reunion

just got home a couple hours ago from dinner with my 2 best friends whom i haven't seen in a while. it was great catching up with them again. i realized i missed them much more than i thought i did. i never thought that after 10 or so years of doing this with them that i'd still be as excited to talk to them as if we were just getting to know each other the first time. who'd have thought that after 10 or so years, after all the changes we've gone through, both individually and as a group, that we'd still be talking non-stop, some about the same things and some of new things. it was so easy to slip into that familiar mode and usual routine of talking after not seeing much of each other lately. the 5 hours together seemed to just fly by. it's like we never left and we just saw each other the other day. i, for one, never thought i'd maintain such a longstanding friendship with others. me being the antisocial loner/hermit, i never thought i'd appreciate and crave for this that much. but these 2 have been crucial to me opening up to others. i feel that i'm more in touch with my emotions, and more expressive of my feelings to others because of what i learned from them. i guess i've come a long way and they're the 2 people who can truly attest to that as they've seen the me before and the me now.

i'm really glad we all got together again after so long. they are truly one of my "real" support groups that has stood the test of time. we've had our skirmishes in the past, some highs and lows, and even dryness in the friendship, but here we are after more than a decade still talking, still understanding, still listening. we've changed so much with each other and yet we've also changed so little. we've seen the best and worst of each other, but we're still here with each other. i used to think i didn't need people that much in my life, but these 2 have proved me wrong. i do need people and i do need them especially in my life.

i feel extremely blessed to have them in my life caring and looking out for me always... as a tribute to this friendship, here's a video clip from a movie all 3 of us love and adore. it's interesting how we all watched this separately but still connected with it and raved about it the same way. we really are friends. :) i know we're more boring and less crazy, and less quirky, and less funny, than these characters... but everytime i watch this film, i can't help but think of the 3 of us...

to myly and monique... i love you both... and i will always cherish our friendship... hope we remain this way forever. :)

p.s. sorry for the mush but the only reason i'm writing this way and pouring my heart out like this is 'coz of you two... for this, you've got no one to blame but yourselves. hehe...