But the prodigal son still carries his burden, and Ming Fay each time has returned to New York to 'sharpen his sword.' "Twenty years and still drifting," says he, in a voice tinged with a Shanghai accent. He is dressed in black, hair cut short and sharp. "It seems some instinct for existence has kept me alive."
「廿多年了，還是流浪啊」，費明杰這天穿了件黑色休閒服、理平頭；他帶著點上海口音繼續說：「幾乎是一種生存的本能，支持我活下。」