Mouth by Sandy Lo

Hi! How're you? I am a small and beautiful mouth. Are you interested in knowing what the Hong Kong people use us for?

I am the mouth of a popular singer. She uses me for many different purposes. Basically, she uses me to eat and drink. Recently, she has taken some medicine and only eat fruit and vegetables in order to lose weight. What a pity! I can't taste some delicious food! Also, she uses me to talk about many rumours to the journalists. Woo... woo... What a pitiful and hard life I have! However, I sometimes feel happy becauses she uses me to smile at the others and to sing many popular songs in order to make people happy.

In fact, I am better than some of my friends. They are unluckier than me.

One of my friends is used for karaoke by his master. His master usually sings with his colleagues. My friend has told me that he is unwilling to be used for karaoke by his master because his master does not sing very well and my friend doesn't want to do harm to the other people.

Some of my friends are also used to say the meaningless words. For example, when their masters meet their friends at a bus stop, they will say, "Are you going to take a bus?"

In addition, some of my friends are used to quarrel with the other people. For instance, the Sino-British officials and the legislative councillors of different parties like to use mouths to quarrel with the others.

The Hong Kong people use us for many other different strange purposes, such as bargaining. I sometimes wonder why many of my friends' masters who are students do not like to say anything in the lessons but are constantly talking in their own time. How strange Hong Kong students are!

Oh! Why can't we control our fate?

(It was first published in Chuen Yuen College's school newspaper in July, 1993)

This part was last updated on 12th Sept, 2000.

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