Girly Day Out!

Had a lovely girly-girly gathering with some of my former classmates and friends, Alicia, Mei Ling and Lubi. We headed to 1Borneo and basically do some (window)shopping, albeit Mei Ling bought two pairs of HOT, HOT shoes. I wanted to get a pair of espadrilles but alas, I can't find one that suit my budget..uhu. Nonetheless, I think all of us bought at least something :-D I bought another Julia Quinn novel and I think I can open a mini library now! Oh, we also played archery and pretend we were Legolas :p Alicia and Lubi made that "arghh" noise upon seeing this weird monster-like soft toy, then broke into thunderous laughter! Hilarious!

Having this gathering with them seems like the old days, back when we were still clueless trainees, except that I couldn't help but reminisce about how we used to be. Back in 2002, I was not even close with any of them but now, we're trading secrets, sharing stories and just being up-to-date with latest gossips and issues. Yes, we do talk about the current economic and political situations concerning our positions as educators; yes, the serious stuffs. I cherish that do-you-remember-whens stories and Lubi, if you are reading this, I miss that loud, joyous laughter of yours that everytime I laughed aloud, I would think of you!! Hahaha..mushy much!

Once a former classmate wrote that we can't expect our old friends to remain the same because of new commitments, new circle of friends, new surroundings, etc. I agree to a certain degree that yes, it would not be the same because of change. Everyone changes and we all have to accept that. BUT, we could still hangout like the old times. There could be that awkward silences, the oh-I-did-not-know-about-that stories, etc but that to me, is part and parcel of growing up and of embracing change. You just have to make an effort. You have to pick up the phone and call just to say hi. You have to send that text message, to tell your friends "Hey, let's meet up somewhere and have Chinese tea ping/ teh tarik/ tiga sepuluh/YoYo". You have to make the step to close that barrier.

Well, yeah...it's a whole lot of legwork (or fingerwork...okay, work!) but you wouldn't want to be friends with lazy people, would you? Plus, laziness is not a good quality of a friend anyway. I guess, when a friend makes that effort, it shows that he or she really treasures and values your friendship. 

For that girls, no matter how "geli" it sounds, I love spending time with all of you...even if it was just over a glass of chinese teh ping.