2004/July/03
This morning, Arnaud treated me to his cigarettes, the last ones I would have smoked in Eastbourne, and we chatted with smoking in the forecourt of our family just like as we did in those other days I lived in this city. But we both knew it might be our last memory we had together in this beautiful city.
Arnaud, pluck up! You can’t be lazy to improve your English speaking and can’t be lonely because of my leaving. We know we will meet each other someday and I will cook your favorite Chinese fried noodles for you again.
Before leaving, I initially asked Naomi for taking me to the station, to say the last goodbye. But Raymond insisted on taking me to the station by himself. And then Naomi gave me a chocolate packed with a bag for enjoying in my trip. Perhaps it was better, saying goodbye always makes people sad.
Naomi and Arnaud, Bye-bye!
Look back on yesterday, I made a special effort to go to a stationery to pick up cards for them (the price was terribly expensive…. My God!) On the way to my family, I thought seriously about what giving thanking cards for people and comprehended one thing. It is happiness writing thinking cards and saying thanks to them. My cards mean my appreciation and thanking them for all they had done for me. And for my friends, that they made me appreciate them means my identifying with them and they are very great. We met each other and have our own wonderful memory. Summing up, they treated me so kindly, it is because their personalities are invaluably generous. And I won their reliance, love and friendship, it made me identify myself, too. I have really become better, and let them considered that I was like a brilliant diamond. Do you feel me feeling, much more valuable and beautiful than jewelries? Chatting with Arnaud in this morning, he told me he would read his card I gave after I leaved. I joked him about I putted much money inside. But he answered me that he hoped there would be no money inside, and then he said money could not let people absolutely happy. Although money is important, many things are more than it. Ha…, it is my pleasure to make friend with you.
Bravo! Arnaud.
In the trip to Sheffield, I felt hungry just as Naomi expected. How considerate she is, knowing I would be hungry later. Opening the bag, I saw a chocolate packed with a key ring of Teddy Bear she specially bought for me. The moment I was dropping tears with a happy smile, and then I putted this Teddy Bear into my package carefully. Naomi, I will absolutely go to see you and say “thanks” to you face to face, and don’t forget that you owe me a wine drinking in a pub, haha…
Sheffield is a big city as I expected, much bigger than Eastbourne. But when I saw huge crowds of eastern people, Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Taiwanese, my blue mood became more depressed. Is it like studying in England? And it made me speak an abusive word, shit. Eastbourne is small, however, there are Naomi, Arnaud, a beautiful seafront, shining sunshine and few yellow persons. Until now, I prefer living in Eastbourne to Sheffield.
2004/July/03
早上讓阿諾請了最後的煙，二人在前院像平常一樣抽煙聊天，不過彼此都知道，這或許是我們在這個美好的城市的最後的回憶了。
阿諾要振作喔！不要因為沒有我陪你,，就不好好練習英文對話，也不要因此感到寂寞！我們知道我們還有再會的一天，我也還會再做炒麵給你吃的。離別前，本想請Naomi送我到車站，做最後的道別，不過Raymond堅持由他載我，Naomi則用紙袋包了巧克力給我在火車上吃，之後，Ray就開著他的香檳色BMW載我離開。這樣也好；道別總是令人感傷，Naomi and Arnaud, Bye-bye 囉！
時間推回昨天，我特地為了這二人跑去文具店挑卡片( 價格真是貴地離譜，太坑人了……嗚嗚嗚)，買完之後走在回家的路上，我認真思考寫道謝卡這件事，並有所悟。突然了解到寫卡片給人，訴說對他們的感激實在是一件很幸福的事；因為我會寫卡片給他們代表著我心存感激，謝謝他們為我所作的一切。相對來說，他們會讓我心存感激，則代表我認同他們，代表著我認識了很棒的朋友，和他們相遇，擁有著共同美好的回憶。然後歸結起來，他們會對我這麼好，是因為他們是很難得遇到的、珍貴的、美麗的人，另一方面，因為我得到了這麼棒的人的信賴、關懷與友誼，也讓我認同了我自己，我真的變地更棒了，我也讓某些人覺得我閃閃發光(或許不是很耀眼的光啦！)。大家能夠像我一樣感受到其中讓我深深感動地比寶石還可貴、美麗的東西嗎？今早和阿諾聊天時，他說我給他的卡片他要等我離開後再打開來看，我開玩笑說裡面有很多錢要給你喔！但他回我說：他希望裡面放的不要是錢。他說有錢不見地會快樂，錢雖然重要，但很多東西比錢更重要！果然，我沒有白交這個朋友。Bravo, Arnaud.
坐車途中，肚子果然餓起來，想到Naomi體貼地知道我會肚子餓。打開了紙袋一看，沒想到她特地為我買了用泰迪熊鑰匙圈包裝的心型巧克力，我微笑地掉了眼淚，然後把Teddy Bear小心收好放進行囊裡。Naomi，我一定會再去找妳並且親口向妳說謝謝的，而且妳還欠我一頓喔！
Sheffield 果然是個大城市，比Eastbourne大多了。但是一看到滿街的華人，心情原本就不好的我更是低落，這像是在英國唸書嗎？害我還偷偷罵了一聲”靠”。Eastbourne雖然小，但是有Naomi and Arnaud，還有美麗的海灘，閃亮的陽光與不多的黃種人，至少到目前，我比較喜歡 Eastbourne。
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