重啟

    「早安,希望這個不會太小。」我把 iPhone 4S 螢幕上的疫苗認證給游泳池櫃檯看。
    「不...會」櫃檯伸長脖子看著手機回覆。
    「實名制資料,」我把手機背面的個人聯絡資料給櫃檯看,「還有,我的會員還沒重啟,要買單次入場劵。」
    「會員應該都自動重啟了啊?」櫃檯詢問。
    「我申請暫停會員,因為不確定能不能用這個通過實名制入場」我把手機搖晃了一下。
    「沒關係,我認識你,這次不用買入場劵。」櫃檯按鈕開門讓我入場。
    因為前一陣子的疫情,游泳池關閉了一百多天。真高興三個月沒來,游泳池櫃檯還認得我。
    照片是名為藍花楹 (Jacaranda) 的樹,前天三個月來頭一次出門,在雪梨大學拍的。

My Reopening After Covid Restrictions

    "Good morning, how are you?" I continued, "Hope this is not too tiny. " while showing the vaccination certificate on my iPhone 4S screen to the counter clerk in the swimming pool.
    "It... is fine." She replied while tilting forward to the phone
    "For contact tracing," I turned the back of my phone to her, "and I am paying for a single entrance because I haven't re-activated my membership yet."
    "But the membership should've been re-activated automatically." She questioned while typing the contact details on the back of my phone into system.
    "I had it suspended because I wanna make sure I can go in this old fashion." I answered while waving my phone.
    "That's okay. I know you. I will let you in today." She opened the door without charging me the entrance fee.
    Due to the recent lockdown, the pool was closed for more than 100 days. I was glad that the pool staff still remember me.
    The photo was a Jacaranda tree that I took at University of Sydney the other day. It was the first time I went out for the past 3 months.