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A FEW persons have been bugging me, "Hey Aaron, when are you going to write a sequel to MIR? Or are you not posting the SS and MIR again?" Actually, I've never had the intention to repost the stories. After all these years, much have happened (and here quips my good friend again, "Then? You'd rather have a smooth-sailing but colourless and monotonous journey? How boring!"), though very much against my wish -- in my epilogue to MIR, I mentioned this desire. But fate remains fate. Still more things have happened since the writing of MIR, many of which were not what I would ever asked for, or would ever like to see. The conclusion remains the same: life is unpredictable. I'm writing another story, very probably the last one. This time the main language used is Chinese (which is what MIR was supposedly written in -- but I threw away the original Chinese version, sorry to those who asked for it) and it will appear in the CT-Literature folder. It is not exactly a story, but a random collection of remnants of memory. After this, I think it's about time to call it a quit, like what I have done to my other hobbies. SS was written solely out of fun, containing anecdotes which are mostly fictitious. MIR, on the other hand, was done in a more serious note, relating true experiences with a little twist and at times peppered with a little imagination. For the new story, it is more of an exercise on the recapturing of past experiences, of my own as well of the people around me. I write to relieve tension. I write to let out steam. I write so that in this world of forgetfulness, there will be some records of past happiness and sorrow, when the time for reminiscence is due. I'm jolly well aware that I'm no writer, that there are many people out there who write much better than I. Hence I am surprised when people actually remember my writing. Well, anyway, perhaps by reposting SS and MIR, it will give me just another chance to laugh at myself once again. Enough said, life is unpredictable. So let's live, love and learn. May I wish you all blessed with good health.
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