an old friend

after 14 years.. we got connected again. thank you to MukaBuku.

i know some people take friends for granted. hilang di mata, hilang di hati. but not me. there are many types of friends. some wonderful, beautiful friends are like treasures.. susah nak cari. sekali jumpa.. hargailah, before you lose them.

and, not many friends can really leave an impression on you.

i met him in 1994, while in med school. he was actually my senior by one year, but he got to repeat his third year. he is smart and brilliant, but along the way, he lost his interest in medicine. i got to know him while in year 4, as we were in the same posting, and were in the same group.

it was not easy to get to know him. he was 'budak nakal' and difficult. a man with few words. most of the time he would be a listener, or drowned in his own thoughts. but whenever he decided to open his mouth.. bernas, pedas and sometimes kelakar. he was observant and analytical. it took me quite a while to get to know him. and i was among the few who can get along with him. i believe what brings two friends together are sincerity, trust and honesty.

besides me, my other good girl-friend was also close to him. actually we were like threesome. we shared similar wavelength, and we have similar interests. we love computers + games, books, poems, movies and music. he was the one who introduced me to the inner compartment in cpu. he read a lot. and as a well-read person, his general knowledge was outstanding. we would talk about anything.. and i can still remember the night while we were on a boat (a sampan, actually) while watching fireflies in tanjung karang, he was really excited explaining to us about the big bang theory and astronomy.

we had good time during our district posting in tanjung karang and kuala kubu baru. working together for our projects, lawan computer games bila dah tension buat kerja. sama2 jadi burung hantu with other group members bila project dah hampir nak jalan. pergi pasar, masak and makan ramai2. we had a wonderful group and we really enjoyed ourselves. he enjoyed being part of us, and i believe that helped him to go through the remaining years in med school.

he is very good in english. besides being very knowledgeable in so many aspects, he also can write very well. he loved writing to his girlfriend. he also wrote to me and the other friend. poems, beautiful lyrics from songs i never listen and never heard of. bukan tulis atas kertas cantik2 pun, tulis dlm exercise book than dia koyakkan dari buku and bagi kita. but we like it, nonetheless. and i still keep it nicely and neatly. i really appreciate the friendship. glad that i manage to see the beautiful and softer inner-self of him.

he married his girlfriend (who was really jealous of us sampai tak nak senyum ngan kami). they were blessed with 3 girls. but they had problems.. and they went separate ways in 2005. being a man.. he found another woman, and married a secretary who is 12 years younger than him, and got another three girls, making him a proud father of 6 girls. and he is working on his 7th.

i believe time and experience have shifted his paradigm. he is a GP now, with shares in few clinics. went for umrah and really hoping to go for haj soon. the family and his parents are the centre of his life now. but he is still crazy with computers (he uses Macs and hates win7), and hack computers for fun. learnt to play guitar and has a collection of his own. he also stored thousands of songs and movies in his mp3 and hdd.

glad that he managed to find me, make me smile and keep in touch again. wish you all the best, dude!