I met the astronaut and the star collector in a Bangkok café.
One worked in Bangkok, drifting through the cosmos like an astronaut,
while the other chased stars in the city, a star-gathering warrior.
They were both precisely five years older than me—a rather perfect age gap.
Finding someone on the same wavelength is always a rare thing,
especially when they possess such an air of mystery
that you begin to imagine the lives they led before or after.
I wonder what my own twenty-sixth year will be like.
I cannot say whether our planned meeting will come to pass,
but from this moment, I begin to look forward to it.

我是在曼谷的咖啡厅遇到的宇航员和集星者，
他们两一个在曼谷工作，像宇航员漂流在星际，
一个在曼谷追星，像个集星战士。
他们都正好比我大五岁，一个很刚好的年龄差，
同频一直是一件很难得的事情，
特别是当他们足够神秘，
你可以开始想象他们之后或者之前的人生。
想象自己的26岁会是什么样子。
我不知道之后约定的见面会不会如愿，
但是从这一刻就开始期待。