Wednesday, October 18, 2006

lesson #041: can you take the distance, the miles

So two days ago myself, Yang and Zhi went to play tournament poker with Jerome and Manuel. The two girls with J got to the finals round where we played for money and not for survival. Girls rule! And I won 1 pound. But that's not the point of this entry. The point of this entry is about long-distance relationships.

There was once a time when I'd have recoiled at the prospect of having a long-distance relationship. It'll just never work out. I had little faith that both parties will keep their eyes firmly on the long-distance partners and not succumb to the convenience of 'oh, she/he's here and my gf/bf isn't. Let's just make babies now, and let me dump my gf/bf later'.

Life always has a way of hitting the irony nail right on the head. I'm in UK now and Uncle Gary's in Singapore. We've been separated for 1 and a half months so far. And it'll only get worse...

- Uncle G intends on pursuing a Hong Kong internship in December, just when I'm flying back to Singapore.
- I'm also seriously considering a summer internship in New York for at least 10 weeks.
- In 2007/08 Term I, Uncle G would like to go for an overseas exchange.

In short, we may get separated for at least 9 months in total. Now, that may not seem like a long time to most people 'cos it's not even a year. But... just imagine yourself as a pregnant lady. Then it'll really feel very very long indeed.

Bah. I won't find an easy answer to the dilemma. The dilemma being should we quit while we're ahead knowing it's gonna be a futile attempt, or should we shuffle through it and hope against all hopes that we won't get tired and weary along the way.