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Are we still partners?
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We've been business partners
for one hundred fifty-five weeks now.
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We're sitting next to each other
for the first time today.
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We seldom see each other.
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I know too well that man
can hardly control his passion.
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Partners should never get
emotionally involved with each other.
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FALLEN ANGELS
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A message for three six six two.
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I'm meeting his friends tomorrow.
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Ask him to let me know where.
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Most people work from nine-to-five.
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I'm just the opposite.
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My job is simple.
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I visit some "friends" once in a while.
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I don't know any of them.
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And I'm not interested in them either.
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Because they'll soon be gone forever.
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Going out?
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Yes.
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One's profession is very often
determined by one's personality.
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The best thing about my profession
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is there's no need to make any decisions.
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Who's to die, when, where...
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It's all been planned by others.
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I'm a lazy person.
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I like people to arrange things for me.
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That's why I need a partner.
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Ming?
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Ming!
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You're Ming, aren't you?
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Remember me? My name's Hoi.
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Don't you remember me?
I was always number one in grade school.
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- Remember?
- Yeah.
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What a coincidence!
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If my Mercedes hadn't broken down,
I wouldn't have run into you here.
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Every person has his own past.
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Even if you're a killer,
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you still have classmates
from grade school around.
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Every time I run into them,
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they ask me the same questions.
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What kind of work do you do?
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Give me your card so we can keep in touch.
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Maybe we could work together.
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That would be great.
Always lookin' to make a buck.
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Your own business?
That's worth breaking your back for!
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You married?
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Don't tell me you can't find a girl!
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What? A son!
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Looks exactly like you!
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What's this... Your wife's black?
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I mean, smart move! Black grows on you.
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Your skin color's different,
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but you make a nice couple.
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Hey, are you insured?
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Maybe you can help me out.
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I've been in the business over ten years.
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You might not know,
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but I'm rated the top insurance broker
in all Southeast Asia.
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I'm being interviewed
by the newspaper in a few days.
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For old time's sake,
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I'll work out the best plan for you.
You never can tell.
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God forbid, but what if something should happen?
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It's not just for you.
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I see you travel a lot for work.
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If not for yourself,
think about your wife and little boy.
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I often wonder if any insurance company
would insure a professional killer.
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I'd really like to help him out,
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but I wouldn't know whom to name as beneficiary.
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Remember that girl with the big boobs?
The one we were both after years ago?
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We're getting married next week.
Here's an invitation.
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Sorry. Just write your own name on it.
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Come a little early.
I'll write up the policy for you.
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And bring your wife. Bye-bye.
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A few years back I paid a black woman
thirty bucks to have her picture taken with me,
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so that if people asked,
I could say she was my wife.
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And the kid in the picture...
I just bought him an ice cream cone.
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I've always wanted to go to a wedding,
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but I know very well it's not my kind of scene.
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Going through a person's trash
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can tell you a lot about them.
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He comes to this bar a lot.
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Maybe 'cause it's quiet.
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Sometimes I sit in his usual seat.
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Lets me feel close to him.
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Some people you really don't want
to get too close to.
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Find out too much about a person
and you lose interest.
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I'm the practical kind.
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I know how to make myself happy.
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No, he hasn't come back yet.
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You telling the truth?
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Why should I lie?
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- You live here?
- Something wrong with that?
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Have you seen this person around?
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No.
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Don't come out yet.
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The cops are still here.
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You know where he is. Tell us.
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You rub elbows with a lot of people every day.
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Some strangers might become
your friends or even confidants.
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But I know very well these cops
will never be my confidants.
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My name is Ho Chi Moo.
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I was prisoner number two two three.
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I haven't seen him in days.
I'll let you know when he comes back.
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I saw him come in. You'd better tell the truth.
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Stop making faces! Stand still!
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I'm a happy man.
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I was very talkative when I was small.
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But at age five I ate a can
of pineapple that had expired,
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and I stopped talking.
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For that reason, I have very few friends.
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I found it very hard to find work too.
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I finally decided to be my own boss.
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Having no capital, the only thing I can do
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is sneak into other people's shops after hours
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and run my own business.
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I'm not a freeloader.
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I just think it makes sense,
since the rent's already been paid,
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to run the business around the clock.
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Who says nobody buys pork
at three o'clock in the morning?
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I came yesterday to buy some, didn't I?
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If you want to do business,
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you have to take
each customer's needs into account.
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Buddha said:
"If I don't descend into hell, who will?"
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When you're the boss, you have to be kind,
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caring, and tolerant.
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You can't just look to your own gain.
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I know very well
there's no such thing as a free lunch,
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so I always work very hard until the wee hours.
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I don't make a lot of money, but I'm happy.
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Are you nuts?
Why should I let you wash my clothes?
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I'm a beggar. I don't need laundry done!
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I don't need it!
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Leave me alone!
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Are you nuts? Keep your hands off my clothes!
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Give me back my clothes!
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Hands off! I'll beat you up!
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OK, I'll pay!
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I'll pay you, if it's money you want.
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You're a lunatic!
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Don't push me! I don't want any eggplant!
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You can't make me buy it!
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I'm single. What would people think?
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Not even if they're free!
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I'll take some melon.
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Here!
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This is huge! Are you out of your mind?
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Stop that!
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I washed my hair yesterday.
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Ouch! Easy!
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My head doesn't itch. Stop scratching it!
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I just came down for a late snack.
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I don't need a shampoo.
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I give up. Do whatever you want.
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No!
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I don't want a shave!
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Hands off!
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Listen, I'm no regular guy.
I have underworld connections.
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I really don't want a shave. How about...
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I'll pay you, OK?
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A double cone, please.
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Oh, no, it's you!
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Sorry.
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Stop pulling my hair.
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I'll climb in myself.
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Sorry!
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I'm coming in.
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Hello? It's me. What are you doing?
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Go to bed. Don't wait for me.
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I'm having some ice cream.
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Uh, no, it's more than a scoop or two.
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I don't know how much more I'll have to eat.
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No, it's not an eating contest.
Of course I'll have to pay!
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Yeah, but this guy won't let me...
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I don't know how to explain, but it's the truth.
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Come see for yourself if you don't believe me.
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Hello?
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No, I can't eat that!
