Friday, August 7, 2009

Friendship Forever

I learnt a very valuable lesson during the trip to Genting Highland - we have to cherish and appreciate friendship. The moment that friends gather together would not last forever. All good things must come to an end.

The trip to Genting involved most Form 4 students. All of them were close friends who know each other since primary school. On the way to Genting, they talked, joked and laughed together in the bus. A sense of happiness filled the air.
The scene made me envy, and it also made me reminisce the good old days of the primary school trip. We were a big group of friends, who were close to each other. We talked, laughed, joked, played and sang together in the bus. I can still remember we sang a classic song by Teresa Teng - "tian mi mi" (甜蜜蜜) together in the bus. The atmosphere was filled with joy. Every moment during the trip was sweet and memorable, but all those remain as memory now. I do hope that time could revert to that time, when I could feel the atmosphere that all friends gathered and played together.

Time flies... Everyone has grown up now. Each of them has his or her own new chapter in life. All of us are in different places now. Some are studying in colleges; some are taking matriculation; some are taking Form 6 and some are working. It is hard for us to meet each other again. Sigh...

Well, all these are what we must experience in our life. Although we can rarely meet each other, we could reminisce the sweet moment that we had when we were still in our primary school. Like the song goes,

别管以后将如何结束,
至少我们曾经相聚过,
不必费心地彼此约束,
更不需要言语的承諾,
只要我们曾经拥有过,
对你我来讲已经足够,
人的一生有许多回忆,
只愿你的追忆有个我。
Translating the lyrics into English, the song is likely to go like this:
No matter how the future ends,
what we really care is that we used to be with each other.
We do not need any promises.
As long as we used to be with each other,
for you and me, it is enough.
In one's life, there are a lot of memories,
hope I am always in your memory.
This song is named as "ping ju"(萍聚). It mentions that no matter how the future ends, what we really care is that at least we used to be with each other and we always think of one another.
Though we cannot be with each other forever, friendship stays forever!

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