Saturday, September 10, 2005
Who is Lil Miss Star? - 4:29 PM
Shiyun... you are lil Miss Star! Okok, I was searching for a cross between Miss I-Love-Food and Miss I-don't-wanna-admit-I-love-food... but failed, of cos. So NAHHH, give you lil Miss Star ok? As my very super good friend, you sure don't deserve anything less!
Its weird how Shiyun and I became good friends. I don't remember us sitting next to each other during recess time in Cedar, neither do I recall us calling each other up during the age when handphones weren't that common. But yet... we're here today, insanely gam friends separated by the Pacific Ocean. Its freaky how similar, yet different we are. Everytime I think I know her, there would be a new revelation of some sort. 'I LIKE THIS JIAO JIAO TSHIRT. BUY IT FOR MeEeee!' (spoilt princess style), or something even more shocking... 'I THINK I WANT TO BE A JC ECON TUTOR WHEN I GRADUATE...' (oh my... u cannot be serious)
She's an ardent canoeist, in the national squad whose federation unfortunately doesn't share the same fervor for the sport as she n her teammates do... She's been juggling her twice daily training schedule with hectic schoolwork since last year. How does she do it? I don't know man.. i don't know. When I was home this summer, this was how we got to hang out: She would go for training till 930am, I'll meet her in town in the afternoon, and then she'll scuttle off for YET another never ending training session at 430pm. Yes, sometimes I get irritated and frustrated cos its just not enough time to spend with a best friend, but I know i can't get pissed (not TOO pissed btw) with her, because if thats what she loves, I will support her no matter what. Just because thats what true friends do. Yep, no matter what. Even when I see her enduring blisters, cuts n abrasions on her feet n thighs, see her tired and can't stay up at night... If that is good for her, its good enough for me.
Though we always joke that we're only good friends cos we share the same hobbies for good food and lazing around, we know its deeper than that. No so-so friend would wait for you at a foreign airport overnight, sleeping on the couches while struggling to guard her baggages....neither would a so-so friend attempt to pack a slice of the famous cheesecake from the CheeseCake Factory onto the plane, hoping it would still be intact after a 10hr plane ride cos her best friend loves cheesecakes and she wanted to surprise her. (in case you were wondering, no the cheesecake didn't survive and had to be gobbled up by the friend in question).
Shiyun, you know we can connect deep inside us although I don't like jiaojiao tshirts and earrings shaped after dessert-trays...Even though I always nag you to cut your hair cos I don't think your hair is nice....even though I'm always asking you to dress nicer when you're out with me... you KNOW that these are just exterior things and don't matter that much. (but really leh u should TRIM your hair even if you wanna keep it long...) You are a STAR in my eyes. Now, and forever. Continue on with your passions in life, and I'll always be behind you, cos I know that you will do the same for me, no matter what.
Good friends don't have to be physically next to each other 24/7. What they need, is to have each other close to the HEART, 24/7. Just to let u know, thats where you are. =)