the night settling in looking back on a year ending with woe.
iTunes is spinning: jeff buckley - "grace"it is my new years eve. and for the first time in years, i am staying in to watch the new year ring in. this is a rare occasion as in many previous december 31st, i out roaming the streets of causeway bay and lan kwai fong clinking beer bottles and champagne classes and splurting out our drunken resolutions. this year, i will be sitting at home snuggled between my mee mee, my ga jeii and my stinky winky dog. i am content.
the year two thousand and four has ended on a sad note. as we look upon the twelve contries struck by the recent 8.9 earthquake, sending out a tremendous tsunami over it's areas. the areas hit hardest were thailand's phuket and phi phi island and also sri lanka. i count my lucky stars that my mom decided to take me to singapore for our mother daughter vacation instead of the original destination of phuket that i was pushing for. funny how things turn out. it was like a decade or more ago that my whole family was in san francisco waiting to board the plane for our trip to hong kong. and we were offered complimentary tickets and overnight stay in a swanky hotel if we gave up our tickets for other stand byers. my parents kindly refused and we boarded the plane for hong kong. the next day, the news reported that a major earthquake has struck san francisco, and me and my loved ones would've been affected if we had decided to stay. it's wierd and i guess everyone feels a little meloncholy and thankful this time of year. but i really am glad to be where i am. but in all honestly... this is when i'd rather be alone and without anyone to love. i couldn't bear the thought of losing my mom or my dad or my sister and even my stinky dog. i'm old enough by the standard to being considered independent and on my own, but still too young to let go.
as time ticks by, i only have a week left in hong kong. i'm neither too excited to leave nor too sad to stay. school will be starting on monday. i'll be there the monday after. and if anyone cares my new years resolutoin this year is to... let go.
it's 12:08amtorontotime/1:08pmhongkongtime: the weather has turned for a cold front here and i've got a yucky pimple growing on my chin.
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