Dear Melbourne,

It's been awhile. Do you miss me?


I really hope the feeling is mutual, 'cause I do.
Boy, I do.



I am slightly nervous, like a girl before her first date. The child before her first day of school. The bride before walking down the aisle.






If I close my eyes, I can see you. I can smell you. I can almost feel you.




Are you as I remember?



'Cause the memories of you I hold dearly. Our days together, they make me smile. Our journey, oh, it's special.


I am coming back to you. After so long. Like a careless lover, I left you without a backwards glance. But it's not because I don't care. It's 'cause I know it will only deepen my longing for you.

Now that I am making the first move, coming back to you... Will you still take me in?

Will you and I etch happy, beautiful memories again, together?


'Cause, baby, that's the only thing I ask from you.









Will my train rides be filled with riddles and laughter and gossip and chatter?





Will the stairs I have once climbed be less steep? 'Cause I have grown in the years that we were apart, just like how I hope it is like with you.





The season that I have chose to meet you in... It does not have the lush jade green trees that I used to see. But will you grant me warm, cheery sunshine?





Will the giant wallet still be there?







When I walk down the Yarra river side, will the breeze still caress my cheeks like a lover's whisper?






I took on so many roles... But after all this while, will you still recognise me despite all the masks? I am still me, afterall.





Promise me you won't laugh at me when I climb onto tabletops? I am still a kid at heart.





And promise me that your city night lights, they will shine as brilliantly as before.






When I go to Camberwell market, will I be as impulsive and reckless as I was before?






I miss Miss Marples scones.. But will I have the courage to drive all the way up Mount Dandenong?





I miss the laughter we let out at the mountain top too.. I am sure it echoed all the way down. :)






Will happy, unplanned accidents happen again?






Will we let the chilly winds wake us up from our drunken stupor? And will I receive flowers from random strangers while clubbing again wtf.






Will you snicker at me if I pray to Shopping God while waiting for trams...





Don't be jealous, but I will have to have some rendezvous with my other love as well. :)






My mural walls, please be the most beautiful backdrop possible.








Once again, I miss strawberry-picking by a bit.
Alas, the season that we will meet, will not bear us fruits. Literally.





At Sexpo Nov 2007.


Will I see a giant veined penis? WTF






I miss this wall! Seven, here I come.







And when I sip on mocha lattes and munch on toasted focaccias, will my heart be warm and contented, just like old times?





But I guess, all these questions do not matter.


The main point is, we will be reunited soon.






And the memories we shared, whether if they are blurry, or if I could remember them so well it's as if they happened yesterday, they are all powerful memories. Powerful happy memories.

And now I am coming to create new memories. :)




Love,
Hui Wen.