Therapy (Hong Kong)

04 JULY 2008, TIME: 16:16:36

I couldn’t sleep on my all night flight from Mumbai so I push through the exhaustion. I have only been in Hong Kong 16 minutes but am I rushing with baggage in tow to Taikoo Shing to have a meeting with a very irate customer who is pissed at the local Hong Kong office.

When the customers leave the bar of Ruby Tuesdays convinced that I am going to help them – I hurriedly ask for the bill. And through Friday evening rush hour traffic on the MTR, I get back to Central. My Pakistani security guard meets me once I pass through the locked ground floor door and does his customary thumbs up and crazy laugh to welcome me home. Get to the 14th floor and drop my bags. I am drenched in sweat. I strip naked. I dump out my clothes on my bed and in the nude I sort out my clothes by colors – and drop them in the washing machine. Then I do my favorite summer time thing – I open the windows of my bathroom to let the heat and humidity in and take a cold, very cold shower.

04 JULY 2008, TIME: 19:19:50

I am late already. In a black t-shirt, blue jeans, I run to the Airport Express just as a train departs. Damn. I then sit down waiting – impatiently tapping my foot – nervously looking at my mobile phone – hoping that time will go backwards so I won’t be late.

04 JULY 2008, TIME: 19:54:10

I jump up too early and stand by the door exiting toward Terminal 1 looking like a typical tourist on their first trip to Hong Kong. Finally the train stops and I leap out running toward the Arrival Hall B. And when I get to the flight departure and arrival big screen – I notice that it says their flight arrived late. Whew. I have time now so I go to MIX to have my favorite – Wow size Spunky Monkey. I stand a little back from the divider of the arrivals and watch the people coming through. And I notice how sleep depravation has made me incredibly horny or the women in Hong Kong have gotten sexier since I was home a week ago. I am watching the couples and families reuniting. Couple after couple I see them embrace. I see them kiss. And I wish I had someone to wait for me.

04 JULY 2008, TIME: 20:13:43

I am not paying attention. And when I look back at the people streaming out, I see them. They are all smiles. I see Karen laughing when she sees me – and then oh my god – I see Sophia. I had forgotten how beautiful Sophia is – and it seems that the entire airport is staring at her. I lose my breath. Get a hold of yourself Jackson.

04 JULY 2008, TIME STOPS

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