May Day Odds and Ends
Author: Zhu Anfeng. Originally published on QQ Zone on May 3, 2008.
During this May Day holiday I finally met two friends' future wives: one was Min's, in 3D form; the other was Pei's, in 2D form. Both were impressive in their own ways.
It was more or less settled that I would serve as Min's best man. I felt lucky to have such a chance for a good friend.
Back home I played cards with friends, and Zhong Cheng won quite a bit. Later he told me that his girlfriend from the New Year period had texted him to say she was getting married, and that the day before he had even picked up fifty yuan while walking around town. "Maybe unlucky in love, lucky at the card table," he said. I only wanted to ask God and Amitabha one thing: why am I not lucky in anything at all?
Tonight I went swimming and accidentally swallowed another mouthful of pool water. It still tasted terrible.
This May Day was hot. Tonight I am writing this post with the electric fan on, the first time I have used it this year.
I arrived in Nanjing a little after ten in the morning. Maybe because I had gotten up too early, after lunch I watched the latest episodes of Supernatural and CSI: NY and then fell asleep on the bed. I dreamed a lot. It had been a long time since I had slept like that in the afternoon, and as a result I felt very awake at night.
Zhu Yan's wife says that every time I go home I produce one classic line. During the Spring Festival it was, "I was wrong." This time it was, "I need calcium supplements."
On the night of the 1st, I ate a late-night meal with Qipei for more than two hours. I love that feeling of talking under familiar streetlights, beside the familiar red awning, in the familiar temperature and breeze, with familiar motorbike noise, familiar river snails, familiar faces, and an unfamiliar tomorrow.
I still believe the same thing: maybe we cannot play football for a lifetime, but we can be friends for a lifetime.