some time in the middle, and some word ( )

機場返程經過一隻牛,在岸邊雙手交握撐著下顎想事情。黑黝黝的夜景,從一段時間流動到一個地點,黑黝黝用流的旅行方式,做為宇宙包裹,還沒到下一個地點,沒有時間。

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週六的太陽光一灑下好像什麼事都沒有。他們心裡怎麼想呢? 洗衣服的身影相當盡責,打球的身影十分瀟灑。

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吃完飯走到外面,週六夜還是玩樂夜。喔綁線了 "PCM!" "Superman!" 這樣算有排球場嗎 懷著新奇的感覺過去。
"Are they in Taiwan?" 我點點頭,到台灣了。這夜涼涼又輕快適合坐在一起說說話。"Seven!" "Seven!" "AA!" "KK!" "PCM!" "Superman!"加油的喊聲坐下來
Yonten抱著我的手。低頭訝異著他的靠近,整個身軀擁抱著手臂。我的手這麼巨大?

從白塔繞行出走道,Q從視線右往左邊飛奔,撞上W,W飛起來。
外傷還好,聽說五年級外傷包紮現在很強,就讓他們處理。"You, class 5." 我們眼神交會,他點頭,"I do! I take."  蹲在廚房入口等急救箱的時候群眾前來圍觀,看一下狀況然後嘻笑一番, "He has wings." "He can fly!" "Haha!" 聞聲過來的一個人踩到強尼,哀~
太熱鬧。
"Pedang, pedang, nyamdu pedang~"竟有人唱起歌來。
"Acha! Pedang pedang!" "Again."

"A-hi, where is A-hi?"
"He's a great teacher. be yapo du. jo ren bo."
" I MISS YOU! " They yelled to moon. " I know he's there." They nodded in my direction with hands pointed there.

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"We had festival in new year. There's one time the activities was held here. If people want to come, they can't wear our traditional dress. So many police were here.
"Sometimes I was threaten by the police. They asked where I am. They tell me to go to the office. Do you know the place, if you don't know, we have car, we can pick you up. I told them, I grow up here, I know where it is. They threatened me and questioned me where I went, who I met. They knocked on the table, they tried to scare me. I told them I am not scared. They are the one to fear. That's why they want me to be here. It's good. I am a single little person. And they are big men. They are scared, it's good. The officer became more angry. Do you think the border is far? I told you. The car is waiting outside. You could be sent there right away. It's a movie. My life is a movie. I tell my parents. If one day I disappear, they don't have to feel sad. They don't have to worry. If I die, I fight for my country, I fight for my people."

"How do you sustain your living?" (Finally I ask this question.)
"Sometimes I don't have money to B, the taxi fee." S/he smiled mockingly. "Sometimes I don't have pocket money. I need help from friend who work in USA. If they have more money, they give to me. They help me.
"I don't have to say, if you understand (         ), you will (      .)"

"Here's my contact." S/he smiled again. "In my father's point of view, I am his little freedom fighter."

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"Where is Jorden?"
"He went back already."
"Now the elders practiced the exercise everyday. This is very good. Laughing is very important for us."

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蘆葦插在田裡。
揠苗助長的朋友吧。不解地繼續繞塔。

阿松,吃糌粑嗎

今天終於知道為何絕對夠房間,原二樓住宿生全搬到地下室,12人一間教室,L給我看他的書。從一樓走出來,視線越過花圃看見嘉湊,他面對一個床架鞠躬,練習 "Hello 你好嗎?"
C跟A拆原本的窗框,G率領部分學生負責拆解、裝框,有的將釘子敲回原形待會兒使用。Ta跟T媽一人分辦三間廁所。G指導完「家具全拆解心法就去修電路,每間房間重新檢查,替換新電線、省電燈泡。高年級學生在廣場修床。群體勞動,同甘共苦的團體生活。

聞思樓前面水泥板塊全部鋪上,走道比照花圃邊,斜列紅磚。

"What do you do? What's this?"
"I am... I want to put this. You help."
他扶著,壓平四角,方便我貼膠帶。
"Who is this?" "Who is he?" "This is my teacher."
接著將另外一張合照貼在入口告示板的右下角,收尾要事完成加一。

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與學生寫詩。
詩名包括廚房、房間、保健室、水槽、白塔、田、堆肥、大殿等。

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砌樓梯完畢之際,C對G講了一串藏文 (                                          阿松

                      阿松                            ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ།


     )

就因為不是對阿松本人說,認識兩年以來 (    第一次       ),阿松才會如此感動。他蹲在樓梯腳,雙手水泥,整個人水泥化。他右手靜靜地抹樓梯。

阿松,不用放水泥了。
為什麼
吱吱可以住裡面。
喔。
阿松,謝謝你啊。
不會。

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清爽的打坐早晨。

在大廳看見遺落的照片,來轉交給一年級好了。一年級教室沒被徵作房間,但也是空無一人,哪來的落寞感。"Call class one."  "Me!" 旋即奔放而去,小紅袍奔相走告。到的靠在第一排跟第二排長桌,盯著照片期待著,喊到名字快步上前。

湊近彼此、捱著一起看,很喜悅低聲地討論著M寫了什麼在背面,難免爭執起那些英文字的意思。不可思議的是從步履窗戶遞來的好奇陽光,孩子揚起照片,如飛翔風箏一般奔上樓去。各自拿著手裡的照片,依著高年級一小群一小群靠著磚牆、大樓、床架旁邊,像聽故事一樣享受了一段時光。

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下午車袈裟。G跟我剪出適當長度,X車,Y理邊,C修理裁縫機,A接著修理裁縫機,老天微雨。在這種閑適的忙碌時刻,我大叫一聲,衝去洗手台。

洗手台原本做了一次,憶當時跟G辯論起磚塊的砌法,C中斷我們把G拉去買油漆,後來只有T、T媽、Y加我一起砌。砌完已經是夜幕低垂之際,A來鑑定一波;猶記小工們得到鼓勵雖累猶榮。最後將洗手台用鐵片遮住,提醒目擊者要眾人暫停使用。殊不知資訊不流通,兼之小朋友臂力驚人,當夜竟將鐵片搬走洗便當。什麼時候這麼愛乾淨!!! 洗手台的水泥與夜光一起流走了。工頭發現的時候陷入狂亂。N喋喋道歉,但那些話語無法阻止工頭變身,狼人目眦嘴裂下達指令,"Tomorrow fix it." 撂話貌似不夠兇狠, "or something terrible will happen!"

