After living in Shanghai for the past 30 months, I’m back in Brisbane. It’s not forever. But it will be for a while. Walking down the streets that I grew up on earlier today reminded me of how much things have changed.
Well, at least I have changed.
I looked at the first cafe I remember visiting – the King George Square Coffee Club – and noticed that it was gone, making way for a new bank branch. New buildings were up. Old buildings were gone. And then I walked into Subway.
I would frequently have lunch at the Subway at the top of the mall when I was first in University. The most surreal thing of today was that I saw the same guy running the shop as I remember chatting with so many years ago. The store is larger. The menu was better. He looked a little more bald. But he was still there… even if he didn’t remember me.
It’s going to be interesting to see what happens in the coming months…
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