Today, one of my old friends said something really really sweet to me.

It wasn't exactly that the sentence was sweet or the atmosphere or whatever.. It's just that it sounded like somwthing that you would never in your life imagine to hear (or in my case, see) ensuing from him...

John has always been a very tight-lipped, calm and composed person. If he were your boyfriend, you would never hear him say stuff like "I Love You" or that "You mean the world to me.." etc etc because that is just like so not him...

So as a friend.. it is even more unlikely to hear him say anything even remotely close to something like, "You will always be important to me in a special way.." But that was precisely what he said..

You know some people? They are just so tight lipped that once they actually say something from the bottom of their hearts you feel so overwhelmed and touched that you might jsut cry? Yea, well, the scenerio was something like that.

Back when I was in Scots, I came across his friendster that contained his "pseudo wedding pictures." While I admit that I felt really left out of his life, I could hardly blame him, considering that I was miles and miles away..

But today, John told me that even if he got married (which ultimately he hasn't as of now,) I would still be important to him as a friend..

Admittedly, considering that John and I go like way way way back as friends, some things you might feel just don't need to be articulated.. but somehow I think it feels really good to have him say it out loud...

I am really rather pleased that I still have friends scattered around, as bo chup as I am.. so I hereby would like to extend a huge thank you to friends around me...

Thanks for being around!