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What if my mustache catches on fire?
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This isn't funny anymore.
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Why are you doing this?
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I said to come by yourself.
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I didn't tell you to bring the whole family.
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Dad's too old for all this ice cream.
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What if something happens?
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The kids have to go to school tomorrow.
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Think about that.
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Has anyone in Hong Kong ever died
from too much ice cream?
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I don't want to be the first.
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I'll pay you, OK?
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Name a price. I'll buy it all. Please.
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My ice cream may be a bit more expensive,
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but I think this family is having a great time.
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I love ice cream.
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When I was little an ice cream truck
would stop by my house every day.
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I was always happy to see it.
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Once I asked my dad
why he didn't drive an ice cream truck.
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He didn't answer.
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I later found out
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my mother had been run over by an ice cream truck.
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I was born in Taiwan.
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I came to Hong Kong with my dad when I was five.
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He worked as an assistant
at the Chungking Mansions Hotel.
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He's rarely talked since my mother died.
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No more ice cream, of course.
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Maybe the fact we're both so quiet
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explains why we've always been close.
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Why are you being so nice to me?
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You even bought me ice cream.
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You should know I don't like ice cream.
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It's too cold!
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It's bad for my health. Gives me the runs.
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Are you nuts?
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Hey, open up! What game are you playing now?
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Open this door!
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What are you doing?
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I'll kill you!
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Open this door! Stop playing around!
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Nine zero nine zero.
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I'd like to leave a message.
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I'm meeting his friends tomorrow.
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He should let me know where.
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I get it. It's clear.
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I just wanna make sure the address was correct.
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It was a fast-food store, not a barber shop.
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You may think we must be making a lot of money.
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But how much is a human life worth?
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Demand comes and goes.
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It's not unusual to have no business for months.
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So, once in a while
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I moonlight in the financial field.
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Like debt collection.
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Thanks.
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Hold on. I'll get you the money.
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Here.
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I don't know why,
but I've been injured a lot lately.
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I hate digging bullets out of my own body.
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It's exhausting.
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I turned in early that night,
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knowing when I woke up the next day,
I'd have to make a decision.
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Lady, we're closed.
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Two weeks after I was injured, I asked to see her.
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I wanted to tell her my decision.
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But I didn't show up.
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I'm sure she'll look for me here
in the next couple days.
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I know that because
we've been partners for so long.
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As her partner, it's not enough
for me to understand her.
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I have to let her understand me too.
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So sometimes I leave clues
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so she can trace my actions and whereabouts.
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She's become part of my life these past years.
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But things always change.
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I desperately want to tell her
that I want to quit,
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but I don't know how to start.
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So I've devised another way.
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A woman may come asking for me
in the next few days.
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Please give her this coin.
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Tell her one eight one eight is my lucky number.
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One eight one eight.
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The number of one of the songs in this jukebox.
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When she hears the song,
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she'll understand my message.
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00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:28,450
Forget him.
263
00:37:29,410 --> 00:37:33,620
And it's like forgetting everything.
264
00:37:34,620 --> 00:37:39,000
It's like losing all direction.
265
00:37:39,340 --> 00:37:43,000
Losing oneself.
266
00:37:44,340 --> 00:37:48,300
Forget him.
267
00:37:48,890 --> 00:37:53,100
And it's like forgetting the joy of life.
268
00:37:53,770 --> 00:37:58,650
It's like a knife in the heart.
269
00:37:58,770 --> 00:38:02,230
Bleeding in pain.
270
00:38:16,370 --> 00:38:18,000
May I sit here?
271
00:38:48,150 --> 00:38:50,740
It's raining!
272
00:38:52,070 --> 00:38:54,740
Let's have some fun!
273
00:38:54,910 --> 00:38:56,620
It feels great!
274
00:38:56,750 --> 00:38:59,250
Cover me too!
275
00:39:01,420 --> 00:39:03,080
Come on!
276
00:39:17,430 --> 00:39:18,850
What?
277
00:39:19,730 --> 00:39:21,560
I'm all nervous.
278
00:39:21,690 --> 00:39:23,100
Why?
279
00:39:24,110 --> 00:39:25,480
Come on up.
280
00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:27,820
No?
281
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:30,820
OK.
282
00:39:34,950 --> 00:39:36,700
Sure you don't wanna come up?
283
00:39:37,500 --> 00:39:39,370
Positive?
284
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:41,290
Forget it.
285
00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:49,840
Come and get it.
286
00:40:02,730 --> 00:40:05,980
It won't dry out tonight. You'll have to stay.
287
00:40:07,860 --> 00:40:10,820
I'll take it to the cleaners for you tomorrow.
288
00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:12,200
OK?
289
00:40:14,870 --> 00:40:17,200
Hey, I'm talking to you.
290
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:20,750
Why are you ignoring me?
291
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:25,500
Open the door!
292
00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:35,510
Looks nice. Still fits you well.
293
00:40:37,010 --> 00:40:38,510
Whose is this?
294
00:40:40,310 --> 00:40:41,770
Why all the questions?
295
00:40:42,100 --> 00:40:44,190
Are we that close?
296
00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:46,020
Better be careful!
297
00:40:51,530 --> 00:40:53,530
What are you doing?
298
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:02,910
Help!
299
00:41:05,330 --> 00:41:06,460
Hey!
300
00:41:06,580 --> 00:41:09,040
What do you want from me?
301
00:41:25,810 --> 00:41:27,400
What are you doing?
302
00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:31,900
I'm so happy!
303
00:41:32,570 --> 00:41:34,400
Don't let me stop you.
304
00:41:56,930 --> 00:41:58,840
Guess why I dyed my hair blondee.
305
00:42:00,390 --> 00:42:01,430
I don't know.
306
00:42:03,770 --> 00:42:05,850
To make myself unforgettable.
307
00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:08,310
It's pretty special.
308
00:42:08,520 --> 00:42:09,940
You're making fun of me.
309
00:42:10,190 --> 00:42:12,770
I mean it. You're very special.
310
00:42:13,190 --> 00:42:15,740
- Someone told me that once before.
- Who?
311
00:42:19,410 --> 00:42:20,660
You!
312
00:42:20,820 --> 00:42:23,450
We were together for some time.
