One more time

I had a dream. It was very surreal. It looked like an alumni dinner. Ishi was there.

He was there to sing from an album called Confessions. Not too sure if it was his album. He first appeared on the stage and I was shocked at his entrance. He had the same hairstyle as the one he had during the later stages of SuperBand. Slightly wavy. I think he was wearing a white top with some red prints.

I don’t think he sang. He searched for the rest of the foursome in the sea of audience and caught the eyes of Joey, Rosy and me. He walked down to us, and gave each of us a hug. I could really feel the hug. It was really tight. Really tight. No words were exchanged. I hugged him back.

I woke up, with my eyes still closed, and realized it was a dream. Tears flowed uncontrollably. I tried to go back to sleep, to continue the dream. I couldn’t. I sobbed in my bed. I didn’t know if I felt happy or sad to see him again. It was a surreal meeting but it felt real. It was most likely around 6am.

If I had known that the last time that Chiang and I met him at Esplanade was our last time, I would have given him the same tight hug even though he said he was sweaty and smelly from teaching dance.

I would.