2010年5月23日 星期日

一個年輕人之死 - A Renán…

A Renan ...
By José Manuel Torres Funes


It is strange to write about a boy aged 22 was killed in his apartment, which also presumably could have been tortured and, above all, a few days before his death, confessed that he was afraid. Renan afraid, but not for home, the home of his parents, back in Roatan. And he was in Tegucigalpa, who knows why. And for the record, no one confuses it with cowardice because fear has nothing to do. Fear is a very respectable, is a deep human feeling and extreme; cowardice is superficial, is to fragile and banal.

As I write some words about it, I imagine here, right in the chair that is on my side, reading the words I type for him. I can see him smiling, thinking of this strange perversion known to be dead and loved by others. I can speak for him, though not belonging to his close circle of friends, because I was also a friend. With Renan talked about everything for hours. Not too often because they lose weeks or even months. But every time we reencontrábamos was to continue any unfinished conversation. We talked about architecture, art, film, politics, photography, Bay Islands, the English island, food.

No, not only died a "partner in resistance," such epithets as well as "martyr" are important but they are also cyclical. A Silvio Rodríguez Renan liked but Norah Jones, talking about social injustice, but also talking about Gustav Kilmt. There we were in cinephilia, usually always saw when I played Time change, sitting at the bar, drinking beer and eating German black one piece of pizza. Sometimes he stayed until the close of cinephilia, in such cases, we always got along (especially my parents) to their apartment. You know when a child is without his parents, and Renan in Tegucigalpa walking, walking, eating food where you will find the way, while losing a lot. Normal, as any student in another city.

Renan was humble. I remember the day we took the pictures he painted for cinephilia. With my brother we are amazed and admire the expression had been achieved in the reproduction of "The Great Dictator" ...; Renan was slow (several months) in delivery of paintings, but they changed her appearance to any cinephile, gave him more respect the place. Professionals make things respected. No need to talk much, just do. And he would not accept the payment because we said we were friends and had fun doing it. But in the end, of course, we pay, because they are paid professionals work.

He also liked Carla Bruni, Sarkozy's wife, I told him it was a very mellow singer but he was struck, said he liked her voice. Bruni addition, we also provided a record of Amy Winehouse, so what metiéramos on the computer - which incidentally we were robbed, and that more than the theft, we were very upset to have lost all that music. When we spoke of the islands told me about the abuses that make the owners of the power companies over there, ever go to Roatan also plan to do some "special report" to the inventory. But it never materialized. Renan was lost, I sometimes find him in the street, always climbing the same hill, which led him to his apartment, always coming to the center, Cafe Paradiso, in some way, some coffee or printing Lopez, where learned with Don Evaristo Lopez, the owner of the printing press and photographer, the art disclosed. For Renan, though he liked the digital camera, also appeal to him the ancient art of the camera mechanics and reels and reels in black and white.
Or eating a croissant, took a coffee and after battle against vice, smoking a cigarette, which were then two, three, four. As always, between good talks, cigarettes disappear.

Nothing was wrong in him, a very gentle personality, easy to talk, to befriend, to laugh, with well-fitted values also very critical. This period was hard to pass Honduras and he was going to grow, who knows if it would help change the country? Maybe, maybe not, maybe nobody ever will in any case, he would continue to grow, that's for sure, reading more, taking more pictures, painting more. Security was going to put an architecture, maybe then he would also leave the country, to get some expertise and have experience of life elsewhere. Who to tell? Anyway, I had talent, like few others.

I say what has become the head of Renan, why not be returned early to the Bay Islands. Maybe if he were actually present here and not only in my imagination, I would say perhaps that in these last days, I felt the presence of death. And could, perhaps, until he was seduced by it, without knowing it, rather, seduced and seducing snakes and poisons. Maybe he lost sleep over, perhaps took the appetite, strength. I can not know, for months since I've seen. A mutual friend told me that he found on Monday and who was sad, nervous. I was afraid but would not return because they refused to leave his apartment.

Yesterday I went out and I felt defeated, like everyone else. They took him away in a bag. And the police, as always, were complacent and are without any trace of anything in their faces used to collect sick and dead. There is something rotten in this country. And this is beyond the coup, the usual politicking. Something rotten in the interior, in the heart of this country.

