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I'm 15 years old.

I've only just found out

that the cold weather doesn't

start right after summer.

Autumn is in between.

Mom told me that autumn

in Canada is beautiful.

All the leaves turn gold.

I don't really believe her.

A university there would even

accept my stupid brother.

He's like a kindergarten kid who wants

Mom and Dad to tag along.

Give me a hand, son.

Today is August 31.

It's the same in Tokyo.

The weather's fine, but the sky is overcast.

It's 30 degrees Celsius.

And in Tokyo...

Was it Fahrenheit or Celsius?

I don't remember that anymore,

so I don't know which is hotter.

The humidity is 93%.

No wonder tears come easily.

Girls in Hong Kong

have the same long hair as girls in Tokyo.

I wonder which lasts longer,

a first love in Hong Kong or Tokyo.

I wonder what I'll be like when I'm 20.

Will I be married by then?

By that time, I guess I'll be driving.

I won't be smoking, though. It stinks.

Will I have any friends?

In the last two years,

most of them emigrated.

Cherry will leave for Australia tomorrow.

It will be my turn next year.

By the time I'm 20,

we could all be married to foreigners.

Would you excuse us, Grandma?

You're blocking our view.

You won't catch any fish here.

There's only small fry.

This small.

The size of this room is 200 square feet.

It's on the 15th floor,

135 feet above the ground.

It costs 200 Hong Kong dollars.

I've rented it for three weeks.

It took me 1 hour and 20 minutes

of bargaining.

That's my mineral water.

A camera.

I bought it today.

It cost me 680 Hong Kong dollars.

This room is well located.

It's close to the subway, discos and bars.

I can find girls easily too.

My new underpants.

They cost me 53 Hong Kong dollars.

That's me.

Good. She didn't use my toothbrush.

How do I put it?

Is trapped.

Cantonese.

Happy.

Looks awful.

He's not very bright!

I won't tell you.

I understand.

What a wimp!

- Pui Wai?

- Yes, I'm home.

Someone from your school

was looking for you.

Or maybe they were looking for

your brother.

That's very devoted of you.

You shouldn't light the incense

from the gas.

I can't find the matches.

Thank you, Grandma.

When your father returns,

ask him to have the phone fixed.

The line's very bad.

Please help yourself.

Eat more.

Don't try to diet like your mother.

Plump girls are always more lovable.

That's too much for me.

Have it.

Be a good girl.

I'm full.

Eat it.

What's he talking about?

...cranes...

This is the face of a girl in love.

What are you doing?

Let's have a look.

How did you do that? Amazing!

I said wait!

A nice bottom doesn't promise

a pretty face.

A pair of good legs

doesn't promise full breasts.

A sexy woman doesn't always

promise good sex.

A passionate night doesn't

promise a fresh morning.

You don't necessarily catch AIDS

from having sex once.

Catching AIDS doesn't mean you'll die.

No, that's not it.

One day you'll die.

You will die whether at 30 or 130.

So-called "nothingness."

What a coincidence!

- You look well.

- Long time no see!

You haven't changed at all.

Neither have you.

- I didn't know you were here.

- Neither did I.

It's been so long.

- You haven't changed.

- You look well.

- Sit down.

- But...

- Please.

- But...

- Please, have a seat.

- May I?

Are you traveling?

Yes.

- You too?

- Well, sort of.

It's been ten years.

About you and Miyo, I mean.

About my little sister. Don't you remember?

I'd forgotten. Miyo was your sister's name.

Wasn't she your first love?

How could you forget?

Was it?

So it was.

I thought you were another girl's sister.

Sorry.

You got married, didn't you?

I'm sorry.

It was another girl's sister.

I'm divorced.

You remembered correctly.

I'm sorry.

Sorry.

Did I give you my card?

I don't remember.

Oh. I've given them all away.

I'm with a Japanese news agency

in the building where we met today.

The telephone number is 386-8195.

Fine.

Hey, will you have dinner with me?

I don't mind.

Oh, I must make a call. Just a moment.

I don't have time.

- Sorry.

- Don't worry.

Shall we meet for lunch tomorrow?

Can I call you?

Well...

Never mind. Forget it.

Tomorrow, at the same place, at 12:30.

Is that all right?

Fine by me.

I must go now. Bye.

Bye.

I don't usually suffer from insomnia.

On a winter's day when I was five,

at the funeral parlor,

Dad told me to look at Grandpa.

He told me to look at him for the last time.

Until then I didn't even know

what a coffin was.

Grandpa was lying in a box.

I wanted to pinch his nose

but Grandma came over and embraced me.

She told me Grandpa was dead.

When I asked what that meant,

Grandma cried

and held me tightly.

Why aren't you in bed yet, Grandma?

I'll go to sleep when the opera is over.

I couldn't sleep at all that night.

I was very scared.

I was afraid Grandma would die.

Why did you skip school?

Did you know you could be expelled?

I wasn't in the mood.

Your School Leaving's next year. Buck up.

It could affect your entire future.

For you.

I may not know you very well,

but I hate to see you waste your future.

Do you understand?

Can we walk to school together tomorrow?

Look! There's a dragonfly!

Help yourself. Eat more.

You're so skinny, like a monkey.

Eat.

What did you say your name was?

She asked you your name.

Help yourself.

Eat more food.

Thin as a rake!

Have another bowl of rice.

In the little park...

You're so stupid.

I wish you could speak Cantonese.

How can I say...

Damn it. How can I say it?

I wonder

if I'm ill.

I like to be sick.

When I have a fever, I can smell

Grandma's herbal brew.

Being groggy... It's a funny feeling.

You've got a fever.

I remember when I was in Year Two,

I had my appendix removed.

Still under anesthetic

and before I fully came to,

I felt as if I was floating on air.

I saw myself lying in bed,

with Grandma dozing by my side.

Come on, hurry. Let's go.

The secrets of Grandma's cooking

are more complicated

than the atomic bomb.

Now I know why it's so delicious.

These are her entire life.

These must be over 1000 years old.

I look awful. Stop recording.

Go away.

Are you all right?

You demon!

Silly girl.

Bloody idiot.

You demon!

Come here.

How complicated...

Hey, puss. Come here.

Your dinner's here.

Your dinner.

Eat it.

When I was a kid,

Grandpa would sit me on his lap

and teach me to write with the brush.

He would make me recite

poetry when I was four.

He had a lot of paintings.

But Grandma's room was

too small for them,

so we threw them out.

This is the only one we kept.

So, my granddaughter

is too busy to visit me.

Please tell Wai for me

that she needn't worry about me.

Whenever the Goddess

of Mercy summons me,

I will be happy to go.

What's important is that

she blesses my offspring

so that they will all live

long and prosperous lives.

Tell them to visit me

whenever they have the time

and not to worry about me.

My bank account is

$100 short

of $20,000.

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