九龍城寨早已拆卸,但有人說,在某些舊區深處,仍然可以找到一些不應該存在的地方。那些店舖,沒有招牌,也沒有時間。
The Kowloon Walled City is long gone, yet some claim fragments of it still remain, hidden in places where they no longer belong, spaces untouched by time.
中文版本
我不記得自己為什麼會走進那條巷,那晚本來只是經過舊區,街燈不算明亮,巷口沒有名字,只是一條很窄的通道,我原本只是想走過去,但走到一半時,看見裡面有一間理髮廳,門是開著的,燈光偏黃,裡面很舊,像很多年沒有翻新過,我停了一下,不知道為什麼會站在門口,但那種感覺很熟悉,像以前來過,我走了進去,裡面只有一張椅子,一面鏡,還有一個人站在後面,他沒有問我要不要剪,只是示意我坐下,我坐下來,看著鏡子,鏡裡的自己有點模糊,不是看不清,而是像有一點延遲,我動了一下頭,鏡中的動作慢了一點才跟上,我沒有說話,那個人已經開始動手,他的動作很輕,很慢,沒有聲音,剪刀沒有發出聲音,整個空間很安靜,我看著鏡子,看著自己,但有幾次,我覺得鏡裡的人,沒有完全跟著我動,我沒有確定,只是看著,時間過了多久,我不清楚,那個人停下來,沒有說話,只是把布拿開,我站起來,看著鏡子,頭髮已經剪好,看起來很正常,我轉身準備離開,那個人已經不在了,我走出門口,外面的街和剛才一樣,但我回頭再看,那間理髮廳已經不見了,只剩下一面牆,我以為自己記錯位置,但我很確定,我剛才是從那裡走出來的,之後的幾天,我開始留意鏡子,有時候,我會覺得,鏡中的自己,比我早一步動
English Version
I don’t remember why I turned into that alley, it wasn’t somewhere I planned to go, the street outside was dim, the entrance narrow and unmarked, I meant to walk past it, but halfway through I noticed a barbershop tucked inside, the door open, warm yellow light spilling out, the place looked old, untouched for years, I stopped without knowing why, there was something strangely familiar about it, as if I had been there before, I stepped inside, there was only one chair, one mirror, and someone standing behind it, he didn’t ask what I wanted, he simply gestured for me to sit, I did, facing the mirror, my reflection looked slightly off, not unclear, but delayed, I moved my head, and a fraction later, the reflection followed, I said nothing, the man had already begun, his movements were slow, careful, silent, the scissors made no sound, the entire room felt muted, I kept watching the mirror, watching myself, but a few times, I felt like the person in the reflection wasn’t perfectly in sync, I couldn’t be certain, so I didn’t react, time passed, though I couldn’t tell how long, eventually he stopped, removed the cloth, and stepped away, I stood up, looked at the mirror again, my hair was cut, everything looked normal, I turned to leave, but when I glanced back, the man was gone, I walked out into the alley, the street looked the same as before, but when I turned back, the barbershop was no longer there, just a blank wall, I thought I had mistaken the spot, but I knew I had just walked out of it, in the days that followed, I started noticing mirrors more often, and sometimes, just for a moment, it felt like my reflection moved before I did