TheSmurfsSansQiu

Met up with my JC friends yesterday; intitally, I was unsure whether this meeting would turn out well. We have not met up with one another for eons so it might be kind of awkward. I was the first to arrive; this was so unexpected because I am always late for appointment. Then Sharon arrived.



Sweet Sharon, still the same since I knew her when I was 17. I was the only one who attended her wedding last year; Ray was in US, Jen was in Canada and Qiu was in Australia. She looked good. She was always the only one who made the effort to have gatherings. Back then, when everyone was in Uni (Ray, Qiu and I were in NUS whil Jen was in NTU), she always, without fail, organised a gathering when she came back for hols (she was studying at Warwick, UK). The rest of us were super slackers; no Sharon meant no meeting up.



Then Jen arrived, in bright sequinned white dress! Another person who doesn't change. If you think I am a bundle of energy, Jen is triple of mine! Even I felt exhausted just looking at her telling us about her life! The two of us knew each other when we were in the same OG for the first three months. Both of us loved the mass dance! And we loved to cheer too! Somehow we clicked and I was her first Malay friend. Used to find this hilarious until I started being a Potter and found out that I was the first Malay friends to many of my good friends. And we are living in Singapore.



Found the reason why she was dressed glamourously; she was going clubbing. And we were like, "Weren't you from tuition?"



"Yes," she answered, smiling as if it is normal to dress that way to tuition. Jen doesn't change. Despite having a family issue; her mum is diagnosed with breast cancer and is undergoing chemotheraphy, she is still very positive. I wish I can have half of her optimism; I have been extremely depressed nowadays.



Then Ray came; loud, boisterous Ray, mother of two cute girls. As soon as she talked, I realised it was the same Ray. Everybody's still the same. I kind of miss the time when five of us would gather under LT1 and just hang out. Too bad Qiu is in Australia; uncontactable. Ray was asking everybody questions, from Jen's divorce-then-married status, to Sharon's married life, to my are-you-going-to-be-matchmade position. She is leaving in about nine days' time. It has been a long time since we actually have such a gathering. Planning to meet again this Wednesday, before Ray flies off.



I felt better after meeting them. Life seems not so bleak after all.



P.S. Thanks, HJ. I am going to be fine. Fighting!