- Happy New Year, Ejaz. ("city of stars" playing in the background)
- (smiles genuinely) Happy New Year, TNM.
Both goes quiet. Lost in thoughts. Riding the bike on the lonely streets and enjoying it. The cold weather, the passing breezes, the street lights. Thinking, how my friends would be celebrating the new year's eve back home. What if I were riding and they were sitting behind me on the bike with a peaceful, pleasantly quiet mood, where if talking, we would talk deep and touching. But this solitude has its own pleasantries, I think. It is something not available in the presence of others. Only I alone can feel it, enjoy it, and embrace it. (all the while "city of stars" playing softly in the background).
Back to senses, I see we have gone quiet. We need to talk again.
- To peace, to love, to friendship (thinking about the year ahead, and its first hours)
- (reassuring our bond and company) To you, to us, and to our journey.
(City of stars, are you shining just for me?/city of stars, never shine so brightly... song continues)