Car service day

hello dear, miss you 🥺 how are you?

After sleeping for almost the whole day yesterday, I finally feel better today and was able to go service my car in Fanling. But turns out I actually have to leave my car there for a few days because they are quite busy and there’s a part that they need to replace which will take some time. Thankfully Edison came with me to change oil in his car, so he could drive me back home after it was done.

We spent like 3 hours at the garage, it wasn’t boring because Edison or the c fu would chat and I can also ask Edison questions about cars or what the garage people are doing. So it‘s quite interesting and I enjoyed it. After that, Edison and I went to have late lunch back at HK Island East side. I think we both enjoyed each other’s company, we aren’t so much like friends who would chat intensely, we aren’t like romantic partners who would overly express our feelings, we only talk when there’s really something that come to our mind even if it’s the smallest things, we also don’t force each other to listen to ourselves, we sometimes just stay silent enjoying our own food.

And this evening after dinner when I was setting up my christmas tree, I got a call from João suddenly. He told me that he went to the hospital for some medication for his mental situation because he was really struggling mentally. I spent around 30 minutes to chat with him, it’s really mainly to hear what he has to say. But basically he’s really struggling to move on from his ex girlfriend, whom he feels really hurt by.

On one hand, it’s not easy for me to listen to all of it because he’s a very expressive person, and for someone like me who’s so sensitive to emotions, I empathise and feel a lot when others share about their emotions, especially when it’s something that I feel like I’ve been through. So I really felt challenged to handle the conversation and I kept asking God in my heart how I should manage this and respond to him. But as I listened through, I realised perhaps I didn’t need to talk much, I didn’t need to overly respond to everything he said, but just really listening and acknowledging his feelings, and occasionally reminding him again some of the truth that he already knew.

In the end, his medication started to kick in and he got really sleepy, and that’s how we ended the call.

After the call, I was thinking about you and my therapist friend. I don’t know why, but I really wanted to hug you two 🥺 miss you Andy dear

I look like I have long legs from this photo

Edison checking his car