sonia celebrates her 27th year today
... i didn't get to celebrate her 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th and now 27th birthday with her...its just not quite the same when a person's not by your side...not an arm length's away...
so i can drop her an email...call her...chat with her over msn even...but its just not the same to be able to hug your best friend and tell her that you celebrate her existence in this world...because without her...your life just wouldn't have been the same...that she made you laugh that much harder...that she was the only one you could be honest with about your deepest darkest secrets...she was the only one you were sure wouldn't laugh when you shared your deepest desire...your wondrous dreams...
i remember when Sonia left for Sydney...11 years ago...it literally felt like my world fell apart...that i would never find someone else to laugh and share with the way i could with her...sometimes i look back and i laugh at my young naive self...but now i realise i was right all along... i never did find someone else to laugh and share with the way i could with her...
i look back over the last 11 years...distance has not allowed us to grow apart...we grew into individuals with different dreams, opinions and goals...but yet our friendship stayed the same. Every couple of years...when we meet...it feels like no time had lapsed in between...we always picked up where we left off...speedily catching up...so that we do not become victims of time and distance...but instead beneficiaries...
happy birthday son...remember the time we stalked the cast of Les M
is....remember the time we were U2....remember nightshade, miriabella...remember the Bafoons...remember Mersing...remember Sentosa and the paddle boats...remember the Exorcist...remember the rolling game...remember tequila night...remember LEX...remember...i'll never forget the time past...and i look forward to the times ahead...
today i celebrate my best friend...may your life be filled with laughter, love and lots and lots and lots and lots of happiness...
2 comments:
hi you
omg dan just showed me this page. honestly I am so out of touch that I haven't been reading your blog...so sorry for not setting aside the time to email or call or chat on msn. I know you're always there for me when I need you, which is more than a lot of people can say. I am self absorbed, I know. It's one of my biggest flaws.
thank you so much for this birthday post. it's so incredibly meaningful.
Where do I begin? To say I am glad to have found you is an understatement. I don't feel at all pompous or egotistical or up myself, to say that we are special. Special because of the way we think, the way we see the world. I knew it the moment I met you. The other Bafoons are the same. Not all of us have stuck together like you and I have, but special is special. If I could bottle what makes us US, it would be
laughter, great humour, compassion, love and a very healthy dose of spirit. We were destined to be friends. I'm sure of it.
I remember everthing you have mentioned and I'd like to add a few more. Remember the Evil Count Rat Shit, remember the blueprints for that enormous ship with the shit-shovelling deck, remember my terrible malay, remember jumping into the Water Poilice boat on a clear, spring day in Sydney, remember getting sick from the seafood after... Not many people can actually tell their grandkids wild stories AND show them the photographic evidence.
We are so tremendously fortunate, you and I. I am blessed to know you and privillaged to call you my friend.
Thanks again for the birthday wishes. This one will stay with me...
love,
Sonia
hi you
omg dan just showed me this page. honestly I am so out of touch that I haven't been reading your blog...so sorry for not setting aside the time to email or call or chat on msn. I know you're always there for me when I need you, which is more than a lot of people can say. I am self absorbed, I know. It's one of my biggest flaws.
thank you so much for this birthday post. it's so incredibly meaningful.
Where do I begin? To say I am glad to have found you is an understatement. I don't feel at all pompous or egotistical or up myself, to say that we are special. Special because of the way we think, the way we see the world. I knew it the moment I met you. The other Bafoons are the same. Not all of us have stuck together like you and I have, but special is special. If I could bottle what makes us US, it would be
laughter, great humour, compassion, love and a very healthy dose of spirit. We were destined to be friends. I'm sure of it.
I remember everthing you have mentioned and I'd like to add a few more. Remember the Evil Count Rat Shit, remember the blueprints for that enormous ship with the shit-shovelling deck, remember my terrible malay, remember jumping into the Water Poilice boat on a clear, spring day in Sydney, remember getting sick from the seafood after... Not many people can actually tell their grandkids wild stories AND show them the photographic evidence.
We are so tremendously fortunate, you and I. I am blessed to know you and privillaged to call you my friend.
Thanks again for the birthday wishes. This one will stay with me...
love,
Sonia
p.s - second time posting in case it didn't go through the first time...
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