Monday, July 24, 2006
It’s time to go…Michelle.
…And at that moment, I wished that time would stand still.
Although we were all laughing and joking around as usual, an unspeakable cloud of sadness hung over us. My heart hangs heavy and my eyes water as I type this. We knew that the day would come when we would be forced to part and go our separate ways, but we didn’t think that it would come so soon. Sometimes we even took for granted that all we had was time. 3.5 years for some, 2.5 years for others. It doesn’t matter. We have become family.
When you go overseas alone to study, the only people you can rely on for support is your friends. They become your family. They are the only people you know. You cling to them for dear life. You build a friendship. It then becomes a sisterhood. They say that blood is thicker than water. I say that we have something that is thicker than blood. Sometimes you can’t even rely on relatives like you rely on your friends. God is truly amazing indeed. He knew that each of us needed support so He planned our paths so that they would cross. And somehow we all cliqued. As someone great said, “People come and go, but true friends leave footprints in your heart”.
No words can express how I feel. It’s something new that I’ve actually never experienced before. As I told Mich, it’s as if someone cut a piece of my heart and left a hole there. It’s a feeling of emptiness. It’s the feeling of knowing that she won’t be just ‘round the corridor anymore. It’s the feeling of knowing that she won’t be here for the next 1.5 years that I will be here. It’s the feeling I’ll get when I look at the 5 of us and know that we’re missing 1 more. It’s the feeling that I won’t get to see her often anymore because we live in different countries. I know it’s hard for us individually, to say goodbye to 1 person. But imagine how hard it is for her to say goodbye to all of us at once.
Sad as I may be, I thank God for all the good times that we have shared. My overseas experience has been full of joy and laughter because Michy has been a part of it. He gave me a friend for life. I honestly don’t know what I’d do without my alliance. What I do know is that we’ll be friends forever and that we’ll always stay in touch. Cheers to a great future ahead Michelle, you will be dearly missed over here.
Yinny was Joshing around @ 1:21 PM
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