My best friend's wedding @ 11:53 AM

My childhood friend, my best friend is getting married today. Such an important day...It makes me all so nostagic, and so many memories are awaken...

There are five of us, me, D, P, T, MA. We have known each other since primary school. This period of time, if you round it to a whole number, would amount to a solid 16 years. Such a long time, isnt it. My friendship with them is even older than my younger brother, he is only 14 this year...I remember, in primary school it was like almost a morning ritual. I would first walked to D house which was 3 minutes away, then both of us would walk to T house, which was like only 2 minutes or even nearer. The three of us went to school together, walked home together, be it sunny or rainny day, winter or summer...

I once thought... as we grow up, we grow apart...We went to different classes, different schools, and then even different countries. The physical distance between us somehow get further and further. I once wonder whether it is the same for our hearts. I was scared... Not about whether they would forget me, but whether I have the courage and the strength to preserve it...people often forget the small little things amidst the usual busy life. It all sounds cliche, but how true.

There was a period of time back in middle school we kept in contact through handwritten letters, not sent by post, but through a common friend...it was such a joy for me back then to receive her letter. It was almost like childplay, but still so essential to keep the friendship strong...The written letters however soon stopped, and slowly it was replaced by email as we went to different parts of the world to pursue our own life. Our unofficial postman couldn't do the job anymore given the physical distance between us, across ocean and miles away...Even the mode of communication becomes more sophiscated, and somehow less personal...Economists and all those smart brains have already proved it...you can't gain something without forgoing some other thing...there is always a trade-off, personal touch for emoticons and the convenience of usage.

And even email, convenient and brilliant as it is, can't do the job well of assisting us in fighting against the flood of life. Somehow sometimes we got too tired, too exhausted of expressing ourselves through all those emoticons. Somehow sometimes we just need a silent companion and we don't know how to say, what to say...And then we feel guilty, and we make some effort, and we got too tired to keep up, and inevidently feel guilty again... It is such a vicious cycle and I got stuck in it countless times...



But I was told, I am not alone in this struggle, our feelings are reciprocal...I'm grateful to know that, somehow I will be forgiven for all the things I have done or have not done. No matter how far apart we are, no matter how little we hear of each other, there will always be a place, in our heart, reserved for that friendship. That corner, how matter how small, is precious and irreplaceable. I know this is true, without economists and all those smart brains prove it to me. For our friendship is carved in time, with love...



Today my childhood friend is getting married.

Even though I can't join her on the most important day like today, can't say the words "Congratulations!", can't give her a hug and stand by her when she walks towards her new life, she knows how I wish I could do all that. I want to be just like T, P and MA, smiling, laughing and even crying with her and giving her support. I want to tell her how beautiful she is, how compatible she and her husband are, how blessful they look..But all I could do is being stuck with my own busy life and sitting here to type these out, hoping that it will convey my thoughts and feelings to my precious friend.

D oi. Sau ngay hom nay D se song voi mot gia dinh moi o mot thanh pho moi. Se co nhung trach nhiem moi, niem vui moi, va co le la ca nhung noi buon moi. To chi co mot loi chuc gian di the nay: chuc D song hanh phuc. Do la dieu ma con gai bon minh ai cung muon dung khong? Duoc chong yeu, chong quy, cung~ yeu chong, quy chong, cung nhau di qua nhung kho khan tro ngai, cung nhau chia se niem vui noi buon, nhu the la man nguyen roi D nhi. Tu bay gio D song o TP HCM, sau nay to ve VN cung tien bay vao day tham hoi hai vo chong, de hon la bay sang Nhat ^^ Hai vo chong muon sang day di du lich thi da co to day lam free tour guide roi. Nho Dung nhieu ghe lam D oi. Thoi danh hen gap D o Sai Gon vay nhe.

Congratulations, my dear friend.

Linh,
With love.

My best friend's wedding @ 11:53 AM

My childhood friend, my best friend is getting married today. Such an important day...It makes me all so nostagic, and so many memories are awaken...

There are five of us, me, D, P, T, MA. We have known each other since primary school. This period of time, if you round it to a whole number, would amount to a solid 16 years. Such a long time, isnt it. My friendship with them is even older than my younger brother, he is only 14 this year...I remember, in primary school it was like almost a morning ritual. I would first walked to D house which was 3 minutes away, then both of us would walk to T house, which was like only 2 minutes or even nearer. The three of us went to school together, walked home together, be it sunny or rainny day, winter or summer...

I once thought... as we grow up, we grow apart...We went to different classes, different schools, and then even different countries. The physical distance between us somehow get further and further. I once wonder whether it is the same for our hearts. I was scared... Not about whether they would forget me, but whether I have the courage and the strength to preserve it...people often forget the small little things amidst the usual busy life. It all sounds cliche, but how true.

There was a period of time back in middle school we kept in contact through handwritten letters, not sent by post, but through a common friend...it was such a joy for me back then to receive her letter. It was almost like childplay, but still so essential to keep the friendship strong...The written letters however soon stopped, and slowly it was replaced by email as we went to different parts of the world to pursue our own life. Our unofficial postman couldn't do the job anymore given the physical distance between us, across ocean and miles away...Even the mode of communication becomes more sophiscated, and somehow less personal...Economists and all those smart brains have already proved it...you can't gain something without forgoing some other thing...there is always a trade-off, personal touch for emoticons and the convenience of usage.

And even email, convenient and brilliant as it is, can't do the job well of assisting us in fighting against the flood of life. Somehow sometimes we got too tired, too exhausted of expressing ourselves through all those emoticons. Somehow sometimes we just need a silent companion and we don't know how to say, what to say...And then we feel guilty, and we make some effort, and we got too tired to keep up, and inevidently feel guilty again... It is such a vicious cycle and I got stuck in it countless times...



But I was told, I am not alone in this struggle, our feelings are reciprocal...I'm grateful to know that, somehow I will be forgiven for all the things I have done or have not done. No matter how far apart we are, no matter how little we hear of each other, there will always be a place, in our heart, reserved for that friendship. That corner, how matter how small, is precious and irreplaceable. I know this is true, without economists and all those smart brains prove it to me. For our friendship is carved in time, with love...



Today my childhood friend is getting married.

Even though I can't join her on the most important day like today, can't say the words "Congratulations!", can't give her a hug and stand by her when she walks towards her new life, she knows how I wish I could do all that. I want to be just like T, P and MA, smiling, laughing and even crying with her and giving her support. I want to tell her how beautiful she is, how compatible she and her husband are, how blessful they look..But all I could do is being stuck with my own busy life and sitting here to type these out, hoping that it will convey my thoughts and feelings to my precious friend.

D oi. Sau ngay hom nay D se song voi mot gia dinh moi o mot thanh pho moi. Se co nhung trach nhiem moi, niem vui moi, va co le la ca nhung noi buon moi. To chi co mot loi chuc gian di the nay: chuc D song hanh phuc. Do la dieu ma con gai bon minh ai cung muon dung khong? Duoc chong yeu, chong quy, cung~ yeu chong, quy chong, cung nhau di qua nhung kho khan tro ngai, cung nhau chia se niem vui noi buon, nhu the la man nguyen roi D nhi. Tu bay gio D song o TP HCM, sau nay to ve VN cung tien bay vao day tham hoi hai vo chong, de hon la bay sang Nhat ^^ Hai vo chong muon sang day di du lich thi da co to day lam free tour guide roi. Nho Dung nhieu ghe lam D oi. Thoi danh hen gap D o Sai Gon vay nhe.

Congratulations, my dear friend.

Linh,
With love.