Wan Lee...

Wan Lee: If love is a book, what kind of book will yours be?

Me: A book that never finishes...

Wan Lee: If my love is a book, it will be a passport; a book which I need to carry wherever I go and without it, I can't go anywhere...

Who is Wan Lee?

Wan Lee is a average built lady, wearing a size L and a cup size that I envy. She is short-sighted and switches between spectacles and contact lenses, depending on her mood. She keeps her hair short now and she is in love too. In love with a man called Teck Teck, haha, a nickname which another friend gave.

Who is Wan Lee then? She is none other than my pal of 1993 till now, a freeking 14 years old friend from TKGS.

She is a romantic person. I mean, who will describe love like a book? Probably only Qiong Yao (a famous Chinese novel writer, the one who wrote 环珠格格) is that dramatically romantic.

We are the best of friends and we have many things in common. Both of us have a brother of 23 years old. We are both Scorpios and she is just 5 days older than me! We were both from Red Cross and we were from the same class back in TKGS, from Sec 1 to 4. We were in the same study group and wherever we went, we were always together. In fact, we only got separated after O levels, when we went to different JC.

We started out the most stupid way. First few days of orientation, we actually asked each other this question: You wanna go for recess together? -.-" And then on, we went for every recess together.. We were both in love with Aaron Kwok back then and I actually brought a newspaper article of his juicy gossip to school and shared with her. Since then, we became more inseparable. We went to Red Cross together and did everything together, of course we don't share the same toilet. We talked to each other on the phone everyday and discussed homework daily. We were so close that my mummy was so scared that I would turn into a lesbian and fall in love with her. HAHAHA!

Both of us are scared of snakes. Scared is an understatement. We were petrified of that species. We hugged each other and cried at the roadside of Wu Yi Shan (a famous mountainous region in China famous of snakes) while other schoolmates stood at the stall looking with huge eyes how the hawker skinned the snake alive.

Then came O levels, I did better than her and we got separated. I was delighted because I was going to my dream school but I knew she was scared. She is a very capable young lady who always lack self confidence. When she went to Yishun JC during the first 3 transitional months, she told me she was the only green person there. She had no friends and I wished she could join me in TJC but she couldn't. We were both praying hard that her O levels results would be good and we could be in the same school again. Alas, our prayers were not answered and she got herself transferred to Catholic JC taking up Physics, Computer Science and Maths C.

When everyone thought that our friendship will wilter because we were separated, we got closer. We updated each other every Saturday of our crash in school. I talked about Jason and she talked about Salimun. I admitted that I spent less time with her because Jason and I ended up dating. I wanted to see how Salimun looked like and both of us planned to meet up at Northpoint on one Saturday. Keke, Jason and I 'accidentally' bumped into she and Salimun that day and she was blushing all the while because we all knew it was all pre-planned. In the end, Jason and I ended up watching Batman in the first row at Northpoint..

Well, we did not end up in the same university after A levels. Her results weren't good and both NUS and NTU did not accept her. I think that was probably the bleakest period of her life then far because she had always been an ambitious and high achiever. She used to be the top student in her primary school. It was a huge blow for her when she could not go to local university. I couldn't remember what I had done for her to help her. Gee, I seemed to be quite useless friend. But she went to study Mass Communications at MDIS and happily graduated with a degree.

Then Jason and I broke up. I was totally shattered and she wasn't in Singapore when the break up happened. It was terrible! My bleakest period of my life thus far.. She was doing her attachment study at Okoholma in USA and I seriously felt my whole world collasping around me. I was helpless and how I wished she was there to console me but she was so far away. I knew she must be feeling worried for me too because we are closer than blood sisters.

I got myself out of that pit with the support of Daddy and Mummy plus other university pals.

When I joined teaching, and I got sad and helpless, I knew I can count on her to console me. My bf sometimes won't understand the plight I was going through. He thought I was just being immature and oversensitive. But she understood me and stood by me. This sms I still keep in my hp: In Him and through faith in Him, we may approach God with freedom and confidence. No, both of us are not Christians but we are God lovers who chooses our own ways to get near to Him. No need to try to preach us to go into Christianity too, because I think both of us prefer it this way.

The funny thing about us: we seldom meet up nor do we call each other; we don't sms each other too. We can like MIA from each other's life for one to two months but still stay strong and truthful to each other. Don't ask us how we did it, we just did it with no special efforts. I guess we are just fated to be with each other? If my bf is my Bao Bei No. 1, she will be Bao Bei No. 2. I don't think I can ever live without her. She is even silly enough to tell me that if she were to die before me, she had already instructed her mother to leave Piao Hong (a teddy bear I bought for her to accompany her when she was in USA) for me. Gee, don't make me cry. There are just too many things we have in common. We know each other so well that I don't think any men could match up, haha! If I were a man, I promise to love her my whole life. But luckily(phew), both of us are straight. We don't even hold hands or hook arms like other good female friends do. So, mummy you can rest your mind at ease - your daughter loves man!

Recently, she just changed to a new job. A really busy and vibrant job. Sometimes I wondered how she could change job so easily and she is one of the people who gave me the courage to move on from teaching. She had been feeling quite blue too because she felt she couldn't keep pace with her colleagues at all. But she loves the job! Silly girl, she told me she felt like quitting from the job when she barely started a month ago??! BISH! BISH! Must knock some sense into her.

Dear Pal,

You have always been my idol and my pillar. You must persevere this time and push yourself through. You are a very capable person so stop doubting your abilities. I believe you can achieve and go far in this line because you possesses that positive attitude. Stamina and energy can be slowly built up. But you can't give up on yourself so easily. Don't set a bad example for me to follow yeah? Don't forget you always have me to support you, if Teck Teck does a lousy job cheering you on.
Ganbatte!!!

Yours truly,
Pal

Another long entry? Long-winded? Nobody asked you to read this anyway. My blog means I can write whatever I like except for those things that hurt other people isn't it? You have the freedom to skip to the next blog so stop complaining that I am long-winded!!

This is specially dedicated to my pal, Wan Lee not you!

Count yourself lucky that I am letting you a peek at the World's First and Second Most Sought After Girls - Myself and Wan Lee. Hahahahhahaahaha!!!