８手亂談

by hippo

這篇文章，Feasting at the Table of Taipei，介紹台北的飲食，已經好幾天都是紐約時報旅遊版最多人轉寄的文章。講真的，有些地方，我沒聽過也沒去過。身為台灣人的某大俠，買了一本日文版的台灣旅遊書，說很好用，也是這樣的情況吧! 在美國久了，還真是跟不上台灣多變又前仆後繼的人氣餐館呢!

http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/travel/21Taipei.html?em

by 小河馬

繼 2006 年情人節的那篇速食約會之後，這兩天又有和速食約會相關的事情。

2006 年在速食約會上看到的那位高大英挺、秀色可餐、門庭若市、人氣直逼布萊德彼特的法律系歐亞混血兒，居然在路上被我撞見了。騎著腳踏車，依然很帥。不知道是還沒畢業，或者在我們小城的律師事務所工作? 總之，他當時的盛況實在讓人印象太深刻，以致在開車的我都能遠遠認出路邊的他。結論: 美色的力量果然是不分男女的...

話說我們的好友某大俠自己一個人跑去報名 speed dating，到最近才跟我們提起這事。大夥兒見獵心喜好心異常地鼓勵他、七嘴八舌地提供意見，譬如要改變style、不要穿可愛T恤和短褲、要擦香水、說話風格要怎樣不要怎樣... 我們幾個女生還 offer 要跟他先練習一下，免得現場無法對話。其實他這個人，就是一個怪字可以形容，短短五分鐘的談話，絕對不可能知道他這個人的個性和優點，所以我預期不擅言詞的大俠，在速食約會的黃金五分鐘裡，應該會花一分鐘傻笑，一分鐘語塞或說些謎之音，其他三分鐘由對方女生講話吧!

但是，某大俠對自己的人生真是充滿信心與希望的。這是他的優點之一，也是他可愛之處: 無論我們怎麼批評，他都有自己的定見；無論出現多少挫折，他總能沒來由地樂觀著。

以致於，昨天下午，要去 speed dating 之前，急著要來跟我取他從日本新買的超合金小叮噹的某大俠，發出了這樣的伊妹兒:

"Will you be at home at 0630p this evening? Or I can pick the box from you at 11p (after my speed mating)?"

求偶期的男生，信心真是驚人啊! 他最好是能夠這樣啦! 祝福大俠!


爆料追加:

在好事者如河馬我的追問之下，某大俠大方地傾吐了他昨晚參加 speed dating/mating 的過程，並阿撒力地慨允將他的經驗放上來。以下是某大俠在本格的友情演出，其中也對我上面所寫提出回應，並附贈大俠今日格言一則 (以尊敬的紅體字顯示):

That's quite an experience. I met 6 Americans and 1 from Trinidad&Tobago and apparently they are not looking for guys like me.

In one session, there are about 30 ~ 40 people and it is like in a traditional market when you hear all of them talking at the same time. 

It is better you learn how to read lips before you go. I was talking loudly from the beginning to the end. Some girls are pretty but the host mixed all people together so actually you can't talk to everyone in a single night. Approximately, a date lasts about 6 minutes (I was "always" being stopped when I hear the host saying "time!" --- means time is up.) and then girls move to the next seat and guys are keeping the same seat (it's like two strands in a DNA trying to find a match). 

And because whom you are going to date with is not assigned mandatorily by the host, you can see some girls move to the next seat, look at the guy opposite to her quickly, and decide maybe she should keep moving. The whole process takes girls less than one second (it is very like a human market at this point --- noise + shopping). I definitely talked more when I am doing things which are interesting to me, so you underestimate me very much. Among those girls I met, none of them are into skiing, so it is a big minus (too sad). Btw, there were a girl and a guy picked a quarrel and the girl ended up with being showered by beer (too much energy there). But anyway, I am glad that I did go to the dating/mating session and it is fun.

Back to your column today. Here comes the wise quote of mine:

"A man without his confidence is just a pile of shit."

Fist,

大俠