It was the Lunar New Year of 2022..
Since I was planning to move soon,
I contacted the landlord earlier than scheduled..
I moved in in 2010 and lived there until early 2022,
so it was a place I had lived in for about 12 years..
And the landlord is also of Chinese descent..
They were so kind and had helped me so much,
so I thought I'd give them a small courtesy by letting them know early,
so they could find another tenant as quickly as possible once I vacated..
The landlord wished me success..
and I sent a text expressing my gratitude for the past 12 years..
On the morning of Lunar New Year's Day..
I suddenly had a thought,
and went to the landlord's house with a box of pears..
Since it was Lunar New Year's morning, the landlord was apparently still asleep and wasn't visible,
and though I was wearing a mask, the helper seemed to recognize me..
I gave a Chinese New Year greeting,
handed the box of pears to the helper, and returned home..
It seems like I never gave the landlord anything in all those 12 years..
But since I was about to move,
perhaps I wanted to say thank you for all the consideration they had shown me..
Human relationships..
shine brightest when there is no longer any common interest at stake..
That's what I've always thought..
The way you look walking away should be clean and beautiful..
What a guy..
No matter how hard I try to think negatively about it.. this is just impossible to dismiss..
Damn, that's cool..
