So long to yet one more person...

"So long and thanks for all the fish"... he he he... sorry, I just thought of that quote all of a sudden...

Everytime I say "bye" to someone, one of those "byes" that you just know will last for quite a while, if not forever, I get in a weird mood... It's not the same to say "bye" to some friend that you know you will see again next week... it's always hard for me to say bye to people I care for and that are going away to some other country or something like that...

Despite the fact that your "local" friend may always die, he he he, which means that everytime you say bye could be the last one; the feeling you get when saying "bye" to the ones that are going "far away" is way more extreme and interesting... it's like you see a part of you depart from good... Just as some people claim that if a tree falls in a forest, and nobody listens, the sound didn't exist... In the same way, if we yell in the middle of a mall, and nobody listens, there was no yell... our own existence is reflected to us by the existance of others around us... people to "bounce up" our ideas with, people that react to what we do or not do...

In the movie "Cast Away" you see a guy making friends with a ball!!... good ol' wilson huh?... well, it's just him trying to humanize and object, and this trying to stay human himself.... So, what I am trying to say is that, every time someone goes away from our lives, that one person is taking the part of ourselves that we could see in them... we lose someone to share with, to learn from, and to laugh with... and everytime it sucks...

Yet its great... life has placed that person in our lives, at least for a little while... and for the while it was worth it... Like that "train" analogy... you keep on moving with your train through life, sometimes you share your seat with someone else, sometimes they stay for a long time, and then eventually they move one and take their own train... we miss them... but it's cool that they were around at least for that little while.

Argh!... see?... I am rambling way too much... I do get "thinky" when that happens... so yes... yesterday we all said "bye" to Regine, Pancho's girl... and it was hard for me, as it always is... and to be honest I didn't know her as much, I just hanged out with her for about two days, and then the other silly times in which everybody was around too... But it was enough to appreciate her company, and to start caring for her. She is a fun and interesting girl!... And the feeling of saying good bye to someone that you may never see again in your life is very earie...

It was nice that we all had a toast for her in Ireri's house and all... he he he... and we made her try some real tequila... because somehow she claimed that they had "german" tequila... ha!... as if...

I am thinking now of Aldo, my "baritone" mate from choir... and how I felt when I said bye to him... and how great it was to casually see him one day on a book fair... And him I didn't know as much either... but I had shared enough with him, and I just felt like we were compatible in a cool way... like he could be a close friend... and then meeting him again provoked in us both a very real smile... who knows, maybe that will happen with Regine one day... that would be cool... just like it may happen with Ganaa my friend from Mongolia, and just like it did happen with Stuart, Martin and Chris the day I saw them in my own city...

Life has a way to turn around... you never know who you will meet again... or in what condition... I guess thats one of the reasons why it's always better to stay in good terms with everyone around you...

So, good bye Regine... take care girl... it was nice meeting you!... =) "enchanteee!"... he he he...

And the world keeps on turning... life is moving... and now I have to get ready to do some work, and rehearse a note that i will record for a radio or video thing... narrating is one of the things I enjoy and I know I could do... maybe I should explore that as a mean to make money... he he he... yay!... one more thing to explore...

Cheers...