She used Nuits de Paris perfume, Pond's facial cream and Camay soap--all fancy imports--while my sisters had to make due, at best, with Pai Chueh Ling facial cream, Hsinchu powder and Ming Hsing scented water. We wore baggy pants cut from flour sacks and used coarse, brown toilet paper.
你母親用的夜巴黎香水、旁氏面霜、佳美香皂都是西洋舶來品；我呢，洗澡用的是南僑水晶肥皂，而你姑姑們，至多不過一盒百雀羚面霜、新竹白粉或明星花露水，穿的還是麵粉袋染色裁成的燈籠褲，上廁所用的是黃色馬糞紙。