Different that you have had such a long runup prior to your eviction - good and bad facets to that I guess. Some of your posts make me sad as I reflect on some of my past unfortunate experiences. Now that I am up in years, I admit to missing a woman in my life, even if she was unpredictable and unhinged much of the time.
My boy grew up so fast. Wish I'd had more children but lucky I had one (late).
As much as I do not want to part from my kids, not being allowed any say in their upbringing as I am under the same roof and seeing the bad choices they are allowed to make is a hell that I need to get myself from from as soon as possible. I am looking at moving out in October, after the last of the kid’s birthdays for this year.
Although my situation is totally different, this article really brings out the emotions. I think back to when I first came to Hong Kong all those years ago. Such a magical city back then. I think of all the people I have known and the relationships that have come and gone. If I had known what I know now, how different my life would have been and yet what happened was meant to turn out the way it did and I have no regrets. But I do yearn for those times of innocence. I mourn the loss of a once great city to politics, incompetence and ignorance. I look back at the photos of my young self, the real me, before life got to me and changed me. Ironically, it was the mad panic of the last few years that, despite being the final destructive blow to the world I knew, also allowed me to begin the process of rediscovering the real me, buried for all those years under all those layers. This gives me some hope for two reasons. Life will always be a better experience if you go through it as your authentic self and secondly, I may feel old at times, having lived for over half a century but looking at it from another way, I have only just started the second half century. There are potentially so many more adventures and experiences ahead and I am now more experienced and equipped to make the most of them and recognise opportunities as they materialise.
A lot of what I wrote could be applied to the changes one goes through and witnesses through life. However, it cuts more, for me anyway, knowing that these are the last times I will be experiencing these things with my kids and in general.
Different that you have had such a long runup prior to your eviction - good and bad facets to that I guess. Some of your posts make me sad as I reflect on some of my past unfortunate experiences. Now that I am up in years, I admit to missing a woman in my life, even if she was unpredictable and unhinged much of the time.
My boy grew up so fast. Wish I'd had more children but lucky I had one (late).
Good luck Kitsune, enjoy your articles.
We know everything is on loan...
Long eviction. Good? Bad? It just is.
As much as I do not want to part from my kids, not being allowed any say in their upbringing as I am under the same roof and seeing the bad choices they are allowed to make is a hell that I need to get myself from from as soon as possible. I am looking at moving out in October, after the last of the kid’s birthdays for this year.
Thanks, I’ll need all the luck that I can get.
Although my situation is totally different, this article really brings out the emotions. I think back to when I first came to Hong Kong all those years ago. Such a magical city back then. I think of all the people I have known and the relationships that have come and gone. If I had known what I know now, how different my life would have been and yet what happened was meant to turn out the way it did and I have no regrets. But I do yearn for those times of innocence. I mourn the loss of a once great city to politics, incompetence and ignorance. I look back at the photos of my young self, the real me, before life got to me and changed me. Ironically, it was the mad panic of the last few years that, despite being the final destructive blow to the world I knew, also allowed me to begin the process of rediscovering the real me, buried for all those years under all those layers. This gives me some hope for two reasons. Life will always be a better experience if you go through it as your authentic self and secondly, I may feel old at times, having lived for over half a century but looking at it from another way, I have only just started the second half century. There are potentially so many more adventures and experiences ahead and I am now more experienced and equipped to make the most of them and recognise opportunities as they materialise.
A lot of what I wrote could be applied to the changes one goes through and witnesses through life. However, it cuts more, for me anyway, knowing that these are the last times I will be experiencing these things with my kids and in general.