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I dreamed I was participating in a sea activity with a small group. There were two other guys and one girl in the team, and our team leader had a crush on that girl. At night, we were speeding across the sea on a large jet ski-like vehicle, heading back to shore. Suddenly, that girl fell into the water. The team leader immediately threw me and one of the other guys off the vehicle so he could circle back quickly to rescue her. He didn’t care about us at all. Then somehow, I found myself running across the sea — really fast, as if I had some kind of light-foot kung fu. That was how I kept from sinking. As I ran, I couldn’t help thinking, “Of course she panicked — she can’t swim and fell into the sea. But the team leader just ditched us to save her? Sure, I can swim, but I’m still scared. What if there are sharks?” So I relied on my own strength, running across the water toward the shore. Eventually, I made it to land. The whole area was brightly lit, and there were crowds cheering — it seemed like the other groups were arriving too. I kept walking, crossed over a small hill, and came to a kind of entrance. Once I passed through, I found myself on a street. On the other side of the street was a BBQ stand run by a muscular, handsome foreign guy I seemed to know well. Behind his stand was a wall that used to be covered in all kinds of posters and ads, but now it looked like it had been freshly whitewashed, with only a few scattered ads left. I remembered him once telling me that every year around Lunar New Year, he takes down all the old ads. So it looked like he had just cleaned the wall recently — it was a lot cleaner than before. I ran across the street to the stall and asked, “Hey, why’s your wall so white now?” He didn’t answer — he seemed to be in a bad mood, probably because business wasn’t doing well. Then out of the blue, he asked me, “Want a couple of Portuguese egg tarts?” I thought about it and said sure — figured I’d support his business. Then he asked me again how many I wanted. I told him, “I’ll take two Portuguese egg tarts.” Since I was still dripping wet, I asked if I could come back later to pick them up. He said okay, so I went back across the street. Then I climbed up a metal ladder, heading back to what felt like my base. That’s when it suddenly hit me — the girl who had fallen into the sea earlier was actually my daughter. My daughter loves Portuguese egg tarts, and I thought, “I should’ve bought four — then we could have two each.” But oh well, I’d only bought two, so one for each of us it is. Then I remembered earlier, the team leader and I had gone into a snack store that sold all kinds of treats. I recalled him asking the shop owner if they had any new snacks in stock. The owner pointed to a section where I saw a brand like "Kuai Kuai," but all three flavors were beef-related. The packaging was enormous — as tall as me. The team leader asked, “Don’t you have any other flavors?” The owner replied that they were still selling off the current beef-flavored stock, and that new ones hadn’t arrived yet. The team leader picked one of the beef flavors. The snack bag was just huge. That was also the time when I passed by the BBQ guy’s stall, back when his wall was still plastered with ads and looked messy. I remembered him saying he cleans it once a year, and since Lunar New Year was approaching, he was planning to do that soon. It felt like some time had passed since then, so when I returned from the sea and saw the wall all whitewashed with only a few ads, the contrast was striking. No wonder I thought maybe his business wasn’t doing well. I climbed back up the metal ladder and returned to the base — and saw the team leader and that girl had also made it back. 夢見我跟一個小組參加海上活動，同組還有兩個男生和一個女生。小隊長喜歡另一位女生。 晚上我們在大型像是水上摩托車上，在海上快速移動，要回到岸邊。突然那個女生掉到海裡，小隊長把我和另一個男生丟下來，趕快騎摩托車繞回去救那個女生，完全沒有顧我和另一個男生。 然後我不知道哪來的力量，我在海上快速奔跑，像是有輕功一樣，跑得飛快，因為這樣我才不會沉下去。 我在跑的同時，不禁想「那個女的不會游泳，掉到海裡，當然很驚慌。可是小隊長為了救她，丟下我們，我雖然會游泳，但我也害怕海上有鯊魚啊！」總之，我就靠自己的力量，在面上往岸邊方向奔跑。 我終於來到岸上，這裡點滿燈火，現場群眾歡呼，看來其他組也陸續抵達海岸。我繼續往前走，走過一個小山丘，來到一個入口。通過入口後，變成我在一條街道上。 街道的另一邊有一個燒烤攤位，感覺我跟那個攤位老闆很熟。他是體格很好的老外帥哥。他的攤位後面有面牆。我印象裡，之前牆面上貼滿各種廣告，現在他的牆面像是刷過白漆，上面只有零零星星幾張廣告。