Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 2020 | Page 14

Fiction – Group 2
My first class was advanced multilingual communications. We are studying how to
combine languages in effective ways to communicate. I want to be a writer someday, and
maybe write for the South KAZAM Morning Post, or an international company. As the GBA
has grown, people here started talking in a mix of Chinese, English, and other international
languages. Luckily, I don’t have to worry that much about spelling since my auto-language-
robot handles all my writing, just like Dad helped us with in the old days, but better!
After that, I hung out at the library pod with my best friends, who are also part of the
exchange club. Feng Ping is from Zhongshan and is an engineering prodigy. She studies at
Bay Tech U in Guangzhou, but often comes over on the hypertrain to hang out with us on
her way home. My other friend is Lynn, a Swiss girl who grew up in Macau and now studies
at Bay West University School of Fine Fashion. I love hanging out with different people from
different cultures, and that’s one of the great things about KAZAM life.
After a couple more classes, school ended, and Feng Ping, Lynn, and I met up with the
exchange group and our visitors. We all went to hang out at the new Bing Bang mall, the
latest and most awesome shopping mall located between Macau and Zhuhai. One of the
most popular stores is Cybertronic, which gets all the newest tech from GBA companies six
months earlier than the rest of the world. I managed to sneak away for a quick look around
the cyber-bookstore, and found a new smart book copy of Harold Pooter! Books nowadays
are interactive, and you can play a character and guide the story in fiction books, or ask the
author questions to help you learn from non-fiction books. Bookstores in KAZAM have
books from everywhere in the world.
Afterward, we went to the giant-screen cinema and watched the newest action-docu-
com from Italy, and then had dinner at a new restaurant which served eco-friendly Chinese/
Brazilian fusion cuisine.
Before I forget, I’d better tell you the secret of why you’re getting this message from
future you! Bay West U and about 20 other top universities in KAZAM have collaborated to
create a device that transmits email through the quantum zone and to the past. The exchange
group was responsible for coming up with the first batch of messages to send, and, well, this
message is my contribution!
So, young me, I hope you see that the future’s bright, even though things may not look
so clear sometimes. Don’t worry too much. Work hard, love our family and friends, and stay
good! Tomorrow will be a much better day!
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