I recieved an email tonight from my friend and manager, Dong hong who told me that after a month or so of intermittent miscommunication between her and Qiu yue (the shop assistant), she had to let her go and today, she is moving south to Schenzen. I will spare the details. They both have their reasons. Dong hong had plans and was relying on Que yue to stay for another month which she said she would. But things haven't worked out.
I feel a deep sorrow for them both that she is leaving on such bad terms. I feel odd because Qiu yue doesn't even live in the same country as me yet I feel she is moving far away where I will never see her again. I am terribly fond of her. I hope, wherever she is movng to, she will be happy.
When I was there I chose to spend a great deal of time in the shop instead of sight seeing. Because I knew good times with good people are unlikely to sustain and especially when you don't live in their vicinity. And at this time, I am glad I did have the oppotunity to spend time with them both as it will never be the same again. 'Change', as my friend Megnna said to me once and spoken so clearly, 'is the only constant'.
They are both partly the reason I feel I can move to Beijing for a while. They are more than friends, they are more like family. My plans remain.
On and off I am working on a homepage after years of wanting so. So timely that I recount memories, this, is another page turned, another chapter that is coming to pass. Pages that remain empty that may remain as such. Such is life.
Another friend, Jovie, once said, 'As one door closes another door opens... but we looks so often at the closed...'.
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