Late night dinner

C and i met up for a late dinner at Botak Jones. A series of misunderstandings about the location to meet push the timing to one hr later. (phew!) The place was hot but luckily the food was not bad. When we reached, they were already at their last order and alot of things were not available. So in the end we just ordered a plate fish and chips, shitake mushrooms and chilli corn carne as sides. AND in addition they served us an extra plate of fish and chips plus two slices of mango chesse and oreo cheese cake as an apology for having most of the orders not available. Wow, we really got a good deal of it.

It was great to meet up with C, the last time we met was in Jan and some stuff happened since then. As usual, we ate and exchange updates about our life, followed by a short trip down to her house. Her mum din change much, always asking if i had a bf. It's been ten years and my answer has always been a negative. In the end i told her mum no need to ask, prob my answer will still remain the same a few years down the road. :)

How time flies. C and i used to be best friends in secondary school. But people grow up and they take different paths. It's a reality of life. We have drifted apart with the passing of time and the difference of priorities in life.

At this age, i would hesitate to define any friends in the "best friend" category. Nor would i go about labelling anyone as a good friend. It's the cautious part in me, as i've learnt that the more expectations you put on a person, ultimately they will let you down in some way or other. Good friends, even best friends, don't pin too much hopes on them.

A friend once told me, at different phases in our life, we tend to have a set of good friends, "brothers" or "sisters". The type of friends you hang out with shifts according to the stages of life, only family will always be the same. It makes sense for different friends to step in and out of your life, some just for a little while.

Someone else also told me, " the only person who can help you is yourself." I can understand where he is coming from, although no man can ever be an island, entire of itself. Just do your own part and don't expect the other party to reciprocrate in kind. I am still glad to have C as a friend, we still care for each other, that's most important. Anything else is just part and parcel of life.

I be going down to kinokuniya at orchard tomorrow afternoon to buy books, one as a surprise gift of encouragement for Secret, the other one as a belated bd present i promised to DF. Meeting S for afternoon tea, Shixing and Kennedy for ktv in the evening. Hope everything goes well.