My neighbour

After moving to Downtown for over a year, I realized that I rarely see my neighbour, or, the person who shares the same balcony as me (of course divided by a thin wall). I realized that I know so little about him! And we had few interactions over this year... to name a few..

1) May - September, 2008 - This is the hottest months of the year, almost everyone spends quite a while on their balcony to enjoy the summer breeze. That includes my neighbour too. He did almost everything on his balcony - cutting his nails, working on his laptop, talking on the cellphone, etc etc. However...

2) June 2008 - Summer approached, everyone opened their windows and balcony doors as far as they can. I was playing piano in my room loudly. Suddenly, I heard my neighbour's door to the balcony opened, I heard him stepped out. Few seconds later he hurried in again, closed his door and locked it. *How rude*, I thought, *He should have finished listening to my performance*.

2) July 2008 - Again on a burning hot day, I would say that person would be foolish if he/she does not open the windows. I started practicing my piano. Then suddenly, I heard a loud thud coming from my neighbour's side - the sound of the window closing. *I guess he doesn't like piano*, I thought.

3) May 2009 - Summer approached again after several months of winter-like weathers. Jack, Anna, and I went on to the balcony to chat. We first took my telescope out to look at stars. Somehow we ended up spying on people who lives in the other apartments.
Sherry: "Check this out Anna! I can see their TV screens!"
Anna: "OHHHH Let me see!"
Jack: "Heyy!! I know this show!"
Then Anna took out the guitar and started playing some random and broken tunes. That was when finally my neighbour's door opened, stepped on to the balcony, and approached the wall that divided us. He said in a very impatient tone: "Can you please quiet down?"

4) June 2009 - A hot day again, both my neighbour and my balcony doors were opened. I was checking out the bananas. I went to Anna, who was sitting beside the balcony door, and said to her "Anna, I think your bananas are weird". I dunno what she smoked earlier but she gave me this lecture about local bananas.... "SHERRY! What non-sense are you taking about! I bought this banana from the local farm, it's environmental friendly and it's organic, SO!" She dropped the banana onto my palms, "APPRECIATE THIS BANANA" Suddenly we heard some rustling from my neighbour's side.

5) June 2009 - On Thursday I felt myself being evaporated, so I laid on the balcony with a pillow in the middle of the night. I then started to sing Hotel California becuase I thought no one could hear me. As I started on the "Mirrors on the ceiling" verse, I heard a loud thud. My neighbour was outside. FML.

6) Yesterday - I got out of my suite to go grocery shopping. As I walked down the corridor, I see sofas, boxes, and lamps piling up outside the suite next to mine. My neighbour's moving.

It's sad. It has been a year and yet I had so little interactions with my neighbour! And already he's moving! What a pity indeed.