313
00:42:23,790 --> 00:42:26,080
I had long hair then.
314
00:42:27,540 --> 00:42:30,120
You called me "baby."
315
00:42:30,750 --> 00:42:32,000
Really?
316
00:42:34,420 --> 00:42:35,300
Yes.
317
00:42:37,970 --> 00:42:40,430
But let's let bygones be bygones.
318
00:42:40,890 --> 00:42:43,010
If you like me now, it's fine.
319
00:42:47,350 --> 00:42:49,770
I didn't say that.
320
00:42:50,980 --> 00:42:52,690
I just wanted some company.
321
00:42:54,190 --> 00:42:55,190
Fine.
322
00:42:55,650 --> 00:42:57,440
Just for the night.
323
00:42:58,990 --> 00:43:01,530
Maybe you'll like me better tomorrow.
324
00:46:33,370 --> 00:46:34,580
No!
325
00:46:34,700 --> 00:46:36,250
Get out!
326
00:46:37,660 --> 00:46:39,040
Get the hell out of here!
327
00:46:39,210 --> 00:46:42,040
Get out or I'll clobber you!
328
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:53,390
Hello?
329
00:46:55,140 --> 00:46:57,560
What did you want to tell me?
330
00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:00,730
You want to have kids?
331
00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:03,400
Why are you telling me this?
332
00:47:05,900 --> 00:47:08,820
You wanna get married? Sure! I'll marry you.
333
00:47:09,490 --> 00:47:12,700
Give me time to send out invitations.
334
00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:14,910
You already did?
335
00:47:15,240 --> 00:47:17,250
How come I'm the last to know?
336
00:47:17,410 --> 00:47:19,960
You're a sly one!
337
00:47:21,380 --> 00:47:23,630
You sent me an invitation?
338
00:47:23,750 --> 00:47:25,500
Why?
339
00:47:32,850 --> 00:47:35,510
I see. Congratulations!
340
00:47:35,640 --> 00:47:37,720
Who's the lucky girl?
341
00:47:39,270 --> 00:47:40,390
blondeie?
342
00:47:40,850 --> 00:47:43,860
What a perfect couple!
343
00:47:44,940 --> 00:47:47,650
She wants me to be her bridesmaid?
344
00:47:48,740 --> 00:47:50,780
What should I wear?
345
00:47:50,950 --> 00:47:52,280
Chinese style?
346
00:47:52,410 --> 00:47:55,530
A lady-in-waiting? How interesting!
347
00:47:56,200 --> 00:47:58,790
Sure! That's great!
348
00:47:59,620 --> 00:48:01,750
Where's blondeie now?
349
00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:04,420
I want to call and congratulate her.
350
00:48:05,790 --> 00:48:07,750
OK, thanks. Bye-bye.
351
00:48:13,300 --> 00:48:15,510
Give me a dime. You got a dime?
352
00:48:27,940 --> 00:48:29,900
Hello? blondeie?
353
00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:33,240
I know you're there.
Stop pretending you're the machine.
354
00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:36,320
You know what? If you don't talk to me,
355
00:48:36,450 --> 00:48:39,160
you'll regret it the rest of your life!
356
00:48:39,330 --> 00:48:41,160
You're marrying him?
357
00:48:41,330 --> 00:48:43,307
I shouldn't have asked you
to pay his electricity bill.
358
00:48:43,330 --> 00:48:44,920
Now you're getting married?
359
00:48:45,710 --> 00:48:48,340
You filthy bitch! He doesn't love you.
360
00:48:48,500 --> 00:48:51,508
He just wants a son born in the Year Of The Pig.
361
00:48:51,532 --> 00:48:52,533
This year!
362
00:48:52,630 --> 00:48:54,380
But it's already April!
363
00:48:54,510 --> 00:48:57,470
There's not enough time! It'll be premature.
364
00:48:58,850 --> 00:48:59,930
I've got it!
365
00:49:00,060 --> 00:49:03,350
You got pregnant by another guy
and told him it's his child.
366
00:49:03,690 --> 00:49:07,480
I'm warning you: Next time I see you,
I'm gonna push you down the stairs!
367
00:49:07,610 --> 00:49:08,940
You got that?
368
00:49:09,190 --> 00:49:12,190
Hello? Hello? I'm not finished yet!
369
00:49:12,360 --> 00:49:13,820
Hello?
370
00:49:14,610 --> 00:49:16,030
Gimme another dime!
371
00:49:25,080 --> 00:49:27,830
That bitch! She took the phone off the hook!
372
00:49:33,510 --> 00:49:35,510
I don't want any!
373
00:49:37,510 --> 00:49:39,760
Let me cry on your shoulder.
374
00:49:49,060 --> 00:49:51,730
The night's full of weirdos.
375
00:49:52,730 --> 00:49:56,240
This girl seems to turn up wherever I go.
376
00:49:58,410 --> 00:50:00,990
I'm fine now. I'll pay you back next time.
377
00:50:01,870 --> 00:50:03,630
But every time we meet, it's the same story.
378
00:50:11,670 --> 00:50:16,260
I wish I could tell her some problems
can't be solved over the phone.
379
00:50:16,380 --> 00:50:18,590
You meet the guy face to face and talk it out,
380
00:50:18,720 --> 00:50:20,760
or, if that fails, you punch him in the nose.
381
00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:23,600
Too bad I couldn't put it into words.
382
00:50:24,680 --> 00:50:28,020
But she seemed to somehow understand anyway.
383
00:50:30,190 --> 00:50:31,900
I think you're right.
384
00:50:32,150 --> 00:50:33,650
Let's go.
385
00:50:52,790 --> 00:50:54,460
blondeie, I know you're in there!
386
00:50:54,630 --> 00:50:57,340
Come out if you've got the guts!
387
00:50:57,470 --> 00:51:00,220
I'm gonna burn this place down
on the count of three!
388
00:51:00,340 --> 00:51:02,970
One... Two... Three!
389
00:51:03,470 --> 00:51:05,640
I think we got the wrong floor.
390
00:51:07,140 --> 00:51:09,810
blondeie, come on out! I know you're in there!
391
00:51:09,980 --> 00:51:12,150
I'm gonna burn this place down if you don't!
