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People entering, people leaving. I think it's all part of our lives, something we have to grow up and accept as we slowly become older. Of course, no one would be willing to let someone else leave their lives if they had a choice, but sometimes circumstances just don't permit it. Things happen for reasons which we don't know, and maybe we don't understand why at this point of time, but maybe in the future we'll look back and be thankful for how things turned out. How it shaped our lives and made us who we are today. The quote's so true. If I never had regrets in my life, I don't think it would have made the me today. If I never.. there's so many of this 'If I never'-s. So it's time to be thankful for whatever we had.
Yesterday, I went to buy my nata de coco milk tea from cup walker. For those who don't know, there's this guy who works there every single weeknight who's super friendly and likes to engage in idle chat with patrons. I think I first met him about a few months back when he started working here. Anyway, he would remember my favourite order and all I had to do each time I visited was to pay. He would get my order ready instantly even without asking (: but yesterday was different. He told me that from today onwards I would have to tell them what I'd like to order, because it was his last day at work. At that time I didn't really register what he said yet, so I didn't really say much. I just asked him why, and his colleague replied that he was going back home to get married. I think at that time I was quite sad. Although I didn't even know his name, but I saw him every single week when I ordered my milk tea. It became so routine, and he was so pleasant that sometimes I would just buy my drink just to pay him a visit, especially if I've spent the whole week studying in school and arriving after the store closed. So today, I went back to the store again, just hoping that maybe he didn't leave after all. But there were two new faces and he was no longer there anymore. At that point, I wished I'd talked to him more back then, which I didn't because I wasn't very comfortable with deciphering his speech through his accent.
If someone whose name I never knew made such an impact with his absence, what more, if it were someone who meant much more to me. But then, we have to accept that, it's simply how life works, and our happiness depends on our own choices to face up to these changes.