Year 2005

i chanced upon her blog through a friend's blog links.. read her entries.. felt a connection.. we had the same fate at that time..

read a few times.. buck up the courage and left her a private message in the forum (it was OGK then)..

from there.. we started adding each other on msn.. and chatted..

i was in Melbourne while she was in Singapore..

the distance did not matter right from the start.. we felt close..

friendship built and we became very close friends..

she became one of my trusted friends within a year..

and it stayed that way..

23rd of November, i came back to Singapore and she met me at Thomson Prata house with other friends.

That's our first meeting. =)


Year 2006

i was already back in Singapore.. Attached to her polymate..Looking for a job.. She was working at UOB then..

we still chatted alot and met up often at the prata place together with my then boyfriend..

the food sucked but we loved the company..

the friendship deepened..

we were the same type of people, very frank, never mince our words..

we almost never argued.. note, ALMOST..

i remembered we had a huge argument once.. can't really remember why we did but it was something about negligence or something..

we didn't talk for a long time.. was it a week or a month? can't recall.. either way, it was long and we were both hurt..

we made up eventually and the friendship wasn't damaged in any way..

instead, we got to understand each other better..

my birthday.. she did the sweetest thing that anyone can do.. it was simple, nth expensive but touched my heart..

she put candles to form a happy 23rd angela in a heart, in the void deck of my flat..

all by herself.. well.. she didn't manage to finish it cos i came back earlier than expected..

but the efforts could be seen..

thats the first time she did anything like that for a friend and also my first time that anyone had done such for me..

i loved her even more..

her birthday present for me, together with a slice of cake. =)



Year 2007

she was studying part time and switched to full time.. i found a job by then..

after awhile, she mentioned going overseas to study.. Melbourne.. i was happy for her but at the same time, sad cos she is one of the most trusted persons in my life..

we were that close..

in July, she left. i didn't cry. cos i remembered what my mum said when i was leaving Singapore to Melbourne back in 2005 and Joy cried very badly.. she said,

"She is going over there for studies, you should be happy for her. you shouldn't cry."

and so, i didn't.

but i missed her the moment she went through the gate.

there goes all our meetups at pratas, the chit chatting, me pillioning her to shopping.. pubs and clubs (though that were rare)..

she was no longer in Singapore.

a photo of joy, me n jayce at changi airport after she went through the gates.. sent this to her via mms, telling her to study hard, we are here in Singapore, supporting her..



Year 2008

she came back for CNY.. with her bf.. i was thrilled to see her.. she slimed down alot and her cleavage was so deep! haha.. i remember whistling and asking her for tips on that.

went to NUS prata with the rest..

we didn't click with her bf then.. had misunderstanding..

and we argued, yet again.

she came back but we wasted our time fighting over nothing. in the end, we only met once.

stupid.

she went back and we didn't talk for awhile.

after that, we resumed our talkin and bitching. i was jobless again soon and it was bad.

i missed her so much.

mid year, my rs ended with my then boyfriend. i called her and cried the night it ended.

it was very late over her side but she answered. she was sad for me.

at that moment, i really wished she could be here with me, cos i know she will rush down for me.

she consoled me and stayed with me (spiritually) over that period.

soon, i got a job and i got busy..

we talked less as i blogged less and she had her own life..

but the friendship stayed.

her birthday came, i made a card and mailed to her as i did the previous year.

and the year ended.


Year 2009

this year, she didn't come back for CNY.

its been more than a year since i last saw her. we still chatted on msn though. we smsed and talked on the phone.

she grumbled that i don't blog as much as before and she didnt know what's going on in my life.

well, she is still one of the first few people who will know about changes in my life. =)

i blogged, for her most of the time. for her to know what is going on in my life.. our lives do not allow us alot of time to chat online.. and blogging is the only way to keep each other updated.

we are talking online now and realised 4 years ago, i was the one in Melbourne and she in Singapore..

4 years later, we switched places..

but as how our friendship started, the distance did not matter and never did.



Now, i am saving up money to go over to Melbourne in Sept/Oct.. and i am excited, really. Melbourne is my favourite place, a place i wish to stay in the future, to grow old with my partner..

well, if i could, i would have flied over now to stay with her during this period.. in my favourite season, Autumn. =)



i miss her so much.

feeling nostagic..


she, my friend for life, rachel alystine. =)



one of the last few pics we took.. remember that was when we went to work for IT fair at Expo then.. =)

to you:

thank you for replying my private message in the forum 4 years ago and gave me the best gift in life, for being my friend. i love you for that and i promise, our friendship will never end.

see you soon. =)