2013年7月6日土曜日

転勤


昨夜、すごく久しぶりに兄から電話がありました。実家の母を通じて、タイへの転勤が決まったことは知っていたのですが、聞けば来週早々には出発とのこと。今度も単身赴任だそうです。「くれぐれも身体を大切にね。」そう言いながら、頭の中では、バンコクに兄を訪ねてトムヤンクンと生春巻きをご馳走になる自分を想像しているのでした。 

Relocation
My brother called me last night after a very long silence. I had known through my mother  that he was moving to Thailand, but he is actually moving earlier next week. He is not taking his family again this time. “Please take very good care of yourself.” My lips were saying this to him, and I was dreaming of visiting him in Bangkok and being treated with Tom Yam Kung and fresh spring rolls in my mind.