Mr Wu Gui

Maybe I'm one of those whom people know will just somehow always be there.
Whether right up in front or lurking in the background. I'll just be there.

People who have disappeared for 1 or 2 years suddenly appear seeking help or just seeking a listening ear.

And in today's case. Someone who has disappeared for the past 1.5 to 2 years at least. Eversince he found a girlfriend.

I received a call on my mobile just now. 3pm on a Sunday afternoon.

That's extremely rare. The man wouldn't call me at this hour.
So I was wondering who the hell could it be? If it's one of those marketing calls, I'm gonna be a hostile bugger.

Ran from the kitchen to my room and saw the number. It was an overseas call.

It was even more perplexing. Who the hell could be calling me from overseas??
Was it a wrong number? A prank call?

Me: Hello??

And then a male voice said...."Hello?! Can I speak to Gao Jie??!!!"

OMG. It was Yiyong.
He's the only person in the whole wide world who calls me by that nickname.

It was abit of a shock to me. I could only muster up a "Where the hell have you been????" as my first response haha.

Rather, it was worded in a rather unpleasant Chinese sentence haha...."Ni3 Si3 Dao4 Na2 Li3 Qu4 Le4???"

Couldn't help it. Cos the bugger did not bother to contact me for the past 2 years ever since he had a girlfriend.
He didn't even wish my on my birthday!!! And we're only 10 days apart!

Nevertheless, I think I might be a person people go to when they're lonely or feeling down.
As was in this case. Lol. He's feeling kinda low and shitty.
2008 hasn't been very good to him I suppose.

Turned out that YY's back in Texas for another AirForce stint for 2 years.
Been there since Jan this year and will only be back in October 2009.

As we spoke on for the next 1.5 hours, I discovered he's single again, the girlfriend broke up with him only 4 months after he left SG.
And this happened even though promises were made and they already had plans to get married end of next year when he gets back home.
Sigh...the poor bloke has had relationship woes for as long as I can remember...

He as usual, is feeling lonely & homesick in Texas...

It's good to know in our 11 years of knowing each other that we're both as crappy with each other as when we were young & foolish 17 year-olds.

I remember when he called me on my 25th birthday from Texas (he had another overseas stint back then). I was super super touched.
And when he sms-ed me from overseas just before my brain operation. I was uber touched too...

Hearing his voice again after a hiatus of 2 years felt good...nice & warm. :)

The States & SG is about 13 hours apart so it was 3pm Sunday here in SG and 2am on Saturday in the States when he called me. Promised to call me again.

The only irritating thing is that there's a one second time lag in the phone connection between here & there.
I'll say a sentence and wait for him to respond to it haha...

I hope that goondu takes care of himself over there.
I hope he stops drinking & smoking & clubbing so much.
And I hope he manages to think through what he wants to do after his 10-year bond with the Air Force is up.

Looking forward to December when he'll be back for 2 months.
He promised a dinner & drinks appointment with me. I hope he follows through on it.

Take care over there my dear friend....
Yiyong..or affectiontely known to me as Wu Gui (turtle)...