From mountain top where we can see forever
And valleys dotted with hotsprings in between the mountains
And village in Southen Taiwan, Kenting where she flew to me in force 7 crosswinds
And to seashores such as this in Green Island
Hi folks,
I am sorry to have been away from here so long.
A few other things had happen since I was last here.
When I came to Australia in Nov 06, I prepared plans
for Yingshiong future if my wife joined me here
It was another painful goodbye that I had to say to Yingshiong. That was on the 7 May 07. I flew back to Singapore to be with him, and then to hand him over to the Jurong Bird Park. If you go there, please ask to see Yingshiong at the South East Asia Aviary and listen to him singing there.
Leaving Yingshiong was painful even if not of the magnitude when I first had to say goodbye to Tinkerbell. I was lucky in that I flew back to Brisbane on that same evening. My wife was left in Singapore for a few weeks to be surrounded by YS things and the silence in the apartment.
The only way to prevent that is to close our hearts entirely. Then there will be no pain, and no beauty or magic either.
You can read those last few days with Yingshiong in here. (warning, not happy reading)
http://shanlung.livejournal.com/2007/05/
The leaving of Tink is more than a throbbing hurt. Much of my life still evolve
around her. When I went to work in Riyadh Saudi Arabia, I was hoping that would lead me back to Taiwan. Then I realised that was not going to be the case and my wife understandably refused to live with me in Saudi Arabia. I could not fly back to Taiwan to see Tink and ignore seeing my wife.
Thats why I am now in Brisbane down under. Where my wife is willing to come and live with me here. We can both
visit Taiwan together as Tink is her daughter too.
My wife is here for a month already. We just shifted out a couple days ago from my old flat to another with a balcony at least where I can interact with birds and beasts.
After YS, we decided we cannot cope with another farewell.
I promised my wife the only birdies that get into the apartment will be grilled, fried or curried.
I hope to make friends with the lorikeets , or pied magpies or cockatos or anything else outside in the balcony. They first might be attracted by food I place out for them. Then perhaps one might chose to be my companion and bonded with clicker training with me.
Hopefully, future partings with the wild birds might not be so traumatic on us.
I also found some other photos on YS in my wife laptop.
Three are below. I hope you enjoy them. More are in http://www.flickr.com/photos/shanlung/