But I do not recall Renan's end with that last look. I go with an image of her that I want to share all those who appreciated it as I do, my family, my friends. It was a Saturday, we were in cinephilia. That day we decided we were going to put "Satyricon" of Fellini, the film is long and people started going. We could not see the film because we were behind the bar, serving people, but every once in a while we leaned out to see who was watching, who had left, if someone wanted something. Finally. In the last section of the film and there were only two people, Renan and another mutual friend. I was glad to see them there, watching good movies, movies heavy, as it should be. Renan was highly concentrated, smoking and with eyes wide open. It was obvious that the film had cost him, as I said, is dense, but there it was, a few minutes to defeat it. He felt my gaze and from inside I asked if he wanted anything. He raised his thumb as a sign that all was well and did not want anything at the time. I'll take that Renan.

But as I also thought that is here, perhaps sees me as I write about it. I do not know, I do not believe in God, I do not think he believed, I think I was agnostic, maybe I'm wrong, I do not know if I ever said, maybe I'm inventing. Anyway, I found a poem that I think you might like, is Pier Paolo Pasolini, the great director terribly murdered Italian fascism during the seventies.



It's called "Late Analysis" and is for our friend Renan:

Late Analysis

I know, I know I'm at the bottom of the pit;
that everything I touch I've played;
I am a prisoner of indecent interest;
each recovery is relapse;
the waters are stagnant and everything tastes of old;
I do not do anything but reduce it back to the old;
no attempt yet to recognize who I am;
I've lost patience to the old goldsmith;
that old age brings out only the miseries of impatience;
that will never leave here more to smile;
I turn from side to side on the ground like a caged beast;
that I have so many strings that I ended up pulling one;
I like muddy field because the clay is poor and therefore pure;
I love the light only if it offers no hope.


很長的英文文章,這篇文章原文是西語,我從一位宏都拉斯的藝術家臉譜上轉載。我並不認識這個年輕人,但每次我讀這篇弔文時都忍不住鼻酸。

文章的情境近乎我的生活圈。一個年輕人聚集的地方,討論音樂,藝術,建築,和一些不著邊際的話題。我不知道年輕人如何去世,發生什麼事,但身處中美洲,宏都拉斯的我,對於一個年輕拉美人在自己公寓中死亡的訊息,感到非常深刻,就像自己朋友死亡的消息一樣。

2010年5月19日 星期三

世界地理雜誌


Mira Honduras - Polache Viva Honduras!!


我回到首都已經過了一個多星期。

期間我在等待新的寄住家庭,申辦宏國身分證的文件,更改機票,最重要是治療我的皮膚病。


醫生囑咐我不能再回到機構,我身上的跳蚤和皮膚病,是因為機構那邊傳染給我,不單只是環境問題,因為我沒抗體,所以跟小朋友接觸,就被傳染這一身的皮膚病。這一星期我每天晚餐後得服藥,在傷口塗藥,還要經過兩次非常麻煩得全身消毒,並且需要把所有衣物床單等等的物品用熱水滾燙消毒。但是,我向辦公室反應我並不想回首都或更換新單位,因為我在copan的計畫並未完成,老實說,也才剛開始。如此一來,當我下個月完成一年志工的工作後,我又得重新全身消毒兩次,住在我身體的細菌和小動物,又可能再度回來,意思是,皮膚病還會有復發的機會。


現在,我暫住國合會志工的公寓裡,我有自己的房間,有熱水每天洗澡,有食物吃,還有很多時間能夠看書。我向國合會志工借來一些中文書,其中一本,曾翻拍成電影,並拿下奧斯卡最佳外語片,書名:Q & A。電影名字則是,貧民百萬富翁。


小說裡,主角住在全亞洲最大的貧民窟中。生存在於法不容,城市的邊緣,就像動物般得住著,像昆蟲一般死去。


我看著這本書,很多時候腦海裡都會飄過我在宏國這段時間的畫面。主角被母親拋棄住在少年之家;我服務的孤兒院,每個小孩可憐的背景故事。在少年之家骯髒的環境和食物;孤兒院蒼蠅滿天飛的廚房和處理食物使用混濁的水。小說裡提及的小販,清潔工,失學小孩;我曾交往過的朋友在公園兜售的街頭藝術家,寄住家庭的女傭,我在機構的鄰居,曾被我在手臂畫過中文字的無數流浪在街頭的小孩。臭氣薰天,鋁板隔間沒水沒電的貧民窟;在COPAN生活五個月裡習慣混身怪味,被跳蚤咬醒,一樣沒水沒電。


我在宏都拉斯生活的這段日子裡,親身生活過有錢人用昂貴的建材打造豪宅,有警衛看管,女傭打掃。個人衛浴,氣派裝潢,高級轎車,花園,派對,名牌衣服,麥當勞,必勝客,外國朋友,無線網路,各國紀念品,甜點,銀製餐盤。


