February comes... and friends go

Come February, I'm going to lose two friends... to another country. One is a friend whom I have known for 13 years, since Secondary 1; another is one who is very dear to me although we have only known each other for little more than one year. The former is going to Singapore for a lecturing job, and her news was rather sudden to me. The latter is migrating to Australia after her PR application was finally approved.

The former (Wei Kwan) is a very sweet girl who was my classmate for five years in secondary school. We rarely meet up anyway because the whole group is usually quite busy; but her absence will definitely be felt in our future gatherings. I'm happy for her anyway, because I think it will be a great career boost for her. And the great thing is, her boyfriend has a job in Singapore too. So she won't be totally alone. It can be quite scary to be alone in a country all by yourself, with people you don't know. At least she has someone she loves with her.



The latter (Barbara) is a dance teammate who's a very sensible character that I can totally rely on, and also very much fun to be with. I'm going to miss her terribly because over the past year, we've gotten to know each other much better (due to our many late nights practising together for various performances and competitions), and she gives me sound advice whenever I tell her about a particular problem of mine. I wish I have known her earlier. She won't be going alone too; she's going with her husband and dog, staying with her sister and her sister's husband until they get a place of their own.

Really gonna miss them. I'm so happy for them that they're moving on to greener pastures; but I'm still gonna miss them!