This post is technically 8-month overdue. It is now July 26 of 2025 and it was October 26 2024
Was it the last thing you did for me?
On my 40th birthday, I drove to San Francisco and then I walked all over The Embarcadero from Pier 19/21 to the end of the Pier. I remembered walking through the streets of China Town to Comstock Saloon and then finally to Rick’s house.
I like the image of the ferris wheel. It brings forth a sense of nostalgia, a sense of peace and strangely a sense of loss. Half of this frame is filled with the image of the 3 carts. I like symbolism and this frame represents the “trinity” of (half of) my life, Vy, Quân and Jolie. All of whom I have missed out in life. They are with me forever in my thought and prayers.
As I move on into the next stage of life, what should I do with the memories? I lock them in a deep corner of my minds, where I keep my life treasures, those of which I have failed to look after and failed to keep.
At the end of the day, when I walked from Rick’s House back to my car, a gentleman passed me by and he said “Did you have good day?”. I woke up from the sense of grief and began to enjoy the last moments of October the 26th.
I am grateful for whatever has happened through my life. I am grateful for such beautiful 10-year journey since 2014 to 2024. There were losses, heartbreaks, pains, nostalgia, mistakes. But I do not regret any of my choices.
I picked up the cards from the table of Life and I’ve played it to my utmost capability.