同時我也居住過貧民區,由鐵皮泥土搭建的亂七八糟的建築。房子裡街上有豬馬雞鴨亂竄,滿天蒼蠅。使用骯髒的水洗碗洗衣服,刷牙洗澡。孩子們穿著破爛,臉上掛著鼻涕眼屎,身上佈著不同的傷口。用手抓著像雜碎般怪味的食物往嘴裡送。從沒吃過花生醬,沒看過電腦的鄰居,不知道鎮上以外的城市,詢問我為何無法從台灣搭巴士來宏國的當地朋友。我曾像遊民不知道晚上能去哪裡,只能獨自在鎮上閒晃在公園裡發呆。沒有水洗澡刷牙,我只能換衣服取代洗澡,用買來的開水漱口取代刷牙。因為沒有廁所方便,我必須流連在鎮上餐廳算準時間使用免費廁所,或是為了上廁所而點一杯咖啡。腹瀉到全身沒力還帶著小朋友到空地踢球,昏睡在大太陽底下。


我現在坐在宏國ICYE經理私人轎車裡。車裡播著英文歌曲,我全身乾淨,繫著安全帶,吹著冷氣。幾分鐘前經理轉過幾條街,在不用下車的連鎖速食餐廳買了幾份套餐,討論我接下來阿根廷的行程。當經理在加油站等候的時候,我把頭向車外望,看見手上拿著盜版光碟的小販,推著食物在路邊兜售的女人,穿過來往車輛的街頭小孩。現在工作人員將經理的信用卡遞回,經理快速簽名,扭轉鑰匙發動車子,我們留下的一絲廢氣,把這些人拋向後面離開,就像一般風景。


我在這個國家,讓我真實看到貧與富的之間存在的巨大鴻溝。 在之前我根本沒有意識到這個世界是多麼的不平等。人類在健康、財富和機遇上的不平等大得可怕,它們使得無數的人們被迫生活在絕望之中。這個鴻溝,也因為我在宏都拉斯,看到到整個中美洲,拉丁美洲,金磚四國,或是世界地圖裡,沒有一個國家倖免這種災難。


當我看著天使谷從小殘障的智能障礙者,我曾想像過他們腦子裡會有什麼想說的話。

我在機構替小朋友洗澡的時候,老是會假想小朋友長大的樣子,過著什麼樣的生活。


書中有一段話。他們是一群沒有慾望的人,因為他們在出生之前,就註定好以後的人生路一切都能得到滿足。沒有慾望的生活真的直得追求嗎?慾望上的貧乏是否真的比真正的貧窮更好?

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from
老爸

細膩的觀察,在今日的複雜環境,尤其重要,如何不會失去良機,在於個人如何用細膩的觀察,平常有些人總是用貌取人,尤其以衣服裝扮來區分,這次邱老先生的病就是一個例子,2008 年7 月,我為了一個子宮癌患者,跑去東澳小漁村租房子,目地是要觀察病患的生活作息,也 經過病患的家屬同意,癌症的治療,規範飲食很重要,因為到了末期,病急亂投醫,什麼葯物都吃,在東澳二個月當中,那位小腦萎縮症患者,也照常每周去一次,沒有間斷,而小腦症的丈夫是個中醫師,但他的衣著和他的職業,並不對稱,很隨意的穿著,看不出有什麼高貴的樣子,可是在臺灣的社會以貌取人的現象似乎有了對比,有一次剛好邱媽媽來看我,我也順次介紹中醫師大家認識,邱媽媽心不焉的樣子,邱媽媽不把中醫師和他的職業劃上等號,同時也不關心小腦症的困難度,換句話說,看不起人家。

這次邱爸的腦溢血,在羅東的博愛加謢病房,住了三個星期,在這期間邱媽媽不會來和我商量,原因就是邱媽媽不知我的能力,雖然她的女兒很信任我,假如2008 年,邱媽媽能夠稍用點心來聽我講話,一個執業的醫師,從宜蘭開了四十分鐘的路,到東澳來為他的太太治療,進非比尋常,邱媽機就應該知道,我對腦神經的專業,在住院的三星期,也就不會盲目給醫生隨意照X光,也不會輕昜的送到臺北去,邱爸的病主要是長期營養無法吸收,在博愛醫院廿一天的頭部引流,把身體微細腦腋流出去,對一個長期營養不良 的病人,如何挺得住,引流管才剛停下來,又要接著上臺北,除了在路途勞累不說,到了榮總又要一連串的照X光,這些都不必要的折磨,對身體極虛的病人是虐待,腦溢血的血塊,除了開刀動手術之外,西醫是根本無能為力,家屬不願開刀動手術,救活了也沒有什麼意義,因為動手術傷害太大。

