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(Scroll down to read the English version)我現在在紐西蘭工作假期，在旅程中遇到過很多不同的人。可能是在青年旅舍遇到的同房，也可能是在街上閒聊過兩句的人。很多時這些際遇只有一次，分別過後，不會再見了。

一期一會一詞來自日本茶道，意思是一生只有一次的機會。我想在這裏說一說在旅程中，讓我留下印象的人，流水式地記錄一下曾經在我生命出現過的那些人。這不會是甚麼有趣的文章。

(http://www.benkan.co.jp/column/6610.html[1])

她是一位六十多歲的老太太，是在這段旅程中，第一個自動跟我說話的人，所以我對她的印象十分深刻。

當時我在皇后鎮，在我本來想回旅舍，在過路處的時候，我看到了她。人在外國，我看到華人臉孔的人時都會不其然地看一下，然後我們的眼睛剛好對上了。我是一個十分害羞的人，不敢主動和人聊天，眼睛對上後感到一點尷尬，不知道如何是好。

" Where are you from?" 她忽然臉帶微笑地問我從那裏來，我回答: " I am from Hong Kong." 然後，她跟我說起廣東話來了！她的廣東話不是很流暢，有不會的詞語她會用普通話輔助，但是她很努力地說，讓我好感動。她說她六十多歲是星加坡人，一個人來旅遊的。這個老太太真的不簡單。

(https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-illustration-healthy-old-woman-illustrator-design-eps-image47879552[2])

我問她："你現在去那裏啊？"她說她去超市買東西。我說要回旅舍休息。"你住的青年旅舍一天要多少錢?" 她問。"40 NZD。"我答。她說我住的地方太貴了，她住的只要25-28 NZD，問我要不要到她房間看一看。我說："好啊，但是你不用去買東西嗎？" "晚一點買就好了。"

我帶我去的是皇后鎮最便宜的青年旅舍, 她住的也是最便宜的8人男女混合房。其實我原來也知道這一家，但是這裏在網上的評價不太好，我一直沒有考慮住在這裏。老太太跟我說，這裏環境是不太好，但是也湊合吧。湊合一詞她是用普通話說的。我想一想也是，我是來窮遊的，住湊合的地方就好。她還幫我到櫃檯問有沒有空房。不愧是星加坡人，英語也會說。

(https://www.expedia.co.nz/Queenstown-Hotels-Base-Queenstown-Hostel.h1291371.Hotel-Information[3])

老太太沒有智能手機和電腦。她用的是最原始的旅行模式，用問的。紐西蘭的各個觀光地點都有叫i-site的觀光中心，旅遊資訊、訂酒店、訂巴士都可以在那裏搞。她靠i site和巴士，已經走過紐西蘭很多地方了。她說她在明天會搭巴士去Mount Cook，一個爬山的地方。這個老太太真的不簡單。

(https://www.godzone.com/auckland-international-airport-i-site/[4])

我不會駕車，我原本覺得在紐西蘭沒有車，很不方便很憂鬱。但是，雖然時間比較長，搭巴士也是可以旅行啊，反正我有一年時間。她給了我在往後的旅程中，坐巴士旅行的勇氣。感謝她出現在我旅程的開頭。

(https://www.dreamstime.com/editorial-photo-broken-down-bus-its-engine-compartment-open-inspection-nottingham-nottinghamshire-england-uk-western-europe-image46051456[5])

I am now working holidaying in New Zealand, I have met a lot of people in my journey. Some were my roomates and some were people Ive met on the road or in a restuarant. Probably, I would never encounter them again.

I am going to record some of those people in my posts.

(https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/15072081492[6])

She is an sixty-something-year-old-lady. She was the first person accosted me in New Zealand, she inpressed me a lot.

I was in Queenstown on my way to a hostel. We met at a crossing. Being in a foreign country, I always look at people who are Asian. We had eye contact sunddenly. I am a shy person, I did not dare to talk to strangers. I felt embarrassed.

"Where you from?" She asked me with smile. I replyed, " I am from Hong Kong." She started talking to me in Cantonese. Her Cantonese was not fluent, she used Mandarin for the words she did not know how to say. I was so touched as she tried her best to speak Cantonese to me. She told me she was a Singaporean, sixty something years old and travelling alone. She was not just any old lady.

(https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-illustration-healthy-old-woman-illustrator-design-eps-image47879552[7])

"Where are you going to?" I asked her. She was going to supermarket. I said I was going to hostel. "How much does it cost for 1 night?" She wondered. "40 NZD" I replyed. She told me my hostel costed too much, the place she was stay need 25- 28 NZD per night only. She brought me to the hostel to take a look her room.

She brought me to the cheapest hostel in Queenstown and she was staying in the cheapest 8 people mix dorm room. I did not even think of staying at that hostel because the review in the Internet was not good. She told me, although the environment there was not good but acceptable. I agreed, what I needed to do is conserve money before I get a job. I decided to stay in that hostel for a while. She helped me asked if there was any bed available in the reception in English.

(https://www.expedia.co.nz/Queenstown-Hotels-Base-Queenstown-Hostel.h1291371.Hotel-Information[8])

She did not have a smartphone or computer. She obtained all info she needed by asking. There are information centres called i-site in every tourist sport in New Zealand. We can even book tours, hostel and bus there. She visited a lot of places in New Zealand by asking. She told me she would visit Mount Cook, a hiking place, by bus the day after. She was not just any old lady.

(https://www.godzone.com/auckland-international-airport-i-site/[9])

I was depressed because I could not drive, and it was inconvenient to not having a car in New Zealand. I mind was changed after meeting her. I had one whole year in New Zealand, spending a little more time in transportatoon was not a big deal. This lady gave me the courage to travel by bus. Thank you for appearing at the beginning of my journey.

(https://www.dreamstime.com/editorial-photo-broken-down-bus-its-engine-compartment-open-inspection-nottingham-nottinghamshire-england-uk-western-europe-image46051456[10])