5 years and counting.
friday morning was home since wednesday night. you have no idea how this feels. to be back home in the company of my family, my friends and man, the food! in any case, been busy running around meeting up with people. but this post is not about what i did and all that. it's about a friendship of 5 years that i've had with someone.
arguably she was the one who pushed me and helped me get by many ups and downs in secondary school. always encouraging and being that gentle push when i needed one. the listening ear that was always there even though i rarely wanted to "use" it. she was an inspiration all by herself. watching her get through her troubles fluidly and gracefully. she. the girl that took my breath away for two years. two fantastic years. after knowing her for 5 years. nothing's changed. she's still how i remembered her as when things went awry between us. we hardly spoke since then but the past few weeks, things seem to have been back to normal. we're not as close as we used to be. we're both cautious, not wanting to cross the fine line between being close friends and getting into something more than that. no. not now. probably not ever but in her words - we've come so far and we just have to see where the future takes us.
that precious 1 hour plus we spent with each other at hong kong cafe was a nostalgic journey for us both. we reminisced about the past, the promises we made to each other (which we still keep) and just about everything we did. it all seemed like it happened just days ago, not 3 or 4 years a go. i am ashamed to say that i never did acknowledge her as someone who can be counted on, who has always stood by me and someone who never fails to put a smile on my face no matter how moody i am.
5 years on. the girl whom i met online. whom i met accidentally at a national day parade and yet did not know. the girl whom i walked home everyday for a year and a half. the girl who was and still is someone who'll always be one of the best friends in the world. and for better or worse, someone whom my heart will always be open to. for better or worse...
so here's a huge thank you to her for everything. just knowing her has been a tremendous experience and though we don't talk and meet up very often like we used to, perhaps then it's a result of an enduring friendship that has withstood many obstacles, physical and emotional. testimony to that would be how we went on and on without realizing the time.
to one of those who packed my parachutes..
arguably she was the one who pushed me and helped me get by many ups and downs in secondary school. always encouraging and being that gentle push when i needed one. the listening ear that was always there even though i rarely wanted to "use" it. she was an inspiration all by herself. watching her get through her troubles fluidly and gracefully. she. the girl that took my breath away for two years. two fantastic years. after knowing her for 5 years. nothing's changed. she's still how i remembered her as when things went awry between us. we hardly spoke since then but the past few weeks, things seem to have been back to normal. we're not as close as we used to be. we're both cautious, not wanting to cross the fine line between being close friends and getting into something more than that. no. not now. probably not ever but in her words - we've come so far and we just have to see where the future takes us.
that precious 1 hour plus we spent with each other at hong kong cafe was a nostalgic journey for us both. we reminisced about the past, the promises we made to each other (which we still keep) and just about everything we did. it all seemed like it happened just days ago, not 3 or 4 years a go. i am ashamed to say that i never did acknowledge her as someone who can be counted on, who has always stood by me and someone who never fails to put a smile on my face no matter how moody i am.
5 years on. the girl whom i met online. whom i met accidentally at a national day parade and yet did not know. the girl whom i walked home everyday for a year and a half. the girl who was and still is someone who'll always be one of the best friends in the world. and for better or worse, someone whom my heart will always be open to. for better or worse...
so here's a huge thank you to her for everything. just knowing her has been a tremendous experience and though we don't talk and meet up very often like we used to, perhaps then it's a result of an enduring friendship that has withstood many obstacles, physical and emotional. testimony to that would be how we went on and on without realizing the time.
to one of those who packed my parachutes..
1 Comments:
At 8:39 PM,
ad said…
this entry striked a chord in my heart.. alot of girls probably think guys are non-sentimental but thats just what we've always been assuming. you'll never know how much you mean to a person if he/she never expresses it out and because of this, we always tend to take them for granted.
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