Dear Sheen Leng,
It has been almost 15 years since we met, considering the fact that I assume we were friends since 5. Minus the drama that caused us about 3 years of silence, it has still been a long way down the road. You are still the same old girl who loves sweet cotton candy type of cardigans. I still remember your very first, it was a bright but smooth yellow one. As I never owned a cardigan then, I have always secretly wanted to try them on.
I also remember always wanting to eat from your lunchboxes that you brought to school. They were always so prettily packed and although we were friends, I never really dared to ask for any. Well, we played together but you had your own group of friends.
You are the type of friend that I simply hate and love at the same time. Both emotions balance on the level so perfectly I can’t distinguish what do I really feel of you. You are almost everything I yearn to not be, but yet I do find that courage of yours to be interestingly eye opening at times. Our opinions on things generally don’t come together, if not completely contrasting, but it’s funny how we actually don’t need to know who’s right or wrong.
As of far, you are one of my most welcoming friends that I have ever had and I would never want to jeopardize this by labelling you as my best friend because best means the best and we both know what the term can bring upon a good friendship. I can’t have a best, but I can definitely see you as one of my closes friends, if not it.
Thank you for accepting my occasional mood swings but I also have to apologize as it is only with people like you when I can finally let go of me emotions and not cage them into where I always think it should be hidden. Actually, I don’t recall being in mood swings but I do like to get exceptionally quiet at times after alot of talking. Most probably something in between the conversation hit me at a spot, I don’t know. I’m just saying.
Sometimes I don’t know the perfect term to describe you because every single thing about you has a perfect division of both good and bad. Like how you can be selfish but the most giving, stubborn but understanding. Things like that. You know everytime you do something that goes against what I personally think is right, I don’t like it. I know you know. But as a friend I won’t try to stop you from it because I know that’s what makes you happy.
After watching Vicky Christina Barcelona, I suddenly understood the type of happiness and route you were talking about. You always told me about wanting to be happy, even for one single moment and that’s all you need – disregarding the negative consequences that had or may come. I never understood why, but that didn’t meant I wasn’t supporting you. It was just that I thought it was better to just let you be happy, as long as I never went against my own principles of cheering you on something I strongly believe is wrong.
You always say “You know know what will happen” with a smile.
To me, the phrase can never be put that way.
It was always “You never know what will happen okay!” signed with a deep frown.
As we discussed, maybe I am a little traditional and I always like to juggle with life on the safe side. Just like Vicky, I always want to know and assume that I know what I want. But then again, after the movie I thought. Maybe I just know what I don’t want – just like Christina. Maybe I could be envious of your courage in daring to challenge yourself by gambling with your emotions – something I can never dream and think of doing.
What ever happens to you, I just hope you stay happy and if there was one wish I could make for you as you, it’d be for having a happy and harmonious family.
Well, as for me – I hope now that you’re no longer a teen, you will start to see what you want and one day finalyl realise what you don’t want AND want, just like Christina.
Love,
Taufu Nat
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