我已數不清自己去了花蓮幾次，尤其是開始跑新聞之後。因為蘋果日報登台，「出國考察」動輒成為浪費公帑的標靶，公家單位不約而同把腦筋動向花東。有一年夏天，我跟了監察院、內政部、考試院、外交部四個團，一周往返兩趟，還差點住進相同旅館。
過往花蓮跟中央選舉搭不上太多關係，因為東部被視為綠營選票沙漠，獨獨去年總統大選例外。謝長廷打了個「弱勢優先」的主軸，頻頻訪視花東，也讓我踏遍許多熱門景點：到七星潭喝羊奶咖啡，下榻在新光兆豐農場的小木屋，參加各種原住民慶典，初嚐野生種海膽。
當然不總是悠哉快樂的「幸福經濟」行程，選舉前夕更多是趕場跑攤。記憶深刻的是，一晚我搭七點飛機赴花蓮，即時聽打一個廿分鐘的演講，又立刻跳上當地樁腳轎車，飛奔機場趕末班機回台北。
那趟閃電出差花蓮，留下的印象僅有「機場、造勢場、機場」。而其實這才是絕大多數時間，新聞工作的「視野」。
到花蓮隔天，李阿米建議去太魯閣或林田山走走。我選擇林田山，因為「沒去過」。但車子一駛進停車場，同業JK就猛然驚呼，「這地方我們來過呀，我還記得謝長廷就站在這個位子被堵麥克風。」我也倏地想起，我亦步亦趨地跟著謝長廷參觀木雕的情景。
我們在新聞裡肯定精確地寫過這地點，卻對名稱毫無印象，以為自己不曾來過。我聽解說員簡報過每個木雕的意境，卻因只專注觀察謝的反應，連一件喜歡的作品也點不出來。我在咖啡廳與謝茶敘整個下午，完全忘記自己喝了什麼。更不用說，渾然不知展覽館後頭還有一片古意盎然的老房舍。
說穿了，選舉下鄉儼然只是宮廷大戲「出外景」，掌鏡者與觀眾聚焦的還是鎂光燈下的主角，以及高潮迭起的劇情張力。
此次重遊林田山，遇著了花蓮難得的傾盆雨，我們不得已避進咖啡廳，恰巧再度選到與謝茶敘的同張桌子。窩了一下午，本有點懊惱，落雨打壞了遊興，害我們只能困坐室內，翻翻架上泛黄舊書，偶爾抬頭望著水滴四濺的木頭窗櫺發愣。
不過百無聊賴間，信手拾起東坡集，一闕詞映入眼簾。
林斷山明竹隱墻，亂蟬衰草小池塘。
翻空白鳥時時見，照水紅蕖細細香。
村舍外，古城旁，杖藜徐步轉斜陽。
殷勤昨夜三更雨，又得浮生一日涼。
頓覺豁然開朗，若非一場雨下得「殷勤」，我這漂泊奔忙的人，又怎能享受一日的清涼？
以一位花蓮人但現在住在溫哥華的人來說，你的文章讓我想起花蓮的歲月。
其實花蓮還有很多好山好水的地方，值得你去走一趟。好像瑞穗溫泉，長虹橋等都是。
不宜畫太濃...
助燃就素美...
真的有人叫阿米喔
而且還是漂亮的女生耶
工作一樣的精彩
一如往昔
是啊 我還蠻討厭下雨的 所以當時看到這闕詞 突然覺得頗值得玩味
黃雅詩 於 2008/06/13 11:11回覆
This is not my first time here, but it's my first time to leave a message.
Because I couldn't leave anything, I decided to open up an account here
but I am not going to use it...unless something happens and I change my mind.
Your articles are kind of difficult to read, but they are amazing.
It takes time to settle down and start reading them,
but once I start, I can't help but keep reading one after another.
Thank you for coming to my blog last time, giving me support.
I highly suspect that you have been surfing on my blog for a while...
I hope you like my blog and my writing.
Here is my blog, but you know it already.
Hello, Wendy. It's really nice to see your message on my blog. Yes, you are right. I have been surfing on your blog for a while. I found it by accident. I tried to reach some blogs of those taiwanese students or working people who live in Rome now, and when I entered the keywords in the online searching engine, there came your blog!
I saw your pictures on blog and remembered that I have met you once in Rome when I first came to Rome last year. But I remmembered you as a young charming "little girl", who was talking and giggling all the time.(I mean it in a good way, you know. ) I don't know your articles are so deep and thoughtful which are even sort of "overage". I am impressed really.
And I am sorry for that the message board on my blog is only open to those who have an account on UDN. It used to be without any restriction, but I got too many harrasments recently. That's really annoying, you know. Well, I may reopen it some other day, but now I am kind of occupied and I don't have time to deal with those weirdos.
Anyway. Nice to see you here.
黃雅詩 於 2008/06/11 10:27回覆
那照片是你嗎
很漂亮ㄟ
不容易！
