a kawan kawan post~

it arose from a friend complaining about the insensitivity of another friend. and how long have they been friends? 1 year or so. nani?! so it's normal. what's 1 year compared to all my friendships of min 12 years or more.. i mean those really close ones formed since school time.

~ 21 years of friendship- me & carolyn..since kindergarten when we were 6 years old.~
~13 years of friendship - me & Sharon san!~
~ 11 years of friendship - babu, maria, ahmad and siti~
~11 years of friendship - me & zhe san.~
~9 years of friendship - me, becca & zhen

sugoi.

I do not have many friends but I'm proud of them. oh and I draw a clear line between aqaintances and friends. some people have many many friends coz they consider all aqaintances, friends.

The years of friendship is only meaningful if you can make the full use of it. I'm one who takes full advantage of my friendships. yeah..me!!

not take advantage of them per se but more of being myself. How often can you do the things below?

• You frankly tell a friend that you don't feel like going out coz you're very tired and want to just vegetate at home.
  
• You admit that you would like to spend the saturday with your bf coz you have been busy for the whole week and have not met up with him.
  
• You call your friend just to crap about the week you had?

• You say right into a friend's face that the piece of dress she's been oogling at for the past 10 min is actually very ugly? ( mochi says: shopping is a very personal and touchy issue to girls, pls comment with care. ahem**)
  
• You tell your friend that the dress she tried on does not flatter her at all.

• You honestly let your friend know that you have a craving for a particular cuisine and it's definitely not the korean restaurant she's been gushing about.
  
• You drag your friends to that restaurant just to satisfy that craving you've been having for the whole week and pretend that your friends are agreeable to it. (mochi says: this is very evil...do this moderately. anyway, we take turns to do that to each other. haha.)

• You tell your friend to stop harping on the same issue as you're not comfortable talking about it.

....if you do most of the above, congrats! Omedeto!! you've got ichiban tomodachis!

the best thing about ichiban tomodachis is that you feel totally at ease telling each other the truth, or rather, you WANT to tell them the truth. You can be yourself when you're out together and there's no need to hide your feelings or thoughts.

here's a toast to my ichiban tomodachis & those who are still struggling to be yourself, ganbatte and you'll find yourself surrounded by real, true friends.

~ yep, and best friends allow you to make fun of them. :)~