有 架 的士 ， 我 嗱嗱 聲 截車 返 屋企 。 ||company||just right|||taxi||shouted|sound|hailing a taxi|| As I exited the company door, just in time, there was a taxi. I quickly hailed the cab to go home.

我 租 咗 九龍城 嘅 一 間 劏房 。 |rented||Kowloon City|||unit|subdivided flat I rented a partitioned room in Kowloon City. 我 本身 同 父母 一齊 住 元朗 ， 但 揾 到 依家 份 工 之後 ， 就 搬 咗 出嚟 住 。 |myself||parents|||Yuen Long||||now|part||||||| I originally lived in Yuen Long with my parents, but after finding this job, I moved out. 揀 九龍城 ， 係 因為 方便 返工 ： 我 依家 喺 九龍灣 做 緊 一 間 電視台 嘅 助導 。 choose|Kowloon City|||convenient|||||Kowloon Bay|||||TV station||assistant director I chose Kowloon City because it's convenient for work: I am currently working as an assistant director at a television station in Kowloon Bay. 「 助導 」 全名 係 助理 導演 ， 即係 導演 嘅 助手 ， 但 實際上 只 係 一 個 打雜 ： 拍 節目 嗰陣 ， 現場 所有 嘅 嘢 都 關 我 事 ， 導演 、 演員 、 攝影師 …… 所有 人 問 嘅 問題 ， 我 冚唪唥 都 要 識 答 。 assistant director|full name|is|Assistant|director|that is|director||assistant||in reality|||||jack-of-all-trades|shooting|program|when|on-site|||things||concerns|||director|actor|cameraman|||ask||questions||have to|||know how to|answer The full name of 'assistant director' is assistant director, which means the director's assistant, but in reality, it's just a jack-of-all-trades: during the shooting of a program, everything on site is my responsibility. I have to know the answers to all the questions asked by the director, actors, cameramen... everyone. 我 連 大家 每 日 食 邊 間 餐廳 嘅 乜嘢 飯盒 都 要 顧 埋 一 份 。 |including||||eat at||at||||lunch box|||take care of||| I have to take care of a portion of whatever lunch box everyone eats at the restaurant every day.

我 間 劏房 喺 一 棟 舊樓 嘅 七 樓 ， 租金 唔 貴 ， 對 我 嘅 經濟 負擔 唔 算 大 。 |a|subdivided flat|||building|old building||||rent||expensive||||economy|burden||considered| My subdivided flat is on the seventh floor of an old building, the rent is not expensive, and the financial burden on me is not too great. 而且 好彩 嗰度 有 𨋢 ， 唔使 我 行 樓梯 。 and|luckily|there||elevator||||stairs Moreover, fortunately, there is an elevator there, so I don’t have to walk up the stairs. 不過 凌晨 一 個 人 返 屋企 都 有 少少 恐怖 ， 所以 我 全程 都 會 戴 耳機 聽歌 。 |early morning|||||||||scary|||the whole time|||wear|headphones|listening to music But it's a little scary to go back to the house alone in the early hours of the morning, so I'll wear headphones the whole time to listen to the songs. 今晚 我 返 到 屋企 都 已經 三點 零 ， 入 門口 嗰 下 個 肚 響 咗 一 響 。 |||||||300|zero||||||belly|sounded|||sounded It was already 3:00 when I got back to the house tonight, and the next one at the door rang. 「 唉 ， 肚餓 添 …… 」 做 電視台 嘅 人 個個 都 食無定時 ， 我 上 一 餐 係 夜晚 八點 ， 求求其其 食咗 盒 燒鴨飯 。 sigh|hungry|||TV station|||||irregular eating||||||night||just|ate|box of|roast duck rice "......" Everyone who works in television eats regularly, and my last meal was a box of roast duck with rice at 8pm.

