Alma Mater
An old ex-coursemate gave me a call out of the blue the other night. No, not to sell anion-spewing maxipads but to catch up. Kay was one the girls from the group ten friends who made up my clique in UM. The rest had drifted away... with the exception of Mel who constantly keeps in touch with me. We've been through good times and bad times. Among my uni-mates, Kay is the more outspoken one. Assertive. Confident. Your typical I-know-what-want KL girl. Once in a while she would call and inform me how things were going on in her life. Sometimes it would feel like she's blowing her trumpet, but I guess that's the way she is. Heh. It has been a long time since I've seen her. Since her wedding years ago actually. Perhaps we should catch up in person one of these days. For several times now she has been snooping into my private life... hinting about a certain someone. Who's the special girl or guy? I don't think I'll come out to her. The confidence level just isn't there.
The norm is, these 'friends' just drift away. Fade off. I see them online and I have no motivation to buzz 'em. Nothing more to talk about? Busy with our own lives? Is this jodoh? Certain threads in this tapestry of life are woven together but at different times and places, the threads just divert... Or sometimes are just cut off.
How many friends from university do you still keep in touch with?
The norm is, these 'friends' just drift away. Fade off. I see them online and I have no motivation to buzz 'em. Nothing more to talk about? Busy with our own lives? Is this jodoh? Certain threads in this tapestry of life are woven together but at different times and places, the threads just divert... Or sometimes are just cut off.
How many friends from university do you still keep in touch with?
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dun really have common topic to talk liao...;p
but i do keep in touch with my primary and secondary skool mates.. theose that i mix with one lah.. hahah
+Ant+
Yes, all about children, wives and other 'adult' topics.
@Takashi:
Ah. I have lost contact with 99% of secondary schoolmates and 100% of primary schoolmates.
@SkyHawk:
30th Year Reunion! I went to my primary school reunion once.
@HDaran:
Why shocked?
@Grat:
Did not intend for this to end up a dhamma topic. :P
@Ian:
Yeah lo. Never too old to make friends.
@Janvier:
Compatibility. But not many people can so easily warm up after a long hiatus.
@PlainJoe:
Yes, different worlds!
@Koala:
I think not la...
@CountA:
Quality is the key, not quantity. :P
@Medie:
Yau seng kak!
Cause you still studying ma... >_<
@3Q:
Out of sight, out of mind. LOL
@JJ:
I guess FB is useful in such circumstances.
@Cheryl:
-1
@Derek:
You do meet them when you come back.
But to give him credit, when he was down in Singapore twice on business trip, he did contact and meet up with me.
Or different study/working location which makes people grew apart...
For better or worse.
It happens at every stage I guess.
@JJ:
Some people just don't FB a lot. Like you. At least he thinks of you when in SG. LOL.
@Hdaran:
Aha! Which faculty?
@Beyond:
Yeah lo. Kalau bukan pasal nak jual barang dan nak kahwin also won't call de.
@Famil:
You can keep in touch by having more dinner parties. Hehe
Thanks for your thoughts. I'll keep her guessing.