392
00:51:12,310 --> 00:51:14,320
One... two... three!
393
00:51:16,570 --> 00:51:18,570
Let's try the next floor.
394
00:51:20,700 --> 00:51:22,360
Are those gray hairs real?
395
00:51:22,490 --> 00:51:24,370
At my age? Of course they are!
396
00:51:24,490 --> 00:51:28,040
Looks like a faded blonde dye job to me!
How are you related to blondeie?
397
00:51:28,160 --> 00:51:29,500
I don't know any Blondie.
398
00:51:29,660 --> 00:51:31,580
Her real name's Situ Hui Ling. Ring a bell?
399
00:51:31,710 --> 00:51:33,500
Never heard of her.
400
00:51:33,670 --> 00:51:34,790
Is she your chick?
401
00:51:34,920 --> 00:51:37,630
Leave me alone, you loony!
402
00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:39,550
I'm sure they've got a thing together.
403
00:51:39,800 --> 00:51:41,340
Follow him!
404
00:51:42,050 --> 00:51:43,590
Do you have a daughter named Blondie?
405
00:51:43,720 --> 00:51:47,470
Or Situ Hui Ling? You look a lot alike.
Have you forgotten?
406
00:51:47,600 --> 00:51:49,310
- Think hard.
- I don't know her.
407
00:51:49,430 --> 00:51:51,600
We searched high and low all night.
408
00:51:51,730 --> 00:51:55,400
After a while, I started to wonder
if she even knew where Blondie lived.
409
00:51:55,520 --> 00:51:57,480
I'm tired of this game.
410
00:51:57,610 --> 00:52:01,780
Why is everyone covering for you?
Where the hell are you?
411
00:52:01,910 --> 00:52:03,910
I'm a nice person. Why doesn't anyone help me?
412
00:52:04,030 --> 00:52:05,870
You're a slut, and everyone helps you!
413
00:52:06,030 --> 00:52:08,540
It's not fair. What kind of world is this?
414
00:52:08,700 --> 00:52:10,700
I don't wanna play this game anymore.
415
00:52:10,830 --> 00:52:13,750
You must be sleeping with everyone.
You must have slept with her too.
416
00:52:13,880 --> 00:52:16,880
I bet you have, but you won't admit it. Right?
417
00:52:17,050 --> 00:52:20,090
What a crazy world. How am I gonna find you?
418
00:52:20,220 --> 00:52:22,970
Bitch! You've got the whole world on your side.
419
00:52:34,730 --> 00:52:36,400
Blondie!
420
00:52:37,110 --> 00:52:40,360
You slut! How dare you show your face!
You're finished!
421
00:52:40,490 --> 00:52:44,990
Bitch! Slut! Tramp!
422
00:52:45,120 --> 00:52:47,990
I'll mop you to death!
423
00:52:48,120 --> 00:52:49,660
Bitch!
424
00:52:53,960 --> 00:52:55,460
How can you be so cruel!
425
00:53:01,760 --> 00:53:04,930
Hey, get your face out of the food
and watch the door!
426
00:53:05,050 --> 00:53:06,680
Blondie could walk in any minute.
427
00:53:06,800 --> 00:53:09,560
She used to come here for dim sum with her pop.
428
00:53:12,680 --> 00:53:16,020
How do you spell "inadequate"?
429
00:53:20,280 --> 00:53:23,570
Never mind. I'll just spell it like this.
430
00:53:26,360 --> 00:53:27,450
Listen to this.
431
00:53:27,570 --> 00:53:31,950
"I, Situ Hui Ling, aka Blondie,
am ugly and inadequate."
432
00:53:32,120 --> 00:53:35,160
I hereby return Mr. Johnny Kwong
to his rightful girlfriend, Charlie Young.
433
00:53:35,290 --> 00:53:37,290
I will have no more relationship with him.
434
00:53:37,460 --> 00:53:40,170
"This will serve as proof.
Our signatures are binding unto death."
435
00:53:40,300 --> 00:53:42,800
This is great, right?
436
00:53:43,970 --> 00:53:46,380
I'll make Blondie sign this today.
437
00:53:46,510 --> 00:53:49,050
I gotta get her fingerprints and ID number.
438
00:53:49,180 --> 00:53:52,640
Her old man can serve as witness.
I'll get a picture of them together.
439
00:53:52,770 --> 00:53:53,520
Blondie!
440
00:53:53,640 --> 00:53:56,190
- Your name is Blondie too?
- Shut up!
441
00:53:56,310 --> 00:53:57,940
I'll fucking chop you to pieces!
442
00:53:59,270 --> 00:54:01,070
This is Blondie!
443
00:54:01,730 --> 00:54:02,940
Your name is Blondie too?
444
00:54:03,070 --> 00:54:04,610
What if it is?
445
00:54:07,950 --> 00:54:09,410
Is your name really Blondie?
446
00:54:09,530 --> 00:54:10,620
What of it?
447
00:54:59,290 --> 00:55:01,290
They say women are made of water.
448
00:55:01,960 --> 00:55:03,880
So are some men.
449
00:55:04,840 --> 00:55:07,760
Most people fall in love
for the first time as teenagers.
450
00:55:08,090 --> 00:55:10,050
I guess I'm a late bloomer.
451
00:55:10,390 --> 00:55:12,850
Maybe I'm too picky.
452
00:55:12,970 --> 00:55:15,180
On 30 May 1995,
453
00:55:15,310 --> 00:55:17,520
I finally fell in love for the first time.
454
00:55:18,560 --> 00:55:21,310
It was raining that night.
455
00:55:21,770 --> 00:55:26,440
When I looked at her,
I suddenly felt like I was a store.
456
00:55:27,190 --> 00:55:28,860
And she was me.
457
00:55:28,990 --> 00:55:32,870
Without any warning,
she suddenly enters the store.
458
00:55:33,450 --> 00:55:35,200
I don't know how long she'll stay.
459
00:55:35,330 --> 00:55:37,750
The longer the better, of course.
460
00:57:27,810 --> 00:57:31,360
You never wash your feet or socks or hair.
461
00:57:32,360 --> 00:57:34,280
You stink all over.
462
00:57:36,030 --> 00:57:39,200
When did you dye your hair blondee?
