As title says so.

It's half past five in the morning now, and today's the day I leave Hatfield for good.

Will be gone to Aunt's place @ Colchester, Essex for 1 week, before coming back to Malaysia - I'll be leaving Heathrow on the 28th by noon (well, the night flights for that date were fully booked ;_; ) and be home on Malaysian soil on the 29 July 2009, touching down at KLIA at 7:25am.

And because Aunt is Scrooge's sister, I will be Internet-less for a week - unless I managed to sneak off to the nearest Starbucks in town to go Wi-Fi for as long as I could. It's either that, or it's to use the library's service - though it's only free for the first 2 hours.



Yesterday Monday - I've said my goodbyes to 2 of my closest mates in the UK.

I never knew [goodbye] is the hardest word to say.

Coz even though I'll be back in Malaysia, I am not sure when I'll be coming back to the UK - my second home. Rather, it feels more home here than back home.

I had an inkling that when I returned to Malaysia, I'll get homesick of the UK - instead of the other way round.

I'll miss the tranquility of St Albans - the last drink at Mokoko Bar with dear Katya is the last memory I had of the quaint little town. I dearly love its cathedral, and even more its grounds and the Verulamium Gardens.

I'll NOT miss Hatfield that much - dead town it was - but I'll miss Rainbow @ the Chinese restaurant. Thanks for all the lovely meals.

I'll miss all my London haunts.

I'll miss Westminster, Leicester Square, and that damnable Kensington, even.

I'll miss the whole of London Southbank that has been my home for the past 10 months wherever I hit London.

I'll miss the bridges. Most of all, the iconic Tower Bridge - pride of the English, though her own people never saw and understood her beauty and history.




I'll miss London. Terribly.

And when I leave the UK, I'll miss England. Even more.





Ah well.

If Fate is kind, there'll be a chance I'll return someday.

But I will DEFINITELY find a way to come back.

It's home. After all.





I do know one thing that

when I return to my family

Things will never be the same again.



Thanks for the memories, London, England.
Take care.



Till we meet again,
-L