farewell party

   Last Thursday, I attended a farewell party held by a Singaporean family; it was a farewell party of international students. Every two weeks they will invite me to go there and that was the last gathering in this semester so it was a farewell party. In fact, I have attended many farewell parties, for example, class farewell party after college entrance exam. And three of them impressed me most.

   The first one was held for me by my university classmates. In fact, now I even cannot remember all of their names, but that night they were all so enthusiastic. Besides giving me their best wishes, there was an episode on that farewell party. Our vice monitor (a girl) asked all of us to send a message to a boy saying that she agreed to be his girlfriend! Actually we not only sent messages but also called that guy; all of us just said one sentence “I agree to be your girlfriend!”  The next day, that guy said he suddenly got so many gay friends in one night!!! Well, maybe it is because this funny case that makes that farewell so special.

  The second one would be the one I had with “Qi ren zu”. “Qi ren zu” is a group with seven members and that is why it is called that name. I am one of them and the other six members are all from the same province as me. I think they are my best friends in HIT (Harbin Institute of Technology), we always went out together, played sports together and had dinners together though we were in different faculty, in a word, we had a good relationship with each other. And several days before I left Harbin, we had a farewell party and also went to KTV and sang songs all night long. I think why that night impressed me was not because the food or drink but the friendship, especially when we sang “friends” and “zhufu”, I really wanted to cry with them! It is still like a dream to me that I should be good friends with those boys and girls in such a short time. I will always remember the days I spent with them in HIT.

  The third one would be the last Thursday one. In fact, before last Thursday, I did not know the meaning of the gathering of international students. The host told us that he wanted to show that Singaporeans are also hospitable and they are willing to open their house for others and give chances for students all over the world to communicate with each other. In our gathering, usually we would try different countries’ cuisines and then had a discussion with several questions. In fact I felt stressful at first because my English is so bad compared to those from Europe and America. But later I felt much better. That farewell gathering impressed me because I learned something from it. It did have a great impact on me, I think when I am able to live a life like those Singaporeans, I will also open my house and be hospitable.

  Though farewell party is always sad, it is surely a unforgettable memory for us to cherish.