Life is Beautiful

I saw my friend today, and somehow the subtly weary look on her face etched in my mind. It wasn't at all obvious, it was so subtle that i wondered for a while, after i said 'good luck for exams' to her, whether what i thought was right. But it can't be wrong!

I've known her for quite some time, this sweet pretty girl who laughs a lot, and the two of us, together with another girl, can laugh like 'siao cha bo' without stopping. But must emphasise that besides sometimes going crazy with me, she's totally sweet, someone really dependable. When i was a bit down at some point of time during my year 1, she was the one who encouraged me and gave me her support (for this i must name Anesia as well).

I had always thought that my little cute friend should deserve the most wonderful love story written in the stars, and that it would have an 'and they lived happily ever-after' ending.

But sometimes things in life do not turn out the way we have always imagined them to be. Our path changes its direction without us being aware of it. I didn't ask her for the details of what had gone wrong because i didn't see the need for it. Whatever happened had already happened.

Somehow, as she talked and still smiled widely today, i sensed something subtly different. It isn't the bright effortless smile like before... i really felt the weight in it, is it just because of exams pressure? i doubt so... and somehow i heard myself cursing the guy in my head! I might be bias, but i don't care, she's my friend! and it is heart-pain for me seeing my friend get hurt.

Time will heal everything, people always say. But i think time is not really the factor that heals things. It takes people to hurt people, and it also takes people to cure people. It's our family and friends that guide us through our hard times, not something invisible like time which people conveniently attribute everything to.

I want you to know that I will always be there for you, all of us are. You said, life isn't a bed of roses, so must move on. The second statement is true, yes you must move on! but i wanna tell you that your life is still as beautiful as a bed of roses! In fact you yourself are as beautiful as one! One incident in life doesn't make it sucky, perhaps it's just like a worm in that rose garden that we grow. One day a swift will come and help us get rid of the irritating worm.

Either Tu Anh or Nam Chi used to say that i 'wear rose-color glasses', hee, i don't mind 'wearing' them. This life has a lot to offer, and though we may stumble and fumble now and then, these won't have the power to stop us from moving forwards, especially when we have friends who are there for us and believe in us.

I know you are strong enough to move on. You can make it! Fight-on! ohhhhhh!