"It's the beginning of the end..."

2009年6月9日星期二

My last few precious moments...

It's been 9 months, and now I'm finally at my last week in Seattle. Time really really flew pass and everything wheeshes pass like things in a dream. From autumn to winter and to spring. Now it's summer. I've got to know more people each season, and now I've known so many friends. Each and every one of them leaves an impact on me more or less. I went to my host family's place for dinner and homeless feeding again on monday night. It felt just like the first time I arrived here in Seattle. Seating at the back of their van hearing them bickering about minute stuff, and wondering if I would be as blissful as them when I get old...feeding the homeless never failed to be experience for me. Because I can meet so many different kinds of homeless people, and see a much different aspect of Seattle. Today I met Lauren for the last time before she flies back to New York. We had a sumptuous hot pot buffet at chinatown. Ate like pigs..and I realise that there are still so many things about her that I still don't know. It just takes so much time to get to know someone well. It's sad that it's our last meeting, although she promised to visit me in singapore, or we'll meet in China one day since she loves China so much. Before we parted we just hugged each other so hard, and because I was so bad with words, I can't express my gratitude to her. I really want to thank her for being the first American friend I truly had here, for sharing her good and bad times with me, and for teaching me alot on coping with law school and about the American society. Without her around it wouldn't be such a rewarding experience for me. That was what I wanted to say. Probably next time I should get down to writing cards, because I'm someone who can't say mushy stuff face to face.

Now everything for me becomes 'last time'.
Last time having meals with friends, last time visiting our favourite places and restaurants. What my unnie said was right. Before you leave a place everything just become so beautiful to you. Even wild flowers by the road look heavenly.

My favourite place in Seattle - many! Alki beach, greenlake, view from Gasworks park ...view of the city with the water and boats surfing, against the pretty sunset...
My favourite food in Seattle - food cooked by my host family! It was always SO delicious!
My favourite thing to do in Seattle - too many!!! But the moments I enjoyed the most were probably those mornings when I was walking to law school listening to my ipod all excited about the beginning of a new day. It's just a simple feeling of looking forward to school, and appreciating views along the road at the same time. A feeling which I've never had again since secondary sch..

I've read this saying somewhere last time, that going home is like stepping into a river. You can never step into the same river twice. Even though it's the same place, the water flowing through it is different. The you who came back is a different you. I think this is so true...I've seen so much and learned so much. It was not just about spending money and traveling around. It's also about getting to know and understand different people, hearing their stories and understanding their characters. I think I've learned to socialize with different kinds of people better. Till the time I next meet them, we'll change again...but the point where we all stepped into the same river once will remain in our memories forever.

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