Sunday, April 12, 2009
Maple Story – Episode 41
Sunny - 25⁰CToday is the day to go back.
At the moment when I dragged out of my luggage from the hostel room, I could feel the sense of emptiness. Deep in my heart, there’s something clogged up, but I was unable to tell what kind of feeling is that, just emptiness perhaps.
The room which I had stayed for 41 days, suddenly, became so vacant, as if nobody had ever stayed there. The liveliness before had suddenly vaporized to nowhere, only solitary and loneliness were left.
Don’t know why, the room looked sad.
Perhaps, it’s unbearable to us as well. Though we were not good owner, we had never cleaned it up properly; still at least we had brightened up its days with laughter. Maybe this was the reason why it looked the same as the first day I saw it, but the feeling given by it was so different.
I don’t wish to fill the room with my sentimental anymore, that’s why I left the room after the “goodbye” whisper.
In the bus heading to airport, although I was so exhausted, I told myself not to sleep, because this was my last 2 hours to be in Wuhan.
I opened up my eyes big, to be able to glance through my life experience here, the 41 days.
Looking at the streets, the shops, the bus, the people, made me feel that so near, yet so far.
In the 41 days, I was also walking on the pedestrians which will be invaded by cars out of no time.
In the 41 days, I was also eating with chopsticks in right and holding the bubbles tea in left.
In the 41 days, I was also squeezed in the crowded bus, hating people fitting in rudely.
In the 41 days, I was also one of the people waiting the bus and looking for coins at the same time.
I was, one in the crowd before.
But why, suddenly I had turned out to be an outsider?
I don’t want; I really don’t want to leave.
I don’t want to leave the feeling staying in Wuhan, I don’t want to leave the life surviving out alone, and I don’t want to leave the no stress life here.
But no matter how, I had to leave. No matter how good the life here is, I had to go back, go back to do I should do, go back to face the reality.
So, I took the flight home, because my family is waiting for me, 3417km away.
When bidding farewell with the local students in the airport, I don’t really feel sad, as I know we will still be meeting each other, in the future, when they come to Singapore.
And when that time comes, I will become the host and treat them nicely.
That was the reason why I didn’t cry.
But still I was sad for leaving Wuhan.
It’s so nice of it, yet it is so short of it.
But no matter how, I know, the memories are going to stay with me for long.
Thanks all, for all the memories we created together.
Though I was breathing in the air of my country, I know, my heart will still miss you, Wuhan. Bye.
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