Friends come, friends go

This happens all the time, and on farewell parties we lie to each other.. “keep in touch, ok!!” But we’re the one who never contact, just keeping out of touch. And I’m guilty as charged.

As much as I try to keep in touch with friends I dearly love, I don’t work hard enough keeping in touch. Worse, I even calculate. I deliberately forgot my friend’s birthday and to at least send an sms just because she hasn’t sms me on my birthday the past 2 years. Does congratulating each other need to be reciprocal? It’s not the sms-ing (cmon, I’m not that cheap!), it’s the fact that other people don’t even bother to put my name on their cellphone to help their forgetful minds.

I love my Treo, it’s so dependable, and never missed a birthday that I sometimes feel annoyed when it reminded me of a birthday of a friend who I lost contact with. Vividly I recall the last time I saw them and wondering how they were doing. There goes another friend, I thought..

I just had a farewell dinner with a friend. We’re not really close, but we spent weekends in a group either at the beach or trying new restaurants. So again I said, “let’s keep in touch, and since you’re moving to an office closer to mine, let’s have lunch sometime.” I meant that, and will make an effort. It shouldn’t be hard to do, just need to stop making excuses of how endless my to do list is.

Good luck V!

ps. Hi Poppy, thanks for stopping by! So it’s been ages, huh? Does it mean you’re out of the ‘jomblo’ club? :)