I am sitting in a coffee shop near my Shangahi apartment, after a leisure day of researching properties in Hawaii, yoga practice, and lunch and dinner of wontons. I can really say that after 10 days of being in the city, my spirit and my soul are back in place. I am back in my element.
I am not sure whether it is because my old Shanghainese friend's visit and stay with me the week before Shanghai had made me agitated and brought out hidden emotions, but the last few days in Hong Kong made me very agitated. I felt like ants on the lid of a hot pot, to quote a Chinese saying. I did all that I should be doing, attending all the birthday drinks and network events, but in the end I felt more frustrated than ever. People are mostly superficial, and the city has become ever more crowded. People just move about like they are wound up to move about in their little world.
It's nice to be home. I can be moving forward from this point, but I am happy I have found that spot in the world to call home in the meantime.
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