Leaving
Tuesday, 17th June 2008 | London
So I guess this is it. After having postponed my flight back twice, prolonging my stay here for as long as I dared, my boxes are finally all packed, as are my suitcases. Only little things remain… those that I will be leaving behind, bits and pieces to which I attach a strong sense of sentimentality but they are of no use to me now. Some of them have been with me since Sydney, the electrical appliances with their triangular pins still attached to their travel adapters.
I tell people that I might be back next year. Might. But one can never be too sure about these things.
And I guess… I will miss this place, despite its many shortcomings. I’ll miss most of all my friends, and the spontaneity, the freedom, experiences of life that London has to offer… the lifestyle that I had come to have and taken for granted. It’s so different, and it’s one that I’d never have in Singapore.
Saying goodbyes are never easy. I know it will hit hardest when that plane takes off from that runway at Heathrow.
We just keep moving… settling down… uprooting ourselves… moving on… and on. ‘Tis the life of a dogged wanderer. Another chapter closed.
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Reminds me of two songs:
Coldplay’s Scientist: “Nobody said it was easy, it’s such a shame for us to part..noone ever said it would be this hard, oh take me back to the start..”
and
Utada’s Flavor of life -my phonic translation/english singable version:
“Even after the goodbye,
Like magic that just never dies,
Memories they linger on,
The flavor of life…
I just want to hold on,
to the time that we don’t have much of
and share with you here tonight”
Stop being such a “wet blanket” as they say here in good ol’ blighty. Anyway, it’s never quite goodbye. If we have our webcam’s on, we could see eachother EVERYDAY! Probably more than we would if we were in the same city. But bringing the laptop and webcam with me everywhere I go may prove tricky. I can’t imagine there being WiFi in the middle of Lea Valley (which I still haven’t been!).
My camo lenshood better be with you when I come to S’pore to impose myself on you and your family. It’d be one less thing for me to pack.
If you don’t return, I will sell your items on eBay and keep the profits!