Marvin, Shingo, Yasushi and I had visited Bitan（碧潭） in the afternoon. We rode on self-peddling boats and it had been exhausting. Bitan was rather beautiful, with its bridges, hills and lakes.
Later in the evening, I went for Bing's farewell gathering organized by our forever-friendly Taiwanese friends. We had enjoyed a KTV session together followed by shisha puffs at a nearby pub. To conclude the gathering, we went for dim sum at a 24-hr Hongkong-style restaurant in the vicinity. I reached my dormitory at 5 am, and was truly dead beat after such an eventful day.
Bing had spoken to me much in the evening and I was glad that he was so honest with me about himself (on a lighter note, we had always bickered on whether American English is better in an abstract sense than British English). Lazy me had failed to wake up on time to see him off this very morning, but he was really sweet to have left a postcard (with the Singapore flag on it; he had bought it at the UNHQ in New York) by my door, bidding us to keep in touch and stay reminiscent of the fond memories that we had together in the past few weeks. Bon Voyage to Bing here, and I truly hope to see him in either Singapore or Thailand in the near future (or if I make a transit in California next year).
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