songs follow me around.
yesterday i was travelling from plush KL hotel to the airport, singing along to 80s and 90s classics, whilst also fielding texts arranging a social life in HK. One of these was Phil Oakley's collaboration with Giorgio Moroder, "Together in Electric Dreams'. It is a perfect piece of pop nonsense.
Today I heard the same song again, whilst going through the ritual of seeing a fantastic friend, S, off from HK. Suddenly the trite lyrics seemed all the more meaningful. Mind you, I often have the same sensation listening to ABBA after a particularly nasty breakup. There's depth in that simplicity (or something..)
Still, the notion that "We'll always be together, however far it seems..." seemed comforting as she embarks on a world wide, year plus long trip and the reappearance of L after a long absence proves the truth of these otherwise trite lyrics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9foZ7KVSng
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I often think the expat life is quite well balanced. There is substantial privilege counterbalanced by increased instability and uncertainty. There is opportunity to learn about another culture in depth, to see, do and experience things a tourist never would. This is counterbalanced by a disassociation with your life back home. There is the opportunity to meet the most fantastic people from all over the world, some of whom will change your life. And the downside of that is they and /or you always move on.
The good news is that networking utilities, Blogs and email make it all so much easier to keep in touch with your peripatetic friends as well as those who have unthinkingly gone to live in places that are far away.
So we are indeed together in electric dreams
The wonderful thing I find about HK is that the friends you make here tend to, by their very nature, be more accepting of the transient nature of our lives and make a greater effort to keep in touch when they do leave - or if you don't hear from them for ages then it is as if they have never left when you do.
It is amazing the number of UK friends who I thought were close but fell by the wayside when I left. Almost without exception this has not happened with anyone I have become close to in HK and who has moved on.
Hello lovely
There are not many days that go bye when you don't pop into my mind, normally it reduces me to laughter.
Always in my thoughts and stories and will be seeing you before you know it. I am missing you lots and lots and lots.
x
s
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