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What changes in ten years?

I can enumerate bunch of stuff but surely, friendship isn’t one of them. Or yeah maybe it changes but not in a bad way.

I will be seeing one of my bestest friends in two weeks’ time! Weee!!!

 We’ve mapped some plans out. Perhaps, do this or do that, eat this or that. Really just anything. What’s important is the time we will have to spend, catch up a lot about our present lives while reminiscing our teenage years. What a joy!

Can you imagine reuniting with old friends after ten years and still talk about the past like it just happened yesterday? You’d laugh at the same old jokes and smile at quirky experiences when you were much younger, braver and stupider?! Hahaha

After ten years, our ideas may have changed, the way we carry ourselves tells us about how we view life now.  The way we react to things is much more defined and yet I know we’d still giggle like high school cuties.

Time and distance may have affected the friendship as we haven’t seen, heard much or talk too often but I know the bond is still there.  Life as we know it, becomes more complex as time goes by. Problems come in handy and we often misinterpret success as a wall that hinders people from connecting deeply. But what I know is that, no matter how things have changed around us, if what you have is that of a true friendship, everything just fades into oblivion and what matters is the connection that you have with the person.

About 15 years ago, we posed a question, WHAT DISBANDS KRAMP?
And we haven’t got a clear answer. We laughed at the thought and found it absurd.

A year ago, the answer came in flesh. MISCOMMUNICATION. But just like any other friendship problems, I feel that the only way to bridge the gap is in itself given, COMMUNICATION. So… now the challenge is, how to go about being a bridge? TIME AND DISTANCE.

After ten years, time and distance will bridge the gap as Yappy, Manang and I are coming home. We still aren’t complete but at least we are in majority.


Until then, I’ll tell you about what happens when we meet. Can’t wait!

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