This morning I heard the noise of a crane and I started to worry. "Don’t tell me it’s going to happen again," I thought. It is funny or maybe tragic that every time we move to an apartment because there is a park in front of it and we could see trees from the balcony that block the noise of people and traffic, the park gets torn up to build a parking lot or something a month after we move in. Or, we move to an apartment because there is nobody living above it but a family with two young kids moves in above us three weeks later. The water company we live next to is a unique place in the city because there are trees and water fountains in their open space, and because they have to protect the water so they let the grass and trees grow. People who live next to it can hear all the bugs, birds, and frogs all day long. I hear the water and birds and pretend I’m in a countryside hut and seldom go out. Therefore, finding a place with reasonable rent where you can avoid the noise of people and traffic is a fairy tale and is a huge challenge and we just moved to this apartment next to the water company four months ago. I have to pray that we can stay here longer.
早上聽到怪手心裡不安,想” 別又來了”. 這是好笑或悲慘; 每次搬家都會遇上這樣的事 : 因大樓前有公園, 從陽台看出去是樹,可隔開人車喧譁,好. 搬進去. 但那公園在我們搬進一個月就被拆改成停車場 .或者, 因樓上沒人住, 我們才搬進. 可三星期後有二個小孩的家庭就搬來我們樓上了. 台灣市區中的自來水廠是很特殊的地方, 廠地內有幾座噴泉和很多樹, 為了保護水源任植物生長, 所以隔壁住戶整天聽得到蟲鳥和牛蛙. 我聽著水流鳥叫, 假裝身處鄉間茅屋, 簡直足不出戶. 在市區要躲開人車噪音, 根本是天方夜譚. 找安靜且租金合理的落腳處成了大挑戰..好不容易住到安靜的地方. 神啊! 請讓我住久一點.