邱爸的人生,已經注定了,在這個過程,機會在我們的面前慢慢消失,為什麼?人總是不會去尊重人呢? 這和他個人講話的態度有關,在這金錢掛帥的臺灣,為了不讓利益流失,有太多人喜歡用漂亮的語言來俸承別人,其實在講話時,他是莫不關心的應對,只是作個門面而已,養成這個習慣之後,這個人講話只挑喜好的方面來說,這種隨波逐流的人,心中 沒有自己的主見,這樣沒有靈的人,在臺灣比比皆是,因此我在一段很長三時間,要媽媽多多用心注意聽別人講話,用意在此,注意別人講話除了尊重別人人格之外,也可以吸收別人的知識,最重要的事,建立自己對事情觀察能力,和判斷能力,機會 不是在等著我們,稍縱即逝,不要讓 生命造成遺憾,我們必需養成隨時尊重別人,不管對方的身世或來路,每個人都有我學習的地方。

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2010年5月7日 星期五

給台灣秘書處的一封信

哈囉秘書處:


這是在中美洲宏都拉斯的亦軒,我在忍無可人的情況下,請台灣家人轉告台灣秘書處,通知宏國辦公室面對我寄住狀'況的問題,寫信同時是第五天了,昨晚辦公室經理david打電話來,要我回首都一趟,這封信件寫完我得坐八小時車回首都。

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我在宏國的不滿,處於兩種情況。

一)服務單位 翻跟斗

在我的部落格中有描寫到,與機構居住一段時間,我所發現看不見的事情。
在我服務的鎮上,擁有宏國唯一的馬雅遺跡,所以這裡雖然是小鎮,卻有很多外國遊客。所以即便我來此服務, 甚至都還能遇到不同組織的志工群,其他老外。五個月裡我聽聞遇見非常多的志工(甚至是在我之前的兩位歐洲志工),對於我目前服務的機構, 對待小孩的方式感到非常氣憤。我來到這裡,是第一個住在機構的志工,而今年也只有我一個人在這裡服務。


總之,聽聞與目睹這個機構的所作所為,我找到國際GNO,和其他不同組織的志工,希望在我離開前,能成立某項計畫能幫我照顧孤兒院的孩子, 並計畫如何讓往後的志工不要重演我的故事,這之間環環相扣。

這也是我為何不願馬上離開機構的原因,我發覺,如果我一離開,所有的事即將再度重演,我不願看到。 宏國方面,只希望我馬上離開機構,轉換別的地方,但矛盾點在於,首先,這於事無補,後來還是有許多人再度進入這機構服務, 發現真像再度離開。其次,我不是宏國icye的首例,去年也是如此,再者,這裡是他們的國家,當宏國icye發現這樣的單位, 不但不舉發還陸續將志工送來,遇到問題只是逃避,尋找非常多藉口。

另外,在我來到宏國這幾個月來,這裡已經是我第二個單位。我算幸運。
與我同梯的其他志工,換過五個單位以上也大有人在,甚至辭掉icye,或是直接回國。

我們遇到的問題都近似,服務單位是與我們最貼近的交換體驗,但宏國icye在選擇單位時, 是甚少認識機構背景,服務項目,或是為何將志工送來。他們的做法就是一個蘿蔔一個坑,亂槍打鳥, 總之,我們這群志工有很深的體會,如果能重來我們還是會選宏都拉斯,但我們絕不會選擇ICYE。


二)住宿環境 1與媽媽的對話 2兩隻腳與兩個面

去年我非常期待與寄宿家庭在一起,但遇到非常另類的家庭,最後宣告離開轉換直接住機構, 初次來到機構,映入眼簾是非常簡便的居住環境,我完全沒房間,睡再開放的地方,沒隱私,總是沒水。 但我沒有感到失望因為這跟我在台灣想像的樣子雷同,非常簡樸,我能接受。但一段日子過後, 我的物品老是被偷,機後裡得媽媽們表示要和我發生性關係,我全身連生殖器都是跳蚤的咬痕目前還陸續增加。