463
00:57:42,790 --> 00:57:45,210
They say love can change a man.
464
00:57:45,460 --> 00:57:49,000
I started to find myself
more handsome and charming.
465
00:57:49,590 --> 00:57:52,670
And suddenly I discovered I was turning blonde.
466
00:57:52,920 --> 00:57:55,340
Maybe because my mom was Russian.
467
00:57:56,130 --> 00:57:58,800
A lot of people don't understand
when my father speaks Taiwanese.
468
00:57:58,930 --> 00:58:00,720
And rightly so.
469
00:58:00,850 --> 00:58:03,640
It's actually Taiwanese
with the infamous Russian accent.
470
00:58:04,810 --> 00:58:07,390
Hello? Chungking Mansions Hotel.
471
00:58:07,730 --> 00:58:09,150
Who's this?
472
00:58:09,270 --> 00:58:10,150
Blondie!
473
00:58:26,660 --> 00:58:29,080
On 22 June 1995,
474
00:58:29,460 --> 00:58:33,000
the Italian team Sampdoria
came to play in Hong Kong.
475
00:58:33,250 --> 00:58:35,130
I went to the game with Charlie.
476
00:58:35,550 --> 00:58:37,220
She wanted to see Ruud Gullit.
477
00:58:38,800 --> 00:58:41,140
She was ecstatic that night.
478
00:58:42,510 --> 00:58:44,930
She insisted on staying after the game.
479
00:58:45,930 --> 00:58:47,640
This is no fun!
480
00:58:48,730 --> 00:58:50,940
What's the point in playing them?
481
00:58:51,440 --> 00:58:55,610
They're all blondee and superior.
Our players are no match.
482
00:58:57,070 --> 00:59:00,860
Did they really expect a miracle? Fools!
483
00:59:04,540 --> 00:59:06,790
You know why I came?
484
00:59:08,750 --> 00:59:12,750
I was the one hoping for a miracle.
485
00:59:12,880 --> 00:59:16,210
Johnny is a huge fan of Gullit.
486
00:59:16,340 --> 00:59:18,130
I thought I might see him here.
487
00:59:18,300 --> 00:59:21,680
But how could he come?
He's getting married tomorrow.
488
00:59:23,970 --> 00:59:26,770
You know why I was yelling
and waving like crazy earlier?
489
00:59:26,890 --> 00:59:30,020
I was hoping he'd see me on TV.
490
00:59:37,900 --> 00:59:39,820
He promised me he'd come!
491
00:59:39,990 --> 00:59:42,110
So why didn't he?
492
00:59:44,330 --> 00:59:46,830
I realized that she still missed Johnny.
493
00:59:47,000 --> 00:59:49,000
It made me feel bad.
494
00:59:49,120 --> 00:59:51,460
But I'm an optimist.
495
00:59:51,580 --> 00:59:55,460
I've heard people say
everything has its expiration date.
496
00:59:55,590 --> 00:59:58,800
I wasn't sure this would apply to her and Johnny,
497
00:59:59,130 --> 01:00:01,800
but I thought it might soon.
498
01:00:15,940 --> 01:00:18,530
I guess I might have been a little too optimistic.
499
01:00:19,030 --> 01:00:21,990
A few days later,
I asked her to go to a second match.
500
01:00:23,200 --> 01:00:25,070
She didn't show up.
501
01:00:26,280 --> 01:00:29,870
I thought what she had
with Johnny would expire soon.
502
01:00:30,620 --> 01:00:31,870
But as it turned out,
503
01:00:32,040 --> 01:00:34,500
my expiration date came up first.
504
01:00:38,340 --> 01:00:40,960
I got there early
and stayed till everyone was gone.
505
01:00:41,090 --> 01:00:43,300
As the lights of the stadium went dark,
506
01:00:43,430 --> 01:00:45,180
I realized she wasn't gonna show.
507
01:00:45,300 --> 01:00:47,970
I was heartbroken. This couldn't be.
508
01:00:55,900 --> 01:00:58,650
People say breaking up hurts.
509
01:00:59,070 --> 01:01:01,030
That wasn't true for me.
510
01:01:03,030 --> 01:01:04,700
But something strange did happen.
511
01:01:04,820 --> 01:01:08,410
After that day, my blondee hair
suddenly disappeared.
512
01:01:08,580 --> 01:01:10,740
Just like my first love.
513
01:01:11,750 --> 01:01:15,670
I also began to realize my past behavior
had been very irresponsible.
514
01:01:16,460 --> 01:01:18,670
I shouldn't have taken over other people's shops,
515
01:01:18,800 --> 01:01:21,250
coming and going as I pleased.
516
01:01:22,220 --> 01:01:25,010
Every shop has its own feelings.
517
01:01:25,760 --> 01:01:28,350
This realization had a profound effect on me.
518
01:01:29,680 --> 01:01:31,430
It prompted me to change my ways.
519
01:01:46,700 --> 01:01:48,160
Welcome.
520
01:01:49,280 --> 01:01:50,490
One person.
521
01:01:51,620 --> 01:01:56,120
Look for our new menu next time.
522
01:01:56,250 --> 01:01:58,000
Am I making you stay overtime?
523
01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:02,090
Get a glass for yourself. Be my guest.
524
01:02:12,310 --> 01:02:13,430
How's business?
525
01:02:27,280 --> 01:02:29,700
What's it cost to open a place like this?
526
01:02:46,670 --> 01:02:48,340
Good evening.
527
01:02:50,390 --> 01:02:52,350
You have money?
528
01:02:53,350 --> 01:02:56,770
I was just wondering
what it costs to open a place like this.
529
01:02:57,140 --> 01:02:58,940
Do you have a million?
530
01:02:59,060 --> 01:03:01,940
I had never thought
about going into business before.
531
01:03:02,360 --> 01:03:05,530
When you live in a suitcase,
you don't need a place of your own.
532
01:03:06,360 --> 01:03:08,360
But things had changed.
533
01:03:08,490 --> 01:03:10,410
I had to start planning for the future.
534
01:03:11,870 --> 01:03:14,830
That night, I had a nice chat with the manager.
535
01:03:15,500 --> 01:03:18,370
He even offered a helping hand
536
01:03:19,420 --> 01:03:21,580
should I ever open my own shop.
