我們的菲菲

Our Loss

It's a rough week.

We made the toughest decision to put FayFay our dearest pet, a family member, to sleep last Friday night. The heartache and memory of FayFay is beyond description. Waking up in a morning without her is desperately painful. The fear grows and become stronger when it gets closer to home as FayFay is there no more to give us a welcoming wag. The night is silence and long without her paws and nails scratching against the floor while patrolling each of our room. Our hearts are yet to align with reality, mom still refill her water bowl, daddy refuse to put away her doggie biscuits, brother cried like a baby behind closed door, I hear her doggie tag hit the floor when she lazily lay down at the side of my bed.  How we wish you were still there.

FayFay, we missed you. We did thought of losing you sometime in the future but the day just came without much notice. We still think we will have a couple more years living together as you are always lively and naïve like a young dog.

FayFay, you are very important and precious to us. You are a member of the family, a daily, sometimes hourly, part of our lives. Not having you anymore is a big change and leaves a big void in our home.

We Love You.

老爹媽思廚

你的記憶都記載些甚麼？對於前塵往事，我們都記得特別清楚。像是越陳的酒越醇，越久的記憶越深刻。

這，是一本有記憶的食譜。

十九世紀初是一個動盪的年代。世界每一個角落都處於劇變的狀態中，侵略、政改、事變、暴動字眼，對那一代的人來講，一點都不陌生。一顆荳、一粒米、一根柴、一條菜，都得來不易。

就是這麼的一個年代締造了我們的上一代。

這，是一本賦香港歷史文化色彩的文字記錄。

那時候，物質沒有現在的豐富，人民生活也沒有現在的富裕。況且在戰亂時期的香港，很多都是新移民，來香港避難的。局勢的不穩定，讓每一個人都成為飄流的過客。每天幹活回家，是一頓與家人共享的晚飯讓一切的勞苦都變的值得。

這，是一本有溫度，圖文並茂的見證集。

他們都是一群歷練過時代洗禮的見證人。歲月洗去他們的年華，頭上的白髮，臉上的皺紋，卻磨不掉那溫暖又帶點傻氣的笑容。那個笑容，蘊含了安定和滿足，彷彿他們從未經歷任可風傷。雖然每一個老人家只是寥寥數十字簡述當年事，可是那道他們常為家人烹調的家常便飯卻是千言萬語地揉合著對兒女的愛，對家人的關懷和付出。

食物從來都只是填飽肚腹的。唯有用心烹調，以愛料理過的食物才讓人滿足。就算是用最樸素，最便宜，最大眾化的食材，只要被愛調味過，就能成為最窩心的家常便，於記憶裡永不磨滅的饗宴。

芝麻糊、煎蛋角、番薯粥、豆腐花、青紅蘿蔔湯…，這些清茶淡飯就是是「家」的味道，願我們對「家」的胃口都永無足饜。



在家千日好

終於回到自己的家。感覺真好。