I left my heart….
August 24th, 2006 by MrLuxuryFashionGuruThat’s all folks – the Harvard Din & Tonics World Tour 2006 is officially over. In less than three hours I will be headed to the airport for my second trans-Pacific flight in four days. Which means another day in transit, a day lost to the time-difference and a day lost to jetlag. Nonetheless I’m excited to be home again soon.
Tonight I’ve come away with an overwhelming sense of closure and completion, 11 weeks after we first left Boston at the start of tour. We’ve all come a long way since then: as a group, as individuals, and certainly for me, as an individual within the group. As many people will attest, tour has done wonders for my standing within the group and with the other Dins. Given that I’d never really had time to hang out or get to know these guys really well during the past year (or two years, even), it’s such a joy for me now to look around at what truly are my best friends in the world and know that I have never felt so loved, accepted, appreciated and connected with any other group of people at Harvard. No doubt about it. This is everything I ever dreamed of way back in the day six years ago when I dreamed of having a group of college buddies and dreamed of being a Din. It’s been everything I’d ever dreamed of and hoped for and then so much more.
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Jeff made me cry, which really surprised and moved me. I will miss him so much as he moves away to begin his vetenarian training.
I’m so happy for Sam, who got to have the same wonderful homecoming experience here in San Francisco that I had in Singapore.
Jon said some really lovely things, and that meant a lot to me, to feel like we’ve moved past and beyond our relationship before tour.
I’m not going to mention everyone by name, but I’m thinking fondly of you guys, all of you. Tonight I said just about all of what I wanted to say to each of you, so you should all know how special you are to me. I love you all so, so much!
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It was so great to be able to spend time today with Uncle Kwong, Aunt Jenny, Malcolm and Forrest today, and so exciting to see them at the concert last night, right in the first row! *waves* Hi guys!! Thanks for coming! I’ll see you all again soon in Cambridge and/or Singapore!
And Lu-en! It was really lovely of you to drive for an hour from Stanford through rush-hour traffic to meet me in the city. It meant a lot for me to be able to chat with you and catch up on what you’re doing and hear about the life you’ve made for yourself here in California. Thank you also for the impromptu grad-school advising – I’m definitely going to start getting my act together… soon! 🙂 I can only hope it is not another two years before I see you again… Keep in touch!
August 30th, 2006 at 1:16 am
It was good to see you too, Jason! I’ll look you up if I go to Boston again… And call me the next time you’re in the Bay Area!!! Take care and enjoy Singapore 🙂
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