i am endangering my reputation here. (cheh, macam REAL only) but the issue's: of-the-past-&-now-where-we-are-in-the-future. her name is zaidah rahmat. ONE (trust me, just one) of the things real cute about her is the way she writes her 'a'. she is my friend and it has been FiVE YEARS since i'd met her. forreal. if my fingers & backward -years-recall-span doesnt fail me larh.

and omg that was how we looked like on our first prom. like shit la. i remember that prom, i'd custom-made one dress, bought another, yet ended up wearing a hari-raya piece. like what o_O and she, was always & is still always nuts about the colour purple/lavender/magenta.

i remember the coins we buried on tk grounds, somewhere near the rotunda carpark area. i remember having the craziest times at HNF (dun farking ask me what it means, OK) doing kickboxing. and gossiping about stupid, sometimes hunky p.e tutors who just want to irritate us by showing off 'how it's done' at the gym. and the stupid boys we so swoooon about. 'goalkeeper' (i swear, stupid moniker) 'gila' (he was crazy) among others. and then i remember running up to her during my first sec 3 recess time, just cant wait to story to her about my first official 'pure literature' class. or that time i felt worried cos she's lunch-ed assam pedas at my gramma with me but she was having runs thereafter. and the stupid iwontsayhisname guy who refused to befriend me because she's my friend. like hello, i dont have to think TWICE about who matters MORE. can? and damnit we made GREEN trackpants look good (sooooo NOT, but it felt good anw)

on the train back, i wondered. mann we were tight.

though things have shuffled a bit. and admittedly, we arent soooo tight anymore these days & over the years. let this be known zaidah, that many hugs you'd given me yesterday and the many days before, i am just very glad to know that i've got a friend in you. so Allah bless you and may He lighten the burdens on your shoulder & shower you with love and happiness amongst beautiful family and friends surrounding you. amin.