Well, I’m down to my last 7 days of living in Shanghai. I still have a number of farewell parties to go and it is difficult and sad sometimes to realize that most of the people I’ve met here I will probably never see again. With tools like Skype and of course email it is easier to keep in touch, but without face-to-face contact it is hard to keep up with everyone.
I’ve always enjoyed living in new and different places and making friends in so many different countries. But it also means that I’ve had to say a lot of goodbyes along the way. I hope I have the chance to see a lot of my friends from Shanghai again but realistically it’s going to be difficult. Perhaps one or two I’ll have the chance to meet here or in Tokyo again. I certainly hope so.