Vol.40 国庆干了啥？How about your National Break?

七天的假期，在五一被浓缩得只有三天之后，唯一可以跟春假相抗衡的节日。（学生、教师以及从事自由职业的人士不包含在上述比较之中）国庆是大“家”之节，春节是小“家”之乐，后者也因此多了几分小家子气，必须操办和出席的事情颇多。所以在前者——这个普天同庆众乐乐的日子里，势必应该干点儿出格的事，才能跟平日差不多的日子划清界限，让短暂的时光只要一想起，就能在记忆力金子般的闪光。
　　
　　出行的人，如果选对了地方和搭档，再加上一点儿运气，势必成为一件美事。
　　死宅的人，让忙碌的一身筋骨心安理得地瘫成一团死肉，名副其实的一尊懒骨头。
　　婚嫁的人，趁着大家都有空，为爱情和婚姻喝上一杯，叙叙旧，思思愁，再展望下美好未来。
　　加班的人，想着可以有避开人流高峰的调休，或许对着电脑屏幕的苦咖啡也就不那么涩了。
　　无所谓假期的人，是生活已尘埃落定，还是心境已处之泰然了呢？好奇中……
　　过年过节什么的，总是有风景在别处的感觉，怎么都看不完，再怎么长都不够。
　　
　　可是，当人问起“国庆干了啥”，我碌碌无为的假期没啥可圈可点，好似虚度了光阴。这如同被问“你过得咋样”时，我只能说“老样子”。这是一个广泛的命题，如同不生不熟的人之间的寒暄：
　　你好吗？
　　我很好，你呢？
　　我也很好。
　　而后，两看无厌亦无言。
　　
　　有时候觉得在特别的日子里需要做特别的事，而后发现，做好每一天，那每一天都特别了。可要是每一天都特别了，也就平凡了。平凡朴质挺好的，只是这可是需要多大的定力呀。
　　期待下一个假期，也期待每一天的努力和小惊喜。
　　
　　不可称之为“话题分解”的杂想。
　　
　　甘蓝 2013-10-08

Seven days of National holiday is quite a Big Break for most ordinary people in China, especial when May Day was cut into three days only, which is the only break can compare with Spring Festival Holiday. (Students, teachers and other freelance are not included) Notional Day Break is for the Big Country, Spring Festival Break is for small families. Therefore, the latter’s sense looks a little bit narrow, and there are always lot of things and occasions we need to consider about. Compared with these, the former— celebration together with all the people, supposes to be unusual. It looks like we must do something outrageous, to make a clean break with normal boring days. We also would like the short break time could be always shinning like gold in our flash memory.

Travelers, if they picked the right places and partners, with a little luck, it would become rejoicing.
Who stayed at home, had good chance to let his/her busy body become the truly lazy-bone.
People in marriage, were taking advantage of friends and relatives’ free time, had a chat, had some empty bottles, had some future dreams.
People overwork, could look forward to the after days-off avoid the crowds, which made the bitter coffee in front of computer was not as much as astringent.
People who didn’t care holiday so much, either had the settled-down life, or were in a relaxed mode. So curious…
There is always a feeling that scenery is in somewhere else, we couldn’t see all, the time was never long enough.

However, when I was asked” how about your National Break?” My boring holiday sounded nothing I really could talk about. It made me feel like I wasted my fxxking precious life. The question is similar as” how about your life?” Well, all I could say is “fuck the same” (better than same sucks). It’s really a big question, the answer sounds like the greetings between two not close friends.
--How are you?
--I am fine, thank you and you?
--I am good too.

Then, nothing more.

Sometimes, do something special in special days. Then we found out that: if we do well every day. Everyday could be special. But it would be too special to be special—ordinary. it’s nice to be primitive, but how much power and spirit we need for? Looking forward to the next holiday, while looking forward to the tiny surprise in daily life too.

The thoughts above was hardly called topic explanation.

Lenore 10/09/2013