Friend.

I met an old friend last night. It was the chanced encounter that everyone would have experienced at least once in their lives. She was my classmate from secondary school and we were rather close in the friends-only way that defy what many have come to think of such relationships. We encountered problems and share it with each other, have some similarities in our background, and even share the same birthday. Time passed so quickly upon our graduation that we haven't seen each other for years. Well we didn't have time to reminise, but we did chat for a few minutes. It gives you the warm fuzzy feeling deep down when you see someone you care about going on with their life, making plans for the future, and just basically enjoying what life brings.

I shared many friendships with the people that God has brought into my life. Some of them were long and strong relationship, some of them deep and intense yet short, some of them warm and basically happy times. I have successes and failures in each and everyone of them, but without a shadow of a doubt, my friends have taught me many important life lessons. Wasinee taught me to tolerate, Brian taught me the value of trust, Siva taught me how to persevere, Jia Yong taught me the value of dilligence, Lydia taught me patience, Mao Shen showed me forgiveness, Andrew fun, Jin Long playfulness, Andy coolness, Raj showed me how to own, Don opened my heart, Carl kindness and gentleness, Ivan care and concern, Ben the value of smartness, Jo holiness, Meiyi discipleship, Nixi the disciple, and many others too numerous to state. I have love and hate each of them for who they are and what they represent but I cannot deny them because they are my friends.

There is value in friendship, and more in a friend that sticks closer than a brother. Life will have never been this good and memorable without them by my side, yet many of them are no longer there. It must be that i make such a lousy friend that I drove them away and for these I alone shall pay for the consequences.

Listen up friends, I have never said how much I love you or show how much I care, but as long as you are my friend, I will never consider twice giving my life for you if it comes to that. Yes I will do that and not regret.

*why are you still single? But I will wait, it's the only thing I can do ain't it?