微故事: 第十四分鐘的笑 (東加豆)Micro-story: The 14th Minute Laugh (by Tonkabean)
微故事: 第十四分鐘的笑 (東加豆)
Micro-story: The 14th Minute Laugh (by Tonkabean)
我叫（阿凡），在香港，東區，筲箕灣道一棟商業大廈做會計員。日子像游水——不停撥水，卻看不見岸。
某日午飯後，我走進七樓社區中心，聽見裡面傳來 "哈...哈...哈..." 的怪聲。我以為是邪教，卻因為冷氣吸引而推門進去。原來是（大笑瑜伽班）。
導師是一位戴著大圓框眼鏡的中年女人，不美麗。
她遞給我一個紅鼻子，說："不用等笑話，不用等好笑的事。現在就笑。來，跟我做（攪拌牛奶笑）。"
我問："免費？"
她說："是免費的。"
我有點猶豫，我還未開口再問，她再說："是呀..是免費呀！"
我覺得自己像個白痴。
第一分鐘，我覺得自己像個白痴。
第五分鐘，尷尬。
第十一分鐘，懷疑人生。
就在第十四分鐘，導師突然停了下來，對我說："你還在等什麼？笑吧! "
接著，大腦竟真的順從著，它告訴我:"笑吧! 阿凡!"
既然是我的大腦在呼喚，我還在等什麼？笑吧!
然後，（不美麗導師）她忽然跌了一跤，全場靜了，沒有人笑，學生跑上前扶起她，導師爬起來，拍拍膝頭說："這叫跌倒笑。" 然後她自己先 "呵呵...哈哈哈！呵呵...哈哈哈！真好、真好...耶！"
我也笑了，但不是因為她跌倒，而是因為我忽然想笑。而這裡與門外的世界不一樣，踏出門外這樣笑、無緣無故地笑、忽然地笑，別人會避開我，那麼，我應該趁現在好好大笑!
那一刻，我像老鼠在水桶裡，突然相信自己能再多游一會。
第二天，我又去了。
第三天，我帶了同事阿強去笑。
阿強很快就笑，他沒有我那麼多疑問，別人笑他跟著笑，別人靜他跟著靜。
阿強在公司都一樣，叫他拍照便拍照，說缺佈景板他便定格不動，所以我喜歡阿強。
笑聲沒有拯救我的困境——老闆依然刻薄，租金依然昂貴，我依然買不起香港的磚頭。但我開始在茶水間練習（倒奶笑），在電車上做（無聲笑）。這些荒誕無稽的片刻，竟成了我繼續游下去的方式。
六十天過去了，水桶依舊在。但我已經習慣了在絕望裡自製笑聲。至於能游多久，我自己也不知道。或許，只要下一個（呵呵哈哈）響起，我就能再撐一段時間。
慶幸，我在第十四分鐘放棄之前，選擇了大笑。
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Micro-story: The 14th Minute Laugh (by Tonkabean)
My name is Fan. I work as an accounting clerk in a commercial building on Shau Kei Wan Road, in the Eastern District of Hong Kong. Life feels like swimming — constantly paddling, but never seeing the shore.
One day after lunch, I walked into the community center on the seventh floor. I heard strange sounds coming from inside: "Ha... ha... ha..." I thought it was a cult, but the air conditioning was tempting, so I pushed the door open. It turned out to be a Laughter Yoga class.
The instructor was a middle-aged woman with big round glasses. She wasn’t pretty. She handed me a red nose and said, "You don’t need to wait for a joke. You don’t need to wait for something funny. Laugh now. Come, follow me and do the Milk-Churning Laugh."
I asked, "Is it free?"
She said, "Yes, it’s free."
I hesitated. Before I could ask again, she added, "Yes… it’s really free!"
I felt like an idiot.
The first minute, I felt like an idiot.
The fifth minute, I felt awkward.
The eleventh minute, I started to doubt my life.
Right at the fourteenth minute, the instructor suddenly stopped and said to me, "What are you still waiting for? Laugh!"
Then, my brain actually obeyed. It told me, "Laugh! Fan!"
Since my own brain was calling me, what was I waiting for? Laugh!
Then, she — the not-so-pretty instructor — suddenly tripped and fell. The whole room went silent. No one laughed. The students rushed to help her up. She got up, dusted her knees, and said, "This is called the Fall-Down Laugh." Then she herself started laughing, "Hehe… hahaha! Hehe… hahaha! Good, good… yes!"
I laughed too. Not because she fell, but because I suddenly felt like laughing. And this place was different from the world outside. If I laughed like this outside — for no reason, suddenly — people would avoid me. So I should laugh well while I had the chance!
At that moment, I felt like the mouse in the bucket, suddenly believing I could swim a little longer.
The next day, I went again.
The third day, I brought my colleague ( Ah Keung) along to laugh.
Ah Keung laughed easily. He didn’t have as many questions as I did. When others laughed, he laughed along. When others were quiet, he was quiet too.
Keung was the same at work. If you asked him to take a photo, he took one. If you said you needed a backdrop, he would stand still. That’s why I liked Keung.
Laughter did not save me from my problems — my boss was still harsh, the rent was still high, and I still couldn’t afford a house in Hong Kong. But I started practicing the Milk-Pouring Laugh in the pantry and doing the Silent Laugh on the tram. These silly, meaningless moments became my way of keeping myself afloat.
Sixty days passed. The bucket was still there. But I had gotten used to making my own laughter in the midst of despair. How much longer I could swim, I didn’t know. Maybe, whenever the next "Hehe Haha" sounded, I could last a little while longer.
I was glad that, before giving up at the fourteenth minute, I chose to laugh.
日期 Date：23 March 2026
時間 Time: 11:36am
圖 Picture: 人工智豆 (Ai-Bean)
文 Write. 東加豆 (Tonkabean)
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