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Bye Quan Lun

Yesterday evening i received an sms informing me that today's training will consists of a farwell 'ceremony' for our assistant coach, quan lun shi xiong, who will be leaving for taiwan soon. I am told to think about a little message for him which can later be transferred into a little booklet the J1s have prepared for him.
At first i really cannot think of anything to write for him. He is my shi xiong but i don't really know him very well 所以我只好硬着头皮写下去. The amazing thing is, as i am writing i started to visualise many small inccidents that have occured in the past year. I suddenly realised that without quan lun shi xiong, my experience in wushu would have been very different. For one thing, i wouldn't have taken part in the organisation of the wushu reunion dinner 2006 and subsequently got to know so many wonderful shi xiongs.
Perhaps if i wasn't made to think about it, i would have never realised that a not so close shi xiong contributed this much to my life. Yet upon this enlightenment, I suddenly starts to ponder how much have I missed out regarding the people around me. Have i neglected their importance to me?
No matter for how long, no matter for what reason, people whom we come cross in life have all contribute to who we are now in one way or another. However, we often fail to appreciate them in their presence; only realise how important that person is to us when he/she is gone. But why wait until then? If appreciation is felt, show it while the person can still hear it ba.

posted by jingzhi @ 4:52 PM