let's get the summer cool down

兩周一聚八月專題：我的涼快貼士

香港真的很熱很熱。

今天晚上看天氣報告，原來香港要比新加坡和曼谷還熱。我的天！

所以只要有時間，我們都要往陽光與沙灘跑去！

how do you prevent yourself from melting in the boiling hot summer in hong kong?

sun and beach?

路過水池，玩下都好。

or how about dipping in the water whenever you get the chance on the road?

如果下雨或刮颱風，那要怎辦？

水槍一支，浴室一間，學靖愷話齋：咁咪得囉！

what about in times of rain or typhoon? hey why don't we just get our water gun out?

沒有水槍不要緊，毛巾一條總有吧？只要，你不怕濕身。

no water gun? i guess you'll at least have a towel, right? rafael here tells the trick - just make sure you are wet all through, from head to toe!

洗澡完畢也要繼續玩。怕你著涼，只好幫你抺乾身體，著好上衣，才好給你玩個夠。

want some more even after shower? no problem, just make sure you first dry yourself and put on your shirt, i don't want more "temperature" in this house!

再吃條自製冰條，就怎麼熱也不怕！

and the day will always end cooler with a homemade popsicle.

其實，為何天氣會這麼熱？ 讓孩子認識多點，或許，我們還會有希望讓它不要再熱下去。

不如我們來多種幾棵樹？至少，請不要再迫我市的真正原居民（按：《龍應台的香港筆記@沙灣徑25號》：樹是城市的真正原居民）在比籠屋還要狹窄的石屎花圃中掙扎求存，讓它們的根都枯死。

actually why is it so hot? let our kids learn more and maybe we have a chance to stop it from boiling more.

and how about planting more trees? or at least save them from struggling to survive in the tiny planting troughs bounded by air-tight cement?

誰要來種樹？now who's going to plant some trees?