Just recently, I bumped into a friend whom I had not seen in a long time. The instant we met, a sudden memory recall surged the mind and paralysed the body for a moment. There was an air of silence as we smiled profusely in silly manner. It has been years since we met and there was just so much to say that the words all get choked up at the throat.
Finally she broke the suspended animation and muttered the cliche "How are you?".
I replied, "Fine. It's been a long while since we saw each other."
Then we chatted for only a short while, being both on our ways; she on her way home and me on my way for dinner.
We were classmates back then. She lives around my area, so even after we were in different schools, we would meet each other very often. There was much to talk about as even our siblings were ex-classmates. But moving on to adulthood and working life meant that there were lesser opportunities of keeping in touch. Even though we have each other's contacts but life's commitments have a way of swamping you busy.
As local journalist Janice Wong puts it, "Friends are not like hotels". Friendship requires time, effort and reciprocity and without it, the friendship just fades away.
Yet another friend's teacher once said, Friends are like passing clouds. Inevitably, people you were once close with will eventually get separated some way or another.
However it's a wonderful feeling to bump into an old friend, to know that he/she is doing well and remind you of a time both had shared before.
3 comments:
so the million $$ qn.. is she attached? if no u got her hp no? haha!
Haha... that is indeed a good question.
For your information, I do have her number for the longest time. She is a good friend and I'm happy that she's already married.
I know what you mean about long lost friends. Funnily enough though, I don't know if I'd subscribe to the adage 'friends are like passing clouds.'
I have a few close school friends that I'd like to think will always be close friends. Even though we live three streets away, sometimes it will be months before we ever see/talk to each other. But each time we meet, we catch up, and the distances narrows.
Sure we don't have as much in common now as we used to, but at the end of the day we know implicitly that we will be there for each other should anyone ever need it.
I think it's sad to think that people you were once close to no longer are anymore. If I have it my way, my close friends will always be close for years and years to come.
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