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9月28日 5 months updateIt has been a while since my last blog entry. Yes, life has changed, again and again, in ways I never could have expected. Before I delve into the east coast convention scene (which is lovely), perhaps a rough sketch of what I was doing in the past 5 months is necessary (It is not because that I am ego-centric enough to think what I did is worth remembering, but because I want to remind myself that these things DID happen.)
After an excruciating semester, I was finally free to go home. Sweet, sweet home. I attended two best friends' weddings, being bride's maid in one, and saw what an extravaganza meant in the other. My deskmate in high school asked me to be her bride's maid and I felt so excited and happy for her. The moment of her union to another guy - a guy we could never have dreamt to be connected with - brought me mixed feelings. I know I was nostalgic - my little deskmate is someone else's wife now. And one day, all of us are going to be "someone else's wife". That "someone" may well be a stranger that enters into my life by sheer accident. It is just a matter of time.
The other wedding was much more light-hearted for me. I knew both of them, as well as the steep twists on their road to the altar. Tying the knot was such a cherished (and expensive, by the way) moment. Advisor and students flew over from Carnegie Mellon University where my friend studies for PhD and they were so impressed with the Chinese wedding ceremony and were absolutely astonished at the extravagant dishes....
I spent more than a month in Hangzhou, revisiting friends and doodling around the ever-so-romantic West Lake. My days in Hangzhou were carefree and happy. There was nothing to be worried about (or should I say, I intentionally chose not to worry about). Shopping, eating out, karaoke, visiting friends.... Life was so easy.
Then I got home and spent quality time with parents and friends in Suzhou. And I rediscovered Suzhou, with trips to Wang Shi Yuan, Ping Tan performance, with old friends. I ate and shopped a lot. I slept enough and thought about nothing important. I seldom went online. I was as happy as a pig.
Yes, and I turned twenty-five this summer. One of my best friends (she is in Hong Kong now) once said: all women, regardless of their age, want to be 25. Now I am 25, not too old to be pessimistic, not too young to know what I want. In the song "Memory", the cat sang "life was beautiful then". It is THE MOMENT.
I got back to LA this August and expected something to happen. I take classes, get involved in two research teams, and teach at the same time. A lot of things did happen: I got robbed. I got an advisor. One friend left. Another friend is going through a divorce. I went to network workshop. started to learn dancing. Life is busy, and.......I had a strange feeling that there will be a turning point, somewhere, around the corner. I feel that I am snowboarding and there seems to be a fork.....and I am sliding to a different route, some route I haven't thought about before, but it looks interesting.
I sensed that...and I am agitated.
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