A Story of An Elm Tree

Giving you my love and wishing you the best on this very auspicious day!

May good things be with you.

1 Year of You & I from Edwin Ting on Vimeo.

Dear Fionna,

It’s been a wonderful 1 year with you with me. Thank you for opening up your heart to me and for being there for me. You are my many things to me … my friend, my mentor, my joy and my love. I don’t want to promise forever if I don’t mean it, but right this moment … it just seems so right … and I want that special someone to be with me for many, many years to come to be you. You’ll always be my baby!

I dedicate this song “All is full of love” to us on our Anniversary, wishing us abundunt and everlasting love.

I love you,

Edwin

“Always On Your Side”

My yesterdays are all boxed up and neatly put away
But every now and then you come to mind
Cause you were always waiting to be picked to play the game
But when your name was called, you found a place to hide
When you knew that I was always on your side

Well everything was easy then, so sweet and innocent
But your demons and your angels reappeared
Leavin’ all the traces of the man you thought I’d be
Leavin’ me with no place left to go from here
Leavin’ me so many questions all these years

But is there someplace far away, someplace where all is clear
Easy to start over with the ones you hold so dear
Or are you left to wonder, all alone, eternally
This isn’t how it’s really meant to be
No it isn’t how it’s really meant to be

Well they say that love is in the air, but never is it clear,
How to pull it close and make it stay
Butterflies are free to fly, and so they fly away
And I’m left to carry on and wonder why
Even through it all, I’m always on your side

But is there someplace far away, someplace where all is clear
Easy to start over with the ones you hold so dear
Or are you left to wonder, all alone, eternally
This isn’t how it’s really meant to be
No it isn’t how it’s really meant to be

Well they say that love is in the air, never is it clear
How to pull it close and make it stay
If butterflies are free to fly, why do they fly away
Leavin’ me to carry on and wonder why
Was it you that kept me wondering through this life
When you know that I was always on your side

That is kind of the question that lingers in my mind.

I’m glad that you made up your mind about the destination – Shanghai – the place you will want to continue to work in. For me, there was never a question of where I rather be, but more a question of when I can be where I want to be. Destination to me is not the most important – but it sure does help to decide on one so one can focus on getting oneself there. Dubai? Shanghai? Whichever you had chosen, I would want to be there. There by your side.

I honestly think that the offer from Alice for MTS is a great opportunity. Do seriously think over that one. It’s too golden to pass you buy (Just like me! Haha!).

I figured CNY is too early to make a decision. Perhaps it would be Jun 09, perhaps it would be Sep 09. I thank you for your support in my career and also thinking for the best for me. Things are very much up in the air for me and I cannot phantom to say what would happen in 2009. For a person who likes to plan on almost all things, I am strangely taking a very lax attitude to planning for my life and career path. Maybe, it is the lack of control that I have over the circumstances. (Like you said – the pituitary thingy had taught us both of the lack of control over certain matters no matter how much you pus for it.) I want to think that I would know better by year end, but I can only guess that. 

Perhaps, CNY would be a good time to make a decision. I want things to move sooner, but patience seems to be something that I keep having to learn. Finally, it boils down to a matter of when …

Love you dear.

Wising you a blessed birthday, a wonderful year ahead and many more to come.

There are always small things in life that we tend to look too hard at. Yet, if we look at the big picture, the whole story is easily seen. It is when we look from afar when we see who each of us are and can become. Though we may be far apart now, I think it’s only a temporary state for us to grow in this relationship. Though we might be characters apart, but that makes it more intriguing for each of us that a special something in us appeals to each of us.

Thank you dear, for letting me celebrate your Birthday with you in this special way. =)

No. 1 Birthday: This was back in 2005 – NOC days, we had someone organized a dinner. I vaguely remember us shuttled to the restaurant in a van that Shallene had booked, because the location of the restaurant was very far out on Pudong. You had us all eat the cake directly from the cake itself, without any utensils! This was what was left of the cake:

No. 2 Birthday: This was when you had already gone back to Shanghai, this time to begin your career. A long day you had and when I came ringing on the door bell of your uncle’s place, you had already fallen asleep. A Veuve Clicquot and a Yamazaki Cake:

No. 3 Birthday: Your 2nd year working in Shanghai. I was in a different place, and different time, wishing I was there with you.

 

No. 4 Birthday: My first year together with you, yet physically apart. Wishing I could be there, but cannot. Gifts of flowers, toys, tees, etc … does not do justice for my not being there, but I hope it will suffice for now. 

 

Happy Birthday, dear Fionna!

Unexpectedly, the package came sooner than before. But, I suppose it would be good this way. 

Now you got all the 4 babes together to sleep with you … and every time you think of me or NOT think of me, you can remind yourself with the nice Tee. =)

Get well from your bad throat soon, dear … 

Happy Birth-Fortnight dear bbf!!!

A little unusual gift on a very unusually named day, but I’m glad that you like the flowers.

Here’s also wishin’ your target list of companies to call will have a high success rate and that you will hit your dream target and while doing so continue to make significant improvements and changes in the people’s life.

p.s. Yesterday’s marathon Skype session was something extraordinary as well … Thank you for keeping me company ok … I feel so blissful with you. =)