537
01:03:22,710 --> 01:03:25,000
- Another beer?
- Sure, one more.
538
01:03:43,360 --> 01:03:45,730
How much money do you have?
539
01:04:01,000 --> 01:04:03,580
I stayed away from that bar for some time,
540
01:04:05,130 --> 01:04:07,900
partly because I didn't want
to hear song number one eight one eight.
541
01:04:09,090 --> 01:04:12,090
But there are some things you can't escape.
542
01:04:13,680 --> 01:04:16,810
I've never returned
to that restaurant since that night.
543
01:04:49,380 --> 01:04:53,930
Wishing you good fortune
and long life to reach the heavens.
544
01:04:54,180 --> 01:04:58,180
Wishing you a happy birthday.
545
01:04:58,720 --> 01:05:02,980
May this day be joyous for you every year.
546
01:05:03,140 --> 01:05:07,480
Best wishes to you.
547
01:05:45,690 --> 01:05:49,110
How are you, my boy?
548
01:05:51,900 --> 01:05:54,360
Your dad's fine. Don't worry about me.
549
01:05:58,530 --> 01:06:00,370
Soon it'll be your birthday.
550
01:06:01,540 --> 01:06:03,910
I'm sorry I can't come home.
551
01:06:05,250 --> 01:06:08,170
Is your mother feeling better?
552
01:06:09,920 --> 01:06:13,880
Is your sister behaving herself?
553
01:06:20,350 --> 01:06:22,890
Sato-san is a real family man.
554
01:06:24,140 --> 01:06:28,230
He was a film director
before he opened this place.
555
01:06:29,150 --> 01:06:34,610
So he always communicates
with his family by making a videotape.
556
01:06:36,820 --> 01:06:40,410
I'm sure his son must be very happy
to receive his videotapes.
557
01:06:42,030 --> 01:06:44,410
Sometimes I want to try the same thing.
558
01:06:44,580 --> 01:06:47,910
But I don't know who I'd send my tapes to.
559
01:06:48,830 --> 01:06:51,630
I don't want to end up sending them to myself.
560
01:07:02,680 --> 01:07:10,100
You whom I hold in my heart.
561
01:07:12,570 --> 01:07:20,240
Why did you leave my side.
562
01:07:23,080 --> 01:07:26,790
Because of you.
563
01:07:27,620 --> 01:07:31,830
I'm sad all the time.
564
01:07:32,630 --> 01:07:37,550
I miss you with all my heart.
565
01:07:42,640 --> 01:07:46,180
My beloved.
566
01:07:47,680 --> 01:07:51,060
Come back to me.
567
01:07:52,730 --> 01:07:58,150
Hurry back to my side.
568
01:07:59,450 --> 01:08:01,820
Though I'm not like Sato-san,
569
01:08:01,950 --> 01:08:05,030
I can feel the same happiness as his son
on receiving his father's tape.
570
01:08:59,840 --> 01:09:02,380
Get out of here!
571
01:09:21,280 --> 01:09:24,820
I've got nothing to say. I want to go to sleep.
572
01:09:32,000 --> 01:09:35,750
Are you crazy?
573
01:09:36,000 --> 01:09:38,540
Get out of here!
574
01:09:49,760 --> 01:09:50,930
Go away!
575
01:10:39,400 --> 01:10:44,690
Later that night, I discovered Dad
secretly watching the tape.
576
01:10:45,650 --> 01:10:47,490
He really enjoyed it.
577
01:10:48,320 --> 01:10:50,780
I'm usually very bad at details,
578
01:10:51,370 --> 01:10:55,660
but I remember very well
that it was his sixtieth birthday.
579
01:10:56,830 --> 01:11:00,920
He kept laughing as he watched it.
Who knows what he found so funny.
580
01:11:01,040 --> 01:11:03,250
But I know he was happy.
581
01:11:05,130 --> 01:11:07,170
Stupid kid!
582
01:11:31,620 --> 01:11:33,620
When you've worked with someone for a long time,
583
01:11:33,740 --> 01:11:36,870
he can have a certain effect on you.
584
01:11:38,160 --> 01:11:40,080
I knew that fragrance very well.
585
01:11:40,870 --> 01:11:44,290
I just wasn't used
to smelling it on another woman.
586
01:11:50,510 --> 01:11:53,090
This suit fits me well.
587
01:11:53,510 --> 01:11:55,640
But I think it's shrunk a little.
588
01:12:00,980 --> 01:12:03,980
I never liked this fragrance all that much.
589
01:12:06,190 --> 01:12:08,900
This afternoon I smelled it on another woman.
590
01:12:10,860 --> 01:12:12,860
She wants to see you very much.
591
01:12:13,160 --> 01:12:15,410
I set up a meeting for you with her.
592
01:12:17,080 --> 01:12:18,750
You're not gonna go, right?
593
01:12:23,210 --> 01:12:26,420
You should go. That way you could clear things up.
594
01:12:29,720 --> 01:12:32,930
Then again, it's even better if you don't go.
595
01:12:38,850 --> 01:12:40,680
I know you'll go.
596
01:12:42,230 --> 01:12:43,940
You can have this back.
597
01:13:36,990 --> 01:13:39,080
I want...
598
01:13:40,290 --> 01:13:41,740
A bag of chips.
599
01:13:42,660 --> 01:13:44,830
The yellow ones, not the red.
600
01:14:22,370 --> 01:14:25,580
They sat there together for a long time that day.
601
01:14:25,910 --> 01:14:28,040
I wonder what they said to each other.
602
01:14:28,880 --> 01:14:31,090
It rained the whole time.
603
01:14:31,210 --> 01:14:32,710
I started to think,
604
01:14:32,880 --> 01:14:35,720
"It's raining so hard.
How will I get home by myself?"
605
01:14:52,230 --> 01:14:54,280
Just when I really needed a raincoat,
606
01:14:55,400 --> 01:14:57,240
he returned to my side.
607
01:15:01,070 --> 01:15:03,120
It would be so great
608
01:15:04,040 --> 01:15:05,660
if it could rain forever.
609
01:15:10,420 --> 01:15:11,960
I'm not coming up.
610
01:15:16,670 --> 01:15:18,590
Then why'd you walk me home?
