27 October, 2012

On my way.

If punk was about getting rid of hippies, then I'm getting rid of grunge. 
- Damon Albarn (Blur)



每個星期四和星期五,我都要走上30分鐘的路到Joiner Shop上課,直至天黑才空著肚子帶上滿腦子知識爬回家。有個說法是,當你把30分鐘分割成10個3分鐘,就不會感覺這麼遠了。但不能戴錶的我時間觀念只來自手機,我也不會隨時隨地計算時間,因此我的分割從時間轉為路上的風景。

自踏出家門後總計會經過的有:可愛的紅色郵筒與對面小丘的房子、擁有Mozart Road的在地社區、The Fox 老式小酒吧 、穿著正統英式制服的中學、第一次造訪被過度熱情店員嚇到的中東商店、忙碌的Chatham車站、地上與地下交錯的鐵軌、High Street、有著可愛名字的Waterfront Bus Station、墓園、砲台、加油站與其十哩內唯一的商店、最後抵達Historic Dockyard。

第一次踏進Historic Dockyard,河港與造船廠,以及無數艘停泊的大船,令我放下手機,心想居然來到人生第三個港口,高雄、淡水、Chatham。轉個彎走向MBA Lab,也就是Joiner Shop,一旁的古建築是福爾摩斯第一集的拍攝場景,也是Charles Dickens 童年成長的地方。踏進Joiner Shop第一眼就開心了,喜歡透明落地窗與結合歷史與當代設計的建築,能在這渡過一年也算是種享受。



特別喜歡Lab旁的這片大草原,天氣好的時候我們會在這裡午餐,帶著自製的三明治或捲餅,漫無邊際的聊著家人、宿舍、伴侶與課程,並在下一波狂風來襲前大笑著飛奔回Lab繼續下午的課程。

一個人漫步的早晨,我用手機拍下被落葉覆蓋的草原,旁邊突然傳來"Hey ! You ! Photography girl !" 我轉頭,一群穿著制服的碼頭工人站在一旁抽菸休息,其中一位走到我身邊拍拍我,對我說 "Don't look this, look there! There is a handsome, young man is waiting for you, you should photograph him !" 我看著那位被指著漲紅的臉的男子,笑著搖頭說 No-- (帶著無奈的笑音和"Are you kidding?"的表情與尾音) 我身邊的這位則拉長尾音說 "No?" 然後對著那位男子說 "Sorry, she said no." 緊接著是一陣哄笑,我則在他們的哄笑中收起手機轉身慢慢走向Lab。

走向Lab的路上想著Damon Albarn的名言,"If punk was about getting rid of hippies, then I'm getting rid of grunge." 如果音樂的演變是為了進化過時的潮流,相較於旅行時帶上的防備面具,放鬆與從容也許是融入生活的開始。

我喜歡這一帶的豐富面貌,繼秋天來臨之際的落葉大道,我期待下一波的雪白森林。


10 comments:

  1. Are you also study in bridge wooden? coz we also from Tw and go to dockyard almost everyday, but haven`t seen someone like you..lol

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    1. Hi what a surprise ! I study in UCA which is in the Joiner Shop, its not our campus but my program is mainly taken here. And I never heard bridge wooden before.. lol
      I go to dockyard every Thurs and Fri, and I never saw any TW there neither, except my classmates!

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    2. http://www.kent.ac.uk/arts/facilities/medway.html?tab=facilities
      Right, that`s the reason we haven`t met before, coz I belong University of Kent, and''Bridge Wooden''is locate in right hand side of this pic!lol
      So apparently Joiner Shop is belong UCA isn`t it?? We`ve got School of Art department in this historical dockyard, so most of our lab are there!:)
      BTW, I was wondering which course you`re studying?Photography?

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    3. Amazing! Your building is just right beside us! lol
      Yes the Joiner Shop is belong to UCA, but only some of students need to come for the lab or studio. Photography...well I hope so but actually I majored in MBA Creative Industries Management. ha :P
      How about you ? I think I've been to Bridge Wooden once in the first day I went to Historic Dockyard, because I got lost. haha

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    4. Cool!I`m in Music Tech course, but I also have some friends doing art course as well. I might go to school tomorrow&this Friday. If you got time can just pop in to Bridge wooden have a chat,
      it`s always good to change some idea between art student!:)

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    5. Music Tech course sounds nice ! That's good if I'm free tomorrow after class I might go. :) It's really interesting because I always pass behind your building, but it might too late for you because we always finished around 6 or 7 pm.

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    6. oooh,6 or 7pm!?coz we might finish the class about 12pm tmr, or you can email me, if there`s chance to make a different one, but our term will finish next Fri.BTW. So let me know when you got time!:)

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