I met with ZZ on March 5th at Cafe Mano. That day just happened to be the first anniversary of my moving to Berlin, and ZZ was saying her final goodbyes as she was moving back to Taiwan after seven years in Germany. ZZ said she had always wanted to go to this cafe, which was recommended by a friend, but had never been able to. It's right next to where I used to live and where I used to meet my friends when I first came to Berlin, and on the 5th of March right before international Women's Day, it was where I was busy with partners from the Mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan writing a collective open letter from Chinese queers and feminists in support of Palestine. ZZ had originally asked me to meet her at 2pm, but since I had a meeting with the March 8 group on Zoom at 2pm, I had to postpone it until 3pm. I arrived at Cafe Mano at 2 only to find out that due to the time zone difference with UTC+08, I got the meeting time was wrong and had missed it. I sent a message to ZZ telling her to come earlier. As I waited, I saw a Chinese girl walk in. This place has a hippie vibe in bohemian neighbourhood of Berlin, and Chinese people are not commonly seen here. Seeing her looking around for someone, I thought of course it must be ZZ so walked over to her, only to be embarrassed that I was mistaken. At three o'clock ZZ arrived and she handed over the books. We chatted for two hours, shared our frustrations about Germany, and then said goodbye at this small crossroads of both of our lives.
2024-02-19, 10:37 UTC+01：
慢遞員子娴到達柏林，同收件人一樣比較忙忙碌，便相約下週見面；收件人忙於趕柏林電影節的場，應ZZ的詢問推薦了電影《你昨晚做了什麼夢，帕拉傑諾夫？》；子娴看完覺得很喜歡，想收件人推薦關於伊朗歷史的書籍。收件人應允私聊
Courier ZZ has arrived in Berlin and is as busy as the RECEIVER, so she asks to meet up next week; RECEIVER shares that she's been busy catching up with the Berlinale Film Festival, so ZZ takes the opportunity to ask for film recommendations. RECEIVER suggests What did you dream last night, Parajanov?, and after watching it, ZZ is interested to learn more about Iranian history; RECEIVER warmly recommends some books and they agree to continue their discussion offline
2024-02-03, 08:59：
慢遞員子嫻更新：「HQL-571我這裡哦在高雄，我2/16到柏林」
COURIER ZZ UPDATE：Dispatch HQL-571 is still with me in Kaohsiung, I will be back in Berlin on 16 February
2024-01-09, 11:11：
慢遞員IRENE問慢遞員帕旗：「任務完成？」
COURIER IRENE to COURIER THOMAS：Mission accomplished?
慢遞員帕旗更新：「完成」
COURIER THOMAS UPDATE: Done
2024-01-08, 15:31：
慢遞員帕旗約好晚上十點去轉接人凱特在台北的陶藝工作室交件
Courier THOMAS makes an appointment at 10 pm with Kate, who has a ceramic studio turned temporary relay centre for dispatch HQL-571 in Taipei
2024-01-05, 19:06：
慢遞員IRENE成功將慢遞件交給慢遞員帕旗，此後HQL-571將從香港出發被帶去台北
Courier IRENE hands over dispatch HQL-571 to COURIER THOMAS, who will travel to Taipei from Hong Kong in the next day or two
媒體記錄 TRACKING:
高雄 Kaohsiung
高雄的窗戶。子娴問裡面是什麼書：「關於離開和開始。和妳一樣」 Kaohsiung window. ZZ asked what kind of book is inside: “about departures and beginnings, just like you”
冰店對面的巷子裡 Across the street from Kakigori Toshihiko
在凱特台北工作室拍了一張HQL-571 Documentation at NOT YOUR TRUE LOVE’s Taipei studio
灣仔 Wanchai
Natural Beauty Basic轉送給THOMAS “Natural Beauty Basic” relay to THOMAS
2024-03-05, 15:00 UTC+01:
3月5日子嫻約我在Cafe Mano見面，那天剛好是我搬來柏林的一週年，爾子嫻則在德國生活了七年後，準備搬回台灣，正在和這裡做最終的告別。子嫻說她一直想去看看這家朋友推薦卻一直沒機會去的咖啡，咖啡館就在我以前住的地方旁邊，我剛來柏林時總在那裡件朋友。3月5日正直國際婦女節前夕，我忙著和大陸、香港、台灣聲援巴勒斯坦的夥伴們正在集體寫作一篇華人酷兒、女權主義者聲援巴勒斯坦的集體公開信。子嫻原本約我下午兩點見面，但因為兩點我要和“三八”文宣族的夥伴們在zoom上開會，只好和她推遲到三點。兩點我來到Cafe Mano，卻發現因為和東八區的時區差大家把開會時間搞錯了，沒能開成會我給子嫻發信息叫她早點來。百無聊賴地等待時，我看到一個華人女孩走了進來，這是柏林最嬉皮的街區的一個嬉皮vibe的咖啡館，華人在這裡並不常見。看到她左顧右派地在找人，我想當然以為是子嫻，走過去“相認”卻很尷尬地認錯了人。三點鐘子嫻來了，我們交接完書，聊了兩個小時天，分享了很多對德國的沮喪，然後在人生的交叉路口道了別。