New Zealand, 1993

At 19:45, local time

June, 1993.

Got a cell phone call from my colleague of one of my Japanese clients. Which is very unusual for him to call me (first time after 18:00) this late. He asked "Which country are you at now, Don? When are you available to work? Are you interested in flying to New Zealand to shoot?". I replied "Yes, I would love to. I have about 14 days' free from now.", of course, "When? How long?". My friendly coworker said "Great! How about tomorrow's flight? A week's work. How about that?".

Since when, I became a FedEx overnight international item? I answered "Sounds so nice, but tomorrow will be my first day free for a long time...". He continued, "Well, how about the day after tomorrow? Let me pass your cell phone number to the New Zealand end to call you in a couple minutes for details, okay?"



1993年 六月 傍晚 19:45


一個日本客戶 的同事打了我的手機電話 很不尋常地 他從來不曾這麼晚 (第一次 在18:00以後) 打我的手機 他詢問 “Don 你在現是在哪個國家？ 你幾時有空可以工作？ 你是否是對飛行到紐西蘭拍照感到興趣嗎？” 我答覆 “是 我很希望去 我從現在起大約有14天的空檔” 我當然很願意去紐西蘭 “何時飛？ 多久？” 我的朋友說 “太棒了! 搭明天的班機出發 怎樣？ 一個星期的工作 如何？”

當我是【隔夜送達】的越洋快遞喔？ 我回答 “聽起來很不錯 但是明天是我好久以來的第一天假期...” 他繼續 “那麼 後天好了！ 讓我把你的手機號碼轉交給紐西蘭那頭 幾分鐘後讓對方打給你 由他們來告訴你有關細節 OK？”