611
01:15:20,390 --> 01:15:23,100
You should have let me come back alone!
612
01:15:23,260 --> 01:15:25,350
I was thinking of coming back by myself anyway.
613
01:15:25,470 --> 01:15:28,640
Why did you do that?
Think it'd be easier on me this way?
614
01:15:29,310 --> 01:15:30,730
You're crazy!
615
01:15:30,850 --> 01:15:34,110
Fuck off! I never want to see you again!
616
01:15:36,820 --> 01:15:38,650
I thought we had agreed on this.
617
01:15:38,780 --> 01:15:41,530
Not me! I never agreed to anything!
618
01:15:41,660 --> 01:15:45,790
I asked you not to see her, but you did.
Now what do you want from me?
619
01:15:46,950 --> 01:15:49,290
You think I'm a fool?
620
01:15:49,410 --> 01:15:51,460
Get lost!
621
01:15:53,000 --> 01:15:55,750
Liar!
622
01:16:01,470 --> 01:16:02,430
Give me your arm.
623
01:16:08,310 --> 01:16:09,980
Why'd you do that?
624
01:16:13,150 --> 01:16:15,150
Can't I leave you a memento?
625
01:16:15,820 --> 01:16:19,360
You might forget my face, but not my bite.
626
01:16:23,030 --> 01:16:27,160
But my face is easy to remember. I have a mole.
627
01:16:27,330 --> 01:16:32,500
If a woman with a mole on her face
comes up to you on the street,
628
01:16:35,040 --> 01:16:37,500
it could be me.
629
01:16:41,380 --> 01:16:43,510
You won't remember me.
630
01:16:47,470 --> 01:16:48,810
Yes, I will.
631
01:17:18,090 --> 01:17:19,840
Do I remember her?
632
01:17:20,090 --> 01:17:22,300
Actually, it's not that important.
633
01:17:22,420 --> 01:17:23,840
For her,
634
01:17:24,300 --> 01:17:26,840
I'm just a stopover on the journey of her life.
635
01:17:26,970 --> 01:17:29,430
I hope she reaches her destination soon
636
01:17:29,560 --> 01:17:32,180
and finds a man who really loves her.
637
01:17:32,980 --> 01:17:35,520
We all need a partner.
638
01:17:36,860 --> 01:17:39,730
When will I find mine?
639
01:17:46,950 --> 01:17:49,120
Are we still partners?
640
01:18:11,010 --> 01:18:13,680
I didn't know how to answer that question.
641
01:18:14,140 --> 01:18:17,270
I had come to look at partners from a new angle.
642
01:18:18,110 --> 01:18:20,940
As a business partner, she was perfect.
643
01:18:21,780 --> 01:18:25,030
But she wasn't the kind of partner
you could spend your life with.
644
01:18:26,950 --> 01:18:29,240
I'd like to terminate our business relationship.
645
01:18:43,050 --> 01:18:44,800
Do me one last favor, will you?
646
01:18:54,810 --> 01:18:56,810
I don't know why I agreed.
647
01:18:59,810 --> 01:19:01,730
Maybe because it was the last time.
648
01:19:24,500 --> 01:19:27,090
I want to place an advertisement for my friend.
649
01:19:30,840 --> 01:19:32,340
On the front page.
650
01:23:00,850 --> 01:23:02,510
The best thing about my profession
651
01:23:02,640 --> 01:23:05,100
is there's no need to make any decisions.
652
01:23:05,230 --> 01:23:07,230
Who's to die, when, where...
653
01:23:07,390 --> 01:23:09,400
it's all been planned by others.
654
01:23:10,650 --> 01:23:12,440
I'm a lazy person.
655
01:23:13,230 --> 01:23:15,860
I like people to arrange things for me.
656
01:23:16,240 --> 01:23:18,200
It's been a bit different lately.
657
01:23:18,740 --> 01:23:20,910
I want to change this habit.
658
01:23:21,740 --> 01:23:23,990
I don't know if it's a good decision or not,
659
01:23:24,580 --> 01:23:27,450
but at least it's mine.
660
01:24:18,050 --> 01:24:20,730
Old people say taking someone's picture
shortens that person's life.
661
01:24:20,970 --> 01:24:23,050
I'm not sure it's true.
662
01:24:24,510 --> 01:24:26,930
One evening Dad wasn't feeling well.
663
01:24:27,390 --> 01:24:29,140
I took him to the hospital.
664
01:24:30,850 --> 01:24:33,940
He passed away a while later.
665
01:24:36,400 --> 01:24:41,070
All these years, I've always felt
like a little boy because of him.
666
01:24:42,320 --> 01:24:45,780
He was someone I could always turn to,
someone to solve all my problems.
667
01:24:47,410 --> 01:24:50,750
Packing up his stuff that evening,
668
01:24:51,160 --> 01:24:53,420
I felt like a grown-up for the first time.
669
01:24:56,920 --> 01:24:58,920
But I don't wanna be a grown-up.
670
01:25:01,050 --> 01:25:03,590
I sure wish Dad could always be with me!
671
01:25:17,770 --> 01:25:22,190
When I left the hotel,
the videotape was all I took with me.
672
01:25:23,360 --> 01:25:25,570
I watched it over and over before I left.
673
01:27:11,350 --> 01:27:14,560
Watching Dad cook in the kitchen,
I feel very happy.
674
01:27:15,980 --> 01:27:19,140
Though I know I'll never taste his steaks again,
675
01:27:20,650 --> 01:27:23,570
I'll never forget how they tasted.
676
01:27:29,820 --> 01:27:32,450
You again? I'll be damned!
677
01:27:32,580 --> 01:27:34,490
Stop pulling my hair! You promised!
678
01:27:34,660 --> 01:27:37,250
You should know not to touch it.
679
01:27:37,370 --> 01:27:39,500
I'd love to be your customer.
680
01:27:39,670 --> 01:27:41,580
Did I ever say no?
681
01:27:42,040 --> 01:27:43,840
Did I?
682
01:27:44,000 --> 01:27:47,510
Look at me! How do I look? Don't touch me!
683
01:27:47,670 --> 01:27:49,260
My wife has gone to China.
684
01:27:49,380 --> 01:27:52,800
I have some business to take care of.
