todays date is 17th ..... chinese new year was 3 days ago and happened to be on the same day as valentines .... meh .... valentines what? forget about that its all about the year of the tiger!
as usual i have once again neglected my blog ..... i think a repeat of my attempt to keep a diary maybe resurfacing. i completely ignored january ...... damn you facebook.
as like all the chinese new years in the past, my family (except pk) always go to london on the day after ..... its just a strange custom that seems to have developed randomly out of no where .... in fact its been like that for so many years now, i highly doubt its a coincidence .....
anyway i would like to talk about my trip to london this year, cause unlike my visits in the past .... it was very differnet this time .... a change which in fact made me happy .....
once upon a time ..... it would usually be just me, my sister and mum on the train to london ..... playing cards on the way as usual .... get to paddington, get a tube to piccadilly circus, then head straight to dim sum restuarant "jade garden" ... ive always been going to the same restuarant since childhood ... so that probably wont ever change .... after the meal the 3 of us would then go our separate ways ..... and then thats when it hits me .... that loneliness that always surfaces when i step out into chinatown .... even in the crowded streets and the busy roads of people always seem to be rushing about ...... groups of chinese friends hanging out with each other like always ....deep down i envy them .... in a way ive always wanted to be like them ...... i sigh deeply, turn on my music and as usual walk the path alone ..... i enter a little world of my own ..... and i deny the existance of the reality around me .....
[Journey of a thousand miles begin with single step]
15th of feb, the day after chinese new year and valentines day which happened to cross over ..... great .....
for the first time in my life, this journey to london was entirely different, and its all thanks to her...... when i look back ... i still deep down laugh to myself a little cause its just ..... haha i cant believe it happened ......
i knew her for less than 24hrs ... off facebook .... she appeared on the "friend suggestions" and i dunno why but i just decided to send the request ^^ ...... it all happened very quickly ..... a few comments on a wall post and then suddenly the next day i met her in person ..... she had asked me to do an interview with her about "BBC's" .... at first i paniced lol ..... its been a while since i did anything like that ..... but i couldnt resist ..... it reminds me alittle about myself from along time ago ..... cause i had interest in doing journalism at university once college had finish ... the thought of travelling around the world and writing my experiences ..... and sharing with the whole world the things is saw but the readers couldnt ..... i wouldnt say it was a childhood dream (i still want to be a baker lol) but its something i had an interest in.
i think its fair to say that she was my second only chinese friend .... and in those hours that i spent with her ... i felt like, i could feel that "feeling" ive always longed for ..... the fact i could feel like i was chinese again ...... and although the time wasnt long ..... it still made me happy deep inside .....
thank you! (^^,)b
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
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