Beyond Reason
Chapter 1
As she looked out the window of the high rise apartment, she couldn't help but reminiscence about the past. Here she was at the age of 26, an accomplished lawyer well on the route to becoming a partner at the international law firm, Clifford Chance.
After her family's immigration to Canada, she had excelled in her studies at the university there and managed to enter into 2nd year Law School at Manchester University after obtaining a basic degree in Political Science at the University of Calgary. She hadn't expected it of herself nor her parents as her results had always been only mediocre when she was studying in Taiwan.
The difference in the way of teaching and learning in the Western countries as well as her determination to forget a certain somebody in her life made a world of a difference. She literally threw herself into her books and lectures in order to abstain from thinking about him. Days passed into weeks which then passed into months and finally years.
Many things have happened from the time she left Taiwan till this moment. Her very best friend, San Chai, is now a happily married woman to the love of her life, Dao Ming Si, though their happiness didn't come easily. She knew they both had to go through a number of obstacles in order to reach at where they are today. But then anything that is worth it always come at a certain price. The more the sacrifice, the bigger the reward. That is life...
Xiao You had just received a phone call from San Chai a couple of minutes ago. San Chai is expecting a baby and she and her husband are very excited about the prospects of being parents for the first time. Xiao You was delighted to hear the news and relayed her congratulations to her friend enthusiastically. She knows that both of them would make great parents. After Dao Ming Si had regained his memory after the accident in Barcelona, he had changed slightly. Although he still retained the majority of his characteristics, he became calmer and much more stable. No longer was he the selfish, volatile and unpredictable Dao Ming Si of Ying De University.
Her other childhood friend, Qing He, is also now married to Mimi. Xiao You finds herself laughing out loud when her thoughts went to Qing He and the story he told her of how he met his wife and their efforts in getting San Chai back together with Dao Ming Si. Qing He would always be the funny and lovable guy she always knew. He never changed, probably never will either.
She had only gone back to Taiwan 3 times ever since her entire family immigrated to Canada. Once was for San Chai's wedding, another time was for Qing He's and the third was when she had first left Taiwan..... She had gone back that time, foolishly thinking that she could change a person and make him love her. She was wrong...
As she looked out the window of the high rise apartment, she couldn't help but reminiscence about the past. Here she was at the age of 26, an accomplished lawyer well on the route to becoming a partner at the international law firm, Clifford Chance.
After her family's immigration to Canada, she had excelled in her studies at the university there and managed to enter into 2nd year Law School at Manchester University after obtaining a basic degree in Political Science at the University of Calgary. She hadn't expected it of herself nor her parents as her results had always been only mediocre when she was studying in Taiwan.
The difference in the way of teaching and learning in the Western countries as well as her determination to forget a certain somebody in her life made a world of a difference. She literally threw herself into her books and lectures in order to abstain from thinking about him. Days passed into weeks which then passed into months and finally years.
Many things have happened from the time she left Taiwan till this moment. Her very best friend, San Chai, is now a happily married woman to the love of her life, Dao Ming Si, though their happiness didn't come easily. She knew they both had to go through a number of obstacles in order to reach at where they are today. But then anything that is worth it always come at a certain price. The more the sacrifice, the bigger the reward. That is life...
Xiao You had just received a phone call from San Chai a couple of minutes ago. San Chai is expecting a baby and she and her husband are very excited about the prospects of being parents for the first time. Xiao You was delighted to hear the news and relayed her congratulations to her friend enthusiastically. She knows that both of them would make great parents. After Dao Ming Si had regained his memory after the accident in Barcelona, he had changed slightly. Although he still retained the majority of his characteristics, he became calmer and much more stable. No longer was he the selfish, volatile and unpredictable Dao Ming Si of Ying De University.
Her other childhood friend, Qing He, is also now married to Mimi. Xiao You finds herself laughing out loud when her thoughts went to Qing He and the story he told her of how he met his wife and their efforts in getting San Chai back together with Dao Ming Si. Qing He would always be the funny and lovable guy she always knew. He never changed, probably never will either.
She had only gone back to Taiwan 3 times ever since her entire family immigrated to Canada. Once was for San Chai's wedding, another time was for Qing He's and the third was when she had first left Taiwan..... She had gone back that time, foolishly thinking that she could change a person and make him love her. She was wrong...