I think friends and networking are important. It's not about making use of each other to obtain a benefit out of that but the quality of the friendship that matters to me.
My mini project now is to come up with 26people who made an impact in my life. (I'll complete it sometime by the end of this week)
a ; no matter how very very much we've drifted, i've been thinking of a lately and i want to put a here as the first person i've mentioned. i remember going to a's house every single day for a week just to hang out. theres definitely a difference in the a i knew and the person a is now. but boy do i miss those days.
b ; although i have not been talking to b for a considerably long time, b has always readily accepted my into any group b hangs out with. b loves to surprise me with random stuff once in a while and i really appreciate it. from time to time i still worry about b. but if b wants things to be left this way then i will leave it as such. 271008's post is for you.
c ; never fails to keep me smiling and was almost always there for me, supporting every decision i made or wanted to make. c keeps me going everytime and has turned me into someone optimistic - the grass is always greener on the other side. and i survive every day of work through counting the hours left to knockoff from work and as to when i next get to meet c. I have upset c twice but I'd never do so ever again. In other words, c is too precious to lose. My baby, <3
d ; d was the first person i confided my very special secret with and also the very same person who was there for me comforting me when i was really down in the dumps. d also helped me pack my room once, from a really messy hellplace to heaven (and that was the start of my got-to-pack-my-room habits, which is still pretty much once in a blue moon)
e ; e has been really helpful not only towards me but to everyone around e. e is also always on the lookout to keep friends, or even friend's friend out of trouble. Group activities with e has always been packed of energy. fun!
f ; f always lends a listening ear and offers great solutions sometimes. f was there to comfort me when i was feeling really upset during a certain period of time and f spent time that was meant to be used for studying to come all the way down with another friend to watch me cry i was feeling really upset about something i couldn't prevent.
g ; g is always filled with a bubbly attitude no matter what life slaps g with. and that attitude spread like a virus to me, but it's fine because i learnt how to enjoy life. g basically mingles and clicks well with everyone g meets and can start a conversation about anything under the sun. g has been unlucky with getting really kns suitors after her all the time. HAHA.
h ; h is a really old primary school friend who i've not been into contact with for many many many years. h used to send me christmas cards every year but i lost h's address everytime i thought of h. nevertheless i just thought i'd want to mention h.
i ; i was the one i hanged out at i's mother's shop almost everyday for a period of time. we'd buy coloured duct tapes and kick them all around the shop. i remember i's mother allowing us to play with this set of hammer and find the "dinosaur" bone in the fossil thingy and drinking watermelon tea (i remembered it's in powder form and i loved it). i was also the first person who presented me with a metal paper fastener which has long rusted but still, i remembered it so i'm blogging it down.
j & k ; i used to hang out with j & k outside the premise of Bishan MRT trading pokemon cards with the rest of the lao jiaos there during pri 5 and 6. On average I spent about $10-15 a day. I lost contact with J and K for many years (now J is on my msn list but we're not talking anw).
l ; l was someone i met during camp and we turned out to be really great buddyies, sharing almost everything under the sun with each other, unfortunately, we drifted too. but i wish l luck in l's future endeavours.
m ; m is someone who played a really important part in my life, maybe not so much as a friend but as a mentor. I remember m saying there is light at the end of the tunnel and that was really somehting I really needed to hear at that time when m said it. m has great memory and whenever you present m with something, m will give something back in return, as a token of appreciation. m really cares for everyone around m. I'd definitely make it a point to see m at least once every year. and by the way m is not = money.
n & o ; the couple who i've been hanging out with more and more recently, who are so young at heart and loves to join in a round of jokes and go crazy with us kiddies. One's never too old. :p
p ; we've always got so much to talk about when it comes to what we've done in our circuits and random gossips about nbsul1 to 1000001! ( ha ha ha :p ) and p's been constantly revving me on. I so want to continue my next class muahahaha! i've faith that p's gonna pass his TP on the 30th Oct. Gambatte!
q ; q is a pretty old friend whom i feel cares about me really really much. when i told q about someone i met, q had a really long conversation with me late into the night, giving me plenty of good and useful advice and asking me to take care. i hope to catch up with q soon! (:
r ; i like it when r mimes songs out in the library and kept me entertained while i was stuck at national library studying. r invented 2 songs about the shit ice cream teacher ( i love my drawing ) and we had a really good time singing them out.
s ; s has the sleepy i-just-woke-up / super blur look but s does tend to surprise people with s's actions at times. really fun person to hang out with. s taught me that the cloud s saw takes 2min 47sec to pass appear from one point of the window and disappear at the other end.
t ; t is to all the people i've met at home-fix. the ones who made me feel really at home, didn't mind me sitting on the floor, didn't mind me being noisy and running around, didn't mind snacking on fries from four leaves with lots of chilli, loved eating dian xin especially egg tarts and made the whole place so havoc-like as if it was a zoo. i miss all you people!
u ; u is to all the schoolmates i've met at SAA, you guys are just really great great great great company and i miss all the times i spent complaining about having to study plus trips to the library and explorations for new venues to makan, plus the wonderful karaoke session filled with english songs and all the hellos and goodbyes meeting new people. Arghhh, i so want to be a student once again!
v ; v is to all the people in my current workplace, although there's bound to be shitty times (like last Thursday), everyone's been really patient and teaching me how to do this, and that, bearing with my loud voice in the sometimes quiet office and me not being able to sit still, constantly asking others whether there's any work to be done. i do love my job.. sometimes, though i don't think i'd stay for long somehow.
w ; is the person who made me stand on the wooden plank i had to balance on during an obstacle course and promise that i'd get 6 A1s for my O levels. Although I didn't get it, i'd still have to thank w because w made the biggest difference in my life ever. and it's in w's activities that i got to know strangers who fills my life with meaning, strangers whom i'd still wish to keep in contact 5 years from now.
x ; even though things didn't turn out that nicely, I still find x a truely great person who gives good advice, thinks with a mature mind and gave me a lot of encouragement in moments I'm about to take the leap - me not ready to attend my first day of work, me trying to get my driving licence. x really taught me to grow up, face reality and knocked a little bit of sense in me. x was also the first person who gave me a dinner treat on my first day of work as an encouragement. I think x makes a really good friend (and confidant, to others maybe?) . (:
y ; although we're drifting further and further, the recent meetups were really great and I know y still cares about me and makes the effort to keep in contact with me although I'm such a busy girl. However, I'd still say y is a little sha gua sometimes and i would love to knock some sense into y but okay, not my life but I care for you what. I miss the time we'd go so CRAZY!( you should know who you are, I hope, my dear friend.) xP
z ; i've always associated z as someone who was really happy-go-lucky and has everything anyone would want in life. i know z really cared about me because z was really sad during a period when i was really depressed. z cried because z was helpless about not being able to make me feel better. although i only talk to z once in a blue moon, z would readily agree to fix a date to go out with me.