Farewell Contemplation

True friends…How do you identify a true friend? Are there any indicators? I guess different people have different indicators. I wonder what it is..

Is it indicated by..
Who turns up to send you off at the airport?
Who lends you a hand when you’re in trouble?
Who applauds your ideas while others laugh at them?

When I was younger, I thought the people who are close to me are my true friends..that’s why they’re my close firends. right?
But then I realized…the credibility of the quotes I read about how "true friends are like rare gems, they’re hard to find"
"you can have a lot of friends but very few of them are true friends"

This realization made me feel like I have sudden loss. It’s like suddenly I realized that not all my friends are true friends. The truth hurts, is it better to ignore this perception that I’m left with only one or two true friends and to focus instead of having fun with my many friends?

But then I thought…maybe I’m not a true friend either. After all, it’s not like the world owes me something.

So one of my goals in March (well it’s already half way Feb) is to be a true friend and really treasure friends who are worth keeping.

P.S. I’m off to Melbourne in 10 hours time 😉 I’m going to miss you Jie-Xing, Jia Xin, Ching Mun, Xin Ying, Kamen, Stacy, Jon Chong, Shan Shan, Wei Jie, Shen Yee, Xin Fang, Melissa, Jin Wei, Jie Huei. (some of them, I’ve been missing for very long due to my restricted freedom. I bet some of them are surprised they’re on this list because I haven’t kept in touch with them. If you’re not in this list, blame it on my degenerating brain cells, alright? :P)