| | When I left Hong Kong 25 years ago and started going to school in Canada, I remembered the first day of school was very frightening.
I did not know anybody in that school, I was surrounded by white children....幸好遇見她.
After the first class there was a small break, I was walking in the hallway in the centre of the school alone, then I saw a young, lovely girl, has 黑頭發, 黑眼睛, yellow skin and wear 眼鏡 as well, walking towards me from the opposite direction.
Two parallel lines finally meet each other. She and I looked at each other for one second....
肥貓 and kokoni 一起問: "Are you Chinese?"
肥貓 and kokoni 一起答: "Yes, I am Chinese."
肥貓 and kokoni 一起問: "你是香港來的?"
肥貓 and kokoni 一起答: "Yes, 我是香港人"
Then, we started chatting very happily. After 15 minutes, we both said we felt like knowing each other for a whole life time already. I really enjoy that feeling of 他鄉遇故知.
Then, everyday at lunch we meet with other Chinese friends in the school's cafeteria. We sat at the 'Chinese Table', where our friends are from all over the world, such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Vietnam, Malaysia. Later on, even Japanese and Korean come say hello and make friends with us.
One good thing about school is that, everyone was young and pure, regardless of their skin colour or nationality, they all get along and help each other.
So, 25 years goes by so quickly. Although we now live in two different cities thousands of miles away, but we still keep in touch all these years, with letters, then through email, and in the past 3 years, through Jspa as well.
Through the past 25 years our families and our health conditions suffer a lot. However, I am still very grateful that God gives me such a good friend to support me and walk with me through life's long road.
願老天爺給我們 another 25 years of friendship!!
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