夢裡我記得他曾告訴我，每年過年的時候，他都會把那個牆上的舊廣告撕掉。所以看來他應是不久前清理過這面牆，才會看來乾淨許多。 我跑過馬路，來到攤位前，問「老闆，你的牆怎麼是白白的？」他沒有理我，感覺他心情不好，可能因為生意不好。 老闆突然問我「你要不要來兩個葡式蛋塔？」我想一想，就說好，想說也是捧個場。後來他又問我要幾個蛋塔，我說「我要兩個葡式蛋塔。」 因為我全身還是濕濕的，我問老闆我可不可以待會再回來拿蛋塔，他說好。我就回到馬路另一邊。接著我爬上一個鐵梯，像是要回到我的基地。 這時候，突然覺得剛剛落海裡的那個女生是女兒。女兒很喜歡葡式蛋塔，我心想「我應該要買四個蛋塔，這樣子我們兩人就有兩個蛋塔可以吃。」再想想，既然只買兩個蛋塔，那就一人一個囉！ 此時我突然想起來，之前我跟小隊長到一個零食雜貨舖，裡面賣各式各樣的零食。我記得小隊長就有問老闆有沒有新的零食進貨，順著老闆指著方向看過去，我看到類似乖乖的零食，有三種口味，都和牛肉有關。它的包裝超級大，和我一樣高。 小隊長看了看，問老闆「沒有別的口味嗎？」老闆說目前都是跟牛肉有關的口味，新口味還沒進來，他要先把現貨賣掉。我看到小隊長就選了其中一個口味。總之，這零食好大一包啊！ 就是那個時候我經過帥老外的燒烤攤位，當時他的牆上貼滿廣告，看起來很髒亂。當時老闆說他每年會清理一次，他提到過年快到了，他要來清他的牆面。 感覺這事像是過了一段時間，所以剛剛我從海上回來，看到他的牆面刷了白漆，只剩幾張廣告，跟他之前貼著密密麻麻的廣告，有蠻明顯的落差。難怪我會想說是不是這段時間生意不好。 我爬上鐵梯，回到基地，看到小隊長和那個女生，他們也回來了…

I dreamed that I was back in high school, right after taking the college entrance exam. We were all gathered in the school auditorium because today, the results would be announced. A teacher was speaking on stage. One classmate was especially anxious. He said he figured his score might fall right on the borderline of getting into the program he really wanted. He mentioned that there was one question on the test he didn’t know, so he had guessed. If he guessed correctly, he’d get into his dream program—but if he was wrong, he’d end up in his second choice. He was incredibly nervous. When the results were finally announced, it turned out that he had guessed right—and not only did he get into his preferred program, he actually got into an even better school than he expected. He was ecstatic. There was another classmate whose grades were usually better than the first guy’s, but it seemed like he had bad luck on the exam day. For the questions he wasn’t sure about, he had guessed too—but he got most of them wrong. As a result, he ended up in a program that was ranked lower than the first classmate’s. He looked absolutely miserable, a sharp contrast to the other classmate who was now jumping and dancing around in excitement. I watched as the first classmate ran around the auditorium with both hands in the air, laughing so loudly that everyone could hear him. Meanwhile, the second classmate sat slumped in his chair. As I walked past him, I saw how sulky and bitter he looked. He clearly couldn't accept the result—after all, he had always done better than the other guy, but now had ended up at a worse school. A teacher was trying to comfort him, but it didn’t help. He just sat there with a sour face, completely dejected… 夢見我回到高中時期，剛考完大學聯考。我們來到學校大會堂，今天會公佈錄取的學校，老師在台上講話。 有個同學很擔心他的成績，說他研判分數可能會落在喜歡科系的邊緣。他提到考卷上有一題，他不知道答案，最後就用猜的。如果這題猜對了，就會進到想要的科系。可是如果錯了，他就會落到下一個科系，所以他很緊張。 結果成績公佈，他這題猜對了，因此就錄取到比他預期還好的學校，他興奮極了。 另外還有一位同學，他平常成績都比前面那位同學好，可是考試那天似乎考運比較不好，一些沒把握的題目，結果都猜錯，所以他錄取的科系比前面那個同學還差。這同學看來臉很臭，和另一位欣喜若狂、跳來跳去的同學，形成鮮明對比。 我就看著前面那位同學雙手揮舞，在大會堂跑來跑去，全場都聽得到他的笑聲。而另一位同學就坐在椅子上，我從他旁邊經過，看到他的臉好臭好臭，一付心有不甘的模樣。明明他平常的成績比前面那位同學還好，現在卻進入較差的學校。 我看到老師在安慰他，可是沒用，他就是臉很臭地坐在那裡…

I dreamed that I was at an outdoor corporate recruitment event, taking part in a job interview. The interviewer was an older man with thinning hair. He asked me a lot of questions, and I responded calmly and confidently. I felt composed—not anxious, not particularly excited—just steadily answering his questions. The setting seemed to be by a fishing harbor. Behind the man was the ocean, with sailboats visible on the water under bright sunlight. Then the scene shifted—I was now like a reporter interviewing a young woman. We were indoors, sitting beside what looked like a bay window that jutted out slightly. The window was to my right and to the left of the young woman. The room was somewhat dim, and the sky outside was overcast, but there was still some light streaming in, enough to keep the room well-lit. The woman I was interviewing had long hair styled in a half-up "princess" look. She answered my questions with ease and confidence. I was like a host conducting the interview, and there was even a film crew behind us recording the whole thing. 夢見我在一個戶外企業集體徵才的活動，接受面試。面試官是位男士，有點年紀，頭髮不多。他問了我一堆問題，我從容不迫地回答。感覺我很冷靜，不焦急，就是回答問題，也沒有特別興奮。 整個背景像是在漁港岸邊。那男士的背後是大海，海上還有帆船，陽光明亮。 接著場景變成我像是記者，訪問一位女生。我們在室內，坐在像是推出去的窗台旁，我的右手邊，那位女生的左手邊是窗台。 室內有點暗，外頭天空也是陰暗，但還是有一點光線照進來，室內光線是夠的。 我訪問的這位女生，長髮，梳著公主頭。回答問題落落大方，很有自信。我像是主持人在訪問她，背後還有個攝影團隊同時在拍攝…