It's a Girl Thing

A friend told me she's leaving SG, she was actually one of my close friends here.

The scene that flashbacked in my head was my first night here. She and my other friend fetched me at the airport. I arrived SG around 730pm and I just find it weird to see sunlight. After leaving my stuff at the hotel, the 3 of us set out for dinner. Aside from the usual stoplight you'll see at intersection, here there's an additional screen with a countdown timer for crossing the streets, that's 20 seconds for a long segment and 12 for a short one. I remember we're like little kids literally 'running' to cross the streets, we're hungry. Come on it's okay to lose poise than wait for another round of green light signal! That running scene somehow created a strong impression on me, and I still find it amusing recalling it. :)

Anyway, this friend was a newhire from my previous company back then. We got to work for around 10 months. To be honest, I know I wasnt really nice to her. :( I am somewhat cliquish (I stick to my old crowd, didnt exert too much extra effort to help her). We were gym buddies, but we werent really close. Minsan napagtritripan cya ng team, probably because her personality didnt fit. And I didnt do anything, with the excuse that I was always too busy minding my own business.

Yet, she was very nice to me when I came here, which I didnt expect. She's the person who let me take her room for a week when she went back for vacation in Phil. She scheduled several apartment viewing on my 1st weekend and accompanied me to those units --- that was really an extra mile.

We became close only here. We're both Filchi, she's older by a few years. Funny that our talks are amazing, sometimes we're like dalagitas crying out to each other about life and frustations, sense or senseless. She cries and I emphatize. I cry and she emphatizes. haha. Miss having a girl bud! Havent done the crying thing for years!

I admire her maturity and guts, she made me realize a lot of things in life. She has this funny line that everyone has a 'wear and tear' stage, so do everything before it's too late. Hehe wear and tear, funny. I know deep in me there is some guilt why I didnt help her out before. Looking back, I started having doubts on relationships(friendships) I invested in. :p

All the best for her!

In times of need, at the end of the day, who are those who would stay and really help.