終於,宏國icye派人來,elly是處裡 in comong的辦公人員,她的龜速與問題百出是所有志工皆知的事, 我自己也有非常不愉快的經驗,她在信件中說到,我是第一個她聽聞這類事情的人(ex機後裡得媽媽們表示要和我發生性關係) 我相信她,等帶她來到。第一天,我帶她參觀我的機構,說明我的住宿環境,慎重跟她表示機構的背景非常不好, 我也帶她到國際NGO辦公室,向她說明我再離開前想組織的計畫。第一天她說明,目前沒有寄助家庭給我,還需要我等待。 第二天,我恢復工作等待她回覆,下午我開始陸續傳簡訊(我的手機通訊很差總是聽不到),直到晚上她才回覆,她還在找家庭,要我再等。 我回覆,我希望他的幫忙,我無法再住在單位裡非常痛苦,她沒回覆。第三天,我還是在等待,傳了非常多訊息詢問我的hosting, 但完全沒有回覆,最後我得知她已離開鎮上。完全沒告知我,也沒告知我的機構,他離開,無消無息。於是,我在忍無可忍下寄訊息給台灣家人。

現在我的鎮上非常炎熱(連她自己宏國人都受不了),時常停電,沒水,這樣的情況我都不抱怨, 因為即便在台灣也是會發生。但我無法忍受我身上跳蚤的咬痕越來越多,根本無法入睡,我的物品被偷竊。


宏國icye已目睹我的情況,他們的做法另我感到羞辱,我來到這裡是繳了一筆不小的費用,我服務他們國家的人民, 我甚至盡量為他們著想。我也打電話到首都辦公室多次,但都是語音,我也留言(現在辦公室還多了兩位新志工幫忙), 我唯一的聯絡人只有elly,寫信只有她收的到,我想辦法要接洽到經理david,但我翻遍所有資料,甚至是烏骨雞手冊, 聯絡電話是david的名但卻是elly的號碼。


總之,以上,不管服務單位還是住宿環境,在宏國的icye是狀況百出,非常多藉口,處裡態度冷淡龜速, 我詢問在宏國台灣國合會志工,去年盛懿的情形。她擁有非常好的家庭,是難得一見,所以她在宏國期間和我是天差地別。 而與盛懿同期的志工,在其他歐洲志工聞問下也是有很多問題。所以,秘書處,我的這封信,一方面是像你們說明我的情況, 一方面是希望你們能考慮之後是否再送新的志工前來,我強烈建議,拉丁美洲都還有其他國家,絕對不要是宏都拉斯。

在每次營隊結束後,icye要我們上網填寫心得,其中營後我依照還是上網填寫。
(其他歐洲志工早不吃這一套,已沒人裡會。因為對他們而言,我們在其中營對,已經面對面嚴厲詢問宏國icye失職, 但對方就像台灣的公家機關,只有藉口,對於我們遭受服務單位和家庭的問題,狀況百出,他們只說,他們已經做到最好, 早在去年歐洲志工們早與宏國icye辦公室撕破臉,這可以詢問英國icye都有原因。)


我在網路上建議事項,寫下我們遇到的情況也希望歐洲總單位能夠回覆我,我給予非常差的評價,因為, 如果只是另行公事要我們填寫文件,給無法給予改善。甚至當宏國icye真實狀況百出還給與包庇,我會說icye是個公司, 而非個非營利組織,是個利用想尋求做志工的善良人們,運用他們的心騙取錢財的公司。

不管在宏國或在網路的問卷,我對台灣icye是非常讚賞。期中時看到你們寄來的印刷品,對待外國交青,給他們取非常道地的中文名, 和非常有趣的的體驗營,以及印製手冊給我們,都可以看見台灣的用心。 我以台灣icye為榮,並會因為自己是從台灣icye,而非常慎重處裡我在宏國的事情,以及我在宏國的所作所為。在我部落格裡, 我甚少抱怨這裡的不便,我尋求跟父親的對話,盡量將自己放低,學習這裡完全不同的事物。

我能夠自己處裡在宏國遇到的生活困難,但我無法苟同的是,我來到宏國自費機票和費用給icye,如果我無法得到當地國的支援,那一筆費用行同欺騙。

我很抱歉,這裡'已經是第二次,我尋求台灣幫我連繫宏國請他們處裡我的事情。台灣是不需要處裡這爛帳,我也了解,當我要求台灣家人給予幫忙, 他們會心急,並造成你們更多壓力。你們也會在不知情情況下被怪罪。目前我只剩一個多月即將結束,我還是會說我會選擇宏拉斯,但決不會是宏國icye。


回到首都後,後續事宜,我會再向家人與台灣秘書處回報。
非常感謝。




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