Before long, I was back to S Paper and was a reporter again. To be fair, I didn’t enjoy so much being a reporter, neither did I possess the quality to make a good one. Except that a slight sense of satisfaction was indeed felt seeing my name inked in as a byline. I never raised questions on a press conference, for I never really had a question or necessary curiosity. I hardly exchange thoughts with my peers, not that I never tried, simply couldn’t fit in. Meanwhile, though, I rarely had problems getting the job done. If I got luck, I even got compliments for writing a good story sometimes, which felt so distant now. But nothing could alter the fact that life as a reporter is in its nature hectically disordered: I never cared to have a serious meal, while refreshments at conferences could just make a day. I was at my lightest. The job was in general acceptable in a friendly weather, but when the sky lost its temper, I lost my patience of faking everything was okay.
工作已经一年。
最近常常想起做前两份工作的日子。11月开始在X报上班，那时在做的网站还在筹备阶段，为了增加竞争性，上班时间不段被提前，每天5点起床，6点到公司，进入机器人状态猛翻译几个小时，直到老板在msn群聊框里大吼一声：we’re done guys! time for breakfast. 然后我会跑去那栋旧得感觉随时会塌掉的工业大厦的楼道里抽一根烟，冬天的阳光从楼梯间高高的窗户里照进来一束，烟的影子在那光中慢慢散开。然后回到办公室 call早餐吃，用左耳听local同事就一模一样的事情每天重复抱怨，再从右耳一字不落地过滤掉。那时候满脑子想的就是，这样的日子还要过多久。
没过多久，毫不费力地回到S报，回到了做记者的轨道中。对于做记者，谈不上喜爱，也深知自己不适合，仅仅是看到自己的名字变成印在油墨纸上的byline时 获得一些微小的满足感。在外面跑新闻的时候，我从不会举手提问，一是没有那么多问题，二是提不起足够的兴趣。也不大跟同行交流，不是没有努力过，只是总插不上话，有点格格不入的样子。不过写稿子交差倒是从来不成问题，不时听到编辑顺口表扬一句还能乐个半天，现在想起来却都已经恍如隔世。生活毫无规律可言， 甚至吃不上一顿完整像样的正餐，好在靠着各种招待会的refreshment也基本可以果腹。天气好还算过得去，要是不巧赶上降温、刮台风、下大暴雨的日子，就苦逼得不免自怜，感到自己像个烈士。
想起这些实在平常，奇怪的是，当所有的细节都还历历在目，那样的经历却像已经万分遥远，远得我甚至不觉得经历过的是我自己，倒像是默默过了一段本该属于别人的人生。
我突然明白，若干年后，想起现在在F台工作的日子，也会是一模一样的感受。这会是另一段想起来就像是与我无关的记忆。谋生的方式有很多种，但如果不是诚实地对其产生兴趣，就永远不像是在为自己而活。
工作已经一年。如果说我有什么变化，那就是我毫无变化。花起钱来并没有宽裕一点，为人处世也没有世故更多。我感到幸运，因为我还能感到在这一切表象之下，生命原始的痛苦，和让人束手无策的绝对真实。我知道有人已经再也感觉不到。
A clean, well-lighted place. 
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