685
01:27:52,930 --> 01:27:55,680
Give me three hours.
I promise I'll be back on time.
686
01:27:55,810 --> 01:27:58,270
Three hours, OK? Three hours.
687
01:28:00,270 --> 01:28:01,810
Two hours?
688
01:28:01,940 --> 01:28:04,690
It's a deal. Two hours and I'll be back.
689
01:28:05,690 --> 01:28:08,190
Come on, trust me.
We're old friends now, aren't we?
690
01:28:08,360 --> 01:28:11,700
It's a small world. We keep running
into each other. Two hours.
691
01:28:11,820 --> 01:28:13,740
Trust me, please!
692
01:28:13,870 --> 01:28:16,700
You have my word. We're brothers, right?
693
01:28:20,210 --> 01:28:22,170
You want it written in blood?
694
01:28:23,040 --> 01:28:24,630
You gotta be kidding!
695
01:28:25,710 --> 01:28:26,960
That's my bone!
696
01:28:27,840 --> 01:28:29,090
Just one, OK?
697
01:28:29,340 --> 01:28:33,050
If you cut them all off,
I won't be able to go out in public!
698
01:28:37,100 --> 01:28:39,730
Could I have some change, please?
699
01:28:47,650 --> 01:28:48,570
Thanks.
700
01:28:53,240 --> 01:28:54,990
I'm downstairs already.
701
01:28:55,740 --> 01:28:57,530
Hurry and come down.
702
01:28:57,790 --> 01:28:58,910
Bye-bye.
703
01:29:07,590 --> 01:29:09,920
It must have just been bad luck.
704
01:29:10,340 --> 01:29:14,130
Soon after Dad died, Sato-san returned to Japan.
705
01:29:15,550 --> 01:29:17,680
Since I didn't have much in savings,
706
01:29:17,810 --> 01:29:19,770
I could only do what I'm best at:
707
01:29:19,890 --> 01:29:21,560
being my own boss.
708
01:29:22,100 --> 01:29:24,690
But I was very cautious this time.
709
01:29:24,810 --> 01:29:27,480
I tried to pick the stronger shops.
710
01:29:27,610 --> 01:29:30,360
Ones that wouldn't get hurt easily.
711
01:29:30,610 --> 01:29:33,610
Like this one. Its equipment was mostly steel.
712
01:29:33,780 --> 01:29:35,700
It saves a lot of trouble.
713
01:29:36,490 --> 01:29:38,700
At times I'd run into acquaintances.
714
01:29:38,950 --> 01:29:41,620
Some hadn't changed much.
715
01:29:42,580 --> 01:29:44,710
Others I hardly recognized.
716
01:29:45,830 --> 01:29:48,250
I was always glad when I saw them,
717
01:29:48,500 --> 01:29:51,590
even though they might not remember me.
718
01:29:52,800 --> 01:29:55,720
Of course, there were exceptions.
719
01:29:57,050 --> 01:29:59,390
On 29 August 1995,
720
01:29:59,810 --> 01:30:01,930
I ran into my first love again.
721
01:30:02,930 --> 01:30:04,980
But she seemed to have forgotten me.
722
01:30:07,480 --> 01:30:09,860
I guess I'd gotten too handsome.
723
01:30:18,160 --> 01:30:20,660
- How come you're so late?
- I was busy.
724
01:30:20,830 --> 01:30:21,950
What's he doing?
725
01:30:22,410 --> 01:30:23,830
Who knows?
726
01:30:41,350 --> 01:30:44,310
It was cold that evening.
727
01:30:45,310 --> 01:30:48,560
I hadn't expected winter to come so soon.
728
01:30:54,530 --> 01:30:57,150
I'm less and less used to this kind of weather.
729
01:30:58,950 --> 01:31:02,080
Winter seems so long this year.
730
01:31:03,370 --> 01:31:05,620
Though I eat a lot every day,
731
01:31:07,370 --> 01:31:08,960
I still feel cold.
732
01:31:11,750 --> 01:31:15,050
I've gotten used to life without a partner.
733
01:31:16,840 --> 01:31:20,300
Though I work with others at times,
734
01:31:20,430 --> 01:31:23,050
I don't usually have fixed partners.
735
01:31:24,850 --> 01:31:26,980
I've grown more cautious.
736
01:31:29,100 --> 01:31:32,060
I won't make their beds anymore, for example.
737
01:31:32,570 --> 01:31:35,230
I don't inspect their trash,
738
01:31:37,070 --> 01:31:39,240
'cause I believe even more strongly now
739
01:31:39,360 --> 01:31:42,660
that the best partners
don't get emotionally involved.
740
01:32:41,720 --> 01:32:44,840
You rub elbows with a lot of people every day.
741
01:32:45,180 --> 01:32:48,970
Some strangers might become
your friends or even confidants.
742
01:32:49,390 --> 01:32:52,640
So I never turn my back on a chance to rub elbows.
743
01:32:53,600 --> 01:32:55,730
Sometimes I rub till I bleed.
744
01:32:56,070 --> 01:32:58,650
No big deal, as long as I'm happy.
745
01:33:03,910 --> 01:33:07,120
That night, I ran into that woman again.
746
01:33:07,790 --> 01:33:10,830
I knew very well we'd never be
friends or confidants.
747
01:33:11,000 --> 01:33:14,170
We'd had too many chances
to rub elbows in the past.
748
01:33:14,670 --> 01:33:17,670
We had rubbed elbows
till our clothes tore, but still no sparks.
749
01:33:18,920 --> 01:33:21,170
Maybe it was the weather,
750
01:33:21,470 --> 01:33:24,930
but that evening I felt a spark.
751
01:34:01,210 --> 01:34:04,550
As I was leaving,
I asked if he'd give me a ride home.
752
01:34:07,050 --> 01:34:09,890
I hadn't ridden on a motorcycle in a long time.
753
01:34:10,390 --> 01:34:13,390
Actually, I hadn't been
that close to a man for a while.
754
01:34:15,440 --> 01:34:17,650
The road wasn't that long,
755
01:34:17,980 --> 01:34:19,980
and I knew I'd be getting off soon.
756
01:34:21,320 --> 01:34:24,740
But at that moment I felt such warmth.