one of my old "journal" entry
while i was "spring cleaning" my files in the computer, i found this folder which contained my "journals" i typed out many years ago. too lazy to write, i type. but i still love to write.
there is one particular entry that i wanted to share here. some minor changes on the grammar lah.. saw some errors here & there! of course wont be a perfect english lah.
---------------------------(i think i wrote this on 5 May 2006.)
Long Lost Friends
Last week, 3 of my long lost friends made the first move to keep in touch with me. The first one was Azrul Ikram. He was my primary school friend. We were in the same class since standard 1, if I am not mistaken. I was walking out from the train station when he walked beside me and said, “Hi! Are you Ng Yoke Bee?” I was speechless at first. I smiled to him and said yes. And then I asked him back, “You are Azrul Ikram?” I didn’t know why that name crossed my mind. But I was right. He was Azrul. I was so happy to meet him. I haven’t seen him since we graduated from primary school. Since then, I have to ask another friend about him. We now keep in touch almost every day via yahoo messenger and sms.
The second friend is Kuan Yean. Like Azrul, I lost contact with him since primary school. He wrote to me last Tuesday. Luckily I didn’t delete his mail because it was thrown into the junk box. I was going through the junk mail folder when I saw a familiar email address. He used justin.kuan.yean.kok as part of his email address. I got a shocked and open the mail. It was really him. And we start writing to each other now.
The third person will be Mun Yee. She was my ex-school mate in Kajang High School. We were quite close in Form 6. I was not the one who called her each time we went out. And when she sms me last Friday, I was really happy! She called my house earlier to get my number. She lost contact with Sook Min because she has changed her mobile number so many times. The three of us used to go out and have a drink or watch movie.
Now that I have all their numbers, I make a promise to keep in touch with them. Friends are hard to find. It’s even harder to keep a friendship going on! So, I will always cherish them! I am really happy! Thank God!
I lost a friend last year, Siew Lin. I got to know her when I was in Form 4. We were classmate. When we were in Form 5, we sat together in class. She was very intelligent in accounts and mathematics. After Form 5, we went separate way. I went to Form 6 and she did her LCCI and later ACCA. We kept in touch by calling each other. And she even introduced me to work as a part time typist during my semester break in her office.
I didn’t call her very often. I called once when it was her birthday. She told me that she was at home resting because she was just discharged from the hospital. At first, the doctor told her that it was the appendix that making her feeling uncomfortable. And she would be operated a few weeks later. I didn’t go and visit her. I kept saying, “ok…I will go tomorrow…” until I got a call from Chooi Mei saying that Siew Lin had been admitted to the hospital for almost a month. It was September. I went to visit her that night. I was so shocked to see her condition. She was so thin, one of her eyes could barely see. I tried to control myself not to cry……but I couldn’t. Her mum told us that she has colon cancer. There was nothing the doctor could do and she was just waiting for the time to go. She was in so much pain. I cried when I got home.
I blamed myself for making so many excuses for not visiting her earlier. It was too late already. We went and visited her a few times in a week. We encouraged her to be strong, to fight the pain and we would be by her side. Her condition was unstable. It’s either she will get well or get worse.
I got a call on Thursday, 10th October, evening from Mei Ching, saying that she has passed away. I was in the train at that time. I didn’t feel anything yet. I guess it’s better for her to leave this world when she was so much in pain. I called my friends and informed them. I couldn’t control myself that I cried and cried. The worst was when Chooi Mei called. She said she regretted that she didn’t go and visit her on Tuesday. That was the last time Mei Ching and I saw her. At that time, she was awake, and talked to us. We were happy to see her. We talked for a while about everything. I told her about my new job and many things that she didn’t know. Didn’t realize that that was the last time we talked.
Friends ………I will always cherish you!
------------------------(the end)
reread about Siew Lin, bring back sweet memories. she used to offer to send me home with her motorcycle after school. i would be the happiest girl because i didnt have to walk uphill back home. miss you, dear friend.
there is one particular entry that i wanted to share here. some minor changes on the grammar lah.. saw some errors here & there! of course wont be a perfect english lah.
---------------------------(i think i wrote this on 5 May 2006.)
Long Lost Friends
Last week, 3 of my long lost friends made the first move to keep in touch with me. The first one was Azrul Ikram. He was my primary school friend. We were in the same class since standard 1, if I am not mistaken. I was walking out from the train station when he walked beside me and said, “Hi! Are you Ng Yoke Bee?” I was speechless at first. I smiled to him and said yes. And then I asked him back, “You are Azrul Ikram?” I didn’t know why that name crossed my mind. But I was right. He was Azrul. I was so happy to meet him. I haven’t seen him since we graduated from primary school. Since then, I have to ask another friend about him. We now keep in touch almost every day via yahoo messenger and sms.
The second friend is Kuan Yean. Like Azrul, I lost contact with him since primary school. He wrote to me last Tuesday. Luckily I didn’t delete his mail because it was thrown into the junk box. I was going through the junk mail folder when I saw a familiar email address. He used justin.kuan.yean.kok as part of his email address. I got a shocked and open the mail. It was really him. And we start writing to each other now.
The third person will be Mun Yee. She was my ex-school mate in Kajang High School. We were quite close in Form 6. I was not the one who called her each time we went out. And when she sms me last Friday, I was really happy! She called my house earlier to get my number. She lost contact with Sook Min because she has changed her mobile number so many times. The three of us used to go out and have a drink or watch movie.
Now that I have all their numbers, I make a promise to keep in touch with them. Friends are hard to find. It’s even harder to keep a friendship going on! So, I will always cherish them! I am really happy! Thank God!
I lost a friend last year, Siew Lin. I got to know her when I was in Form 4. We were classmate. When we were in Form 5, we sat together in class. She was very intelligent in accounts and mathematics. After Form 5, we went separate way. I went to Form 6 and she did her LCCI and later ACCA. We kept in touch by calling each other. And she even introduced me to work as a part time typist during my semester break in her office.
I didn’t call her very often. I called once when it was her birthday. She told me that she was at home resting because she was just discharged from the hospital. At first, the doctor told her that it was the appendix that making her feeling uncomfortable. And she would be operated a few weeks later. I didn’t go and visit her. I kept saying, “ok…I will go tomorrow…” until I got a call from Chooi Mei saying that Siew Lin had been admitted to the hospital for almost a month. It was September. I went to visit her that night. I was so shocked to see her condition. She was so thin, one of her eyes could barely see. I tried to control myself not to cry……but I couldn’t. Her mum told us that she has colon cancer. There was nothing the doctor could do and she was just waiting for the time to go. She was in so much pain. I cried when I got home.
I blamed myself for making so many excuses for not visiting her earlier. It was too late already. We went and visited her a few times in a week. We encouraged her to be strong, to fight the pain and we would be by her side. Her condition was unstable. It’s either she will get well or get worse.
I got a call on Thursday, 10th October, evening from Mei Ching, saying that she has passed away. I was in the train at that time. I didn’t feel anything yet. I guess it’s better for her to leave this world when she was so much in pain. I called my friends and informed them. I couldn’t control myself that I cried and cried. The worst was when Chooi Mei called. She said she regretted that she didn’t go and visit her on Tuesday. That was the last time Mei Ching and I saw her. At that time, she was awake, and talked to us. We were happy to see her. We talked for a while about everything. I told her about my new job and many things that she didn’t know. Didn’t realize that that was the last time we talked.
Friends ………I will always cherish you!
------------------------(the end)
reread about Siew Lin, bring back sweet memories. she used to offer to send me home with her motorcycle after school. i would be the happiest girl because i didnt have to walk uphill back home. miss you, dear friend.
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