Last week in HK was super hectic. Had a friend visiting the studio on Monday to pick up some old boxes for reuse. That was followed by a small farewell gathering of eco-conscious friends. My brother’s friend who is visiting town stopped by my studio for a visit on Tuesday afternoon, had a quick coffee with him and my brother afterwards. A childhood friend who just got off the plane from YVR in the morning came visit me at the studio on Wednesday afternoon, chatted and caught up with him over coffee nearby for an hour or so. Stayed at the studio till around 9 pm to finish cleaning up and fixing a security monitor system for my colleague. My brother and father drove me home afterwards because I needed to get the newly bought luggages from them.
Thursday was unexpectedly crazy. The typhoon signal no. 8 was dropped at around 10am. I decided to go back to the studio to finish off some minor tasks and farewelling my colleague. A friend made it to see and farewell me at the studio, she was considerate and thoughtful and brought me a Canada-roaming SIM card with unused data, that saved me time in searching and buying one myself. Had afternoon tea with her at a restaurant in my studio building. We both tried to pay the check, but the restaurant staff treated us the meal and wished me farewell. Just when I thought I can finally go home and start packing, the security monitor system stopped working. I tried many ways to fix it but could only resolve the issue at the end by powering off and on the security camera. After the issue was fixed, I went for my last dinner with my family while picking up something on the way to bring back to Canada for a good friend.
After dinner, I went home and packed my luggages till around 4:30am. My brother-in-law next door drove me to the airport at around 6:30am, I slept the entire way to the airport.
Amidst the crazy schedule in the last few weeks, I’m grateful to be able to meetup with so many friends one last time before leaving the city. Felt complete and ready to finally start my journey back to the country that had nurtured me for 15 or so years. May God continue to guide my steps into the unknown future that is awaiting me on the other side of the world.
