  Many people don't understand the meaning of friendship. True friends don't have to be around each other 24/7, they don't have to keep trying to impress each other or appear sympathetic when they don't really mean it. The older one gets, the lesser friends we've got. Its not the quantity that counts but the quality. I've got a few friends that can be called buddies and even soul mates. We don't have to see one another for the longest time or spend every waking moment together.
True friends can be apart for the longest time but when they get together, they can talk till the cows come home. They can open up to each other with the most intimate details like their life depends on it, and feel most at ease. I haven't seen SM for the longest time, more than 8 months at least and yet I miss her everyday and messages her once a while.
Still there's that connection and she's still my true friend. Thanks to all my friends that stuck around me, to guide me and be my pillar of strength when I'm in the dumps. Valerie, Jo, Pig, Zhumei, SM, Chris and Sean. With your kind understanding and support, I know that my life is still worth living for. Though we may have our differences at times, but we stick by each other. Friendship to me is many things that I cannot describe with words, its the warm feeling I get when I'm with them that makes it all worthwhile.
Its the lessons of life that they can teach me and make me a better person. Thank you from the bottom of my heart and please do not let the distance and differences keep us apart. I love each one of you and all of you have a very special place in me that I keep locked away. 
