[ What Is Your Life To You ]
9th August marks a very special day to everyone here in Singapore. To most , it's the day when Singapore gained independence and relied on itself to carry it till what it is today , or otherwise known as National Day. To a percentage , it's their lucky day to be sharing the same birthday to their country. To me , it's an important day for a friend of mine ... and most probably yours too. Her name is Qinci Tan.Back in 2003 , we were sitting next to each other. Almost everyone went for the Secondary 1 orientation except me . That also means that the ice was broken for them but I'm still frozen in my cube. I guess one of the 1st flames that warmed me up ( ok this sounds a little exaggerating ) was her. She was very ... unique to me. I guess that the 1st time i knew someone whose name starts with a ' Q ' ? haha .. ok .. that's lame. She was also the 1st friend I knew to be sharing the same birthday with Singapore. Of course it wasn't earthshaking but I didn't really believed her at 1st , but right now it definitely is a different case. She was also the 1st in the class to have her hair rebonded , I think. I didn't knew what rebonding was at that time so I suppose she was also the 1st to teach me what it meant. lols ... so malu. Rebonded hair REALLY suited her. Qinci had fantastic grades to begin with. And sometimes I look up to her as my .. erm ... target to beat ? But of course in the end she always got the better of me. She juggled well with going with the times and being academically inclined.
Isn't she awesome ? hahaha ... in the end , by 2005 we went to different classes and it's needless to say for now. Sometimes I always feel that we can't be as close as we were as friends back in those days. Just saying what we feel without restrictions. But now , an invisible wall is between us and no matter how hard we try , the best we can get to is to get our words through these gaps between the bricks. It's going to take mounts of effort to break down this wall. Demo , I won't give up , cos' i treat her more than just a friend ... I treat her as my friend.
Isn't it the same for most of you people ? When someone you've always played and got along with happily back in your Primary years becomes just another file in your Memory Thumbdrive ? And one day ... maybe 1 day , when the both of you bump into each other somewhere out there , you may just glance at him / her and walk away like complete strangers , which .. probably IS the saddest thing to happen to a friendship.
But I just want to say to her , that I will always be supporting the decisions she makes in life ( if I think that they are morally correct ) and will always try my very best to help her if possible. I don't know if she'll be reading this .. But you've definitely played a very important role in the cast of my teenage years.
9th of August marks the birthday of a very special friend of mine. Her name is Qinci Tan.
Happy Birthday Qinci !