'Til We Meet Again

a friend of mine is moving to hongkong tomorrow. for good. well, it's been awhile since we know this but he still comes back to singapore once in a while. now for sure, 4 years there after which he might spread his wings to other countries before heading back to his homeland.
i met him during lunch as he needs to return few stuff of mine. supposed to be lunch with the other girls as well but they couldn't make it, its quite a last minute thingy and none can cancel whatever they've planned. well honestly i understand what they're feeling. i too felt sad when he didn't turn up during our dessert when we already planned on having a so-called 'farewell' for him. he didn't join the dinner last week which was okay since it was a very last minute thingy but the dessert? so when i met him, i told him that he should've come last weekend. that was when he told me that he was feeling a bit depressed and wasn't ready to bid farewell to us. he simply spent that night inside his room looking at his packed stuff. i was sad upon hearing that and we spent time talking, wishing all the best before parting. i could see tears in his eyes and honestly i left the place with tears in my eyes as well. my bad was not asking him to have lunch with me. but then again, i don't think i could prolong this sadness.
more than a year ago we met, we became friends, we then kinda have a lovely circle of friends with daily emails, sharing views, meetup for movie, dinner, or simply catching up. everyone has their own personal stuff or other group, but we always make an effort to spend time just amongst us. i spent more time with him as we stay in the east. he's my travelling home buddy, my kickboxing sparring partner, my activity buddy, our running buddy *twice*, and with us practising the same religion we sometimes share our views as well. i even went out on a shopping trip with him once. i hope we all can still be as close as we are now eventhough one of us is no longer in singapore. quite an irony eh, when his sister moved to singapore he moved out of singapore. he promised to visit indonesia for my wedding *haha, when ya when?* and we definitely will visit him if we had a chance to go to hongkong. Au revoir my dear friend