apart

it was evening and i was having dinner with colleagues after a long day of work when my phone started blinging away for what seemed to be a very long time... notifications after notifications from whatsapp showing that i received messages from the "gossip garden" thread. even the usually inactive seems to have suddenly sprung to life and typing reply after reply...

i was overwhelmed, not only because of the maaaannnyyy messages that i had to painfully decipher with my appalling chinese reading skills, but more so because of the sense of sadness that overcame me. though the world seems to have grown much smaller with so many wonderful inventions that allows us to stay in touch, it could never beat a real hug... a face to face chat... being a short drive away... experiencing various things together... growing together...

work... time difference... schedules... distance... ambitions... LIFE... it all got in the way.

in the light of upcoming changes, goodbyes are once again inevitable.