Dream to Awakening 夢醒時分

I dreamed that I was working in a jewelry store alongside two young male colleagues, and we were helping customers choose gold jewelry.

A woman from mainland China entered the store and browsed for a long time. Eventually, she struck up a casual conversation, saying she wanted to open a jewelry store in Florida, USA, and asked if we were interested in joining her. The two young men got excited, eagerly saying they’d love the opportunity to work in Florida.

The woman continued to browse around the store, seemingly without any intention to buy anything. Meanwhile, I kept attending to the store, staying mindful of the items. For some reason, I suddenly found myself wearing a glass necklace with a Chinese knot pendant. The woman commented that this necklace was her favorite. At first, I thought she was referring to the diamond necklace I was wearing, but she clarified that it was the glass necklace she liked.

I told her, “This one isn’t expensive! It was a gift from my teacher when I graduated middle school.” Curious, she asked why my teacher gave me a necklace. I explained, “I didn’t do well in middle school, but I unexpectedly performed well on the high school entrance exams. My teacher gave me this necklace to encourage me.”

She then continued talking about her idea of opening a jewelry store in Florida, and the two young men remained enthusiastically engaged in discussing this opportunity to work abroad. I, on the other hand, wondered, “Will she really provide the funding?”

Later, for some reason, I found a CD of Sarah Chen’s "Dream to Awakening" (夢醒時分). I thought, “Wow, it’s been ages since I’ve listened to old songs.” So, I started playing the CD in the store. Just then, a couple walked in and exclaimed, “Wow! Dream to Awakening!”

At that moment, the two young men suddenly turned into two young women. While the song was playing, I remarked to them, “You probably haven’t heard this song before.” To my surprise, they replied that they had.

As I listened to Dream to Awakening, I began humming along. I told the two young women how popular the song was back in the day. I still remember the surprised expressions of the couple when they walked in, saying, “Wow! It’s been so long since we’ve heard this song—old songs are truly the best.”

For some reason, the conversation shifted, and I ended up telling the customers that I had a pet lizard. They asked why I kept a lizard, and I replied, “Because it sheds its skin—it’s adorable.”

As I continued playing Dream to Awakening, a voice suddenly spoke to me: “You’re foolish; you need to start from the very beginning.” I was puzzled, wondering what it meant, and then I woke up.

夢見我在一家銀樓工作，店裡還有兩位年輕男同事，我們正在和客人介紹金飾。

來了一位大陸太太，她在我們店裡逛了很久，後來開始閒聊起來。她說想到美國佛羅里達州開銀樓，問我們有沒有興趣過去。兩個大男生就興奮起來，直說可以啊！這樣子有機會可以去佛羅里達工作。

這位太太繼續在店裡閒逛，好像也沒有要買東西。我繼續顧著店，還是要注意東西的狀況。然後不知道為什麼，我脖子上多了一條琉璃項鍊，上面還有個中國結。這個大陸太太說她最喜歡這一條。我以為她說的是我脖子上的鑽石項鍊，她說不是，她喜歡這條琉璃項鍊。

我跟她說這件不貴耶！它是我國中畢業的時候，老師送給我的禮物。她好奇問我為什麼我的老師會送項鍊給我，我說因為我國中的成績不好，可是高中聯考意外考得不錯，老師為了鼓勵我，就送我這條琉璃項鍊。

然後她又繼續在那裡講「去佛羅里達開銀樓」的想法，反正店裡的兩個男生就很興奮。我心想：「她會出資嗎？」總之兩個男生熱烈在討論這個出國工作的機會。

後來不知為何，我找到了陳淑樺的《夢醒時分》CD，我心想「欸！好久沒有聽老歌了。」然後我就在店裡播著《夢醒時分》。剛好有一對夫妻進來，驚呼「哇～夢醒時分！」

然後此時那兩個年輕男生突然變成兩個年輕女生。當我在播放《夢醒時分》的時候，我還跟她們說「妳們搞不好沒有聽過這首歌。」想不到他們回我說有聽過。

我一邊聽著《夢醒時分》，然後自己就開始哼起歌來。我還跟店裡這個兩個女生講，當年這《夢醒時分》有多紅啊！

我還記得那對夫妻客人進門時的驚訝表情，說「哇～好久沒有聽到這首歌了，還是老歌最好聽。」

不知為何，我和客人聊到我養了一隻蜥蜴，他們問我為什麼要養蜥蜴，我說「因為牠會脫皮，很可愛。」

當我繼續在播放《夢醒時分》的時候，突然有個聲音跟我說「你很笨，要從最原始的開始才對。」我納悶這是什麼意思時，就醒了。