Rusty Friends Not-so-Rusty Life

This is a LONG post about my rusty friends & my new life update.

When Rusty Friends are mentioned
we know who we are talking about
the most recent time we met
it was the picnic in Sentosa

even before that,
perhaps it's the time we had Astons on my birthday celebration
correct me if i'm wrong & my memory is failing me.
So technically,
we meet Shan... once every 3 months or so?

This is the coming 11 years of friendship
Since the first day in Amkss Sec 1/4.
It's "destined" we will know and cross each other's path
If u believed in afinity, this is afinity
In Chinese, 《緣》
I think back hard...
My first friend in 1/4 was Mel Lee
then i forgot who was the 2nd.. the 3rd..
And by the time i came to know Lingoo, was coz we were all seating in the back row with Kuan Horng & Kenny & the swinging see-saw alike noticeboard.
Shan? I forgot. oops.
Maybe the link came from our common Bowen friends & our common tuition class @ AMK central.
Remember Mr Winson? Ms Oh? The guy named... Joven?

We were never in the same ECA(or CCA)
NPCC, Girl Guides, Netball.
I think the only time we got closer
was a certain project that we had to do
And we were in a group
I remembered this Higher Chinese project 《盧家倫理》
We did sth about 孔子,孟子,老子, blah blah blah..
At my old house, with Shan's cousin or whoever's laptop
Using lighters or stoves or matches (i cant remb..) to burn edges of papers to beautify the presentation...

I still remembered the Yishun Gang, with Lingoo part of it as well
So my going home buddy.. was never her anyway
Got Shan anot? Since we both AMK kids, i can't remember..

Then it was Upper Sec.
3/1
3/3
3/5
What an even spread.
The only time we sat together in a class
That's Higher Chinese

My Upper Sec life
was more of NPCC, Billabong, Mamboo, Big Bags, Mahjong, Pool
I had my own cliques in my own Class
and 4/3 was super bonded
Alot of things den, was never about my Rusty Friends
except the after-school Sports session =)
and also the Ice-skate sessions..
Just one week plus ago,
I recieved an sms from Lingoo saying she actually found the movie ticket stubs of 27 Jan 2001 , Vertical Limits which we watched with Siah Jen, Weiliang (shld be Weiming right?) & Diwei (it was at causeway point cinema.. rite..)

That was in Sec 4
When i started to.. like someone.
Feeling excited to be watching a same show
Sitting beside each other in a cinema.. but also paiseh to watch with only 2 person so got to drag a whole load of ppl along..
Those were the times.

Den we graduated.
I was in my JC life
continuing my school uniform period... new friends.. new environment
studying more Math & more Sciences...
They went on to working... coz Poly life starts only half year back..
Shan was mainly in the Cosmetics & Fragrances line.. for a long while.. even during her Poly life in Ngee Ann..
Lingoo... I remembered Value$$ & Popular @ HDB Hub..
Then went on with TP Design.
I remembered that we had lesser time for each other
But we had communicated through emails, remember??
The age when watever we speak or even writing thru emails... filled with vulgarities..

Then things started to cork up in our life
I started to get attached or hitched at different points in my life
That part of screwed-ups i wun mentioned again..
Shan had her busy schedules
Lingoo... her share of super down times..
With school, fucked up profs, family.. blah blah blah..

Then it was University for me.. den Shan ..
Work for Lingoo...
Changing in and out of jobs
Finally settling in PST
And although the Ups & Downs, i know u enjoyed it at PST
And truly u changed while being there for that 1 yr +.. Amd i dunno what else to say but deep down feeling happy for you to have found a serious job with fun colleagues that's as crap or worst than you...
As for Shan,
the overloading and ang-moh culture @ SMU did not made u succumb to being a slanging freak, which is good...
But your freaking busy schedule.. is really scary..However with that tough and competitive environment that you are in... What's new?

And in the last couple of years,
my 2 Rusty Friends..
it hurts me to know and see that as we grow older..
Our bodies start to crank up and gives us problems..
I see it and i feel it
But i may not be one who can express that concern as well as others.
Yet everytime i know sth is not right..
I pray (to 大伯公!) that things will be alrite..

As we all put on our braces one after the other..
Again a common identity..
Since Day One
We mentioned we wanted to get a photoshoot to lock down this memory
Yet till today, we have not done so..
Shan may have forgotten but we have prompted u on Monday again, remember?
I truly, really want to get it done and trust me, evertime i pass a photoshoot studio i always take a 2nd look.

I agree that i 重色親友
And i know it
from the very starting of everything
That is my personality
I think i can't deny it anymore

But to the 2 Rusty Friends..
My life minus away... Guys..
I'm being very frank
You are the top priority
I may not be updated with the most recent happenings of your lives
But anytime if i receive a call that you really need me, I will be there

Maybe I'm not so sensitive a person
Just like we all are.
We are never perfect as we all knows
But as a Libra & an Only child..
I cherish my friends. ALOT.

As for my recent life
As my friends would already know
Yes
There is a new guy
Hopefully someone that i can be serious with
Hopefully someone that can make me become serious with as well