就是想起狠話得有後招啊,三步併兩步跑向洗手台。排水孔已經補上,完美地補上。那修邊謹慎光滑,讓人放心,肺腑一陣欣慰。那個排水孔是秘密無言的用心。

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"Superstar, I tell you a joke."
他一邊講一邊演,跟旁邊的朋友重新確認 we three, yes sir, thank you 的笑話內容,自己笑得喘不過氣,再倒推一點點重新營造劇情,"ok, I tell you. Oh, no no no. Like this...." 一堆人合力的joke很繽紛。然後我們唱愛拼才會贏。越來越多人坐下。

事情一開始是因為其中一個一年級的,綽號叫做muscle man,C莫名地想試驗他的肌肉是否配得起這稱號。C一出口基本上沒有人會拒絕,他捲起袍擺,傻笑地上三下二。觀眾們一直笑一直笑,不行不行,再換下一個。R還可以,規規矩矩地完成爬竿測試;S出乎眾人意料,像青蛙一樣迅速地在鐵竿上跳躍,C高舉雙手將他抱下。

接著三四年級上場。繞寺院祈福繞到一半,突然被相中,也是做人有才華的表現。拉整最上面的布幔,這是路過的三四年級所接收到的指示,輪流快手快腳爬上去,下方的我們喊著左邊左邊,一直笑。誠摯的小夥子單手抓住鐵竿,單手使勁拽布幔,"還要拉嗎" "還要拉"
"怎麼了" 拿著經書路過的問道。
"來,來" C招手。他成了下一個誠摯的小夥子。
下面的人笑得東倒西歪。

接著我們正式舉辦力與美的爬竿大賽。連G都上場,以雙手打直,全身蹲低走在鐵竿上的姿勢爬上去。小夥子們雙眼發亮,直想追隨他的步伐。黃黃的光,敏捷的小夥子們。接二連三走上前,一躍,專注地窸窣唰唰向上爬。真的是很美的畫面。

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打坐我想陪你。

誰會預料得到,但是這天真的很感動。
法會結束的時候,C進來跟你們說一段話,應該很快吧前面都聽不懂喔,後面我懂了。之前告訴C要種花,因為前兩天砌樓梯、砌洗手台、車袈裟,好多事,就今天種花了吧,反正早上是這樣告訴C的。前面那40分鐘只聽得懂一個詞臺灣,後面那聽到我囉、聽到花、看到你們看我、感到大殿裡一股期待興奮之情,我低頭笑了。今天阿嘉要種花囉,請大家幫忙。

class 6、1, two sides of stupa;
class 5 makes new field and notice of compost;
class 4, refine the original field;
class 3, refine the garden at three sites.
一班一班輪著進教室確認工作項目。來吧六年級負責白塔兩側植栽禮佛的門面,一年級要搬運雜草,守護earthworm去新家。這幾天下來廚餘洞已經滿了,五年級請把廚餘洞的部份掩蓋掉、把以前的垃圾掩埋區也處理乾淨,再理出一塊田。四年級請把原本種的田間隙除石補土,栽一排秋葵。三年級分三組設計花圃的新栽圖案,兩組在前面小圃,一組修整後面的花園。軍機萬急,領命赴關

Can we also clean that field?
How many seeds?
How to tie it?
Can you cut? Show me?
可不可以那一塊地也整理起來這裡放幾顆種子立支架怎麼立剪枝這樣嗎
每次問問題,一起爽快地說OK一起愉悅地擺頭,一起徹底努力。大家全心投入工作真的是非常地幸福。比我期待的還多。午餐杵音響起,大家都還在崗位上揮汗。當A走過來,直點頭說ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ།,當K放下毛巾,環視讚嘆很好,(    ) 工作真的做的很好」;那一份大家對共同目標的認可,我打心底知道這是真的很好。

Can I have a question for you?
Yes?
Why you think for us?
?
Why do you... I think.... you really think about us. Why?

傍晚下了一場暴雨。
閃避不及的乾脆跳起來打布幔,在廣場笑著淋雨,洗澡,還有人從左翼衝出來淋雨。還在田裡收尾的拋下鐵鍬,衝也來不及。
這真是太爽快了感謝老天幫忙

這天晚上我留了一篇作文在黑板上,WE ARE HOSTS。內容大概是
There is an occasion at the end of September. Many Gelukpa monks  from India and Nepal will come to Phuntsok Choling Monastery. Today we help in garden and field. We also plant flowers for stupa. This is our first step to be considerate hosts.
*The way you deal with earthworm looks really gentle and careful.
*Class 5, remember to put up notice of compost.
*ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ།

寫的時候有空的孩子一邊唸,隔天是綠度母的法會,高年級學生忙碌地走來走去。
有的在做綠度母的房子,有的捏doma,有的排供品。

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飛機起飛前三個小時pedang 教唱。
飛機起飛前兩個半小時上英文課,英文書信寫作以及英文作文速成班。
飛機起飛前1個小時20分鐘出發。照這種開法一定趕不上飛機。一定會搭到飛機,我知道。





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