我 打開 櫥櫃 ， 入面 放 咗 十幾 包 公仔麪 ， 全部 都 係 辣味 。 ||the cabinet||||a dozen||instant noodles||||spicy flavor I opened the cupboard and there were a dozen packets of noodles, all spicy. 我 好 少 煮飯 食 ， 屋企 連 電飯煲 都 冇 ， 淨係 得 一 個 電磁爐 同 一 個 電熱水壺 。 |||cooking rice||||rice cooker|||only||||induction cooker||||electric kettle I rarely cook, and there isn't even a rice cooker at home, just an induction stove and an electric kettle. 平時 我 肚餓 都 係 淥 麪 食 就算 ， 但 當 我 返 完 十幾 個 鐘頭 工 ： 「 唔想 淥麪 …… 好 麻煩 。 」 ||hungry|||instant|noodles||even if||||||||hours|||instant noodles||troublesome Usually, when I'm hungry, I just eat instant noodles, but after working for over ten hours: 'I don't want instant noodles... it's too much trouble.' 於是 我 閂 返 櫃門 ， 開 另 一 個 櫃桶 ， 拎 咗 杯 辣味 杯麪 出嚟 放 上 枱 —— 我 屋企 除咗 一 包包 公仔麪 之外 ， 就 淨 返 一 杯 杯 杯麪 。 so||locked||cabinet door|||||drawer|||cup|spicy flavor|cup noodles||||table|||besides||pack of|instant noodles|besides||only|||||noodles So I closed the cabinet door, opened another drawer, and took out a cup of spicy cup noodles to put on the table—besides a pack of instant noodles, that's all I have at home. 我 開 住 電熱水壺 就 撻 上 床 （ 我 張 床 就 喺正 我 張 枱 隔籬 ） 。 |||electric kettle||lie||bed|||bed||right next to|||table|next to I turn on the electric kettle and check the bed (I put the bed right in the fence of my table).

「 叮 ！ 」 啲 水 一 煲 滾 ， 我 就 爬 起身 坐 近 張 枱 ， 搣 開 杯麪 個 蓋 ， 斟 啲 滾水 落去 。 |||boil|boil|||get up|||close to|||lifted||noodles||lid|pour||boiling water|down When the water boiled, I got up and sat down near the table, opened the lid of the cup noodles, and poured some boiling water into it. 「 計時 三 分鐘 …… 」 我 開 着 手機 ， 揾 返 我 最 鍾意 嗰 首 日文歌 出嚟 播 ， 首 歌 唱 完 啱啱好 三 分鐘 ， 於是 我 再 攤 返 上 床 聽 住 等 。 Timer||||opened|on|||||||that|song|Japanese song||play|||||just right||||||lie back|||bed||| I set a timer for three minutes... I opened my phone and played my favorite Japanese song. The first song finished just in time for the three minutes, so I lay back down in bed and listened while waiting. 佢 第一 句 歌詞 就 係 ： 「 你 淥 緊 杯麪 ， 你 斟 緊 滾水 落去 …… 」 ||sentence|lyrics||||煮||noodles||pouring||boiling water|down The first line of the lyrics was: 'You are pouring boiling water into your cup noodles...'

「 吖 ！ 吖 ！ 吖 ！ emphasis particle 」 窗口 出面 有 一 樖 好 高 嘅 樹 ， 夏天 朝早 一定 有 雀仔 喺 上面 叫 ， 仲要 叫 得 好 難聽 。 window||||tree||||tree|summer|morning|||birds||||still||||loudly There is a very tall tree outside the window, and in the summer mornings, there are definitely birds chirping on it, and they chirp very unpleasantly. 「 嘈 夠 未 啊 …… 使唔使 朝朝 七點 都 準時 嘈 醒 我 —— 」 七點 ？ wake|enough|yet||do I have to|every morning|seven o'clock||on time|wake||| Have they stopped making noise yet... Do they have to wake me up at seven o'clock every morning? 我 即時 爬 起 身 ， 捽 一 捽 眼 ， 望 一 望 出面 —— 個 天 已經 光 晒 。 |immediately||get up||rub||rub||||||the|||bright| I immediately got up, rubbed my eyes, and took a look outside - the sky was already bright. 「 大鑊 …… 」 我 杯 杯麪 已經 浸 咗 幾 個 鐘 ， 杯身 摸 落 仲 有 少少 暖 ， 但 啲 麪 已經 浸 到 腍 晒 ， 成 擗 漿糊 噉 好 核突 …… big trouble|||bowl of noodles||soaked|||||cup body|feels|touching||||warm|||noodles||soaked||soft|||piece|paste|||very thick Oh no... My bowl of noodles has been soaked for several hours, the bowl itself still feels a bit warm, but the noodles have already turned mushy, completely like paste, it's really disgusting...

「 …… 都係 落 樓下 買 個 早餐 食 算 啦 …… 」 ||downstairs|||||| Well... I might as well go downstairs to buy some breakfast to eat...