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Sunday, February 09, 2003 A Long-lost friend Willim Lindsay loves the Great Wall more than any Chinese I know. We used to be officemates when I had my internship in China features in 1996. He edited and polished my poor English writing. He told me so much about his adventures to the old and remote part of Great Wall and his journey to follow the path of Red Army's "Long March" ; He married Qi, a beatiful Chinese woman, and have two angelic kids. We celebrated the Christmas in his apartment in "Freindship Hotel" in Beijing. I'm not sure what makes him think I am good at PR (I even had not much idea about what PR was at that time), and under his encouragement recommendation, I got an internship in Edelman in Beijing, and was offered an position when I graduated (but my nostalgia pulled me back hometown later). My story in Beijing is the most challenging and exciting experience of my whole life. And William is the one opened the window for me. When I decided to study abroad, he kindly wrote me recommendcations. I guess I was not very good in maintaining friendship, I did not write him once since I left China and we just lost contact till now. Thanks to Google, I found his new website on conserving the Great Wall where I found link to his email. A long-lost friend awaken so much memories in Beijing. Living quitely in Buffalo and following routine life for 3 years, I could not believe I used to have life in Beijing: fast-paced, meeting different people everyday, bicycles and people everywhere, expensive fasion in those stores of five-star hotels in Wangfujing, loneliness and passion, heart bouncing moments, concerts and dramas every night... Life I chose now is the opposite to the one I left in Beijing, and there is just no way I could go back. Do I regret? That's the question that I do not have the courage to ask myself. posted by lmeimei @10:44 PM| permanent link| | |
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