Jiun Onni left for Korea today, on May 18th she is getting married to Oba.
I met her in the winter of 2003.Ah, time flies , its already been nearly 5 years.We stayed together at 1010 for a year, all memories just fly by.
During the SARS time lots of our classmates and friends went back home fearing the epidemic,my parents specially my dad wanted me to come back , but mom said what about the chinese people where will they go? You daoli, so we decided "we will fight SARS" ,thats a funny promise we made as roommates.Those desolated dormitory days, memories just flash by, often at middle of the night we would go to the balcony and shout" I want to go back home!","Aza,Aza fighting!"etc and some other would shout back yelling something funny.One day it happened our stocks got over, we didn't have anything left in the room to cook so we decided to go to the E-mart and get some food, however we feared the crowded place, also happened that maybe due to the air ventilation of the mart or maybe we have been putting mask for long time , when we came back from E-mart, we both started to feel uneasy, had headache,runny nose etc...we got all the symptoms of SARS , except the fever, ha ha those memories, we were saying if the thermometer hit 38 degrees anytime , we could be quarantined anytime lol, we would be kept in ventilators etc .The next day we were just fine, maybe it was bad ventilation and psychosomatic problem.
One day Onni came back from classes saying that she found somebody she liked,after view days I invited him along with other classmates for a Nepalese dinner,that was the first time I saw Oba closely, we however had a communication problem due to language barrier then I never thought,they would marry someday ,its a lovely match, I wish them the world of happiness at their feet.
one day there was a Football match between Korea and Japan, we 3 were watching the match together,we had certain bets to ask for. I told her if Korea wins , Onni have to kiss Oba,Oba was asking for the lip to lip kiss,I didn't know what would I be doing if it was really that way but I was sticking to that too lol but she bargained and made it till the cheek kiss ha ha , all of sudden she wanted to change her camp to Japan lol.However Korea did win and after kissing Oba at his cheeks Onni left for bathroom in an embarrassment .We 3 were dying laughing so much on that day.Oba was so glad lol. ha ha ha .Once we decided we will hug each other every time we see each other lol, for few times we just came closer and ran away ha ha but today before leaving me she was hugging me like her baby.I never imagined I will find a sister far from home.It makes me so sad that she is no more at my reach like my family on a phone call and taxi-bus ride away, but I am happy for her.
After she moved back to Korea and then to Tianjin, once Oba gave me a call calling me for Dinner since it was long we hadn't met each other.I met him at the road near his home, while we were walking towards "The chatres", somebody scared me to death hugging my neck from back.There she was my "Chopok" Onni surprising me to death."Chopok" mean gangster in Korean, since we maintained a very clean room lot of times people came by were just surprised and would ask her , do u beat your roommate and make her clean the room, she would translate to me and we would laugh to death and utter this word "chopok" , it was just that we both had a schedule" happy room 1010 scheme", we divided our work as per days in the week and our aim was to own the cleanest room at the dormitory, we wanted everybody to envy our room, great expectations lol, maybe we got successful till certain extend that whoever came left no chance of praises but I am not sure if it was the cleanest room in the domitory, we laugh now sometimes when we go to each others home, we had become messier staying alone.
After she moved back to Shanghai again she called me one day and we went for cycling, I still remember the night we stayed under the grand statue at the Main campus and talked for hours things due said for months.
When I came back from Nepal on 2003 I had a very short hair,I actually thought of Shaving it but my parents thought it was my crazy idea.I know it really is for them , but for me its still is a cool thought.... have to do it someday when I can be in isolation for sometime and she presented me a beautiful hair clip which I couldn't even use at that time, I was confused why was that, and I read a emotional letter that she had for me , for how she wanted me to grow long hair and become a lady soon,how she missed my long hair more than I did.
Though I have quite adjusted well lonely life at shanghai now, with her leaving Shanghai definitely makes me feel all alone now,Satoko , satomi and now her.All my roommates and good friend are away..... this thoughts at difficult times makes me feel little blue but this is what life is all about, even though when friends and family are together we have to fight alone our problems, heartaches and pains.You all might have your own stories to tell.If I say I am all alone that wouldn't be fair again since I have Rena jiejie , Wenjie gege and Luna sis also my family constantly worrying and taking care of me despite of the distances but due to our own busy lives and physical distances its difficult to call each other even when we really need each other.She was someone whom who would always call me to get updates from my life, always been around in difficult times,thanks to Shanghai for the wonderful friends I have met here .I wish my Onni and Oba a wonderful and happy married life.I hope I can attend the marriage without any exams or things coming between.
Monday, February 4, 2008
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