SG0016 The Moment with you….

星期一早上的新加坡，天氣就如過去幾天一樣，烏雲滿天。好像要下雨，但是就是看不到一滴雨下來。就如往常一樣，我帶著星期一的心情去上班。間中國外朋友突然來到我的gmail留言，告訴我很開心那一次能夠在吉隆坡見面。我回她說，每一次我回去，無論是吉隆坡或是家鄉，我都盡量安排時間見見我的老朋友。我珍惜每次相聚的機會，因為我把每次的見面當成最後的見面，我也許就沒有機會再見到他了。（結果沒有時間購物）

記得去年我一個人到清邁旅行的時候，遇到一個婦女。那一天是我逗留清邁的最後一天。那一天早上下著大雨。我騎著電單車隨便逛了市場，就到附近的星巴克喝咖啡。在享受香濃的咖啡的時候，進來了一個洋人婦女。她看過去大約四十多歲，頭髮濕濕的，點了杯咖啡就坐到我隔壁的座位。我給了她一個微笑，我們就彼此交談了起來。談話中，發現原來她一個人單獨的從美國過來清邁探望她的父親。她的父親在清邁遇到了一個女人娶了她就定居下來。這次因為父親生病，所以她就大老遠的從美國過來看她的爸爸。父親年老，不想回去美國，所以她必須從美國那邊乘了三十多個小時的飛機到達這裡。這樣一來一回就用了好多的時間，所以基本上很少到這裡探望父親。她說每一次的探望，就當是最後一次的探望，因此她就會珍惜每一次的相聚。她說這一次見了父親，下一次就不知道什麼時候還會回來清邁。畢竟人生無常，沒有人能夠預測自己能夠活到明天。也許今天離開清邁，父親明天就離開人間。這也許是最後一次的見面。她說的那些話深深的打動我的心。她讓我想起我們祖先那一代的命運。在年少的時候離開中國，到南洋工作。他們抱著也許有一天可以風風光光的回到自己的祖國，命運使他們一生留在南洋，從此一輩子沒有回去過。家鄉的父親和母親對他們來說永遠停留在他們離開的那個樣子。

那一次可以回到吉隆坡其中一個原因就是因為這個朋友剛好從香港過來出席一個研討會。那一天和她聊起的時候，發現我們認識了差不多兩年。記得認識她的時候，應該是去雲頂旅行的那一次，後來在新山見過一次，而這一次就在吉隆坡見面。我告訴她我珍惜這一段友情，所以我也願意從新加坡過來見見她。我或許不能每次回去都能見所有的朋友，但是我可以做的是珍惜每一次和我認識的朋友相聚。

Monday morning in Singapore, the weather was as usual. It looked like going to rain but not a single drop was found on the street. I started work as usual. A friend suddenly came across to my Gmail and left few words to me. She told me that she was great that we have chance to meet up during her time at Kuala Lumpur. I replied her said that I appreciated the moment I gather with my friend every time when I return to Kuala Lumpur or my home town. I will try to arrange my time to meet up my old friend. I treated every gathering as my last meet with my friend, that why I enjoy the moment. (This made me lost all my shopping time)

I still remember last year when I traveled alone to Chiang Mai, I met a women from America. It was raining day, and I spent my time at Starbuck with hot and nice coffee. A women can in after a while I found my sit. She ordered her drink and sat a place near to me. She gave me a smile and we chat with each other. From the conversation, I found this woman was travel alone from US to visit her father. Her father married a local women and settle down at Chiang Mai. Because her father was sick, that why she travel 30 over hours from US to Chiang Mai just to visit her father. She told me, because the traveling time was so time consuming, that why she appreciate every moment when she gather with her father. She treated the gathering as last gathering with her father each time she met her father. She said may be the next trip will be attending the funeral. Life is short and so unpredictable. We never know what will happen tomorrow. She made me recall our grandparents when they travel all the way down to South East Asia to work when they were young. They hope when they return to their mother land, they can bring better life to their parents. They never knew that, it was their last chance to see their parents. What they had in their mind is just the blur image of their parent at the young age.

This lady friend came to Kuala Lumpur to attending some seminar. I grabbed the opportunity to travel back hope to meet her up there. To my friends, I may not able to meet you all up every time I returned back to Kuala Lumpur, but I enjoy every moment I spent with you. I don’t know after several year later, would you still remember me as one of your friend in your life.