February 16, 2004

  • [#41] A Goose-Flight Away


    According to an ancient Chinese expression that a letter, especially a letter from far away is usually brought to you by 'wild goose'...I dun know why my ancestors picked up wild  goose as the kind of creature to bear letters, and what as long as I discovered, something that has to do with the word goose is either used for carrying stuff from faraway or for the foie gras... Pretty fucked up in any way! And all the glories, the glowing touching fairy-tale parts were always taken away by their relatives: the lovely beautiful shining swans. 


    But anyway, according to that old expression, there has been at least one liitle wild goose to my dorm today. The letter was sent by Dirk, a friend who lives in London. It's been a while I got some real letters other than phone bills. I was pretty glad to see a letter, I mean to think a 'wild goose' had visited today. The telephones and e-mails and MSNs or anything that you can use to communicate without a pen and a piece of paper (notice: sometimes you may need stamps), is keeping you lazy, ya no mercy on that word, LAZY! Oh look who's talking, I'm a 100% e-mail person myself, ha! 


    Dirk was introduced to me by my friends when he visited Japan almost 2 years ago and then we became friends. He works for Pret A Manger, the huge chain store sells the most delicious sandwiches in London and he was here to open 3 branches here in Japan at that time. Now I think about him whenever I walk past one of them in Akasaka, a very prosperous and classy place in Tokyo. This time, his letter was to invite me to go to London and yes, I'm gonna go! I havn't told this to too many people so only you, my xanga-mates get this first-hand information. Sheeesh! LOL. I dun know how soon I will go, it depends on how complicated the visa application is but I'm pretty sure that I will go for it this time! YAY! Last big trip I made (and the only big trip I ever made) was to California in 2002 but I went with my EX and had nothing to worry about at that time. Now I've been longing for a trip for so long but in the meanwhile not having too much confidence to go anywhere faraway, like Europe by myself. But London is the perfect place, I have a friend there so at least I dun have to worry to much. Great! I have asked many people about London before, some love it, some don't...mostly just because of the weather though. Well I'm going to find out what this city is like by myself now. Shweeet!


    Thanks Dirk! ...Oh almost forgot, and you the little wild goose! :)

Comments (4)

  • Is that Dirk who used to share/live with whats-his-name the translator boy?

  • You're coming to London? When? Where? Let me buy you lunch! I love buying tourists lunch!

  • Excellent. I shall look forward to it, and I promise the food will be better than the sandwiches in Pret A Manger!

    And yeah the weather is atrocious, but if you come with the mindset to have a good time London can offer it!

  • You're going to london?! awesome! I hope you have fun! later!

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