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When do you say Goodbye ?
Monday, March 2, 2009
Weekend in BKK was uneventful except for the massive weight gain of 2 kg from OD'ing on coconut milk that was in everything. The vibe of a country/place can really affect how one feel/behave. I was in a general bad mood from the horrendous traffic. When I met a friend for dinner on Friday after being stuck in custom and jam for 2.5 hr, I'm not exactly the most pleasant person to hang with. Guess that will be the first and last time I go on a 'date' in Bangkok or with him for that matter. Poor guy. Weekend was just an endless flurry of shopping, eating, massages. Ha ... typical eh.

It was good to be back in Singapore and we were on our way to dinner at T2 when we passed by the 'Intercom Booth', which is a tiny booth that lets you communicate with the people in the departure louge after they have checked in. Imagine the amount of tears being shed at this corner as people are made to part for various reasons and grasp those precious last few moments they have.
Though I don't think this intercom booth is relevant anymore with mobile phones being so rampant. Even after the person have left, he/she is not more than a sms or facebook message away. Xin commented that but with technology, you don't know when to say goodbye and as Drew Barrymore puts it 'now she has to be rejected by 7 different technologies' in the movie 'He's just not that into you'.
The line is blurred, isn't it? When do we say Goodbye? Should we part with the old-school 'this-is-the-last-time-we-will-ever-be-together passionate goodbye kiss' and have no contact ever or a modern 'lets keep in touch on facebook' and then let whatever was there die a natural death.
It's either going through it at one shot or spreading it out I guess. None is a better choice with the ideal being if no parting is required ...