Final Post.

To Michelle Sheng, my first friend here in China:

For teaching me all the wrong Chinese words;
For teaching me all the right Chinese jokes;
For convincing me to stick with my job even when I couldn't take it anymore;
For always being there;
For forgiving me more times that I can remember or count;
For allowing me to be selfish; and
For inspiring me to start this blog (and giving me the title for it).

This blog means nothing without your charm or your sense of humor. Thank you. Thank. You.

I'm sorry for always being so selfish - and for not being able to say these words to you face to face. Xie Xie.

lI've started a new blog. To remind myself to be thankful for all the blessings that I've received.

Thank You for loving me - http://givingthanksgivingthanks.blogspot.com/

Chinese New Years

Ah-mah

I had a dream about Ah-mah yesterday night. For some reason, my family and I were going to meet up in Japan on some random trip. It was good seeing her again.

I do miss her.

Daydreaming

I'm in the midst of a rare lull in my workload. It's quite relaxing and I have the chance to just be bored and self-reflect. Fitting, seeing as how new years is usually the time people self-reflect to think back on the previous year. As expected, I did not reach any breakthrough insight regarding my current situation in my self-reflection.

However, in e-mail correspondeces with my friend back home, I did glean something unexpected. To summarize, she reminded me that sometimes in life, we must take certain journeys even if they seem completely counterproductive or even damaging at the moment. Life is so weird sometimes. Thank God for friends who are there to help me make some sense of it all. Or at least accept it.