It was only a 3-year friendship but it was one of the richest friendship through which I learned so very much.
The moment she heard me speak (not to her directly), she immediately felt that I was someone she could probably hang out and strike up a conversation with. I, on the other hand didn’t really notice her until we started working on the sketch for our annual gathering. Being the head of the sketch, I know how much I appreciated a member, and especially a friend, who was supportive and creative. But most importantly, we understood each other’s jokes.
It is not easy to find a friend who is of the same wavelength and has the capability to get your jokes, especially not for me, since I can be quite sarcastic and have rather different views on certain matters but she could understand them all pretty well. She might not have agreed with all of it, but she understood what I meant. That was the beginning of an amazing friendship.
I felt really lucky to be able to find someone who could relate to me and vice versa so early in my university life. I remember entering university, thinking that it is going to be quite a feat to try to find a really good friend after the kind of friendships I had in Form 6 but alas God surprised me with Amy Hoo Wan Mun.
I remember how we burst out laughing for the longest time, minutes before our first ever test (it was anatomy) because we were scared out of our mind. People who saw us thought we were crazy, prepared and overconfident. Only we knew why were laughing.
We shared amazing moments together. Some fun, some crazy, some happy, as well as some sad ones filled with pain and hurts. She was the best kind of friend I could have asked for. We would skip classes together (sometimes, we take turns to skip classes so that one could initial for the other. :P), make fun of lecturers together, go on adventures.
Unfortunately, differences did bring us apart at some point in time.
Words that were said or not said. Decisions that were made. Sometimes, I can be so hard on my friends. I seem to have some kind of expectation of them.
It was through my friendship with her that I learned how much courage it takes to make decisions that you believe in, ones that make you happy even if people around you might not be able to agree with you. It was through my friendship with her that I learned every relationship can be restored to what it was before if both parties work on it with sincerity and love. It was through my friendship with her that I learned how important is forgiving and forgetting, for one without the other will result in an incomplete friendship.
I am so grateful to have had her and even more grateful to still have her despite all the misunderstandings that have occurred.
I love you, Amy and will definitely miss you. But more importantly, I truly hope we hold on to each other because some friendships should be preserved/sustained at all cost.
Write to me, I will definitely write to you. And I want to be there at your wedding!!! No joke. Whenever it is going to be, and even when you have children, I want to be there. I want to still be able to visit you when I am 85 (Still looking smoking hot of course. Both you and me) and have crazy granny adventures.
Have a beautiful time in Holland.
Just know that no matter how much you’ve changed and who you’ve become, I’ll still be able to love you and accept you for who you are because you’ve taught me how to.
:)
Love,
Me
The moment she heard me speak (not to her directly), she immediately felt that I was someone she could probably hang out and strike up a conversation with. I, on the other hand didn’t really notice her until we started working on the sketch for our annual gathering. Being the head of the sketch, I know how much I appreciated a member, and especially a friend, who was supportive and creative. But most importantly, we understood each other’s jokes.
It is not easy to find a friend who is of the same wavelength and has the capability to get your jokes, especially not for me, since I can be quite sarcastic and have rather different views on certain matters but she could understand them all pretty well. She might not have agreed with all of it, but she understood what I meant. That was the beginning of an amazing friendship.
I felt really lucky to be able to find someone who could relate to me and vice versa so early in my university life. I remember entering university, thinking that it is going to be quite a feat to try to find a really good friend after the kind of friendships I had in Form 6 but alas God surprised me with Amy Hoo Wan Mun.
I remember how we burst out laughing for the longest time, minutes before our first ever test (it was anatomy) because we were scared out of our mind. People who saw us thought we were crazy, prepared and overconfident. Only we knew why were laughing.
We shared amazing moments together. Some fun, some crazy, some happy, as well as some sad ones filled with pain and hurts. She was the best kind of friend I could have asked for. We would skip classes together (sometimes, we take turns to skip classes so that one could initial for the other. :P), make fun of lecturers together, go on adventures.
Unfortunately, differences did bring us apart at some point in time.
Words that were said or not said. Decisions that were made. Sometimes, I can be so hard on my friends. I seem to have some kind of expectation of them.
It was through my friendship with her that I learned how much courage it takes to make decisions that you believe in, ones that make you happy even if people around you might not be able to agree with you. It was through my friendship with her that I learned every relationship can be restored to what it was before if both parties work on it with sincerity and love. It was through my friendship with her that I learned how important is forgiving and forgetting, for one without the other will result in an incomplete friendship.
I am so grateful to have had her and even more grateful to still have her despite all the misunderstandings that have occurred.
I love you, Amy and will definitely miss you. But more importantly, I truly hope we hold on to each other because some friendships should be preserved/sustained at all cost.
Write to me, I will definitely write to you. And I want to be there at your wedding!!! No joke. Whenever it is going to be, and even when you have children, I want to be there. I want to still be able to visit you when I am 85 (Still looking smoking hot of course. Both you and me) and have crazy granny adventures.
Have a beautiful time in Holland.
Just know that no matter how much you’ve changed and who you’ve become, I’ll still be able to love you and accept you for who you are because you’ve taught me how to.
:)
Love,
Me
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wow. i didn't realize you wrote me one on your blog until i got so bored today and googled my name. it must be fate or something (i don't know what to call it) cuz i'm usually not so egoistic as to google myself. but wow. brought back all the memories of those 3 years.
we did have our differences, but i'm glad we did because now we know we're not perfect as friends - but we're still able to work around it and be as close as ever. thank you for going through those crazy, fun and occasionally miserable times with me. may we have many many more in the future. i love you girl. thanks for the note. don't write these too often ok? i have a limited tear quota
your fellow MC