off to nanjing, to catch up with some old friends, and take in the sights.
so far i've travelled about 700 miles on high speed rail and it should take another 3 more hours on traditional rail to complete this 1000 mile journey. and then when i finally reach nanjing, it shall be the start of another whole different adventure.
on a slightly lighter note, some rants/wisdoms gathered so far:
1. relatives and family friends need to stop giving me money like it's chinese new year for 2 very simple reasons: it's not chinese new year and i'm not dead yet. sanQ.
2. i've often been told that i need to speak up in order to facilitate better communication. i beg to differ: my cousin is speech impaired, yet every time i meet him, the level of understanding is astounding with minimal words uttered. this is also one reason why learning sign language is on my bucket list.
3. sometimes people who seldom show the spiritual side of themselves are the most spiritual of beings.
4. the further inland i traverse, the clearer i see the bigger picture, the social, the political, the economic. i want to do my part to help some time in the future.
+listening to: nothing
Tuesday, May 31
| nanking |  |
Friday, May 27
Monday, May 23
Saturday, May 21
| back in business and business is good | |
+listening to: a case of you by joni mitchell
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Friday, May 20
| cheap wine, novel, box full of music and a sleepless night | |
+listening to: listen by amos lee
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Monday, May 16
| say goodbye | |
tis the end to an academic year again. graduates graduate, friends and lovers part for the summer and go their separate ways.
it's been a rough year, both in terms of school and in terms of accepting myself for who i am. even though there are moments that will always be cherished, it's time to leave it all behind and say goodbye to this place, to people i'll probably never see again.
+listening to: say goodbye by dave matthews band
Wednesday, May 11
Saturday, May 7
| passerby | |
going through my drawer, i found a note that i had kept since 2008. it was given to me by SY's mum - the words were the culmination of wisdom over the years all condensed into the size of a business card. reading them made me emotional, it made me realize how much i'm missing the past.
my bags are all packed even though my flight is over a week away. i need to disappear for a while and lose myself in a totally foreign place, that is until the other me catches up with me again.
who are we living for? everyone that has entered my life for the past 3 years are just going to become a distant memory again. this pattern will likely repeat itself over and over again for the rest of my life. it feels like i don't really know anyone at all. i resent change, but most of all i resent my inability to develop any sort of lasting interpersonal relationships.
don't you be a passerby, oh won't you sit down and stay a while.
+listening to: passerby by dispatch
