Friends

Friends come and go. It's easy to make friends but difficult to keep them. We fallout with friends due to misunderstandings or conflicts. Other times, we simply lost contact with them. It is easy to lose touch with my friends since I am living abroad. But thanks to the internet, we managed to keep one another updated with our lives. Not only that. I got back in touch with friends whom I have not contacted.

I lost touch with Tracy, an old neighbour of mine, about 17 years ago. We went to the same primary school and would walk to and from school together. I remember going over to her house for parties and play sessions. We played badminton quite often at home, using the dividing fence as the net even though the shuttlecock would always end up being stuck in my very huge pine tree. However, we drifted apart when we went to different secondary schools. It didn't help when she moved when we were in secondary three. Since then, we'd not contacted each other. A few years ago, I heard from my mum that she had moved back to the neighbourhood. They had bumped into each other at the market and being in the small world we live in, she's working in the same company as my 3rd sis. Strangely though, I'd not run into her at all. A couple of months back, I got hold of her email address and sent her an email. We've since been chatting regularly on MSN now. It does feel strange that we used to play together then but now, we're both mothers to 2 kids.

Elva, a close friend from poly, got married and moved abroad while I came to UK to study. Again, we lost touch. Then late last year, she and her family relocated to England. We exchanged the odd emails and chatted online sometimes.

Joelle, my pretty friend from university who looks very much like HK's star Kelly Chen, and I fell out due to some misunderstandings (I think). She's slim, always very well-dressed and her make-up perfectly applied. She's several years younger than me and used to call me mummy. We got on really well until many things happened which I wouldn't like to bring up again. Small world once more, her sister and mine knows each other as they attended the same secondary school and junior college. A couple of weeks back, I was feeling bored and was looking through my youngest sis's Friendster's friend list when I came across Joelle's sister's name. Joelle is in her friend list. That was how I got back in touch with her. I left her a message and she replied. She's now a flight attendant and everything's going really well for her which I'm glad.

It's strange. I'm at this stage of life where I want to get back in touch with my old friends. Perhaps I'm feeling lonely here in UK.