Friends

Feeling nostalgic. This post is a tribute to all my friends.

First and foremost, to my friends from primary school: Diana and Yuhana.It's really bizarre to realise that I've been friends with these 2 since I was 7, that makes a 20-year friendship. I was a really horrendous kid. Gangster-like, major bully. And Diana and Yuhana were always there for me despite me throwing my tantrums and being a bitch. Ha ha. Yes, I was a bitch in primary school. Even though we lead very different lives nows, we still make it a point to keep in touch and meet up every now and then.
Diana is very gentle and sensitive. She's a mother-in-law's dream come true. She's a teacher and she's damn good at what she does. She's already engaged guys, so hands off. And of course, she's hot. :) She's my best friend in the whole world and she's seen me in my highs and lows, and my nonsensical phase. Always there for me, without fail. She indulges me in my different phases and I love her for that.

Yuhana is a motivated person. She has gone through a lot to get where she is now. She's happily married, to a damn nice guy, and...she has a baby!!!! Yeah!!! She's very family-oriented and loves her family to bits.

Here's a pic of us with Yuhana's baby, taken recently during my bday.

When I was in secondary school, my closest friends were Nad and Fa. But more about Fa later cos we went to uni together and we'll talk about her more later.

Nad was my closest friend in school. She's small, with great skin (I hate her), great hair, great legs (she used to enjoy running. For leisure. Insane) and fantastic make up skills. She's an accountant in Melbourne now.

She was really nerdy (we all were in secondary school, one way or another) and so was I so were gelled really well together. The fact that we (me, Fa and Nad) were probably the only Malay girls in the school who were not fantastic speakers of the Malay language, we were pretty much ostracized from the Malay students in the school. Not that we minded cos they were so focused on boyfriends and things like that while we were more focused on other things. Nad and I were Holland Village freaks and we used to skip morning Homec classes to go to Holland V to buy sweets and then rush back to school for lessons again. Haha..That was really fun.

Nad has migrated to Australia 10 years ago and I miss her like hell. She has come back like a miserable two times and I went over to Melbourne, where she is now, once, last year. And all three times were fantastic. Like she's never left. So hopefully, when I go over and study in Australia next year, there'll be more opportunities for us to meet up.

This is a pic of me and Nad while I was in Melbourne. Nad, I miss you!!!

Maya, Yati and Farah were my hang-out friends in uni. Fa was my secondary mate and she's gorgeous. And skinny, though she says she's fat. She's a teacher now and she's a great shopping buddy. Fantastic fashion and make up sense. She used to have gorgeous bouncy curls but she decided to rebond her hair when we were in uni and now has straight hair. Amongst me, Nad and her, she's the more sedate and level headed one so she kind of always kept us in check.

Here she is with me, during Hari Raya.

Maya was my JC classmate but we were never close till we get to uni. Maya has a very strong personality. When you don't know her, she comes across as aloof and cold but like how she describes herself, she's like a durian. Thorny on the outside but warm on the inside. I didn't like her very much in the beginning but once I got to know her, she's a great friend. Witty and articulate, intelligent, stubborn at times, confident and has her pesonal set of beliefs. Fiercely independent. She works at customs. She's a travel addict, like me!! We've been to Egypt together and it was a blast. She's in Europe now, vacationing in Spain, London and Paris. Supposed to go with her but I couldn't take leave. And she loves to dance too! We've taken salsa classes together and went for flamenco workshop last year. She's a great person to chill out with cos we have so many similar interests.

Here's Maya and me in Egypt.

Unfortunately, I don't have a pic of Yati and me together on my digi cam. And I'm too lazy to scan our old pics together. Yati's a very focused person. She's intelligent, meticulous and thorough. She knows what she wants and she's a go-getter. She's sporty and enjoys the outdoors. She loves unconditionally so I say her husband is one lucky guy. She's a teacher too and there are many exciting things going on in her life.

Khalidal. My greatest friend . It's really funny cos I knew of her since we were in uni but didn't like her cos of the negative things being said about her. But when I got to NIE, I ended up being in the same class as her and got thrown into many projects together. And she is the bomb. She wears a tudung but she's definitely one of the most open minded people I know. She's not judgemental, and she lets you make choices which might not be the best but she respects that. She's a great listener and I can talk to her for hours. She's passionate about her work and she's a great teacher. She's really, really smart too and engages in many different things with her life. But amidst that intelligence, she has a fantastic sense of humour and can laugh at herself.

We call each other K cos our names are so close together. I remembered when we were in NIE, we known as the crazy duos cos we were both seriously nuts.

Here's K and me in Turkey. I took my first trip out to Europe with her and it was the best time I've ever had.

And finally, my friends from my work place, Vidu and Wendy. They are the best people to hang out with cos they are so much fun. Wendy's really, really blur but she's a good friend. She's dedicated to her job and puts her mind to whatever is being tasked to her. Really innocent but has a good heart with a clear set of principles. She's a beautiful girl, and ske knows it so she constantly reminds us of how beautiful she is.

Vidhu was my mentee when he first started out so I was his mentor and teaching him the ropes of teaching. Before we know it, we got really close and we started becoming friends insetad of merely colleagues. He's a great guy. Handsome, skin head, flawless, cocoa coloured skin with great eyes. And buffed too, mind you. We have great conversations all the time.

Both of them are wonderful friends. We go out often, simply eating and talking at wherever. And i love both of them very much.

These are the people who matter a great deal to me. They make me happy and I know they'll always be there for me, regardless. Love all of you.